Any Recored TV replacements in the works?

[alton987]

As someone thinking of switching from WMC7 the Recored TV section imo is by far the least impression section of Sagetv7.

Does anyone know of any recoredtv ui replacement on the way?

[Brent]

Lets start with this. Show us a screen-shot of the recorded TV from your MediaCenter, what you like about it. And we can work from there...


For example. I see something like this in MediaCenter

Which is nice and all, but it doesn't really say much.

Or perhaps you use the 3rd party addon that looks like this:

Not a big fan of that one either personally.

Now that I got that out of the way I personally don't LOVE the SageTV recorded TV either. I think it's a bit too busy and not as pleasing to the eyes as it should be. I believe two awesome projects coming soon will address that issue. Not sure how long it will be, but I think it will take care of anyone who doesn't love the new 7 UI

[alton987]

Here is something I would like, yes this took 2 minutes in MS paint should of done spell check i guess...

http://i28.tinypic.com/ofrorc.jpg

[razrsharpe]

there is a version of TVExplorer in the works for sage7 but it probably wont be ready until late 2010... you can see the v1 thread in my signature to get an idea of what v2 will look like...

[Fuzzy]

Then, of course, there's this: (probably the most fuctional TV display available on any system...)

[bialio]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Then, of course, there's this: (probably the most fuctional TV display available on any system...)

Most functional and ugliest

[Fuzzy]

I wouldn't say ugly.. i just wouldn't say beautiful... and to be fair, it IS being updated in v7.. just not there yet...

[darcilicious]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

I wouldn't say ugly..

I would but then I'm the gal that likes the Boxee UI

[pjpjpjpj]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Then, of course, there's this:

Fuzzy, you have a LOT of kids' shows.
(my daughter's only 15 months and Sesame Street keeps her happy, but I suspect your collection is what I'll be headed for soon. )

/threadjack

[drewg]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Then, of course, there's this: (probably the most fuctional TV display available on any system...)

I love Malore, and I'd somehow missed the fact that Malore was available in V7, so I was holding back from trying the beta. Its great to see the good old Malore screen in V7.

Quick question: I'd heard that the V7 UI is quite a bit faster than the V6 UI on extenders -- does this hold true even when you're using the Malore menus?

Drew

[Fuzzy]

I primarily use a PC client, so can't really comment on the extender performance, though since the malore screens haven't been updated to the v7 look/feel yet (and not using the new effects system), it may not be any different. Don't really know, and it's not really worth wondering until they are updated.

[panteragstk]

TV Explorer is the way to go. I can't wait for it to be finished. I'm almost considering going back to v6 ui just so I can use it. Almost...

[Fuzzy]

While I love the work razr did in regards to fanart, it seems to me that it lacks a lot of malore's functionality. I think it would be better to simply add full fanart to the default malore menu's framework, though work on that would be pointless at this point, until Andy finishes the updates to the base Malore multimenu.

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

While I love the work razr did in regards to fanart, it seems to me that it lacks a lot of malore's functionality.

to me the only part of malore that TVE is missing is the saved views/searching/filtering aspects. All of those deficiencies will be addressed in TVE v2.

I think it would be better to simply add full fanart to the default malore menu's framework, though work on that would be pointless at this point, until Andy finishes the updates to the base Malore multimenu.

TVE started like that (modifying the Malore Menus) but i quickly moved away because i found it easier to start from scratch

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by drewg

Quick question: I'd heard that the V7 UI is quite a bit faster than the V6 UI on extenders -- does this hold true even when you're using the Malore menus?

The Malore Menus are very snappy on my HD100s.

[VCRUser]

Originally Posted by bialio

Most functional and ugliest

May not be beautiful, but it does the job best of all the others I've seen. I really don't want a pretty background in the way of reading a list of what shows I have recorded.

[bialio]

It's not the background really that I have a problem with. It's the amount of info on screen - there's just too much.

btl.

[slowpoke]

I agree - too much information is as bad as not enough... having said that, everybody's taste is different I would prefer a sparse snappy graphical (fanart) interface that allows me to drill down for more detail/episodes etc. Boxee interface is really nice...

Originally Posted by bialio

It's not the background really that I have a problem with. It's the amount of info on screen - there's just too much.

btl.

[nick_l]

Oh dear god, my eyes!!!!

(with no offense meant tward Andy) If that had been the default when I first tried Sage, my experiment would have lasted all of 15 minutes.

To explain as opposed to just being critical: I agree with the people above, too much information. Too much text too closely spaced. I can appreciate the utility that some people find in having that much info all one one screen, but it's definitely not my taste.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by nick_l

Oh dear god, my eyes!!!!

(with no offense meant tward Andy) If that had been the default when I first tried Sage, my experiment would have lasted all of 15 minutes.

To explain as opposed to just being critical: I agree with the people above, too much information. Too much text too closely spaced. I can appreciate the utility that some people find in having that much info all one one screen, but it's definitely not my taste.

That's not REALLY the default. It was originally an add-on created by Malore. It was so widely used, that Sage rolled it into the core product (though had it hidden by default, and has to be turned on by 'secret code'. It is considered an 'unsupported extra' because it wasn't created by sagetv. That said, the screenshot I had is a little tweaked from default, as I've set it to smaller text, and quite a few more lines (I think the default only shows like 5 or 6 items at a time). I've got a 61" screen, so that doesn't actually seem near as cluttered.