STV: SageMC 16x9 Version 6.x (latest dev build)

[phelme]

Is anyone using SageMC 6.3.7 with the beta 6.3.9 release of SageTV? We're having some problems with a client that's regularly going in to spinning pinwheel-locked up mode upon playing shows and I'm trying to determine if it's SageMC, 6.3.9 or maybe some other thing. It may be only happening after we play a DVD on the machine first.

Since I'm out of town I won't be able to diagnose anything until I get back. But I'm getting negative reports from back home.

[scat]

Originally Posted by JonTom

is there a keyboard shortcut to toggle fullscreen and window mode? when i remote into my sagebox, i often get a black screen if sage is running fullscreen (which it almost always is)

toggle fullscreen and window mode
Can we add this to the Shut Down Icon on the Main Screen?

Scat

[skyeclad]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

@Skyeclad

Did you install Cygwin as per these instructions?

I did but now that I think about it, I didn't restart my PC. Maybe I should do that just in case. Is this the only other setting/software that I need to do to get this feature to work

Thanks.

[DRB]

Also, you have to create an offline directory, IIRC, and there is a setting within SageMC options

Not sure what you mean by this. I have dvd profiler on another computer, do I just point to the file. Can I export a file to computer with sage on it?

I haven't try yet but I'll start playing with it tonight, that way I will be able to ask better questions.

DRB

[DRB]

Thanks. Unfortunately, knowing where to look for an OFFLINE DVD is essential for me.. so, it's of no use without Sage importing the Catalog #.

I will be doing this soon and location would be a big issuse for me too. I thinking maybe adding location to the title might display it. If that don't work maybe editing each pic with the location might work. Only thing would have to run a batch file or something because ther are too many in my collection.

DRB

[Madcoder]

Hi,
I am running Sage 6.3.9, Java 1.6.04, and SageMC 6.3.7. I am not sure when the problem started but I notice the weather won't update after Sage is launched. It will get an initial reading after starting Sage, but after that the "current" weather is always that day and time, so not updates are happening. Is anyone else seeing this?

[skyeclad]

Originally Posted by skyeclad

I did but now that I think about it, I didn't restart my PC. Maybe I should do that just in case. Is this the only other setting/software that I need to do to get this feature to work

Thanks.

Well I restarted the PC and reinstalled Cygwin but it made no difference. The webtext version of any RSS still errors out. Anything that I'm forgetting?

[cncb]

Anyone else seeing a "..." instead of "No" in the dialog to delete a recording ("Yes appears fine)? I am using the "simple" delete dialog and a 16:9 display.

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by cncb

Anyone else seeing a "..." instead of "No" in the dialog to delete a recording ("Yes appears fine)? I am using the "simple" delete dialog and a 16:9 display.

I see it too.

Gerry

[Stuntman]

Originally Posted by gplasky

I see it too.

Yep! Thought I'd messed it up somehow myself.. never thought others saw it!!

[TechBill]

Originally Posted by cncb

Anyone else seeing a "..." instead of "No" in the dialog to delete a recording ("Yes appears fine)? I am using the "simple" delete dialog and a 16:9 display.

yes and it not the only one, there more options in other menu where wordings are cut off short. like "set watc...."

I think it was mentioned in some posts several pages back that they are aware of this and will fix it in the next version.


Bill

[Stuntman]

Something else I'm seeing, that maybe nobody else is.. if I bring up the 'options' screen on the MVP to try and change the aspect ratio.. I get the box, but there is no visible text or options.. simply a blank box...

[bialio]

The MVP doesn't support aspect ratios.

[Stuntman]

Originally Posted by bialio

The MVP doesn't support aspect ratios.

I'm referring to the ability to change to 'Fill' or 'source' during playback.. it used to be able to do so... I'm pretty sure!!

[dflachbart]

Maintenance release SageMC 6.3.7a is available.

Main Menu:

• Added option to disable left-as-back in dynamic submenus
• Fixed: MCE spacer is lost when going back to main menu from submenu
• Fixed: scaling of Fixed Focus Vertical style
• Fixed: TheaterTek external DVD player immediately closes on use
• Fixed: Upcoming/Recent text in Recordings widgets non-transparent on extender
• Added: Mouse Support in fixed Focus Menu: advance menu with wheel,all icons clickable
• Added: Option to bind size/position of clock, and info icons to match submenus
• Made animations interruptible (retains SageTV v6.3.5 compatibility when disabled)
• Added alternate key binding for main menu popup windows (Custom1-5)
• Weatherbar: Text now scales with image when changing the size of the weather bar
• Weatherbar: Added ability to swap the image and text positions from left to right
• Weatherbar: Added options for text size
• Added Customization Options to Recent/Upcoming recordings
• Added MainIconPanel Icon for Recent/Upcoming Recordings
• Simplified controls for menu layout customizaion (icon and fixed focus menus)
• Added menu item icon customization for icon and fixed focus menus
• Added independent customization for focused icon
• Added setting for minimum font size (for SageTV v6.3.8)

Other changes:

• added default settings for new favorites
• added option 'Movie only' for auto IMDB download
• added option to disable OSD timeout for MiniGuide
• added option to reverse up/down for MiniGuide
• added all-album shuffle playlist with bookmark functionality
• added playlist bookmarks
• fixed: LiveTV now advances to current time
• fixed: grouped display mode did not list episoded any more
• fixed: manual recordings now set start/stop padding correctly
• fixed: reverse order not working in Guide

Some details on the shuffle playlist: in the playlist manager, you can now generate a randomly shuffled playlist of all your songs in the library in which albums are never repeated. The playlist position is automatically bookmarked, so if you stop the playlist and return to it later it will start with the last song played. You can also link this playlist (or any other) to a main menu item - add a similar section to your dynamic main menu file after you created the shuffle playlist:

        <internalScreenMenuItem icon="D:\Video\SageTV Client\SageTV\STVs\SageTV3\SageMCE\Themes\MyTheme\MenuIcons\hover_my music2.png" screen="Now Playing" title="Random Music">
            <evalExpression>AddStaticContext("PlayPlaylist", true)</evalExpression>
            <evalExpression>AddStaticContext("PlaylistName", "SAGEMC_SHUFFLE")</evalExpression>
        </internalScreenMenuItem>

You can reset the bookmark in the Playlist detail screen - focus on any of the left menu buttons and bring up the Options menu. You can regenerate the playlist as often as you like, and also delete it. Note that if you enter the Music Library through a main menu item in which you have a filter set, the shuffle playlist will only get generated for the songs that match the filter.

For other regular playlists (music and video), you can enable bookmarks in the SageMC / Enhancements option menu.



Update instructions:

- shut down the UI
- unzip *all* files in the download file
- restart the UI
- load the new STV


The dev package (includes only new STV and JARs) and the full installation package are available for download here:

SageMC 6.3.7a update
SageMC 6.3.7a full install


Enjoy,

Mike & Dirk

[mkanet]

Hi Guys, thanks for the update! Im very thankful for the mouse support! Im currently in a different country; so I cant try this release just yet; but Im just curious if the clone/export menu issue was fixed with this release. This is the problem thats affecting some people who are using the SageTV server as their primary machine (people who use sageTVservice and SageTV.exe). I didnt see any mention of it in the release notes.

I appreciate your time and effort Dirk and Mike!
Michael

[heffe2001]

On my HD Extender it keeps telling me that my versions don't match after I load the 6.3.7a (although both STV version & JAR version say 6.3.7a, and I've even gone so far as to restart Sage). Seems to be doing it on the clients as well. I used the update instead of the full version, I'll try that and see if I get the same results...

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by heffe2001

On my HD Extender it keeps telling me that my versions don't match after I load the 6.3.7a (although both STV version & JAR version say 6.3.7a, and I've even gone so far as to restart Sage). Seems to be doing it on the clients as well. I used the update instead of the full version, I'll try that and see if I get the same results...

Yeah, one shouldn't make changes in the last minute...
Sorry for that, here's the updated STV

Dirk

[heffe2001]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Yeah, one shouldn't make changes in the last minute...
Sorry for that, here's the updated STV

Dirk

That sorted it .

[kricker]

The layout system has gone bonkers on me. When I loaded the new stv my menus no longer looked the same. The recording and upcoming recording bars were moved off the bottom of the screen. Text in my icon menus was very small. The weather bar got very large.

When I try to snap an item to the bottom left or right sof the screen it actually goes off screen. Cloning the menu panel is not fully working. For example the text size is not carrying over, as well as many of the other various options.

With fixed focus mode I can not edit each icon independently. Chaging the scale or position of any one of them changes them all.

Also cloning the main menu to the dynamic submenus and vice versa is not working.

FYI, I am running SageTV in service mode.

EDIT:
Crap, somehow I got an old version of the gkusnick.sagetv.jar again. I wonder where I keep picking this up? I replaced it with the December version, but unlike last time, it didn't fix anything.