[mythtv-users] hours to edit channels?

[Douglas Peale]

On 07/10/2011 07:22 PM, Robert McNamara wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Douglas Peale
> <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net> wrote:
>> On 07/10/2011 01:49 PM, Douglas Peale wrote:
>>> On 07/10/2011 10:45 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>>> 0.25 development builds, and its the same port as the existing status page
>>>> and XML service.
>>> Unfortunately this answer assumes I'm already running 0.25 and know how to get to the "existing status page". I was running 0.24
>>> fixes.
>>>
>>> I have now upgraded to 0.25, and my scan of the documentation did not turn up a way to access the "status page" Could you please
>>> point me at the correct documentation page?
>> I found the answer to this question by some educated guesses:
>> http://localhost:6544/
>>
>> However, I can not access any of the "Advanced Setup" pages (I assume this is where the new channel editor is) because it asks
>> for a username and password, and all the username & password pairs I have tried have not worked.
>>
> admin
> mythtv
>
> Beware using web setup functionality is by NO means supported at this
> time.  Any damage done to data is solely the responsibility of the
> user.  Dominus Vobiscum.
>
> Robert

Thank you.

I wanted to look at the channel editor since the developers are planning to replace the mythweb editor with it.

I know you it is not finished yet, but I'm rather disappointed with what I see so far.

First, why is it limited to 20 lines? My computer display is 2560x1600, and I easily have room for 60 lines on my display. Even
selecting 50 lines per page will only show 20 lines with a scroll bar. I always hate looking at any kind of data through a
postage stamp sized window with vast empty real estate around it. I have that real estate, I went out of my way to get it,
please let me use it. This was one of the primary reasons I preferred the Mythweb editor to the one in backendsetup.

There are three very important columns missing from the channel list display as it is: Frequency ID, Subchannel ID, and XMLID.
Frequency ID and Subchannel ID are required to know the actual channel you are editing Frequency ID and Subchannel ID are the
things that actually identify the channel. Channel Number, and Callsign have, in the past, effectively been random garbage until
they have been manually edited. And XMLID is generally the most important thing you are going to edit, so you need to know what
it is to see if it is correct. The only real complaint I ever had with the Mythweb channel editor was the lack of the subchannel
ID which made it difficult to figure out which actual channel you were editing.

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