Re: [Openpvr-devel] Project update listing?
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From: Brian J. M. <ea1...@in...> - 2002-04-01 05:24:03
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On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 09:07:34PM -0800, Robert Kulagowski wrote: >=20 > I've been giving the database some thought as well. I've implemented a p= erl > program which takes the XMLTV data from tv_grab_na and inserts it into a > MySQL database structure. I think that this is the easiest way to do the > "heavy lifting" involved with getting a database-driven scheduler > operational, like when users start doing wild-card searches, etc. =20 My schedular, completely xml driven so far supports wild-card matches on programs to record. So one can specify "Survivor: *" to get any of the Survivor series episodes". I don't like the idea of a full SQL database like MySQL however. I think that is overkill. > I am currently implementing the "hints" code that will let a scheduler de= cide > when a particular program has mulitple showings so that in case of schedu= ling > conflict it's easy to decide which program to defer and when. You do know there is a scheduler already written that handles wildcard matches as well as full conflict resolution, complete with program scoring for resolving conflicts, right? It sounds like you are working on the same thing. Why not take a look at what's there already and see if you can add to it if it does not meet your needs. > This handles > cases where something like "The Daily Show" will have 5 showings of the s= ame > program a day, but the _first_ showing is at 2300EST, M-Th, so a conflict= for > the 2300 slot can be filled with a showing that comes after that one. I am not sure I followed that but it sounds like the conflict resolution that my scheduler has. b. --=20 Brian J. Murrell |