home
products
contribute
download
documentation
forum
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
All posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Donate
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
MediaPortal 1
MediaPortal 1 Plugins
[Request] Genre-based TV Guide
Contact us
RSS
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="bodiroga" data-source="post: 805479" data-attributes="member: 63563"><p>Hi guys!</p><p></p><p>Yesterday, while I was watching TV, I realized that the channel-based TV Guides weren't as useful as they should because normally people want to see a particular type of program (movies, tvserie, news,...) and they don't care in which channel are being aired (at least that's my case <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />). My previous (paid) TV provider offers that option and I considered it a great and useful option, sooo... why don't we try to build a plugin that brings up that option to our loved program?</p><p></p><p>Here is how the plugin should work in my opinion:</p><p></p><p>- "What's now" screen: the plugin should show a screen with the future programs ordered by time and categorized by genres. For example, let's suppose that it's 8pm and that we have the following programs in different channels:</p><p></p><p>Channel 1:</p><p></p><p>Movie from 7:30pm to 9pm</p><p>News from: 9pm to 9:45pm</p><p>TVSerie: 10pm to 11pm</p><p>TVSerie: 11pm to 12pm</p><p></p><p>Channel 2:</p><p></p><p>Sports from 7pm to 8:30pm</p><p>News from 8:30pm to 9pm</p><p>Movie from 9pm to 10:30pm</p><p>TVSerie: 10:30pm to 11<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />m</p><p></p><p>Channel 3:</p><p></p><p>Documentary from 8:15pm to 9pm</p><p>Reality Show from 9pm to 10pm</p><p>Sports from 10pm to 12pm</p><p>TVSerie from 12pm to 1am</p><p></p><p>Channel 4:</p><p></p><p>Really Show from 7:30pm to 8:30pm</p><p>News from 8:30pm to 9:30pm</p><p>Movie from 9:30pm to 11pm</p><p>TVSerie from 11pm to 12pm</p><p></p><p>...</p><p></p><p>If we configure the plugin to show the categories Movies, Series and News we should get:</p><p></p><p>Movies:</p><p></p><p>"Movie title" at channel1 (started 30 minutes ago)</p><p>at channel2 (in 1 hour)</p><p>at channel4 (in 1.5 hour)</p><p></p><p>Series:</p><p></p><p>at channel1 (in 2 hours)</p><p>at channel2 (in 2.5 hours)</p><p>at channel1 (in 3 hours)</p><p>at channel4 (in 3 hours)</p><p>at channel3 (in 4 hours)</p><p></p><p>News:</p><p></p><p>at channel2 (in 30 minutes)</p><p>at channel3 (in 30 minutes)</p><p>at channel1 (in 1 hour)</p><p></p><p>I hope that you can get the idea ;-) Obviously the guide will be more filled if we add more channels.</p><p></p><p>- "Tonight" screen: same as the previous screen but only showing Movies, Series, News, Documentaries,... from 8pm to 11pm (it can be configurable) and instead of showing "in x minutes" just show the program start time. This can be useful to have a look at tonight's movies while you are watching news at the evening and see if you want to record one or set a reminder.</p><p></p><p>For now these are the only screens that I've thought about.</p><p></p><p>The following options should be configurable in the plugin:</p><p></p><p>- Categories: the user should be able to create categories simply picking up the genres they want from MediaPortal's TV database. Therefore, it's really important to have a complete EPG.</p><p>- "Started x minutes ago": this minutes should be configurable by the user to not show lots of programs that have being started (in my personal case I won't see any movie that has already started). Can be also configurable for each category.</p><p>- The user should be able to set a recording or a reminder when clicking in a program that hasn't started. MediaPortal classes can be used for this.</p><p></p><p></p><p>What do you think about the idea? Do you consider it interesting? Will you use a plugin like this? Any dev interesting in bringing life to this? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I don't know how much difficult is to develop this plugin, but all the information is already availabe in the mptvdb database. It's just a matter of building the correct SQL queries for each categorie and show the results sorted by time, isn't it? (Please, don't misunderstand it, it's not my intention to underestimate the work that it requires).</p><p></p><p>That's all for now, I hope that people will like the idea and will share their opinions.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading the post and best regards,</p><p></p><p>Aitor</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bodiroga, post: 805479, member: 63563"] Hi guys! Yesterday, while I was watching TV, I realized that the channel-based TV Guides weren't as useful as they should because normally people want to see a particular type of program (movies, tvserie, news,...) and they don't care in which channel are being aired (at least that's my case :D). My previous (paid) TV provider offers that option and I considered it a great and useful option, sooo... why don't we try to build a plugin that brings up that option to our loved program? Here is how the plugin should work in my opinion: - "What's now" screen: the plugin should show a screen with the future programs ordered by time and categorized by genres. For example, let's suppose that it's 8pm and that we have the following programs in different channels: Channel 1: Movie from 7:30pm to 9pm News from: 9pm to 9:45pm TVSerie: 10pm to 11pm TVSerie: 11pm to 12pm Channel 2: Sports from 7pm to 8:30pm News from 8:30pm to 9pm Movie from 9pm to 10:30pm TVSerie: 10:30pm to 11:pm Channel 3: Documentary from 8:15pm to 9pm Reality Show from 9pm to 10pm Sports from 10pm to 12pm TVSerie from 12pm to 1am Channel 4: Really Show from 7:30pm to 8:30pm News from 8:30pm to 9:30pm Movie from 9:30pm to 11pm TVSerie from 11pm to 12pm ... If we configure the plugin to show the categories Movies, Series and News we should get: Movies: "Movie title" at channel1 (started 30 minutes ago) at channel2 (in 1 hour) at channel4 (in 1.5 hour) Series: at channel1 (in 2 hours) at channel2 (in 2.5 hours) at channel1 (in 3 hours) at channel4 (in 3 hours) at channel3 (in 4 hours) News: at channel2 (in 30 minutes) at channel3 (in 30 minutes) at channel1 (in 1 hour) I hope that you can get the idea ;-) Obviously the guide will be more filled if we add more channels. - "Tonight" screen: same as the previous screen but only showing Movies, Series, News, Documentaries,... from 8pm to 11pm (it can be configurable) and instead of showing "in x minutes" just show the program start time. This can be useful to have a look at tonight's movies while you are watching news at the evening and see if you want to record one or set a reminder. For now these are the only screens that I've thought about. The following options should be configurable in the plugin: - Categories: the user should be able to create categories simply picking up the genres they want from MediaPortal's TV database. Therefore, it's really important to have a complete EPG. - "Started x minutes ago": this minutes should be configurable by the user to not show lots of programs that have being started (in my personal case I won't see any movie that has already started). Can be also configurable for each category. - The user should be able to set a recording or a reminder when clicking in a program that hasn't started. MediaPortal classes can be used for this. What do you think about the idea? Do you consider it interesting? Will you use a plugin like this? Any dev interesting in bringing life to this? :D I don't know how much difficult is to develop this plugin, but all the information is already availabe in the mptvdb database. It's just a matter of building the correct SQL queries for each categorie and show the results sorted by time, isn't it? (Please, don't misunderstand it, it's not my intention to underestimate the work that it requires). That's all for now, I hope that people will like the idea and will share their opinions. Thanks for reading the post and best regards, Aitor [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
MediaPortal 1
MediaPortal 1 Plugins
[Request] Genre-based TV Guide
Contact us
RSS
Top
Bottom
