I like the idea, and will find this tool useful.
I would like to see the idea expanded, though, to allow
extending the time(s) of network shows scheduled after
sporting events that are queued to record.
For example, last season I had a rule to record the CBS
show "Cold Case" on Sunday evenings. This show was
scheduled to play at 8:00pm, after "60 Minutes" which
ran from 7:00pm-8:00pm. During the NFL season, I often
had recordings of all/most/some of "60 Minutes" instead
of the desired program in its entirety -- it seems
that, following the NFL game, CBS would play 'filler'
material until 7:00pm, then continue with their regular
primetime schedule, if the NFL game ended on-time or
early. If the game ran past 7:00pm, however, their
entire primetime schedule shifted by the number of
minutes past 7:00pm that the NFL programming ran.
It would be great if this tool (or something very much
like it) could be used to automatically adjust the
ending time of primetime programs scheduled subsequent
to sporting events (which may have run long). It would
be ideal if it were to also adjust the -start- time of
those recordings, too, so that only the desired show is
recorded.
In order to do this, a new table would probably need to
be created in the mythconverg database, as we would not
necessarily be recording the sports event(s), but
rather adjusting other programs (start- and/or)
end-times based on the ending time of the sport
event(s)... so we'd likely need a table that would
flag a specific sporting event telecast for the program
to "watch" in order to adjust the recording schedule
for the program that is scheduled to record.
Automatically figuring out which show's schedule might
possibly need to be altered would be a nightmare, so
this new table might also contain the target program
information as well (perhaps manually entered), so that
this process wouldn't try to run and (potentially)
adjust every recording schedule that happens to fall on
a day that a sports event is telecast. I wouldn't mind
if I had to navigate to a (new?) page in order to set
this up via the web... or even simply create a
semi-generic "watch list" for the program to look at.
So, essentially, I'd have "told" this program to keep
an eye on my "Cold Case" recording schedule via some
method. Whenever "Cold Case" is set to record on a
given day, the program would look for a preceding
sporting event prior to it in the day's schedule on
that channel. It would then monitor the espn
scoreboard page to determine when the event ended, and
then make the appropriate adjustment(s) to the "Cold
Case" schedule.
Does this make sense to you? Seem feasible?
Desirable? Possible?
-brian
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