Plugin Suggestion: Tonights/Todays Films

revs · 2008-09-02, 10:56

This is a plugin for all those times when people ask "is there anything on tonight?" / "What shall we watch?"

I was going to create this plugin myself, but I doubt I'll have the time - So instead of leaving it, I thought i'd see if anyone else wanted to take up the challenge.

Basically its a plugin that just lists all the films showing "Today" or "Tonight". Tonight being a user configurable time period.

The plugin would query the Database and list all items today or tonght in the Genre "Film".
Multiples of the same version could be combined, and once selected it could show you which channels/times its on.
When selecting a film, it can act similarly to the TV EPG - either watch now if its currently on, or otherwise let you select to be alerted, or to record the program.
I can also imagine intergrating IMDB with this to get a better synopsys/review of the film
Once thats done you could bring in all the fancy stuff - FanArt/DVD Cover/Film poster etc
Getting carried away now, but a background process could grap IMDB and covers for everything, there would be loads of info available then - and you could select films by Movie Poster/DVD Cover...

So - firstly - is anyone othe than me interested in this?

Are there any devs that could develop this?

If not then i'll try and find the time to do it myself! But if someone could point me in the direction of some sample code for accessing the MP database, that would be great!

ThaClown · 2008-09-02, 12:48

Sounds really usefull, i'd use it i think

revs · 2008-09-02, 23:00

Well I'm looking into it - i'll update the thread on any plugin progress.

Paranoid Delusion · 2008-09-03, 00:38

I think this was one of the functions of 4TheRecord, it suggested things you liked from previous recordings.
as never got that far, testing wise, do not know how successful its fuzzy logic got with this.

revs · 2008-09-03, 10:25

I didnt intend to do anything as clever as that!

All i'll be doing is listing all the programs in the Genre "Film" that are on "today"/"tonight". So then its possible to see all the films on all channels for the evening.

I guess i'll make it possible to specify which channels to search for films too, otherwise for some people with hundreds of channels it could be a bit of a long list!

dvdfreak · 2008-09-07, 10:20

Using For The Record it would indeed be very easy to create a "suggestions" schedule to show you what films are upcoming which may be interesting to you.

For example: with a certain actor, or with a certain keyword in the description. You can also select a list of channels so you won't be notified of movies on channels you never watch, or can't receive due to scrambling e.g.

revs · 2008-09-07, 14:00

For The Record just seems like a bit of an overkill. I'll check it out, but quite tempted to work on a simpler more focused plugin

Need a reason to practice C# too!

dvdfreak · 2008-09-08, 08:26

You can always practive your C# by writing an addon for For The Record too

SpudR · 2008-09-09, 00:23

Practice your c#??
Do you have any other Sadomasochistic tendencies?

Loony

revs · 2008-09-09, 17:37

hah!

Well I need to learn C# (I program other languages by day), but every time I start to learn I get distracted. So it would do me good to have a project! Thing is, after spending all day programming, I don't really want to do more when I get home!!

2008-09-02, 10:56	#1 (permalink)
revs Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Age: 25 Posts: 745 Thanks: 28 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Country: My System	Plugin Suggestion: Tonights/Todays Films This is a plugin for all those times when people ask "is there anything on tonight?" / "What shall we watch?" I was going to create this plugin myself, but I doubt I'll have the time - So instead of leaving it, I thought i'd see if anyone else wanted to take up the challenge. Basically its a plugin that just lists all the films showing "Today" or "Tonight". Tonight being a user configurable time period. The plugin would query the Database and list all items today or tonght in the Genre "Film". Multiples of the same version could be combined, and once selected it could show you which channels/times its on. When selecting a film, it can act similarly to the TV EPG - either watch now if its currently on, or otherwise let you select to be alerted, or to record the program. I can also imagine intergrating IMDB with this to get a better synopsys/review of the film Once thats done you could bring in all the fancy stuff - FanArt/DVD Cover/Film poster etc Getting carried away now, but a background process could grap IMDB and covers for everything, there would be loads of info available then - and you could select films by Movie Poster/DVD Cover... So - firstly - is anyone othe than me interested in this? Are there any devs that could develop this? If not then i'll try and find the time to do it myself! But if someone could point me in the direction of some sample code for accessing the MP database, that would be great!

2008-09-02, 12:48	#2 (permalink)
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2008-09-03, 00:38	#4 (permalink)
Paranoid Delusion Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cheshire UK Posts: 6,619 Thanks: 129 Thanked 233 Times in 207 Posts Country: My System	I think this was one of the functions of 4TheRecord, it suggested things you liked from previous recordings. as never got that far, testing wise, do not know how successful its fuzzy logic got with this. __________________ Ray\PD Check your codecs are fine with Filmerit. XP\Vista known issues FOR FULL SUPPORT PLEASE GIVE USER SPECIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT LOG's as per HERE

2008-09-07, 10:20	#6 (permalink)
dvdfreak Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 606 Thanks: 0 Thanked 42 Times in 28 Posts Country: My System	Using For The Record it would indeed be very easy to create a "suggestions" schedule to show you what films are upcoming which may be interesting to you. For example: with a certain actor, or with a certain keyword in the description. You can also select a list of channels so you won't be notified of movies on channels you never watch, or can't receive due to scrambling e.g. __________________ Check out For The Record, the advanced rule-based scheduling system to intelligently record your TV programs with TV Server and MediaPortal: streaming live TV, single-seat/multiseat, Web Access, IM chat-bot, full priority/conflict management, standby with wake-on-lan, comskip, transcoding, more...

2008-09-08, 08:26	#8 (permalink)
dvdfreak Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 606 Thanks: 0 Thanked 42 Times in 28 Posts Country: My System	You can always practive your C# by writing an addon for For The Record too __________________ Check out For The Record, the advanced rule-based scheduling system to intelligently record your TV programs with TV Server and MediaPortal: streaming live TV, single-seat/multiseat, Web Access, IM chat-bot, full priority/conflict management, standby with wake-on-lan, comskip, transcoding, more...

2008-09-02, 23:00	#3 (permalink)
revs Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Age: 25 Posts: 745 Thanks: 28 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Country: My System	Well I'm looking into it - i'll update the thread on any plugin progress.

2008-09-03, 10:25	#5 (permalink)
revs Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Age: 25 Posts: 745 Thanks: 28 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Country: My System	I didnt intend to do anything as clever as that! All i'll be doing is listing all the programs in the Genre "Film" that are on "today"/"tonight". So then its possible to see all the films on all channels for the evening. I guess i'll make it possible to specify which channels to search for films too, otherwise for some people with hundreds of channels it could be a bit of a long list!

2008-09-07, 14:00	#7 (permalink)
revs Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Age: 25 Posts: 745 Thanks: 28 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Country: My System	For The Record just seems like a bit of an overkill. I'll check it out, but quite tempted to work on a simpler more focused plugin Need a reason to practice C# too!

2008-09-09, 00:23	#9 (permalink)
SpudR Portal Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 369 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Country: My System	Practice your c#?? Do you have any other Sadomasochistic tendencies? Loony

2008-09-09, 17:37	#10 (permalink)
revs Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London Age: 25 Posts: 745 Thanks: 28 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts Country: My System	hah! Well I need to learn C# (I program other languages by day), but every time I start to learn I get distracted. So it would do me good to have a project! Thing is, after spending all day programming, I don't really want to do more when I get home!!

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