On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:06:48 -0800, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 08:55:14AM -0500, Joseph Caputo wrote: > > Jeff Simpson wrote: > > >I just thought of this idea and wanted to share it before I forgot it > > >again. > > > > > >What if there were a way from within myth to look through the program > > >guide, and on the information screen, download and watch the trailer > > >from it if there is one found? Or additionally, have a plugin that is > > >in the media library that basically says "watch trailers" where it > > >will list off all the movie trailers it finds on some website and if > > >you select one it will download and watch it. (kinda like the > > >video-on-demand trailers on comcast). > > > > > >It's just an idea, I don't have the time to implement it or anything, > > >I just wanted to put it out there in case there was anyone thinking > > >"what could make myth even better?" > > > > > >ps - I don't know if there is a particular website to list off movie > > >trailers, but I'm sure one must exist. Whether or not they mind us > > >scraping their page and downloading their trailers is a different > > >story... > > > > Apple might be a good place to try for trailers (www.apple.com/quicktime). > > > > Personally, I think a more useful plugin would be movie time listings > > from local theaters. I know Apple's 'Sherlock' tool gets this > > information (as well as the trailers) via a feed from one of their > > partners (i.e., no scraping needed), but I haven't seen anyone try to > > leech off of it yet... I'm sure it wouldn't make Apple happy. > > How about bookmark a search for "movie:your-zip-code" on google into > your mythweb bookmarks?
I am actually looking at writing a movie listings (as in what time something plays at the local cineplex) plugin. Anyone else think this could be useful, or would the bookmark approach be fine for most > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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