Finally, some work for non-programmers... show level augmentation testing.

Timmy's temporary web interface for show level augmentation is up and running and a few tests have been put through, which showed up Ok in following slices.

http://orac.caffeine.co.nz/shows

This system allows for show level ratings,stars,gene and group to be set.

There is also the ability to set the episodic nature of a show if ir eventuates that the episodic detection algorithm misses a particular show.. eg if doesn't play in regular timeslots (unlikely ... I've never come across anything interesting yet that I couldn't set a season pass for on the dev system)

[Definitions in terms of dev system: show = a show like "friends" or "lost", a programmed = an individual episode which has a time/date associated with it. Genre's and groups as far as the dev system design goes are attached to the show level]

It also allows the show description to be updated. Generally testting has used the "REPLACEIF" function, where the (null) description is replaced if it is black.

This has been used through a number of shows on the FTA channels to augment some form of description into the slice.

Pretty much where ever there is a "No information" in the description it would be nice to have a generic catch-all show description added.

Remember, this is early beta stuff, the plan is to create a much more comprehensve interface dealing with show level and programme level augmentation.

Also, all updates are live into the database, and therefore will reflect into the next days slice (available around midday each day)

There are a number of tivos on the dev slices ... so be considerate in terms of keeping changes close enough to accurate