2005-10-18, 04:07 PM
I'd like to suggest two idea for a plugin or native feature in gbpvr.
1. Use imdb.com's MyMovies as a list of titles to find. Then have the TV schedule downloader (Zap2IT, etc.) retrieve the MyMovies list and then scan the new downloads to see if there is a hit. I can envision it having options to let me control 'auto record' and 'email me with hits'. This would be awesome. I know that movies I want to see come on, but I won't catch them.
Obviously, there would need to be a way to enter my logon info for IMDB.COM so the download program could get my movie list.
2. Have the web interface to the TV schedule show the IMDB.COM ratings for movies in the schedule. It would be awesome to have a 'movie' tab where it only shows movies in the schedule and that tab would do the hit on imdb.com to get the rating for the display. I'd like to sort by rating so I could decide what movies I wanted to record. I can see this being added to the search area of the web interface so I could search for movies (a checkbox) and have the imdb.com info appear in it as well. Actually, I guess it would make sense for the download program that gets the TV schedule updates to query IMDB.com at that time and pull in the data so it is fast and efficient.
I can imagine that there are 'use' issues that would need to be addressed, but if it was written in a modular fashion, sites other than imdb.com could be available as alternatives in order to get a spirit of competition involved. That might help in negotiating access.
1. Use imdb.com's MyMovies as a list of titles to find. Then have the TV schedule downloader (Zap2IT, etc.) retrieve the MyMovies list and then scan the new downloads to see if there is a hit. I can envision it having options to let me control 'auto record' and 'email me with hits'. This would be awesome. I know that movies I want to see come on, but I won't catch them.
Obviously, there would need to be a way to enter my logon info for IMDB.COM so the download program could get my movie list.
2. Have the web interface to the TV schedule show the IMDB.COM ratings for movies in the schedule. It would be awesome to have a 'movie' tab where it only shows movies in the schedule and that tab would do the hit on imdb.com to get the rating for the display. I'd like to sort by rating so I could decide what movies I wanted to record. I can see this being added to the search area of the web interface so I could search for movies (a checkbox) and have the imdb.com info appear in it as well. Actually, I guess it would make sense for the download program that gets the TV schedule updates to query IMDB.com at that time and pull in the data so it is fast and efficient.
I can imagine that there are 'use' issues that would need to be addressed, but if it was written in a modular fashion, sites other than imdb.com could be available as alternatives in order to get a spirit of competition involved. That might help in negotiating access.