<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Per Lundberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:perlun@gmail.com">perlun@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Sorry, I hadn't read Mike's comment about moving this to mythtv-users.<br>
Please, Jean-Yves and Stuart, if you'd like to reply - post your reply<br>
to that list instead.<br>
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> Hi Jean-Yves,<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Per Lundberg<br>
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</font></blockquote></div>Having read the -dev archives it seems, most of the discussion is in regards to using Silverlight. I'd ask another question. Why move to a browser based setup? Seems the only argument is "there are quite a few of us that have headless backends". <br>
<br>Having used MythTV for about 8 years or so and having started a distro speciffically to make MythTV easier to install/use over 7 years ago, I cannot say I can recall much discussion about headless backends. Not saying folks out there aren't running headless backends, I just don't see "quite a few".<br>
<br>Since it's inception, after an install and reboot, KnoppMyth/LinHES has automatically started mythtv-setup. Now, it has been a while since I've looked at other distros and I seem to recall reading MythDora has gone to a browser based configuration. My opinion, is that a MythTV setup should be looked at like an appliance. Most everything that needs to be done should be doable with a remote via a "10' UI experience".<br>
<br>Now, I realize, that BrowserBasedSetup is in it's infancy. However what immediately comes to mind is instead of running mythtv-setup which I can fully control with a just a remote, I'll have to launch a browser. Will MythBrowser work? Will it work well with just a remote? If I have to go to another system to connect to the web server running on the backend, instead of making it simpler, another layer of complexity has been added to setup process. <br>
<br>Granted it is a rarity that one should have to run mythtv-setup, moving to an all browser based setup seems short sighted. Whatever issues exist in setting up MythTV (distros aside), should be resolved in mythtv-setup. If desired, a broswer based setup should complement mythtv-setup not, replace it.<br>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Enjoy the day,<br><br>Cecil<br>