Check out the Meedio forums, I believe they have one there for Meedio that uses TvTome.
On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:01:50 -0700, Dave Packham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would be really cool if MythTV just saved shows in this format instead > of the number format it does not.... Save a step > > Dave P > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lane Schwartz > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 8:01 AM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythvideo - tvtomb > > On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:58:54 +0000, Stephen Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > At 12:00 09/12/2004, you wrote: > > > > > > >Ryszard wrote: > > > > > >>Is there a utility out there that will grab series info from tv tomb > > > >>and stick it in the myth database? > > >> > > >>if not, is this a utility that many people would use? I record a > > >>lot of series that i archive off host (but available to myth on a > > >>mounted > > >>FS) in a filename format something like the.west.wing.s06e07.hdtv. > > >> > > >>i think it would bepretty simple to write a paser to get this and > > >>grab some info from tvtomb on each EP. > > >> > > >>If such a util exists could someone point me to it? if it doesnt i > > >>will certainly write it for me anyways, but will publish it if > > >>people would use it. > > >I'm guessing you're talking about tvtome.com and not tvtomb.com. I > > >have no idea if anything like this exists yet, but I'd certainly be > > >interested in having a play with it if you create something. > > > > > >One thing that's a consideration though, is there is quite a bit of > > >text info about each episode. It might be too much to display all of > > > >it (at least for some episodes) on a TV screen through mythfrontend. > > > >But it "should" be fairly simple to link it into mythweb. Take a > > >look at > > >http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-633/epid > > >-24890/ and you'll see what I mean about the amount of text. > > > > > >Is there a wishlist around for the next version of MythTV? Maybe a > > >scrollable text area for episode info could be created. > > > > > >Craig... > > > > I'm definitely interested in a scraper for TVTome, and have even > > contemplated learning PERL/taking the IMDB scraper to bits to figure > > out how to do it - alas, have had very little spare time recently what > > > with moving house an' all. > > > > However, I don't really envisage it as something I'd use within MythTV > > > proper (if that's what you were getting at) - my xmltv feed (radio > > times) already gives me adequate information about what's showing, and > > > hundreds of Myth users bombarding the TVT website every day would make > > > them wise up pretty sharpish. > > > > I do however have about 400 episodes of various TV shows from my DVD > > rips sitting in my mythvideo repository (another box set of Futurama > > rendering away as we speak), and filling in the metadata by hand was > > such a chore that I gave up. > > > > As an aside, what do you reckon would be the best approach for the > "poster" > > window? I know that MythVideo expects the image to be at a certain > > aspect ratio; should it just grab a generic $TV_SHOW_LOGO from > > somewhere, or render a semi-random frame from within the file > itself...? > > I have been thinking about this for a while. I would love to have the > series episode information available within Myth. > > It'd be nice to have just for browsing Myth. I have Myth set to record > every episode of That '70s Show whenever it's on any channel. During any > given week, That '70s Show has 3 separate seasons running in on 4 > different time slots (current season at 7 PM on Thursday, one season of > reruns on at 6:30 PM weekdays, another season of reruns on at 10:30 PM > weekdays and 9 PM on Sunday). It would be nice to be able to browse > those shows by season, and maybe even have the episode number listed. > > If Myth ever gets a DVD-burning module, having this season and episode > info would be very helpful. When I burn DVDs of That '70s Show, I like > to put only 1 season on a disc, and have the episodes in order, with > episode numbers and titles listed in the DVD menu. > > Maybe a simple way to list the episode info would be to have an option > to turn episode and season listings on or off. If this option is > enabled, the recordings could be prefaced by a simple season #/episode > #. For example: > > S4/Ep1: It's a Wonderful Life > S4/Ep2: Eric's Depression > > Just some thoughts... > > -- > Meetup with other Myth users! > http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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