SageTV Extender - Look and Feel

[DynamoBen]

So this might be a silly question I just don't know where to look for the answer.

What do the SageTV extender menus look like? Do they look like SageTV or like a Media MVP?

[Mahoney]

They look like whichever Sage STV you install - so to begin with it will look like the default SageTV look and feel. I run SageMC on my extender.

[DynamoBen]

Ahh I see, is that the same story with the MediaMVP?

[AngelofDeth]

The MediaMVP and Sage Extender are the same thing.

[DynamoBen]

Thanks!

[jbarr]

Originally Posted by Mahoney

They look like whichever Sage STV you install - so to begin with it will look like the default SageTV look and feel. I run SageMC on my extender.

So does that mean that what displays on the Media Extender can be different from what's displayed on the "base" SageTV? ie: one Sage STV on the "main" box, and a different one on the Media Extender?

[Mahoney]

Yes. I have SageMC on the extender and the default STV on my server.

[briands]

Originally Posted by jbarr

So does that mean that what displays on the Media Extender can be different from what's displayed on the "base" SageTV? ie: one Sage STV on the "main" box, and a different one on the Media Extender?

I wonder if there is an easier way to maintain STVs across multiple clients/ MVPs. It is a pain in the kiester to have to load new STVs and all of the STVis on multiple machines... would be nice if there was a way to point them all to the same STV.

[bcjenkins]

Originally Posted by briands

I wonder if there is an easier way to maintain STVs across multiple clients/ MVPs. It is a pain in the kiester to have to load new STVs and all of the STVis on multiple machines... would be nice if there was a way to point them all to the same STV.

Why not load on one machine, move to other machines and choose the final stv name from the first?

[jbarr]

Originally Posted by Mahoney

Yes. I have SageMC on the extender and the default STV on my server.

Oooo! That's nice!

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by jbarr

So does that mean that what displays on the Media Extender can be different from what's displayed on the "base" SageTV? ie: one Sage STV on the "main" box, and a different one on the Media Extender?

Any type of SageTV client can be assigned any STV.

Originally Posted by briands

I wonder if there is an easier way to maintain STVs across multiple clients/ MVPs. It is a pain in the kiester to have to load new STVs and all of the STVis on multiple machines... would be nice if there was a way to point them all to the same STV.

Like bcjenkins suggested: simply do all your imports/mods on one system, then go to the other clients & load the same resulting STV after all the mods have been done. All your clients would then use the same exact STV.

- Andy

[briands]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

Why not load on one machine, move to other machines and choose the final stv name from the first?

Cool... didn't realize that would work...