ATT Stanger89 - Help needed

[stanger89]

You should be able to configure those paths from the Import menu, there's a settings option.

[bcjenkins]

I could do one of the paths from the gui and there was no way to close the window if all I wanted to do was flip the copy images bit. The XML path does not allow you to specify, which you must do to enable UNC.

Thanks,

B

[stanger89]

Esc/Options should get you out of that one, I could add an OK though.

I'll take a look at the specify on the XML.

[stanger89]

0.7.3 will have a Cancel button for the settings menu. I don't plan on adding a specify for the XML file, unless somebody knows of a dialog in sage with that functionality that I can copy

Originally Posted by gplasky

Well I also noted that DVDPro 3 stores it's images in a user-specific directory under the users' My Documents\DVD Profiler\default so I changed the path for where DVD Profiler stores it info to that.

You know you can change the library location in DVD Profiler 3, just go to File -> Open Database. Then pick New Database. You can put it wherever you want.

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by stanger89

0.7.3 will have a Cancel button for the settings menu. I don't plan on adding a specify for the XML file, unless somebody knows of a dialog in sage with that functionality that I can copy

Take a look at SageMC and the SageMC Options page. This has a "specify" button for the xml path.

Originally Posted by stanger89

You know you can change the library location in DVD Profiler 3, just go to File -> Open Database. Then pick New Database. You can put it wherever you want.

I know now.

Gerry

[bcjenkins]

I didn't actually try changing the database path.. But from what I read on the Invelos forums that allowed you to change the location of one or 2 folder, not all of them. I'd be interested in knowing if it works, otherwise I will stick with the junction.

Your other menu has a specify link in it..

B

[stanger89]

Well if you make a new database, everything goes there, everything important at least. I didn't see a way to "move" one.

[bcjenkins]

Good to know. I run a very small OS partition, 10 GB, so I want to keep it as light as possible. Thanks for the info

B

[stanger89]

Can't quite seem to make up my mind on a package, but here's the latest DVDPro2Sage (version 1.6 on SourceForge if you're interested). This time there's not a folder in the zip, so put the files in a DVDPro2Sage folder in your SageTV folder.

[riekl]

Where do you get .7.2 of the IVL ? I can only find .5 on sage.tv ?

[stanger89]

It's a few posts up:
http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...6&postcount=26

[riekl]

Thanks ! I'm making a lot of progress except about 15% of my movies are importing like this :

http://www.richerts.net/error.jpg

Basically the importer SEES the match and it SEES the correct run time and information, but it only imports the picture and a runtime of 0 minutes into Sage ?

[riekl]

One other thing that is happening , only if i go "Media Center, Videos" do i get the IVL listing. If i stop a dvd, or use my "Videos" button on the remote it takes me to the old sage listing. Anyway around that ?

[stanger89]

Originally Posted by riekl

One other thing that is happening , only if i go "Media Center, Videos" do i get the IVL listing. If i stop a dvd, or use my "Videos" button on the remote it takes me to the old sage listing. Anyway around that ?

That version (the one with it's own video view) hasn't been updated and may/may not work right.

I wouldn't recommend using it.

[riekl]

I think there is some confusion about what i'm trying to do. I am using IVL .72 as posted earlier in this forum. I am not using any other stv's or custom themes and have not modded any of the menus.

From the main menu if i go "Meda Center" "Imported Videos" I get the nice pretty IVL listing.

However if I get to the "imported videos" screen from ANY other method (i.e. hitting stop on a movie, hitting any shortcut to the videos menu) takes you to the default crappy sage listing where all you see is the front covers. This means that I am constantly hitting home, down down down, enter, down down enter which is annoying. Is there anyway to actually replace the sage screen with yours rather then just link that one menu item to yours ?

Love your work .. do you have a link to your sourceforge or other site for donations ?

[stanger89]

Originally Posted by riekl

I think there is some confusion about what i'm trying to do. I am using IVL .72 as posted earlier in this forum. I am not using any other stv's or custom themes and have not modded any of the menus.

From the main menu if i go "Meda Center" "Imported Videos" I get the nice pretty IVL listing.

Maybe a screenshot would help.

However if I get to the "imported videos" screen from ANY other method (i.e. hitting stop on a movie, hitting any shortcut to the videos menu) takes you to the default crappy sage listing where all you see is the front covers. This means that I am constantly hitting home, down down down, enter, down down enter which is annoying. Is there anyway to actually replace the sage screen with yours rather then just link that one menu item to yours ?

See, here's why I'm confused, the import doesn't change any of the existing Sage functionality...

Well, I should back up, you are using Sage 6 right?

All the import does is add a menu to import the metadata, and a button (in the imported videos section) to get to that menu.

What you describe sounds a lot like the "old" version, the one in the download area that replaces the stock video library. If you're using that, or if you've loaded that in the past, I'd go back to the Stock SageTV3.xml and import 0.7.2 fresh.

Love your work .. do you have a link to your sourceforge or other site for donations ?

I appreciate the compliment, but I want to keep this strictly volunteer-only. I do this mostly for myself, and don't want the responsibility that comes with accepting money, be it donations or fees

[riekl]

Ok you were right the video library I was seeing was from the .5 version, going back to Sage3 and re-importing just .72 gives me the default sage view.

So .. I'm sure i'm missing something here .. the addon is called Improved Video Library, is the ONLY thing it does now is import the metadata ? The default sage view, to be "nice" sucks .. very badly .. to the point of being completely unusable.

I really liked the 'look' of the .5 where on the left hand side you had the names on the right side a thumbnail of the cover and a description. The default Sage look JUST gives me the cover picture and doesnt even sort them properly.

In short .. how do I get a better then default listing out of .72 ?

[stanger89]

Originally Posted by riekl

Ok you were right the video library I was seeing was from the .5 version, going back to Sage3 and re-importing just .72 gives me the default sage view.

So .. I'm sure i'm missing something here .. the addon is called Improved Video Library, is the ONLY thing it does now is import the metadata ?

It does now. It's kind of been a moving target.

The default sage view, to be "nice" sucks .. very badly .. to the point of being completely unusable.

I really liked the 'look' of the .5 where on the left hand side you had the names on the right side a thumbnail of the cover and a description. The default Sage look JUST gives me the cover picture and doesnt even sort them properly.

In short .. how do I get a better then default listing out of .72 ?

You really don't. The current "IVL" is mainly a stepping stone, hopefully for something better, once I figure out what better is.

[riekl]

Ok .. well at least i know now Back to .5 for me ! I appreciate your rapid responses, let me know if you need a tester for anything.

[jdg]

Stanger, was using .5 and now I'm using .72 and it works great with dvdprofiler 3. The only thing I casn see that is not right is I still only get the low res thumbnails and not the hi res ones. how do we get the hi res ones to copy over and not the low res.

Thanks