2011-12-28, 13:40
mwkurt Wrote:The "Studio" tag for type "TV Shows" is not in Dharma, at least my copy. Are you using Dharma or Eden?
Mark
Grab the Eden Beta1, it is in there.
tommymsw Wrote:I am using Eden and have no idea how to make a smart playlist in it.
But are you saying I can make a smart playlist with all of the shows I like and then make a channel in PTV that plays that list? To me, this seems like defeating the purpose of PTV in some way. I like how PTV does not require the user to do very extensive things to get good results. I figured if there was a way to include "year" in a "from and until" fashion in the custom channel part of PTV, this would allow for MANY types of customized channels (like classics, 50's, 60's, etc). You could have like a 1980's channel! Or 1980's cartoons!
I think that the year is included in the data for the shows already? (I think, lol)
Just seemed like the most simple solution to me at the time.
yes you can do all of that in smart playlists.
create it, then make a channel in PTV using that playlist and it will act like a channel giving the live tv experience.
smart playlists are easily the best way to make channels as people have different tastes. you might want an NBC channel showing the post 2000 shows and one showing pre 2000 shows, with smart playlist you can do that.
Also you can create a "mixed" smart playlist that will play movies/tvshows/music videos depending on the rules you apply!
so you can create a channel for NBC post 2000 shows with random family comedy and PTV will make the scedule up for you. Im sure there is even a way in PTV to schedule a movie at a certain time so every day at 8pm for example you can expect a family comedy movie.