Linking default STV menus into Phoenix

[dflachbart]

I found that thanks to the awesomeness of Phoenix's menu framework you can easily link to a lot of default STV menus without having to write any Studio code.

Here's an example for linking to the 'Show Editorials' menu:

      <fragment parentMenu="phoenix.menu.lz.tv" insertBefore="phoenix.menu.lz.tvseasons">
            <menuItem label="TV Show Editorials" name="show_editorials" visible="true">
            	<description>TV Show Editorials</description>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gCurCustomSTVFilePath", GetCurrentSTVFile())</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gReloadCustomSTVWithoutConfirm", true)</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gTargetMenuName", "TV Show Highlight List")</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gReloadCustomSTVOnHome", true)</eval>
            	<eval>LoadSTVFile(GetDefaultSTVFile())</eval>
                <screen name="Phoenix Universal Media Browser" />
            </menuItem>
      </fragment>

And here's another one to link to Malore's Upcoming Movies:

      <fragment parentMenu="phoenix.menu.lz.tv" insertBefore="phoenix.menu.lz.tvseasons">
            <menuItem label="TV Premieres" name="premieres" visible="true">
            	<description>TV Premieres</description>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gCurCustomSTVFilePath", GetCurrentSTVFile())</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gReloadCustomSTVWithoutConfirm", true)</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gTargetMenuName", "Xtra: Multimenu by malore")</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gReloadCustomSTVOnHome", true)</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("Function", "xUpcomingMovies")</eval>
            	<eval>LoadSTVFile(GetDefaultSTVFile())</eval>
                <screen name="Phoenix Universal Media Browser" />
            </menuItem>
      </fragment>

or Malore's "Premieres / Finals" :

      <fragment parentMenu="phoenix.menu.lz.tv" insertBefore="phoenix.menu.lz.tvseasons">
            <menuItem label="TV Premieres / Finals" name="premieres" visible="true">
            	<description>TV Premieres / Finals</description>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gCurCustomSTVFilePath", GetCurrentSTVFile())</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gReloadCustomSTVWithoutConfirm", true)</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gTargetMenuName", "Xtra: Multimenu by malore")</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gReloadCustomSTVOnHome", true)</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("Function", "xSpecialAirings")</eval>
            	<eval>LoadSTVFile(GetDefaultSTVFile())</eval>
                <screen name="Phoenix Universal Media Browser" />
            </menuItem>
      </fragment>

Note that in some menus (e.g. Show Editorials) you can get back to Phoenix by simply using the 'Left Arrow' button, whereas for others (e.g. Malore menus) you have to use the 'Home' button.


Dirk

[crusing]

Myself and a few others would love a link to the default file browser if you can figure that out.

[rnadeau]

How do you add this code and does it show another menu option to get that feature?

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by crusing

Myself and a few others would love a link to the default file browser if you can figure that out.

Try this:

   <fragment parentMenu="phoenix.menu.lz.videos" insertBefore="phoenix.menu.lz.videos.conversions">
      <menuItem label="File Browser" name="file_browser" visible="true">
         <description>File Browser</description>
         <eval>AddGlobalContext("gCurCustomSTVFilePath", GetCurrentSTVFile())</eval>
         <eval>AddGlobalContext("gReloadCustomSTVWithoutConfirm", true)</eval>
         <eval>AddGlobalContext("gTargetMenuName", "Browser - Files")</eval>
         <eval>AddGlobalContext("gReloadCustomSTVOnHome", true)</eval>
         <eval>LoadSTVFile(GetDefaultSTVFile())</eval>
         <screen name="Phoenix Universal Media Browser" />
      </menuItem>			            
   </fragment>

Dirk

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by rnadeau

How do you add this code and does it show another menu option to get that feature?

Just create a file (e.g. mymenus.xml) in SageTV\userdata\Phoenix\Menus with the following structure:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE menus SYSTEM "menus.dtd"[]>

<menus>
      <fragment ...>

      </fragment>
      
      <fragment ...>

      </fragment>

</menus>

Based on your choice for the 'parentMenu' and 'insertBefore' fields (check out the default menu file LandingMenu.xml in SageTV\STVs\Phoenix\Menus for possible values) this will insert a new menu item into one of the existing menus. You can then enable and position it manually by going into Landing Zone Options / Customize Landing Zone


Dirk

[crusing]

Thanks! That works great.

[rnadeau]

Would it be possible for you to display the complete contents if the xml menu file to show the Malore upcoming movies menu?

I also dont have a menus folder under userdata\pheonix\. do I need to create this folder?

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by rnadeau

Would it be possible for you to display the complete contents if the xml menu file to show the Malore upcoming movies menu?

I also dont have a menus folder under userdata\pheonix\. do I need to create this folder?

Here's a full menu xml that will add the Malore 'Upcoming Movies' to the TV Landing Zone menu:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE menus SYSTEM "menus.dtd"[]>

<menus>
      <fragment parentMenu="phoenix.menu.lz.tv" insertBefore="phoenix.menu.lz.tvseasons">
            <menuItem label="Upcoming Movies" name="upcoming_movies" visible="true">
            	<description>Upcoming Movies (Malore)</description>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gCurCustomSTVFilePath", GetCurrentSTVFile())</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gReloadCustomSTVWithoutConfirm", true)</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gTargetMenuName", "Xtra: Multimenu by malore")</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("gReloadCustomSTVOnHome", true)</eval>
            	<eval>AddGlobalContext("Function", "xUpcomingMovies")</eval>
            	<eval>LoadSTVFile(GetDefaultSTVFile())</eval>
              <screen name="Phoenix Universal Media Browser" />
            </menuItem>
      </fragment>
</menus>

And yes, if the directory 'Menus' doesn't exist in userdata\Phoenix, just create it. Then copy the above contents into a file with the extension ".xml", e.g. mymenus.xml, and select 'Reload Menus, Views', Config' from the landing zone options menu.


Dirk

[rnadeau]

Thanks! dflachbart