2011-03-13, 18:58
jtucker1972 Wrote:How many of these 60 or simple episode or movie playlists? e.g. Sci-Fi TV, Sci-Fi Movies, etc. These could be replaced by simply selecting those channels from the presets. If at all possible, I am trying to create the functionality to almost eliminate the need for the user to have to create custom playlists.
Yes fully understand your logic but for me the main beauty of Pseudo is its flexibility. So for instance i can create a stargate TV channel, A Startrek one, A film channel dedicated to Stephen King etc etc. Genres are a little limited in that respect.
Quote:It's tough to pick a channel "grouping" that everyone would prefer. I based this version by how the playlists are created, e.g. genre is ..., firstaired before..., tvshow is ..., studio contains ..., et.al. I will post what the current grouping consist of and see what makes sense. Also from a GUI perspective, there are only so many tabs on the left side of the add-on settings which are visible at one time. I am afraid if I add too many a user will not know that the bottom "hidden" ones are even there. This may cause some confusion as well as the more tabs the more complexity. Trying to find a balance is the art of it.
Again fully understand and agree where your going with this, I based the sample genres on the foxsat HDR box that does this. As i see it, Pseudo's goal was and is to make a near LIVE tv type experience as possible with existing available media. So in that respect, a studio channel like CNN, ABC, BBC 1 etc are defined under a genre category (i.e. Entertainment, News, etc). Film channels like Film 4 under the films genre. To me defining a virtual BBC 1, based on available media, would go into an Entertainment genre compiled with any custom channels i defined too (i might opt for a complete comedy channel, or maybe 2 or 3, based on tv genre, age of show or even actors, for instance). Again this would be under the genre Entertainment, alongside the virtual BBc 1 channel. It just seems a little more logical and natural than having to drill down through a category of say TV Genre for my comedys channel and TV networks for my virtual BBC 1.
It may appear more logical however when i test the new platform.
Just offering some sugestions and food for thought.