opdenkamp/xbmc — Issue #409: [FR] Series Link Support
Author: adamsutton
Created: 2012-01-23 14:15:37+00:00
State: open

Currently I cannot see any proper series link support (there is something similar in some of the auto record, regexp searching, features). However I'm looking for something such that when I select record on an event in the EPG it will ask me if I want to record that entry or the entire series.

This should then be indicated to the backend which should then, if supported and possible, which should then perform the relevant operation.

I've started investigating how this might be handled within tvheadend (my backend). In an ideal world you'd simply setup a series link using the episode info for the selected item, this would then setup a timer (for that show) and when this was complete (or shortly before?) it would setup for the next episode in the series.

Of course in the real world this will not always be possible as many EPG sources don't have any or reliable series info. So there might need to be a) a fallback to basic regexp matching and b) some fuzzy logic should the series info in the EPG be incomplete.

I'm interested in doing the work (or at least some of it). But I need guidance on what people think would likely be required in the API.