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I understand the desire for this feature, but I think
there is 1 problem with it. If you plan to actually
integrate your mythtv setup into your home theater and
only use it via remote ... then how would you enter a
string to search for?

That is why directv and digital cable just have
browsable menu's ... not searches.

Just a thought.

-- Allen

--- Robert Kulagowski <rkulagowski@thrupoint.net>
wrote:
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> I like the grid, but finding a program is sometimes
> difficult.
>
> I've gone to mysql, and the following syntax would
> allow for program
> searches:
>
> mysql> use mythconverg;
> mysql> select * from program where title like "a %"
> group by title;
>
> Which gives me all the programs (31 rows, and took
> 0.09 seconds) that
> start with "a" and have a space. "%" is the SQL
> wildcard.
>
> Similarly, "%daily show%" will send back "The Daily
> Show with Jon
> Stewart".
>
> Now, all someone (not me: don't know enough c++ /
> qt yet) needs to
> do is take this SQL syntax, replace the hardcoded
> information with a
> variable, and put the results in a listbox for
> further processing.
>
> You're welcome! :)
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The Tivo does it by splitting the screen into two halves; the left
half has a 4 x 9 matrix of the alphabet + numbers, with three choices
at the top: CLR SP DEL.

The user uses a remote to move a rectangle around the screen,
pressing "Select" to choose a letter. That way, you build the word
one letter at a time. As you add letters, the right half of the
screen changes, narrowing your choices based on the letters you've
entered.

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Right, ReplayTV does the same thing, only top/bottom. If its
layed out as a

abc def ghi
jlk mno pqr
stu vwx yz

clr sp del

It could be mapped to numeric keys and such on a remote, much
the way a cell phone lets a user edit the directory/phonebook.
To enter "Tivo" its 77 333 8 555

or use arrow keys/select key.

My cell phone does word completion frequently, so i could enter:
7385

and then use "next" to pick the word out of a list. If the
list of words to complete on came from the tvtime feed in the
MySQL database, you'd just look for all words that matched the
code 7385 and let the user scroll using a "next" key. Map 0
to mean a space, and do the searches on space breaks between
words.

Could be very fast to key in a program to search for using a
simple remote.

Robert Kulagowski <rkulagowski@thrupoint.net> wrote:
> The Tivo does it by splitting the screen into two halves; the left
> half has a 4 x 9 matrix of the alphabet + numbers, with three choices
> at the top: CLR SP DEL.
>
> The user uses a remote to move a rectangle around the screen,
> pressing "Select" to choose a letter. That way, you build the word
> one letter at a time. As you add letters, the right half of the
> screen changes, narrowing your choices based on the letters you've
> entered.

--
Shawn.

"Allen T. Gilliland IV" <alleng4@yahoo.com> wrote:
> That is why directv and digital cable just have
> browsable menu's ... not searches.

I also want to point out that i like searching for
a show, better than browsing for it, when trying to
program to record it. For example, I know I want
to record "Friends" or "Stargate SG-1", I just don't
always know when its on.

Finally, by searching for it by title, we can
automatically schedule recordings for programs when
they change their timeslot in the program guide, etc,
or we don't always know when they are on. For example,
I didn't know SciFi shows the 5 Stargate SG-1 episodes
shown on Monday night also at like 3 am every week day.
But my ReplayTV did.

--
Shawn.

On Wednesday 13 November 2002 10:03 am, Robert Kulagowski wrote:
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> I like the grid, but finding a program is sometimes difficult.
<snip>
> Now, all someone (not me: don't know enough c++ / qt yet) needs to
> do is take this SQL syntax, replace the hardcoded information with a
> variable, and put the results in a listbox for further processing.

I don't really feel like writing up an on-screen keyboard for text entry,
especially not one that handles other character sets... Anyway, MythWeb is
able to search for programs, and the feature seems better located there,
anyway.

Isaac

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> Anyway, MythWeb is able to search for programs, and the feature
> seems better located there anyway.

MythWeb currently isn't a required module and entails more
requirements like a web server and php; are you amenable to a "search
for recording" feature in the main mythtv module, or do you think
it's best kept seperate? This sort of goes back to my earlier post
asking about features and what you'd accept.

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Robert Kulagowski <rkulagowski@thrupoint.net> wrote:
> MythWeb currently isn't a required module and entails more
> requirements like a web server and php; are you amenable to a "search
> for recording" feature in the main mythtv module, or do you think
> it's best kept seperate? This sort of goes back to my earlier post
> asking about features and what you'd accept.

I may find motivation to write the search stuff i was talking about
earlier today... problem is the time....

If i do, i'll make a patch. Would you be willing to accept the
feature Isaac, assuming the patch was relatively sane and to your
code standards?

--
Shawn.

On Thursday 14 November 2002 12:19 am, Shawn Pearce wrote:
> I may find motivation to write the search stuff i was talking about
> earlier today... problem is the time....
>
> If i do, i'll make a patch. Would you be willing to accept the
> feature Isaac, assuming the patch was relatively sane and to your
> code standards?

Sure thing. My only requests would be that the on-screen entry stuff is
generic enough to be re-used elsewhere, and that it at least has the ability
to be expanded to support other character sets.

Isaac

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote:
> I don't really feel like writing up an on-screen keyboard for text entry,
> especially not one that handles other character sets...

But then you could add email support and maybe a simple web browser and....
oh wait, never mind.

--
Ray