2011-03-14, 00:09
danz0l Wrote: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.
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.
I understand what you are wanting. Just not sure if there would ever be an agreement on what constitutes "Entertainment" vs "Lifestyle" vs "Special Interest".
So here are the current presets that I've built. There is really only room for a few tabs in the add-on settings so any "groupings" would have to be limited to a few. Honestly, I've been more focused on getting the presets built and the code created to create the playlists on the fly, then on what is the best way to organize these. I could add some custom channels fields to each group. That is not a big deal. The challenge is how do you best organize all of these into 5 or 6 groups that most people will find intuitive and "cable-like".
TV Genres
action-and-adventure-tv
animation-tv
children-tv
comedy-tv
documentary-tv
drama-tv
fantasy-tv
mini-series-tv
reality-tv
science-fiction-tv
special-interest-tv
sport-tv
western-tv
1950s-tv
1960s-tv
1970s-tv
1980s-tv
1990s-tv
2000s-tv
2010s-tv
child-tv
preteen-tv
teen-tv
adult-tv
TV Networks
a&e
abc
abc-family
adult-swim
amc
animal-planet
bbc-america
bio
bet
boomerang
bravo
cn
cbs
cinemax
comedy-central
cooking
discovery
discovery-health
disney-channel
playhouse-disney
diy
e!
food
fox
fx
g4
golf
hbo
hgtv
history
hub
id
lifetime
military
mtv
ngc
nbc
nick
oxygen
pbs
planet-green
showtime
style
sunshine
syfy
tbs
tlc
tnt
usa
Movie Genres
action-movies
adventure-movies
animation-movies
biography-movies
comedy-movies
crime-movies
documentary-movies
drama-movies
family-movies
fantasy-movies
film-noir-movies
history-movies
horror-movies
musical-movies
music-movies
mystery-movies
road-movies
romance-movies
science-fiction
short-movies
sport-movies
thriller-movies
war-movies
western-movies
1950s-movies
1960s-movies
1970s-movies
1980s-movies
1990s-movies
2000s-movies
2010s-movies
child-movies
preteen-movies
teen-movies
adult-movies
Movie Studios
20th-century-fox
columbia-pictures
dreamworks
lionsgate
lucasfilm
marvel
mgm
mirage
new-line
orion
paramount
pixar
sony
united-artists
universal-studios
disney
warner-bros
Mixed
mixed-action
mixed-animation
mixed-comedy
mixed-documentary
mixed-drama
mixed-family
mixed-fantasy
mixed-science-fiction
mixed-sport
mixed-western
mixed-1950s
mixed-1960s
mixed-1970s
mixed-1980s
mixed-1990s
mixed-2000s
mixed-2010s
mixed-child
mixed-preteen
mixed-teen
mixed-adult
mixed-Disney
mixed-Nickelodeon