Step by frame + no OSD on pause

[element33]

I sometimes take screen shots of Sage window (w/ a 3rd party utility) and I wish I had clean, precise control over which frame I'm on. Two questions:

1) Besides hitting "Pause" twice, does Sage have dedicated functions for single-frame forward/backward move? I can't find them.

2) When stepping frame-by-frame with pause, the timeline OSD constantly gets in the way. Can it be turned off for pausing, so I can step frame-by-frame and maintain a clean view? I found "Inactivity Timeout and OSD AutoHide" in Setup->Detailed Setup->Customize. However, it seems like I can only set Autohide to 1 sec, I can't turn off the OSD completely. Ideally, I'd like to get rid of the OSD altogether for pausing, while keeping the OSD auto-display when switching channels or launching a recording.

[Opus4]

The OSD stays turned off if you use Pause while playback is already paused & the OSD is not shown.

- Andy

[element33]

Originally Posted by Opus4

The OSD stays turned off if you use Pause while playback is already paused & the OSD is not shown.

Hm, not the case here. By "OSD" I mean the timeline strip at the bottom of the screen. When Sage is paused and I hit either "Pause" or "Pause/Play", the OSD timeline pops up again. Is there a setting I'm missing?

[Opus4]

What STV are you using? If it is the default SageTV3 STV, has it been customized?

Make sure you are only using the Pause command -- again, while playback is paused & the OSD is off.

- Andy

[element33]

Originally Posted by Opus4

What STV are you using? If it is the default SageTV3 STV, has it been customized?

Good point, I was test-driving SageMC when I wrote this. I tested SageTV3 and SageMC for OSD auto-display after hitting "Pause" or "Pause/Play" (YES = OSD pops up, NO = it doesn't):

SageTV3: "Pause" - NO, "Pause/Play" - YES
SageMC: "Pause" - YES, "Pause/Play" - YES

I wonder what setting makes SageMC show the OSD after hitting "Pause", as opposed to what happens in SageTV3. This could give me a clue how to disable the OSD after hitting "Pause/Play" in either STV. BTW, when you say "when OSD is off", I take it to mean: "when OSD is currently not showing". I take it there's no way to turn off OSD permanently, so that it never shows up.

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