[mythtv-users] LeanFront EPG display

[Kevin Johnson]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 2:44 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 1/23/22 1:39 PM, Kevin Johnson wrote:
> > Thank you.  When selecting live tv on the main page, it shows all of
> > the previous live tv recordings.  If I scroll way down then I can get
> > to just the channels and watch live tv.
> > Anyway to not show all the live tv recordings?
>
> They will be automatically deleted after a short time, whatever MythTV
> does, I think a day or two, I am not sure of the rules for Live TV.
>
> You can delete them. When in the LiveTV group you can also select a row
> press menu and delete the whole row.
>
> > Ideally, I just want the channel numbers listed with information about
> > the show that is currently being aired.  None of the other stuff.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> I seldom use LiveTV, so adding it to leanfront was a case of doing the
> minimum to make it work. It cannot work the same as mythfrontend, where
> mythfrontend starts a recording for the current show, then switches to a
> recording for the next show when the first show ends, this requires
> backend interaction not available via the API. Leanfront instead makes a
> time based recording from the channel, so the recording file does not
> have the program name, just a default name with date and time.
>
> Note that LiveTV in leanfront is unsuitable for channel surfing. It
> takes 15-30 seconds to tune a channel, so I have not provided a way to
> change channels while watching. You have to exit playback, confirm, and
> then select another channel.
>
> If you use LiveTV and you have a specific suggestion for improving it,
> please open an issue in github.
>
> I thought it was useful to leave the LiveTV recordings in the list and
> allow them to be automatically deleted by the system. If you want them
> deleted immediately upon exit that should not be difficult.
>
> Possibly I could provide a way to invoke LiveTV from the Program Guide
> if that would help.
>
> Peter


Lately I have been playing around with what is available to run as a
frontend on android devices as I no longer use any type of pc for watching
tv.
Leanfront is really nice because it is such a small package and really
snappy.  Picture quality looks good too.  But I am a channel surfer so its
not really the best option for me.
Currently I am fine using Kodi with the mythtv pvr plugin.  It does
everything I need and is fairly snappy.  But Kodi is kind of bloated and
just feels heavy.  And I only use it for watching tv.
Mythfrontend on android works, but it is slow.
I have plex with a lifetime pass.  The dvr on it works fairly well, but its
not compatible with the mythtv backend.
And NOTHING beats the mythtv backend for scheduling and recording tv.
If plex ever has the option to work with the mythtv backend, then that
would be pretty awesome.  I could use plex for everything.
I'm sure you have more important things to do with your time rather than
modify leanfront to do something that only a few people would appreciate.
But I really appreciate the offer.

Appreciate what you all do.
Thanks.
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