[mythtv-users] Mythweb's Recorded Programs page takes a long time to render in Firefox

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/27/2015 06:02 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 27/08/15 19:11, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 08/27/2015 01:43 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>> On 27/08/15 18:16, Doug Lytle wrote:
>>>>>>> On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
>>>>>>> does anyone know how to configure Firefox to at least start 
>>>>>>> rendering
>>>>>>> earlier than it does?
>>>>
>>>> Here is what I do:
>>>>
>>>> Click on the Key & Wrench icon
>>>> Click on TV in the left hand menu
>>>> Set 'Page recorded programs' pull down menu to you preferences. I 
>>>> set mine to 50
>>>>
>>>> Press Save
>>>>
>>> Unfortunately that only lasts until you exit Firefox. I suspect it 
>>> disappears
>>> along with any other 'private browsing' settings.
>>
>> It's stored in your MythWeb session.  Your MythWeb session is 
>> maintained by a
>> persistent (non-session) cookie on your browser. However, if you're 
>> accessing an
>> authenticated MythWeb, your MythWeb session is maintained by your 
>> logged-in
>> username.  Therefore, just ensure you've configured MythWeb to require
>> authentication (something which, IMHO, should always be done, anyway) 
>> and that
>> said authentication is working properly, and your session configuration
>> (including number of programs to display on the Recorded Programs 
>> page) will be
>> maintained, even if you browse in private mode (I'm assuming you'd 
>> only do that
>> on someone else's computer, since I don't think you have to worry 
>> about your
>> wife noticing that you've browsed the MythWeb site... ;) or across 
>> multiple
>> devices.
>>
> Why on Earth would I want to bother logging in to Mythweb? It's a 
> webserver on a DVR, not my bank.
>
> I do take security seriously, before you ask, and I don't allow anyone 
> port 80 access (or indeed, port anything access) from outside the LAN. 
> I just don't see the point of setting up users for Mythweb when 
> there's enough passwords having to be entered for everything else.

Well, in that case, it's easy enough to set it up with authentication 
and then use a simple password, like mythweb, which you set your 
browsers (on all your devices) to remember for you. But if you'd prefer 
to lose your settings every time you clear cookies or switch browsers, 
that's fine, too.

That said, anyone who gets access to your MythWeb (which currently means 
anyone who has access to your network, including guests), can do some 
pretty bad things, either accidentally or intentionally--things like 
deleting shows or changing/breaking settings or even running scripts as 
the user running mythbackend on any backend host.

Mike