Re: [xine-user] Xine DVD Compatability DB (Comments Requested)

[Gustavo H. <ga...@me...>]

Message: 10
From: Greg Breland <gbr...@mo...>
To: xin...@li...
Date: 14 Feb 2002 13:43:55 -0600
Subject: [xine-user] Xine DVD Compatability DB (Comments Requested)

Hey, sounds like a good idea. You should have some filter questions before 
allowing submissions so that typical configuration problems don't get mixed 
with particular DVD problems, oh, in case you're planning to allow public 
submissions, of course.

See you
Gustavo

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I am thinking of making a web site where users of Xine software can go
to record success or problems with DVDs and Xine.  It would be a
Database of DVDs that work without problems or DVDs with problems and
what those problems are.  I would also like to keep up with which DVDs
need to be donated to the developers so that problems can be solved, but
this may not be logistically possible.

Goals of the Xine DVD Database:

1) Good PR for how many DVDs work with Xine.
2) Resource for users having problem with a piticular DVD.
3) Organize DVD playback problems in a searchable fashion.
4) Improve the QA process by offloading testing to all Xine users.

Here is the table layout I am thinking of:

* DVDid           VarChar
DVDtitle          VarChar
XineVersion       VarChar
PluginUsed        VarChar
InstallMethod     VarChar
AmountDVDWatched  integer
PlaybackPerfect   Boolean
PlaybackComment   Text
MenusPerfect      Boolean
MenusComment      Text
SubtitlesPerfect  Boolean
SubtitlesComment  Text
AnglesPerfect     Boolean
AnglesComment     Text

* (I think DVDs have a unique ID, but need to research. Possibly tie
into an open DB of DVD information.)


Let me know if this is a good or bad idea and if so, why.  Feedback on
what the DB tracks is also greatly appreciated.

Greg Breland
-- 
"2+2=5 for extremely large values of 2"