STV: SageMC 16x9 11/26/2005 Sage 4.x Version 5_10

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by kricker

I finally got a chance to test it myself and it works great. Thank you so much. The wife will be overjoyed.

Nice to hear...

[blade]

Does anyone know if the caller id and automatic aspect ratio switcher work with SageMC?

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by blade

Does anyone know if the caller id and automatic aspect ratio switcher work with SageMC?

I run the callerID. But I configured it thru the .properties file because the config screen in SageMC for CallerID really didn't work well.

Gerry

[zeltak]

Hi all

Im a new sagetv user (second day ) and i love the new sageMC interface. two short questions if i may. 1) how do you manually record stuff? i still dont have the EPG working and i cant seem to find a way to do it here. 2)ive searched the forums but couldent find a simple explanation on how to launch an external app from within sage, ive read its possible from sageMC and ive seen the program button but how exactly to you define the program and its path?

thx alot and great work

Zeltak

[blade]

Thanks gplasky.

It seems the auto aspect ratio switcher works as well. I had to rename it to an .xml file before SageMC would import it, but so far it seems to be working properly.

[dflachbart]

Just fyi: SageMC Addon

I think some of the new features have been requested here in this thread (I finally managed to read through all 91 pages ) in the past ...


Dirk

[bobrap]

Dirk, thanks for the great work. Is it possible for someone like me (non programmer) to change the colors of the guide? Also wanted to ask if anyone has this problem. Sometimes when I use custom 5, the show moves to the next marker then freezes. If I hit the replay button on the Hauppauge remote, it continues to play fine Lastly, considering dumping the Hauppauge for an MCE remote, any thoughts?

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by bobrap

Dirk, thanks for the great work. Is it possible for someone like me (non programmer) to change the colors of the guide?

Sure, you dont have to program to change the guide colors. Just fire up your favorite image editor and modify the tvguide_*.png images in the STVs\SageTV3\SageMCE\Images directory to your liking. Note that this the *current* theme directory, if you change themes later on they will get overwritten, so it will be a good idea to copy your modifications to the custom theme image directory (e.g. images_MC) as well

Originally Posted by bobrap

Also wanted to ask if anyone has this problem. Sometimes when I use custom 5, the show moves to the next marker then freezes. If I hit the replay button on the Hauppauge remote, it continues to play fine

Sorry, cant help with this one, never experienced this myself ...

Dirk

[bobrap]

After looking at these images, I think I posted incorrectly. What I would like to be able to do is change the color of the text. Say from black on blue to white on blue.

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by bobrap

After looking at these images, I think I posted incorrectly. What I would like to be able to do is change the color of the text. Say from black on blue to white on blue.

I haven't used this yet, but

mlbdude/guide_black_text=0x000000
mlbdude/guide_white_text=0xFFFFFF


could maybe do what you want ...


Dirk

[bobrap]

Originally Posted by flachbar

I haven't used this yet, but

mlbdude/guide_black_text=0x000000
mlbdude/guide_white_text=0xFFFFFF


could maybe do what you want ...


Dirk

Bingo...let me do what I wanted. Thanks. Someday when I grow up, I want to be just as clever

[zeltak]

Originally Posted by zeltak

Im a new sagetv user (second day ) and i love the new sageMC interface. two short questions if i may. 1) how do you manually record stuff (timed record-ala VCR)? i still dont have the EPG working and i cant seem to find a way to do it here. 2)ive searched the forums but couldent find a simple explanation on how to launch an external app from within sage, ive read its possible from sageMC and ive seen the program button but how exactly to you define the program and its path
Zeltak

no one noticed my previous post and im kinda , stuck. would really appriciate any help!

thx in advance

Zeltak

[dflachbart]

Hi Zeltak,

Originally Posted by zeltak

1) how do you manually record stuff? i still dont have the EPG working and i cant seem to find a way to do it here.

I am afraid SageMC does not support setting up manual recordings without EPG. I think there might be a workaround with nielm's dynamic menus which are built into SageMC (but havent played around with it yet). When you enable "My Menu", you should be able to create a custom menu, to which you can assign the internal Sage screen "Manual Recordings". It will probably not look very pretty, but it might work ...

Originally Posted by zeltak

2)ive searched the forums but couldent find a simple explanation on how to launch an external app from within sage, ive read its possible from sageMC and ive seen the program button but how exactly to you define the program and its path?

Haven't tried this either, but I think you can either define a custom menu (as described above) and assign an external program to it, or drop a *.bat file for your program into the directory specified with "mlbdude/other_programs=" in the Sage property file, this should then show up in the 'Other Programs' menu

Hope this helps,

Dirk

[RedCoat999]

Originally Posted by zeltak

2)ive searched the forums but couldent find a simple explanation on how to launch an external app from within sage, ive read its possible from sageMC and ive seen the program button but how exactly to you define the program and its path?

thx alot and great work

Zeltak

I think you put a shortcut in the special SageMC directory you have defined in the Sage.Properties file (see post above). You can also put a picture with the identical same name (.jpg) in that same special shortcut directory. This picture will show up when you select "My Programs"

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by RedCoat999

I think you put a shortcut in the special SageMC directory you have defined in the Sage.Properties file (see post above). You can also put a picture with the identical same name (.jpg) in that same special shortcut directory. This picture will show up when you select "My Programs"

See this post: Other Programs

And this post: Icons for Other Programs

Basically in the sage properties file there is a line by default installation of SageMC: mlbdude/other_programs=D\:\\temp

You need to change this to whatever directory you want to use. (I use C\:\\temp) and drop your windows shortcuts to the directory and any .jpg named exactly the same as the shortcut so it uses that as an icon. So you could use a shortcut to a batch file no problem.

Gerry

[RedCoat999]

Originally Posted by gplasky

See this post: Other Programs

And this post: Icons for Other Programs

Basically in the sage properties file there is a line by default installation of SageMC: mlbdude/other_programs=D\:\\temp

You need to change this to whatever directory you want to use. (I use C\:\\temp) and drop your windows shortcuts to the directory and any .jpg named exactly the same as the shortcut so it uses that as an icon. So you could use a shortcut to a batch file no problem.

Gerry

You might want to edit the wiki page I created for this topic if you see errors/improvements:

http://www.sage-community.org/index....9OtherPrograms

[xlr8shun]

well, after searching through 93 pages of posts.. (whew) i dont think its been mentioned..

did something happen to the channel logos? i cant seem to get them to show up

they show up in the epg (at the bottom with show title, episode info, etc) but not in the osd, neither on the info osd, nor the miniguide.

ive set 'show_channellogos_osd' to true, ive checked the epg/logo_dir path and its correct, as indicated by logos showing in the epg

im using sagemc 5.10 with the dev update dated feb 03, 06 and the mce theme.

anyone else noticing this, or just me?

[marneb17]

Originally Posted by xlr8shun

well, after searching through 93 pages of posts.. (whew) i dont think its been mentioned..

did something happen to the channel logos? i cant seem to get them to show up

they show up in the epg (at the bottom with show title, episode info, etc) but not in the osd, neither on the info osd, nor the miniguide.

ive set 'show_channellogos_osd' to true, ive checked the epg/logo_dir path and its correct, as indicated by logos showing in the epg

im using sagemc 5.10 with the dev update dated feb 03, 06 and the mce theme.

anyone else noticing this, or just me?

Yupp, same here.
Marneb

[Xsabre]

I believe I found a bug. Here is the scenario:

1) Watching a show with multiple episodes
2) Show ends and the options menu comes up (i.e. replay, delete, archive)
3) Select delete
4) Go back to recorded show list
5) Select show group of the show I just deleted
6) At the bottom of the list it is showing the show that I just deleted as being recorded

Let me know if you need further details...

[kricker]

Originally Posted by Xsabre

I believe I found a bug. Here is the scenario:

1) Watching a show with multiple episodes
2) Show ends and the options menu comes up (i.e. replay, delete, archive)
3) Select delete
4) Go back to recorded show list
5) Select show group of the show I just deleted
6) At the bottom of the list it is showing the show that I just deleted as being recorded

Let me know if you need further details...

Does the same for me.....I have just ignored it, but it would be nice if it was fixed.