[mythtv-users] [mythtv] BrowserBased setup

[Greg Oliver]

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Christopher Kerr <mythtv at theseekerr.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Cecil Watson <knoppmyth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>
> Why would I want a machine powerful enough to commflag 5+ simultaneous
> recordings sitting in my living room? There's a reason some of us use
> headless backends - it's because we're -using- MythTV's features.
>
> In my view, MythTV was never supposed to compete with Tivo - a much
> simpler design could do that. Rather, it's a premium DVR with premium
> features for power-users.
>
> I like that I can have my DVD's stored on the NAS, or that I can setup
> a user job such that 3 button presses will export a recording for my
> iPod. Between the 2 permanent frontends on the TV's and frontends
> running on laptops, everyone in the house can watch whatever they like
> whenever they want to, and I like that too. I like that I can utilise
> the often idle cores on my i5 workstation to help out with the job
> queue.
>
> TL;DR - I want MythTV to remain a highly configurable power tool.
>
> Your use case is not mine.
>
> As for "appliances" - my router is an "appliance". My NAS is an
> "appliance". Both are configured over web interfaces, and it's fast
> and easy to do so, because it gives me a mouse and keyboard. I'd like
> the same to be true of MythTV.
>
> Bring on the browser-based config tools!

Yep- an about:config like browsers have with every setting on one page
would be really nice!