STV: SageMC 16x9 11/26/2005 Sage 4.x Version 5_10

[mlbdude]

Added version 4. Minor changes. Updated main download.

[jelder]

I originally posted this in the MVP thread as I think it is a MVP client based problem, but is in anyone else experiencing this? I am using Sage MC version 3.

If I play an album or a playlist, it will only play one song and then stop. Occassionally it will actually look like it disconnects for a second from the server. It works fine on the server. Thanks for your help.

[kayoti]

Originally Posted by mlbdude

Added version 4. Minor changes. Updated main download.

Bravo for incorporating Neilms Menu!! Thank you very much - I can't wait to tinker

[lyonl]

mlbdude, thanks for the update! I am also one who is glad you incorporated nielm's menus...cool!

[bones71]

Thank you mlbdude for continuing work on this stv. I have one small request I fell asleep wathing a show today when I woke up the stop screen was on and no screen saver, could you fix it so the screensaver comes on? Don't want it burnt into my screen. Thank You for all the hard work.

[abasu2003]

not quite 5/25 yet...

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by abasu2003

not quite 5/25 yet...

Yeah... but this STV is ahead of its time, so that date is allowed.

- Andy

[mlbdude]

Originally Posted by bones71

Thank you mlbdude for continuing work on this stv. I have one small request I fell asleep wathing a show today when I woke up the stop screen was on and no screen saver, could you fix it so the screensaver comes on? Don't want it burnt into my screen. Thank You for all the hard work.

Hmm, that is interresting. The screensaver is not something I can get my hands on (as far as triggering it). There is no reason it should have not come up. I would assume video was stopped or paused in the background the the popup was up. This sounds like a Sage core bug.

[bones71]

Thanks mlbdude will check it out and submit a bug report thanks.

[David Lawrance]

Wonder if some of the additional program info that shows up in Cayers might be added, such as ratings.

(For some reason, I am also having a problem with hanging on loading in the weather page, at least while I have the server running (got it to work once when the server module was not running.) Both of my property files are the same.

[ukmgranger]

I just installed version 4 and it seems to be unuseable!
the UI seems to have completely crapped out on me. The background is black and there are no coloured bars when you hover over a menu item.

I have had to revert back to 3 for now.

any ideas?

[bones71]

ukmgranger for some reason it is not finding the background file try reinstalling the stv.

[ukmgranger]

Surely that would just cause the background not to load. I am also having problems with green bar that appears when the mouse is over an option. this does not appear, or only occasionally.

I will give another install a try though.

[ukmgranger]

Not entirely sure what happened there. I re-installed and all seems fine!?!?

[kayoti]

Originally Posted by ukmgranger

Not entirely sure what happened there. I re-installed and all seems fine!?!?

Same thing happened to me with a previous release... Turned out the .stv installed itself into ...SageTV/ instead of ...SageTV/STVs/OriginalV2/. Who knows...

[flashbacck]

Some of the images/menus/backgrounds don't match up with the themes. For example, when bringing up any popup menus the background color is always the bright MCE blue color. And the My Games section is in the original SageTV STV theme.

btw, Is there anyway I can change these things myself? Or do I have to have studio?

[Xsabre]

Wanted to start out by thanking Mlbdude for continuing his work on SageMC stv. Saying that he has done a great job is an understatement.

Just wanted to point out a few bug / features that I have had issue with.

1. After using the internal DVD player and than going to view recorded shows the commercial skip doesn't work. Even with the feature enabled. (Mlbdude, I know you use an external player but thought you may have wanted to look into this.)

2. This is a feature request that was in SageMC 1.01 that Watter worked on. When you have multiple recording of the same shows the date change to "More". Clicking on it listed all the shows. The problem with this is all the shows have the same name (i.e. Modern Marvels) and it is difficult to tell what the show title is. Watter change this to allow the title of the show (Automobiles) and the show name in the upper left corner (Modern Marvels) of the GUI.

I am sure Watter would be happy to give you the underline code for this. Thanks in advance...

[kayoti]

Originally Posted by flashbacck

btw, Is there anyway I can change these things myself? Or do I have to have studio?

If by 'changing these things' you are referring to the images, yes. You can change them - just find or create a new image, size it, then save it into the folder the theme is in with the picture's original name.

But if you mean redirecting what images show up where in the stv, then you cannot change these things without Studio.

[JUC]

This goes back to the original SageMC but...is there a way to add batch files to the 'other programs' page? This would help automate a bunch of functions like DVD ripping ---I envision using Cayars DVDrip.bat file to automate that side of things. I think I remember trying to drop the shortcut into the folder but nothing was showing up in the SageUI.
Thanks
JUC

[gplasky]

In the sage properties file there is a line by default installation of SageMC: mlbdude/other_programs=D\:\\temp

You need to change this to whatever directory you want to use. (I use C:\temp) and drop your shortcuts to the program and any .jpg named exactly as the shortcut so it uses that as an icon. SO you could use a shortcut to a batch file no problem.


Gerry