[mythtv-users] Mythweb

[James Linder]

> On Feb 7, 2025, at 05:07, Ozzy Lash <ozzy.lash at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I recently upgraded from Myth 0.27 to 0.34 due to a catastrophic hardware failure.  I have mixed feelings about the new web interface.
>  
> My primary use cases for Mythweb were for going through recordings to see if I had any rules that weren't set to delete old recordings, change the rule and delete a bunch of recordings, and for setting up new recording rules when I see them mentioned somewhere.
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> The first use case hasn't come up, since I have tons of space for recordings now.  The second one works as long as I am on my laptop, but just doesn't work on my (or more importantly, my wife's) phone.  Basically the drop downs for things like "record all showings" are too big and need to be scrolled to select, and when you scroll, it goes away.
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> I tried using the compact themes, which help a bit, but still doesn't work. Hopefully this will be fixed in 0.35 and maybe backported to  0.34.
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> I even see this issue on my laptop if I am zoomed in too much, it can be a bit of a dance to select things from the dropdowns.
> 
> I think the interface LOOKs really nice, but doesn't work well on small browsers.
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM glen <glenb at glenb.net> wrote:
> i still run mythweb, just apart from myth pkg. just on my apache with the last changes and to me its fine. from time to time i use the new one. i am also on 34 fixes form arch aur.  so many newest changes not here yet. but what i miss most, is not showing if show is repeat or not, option for full information for a show in guide, like cast, date, etc, and on movies not showing the year of release. 
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> On Thu, 2025-02-06 at 15:44 +0000, OneBob wrote:
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>> 
>> Hi
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>> Following on from a couple of MythWeb discussions....
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>> Can I ask why the MythWeb replacement 'app' doesn't actually do what MythWeb does? 
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>> 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^( 
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>> 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?
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>> 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)?
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>> it looks like it's trying to be a TV Schedule Guide?  Oh and the logos don't show anywhere... 
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>> Am I missing something or is it really like that?
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>> 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?
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>> Please don't shoot me :-)
>> 
>> David

I liked mythweb so I spent some time trying to recreate with Qt. It beat me.
Peter has used a tool kit to impliment and minor foibles are the result of the toolkit.
Understandably all the work is going to 35, so comparing older versions is like criticising van Gough.
For me, no matter how you upgraded the php browser I would not change back.

James