[mythtv-users] Mythweb versus Webfrontend

[jam at tigger.ws]

> On 1 Apr 2020, at 8:00 pm, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
> 
> These two projects aim to implement pretty much the same functionality, 
> correct? I realize one is more mature than the other and so may currently 
> be more featureful. But the other should be just as feature-complete at 
> some point, correct?
> 
> I also understand that one (Mythweb) relies on a web server being 
> installed and perhaps some related software like php, but that the other 
> (Webfrontend) does not have those additional dependencies, correct?
> 
> I've still got Mythweb installed here along with its additional 
> dependencies but am considering getting rid of it and its dependencies if 
> Webfrontend has all functionality I will need. Advice/input will be 
> appreciated.

First a disclaimer: I'm the git who so rudely refered to the UI as pandering to the mobile phone set.
It is not as bad as I made out, although I still don't like it.

The webFrontend is a laudable effort and no doubt will 'get there' but is definitely 'not there yet'
It has on several ocasions trashed my DB requiring a restore.
It has on several ocasions messed up my schedule.

I run SuSE on my backend and was not able to get mythweb to work so I run a VM running ubuntu solely to host mythweb.

No-fumble setup a recording seems to always work.
It is on a fumble where you delete then add a schedule where things go awry. I have both, use both, and am careful to avoid 'here be dragons' and would be lost without mythweb.

Also IIRC Qt, webkit etc are going to affect webfrontend and how it is implimented as the exiting API is/will be depreciated.

James