STV: SageMC - 1.0 Jan 9 - Page 32

kny3twalker · #**621** 12-21-2004, 07:37 PM

ok cool
appreciated
and did not think you were being harsh
just unwilling to consider it
Thanks I can mount the ISOs I have so far and rerip them using DVDdecyptor
and thanks for reasoning behind it
I really just like the cleanliness of the ISO and how much more you can do with it

it seemed to fit well with your work

thanks for the thoughts

foolio · #**622** 12-21-2004, 10:53 PM

not sure if this has been requested:

in folder view, can you list episode name instead of series' name?

ie FOLDER: AMAZING RACE

the list is like this:

1. AMAZING RACE
2. AMAZING RACE
3. AMAZING RACE

you get details when you roll over each. much better if it could be like this:

1. EPISODE NAME
2. EPISODE NAME
3. EPISODE NAME

mlbdude · #**623** 12-22-2004, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foolio

not sure if this has been requested:

in folder view, can you list episode name instead of series' name?

ie FOLDER: AMAZING RACE

the list is like this:

1. AMAZING RACE
2. AMAZING RACE
3. AMAZING RACE

you get details when you roll over each. much better if it could be like this:

1. EPISODE NAME
2. EPISODE NAME
3. EPISODE NAME

Try downloading again. I THINK I changed that a couple of versions ago. This is what it does now so if this is NOT what you were reqesting let me know.

In My setup I have folders for movies called:

Comedy
Drama
Fantasy

When you mouse over those folders themselves it displays Comedy, Drama, or Fantasy on the top. Once you drill into the folder if the contents are:

movie1
movie2
movie3

When you mouse over each of those the top description changes to movie1, movie2, movie3.

schmitcj · #**624** 12-22-2004, 02:53 PM

Ok, This STV is nothing short of awesome. After months of tweaking hardware drivers, decoders, etc, my wife was losing faith in "SchmitVo" (her pet name for our Sage implementation). I finally got everything working in harmony, but it was almost too late... until I switched to this STV last week. There is nothing but love in our house now. One issue I can't seem to resolve is SHUFFLE in the jukebox. I am running the 2.2.2 beta, and it was there before I switched to this STV (even in playlists - yeah). Can someone point me in the right direction before my wife figures this out and our Christmas is not so Merry?

GbrNole · #**625** 12-22-2004, 02:57 PM

shuffle is enabled natively in 2.2.2 if you go to genre and select one then sort that genre list by toggling artist/album/song title to song title and hit play it will randomly play all the songs under that genre.

you can also hit the yellow button if you use a hauppauge remote and it will bring up a box that will allow you to enable/disable random play.

mlbdude · #**626** 12-22-2004, 02:59 PM

You should be able to enable/disable shuffle play with the options menu in My Music or in the visualization screen.

foolio · #**627** 12-22-2004, 05:13 PM

not sure why it doesn't work that way for TV shows - it's listing the folder name = series name, and when you drill down, the content is still series name instead of episode name. works for movies like you described

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlbdude

Try downloading again. I THINK I changed that a couple of versions ago. This is what it does now so if this is NOT what you were reqesting let me know.

In My setup I have folders for movies called:

Comedy
Drama
Fantasy

When you mouse over those folders themselves it displays Comedy, Drama, or Fantasy on the top. Once you drill into the folder if the contents are:

movie1
movie2
movie3

When you mouse over each of those the top description changes to movie1, movie2, movie3.

1972 · #**628** 12-23-2004, 06:51 AM

I am not a daily reader of this forum. so is there somewhere some overview of what the differences/improvements are between the versions you have made?

mlbdude · #**629** 12-23-2004, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1972

I am not a daily reader of this forum. so is there somewhere some overview of what the differences/improvements are between the versions you have made?

Only posted in the this thread and I am usually pretty vague

. When Beta 1 comes out there will be a complete feature list.

edbmdave · #**630** 12-23-2004, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlbdude

Only posted in the this thread and I am usually pretty vague

. When Beta 1 comes out there will be a complete feature list.

Are you close enough to say if we will see another alpha before the beta? Any updates?

mlbdude · #**631** 12-23-2004, 08:38 AM

There will be one or two more Alpha's. Probably over my vacation next week. I am adding in functionality to My Videos to support meta information and still have a couple of screens accessible in the My TV area to match to the new look.

I will probably leave Setup and Detailed Setup as they are.

Beta is soon though - I want to move on to other projects.

ukmgranger · #**632** 12-23-2004, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlbdude

Beta is soon though - I want to move on to other projects.

Are they Sage related? Just wondering

mlbdude · #**633** 12-23-2004, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukmgranger

Are they Sage related? Just wondering

Probably some MCE projects. They have a nice .Net SDK that fits my skills nicely. Just trying to figure out a project to do.

ukmgranger · #**634** 12-23-2004, 09:33 AM

Tut, tut. After all this hard work on SageMCE you are still going to be using MCE?!?!

I really must try out the real MCE at some point, although yours is pretty much ticking all the boxes at the moment.

mlbdude · #**635** 12-23-2004, 09:35 AM

The only problem with this one is that it is not supported by Frey. It will always be a "power user" only project because of that. The people that really need this UI probably don't even know it exists.

mlbdude · #**636** 12-24-2004, 12:38 PM

Second to last Alpa 4.9.9.

Major new feature - Video Library meta data. All thank Stanger89 for the Java parts and for turning me on to DVDProfiler a while back.

New installation instructions:
Unzip this compressed file to your SageTV folder. NOT the OrigionalV2 folder any longer.

I HIGHLY recommend you download and use DVDProfiler to generate the necessary metadata. http://www.intervocative.com/dvdpro/Info.aspx. It is free to use most of the features.

There is a new property to be aware of:
mlbdude/meta_data_collection.xml=D\:\\Program Files\\Frey Technologies\\SageTV\\STVs\\OriginalV2\\SageMCE\\collection.xml

It will default as above using your root Sage installation. This is the location of your master metadata file. When DVDProfiler exports its contents it does so in one large file. This is convenient so you only have to keep one dile up to date.

IMPORTANT: How SageMC matches the Video or DVD to data in your collection.xml.
For DVD's it uses the root folder as the title to try and match. Ex.

Fletch
\AUDIO_TS
\VIDEO_TS

For other single video files it uses the file name. Ex.
Fletch.avi

Spelling and case must be exact.

An alternate method to using the master collection.xml is to put a small xml file with each video file.
For DVD's: Put the file in the VIDEO_TS folder. Ex.
Fletch
\VIDEO_TS\Fletch.xml

For normal video files keep the xml file with the video file. Ex.
Movies\Fletch

Fletch.avi
Fletch.xml

Another scenario that WILL work:
Movies\Fletch

Fletch-dmd.avi
Fletch.xml

NOTE: My Videos will read the title from the XML file. Therefore you don't HAVE to use propper titles with your video files. Ex.
dmd-Fletch.avi
dmd-Fletch.xml

For those that want to use the single file method or don't want to use DVDProfiler here is the XML format you must follow in a sample:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?>
<Collection>
<DVD>
  <Title>The Punisher</Title>
  <Released>2004-09-07</Released>
  <Genres>
    <Genre>Action</Genre>
  </Genres>
  <Actors>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Thomas</FirstName>
      <LastName>Jane</LastName>
      <Role>Frank Castle/The Punisher</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>John</FirstName>
      <LastName>Travolta</LastName>
      <Role>Howard Saint</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Will</FirstName>
      <LastName>Patton</LastName>
      <Role>Quentin Glass</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Laura</FirstName>
      <LastName>Harrington</LastName>
      <Role>Livia Saint</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Rebecca</FirstName>
      <LastName>Romijn-Stamos</LastName>
      <Role>Joan</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Marc</FirstName>
      <LastName>Macaulay</LastName>
      <Role>Dante</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Russell</FirstName>
      <LastName>Andrews</LastName>
      <Role>Jimmy Weeks</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Omar</FirstName>
      <LastName>Avila</LastName>
      <Role>Joe Toro</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>James</FirstName>
      <LastName>Carpinello</LastName>
      <Role>Bobby Saint/John Saint</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Mark</FirstName>
      <LastName>Collie</LastName>
      <Role>Harry Heck</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Russ</FirstName>
      <LastName>Comegys</LastName>
      <Role>Tattooed Mike</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Antoni</FirstName>
      <LastName>Corone</LastName>
      <Role>T.J.</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Rick</FirstName>
      <LastName>Elmhurst</LastName>
      <Role>Bay News 9 Newscaster</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Ben</FirstName>
      <LastName>Foster</LastName>
      <Role>Spacker Dave</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Michael</FirstName>
      <LastName>Reardon</LastName>
      <Role>Toro Croupier</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Will</FirstName>
      <LastName>Hasenzahl</LastName>
      <Role>EMT</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Eddie</FirstName>
      <LastName>Jemison</LastName>
      <Role>Micky Duka</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Marco</FirstName>
      <LastName>St. John</LastName>
      <Role>Police Chief Morris</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Samantha</FirstName>
      <LastName>Mathis</LastName>
      <Role>Maria Castle</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Bonnie</FirstName>
      <LastName>Johnson</LastName>
      <Role>Betty Castle</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Roy</FirstName>
      <LastName>Scheider</LastName>
      <Role>Frank Castle, Sr</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Marcus</FirstName>
      <LastName>Johns</LastName>
      <Role>Will Castle</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Veryl</FirstName>
      <LastName>Jones</LastName>
      <Role>Candelaria</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Carleth</FirstName>
      <LastName>Keys</LastName>
      <Role>Bay News 9 Newscaster</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Alan</FirstName>
      <LastName>Lilly</LastName>
      <Role>Accountant #3</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Terry</FirstName>
      <LastName>Loughlin</LastName>
      <Role>Spoon</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Jim</FirstName>
      <LastName>Meskimen</LastName>
      <Role>Accountant #1</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Kevin</FirstName>
      <LastName>Nash</LastName>
      <Role>The Russian</Role>
    </Actor>
    <Actor>
      <FirstName>Hank</FirstName>
      <LastName>Stone</LastName>
      <Role>Cutter</Role>
    </Actor>
  </Actors>
  <Credits>
    <Credit>
      <FirstName>Jonathan</FirstName>
      <LastName>Hensleigh</LastName>
      <CreditType>Direction</CreditType>
      <CreditSubtype>Director</CreditSubtype>
    </Credit>
  </Credits>
  <Overview>The Punisher walks through the world we all know, a world darkened by war, crime, cruelty and injustice. He has no superpowers to battle the evil he sees - only his fierce intelligence, his years of combat experience and, above all, his iron determination to avenge those wronged by society&apos;s villains.</Overview>
</DVD>
</Collection>

Here is the download:
SageMC Alpha Preview 4.9.9

edbmdave · #**637** 12-24-2004, 05:25 PM

Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

What do you replace the : with in the file name so that it will match in the central colletions.xml?

Can you just go into DVD Profiler and rename it in the Title Field or does it have to be in the Sort Title field?

mlbdude · #**638** 12-24-2004, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edbmdave

Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

What do you replace the : with in the file name so that it will match in the central colletions.xml?

Can you just go into DVD Profiler and rename it in the Title Field or does it have to be in the Sort Title field?

You can rename it in the Title field in the XML or to be safe you don't mess it up later you can edit the title in DVDProfiler. I just changed the : to a - myself

.

stanger89 · #**639** 12-24-2004, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edbmdave

What do you replace the : with in the file name so that it will match in the central colletions.xml?

I'm not 100% sure how mlb implimented my class but I provided a "getSafeTitle" function that does this to the titles:

Code:

value = value.replaceAll( "[^a-zA-Z0-9$()#_'`~@-{}%!. ]", "");

For those of you who are Java impared (or lazy like me), basically it just removes any character that's not a letter, number or one of the characters listed above (which acording to my research are legal filename characters).

So in your example the filename/foldername should be:
"Pirates of the Carribean The Curse of the Black Pearl"

However (again depending on what mlb did) it should still show up in Sage with the ":" in it.

mlbdude · #**640** 12-24-2004, 06:05 PM

Nope, I did not use that. I may change it to do that. Not sure how I would use that with the findDVD method.

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