Filtered Menu Items: where to start?

[Sector7g]

Since for some unknown reason you cannot have such a simple function as password protecting folders it appears you need to be a border line programmer and edit .xml files in order to exclude folders.

I am having difficulties in understanding how to do this. I have sage set up on my WHS machine and am trying to configure a placeshifter client to only see 3 out of the 5 import directories I have specified.

from what have gathered up to now I copy/pasted some code under the video section in sagemc_menu.xml on the placeshifter machine

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE sageMenu PUBLIC "-//NIELM//DTD SAGEMENU XML 1.4//EN" "http://sageplugins.sourceforge.net/nielm_modules/dynamic_menu/sagemenu_1_3.dtd">
<sageMenu version="1.4">
    <menu title="Main"> 
	  <internalScreenMenuItem icon="hover_my tv.png" screen="My TV" title="My TV">
            <evalExpression> </evalExpression>
        </internalScreenMenuItem>
        <!--                                   -->
       <internalScreenMenuItem icon="hover_my videos.png" screen="Video Library Folder View" title="My Videos">
            <evalExpression>AddStaticContext("PathFilterExprs", new_java_util_ArrayList())</evalExpression>
            <evalExpression>java_util_List_add(PathFilterExprs, "\\server2\adult")</evalExpression>
            <evalExpression>java_util_List_add(PathFilterExprs, "\\server2\public")</evalExpression>
            <evalExpression>AddStaticContext("PathFilterExcludes", true)</evalExpression>
        </internalScreenMenuItem>

        </internalScreenMenuItem>
        <!--                                   -->
        <internalScreenMenuItem icon="hover_my music.png" screen="My Music" title="My Music">
            <evalExpression> </evalExpression>
        </internalScreenMenuItem>
        <!--                                   -->
        <internalScreenMenuItem icon="hover_my pictures.png" screen="Picture Library" title="My Pictures">
            <evalExpression> </evalExpression>
        </internalScreenMenuItem>

From this xml file I added \\server2\adult and \\server2\public and change the value to true, thinking that was what needed to be done...

the seeker/archive taken from my server sage.properties file is as follows:

seeker/archive_directory=\\\\server2\\music,2;\\\\server2\\photos,5;\\\\server2\\videos,5;L\:\\7;\\\\server2\\adult,5;\\\\server2\\public,7;

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[Sector7g]

maybe im alone here, but ive seen other posts of people using this.

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...c+menu+options

http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...Filtered+Menus

Anyone still using filter menu's or is there a better way now?

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by Sector7g

From this xml file I added \\server2\adult and \\server2\public and change the value to true, thinking that was what needed to be done...

those paths need to be \\\\server2\\adult and \\\\server2\\public

also this only works in SageMC, It does not work in the SageTV 7 default UI.

EDIT: you may or may not need a trailing \\ at the end of the path as well.

[Sector7g]

I have tried it ////server2//public and //server2/public without success.

I also realize this is sagemc only hence the post in the sagemc section of the forums

Thanks though

Using sage 6.2 as the base not 7 btw

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by Sector7g

I have tried it ////server2//public and //server2/public without success.

probably a copy and paste error but... those / need to be \... basically copy and paste the path from the video import property you posted earlier

I also realize this is sagemc only hence the post in the sagemc section of the forums

just making sure

Using sage 6.2 as the base not 7 btw

you might want to upgrade to 6.6 (that's the latest production 6.x release)... don't know if it would make a difference

[Sector7g]

oops those // were typos

and now that you mention it I think it is 6.6

does sage 7 realize the importance of controlling access to specific media?

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by Sector7g

does sage 7 realize the importance of controlling access to specific media?

its not any different on that front. There is some third party work on making the main menu customizable on v7 but nothing is released yet.

Will Dynamic Customisable Main Menu import be updated for v7?

EDIT: Are you seeing the new menu item and its not filtering or are you not even seeing the item? If you are missing the item entirely make sure that you are pointing to the correct xml file (somewhere in options on the main menu)

[OneOfMany]

When I setup my filters in 6.6, if I remember correctly the entries were case sensitive. I think I used the case of the paths taken from the Detailed Setup -> Import Directories.

Grant