Dnia 2009-07-02, czw o godzinie 00:22 +0200, [email protected] pisze:
> On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:05:24 +0200, Michał Sawicz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dnia 2009-07-01, śro o godzinie 13:08 +0200, David McLeod pisze:
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> > Volunteers?
> > 
> Some organised and passionate developer must exist? :p

The first requirement shots /me off...

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> > Now & Next FTW!! :]
> > 
> 
> YEah I am kind fo fond of its simplicity too in a way. Maybe in v2 we add 
> search support so we can set a recording for a show that is like... 12 days 
> away like TiVo does it? Now and next guide is very much 'in the present'.

I'm starting to wonder if the Channel vs Time EPG is at all needed...

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> Yeah, station artwork. A good first source (no API) but showing it as a kind 
> of...marker in terms of quality is this site: 
> http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/search/97093716/12854.html They pull a lot of 
> the vectorised artwork from well known companies around the world.

Nice, I even found some polish channels' logos there.

> So, what I am talking about it, people with some slight design sense being 
> able to take that... put the logo on a square colored background at a high 
> resolution and then... uploading the artwork to a small Fluendo managed 
> database (because we can take the server hit)of station logo content.

Again, not me :/

> But, you know, just an idea... sounds easier than it is. We can get away with 
> artwork that is 99px square at least. Just means for the 'Info Screens' we 
> need to be clever.

Maybe a still from some jingle could be used after some retouching work.

> Yes, good, glad someone else see this and thinks like this as well. Also, 
> consider TVRage.com.
> But, factor in that, sometimes... shows exist that aren't on something like 
> TVDB like, the Iron Chef or Dr. Phill (Im naming bad TV :p). So, wonder what 
> we can do there? Google image search based on certain parameters?

Dangerous...

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> I say, dont give the user choices :). This was my point actually even though 
> I knew I couldn't describe it well with my non techy, no opposable thumb 
> weilding brain :p. 
> 
> If the user can do something like 'pause LiveTV' then it should always be 
> availble. So, in my brain that meant making sure we set aside one tuner 
> purely so that we never have to 'remove a feature' like pausing live TV, if 
> only temporarily. (you break trust and consistency with the user... never 
> good).

That simply wouldn't work for me - I only have one tuner ATM ;) And I
rather have it record things I did set schedules for than watch
something unimportant.

Having a tuner sitting and waiting is really wasting it. I probably
could go with recordings 'escaping' LiveTV whenever Live is requested
(rescheduling the recording at hand).

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> > There's a third option when the scheduler gets cleverer - the scheduler
> > could check if the currently recording show is on at a later date and
> > reschedule it if that's what the user wants.
> 
> Ah, yes... check for it at a later date... good thinking :). I highlght the 
> whole clash of schedules thing.
> I trust you understand I am only opening the door to it as a reminder to keep 
> sanity checks on things like that.

Believe me working with MythTV is all about scheduling, you should
really try and have a look at it :)

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> > That's only if the scheduler is stoopid ;) I agree with Kevin that the
> > scheduler Myth has is a powerful beast - on the other hand, it's a bit
> > bloated. I think even the most basic scheduler should use content, not
> > channel+time to schedule recordings. Just as in LiveTV - you rarely want
> > to record channel X from Y to Z. You want show A to be recorded. The
> > scheduler should then find the show and try to record as soon as
> > possible with as much efficiency in regard of tuners as possible (if two
> > shows are to be recorded at the same time from the same multiplex - only
> > use one tuner). And now there's a question - if a show is available to
> > be recorded today and then again tomorrow, but recording it today would
> > use all available tuners while tomorrow it would not - should it record
> > today or tomorrow? 
> 
> Tomorrow, but as long as you inform the user. "Cant do this now... can record 
> it tomorrow at blah blah blah... Yes/No?"

Yeah I rather meant scheduling without user input (like Season Pass for
example). Anyway that decision isn't important now.

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Nice you switched to plain text already :D

I see you're using Roundcube, too - one great piece of webmail :)

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Michał Sawicz <[email protected]>

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