MHEG application?
 

Well I'd like to see series and episode numbers at least, particularly
when two series of Smallville are running at once.

MHEG application?
 

On 27/03/2006, David Quinton wrote in message
:

It seems amazing to me that one still can't get the same information
about programmes from MHEG that one can get from the Radio Times.

I think I'd actually be willing to pay £5 pm subscription if I could
press a couple of buttons on my remote and get:
Cast list
Writer / Director etc.
Accurate info as to whether a programme is a repat and when it was
previously shown ((and when it will be repeated).

I'm with you on the last of those, since that actually is information
about that particular broadcast, and it's information that the broadcaster
might be expected to know. And it would only need a few extra bytes, so
it wouldn't take up much bandwidth.

While you're there, it would also be useful to have a link to the next
programme in any series, so you could press one button to record episode
3, and then press another button to make the device automatically record
all the other episodes in the series. Or you could press one button to
record tonight's 10 O'Clock news and another to record every 10 O'Clock
news.

However, the other two things you asked for would be better served by
putting the information on the web and including a link, or a unique code
for the programme. As someone else pointed out, this is what the IBDB
provides

Simon.
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MHEG application?
 

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:03:28 +0100, Simon Slavin
. uk wrote:

While you're there, it would also be useful to have a link to the next
programme in any series, so you could press one button to record episode
3, and then press another button to make the device automatically record
all the other episodes in the series. Or you could press one button to
record tonight's 10 O'Clock news and another to record every 10 O'Clock
news.

My Humax can sort of do that.
You can edit Recording schedule to do it daily, weekly etc. But it
just repeats that timeslot without referring to the EPG.


However, the other two things you asked for would be better served by
putting the information on the web and including a link, or a unique code
for the programme. As someone else pointed out, this is what the IBDB
provides

Agreed.
The future wil be integration with the internet.
Mind you, the future most probably *will* be the internet (without ye
olde RF)
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