Guide enhancements

[wtg]

Feature Request #1

My TV has a built in programming guide and it has one feature I miss within gbpvr's guide. You can toggle the guide so that it shows all upcoming shows on the current highlighted channel, changing it from being time-centric (showing all programs that start at a particular time) to being channel-centric (showing all programs coming up on a particular channel). So for instance, I can be looking at all the shows starting at 8 pm, highlight a channel, click the info button on my remote and see all programs on that specific channel for the next day or so.

I'd love to see this in gbpvr's standard guide and the Web Admin guide. I like to record a lot of classics off Turner Classic Movies since many of the movies are hard to find and all commercial free, so I frequently check it to see what's coming up for a particular day. In the current guide that's not so easy since you have to scroll, scroll, scroll...

Feature Request #2
One feature that titantv.com's guide has that I love is the ability to see all upcoming airings of the highlighted program. So for instance, when you go to schedule a recording only to be told you have a conflict, you can quickly see the upcoming re-airings of the highlighted program and decide whether you want to schedule a later airing to be recorded. It's also nice if you realize you missed a show (or the start of it when you're looking in the guide and go, "Oh crap! I forgot to record that!").

Thanks,
Tim

[reven]

Request 1: xguide can do this for you

[jorm]

Request #2 it is called find more available in xguide, xsearch and xrecord

I know it works in xsearch and xrecord.

[daphatty]

Is Xguide available as a standalone plugin or do I have to install Xrecord to get it?

[jorm]

you have to install xrecord but you can just disable xrecord and xsearch from the config.

[wtg]

Thanks for the suggestions... I didn't know xrecord and xguide could do that. I'll definitely check them out.

However, I do hope sub at some point will consider the enhancements for the delivered guide. Having a plug-in option is great, but it's one more thing to install and maintain. And of course sometimes the plug-ins need to be upgraded before you can upgrade gbpvr proper. I use several already (My Videos and Weather are great!) but I'm inclined to keep them to a minimum just to avoid the baggage that comes with them. Being a natural tinkerer, I spend enough time dorkin' with what I have... I don't need it to be anymore of a timesink that it already is.

[jorm]

I understand. The problem is there is a lot of things that sub leaves to the plugin developers to enhance. I think there are some things that he should include in the full gbpvr. For example xsearch instead of search guide. Also if you are in the united states you might want to look at rectracker also part of xrecord, it keeps track of every show you watch and removed the duplicates.

But he likes to keep the basic functionality simple. Checkout xrecord it is worth the slight headache of another plugin. The reason why I merged rectracker, cdk, xsearch, xguide and xrecord into one package easier to maintain and update.

Wow that is a lot. Perhaps I should call it a plugin pack.