[mythtvnz] New program notifications

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Tue Apr 27 01:13:58 BST 2010


On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I now have a process which runs each day checking the listings and
> seeing what is on for the next week.
>
> I was wondering whether the list would be interested in getting a daily
> summary email with new programs (by title) which have been added to the
> EPG in the last 24 hours.
>
> This would have a couple of uses;
>
> * People can find new shows they want to record as they come on.
>
> * Allow us as a crowd to catch programs which need a title replacement
> so as not to mess up recording rules e.g. "Lost: The Final Season" to
> "Lost" or "MasterChef New Zealand: The Grand Final" to "MasterChef New
> Zealand" (I caught this one the other day as it happens).
>
> On the other hand people might not want to increase the list noise with
> a daily email.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> hads
>
> P.S. It looks like C42 has now got guide data, one show each day.

I wonder whether it would be better to create a separate list for this?

I have no problem with using the present list (at least on a trial
basis anyway), but wonder if a separate list would 'fine grain' it to
those who truly want it.



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