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Old 01-01-2009, 10:04 PM
Susurrus Susurrus is offline
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Migrating from MCE2005...

I just got STV for Christmas, and I am trying to set it up and am having a bit of trouble.

All I want to setup at the moment is the DVD playback section. I have all my DVD's ripped from DVDFab (main movie only) but the they are in multi-part VOBs. Also I was using MyMovies 2 for the front end so only the folder of each movie was named.

Everything is just so different. I just want a "Watch DVD" interface that opens up the DVDs with cover art and I can then play them.

Where do I start?

Thank you for any help.

Sus
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Old 01-02-2009, 07:34 AM
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I just got STV for Christmas, and I am trying to set it up and am having a bit of trouble.

All I want to setup at the moment is the DVD playback section. I have all my DVD's ripped from DVDFab (main movie only) but the they are in multi-part VOBs. Also I was using MyMovies 2 for the front end so only the folder of each movie was named.

Everything is just so different. I just want a "Watch DVD" interface that opens up the DVDs with cover art and I can then play them.

Where do I start?

Thank you for any help.

Sus
For all of my ripped DVD's, I just point Sage to the folder that houses all of my movie folders and it shows up in the Media Center under the DVD tabs as the folder name. Clicking on the folder plays the movie without having to say "play this vob, then this one.....".

I point Sage to:
D:\Movies\

Within the Movies are this:
D:\Movies\Batman Begins\Audio_TS\
D:\Movies\Batman Begins\Video_TS\
D:\Movies\Italian Job\Audio_TS\
D:\Movies\Italian Job\Video_TS\
etc. etc. etc.


Sage then shows in the Media Center > DVD tab
Batman Begins folder/DVD Icon
Italian Job folder/DVD Icon

If I click on either icon it plays back the movie. I too use DVDFab and only rip Main movies and it works perfectly.


Edit: I actually use a fileserver to store all of my DVD's seperate from my Sage server, so I actually don't point Sage to the D: drive but the example above should get you started.
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Old 01-03-2009, 01:00 AM
Susurrus Susurrus is offline
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Thank you for the reply Paul.

The issue I think, is I have it setup like this:
D:\DVD\Film\The Matrix\<VOBs 1-4>

I am missing ...\The Matrix\Video_TS\<VOBs 1-4>

Could that be the problem?

Again, thank you for the help.

Sus
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Old 01-03-2009, 02:57 AM
Susurrus Susurrus is offline
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Okay so I moved all of my VOBs into VIDEO_TS folders and they now show up under DVD. Perfect!

I have another question: If I have a series (Firefly), and I have the full discs ripped (menus and all), there are 4 total discs and all 4 show up in the DVD menu. Is there a way to make them a drill down? So under DVD there is only one Firefly master item, and when I click on that I get to the 4 discs? I just want to unclutter the interface.

Thanks.
Sus
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Old 01-03-2009, 08:45 AM
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Are you using the SageMC add-on UI or just the basic SageTV default STV?
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Old 01-03-2009, 10:00 PM
Susurrus Susurrus is offline
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Hey Brent,

Until late last night (while still learning/setting up) I was using the default. I installed SageMC last night though, and it seems to be running well.

Is there something I need to do to set it up this way? Also, can you do Pandora in STVMC or Netflix Watch Now?

Brett, your blog is a daily visit for me and is really good! Keep it up.

Sus
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Old 01-04-2009, 11:06 AM
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If I have a series (Firefly), and I have the full discs ripped (menus and all), there are 4 total discs and all 4 show up in the DVD menu. Is there a way to make them a drill down? So under DVD there is only one Firefly master item, and when I click on that I get to the 4 discs?
Yes, check out this thread on that subject. I think its just a matter of replacing a file "dvdpro2sage" with one customized to add that mult-disc support.


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Hey Brent,
.... Also, can you do Pandora in STVMC or Netflix Watch Now?

Brent, your blog is a daily visit for me and is really good! Keep it up.
Sus
Thanks for the complement.

Both Pandora and Netflix Watch Now work in SageMC. These two plugins don't work with the extenders though unless you're willing to do the "hack"
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