SageTV V4.1.9 Beta Is Available - More Placeshifting! - Page 4

wheelrandolph · #61 03-08-2006, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by geogecko

That's probably your issue. When using service mode, the "service" uses sage.properties, and when you open up the SageTV GUI (front end), that uses the sageclient.properties file. It's almost like having a server and client, only you don't need a license for your "client" in this case.

I try and keep any changes I make in one file, in the other file. I use ExamDiff (free tool) to compare the two files, and make any needed changes.

That DID IT!! I went into sageclient properties and sure enough it had ".stv" listed. I changed it to my current xml (sagetv-7.xml) and all is ok. Thanks again Geo and Andy.
Randy

geogecko · #62 03-08-2006, 05:24 PM

Good deal.

Editing the properties file is also one way to recover from a bad STV mistake. If you get into Sage, and end up with a black and white text that doesn't erase itself (when a new menu appears), it's hard to navigate to the STV section, unless you've done it so much, you have the menus memorized. Changing back to the default STV is a lot easier in the properties file, when that happens.

mattsm · #63 03-12-2006, 01:56 AM

I've been playing with placeshifting and I am seeing some major issues with seeking and at the end of shows. It basically freezes and plays like 1 second of audio over and over again. Has anyone else seen anything similiar?

-Matthew

Tomahawk51 · #64 03-12-2006, 06:22 AM

I just got done updating to the .9 beta, and wanted to report that all went perfectly well. I configured Placeshifter, and it works very well over my LAN. Testing an external connection is next.

I am very impressed with the fixes and this new feature, thanks for the effort.

Wakecrash · #65 03-12-2006, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by mattsm

I've been playing with placeshifting and I am seeing some major issues with seeking and at the end of shows. It basically freezes and plays like 1 second of audio over and over again. Has anyone else seen anything similiar?

-Matthew

I have seen this, I hit the RR button two or three times quickly, screen froze and 1 second audio loop. Other than that, placeshifter is kewl.

mkanet · #66 03-12-2006, 05:26 PM

This same thing happens to me. You're not alone.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattsm

I've been playing with placeshifting and I am seeing some major issues with seeking and at the end of shows. It basically freezes and plays like 1 second of audio over and over again. Has anyone else seen anything similiar?

-Matthew

foolio · #67 03-12-2006, 06:47 PM

how does ORB and slingbox handle ports and such? they do it so seamlessly. Could not get sageTV working from my work (very limited ports) - but orb and slinggbox works.

srcurtis · #68 03-13-2006, 01:42 PM

I seem to have had a bad experience with the upgrade to v4.1.9. The program guide is a major point of failure and I have to reboot the server every 18 hours or so.

Steve

nielm · #69 03-13-2006, 02:57 PM

Is it just me, or is the smooth scrolling a little wierd.. especially if you do page up/down in the EPG...

Enormous · #70 03-13-2006, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by nielm

Is it just me, or is the smooth scrolling a little wierd.. especially if you do page up/down in the EPG...

No, it's not just you. A firm request came from my household to disable it. I thought it was pretty cool in 4.1.8, but in 4.1.9 it just got wacky.

Narflex · #71 03-13-2006, 03:12 PM

Nielm,

Yeah....it's definitely 'experimental'

But it's doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing at this point.

Keith · #72 03-14-2006, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lotusvball

I may be in the minority here, but I really want a fully functioning Media Center PC, with CD playing, a nicely done music library, DVD support over the MVP, and PIP. Just my 2 cents FWIW.

Ditto!

The music support needs a lot of work - mostly in understanding use models better. It's not that it's buggy, but that the implementation is based on poor assumptions about how it will be used. A badly missing feature is "shuffle play" inside a playlist for example.

Also what I'd like to see is Deria's Winamp visualization plug-in become a standard feature. Surely Sage and Deria could collaborate on that.

The visualization that comes with sage can't really be called visulization because it's too ugly to look at. Sorry to be blunt.

In my opinion, fixing already existing features so they're considered usable and well implemented by a majority of customers should take a higher priority than yet another media extender - although I do understand the need to compete on features. I just hope they're not giving up on fixing/improving music support.

cosmocat · #73 03-16-2006, 05:57 AM

Hi

Saw this in the release note...

Extender Updates
1. Fixed PAL support for transcoding video to the MVP

Does this fix the aspect ratio problem of PAL 16x9 video on the MVP, where everything comes out 4x3 with cropped sides ?

If it does I'm back in the game!
Regards.

aperry · #74 03-16-2006, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith

The visualization that comes with sage can't really be called visulization because it's too ugly to look at. Sorry to be blunt.

I think that somehow incorporating something like the Milkdrop visualizations would be the way to go here. There are tons of presets (over 5500 of them) available for Milkdrop as well.

I have seen Milkdrop work with XBMC, so it is definitely not a Winamp-only thing...

Here are some screenshots.

Keith · #75 03-16-2006, 10:10 AM

Another missing feature is the ability to resume imported videos when stopping them and restarting them at a later time.

amg · #76 03-16-2006, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith

Another missing feature is the ability to resume imported videos when stopping them and restarting them at a later time.

There is a new import for that. See this thread

Big Jeff · #77 03-17-2006, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith

Ditto!

The music support needs a lot of work - mostly in understanding use models better. It's not that it's buggy, but that the implementation is based on poor assumptions about how it will be used. A badly missing feature is "shuffle play" inside a playlist for example.

Also what I'd like to see is Deria's Winamp visualization plug-in become a standard feature. Surely Sage and Deria could collaborate on that.

The visualization that comes with sage can't really be called visulization because it's too ugly to look at. Sorry to be blunt.

In my opinion, fixing already existing features so they're considered usable and well implemented by a majority of customers should take a higher priority than yet another media extender - although I do understand the need to compete on features. I just hope they're not giving up on fixing/improving music support.

I agree as well. SAGE for a PVR and TV is just awesome. It has ALWAYS to me seemed like the music and pictures were an after thought. I have always had to find 2 solutions. Sage as my PVR and SOMETHING else for music. Sage MC with the Winamp plugin is almost perfect, but for my current setup I am not running Sage MC. I've even had some strange issues with some LAME encoded MP3's not playing correctly in Sage. I would love to see some more resources devoted to the Music end of this as well..

Thats my 2 cents.. FWIW.

Jeff

lobosrul · #78 03-17-2006, 12:38 PM

This is sweet ive got placeshifting working. Im watching basketball on my work computer right now

However, in order for me to buy it, you guys need to add DVD playback, and fix HDTV. I guarantee you at least one sale if u do that.

Also id really really like MPEG4-AVC playback. But you need to get that working on Sage itself first!!!

BBCritical · #79 03-17-2006, 01:27 PM

I keep getting a java connection timeout error with placeshifting.. does anyone have any suggestions?

Opus4 · #80 03-17-2006, 01:30 PM

Is TCP port 31099 allowed through your firewall/router, so the placeshifter can talk to the server?

- Andy

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