[mythtv] SoC 2006: Configuration Revamp Information

[Justin M. Hunt]

----- Mark A. Hoover <mahoover at ispaceonline.org> wrote:
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > From: "Justin M. Hunt" <beyonddeath at focushere.ca>
> >
> > I think your idea has merit, however making it
> > intuitive with a remote control, in paticular
> > with any conveivable remote control, is not as
> > easy as it seems.  We want something that
> > someone who has never used mythtv can figure
> > out, and having to use odd button mappings to
> > get to the other skill levels is a bit of a
> > steep learning curve.
> 
> Perhaps there's another way to look at this.  I run separate frontends
> 
> and a backend server.  Maybe instead of worrying about keeping the
> config 
> options usable from a remote, the idea would be just to remove them
> from 
> the frontend setup.  Have the frontend setup be just enough to connect
> 
> back to the settings DB, and then a program that could be run from a 
> normal X-Windows GUI or Mythweb page.  This would also allow you to
> set 
> settings across multiple frontends without having to log into each one
> 
> individually.
> 
> Bonus points if you could then tell an already running frontend to
> refresh 
> its configuration.....
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I think this is much less user friendly than the current setup since
you would then have to figure out which frontend is which.  Basic things
like looking up your ip address on linux may be foreign teritory for a
novice user, so I think that makes it more intuitive to just setup each
frontend where it is.

Justin