STV Import: Dynamic Customisable Main Menu (v6.4 20/Dec/2007 for SageTV 5.0/6.0)

[pjpjpjpj]

Is it possible to create a link directly to one of the SageTV Online Services "buttons"? When I right-click (or hit "options" on the Extender") on any of these buttons, it just gives me the stock video menu options, not the DCM menu where I could "copy" the path.

Specifically, I am looking for the "Weather" button. It may be easiest (on me, at least ) if someone could just post the path to it, that I could copy and paste into the "create new"...

Thanks!

[pjpjpjpj]

Alright, since no one jumped in to answer my post above this one, I will take a stab at it and see it I am right...

Trying to answer my question above, I found the spot in nielm's wiki about adding a link directly to a podcast listing. Since that's taking you to one of the Online Services "buttons", I was thinking that maybe the same thing would work for the "Weather" button (since it's in that same menu).

I just replaced the title of another "button" with "Weather". I'm not at home to try this out, but would this work, if I pasted it in as a "new" menu item elsewhere?

 <internalScreenMenuItem screen="Online Video SHORTCUT" title="Weather">
                 <evalExpression>AddStaticContext("OnlineVideoType","xPodcastWeather")</evalExpression>
             </internalScreenMenuItem>

Or would the "xPodcast...." part mess it up since it's not a podcast?

[Opus4]

"Weather" is a separate menu, not a podcast.

- Andy

[bcjenkins]

Why not just add a new internal screen tied to "Weather"? Maybe I am missing something?

B

[Polypro]

That's how I did it!

P

[pjpjpjpj]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

Why not just add a new internal screen tied to "Weather"? Maybe I am missing something?

B

Because I don't know the screen "name" to use, you can't copy/paste the path within DCM (as I mentioned above, right-clicking on an Online Services "button" doesn't give you the DCM menu), and the link in nielm's wiki to the listing of screen names is busted (takes you to that infamous page with the girl with the backpack ), so I don't know what the exact name of the screen is.

If someone could post that screen name (in the SageTV code), I could plug it into the "create new menu itemlet" instructions in the wiki... but I asked for that above and no one helped...

...so I thought I would ask whether this "alternate" method would work. And from PolyPro's post, sounds like it will, even though it's not a podcast.

[Opus4]

"Weather" is the menu name. Edit: Doesn't it present a list of internal menu names you can link to?

[bcjenkins]

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I performed the action from the main menu in SageTV. Do not attempt from the Online services menu. See attached screen.

B

[pjpjpjpj]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I performed the action from the main menu in SageTV. Do not attempt from the Online services menu. See attached screen.

B

Originally Posted by Opus4

"Weather" is the menu name. Edit: Doesn't it present a list of internal menu names you can link to?

I looked at doing it that way, but I did not see "weather". I must have missed it somehow (or else it wasn't showing up on mine?).... I'll have to check tonight when I get home.

If it's there... well, can I get an emoticon for sheepishly slinking away with egg on my face? I guess this or this will have to do...

[cohnhead]

I recently created a new Sage client installation using the 6.4.5 beta. When i installed and imported the dynamic menu STVi I get a message that sage can't load the newly created xml and i have to revert back to the standard xml.

At work right now, i will post a capture of the error screen when i get home tonight. Has anyone done a fresh install of dynamic menus on Client 6.4.5? It appears that a number of users have been able to upgrade, but probably not from a fresh install.

I will try tonight to downgrade to a previous release to see if that solves the problem. Any help or info on this issue would be apriciated.

[davidk21770]

I'm trying to use this with the latest 6.4.6 beta. When I add it to the stvi manager (the only thing in the list) and exit the manager, it asks to rebuild then almost immediately I get a window titled "Unknown" with an ok button and it never installs. It also seems to block everything below it (I haven't tried them without this since I always load it 1st anyway).

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by davidk21770

I'm trying to use this with the latest 6.4.6 beta. When I add it to the stvi manager (the only thing in the list) and exit the manager, it asks to rebuild then almost immediately I get a window titled "Unknown" with an ok button and it never installs.

Did you install the JAR file update, found in the v6.4.7 beta release topic?

- Andy

[davidk21770]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Did you install the JAR file update, found in the v6.4.7 beta release topic?

- Andy

No... I look for all update notices here. Thanks.

[nissse]

Is there anyone else that gets 4:3 screen when using this on a 16:9 ?

It is hard to explain so I uploaded a picture to show my problem

Did i miss something ? I have 720p tv and the theme in sage is 720p.

Thank you all for a great forum

[Polypro]

In 6.4.8, the notification when the Library Scan is complete is not popping up. Anyone else seeing this? Nielm, is it an easy fix?

P

[Tomahawk51]

To clarify: is the current version of this STVi (100%) compatible with the new 6.4.8 release of Sage? I live by this plugin, but didn't think about the ramifications when I updated the server last night...

Probably not a big deal, but I do recall seeing new templates available after updates.

If not, any plans?

Thanks!

[Polypro]

99.9% working here, just the little thing mentioned above. I agree, Sage should pay nielm and make this OEM

P

[MacDaddy]

Did you have to load the updated JAR as mentioned in Andy's post #472?

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by MacDaddy

Did you have to load the updated JAR as mentioned in Andy's post #472?

The JAR I mentioned wasn't for this customization; it was a replacement JAR during the v6.4 beta for solve a problem in the core. It is no longer needed and is no longer even available for download.

- Andy

[gplasky]

The notify check mark is working for me. Keep in mind if you ever loaded SageMC it actually loads an older version of nielm's jar file for the menu. Make sure you stop Sage and use the jar file from the Dynamic menu zip.

Gerry