2011-03-14, 19:12
@Jtucker: Man, if you're hard coding all of the TV shows to get it to work for the network channels (NBC, ABC, Fox...) I don't think that's going to be very productive and is really a lot more work than is really necessary. There are, quite simply, too many shows to do this for and there's always going to be the user that has some obscure show that doesn't fit in with the pre-determined channel list.
I think the best way to go about it, is to open a ticket, get in touch with a developer and have them add it in to XBMC's core playlist filtering. From there, you'd want a JSON call to get all available studios (mostly for TV Shows, this would have limited appeal for movies as there would be too many studios vs. movies per studio to decently fill a channel).
Again, I love the idea behind creating a simpler way to create channels but hard-coding names should always be a last resort. Like I said before, your time would be better spend getting together with a core developer and adding this into the core.
I think the best way to go about it, is to open a ticket, get in touch with a developer and have them add it in to XBMC's core playlist filtering. From there, you'd want a JSON call to get all available studios (mostly for TV Shows, this would have limited appeal for movies as there would be too many studios vs. movies per studio to decently fill a channel).
Again, I love the idea behind creating a simpler way to create channels but hard-coding names should always be a last resort. Like I said before, your time would be better spend getting together with a core developer and adding this into the core.