Crossover TV series?

[ebr 16330]

4 hours ago, taz420nj said:

Such as isCrossover=(true/false)  and playNext=(db id of the next episode)?  The way it works now must know this information for "Next Up", so why can't it work in an if/then/else flow, where if the crossover flag is true and the crossover series is present, then it jumps to the specified episode in the connected series, then jumps back, else it just continues on? I guess it might get a little confusing when three or more series are involved (such as the CSI Trilogy), maybe if it could keep track of the "referring series", so that if you were for example watching CSI NY and S06E06 ended, it would jump to Miami S08E07, then jump back to NY S06E07, jump to CSI S10E07.... But it would have to remember that you were originally watching CSI NY and bring you back to NY S06E08 when CSI S10E07 finishes, and this flow would have to persist in a "Continue Watching" scenario

Yeah, that gets really complex really fast, huh?  And not just from an implementation standpoint (your specific implementation wouldn't really work because that's not how next up works).  It would be quite confusing to the user to be bounced to some other series when watching a different one.

[computerprep 148]

I still like the smart playlist approach for this. But playlists need a little more polish to really work well.

Playlists need the ability to “subscribe” to new episodes from one or more shows. So when new episodes air, they are auto added. Playlists also need better filtering so watched episodes can be hidden. This helps for very long running crossovers or multi-show universes to help get to the next unplayed. Playlists can already sort by air date, so this can be kind of achieved with a manual playlist.

Then when playing an episode directly from the playlist, whatever crossover-possible episode aired next will play next.