Howdy folks,
As I
wrote previously, we do understand that handling seasonal episodic content is, shall we say, not a highlight of our user interface. A number of us who work at the company deal with this ourselves on our home systems.
The challenge is, this is a major engineering project. Just to give you an idea, it would affect our guide database, our bookmarking tools, the onscreen display, the browser interface, the movie store interface, the iOS and Android mobile applications, the control protocol, the control system templates and drivers... the list goes on.
Now, does that mean that we won't do it? No it does not. But what it does mean is that as a small company, we have to choose where to invest resources, and so far other features have had higher priority.
With that said, I would like to invite those of you who enjoy (or would like to enjoy) watching episodic content on Kaleidescape to speak up and say what sorts of things would make the experience better. Obviously, grouping all seasons of a show together rather than presenting them as individual covers or lines in the list views would be at the top of the list. I personally think tracking which episodes have been watched and showing that clearly in the OSD would be another great addition. What else? Knowing a bit about the bar we'd be aiming for with this feature will help us scope it properly, which is a critical part of deciding when to do it.