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Pretty impressive stuff you guys have done! I haven't had a chance to check this out yet as I'm on vacation, but I was wondering if you were looking into whether it would be possible to accomplish two things:
1. Ability to search the EPG (by title, actor, keyword, etc) and schedule a recording or add a favorite
2. Ability to browse a channel guide of some sort and schedule a recording or add a favorite
I know you guys are working on fine tuning the existing functionality and pulling more meta data in and displaying it, so combining that with the above two items would probably make it possible for ME to stop utilizing Sage as the front-end. I currently can't think of any other reason I'd need to go into Sage itself.
Keep up the good work!
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I am looking into items 1 & 2. I am currently investigating some of the TV guide add-ons for modifications to give a tv guide using Sage's information. This could take quite a bit of time though.
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2012-09-04, 23:14
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I think that is a good plan for now.
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It pops the box to browse because you should first add the UNC path as a video source. You can tell XBMC not to scan the source for content. Once the UNC path is added as a source, you can browse to it and add it in the addon settings.
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I just committed an updated version to the github. See below for the changelog:
-Updated settings screen to allow input of a server name rather than just a server IP address
-Restructured the top level menu
-Added initial upcoming recording support (which uses JSON instead of XML parsing)
TODO:
-Fix issue related some upcoming episodes not getting assigned an airing date (most do but some don't for some reason)
-Change watch recordings episode parsing to use JSON instead of XML parsing
-Consolidate/minimize # of SageTV API calls to improve performance
-Add more context menu items to the upcoming recordings sub menu
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Thanks for the update(s). What's the advantage of using JSON over XML?
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2012-09-06, 01:22
(This post was last modified: 2012-09-06, 03:46 by LehighBri.)
Another update coming through... just committed some additional updates to the plugin in github. See below for the changelog:
-Fixed issue related to some upcoming episodes not getting assigned an airing date
-Changed watch recordings episode parsing to use JSON instead of XML parsing
-Consolidated/minimized # of SageTV API calls to improve performance
-Improved upcoming recording support for handling shows with no episode or description
TODO:
-Add more context menu items to the upcoming recordings sub menu
-Add basic "EPG like" functionality to allow you to browse a directory of channels, days, etc and record shows
UPDATE: Committed a couple more changes:
-Fix issue with handling of [All Shows] and also increased limit of episodes returned for those with large libraries
-Added Cancel Recording context menu to upcoming recordings menu
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2012-09-06, 23:15
(This post was last modified: 2012-09-07, 02:51 by LehighBri.)
Just committed an updated version to the github. Added new top level "Browse Channel Listings" option which allows you to drill into a specific channel, see what airings exist, and set a specific airing to record (or cancel record if it's already scheduled to record, etc)
This option was added as an interim solution that provides "EPG-like" capability where you can browse a listing of channels, airings, and then action on them. Not ideal as it could take a couple clicks, but all in all is definitely a viable solution.
Thoughts? Any potential additional improvements?
TODO:
-(COMPLETE... SEE POST #75): Add new top level item to Search (e.g. by Name) (anyone have thoughts on how to prompt a dialog box where a user could enter what show they want to search for?)
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More updates coming in. Just committed more updates... these commits add the ability to search for airings and also search for recordings.