[mythtv-users] Mythweb

[James Abernathy]

On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM OneBob <onebob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Following on from a couple of MythWeb discussions....
>
> Can I ask why the MythWeb replacement 'app' doesn't actually do what
> MythWeb does?
>
> I'm currently testing a new (v34) setup since my machine from 2009 may not
> have much life left and is on MythBuntu 14.04 & Myth v.25 8^(
>
> I can't see how the new 'app' compares with the simplicity of the old
> stuff, eg upcoming recordings on MythWeb I can see a whole week on one
> screen, yet the 'app' not only doesn't separate the days but needs to
> scroll after a few items, worse still it doesn't show the don't
> record/never record buttons, which means on a tablet it's a right pain to
> quickly drop just one scheduled recording without fiddling with the entire
> recording rule?
>
> The program guide in MythWeb = 12 nice lines easy to read, new 'app' = 5
> lines with masses of white space around each and a title that spans some
> sort of common coloured heading line and then the colour block (film, news
> etc)?
>
> it looks like it's trying to be a TV Schedule Guide?  Oh and the logos
> don't show anywhere...
>
> Am I missing something or is it really like that?
>
> At this point I should say I'm ever so grateful to all those who started
> and have kept Myth going and for all the time they give, but it's as though
> the versatility of the web based backend is being forgotten about?
>
> Please don't shoot me :-)
>
> David
>

I guess it's what you get used to but I quit using mythweb because there
were some serious bugs in it that were never going to be fixed with the Web
App coming online.

I'm on v35 aka Master. A number of improvements have been made even over
the v34 version.  I've been running v35 for about 6 months; no issues.

As for upcoming, on the web app I see it sorted by date and you see the new
date in the left hand column when it goes to the next day.  I can also sort
it my Title, or Channel.

Since both Firefox and Chrome have zoom factors you can control how much
information on the screen. Program guide is a compromise between hours and
information.  Since I use SchedulesDirect I see a ton of program
information on the Web App. It supports mouse over to show pop up details.

So a lot of improvements over v34 and mythweb.  Since I've been using Web
App since v34 first came out, I'm not sure I could use mythweb even if it
was supported.

If you have a networked tuner like HDHomerun you could spin up an Ubuntu VM
and play with v35 before you move to it.

Jim A
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