What *new* features do you want?

[Brett]

Ok... so I started this thread with a simple question...

Originally Posted by Brett

I am curious what do power users (thats you guys!) want SnapStream to work on next?

I had my ideas, and with the great response from the community, they were pretty much verified.

With over 70 request I locked this thread for the time being. You can vote on the top 10 here.

Features were ranked based off how many individuals request them. Also, I consolidated "similar" feature request. The tally is to the left of the request.

Furthermore just to be absolutely clear, this list is by no means a promise that SnapStream will work on your feature now, or in the near future. This could be due to several reasons including resources, legal, technical, and the fact that this is not truly "scientific" data.

Thanks,
-Brett

Interesting Statistics

Unique Voters: 53
Votes for #1: 30
Number of Votes: 267
Unique Request: 76
"Hot" Request: 19
Average Votes Per Request: 3.51
Average Votes Per my Request: 9.2
Average Request Per User: 5.03


Requested Features / Products:

-Top Ranked-
30 BM Integration / BTV Plugin Support
14 Dual-Tuner PIP
13 BM Bug Fixes

-Also Hot-
9 True Closed Caption Support including CC on Mute
9 Record Show/Movie not on Guide either by name, wildcards, or fields
9 DVB Support
8 Firewire Recording
8 Color-Coded Guide
8 EPG with liveTV window
8 QAM Recording
7 Multi Recording Server Support / Network Encoders
7 Parental Controls
6 Custom Show Views. (ie: favorite actors, first-runs, seasons, etc.)
6 Stream Shows over Internet (On Demand)
5 Upcoming New Series / Pilot Alert
5 Channel Logo Support for Guide
5 Automatic Rollover to backup folder (if space limited)
5 PVR to Go Feature (Queue shows (from Link) to download to client and watch them on the road)
5 Favorite Channels Guide (Hit Guide Button to swap between the two)

-And The Rest-
4 Improved BM DVD Experience (Similar to BTV)
4 "Intelligent" Intelligent Recommendations. (Detailed privately)
4 LiveTV Preview from all menues
4 Improved BM Music Experience

3 "Space Remaining" Across all Defined Video Folders
3 User Defined Keyboard/Remote Shortcuts
3 Queue Shows for Playback
3 Advance Networking / Multiuser Support for Clients.

2 Native XMLTV Support
2 Improved Control for Post-Processing
2 Improved HD Playback
2 "Custom Channel" (Dynamically generated channel with top "recommended" show for that hour)
2 Stream Shows over Internet to PocketPC
2 Browse Guide by Channel Name (ie: Type "M" see MTV)
2 PocketPC Remote / WebAdmin
2 Video folder customization (ie: mark video folder as 'hidden')
2 Channel Bonding (ie: Antenna "NBC" & DirecTV "NBC" treat as same channel)
2 Windows Vista Support
2 Add an Auto-Tune Only (ie: Change STB Channel w/o Recording)
2 User Channel Numbers
2 View Upcoming Episodes / BTV Server Status on SnapStream.NET
2 Conflict Resolution Improvements
2 Advance Settings in Viewscape
2 Update International Versions still on 3.6
2 Proper NAS device integration
2 Improve SmartSkip
2 Start as a Service
2 Temp Suspend Recording of Live Show (manual trimming / smartskip)
2 IMDB Link for Movies/Shows
2 Length of Recording in Show Listing
2 Double-speed Audio/Video Playback
1 Additional Remote Controller Support
1 HD Media Client
1 Season / Episode Information
1 FireFly Improvements (same controller) (ie: Letters on keypad used for searching)
1 Improved Category Searching (ie: Group identical movies)
1 Media Extender (preferable HD)
1 Improved Disk Management (ie: BTV decides drive and folder)
1 iPOD Compression w/SmartSkip
1 FireFly II (new controller)
1 Sports / News Feeds on TV
1 Fix Codec / External Player Support
1 Choose DiVX Codec (for ShowSqueeze)
1 ShowSqueeze to H264
1 Logitech G15 Keyboard LCD support
1 MP4 Compression for ShowSqueeze
1 Define SmartSkip by Channel (ie: Exclude HBO)
1 Auto-Connect Link Config in WebAdmin
1 Default Recording Folder per Tuner
1 Upcoming Recordings Split-View for each Tuner
1 Improved Fonts
1 FM Tuner Guide / Schedule Recordings
1 Defaults for B, C, D on FireFly
1 Fix SmartSkip to Show 1-sec of Blank Screen
1 Sort Shows Alphabetically
1 Mark Show as Previously Recorded
1 Burn to DVD/CD

(PS: I make no promises to the math, it was done quickly and crudly)

[MarcP]

I'd like a version of the EPG that has liveTV playing in a PIP window like other DVRs do.

[dallas2727]

Improved HD playback in BeyondTV as experianced in hardware vendor players.

Firewire recording.

[Brett]

BTW, here is my "short" list.

BM Integration

PVR to Go Feature: I have a laptop with a client installed, perhaps I could download a few shows to that client and watch them on the road.

Dual-Tuner PIP

Favorite Channels Guide (Hit Guide Button to swap between the two)

"Custom Channel" Add a "Channel 0" to the guide that will be the top "recommended" show for that hour.

"Intelligent" Intelligent Recommendations. Detailed privately.

Complex Networking / Multiuser Support for Clients.

Custom Grouping. Create groups such as "favorite actors" and have them available in a seperate folder in video folder view.

Closed Caption on Mute

Color-Coded Guide

[ZetaVu]

in no particular order

1. Closed captioning

2. PIP (integrated with closed captioning)

3. Ability to use BM plugins in BTV (like DVD Library)

4. Firewire recording

5. fixes for BM (if that is on topic)

[ZetaVu]

Oh, stream shows over internet and to ppc devices

and of course a ppc remote (two way communication to a PPC device, similar to webadmin but optimized for ppc, and of course integrated to work with BM, but I'll stop there before getting off topic

[cfaslave]

Brett, you always did know how to get a lot of people active on the boards....

For BTV:
1. Picture in Picture
2. Show TV Picture in smaller window when viewing guide (as option)
3. CC fully supported - including CC on mute (as option)
4. Ability to plug-in Beyond Media plugins or integration of BTV with BM as one program
5. Full Windows Vista Support (I don't need it, but it will unfortunately be required for the survival of SS)
6. Stream BTV over the internet (like ORB, but better)
7. More built-in support for remotes without needing girder-type program
8. Built in ability to view upcoming episodes, BTV server status over internet

For Beyond Media:
1. Fix Beyond Media issues bug fixes and continued support of product (and/or shared sourcing the software so others can improve & tinker with it) [EDIT WHILE I'M LINKING TO THE "TO BE FIXED" THREAD, I THINK IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO JUST SAY BUG FIXES TO BM IN GENERAL THEN LIST THEM ALL OUT]
2. Integration of BTV with Beyond Media
3. Better built-in DVD Player that works more like BTV's TV player
3. Better built-in music player more like JRMC plugin (written by cncb)

Brent

[bits]

1. Ability to search by channel number
2. Create and save custom searches
3. Improve SmartSkip
4. The ability to input a specific show or movie and have BTV let you know when it is available for recording.

[ZetaVu]

In guide, would be nice to jump to channel by name, with over 100 channels, I'd like to be able to use the on screen keyboard to start typing disc and get to discovery channel. or some quick scroll bar or a favorite channels list where at a click of a button it gives you a popup where you have your favorite channels and can scroll to the one you want the guide to jump to. (far too much detail, edit as needed)

Ability to edit the keyboard shortcuts (used as remotes) so we could custom assign any remote our device ourselves.

[MarcP]

How about also custom logos/names for channels in the EPG? At least logos...

[mockware]

BM Integration / BTV Plugin Support

[NorthernYankee]

BM Integration

Picture in Picture

[pukka_parker]

DVB please!!

[mikem]

1. DVB Support
2. BTV/BM integration
3. Multi Recording Server support.

[pwlong]

* CC support! (with Mute ON or OFF)
* The ability to record shows not currently in the EPG, either by name or wildcarding
* Parental controls! Manual at a minimum, but eventually ratings-based
* "Space remaining" calculation across all defined video folders (instead of just the default folder)
* Video folder customization: I'd like a switch to be able to designate a video folder as 'hidden' or 'visible', for example.
* EPG color-coding by genre (configurable)
* More control over post-processing order/timetable (e.g., always run StreamSnip first, run SmartChaptering EITHER during off-peak window OR when system has been idle for 30 mins, etc)