Seriesfinale, a TV shows' tracker for Maemo 5

static void _f_do_barnacle_install_properties(GObjectClass *gobject_class) { SeriesFinale GParamSpec *pspec; /* Party code attribute */ pspec = g_param_spec_uint64 (F_DO_BARNACLE_CODE, "Barnacle code.", "Barnacle code", 0, G_MAXUINT64, G_MAXUINT64 /* default value */, TV shows tracker for Maemo 5 G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_WRITABLE | G_PARAM_PRIVATE); g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, F_DO_BARNACLE_PROP_CODE, Joaquim Rocha jrocha@igalia.com FOSDEM 2010

There was a big problem! Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

So many TV shows... So little time to watch them the disrespect of TV networks Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010 CC Photo by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uwebkk/

That made me and my girlfriend sad... :( CC Photo by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rivalius13/ Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

I noticed that when a TV show is starting, I wouldn't get a piece of paper nor open a txt to write it down Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

but the damn phone is always nearby! Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

What if I had a list of the episodes of each show I follow, and their synopsis, etc. and could check them on my beloved N900!? Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

How could this be done? 2 options: #1 screen scraping #2 a nice API Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

I searched for the nice API Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

Found TheTVDB.com : GPL project where everybody can contribute with info and art about their favorite shows Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

And there was even a Python module to try the API right away Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

So I did a fast check, the API worked; TheTVDB seemed well updated; and I started SeriesFinale using Igalia's hackfest time Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

The architecture is not dependent on TheTVDB (another provider backend can be written) Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

TV Show: name genre overview network rating actors Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

Episode: name overview number season director writer guest stars rating air date Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

Stored “DB”: objects JSON pickle stored as text in a file Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

Ported already to Diablo (thanks to Juan Suárez) Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

Future: * Download and use art * Use CouchDB * Port it to the GNOME desktop * Make a web site with sync capability * Find a way to link to episodes' trailers on YouTube Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

Demo time! Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

AND NO, THERE WON'T BE A “DOWNLOAD” BUTTON!!! Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010 CC Photo by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/outime/

Install it! Use it! Live happy ever after! (and also contribute to TheTVDB.com) http://gitorious.org/seriesfinale Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

Thank you! Joaquim Rocha (Igalia) · SeriesFinale · FOSDEM 2010

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