2005-08-25, 09:35 PM
I'll probably write the utility that takes care of this, but I thought I'd get some input from the GBPVR community beforehand...
I would like my PC to notify me when an upcoming program matches some text criteria that I have previously specified. For example, let's say that I am a Dallas Cowboys fan and I want to know about any upcoming program that pertains to the Cowboys. What I want to be able to do is set a "watch list" of text patterns that is automatically searched for each time an EPG update is completed. I do not want to have to manually do the search myself (such as via a FastFind search) - I want to set it once and then simply wait for an alert.
In this case, I would specify something to the effect of "Alert me when you find the exact string "Dallas Cowboys" somewhere in either the program title or program description. Because I would almost certainly *not* want all matching programs to be recorded, I would want the software to either simply alert me, perhaps via email or a popup window (and let me manually add the program(s) I want recorded) or else ask me about each one and take care of the scheduling for me. Similarly, if I were a Cary Grant fan, I would set up another query pattern that checks for his name. Even though GBPVR does not keep extended EPG fields (such as an "actors" field), starring actors' names often appear in the program description field for movies (at least this appears to be true for Zap2It listings in the U.S.). Perhaps the software could optionally take advantage of the extra data maintained by the highly useful ZapTools.
Of course, I could keep as many "search patterns" as I would like.
I'm not aware of any current GBPVR plugin or utility that performs any task such as this on an automated basis.
Any thoughts/suggestions/comments appreciated...
- Jim
I would like my PC to notify me when an upcoming program matches some text criteria that I have previously specified. For example, let's say that I am a Dallas Cowboys fan and I want to know about any upcoming program that pertains to the Cowboys. What I want to be able to do is set a "watch list" of text patterns that is automatically searched for each time an EPG update is completed. I do not want to have to manually do the search myself (such as via a FastFind search) - I want to set it once and then simply wait for an alert.
In this case, I would specify something to the effect of "Alert me when you find the exact string "Dallas Cowboys" somewhere in either the program title or program description. Because I would almost certainly *not* want all matching programs to be recorded, I would want the software to either simply alert me, perhaps via email or a popup window (and let me manually add the program(s) I want recorded) or else ask me about each one and take care of the scheduling for me. Similarly, if I were a Cary Grant fan, I would set up another query pattern that checks for his name. Even though GBPVR does not keep extended EPG fields (such as an "actors" field), starring actors' names often appear in the program description field for movies (at least this appears to be true for Zap2It listings in the U.S.). Perhaps the software could optionally take advantage of the extra data maintained by the highly useful ZapTools.
Of course, I could keep as many "search patterns" as I would like.
I'm not aware of any current GBPVR plugin or utility that performs any task such as this on an automated basis.
Any thoughts/suggestions/comments appreciated...
- Jim
