Android application: taSageTV

[Fonceur]

Version 1.64

- Updated the Favorites list.
- Updated most other lists.
- Fix: Did not support Episode titles in the Manual recordings.
- Added the day of the week and year in more places.

[Fonceur]

Version 1.65

- Get the Jetty HTTP port from SageTCPServer.
- Enabled the password protection.

[brewston]

Hi Fonceur

I have a small change request. On the front screen where I can select between clients, would it be possible to make the font slightly larger in the client list pop up ? On my phone resolution its a bit tricky to pick from the list (End up using the edge of my thumb)

Thanks !

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by brewston

would it be possible to make the font slightly larger in the client list pop up ?

Hmm, I just pass an array of string and the list is created for me, I'm not sure that I can do much about it, but I'll check...

[Fonceur]

Here is a test version for the Apple HTTP Live streaming... It requires SageTV 7 with the iOS streaming plugin (using the default Jetty username/password), which should already be installed due to SageTCPServer dependencies...

The "HTTP stream 1" can be tested with Mirage beta or VPlayer.

The "HTTP stream 2" can be tested on a device with Android OS 2.3 or 3...

I don't really think that either will work, but nothing to lose testing it...

[Fonceur]

The Mirage author replied to my email, so I added another option for "Mirage stream", which should work even better...

[mzup]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

Here is a test version for the Apple HTTP Live streaming... It requires SageTV 7 with the iOS streaming plugin (using the default Jetty username/password), which should already be installed due to SageTCPServer dependencies...

The "HTTP stream 1" can be tested with Mirage beta or VPlayer.

The "HTTP stream 2" can be tested on a device with Android OS 2.3 or 3...

I don't really think that either will work, but nothing to lose testing it...

HTTP Stream 1 asks what browser to use(I have the default as well as opera mini) it then tries to download file and fails.

HTTP Stream 2 and I get a force close.

[mzup]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

The Mirage author replied to my email, so I added another option for "Mirage stream", which should work even better...

Tried this and mirage opens and says please wait while loading. It never loads.

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by mzup

HTTP Stream 1 asks what browser to use(I have the default as well as opera mini) it then tries to download file and fails.

That's what I was expecting, it probably doesn't recognize the mime type as valid or something.

HTTP Stream 2 and I get a force close.

Hmm, and that's with Android OS 2.3 or 3? I guess the httplive:// does expect a .m3u8 file...

Originally Posted by mzup

Tried this and mirage opens and says please wait while loading. It never loads.

Oh well, it was worth a shot...

What kind of file have you been trying to stream, a plain mpeg2?

[mzup]

It's droid 2.3 and yes it's a plain mpeg2 file.

[Fonceur]

Another streaming test (Mirage stream low), which simply picks the lowest bit rate...

[Suntan]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

The "HTTP stream 2" can be tested on a device with Android OS 2.3 or 3...

I don't really think that either will work, but nothing to lose testing it...

So just how well sorted is this for Android 3 based tablets in general? My desire is more for controlling extenders than streaming.

1) verified working on real hardware

2) should work based on SDK emulator

3) your guess is as good as mine...

Xoom owner here, but I'm very hesitant to disrupt my Sage server with extra add ons…

-Suntan

[Fonceur]

There is no reason why it shouldn't work with Android 3 on a tablet, but I am not aware of anyone trying it. There is definitely no specific support, as say for the iPad with TiSageTV... I think that most screens will scale up naturally, though some might look odd. You can always try it out in unlicensed mode...

[Fonceur]

Version 1.66

- Added test streaming options.
- Added cover art to the list of Albums.
- Use the same image file for all songs of an album.
- Renamed some menus to match the default SageTV UI.
- Changed the detail view text colors.


Currently, none of the test streaming seem to work... You will need to re-sync your Media center lists...

[planetc]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

Version 1.66

- Added test streaming options.
- Added cover art to the list of Albums.
- Use the same image file for all songs of an album.
- Renamed some menus to match the default SageTV UI.
- Changed the detail view text colors.


Currently, none of the test streaming seem to work... You will need to re-sync your Media center lists...

Good work my friend, a few simple changes that have improved the ease of use in a big way. Synchronization is a lot quicker now too. Album art doesn't scale particularly well in the list screen however, it crops large images vertically where smaller ones retain the full icon. This is probably my own fault for being lazy, not standardizing my sizes and leaving it to sage!
FYI, all the Mirage test stream options crash Mirage. I'm still running 2.2 but I tried the others anyway, no joy.

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by planetc

Album art doesn't scale particularly well in the list screen however, it crops large images vertically where smaller ones retain the full icon.

Make sure you are running all the latest version of the SageTV plugins, as the first rescaling of the album art was done through native SageTV calls that didn't kept the aspect ratio... But I know that the Apple SDK is buggy for rows that have text or detailText longer than one line. At some point I'll probably try to create my own custom cell and see if that makes it immune to that bug.

FYI, all the Mirage test stream options crash Mirage. I'm still running 2.2 but I tried the others anyway, no joy.

Right, jreichen and the Mirage author have been working on it. Each have found cases they were not handling properly, so it's getting closer.

[jptheripper]

Yeah i am running Android 2.3.3

All the mirage links FC taSageTV befiore mirage even launches
the other ones crash too.

Are there any logs or anything?

[planetc]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

Make sure you are running all the latest version of the SageTV plugins, as the first rescaling of the album art was done through native SageTV calls that didn't kept the aspect ratio...

All up to date, remains the same, doesn't look too bad, it's just that they are all different sizes so it's untidy on screen

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by jptheripper

Are there any logs or anything?

You can use aLogCat for that.

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by planetc

All up to date, remains the same, doesn't look too bad, it's just that they are all different sizes so it's untidy on screen

Right, I have that too, plus some missing album art, so it does look messy.