Ortus Screenshot & Information Thread

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

But I am doing this same and buildig my first i3 client soon

Talk is cheap have you actually pulled the trigger yet

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by razrsharpe

Talk is cheap have you actually pulled the trigger yet

No because talk is cheaper than buying a client

[wrems]

Originally Posted by planetc

I just spotted this thread for the first time, must have been half asleep before!

So it seems all the bitching and whining going on about the new v7 UI is basically wasted effort because everyone will be using Ortus when you release it anyway, lol.

.....and I suddenly find satisfaction that I put up with rebooting clients once a week, I feel some upgrades coming on!

That's exactly why in Fuzzy's poll I didn't vote for development of the UI. No UI is going to please everyone anyway. No sense in getting all hot and bothered by the UI. Now am I glad they revamped the UI to the extent they did? Yes. It does/will provide a better out of the box experience for people that are trialing the software. I like the other improvements sage made in v7 way more than the UI. With Ortus and Phoenix projects coming along and the ability to now import XBMC skins people's UI woes should be allayed.

[tonysathre]

I agree, that music is excellent! Any idea who it is?

Tinie Tempah - Pass Out

While we're at it we might as well show another video of cover flow examples we made a few months back to go with the newer one posted earlier. This screen exists in Ortus but currently isn't avaiable from the menu system and may never see the light of day. Some of you will already have seen this as it was posted elsewhere sometime ago. Also ignore the date at the end of the clip as that may not be quite true.....times running out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH65UBCnjPs

Cheers

Ben

So this screen may not be included? I really hope it is because it's everything I've been looking for in SageTV. Do you know if it will be? If it's not included, what would be the reason considering it looks like all (of close to all) the code is in place for it.

Tony

[PGPfan]

Originally Posted by tonysathre

Tinie Tempah - Pass Out

Thanks for the link tonysathre, but I meant the music for THIS video rather than the one showing off the modified coverflow.

I do agree with you however, that the modified coverflow would be a really nice feature to have available in Ortus once it is released!

Any thoughts Team Ortus?

-PGPfan

[damian.flynn]

Question:

Will there be a function/Feature when we open Movies / Recorded TV to see what new files have been recently added to the library, so that we can quickly see what new viewing is availble in each of the libraries.

cheers.
d

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by damian.flynn

Question:

Will there be a function/Feature when we open Movies / Recorded TV to see what new files have been recently added to the library, so that we can quickly see what new viewing is availble in each of the libraries.

cheers.
d

Yes, its not in the actual menu's but on the main menu.....so if you highlight the movie menu item for instance you will see a panel slide in from the right displaying the 10 newest added movies, same applies for TV Series, Recorded TV etc.

Cheers

Ben

[damian.flynn]

Super Sexy.

So, on my fileserver i have 2 folders of viewing - 1 for TV shows which have been ripped from disk, and 1 for the Movies.

How best to present this in the UI, simply have the TV shows and Movies as 2 folders under the Movies interface, or do you have a mechanism to treat TV series separately?

Using the Stock UI, as long as i use folder view this works pretty well, but if i try to use any of the richer options as in sorting on genre etc, then i have a pick n mix of TV and movies, which is horrible if there are 100 episodes of stargate showing up in the Si-Fi catagory for example.

Mucho Gracis
Damian

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by damian.flynn

Super Sexy.

So, on my fileserver i have 2 folders of viewing - 1 for TV shows which have been ripped from disk, and 1 for the Movies.

How best to present this in the UI, simply have the TV shows and Movies as 2 folders under the Movies interface, or do you have a mechanism to treat TV series separately?

Using the Stock UI, as long as i use folder view this works pretty well, but if i try to use any of the richer options as in sorting on genre etc, then i have a pick n mix of TV and movies, which is horrible if there are 100 episodes of stargate showing up in the Si-Fi catagory for example.

Mucho Gracis
Damian

Yea, it shouldn't really matter where the videos are using Ortus as it will asign a media type to each media item....Movies and TV Series are segregated and can be filtered seperatly. We use a scraping method to work out which media files are Movies and which are TV Series and this can return some funny results sometimes but theirs an editing mechanism so you can manually change them to what they should be if and when it does get things wrong.

Cheers

Ben

[damian.flynn]

Right,

so you really dont give a crap about the .properties files, and instead have your own metadata grabber to go do the work and fill in your TV and Movie information.

If thats the case, then my mind is made up, and i not going to inverst in Meta<>Browser, an I can focus on coding out bits and box instead of a metadata scraper in c#

The scope of this project sounds amazing.
Merci

[wrems]

Will Ortus have any mechanism/menu to track recently watched shows and movies, so one can easily return to media they previously started?

I know Tom cooked one up for the default STV and I believe it’s being ported to v7. I’d love to see something similar in Ortus if possible…

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...274#post413274

Thank you to all those involved with this project, it’s really coming along and I look forward to giving it a go!

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by wrems

Will Ortus have any mechanism/menu to track recently watched shows and movies, so one can easily return to media they previously started?

Yes, and also on a per user basis (one of the things that actually works quite well).

Originally Posted by wrems

I look forward to giving it a go!

So do I.....

Cheers

Ben

[jptheripper]

wow. simply amazing.

[bulaman]

CAN'T WAIT!!!!

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by jaminben

... on a per user basis ...

[wrems]

Any chance for a teaser/update?

[skyeclad]

I second the teaser request. Those screen shots look very polished. Nice work.

[jaminben]

I third the request.........

I've been away for the last 10 days and missed any updates.

[kingwr]

I realize that Ortus is a volunteer effort, but I am curious as to when we will see an Ortus UI replacement for v7. Summer of 2010 closes in 3 days! While SMM is great, it almost looks out of place compared to the rest of v7 UI. Music Wall? Recorded TV? Photo Slideshow? These are all aspects of Widnows Media Center that I use that I would like to see available in an SMM/Ortus level UI in Sage 7 before I convert over. Again, not complaining, just hoping that a consistent and comprehensive UI is in the making for the Ortus Team. Let me know where to send the check!

[wayner]

Originally Posted by kingwr

I realize that Ortus is a volunteer effort, but I am curious as to when we will see an Ortus UI replacement for v7. Summer of 2010 closes in 3 days!

You're a little eager - the Autumnal Equinox is on Sep 23 this year - 21 days away.