Latest SageMC Pre-Release Announcement Thread

[MeInMaui]

Note that these pre-releases are not fully tested and may also break some imports. If you find problems, please start a new thread and clearly indicate the problem and the pre-release version.

Please don't reply to this thread, as it is intended only for notifications about SageMC pre-release updates.

SageMC v6.3.8b pre-release 6 is attached.
See below for changes:

Change Log

Change: Shaded menu options now are Fanart Only (default), Always, and Never. Choose Always for use with busy backgrounds where reading the text may become difficult.

Change: Rewrote much of the fanart background support. In the central background storage folder, TV, Movies, and Music subfolders are now hard coded. The search order is now as follows:

• DVD:
[Parent Directory]\Video_TS\background.jpg
[Parent Directory]\background.jpg
[Parent Directory]\[DVD Title].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\[DVD Title].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\Movies\[DVD Title].jpg
• Non-DVD Movies in Library:
[Parent Directory]\background.jpg
[Parent Directory]\[Mediafilename]_background.jpg
[Parent Directory]\[Movie Title].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\[Movie Title].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\Movies\[Movie Title].jpg
• TV Programs:
[Recording Directory]\background.jpg
[Recording Directory]\[Show Title].jpg
[Recording Directory]\[Mediafilename]_background.jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\[Show Title].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\TV\[Show Title].jpg
• Music:
[Parent Directory]\background.jpg
[Parent Directory]\[Album Name].jpg
[Parent Directory]\ [Album Artist].jpg
[Parent Directory]\ [Artist].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\[Album Name].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\Music\[Album Name].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\[Album Artist].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\Music\[Album Artist].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\[Artist].jpg
[Central Media Background Folder]\Music\[Artist].jpg

Instructions

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

Unzip the attached archive and copy the new STV file into

...\SageTV\STVs\SageTV3

In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
Choose the new STV file and hit OK.

Aloha,
Mike

[MeInMaui]

Hi Guys,

Here's a new pre-release to play with.

See the first post for installation instructions.

Aloha,
Mike

Change Log

Change: Added Intelligent Sorting to Recorded TV screen

Added: Fanart can be displayed for non-recorded TV Airings.

Added: Context sensitive Fanart can be displayed in Guide, My TV, Recorded TV, Archived TV screens, and Recent/Upcoming recordings widgets on Main Menu when ‘Context Sensitive Fan Art’ is enabled under Global Display settings. Feature can be separately disabled in the Guide under the EPG screen specific settings.

[MeInMaui]

Version 6.3.8b pre-release 12 is now available. See first post for installation instructions.

Aloha,
Mike

Changes since pre-release 11

Change: Storage device popup now obeys the setting in "ui/notify_on_new_drive".

Fix: Disable context sensitive fan art in My TV and Recorded TV screens did not work.

Added: New option in Path settings to search only the central Fan Art folder for background files.

Change: Fan art lookup performance improvements

Edit: File removed. Superseded by v6.3.9 release.

[MeInMaui]

Changes since v6.3.9:

• Various fanart display bug fixes, including fanart backgrounds not filling screen and partially transparent fanart background issues.
• Fanart poster support in video library with animated transition between multiple posters, if available.
• Fixes media player starting up in live TV mode if entered through the back history with no media file defined.
• Added CC option in media player options menu for SageTV 6.5.13 Closed Caption support.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: File removed for further testing

[MeInMaui]

Changes Since v6.3.9a_7

• Optimized context sensitive fanart for navigation speed.

The tradeoff for speed is that the STV will not first filter out items that do not have fanart before randomly picking a video from a group for the fanart background. So if the item does not have fanart, no fanart background will be displayed.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: File Removed

[MeInMaui]

Changes Since v6.3.9a_8

• Numerous fanart bug fixes and optimizations.
• Combined all fanart options into a single fanart configuration screen available under Global UI Options >> Display as well as in the options menus in the Video Library and Program Info Screens.
• Added options to enable/disable fanart posters in Video Library group listings, Program Info Screen, and Video OSD.
• Fixed broken tables due to features added in SageTV v6.5.13
• Added options for custom Recorded TV and TV Subgroup screens to accommodate 3rd party (read jaminben's ) plugins.

Instructions

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

Unzip the attached archive and copy the new STV file into

...\SageTV\STVs\SageTV3

Download and install the latest Phoenix API libraries (v1.19 or higher), available in the external utilities section of the downloads area.

(Note: If you are using stuckless' Batch Metadata Tools plugin, make sure you have updated to the latest version. It includes all necessary files for the latest Phoenix API so that you do not have to download the Phoenix API separately)

Restart SageTV if you had to update the phoenix api or BMT plugin.

In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
Choose the new STV file and hit OK.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: Files removed. See last post for latest available version.

[MeInMaui]

Changes Since v6.3.9a_23

• More fanart bug fixes and optimizations.
• Added option to autoscale fanart backgrounds and posters. (default=Enabled) Backgrounds are scaled to current UI dimensions and posters are scaled to 200px width.
• Option to enable/disable fanart support is now applied globally.
• Added option to disable fanart banners.
• Removed background cycling when using context-sensitive fanart.
• Added options for custom Video Library, Music Library, and Picture Library screens in the appropriate Screen Specific Options section to accommodate 3rd party plugins.
• Changed 'Load STV' dialog to give the choice between loading the default STV or browsing for another STV.

Instructions

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

Unzip the attached archive and copy the new STV file into

...\SageTV\STVs\SageTV3

Download and install the latest Phoenix API libraries (v1.23 or higher), available in the external utilities section of the downloads area.

(Note: If you are using stuckless' Batch Metadata Tools plugin, make sure you have updated to the latest version. It includes all necessary files for the latest Phoenix API so that you do not have to download the Phoenix API separately)

Restart SageTV if you had to update the phoenix api or BMT plugin.

In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
Choose the new STV file and hit OK.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: File Removed. See last post for latest pre-release.

[MeInMaui]

Changes Since v6.3.9a_41

• Fix: Fanart backgrounds not clearing in Guide
• Fix: Fanart posters not appearing in Video Library Genre view
• Added: System Messages screen and notification icons (requires SageTV 6.5.17 or higher)
• Fix: Using the Play command on music track did not update queue

Instructions

SageTV 6.5.17 beta is required for System Message support.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

Unzip the attached archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.

Download and install the latest Phoenix API libraries (v1.23 or higher), available in the external utilities section of the downloads area.

(Note: If you are using stuckless' Batch Metadata Tools plugin, make sure you have updated to the latest version. It includes all necessary files for the latest Phoenix API so that you do not have to download the Phoenix API separately)

Restart SageTV if you had to update the phoenix api or BMT plugin.

In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
Choose the new STV file and hit OK.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: File Removed

[MeInMaui]

Changes Since v6.3.9a_45

* Change: Made CC options available for all video types in OSD options menu.

Instructions

SageTV 6.5.18RC is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

Unzip the attached archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.

Download and install the latest Phoenix API libraries (v1.23 or higher), available in the external utilities section of the downloads area.

(Note: If you are using stuckless' Batch Metadata Tools plugin, make sure you have updated to the latest version. It includes all necessary files for the latest Phoenix API so that you do not have to download the Phoenix API separately)

Restart SageTV if you had to update the phoenix api or BMT plugin.

In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
Choose the new STV file and hit OK.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: File Removed. SageMC v6.3.9a released.

[MeInMaui]

Changes Since v6.3.9a

* Change: Modified the method used to determine the file paths in the video library file system view. This fixes the issue introduced with BMT v3.1 where all files were displayed at the root level.
* Fixed: The Favorites auto-delete setting did not work properly.

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip both of the attached archives into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Restart SageTV.
4. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
5. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: Files Removed. See last post for latest version.

[MeInMaui]

Changes Since v6.3.9b_2

* Fixed: jump to first letter in Video library.
* Fixed: Watched icons in Video Library. (They now also appear for a group if all of the videos in that group are watched)
* Fixed: File extensions appearing in video name in Video Library.

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip both of the attached archives into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Restart SageTV.
4. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
5. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.
6. Go to the Settings screen and make sure you have the correct phoenix.jar file (v1.44 or higher) and the correct STV (v6.3.9b pre-release 3) loaded.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: Files temporarily removed until some issues can be resolved.

[MeInMaui]

Changes Since v6.3.9b_3

* Fixed: Empty Filesystem view under some conditions

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip both of the attached archives into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Restart SageTV.
4. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
5. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.
6. Go to the Settings screen and make sure you have the correct phoenix.jar file (v1.44 or higher) and the correct STV (v6.3.9b pre-release 7) loaded.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: Files removed. See last post for latest version.

[MeInMaui]

Changes Since v6.3.9b_7

* Fixed: Regression in video library jump-to letter feature.

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip both of the attached archives into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Restart SageTV.
4. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
5. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.
6. Go to the Settings screen and make sure you have the correct phoenix.jar file (v1.44 or higher) and the correct STV (v6.3.9b pre-release 8) loaded.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: Files removed. See last post for latest version.

[MeInMaui]

Changes Since v6.3.9b_8

* Fixed multiple bugs in the video library menu

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip both of the attached archives into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Restart SageTV.
4. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
5. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.
6. Go to the Settings screen and make sure you have the correct phoenix.jar file (v1.44 or higher) and the correct STV (v6.3.9b pre-release 12) loaded.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: Files removed. See last post for latest version.

[MeInMaui]

Warning: Pre-release versions should be considered experimental and may contain significant bugs.

Changes Since v6.3.9b_12

* Video Library: Media title now displayed instead of file name in filesystem view
* Removable media popup dialog ported from default STV

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip the attached SageMC archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Follow this step only if you are currently running an older (pre v1.44) version of the phoenix api. (If you are running the current version of BMT, skip this step.) Unzip the Phoenix JAR v1.44 archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
4. Restart SageTV.
5. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
6. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.
7. Go to the Settings screen and make sure you have the correct phoenix.jar file (v1.44 or higher) and the correct STV (v6.3.9b pre-release 17) loaded.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: Files Removed. See last post for latest version.

[MeInMaui]

Warning: Pre-release versions should be considered experimental and may contain significant bugs.

Changes Since v6.3.9b_17

* Video Library: Changed sorting for Date Added sort. It might help with proper sorting of very old videos. (then again it might not...)
* Setup Menu: Forked new threads for all disc space calculations. This might help with the system locking up when entering the menu. (then again it might not...)
* Series Settings: Fixed the 'Keep Until Space is Needed'/'Keep Until I Delete' display. (then again... just kidding. This one really should be fixed now.)

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip the attached SageMC archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Follow this step only if you are currently running an older (pre v1.44) version of the phoenix api. (If you are running the current version of BMT, skip this step.) Unzip the Phoenix JAR v1.44 archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
4. Restart SageTV.
5. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
6. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.
7. Go to the Settings screen and make sure you have the correct phoenix.jar file (v1.44 or higher) and the correct STV (v6.3.9b pre-release 19) loaded.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: Files Removed. See last post for latest version.

[MeInMaui]

Warning: Pre-release versions should be considered experimental and may contain significant bugs.

Changes Since v6.3.9b_19

* Video Library: Fixed display of folders that contain a single file

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip the attached SageMC archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Follow this step only if you are currently running an older (pre v1.44) version of the phoenix api. (If you are running the current version of BMT, skip this step.) Unzip the Phoenix JAR v1.44 archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
4. Restart SageTV.
5. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
6. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.
7. Go to the Settings screen and make sure you have the correct phoenix.jar file (v1.44 or higher) and the correct STV (v6.3.9b pre-release 21) loaded.

Aloha,
Mike

Edit: Files Removed. See last post for latest version.

[MeInMaui]

Warning: Pre-release versions should be considered experimental and may contain significant bugs.

Changes Since v6.3.9b_21

* Video Library: Fixed program info screen would not be displayed when media item selected in folder view.

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip the attached SageMC archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Follow this step only if you are currently running an older (pre v1.44) version of the phoenix api. (If you are running the current version of BMT, skip this step.) Unzip the Phoenix JAR v1.44 archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
4. Restart SageTV.
5. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
6. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.
7. Go to the Settings screen and make sure you have the correct phoenix.jar file (v1.44 or higher) and the correct STV (v6.3.9b pre-release 22) loaded.

Aloha,
Mike

[MeInMaui]

Warning: Pre-release versions should be considered experimental and may contain significant bugs.

Changes Since v6.3.9b_22

* Video Library: Fixed fanart posters not working.

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip the attached SageMC archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Follow this step only if you are currently running an older (pre v1.44) version of the phoenix api. (If you are running the current version of BMT, skip this step.) Unzip the Phoenix JAR v1.44 archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
4. Restart SageTV.
5. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
6. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.
7. Go to the Settings screen and make sure you have the correct phoenix.jar file (v1.44 or higher) and the correct STV (v6.3.9b pre-release 23) loaded.

Aloha,
Mike

[MeInMaui]

Warning: Pre-release versions should be considered experimental and may contain significant bugs.

Changes Since v6.3.9b_23

* Fixed channel entry to accept 4 digits
* Fixed Alternate music visualization animation

Instructions

SageTV 6.6+ is required.

This assumes you are currently running the latest release of SageMC.

1. Exit SageTV.
2. Unzip the attached SageMC archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
3. Follow this step only if you are currently running an older (pre v1.44) version of the phoenix api. (If you are running the current version of BMT, skip this step.) Unzip the Phoenix JAR v1.44 archive into your SageTV folder, being sure to preserve the file structure.
4. Restart SageTV.
5. In SageMC, go to Settings and select 'Load STV'.
6. Choose the new STV file and hit OK.
7. Go to the Settings screen and make sure you have the correct phoenix.jar file (v1.44 or higher) and the correct STV (v6.3.9b pre-release 24) loaded.

Aloha,
Mike