[mythtv-users] Mythweb's Recorded Programs page takes a long time to render in Firefox

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Sat Aug 29 21:50:24 UTC 2015


On 29/08/15 20:48, Mitch Capper wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 3:06 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 08/27/2015 06:02 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>
>>> On 27/08/15 19:11, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 08/27/2015 01:43 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 27/08/15 18:16, Doug Lytle wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 27, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
>>>>>>>>> does anyone know how to configure Firefox to at least start
>>>>>>>>> rendering
>>>>>>>>> earlier than it does?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is what I do:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Click on the Key & Wrench icon
>>>>>> Click on TV in the left hand menu
>>>>>> Set 'Page recorded programs' pull down menu to you preferences. I set
>>>>>> mine to 50
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Press Save
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately that only lasts until you exit Firefox. I suspect it
>>>>> disappears
>>>>> along with any other 'private browsing' settings.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's stored in your MythWeb session.  Your MythWeb session is maintained
>>>> by a
>>>> persistent (non-session) cookie on your browser. However, if you're
>>>> accessing an
>>>> authenticated MythWeb, your MythWeb session is maintained by your
>>>> logged-in
>>>> username.  Therefore, just ensure you've configured MythWeb to require
>>>> authentication (something which, IMHO, should always be done, anyway)
>>>> and that
>>>> said authentication is working properly, and your session configuration
>>>> (including number of programs to display on the Recorded Programs page)
>>>> will be
>>>> maintained, even if you browse in private mode (I'm assuming you'd only
>>>> do that
>>>> on someone else's computer, since I don't think you have to worry about
>>>> your
>>>> wife noticing that you've browsed the MythWeb site... ;) or across
>>>> multiple
>>>> devices.
>>>>
>>>> Why on Earth would I want to bother logging in to Mythweb? It's a
>>> webserver on a DVR, not my bank.
>>>
>>> I do take security seriously, before you ask, and I don't allow anyone
>>> port 80 access (or indeed, port anything access) from outside the LAN. I
>>> just don't see the point of setting up users for Mythweb when there's
>>> enough passwords having to be entered for everything else.
>>>
>>
>> Well, in that case, it's easy enough to set it up with authentication and
>> then use a simple password, like mythweb, which you set your browsers (on
>> all your devices) to remember for you. But if you'd prefer to lose your
>> settings every time you clear cookies or switch browsers, that's fine, too.
>>
>> That said, anyone who gets access to your MythWeb (which currently means
>> anyone who has access to your network, including guests), can do some
>> pretty bad things, either accidentally or intentionally--things like
>> deleting shows or changing/breaking settings or even running scripts as the
>> user running mythbackend on any backend host.
>>
> To avoid having to remember even a simple password you can use certificate
> auth and your browser will auto-send the cert.
>
Actually, any guests use a completely separate subnet isolated by my firewall. 
(As does my son who runs something called Windows.)

I didn't know about the certificate auth, though. Seems I have yet more reading 
to do.

-- 

Mike Perkins



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