[mythtv-users] Mythweb versus Webfrontend

[James Abernathy]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 7:21 PM Michael <mythtv at blandford.net> wrote:

> On 4/1/20 3:13 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
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> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 5:58 PM Bob Long, <bob at oblong.com.au> wrote:
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>> Tom Dexter wrote on 2/4/20 7:23 am:
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>> On 4/1/20, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> wrote:
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>> Unfortunately, neither Mythweb or Webfrontend is getting a lot of attention
>> these days.  Webfrontend was started more than 6 years ago.  Even at that
>> time, Mythweb had such serious technical issues that it warranted scrapping.
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>> That seems a little extreme. While I know it's not actively maintained
>> and I'm sure there are things in mythweb that don't work correctly, I
>> can say for sure that everything I use it for has worked perfectly
>> going in 14 years.
>>
>> Tom
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>> Agreed; for me, MythWeb has been very useful (I'm up to MythTV 0.28). So
>> I think we definitely need something with similar functionality.
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> My use case for Mythweb is solely for remote admin of recordings. You're
> in a coffee shop (pre-self-isolation) and read on Twitter that XYZ is
> airing a news special and you won't be home to set it up. Or checking on
> things during a trip. I've never used the video library section or tried to
> play anything. Solely admin.
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> I would estimate 90% of my use of mythweb is for scheduling and the other
> is for bulk deletion.
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> I do all scheduling via mythweb - whether local from my computer or remote
> via my phone.  I find it faster to navigate from my computer than to do
> this via the frontend.   The mythtv web looks nice, but it is more
> difficult to navigate the interface via the computer or phone, but I could
> easily live with one solution or the other.
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> Michael
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Like others I use mythweb for schedule maintenance. My router/AP has
openvpn built in. So I can remotely update the schedule.

Jim A

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