[mythtv-users] What is being worked on for 0.26?

[Matt Emmott]

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 2:24 PM, nospam312 <nospam312 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know what is being worked on / goals for the 0.26 release
> major feature wise?
>
> I enjoyed reading the 0.25 equivalent of the this 0.26 page
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Release_Notes_-_0.26
>
> Some features I would love to see but suspect I am hoping too much:
>
> 1. Multiple user support - even if this is gradually phased in as I
> suspect it is too big of a job to be done all at once.
>
> a. perhaps a user selection prompt screen when myth first starts (or
> perhaps base it on the hostname)
> b. allow recording rules to be assigned to multiple users
> c. when a user deletes a recording it is removed from their list but
> not physically deleted if another user has it in their list
> d. everything else :)
>
> 2. Combining of Recorded Programmes and Video Programmes
>
> a. i do not see why recorded programmes and video programmes are
> listed separately they have the same functionality and should be
> presented in the same list and be stored in the same database tables,
> this would surely make things simpler and remove duplicate
> code/functionality
>
> I suspect if Tags are added this may be a big step to both the above
> features.
>
> For example the recording rules could be tagged with "user1", "user2"
> and the recorded and video programmes could be tagged with "tv" and
> "video".  The Watch Recordings screen could then have the ability to
> show various tags.
>
> I guess with tags it could be made very flexible you could have a list
> of tags assigned as "Recording Groups" - "recordinggroup1",
> "recordinggroup2" and the same interface that allowed setting of what
> user, could also assign recording group, storage group, tv/video and
> everything.
>
> This would make setting up recording rules much simpler you would be
> able to replace several options with just a screen with the
> appropriate tags and you can just tick the appropriate checkboxes
> associated with tags.
>
> Thanks
> _______________________________________________
>

I'm thinking this would be a good place to start:
http://code.mythtv.org/trac/roadmap
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