Tivo-like Opportunistic Recording for Linux PVRs?

fahrv asks: "I use a MythTV-based Linux PVR. I'd like to see if there are ways to implement automatic Tivo-like program recordings based on personal preferences (and Amazon-like analysis of what other people recorded based on what you've recorded.) I know that the Amazon patent on 'Other people who bought XX also bought YY' could be an issue, but then Tivo is able to record shows opportunistically as well. I don't see any technical hurdles to doing this by analyzing people's MythTV viewing habits in an opt-in kind of system; I'd be interested in building one. Might any of you have some thoughts on this subject?"

IMDB

[andyh1978]

There's a lot of initial data for the "people who watched X might also like Y" bit on the Internet Movie Database [imdb.com] which covers TV programmes as well as films.

Example [imdb.com]

They have a lot of their information available for non-commercial use on their interfaces page [imdb.com].

I can't spot the recommendation data on there though, but perhaps if you asked them very nicely...

*ahem*

[kajoob]

Tivo IS a linux [tivo.com] PVR