[mythtv-users] [mythtv] BrowserBased setup

Cecil Watson knoppmyth at gmail.com
Wed Nov 24 23:27:57 UTC 2010


> The frontend is an appliance. The backend is a server, and should be
> looked at as such. That includes being able to configure it over a
> network without having to stuff around.
>
> My view is, the back/frontend are on the same system in your living room.
A complete entertainment appliance.

> > 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.
>
> Why the heck would you WANT to run Setup with just a remote, though?
> There's things to type, long lists to traverse, long paths that don't
> lend themselves to being displayed on a 10' interface - if your
> Mythboxen + TV is your only computer, I can see what you're getting
> at, but I can't imagine that being the case for anyone at this point.
>
> Again, appliance.  Most (if not all) of the items that would require long
paths, etc. we already setup with LinHES. So all one would need is a remote.

> > 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.
>
> Non sequitur.....I'm not sure how moving a rarely used tool to a
> browser is an obvious backwards step? Imagine how much less painful
> the channel editor could be....
>
> Robert has already cleared this up for me...

> - Chris
>
>
-- 
Enjoy the day,

Cecil
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