[mythtv-users] UPDATED: Bash/MySQL script for copying and/or deleting mythfrontend profiles

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/12/2010 04:34 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> Matt Beadon wrote:
>>> BTW it works like a charm and now I can see my myth recordings on my
>>> XP laptop -- woohooo....
>>>
>>> Here is an updated version of the code with some minor usability
>>> enhancements: 
>> Great timing (for me)!  I just got my new laptop running last night and
>> fired up myth FE only to realize that I'd have to spend ages getting the
>> settings cloned from my existing FE before I'd be happy using it. :(  
>> Then I
>> found this thread, thanks!  Haven't run it yet but I will when I get 
>> home.
>>
> I still have great difficulty understanding why anyone should be 
> *cloning* the front-end settings at all, unless your new front-end is 
> *identical* hardware-wise to the old one, and only differs by the name.
>
> What's wrong with just installing mythfrontend and running it? It 
> drops you directly into the setup screens, you fill in the details 
> (which you have to do anyway somewhere when cloning) and then Bob's 
> your uncle.

Agreed.  And since the vast majority of settings should be set to the 
default values (i.e. we've chosen the default values for good reason), 
you seldom need to change more than 3 or 4 settings--all of which can be 
changed whenever you notice it's not working the way you like.

The only exception being the Playback Profile group--when you first set 
up a mythfrontend system, you should go to Utilities/Setup|Setup|TV 
Settings|Playback and change the Playback Profile group on the 3rd 
screen from CPU+ to Slim.

> Why carry across a lot of cruft that will probably be wrong for your 
> new hardware? 

Exactly.  It's /much/ harder to find a setting that breaks the config 
than it is to start with reasonable (and well-thought-out) defaults and 
adjust if you dislike anything.

Mike