[TV] Improve TV scheduler (1 Viewer)

[CadErik]

I'm coming from SageTV and there are couple of important features I'm missing from the scheduler:
- record only first runs
- be able to set a show as "watched" so that it doesn't get recorded as part of a series

I had a look at the tv db schema and it looks like record only first runs might require a new column. I'd be willing to work on a patch to add these features but I'd like to know if anyone else is working on that and if there is still a chance that such changes could make it into 1.2

Erik

 

[jameson_uk]

No chance of any changes for 1.2 as we are getting ready for RC release.

The ability to record only new episodes is already in MP but is dependent on your EPG storing series/episode data (as series/episode data not in description) and that it has been recorded through MP. (Ie. It is a fairly rudimentary bit of logic that will have MP not record already recorded episodes rather than just new ones; ie. If you record series 3 then series 1 starts then series 1 will be recorded but repeats of series 3 will not)

 

[CadErik]

No chance of any changes for 1.2 as we are getting ready for RC release.

I just had a look at the source code, that's too bad because I don't think it would be very complex to implement these features.
For the new episode feature, I'd like to be able to make the decision to record based on the full history (episodes watched and deleted) instead of just the currently recorded shows.
If I work on such patch, would it be reasonable to target 1.2.1?

Erik.

 

[jameson_uk]

No chance of any changes for 1.2 as we are getting ready for RC release.

I just had a look at the source code, that's too bad because I don't think it would be very complex to implement these features.
For the new episode feature, I'd like to be able to make the decision to record based on the full history (episodes watched and deleted) instead of just the currently recorded shows.
If I work on such patch, would it be reasonable to target 1.2.1?

Erik.

All patches are welcome and considered. 1.2.x releases will only be bug fixes but this would be definitely considered for 1.3 which will be the next major release after 1.2.

One thing to be aware of is (I am guessing you are from US ?) that this needs to cope with lot of other situations. Most over the air EPG (probably most common situation in Europe) does not include any series or episode info so that needs to be taken into account.

But as I said, all submissions welcome.