Bloody hell, I merely have to suggest something and there it is! Awesome... That's one to show the bosses...
Now, what I'd *really* want is this hooked up to a networked MythTV / Topsfield PVR at home, so I could set it to record stuff while I'm at work... I know some of the UK MythTV hackers have got an irc interface that works similarly... So you'd add a new command such as !record 71 (BTW there's a typo in the personalised url you send as initial greeting - missing a b from webcoding) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Sent: 27 October 2005 14:44 To: [email protected] Subject: [backstage] Prototype: BBCBOT Hi, Well Tom's suggestion of Instant Messaging using BBC content was cool. I had something working a while ago which monitored IRC and spewed out content to MSN so I have changed it a bit and I present the prototype "bbcbot" as an example of an instant messenger system which intergrates television feeds, news feeds and also provides an automated "message" when your programmes are about to start! You can configure the bot from within messenger or via the web once you've added him as a contact. N.B - Currently it only supports MSN protocols but I'll add in others soon (sorry) First thing to do is add him as a contact ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). He will quickly respond saying Hi and giving you your personal URL to configure your preferences over the web if you dont like the interface within the bot. If you want to play around with preferences within the bot type "!help" His current list of commands are as follows (note the web site is a lot easier to use, you sould try it out): !help - This screen !url - Prints your personal web url for config !searchtv <keys> - Search for tv shows !searchnews <keys> - Search BBC News !add <ref> - Add new show to notification list !rem <ref> - Remove a notification !notifymail - A daily email of your show notifiers !shownotify - A list of your current notification preferences !notifynews - A flag to say whether you want new news stories or not (in progress..) It has limitations such that you can currently only specify a "programme" on a "channel" which you want to see, it doesnt allow for specific instances of shows, e.g. 19:30 EastEnders but it does allow for "I want to know when EastEnders on BBC1 is". Until you remove the notification it will keep on telling you about the next show. Anyway, there is stuff to do but its a prototype and please please dont hammer it, I dont know how well my bandwidth will take it nor have i any stats on the load for the MSNBOT JAR I created. Have fun & comments! Jim. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
