2005-02-08, 08:36 PM
It would be a big help for my current (admittedly cockamamy) set-up if I had the option to use the episode title (where available from zap2it) in the naming of the files that GBPVR produces.
Currently I get:
Gilmore Girls_200500208_17001800.mpg
But if I could get:
Gilmore Girls_200500208_17001800_Rorys Dance.mpg
(where the title of the episode is included in the title (sans special characters, limited to a certain number, skipped if missing, etc...), with the date and time still there for uniqueness and easy ordering) then I could more easily organize and archive these for (say) DVD-R burning, or off-box archiving.
As it stands I am using a laptop with a small harddrive in my experimental GBPVR setup. It has been so awesome so far that I basically fill my harddrive up almost every other day and end up moving the stuff (for now at least) off box for later viewing. (I am GBPVRing a Buck Rogers marathon right now almost by accident "record all episodes" ...but once I move them off tonight I will lose the handy title placing in GBPVR).
Currently I do not have viewing really worked out very well. I do not have a MediaMVP (nor would that work very well with the small drive I am working with so far). My Inspiron does have a TV-Out though and with $9 in cables I am able to watch files on the TV.
The way I watch things right now though involves downloading them back to the laptop for TV play, and then their information is lost to GBPVR. Since most description/tv-guide type of stuff is geared toward what is on in the future, I have no good way to find out which episode:
Gilmore Girls_200500125_17001800.mpg
is without skimming the show for clues.
Another idea would be to have the option of outputting a text file with the title and full description of everything recorded, like:
Gilmore Girls_200500125_17001800.mpg
Gilmore Girls_200500125_17001800_description.txt
which would have the zap2it stuff.
(I know I know, just get a big harddrive and a media mvp.)
One reason I am suggesting (wishing for?) this is that I am considering long term solutions that do not involve having a PC in the livingroom. With 802.11g etc... there should be more "media server -> snazzy living-room component" solutions (like they have for mp3, only bigger bandwidth).
Perhaps someday I will have a cable-box in the office, connecting to my GBPVR and dumping everything to a drive that is available for streaming to a wireless-network mpg/avi player connected to the TV in the livingroom (the title names would come in extremely handy with that implementation for instance).
Thanks for considering it.
curioffl(sseat)
Currently I get:
Gilmore Girls_200500208_17001800.mpg
But if I could get:
Gilmore Girls_200500208_17001800_Rorys Dance.mpg
(where the title of the episode is included in the title (sans special characters, limited to a certain number, skipped if missing, etc...), with the date and time still there for uniqueness and easy ordering) then I could more easily organize and archive these for (say) DVD-R burning, or off-box archiving.
As it stands I am using a laptop with a small harddrive in my experimental GBPVR setup. It has been so awesome so far that I basically fill my harddrive up almost every other day and end up moving the stuff (for now at least) off box for later viewing. (I am GBPVRing a Buck Rogers marathon right now almost by accident "record all episodes" ...but once I move them off tonight I will lose the handy title placing in GBPVR).
Currently I do not have viewing really worked out very well. I do not have a MediaMVP (nor would that work very well with the small drive I am working with so far). My Inspiron does have a TV-Out though and with $9 in cables I am able to watch files on the TV.
The way I watch things right now though involves downloading them back to the laptop for TV play, and then their information is lost to GBPVR. Since most description/tv-guide type of stuff is geared toward what is on in the future, I have no good way to find out which episode:
Gilmore Girls_200500125_17001800.mpg
is without skimming the show for clues.
Another idea would be to have the option of outputting a text file with the title and full description of everything recorded, like:
Gilmore Girls_200500125_17001800.mpg
Gilmore Girls_200500125_17001800_description.txt
which would have the zap2it stuff.
(I know I know, just get a big harddrive and a media mvp.)
One reason I am suggesting (wishing for?) this is that I am considering long term solutions that do not involve having a PC in the livingroom. With 802.11g etc... there should be more "media server -> snazzy living-room component" solutions (like they have for mp3, only bigger bandwidth).
Perhaps someday I will have a cable-box in the office, connecting to my GBPVR and dumping everything to a drive that is available for streaming to a wireless-network mpg/avi player connected to the TV in the livingroom (the title names would come in extremely handy with that implementation for instance).
Thanks for considering it.
curioffl(sseat)