Observations on .14...

[dvsing]

Overall, .14 seems much more stable and I like the UI improvements too. I've kept a running list of bugs that I've reported and I cross them out as they get fixed. As of .14, this list reads:

* in Favorites manager, you can't reprioritize a favorite over the list wrap boundary. (New in .14) Also, more of a feature request, but I'd like to be able to use pgup/pgdn when reprioritizing favorites.

* In color calibration mode, channel up/down don't always work. Also, play/stop/ff/rw do work but they probably shouldn't as you want pseudo-live tv when calibrating colors. Also, color calibration is inoperative for network encoders (some new to .14, some reported in previous versions)

* When using the Hauppauge video decoder (latest), skip forward/backward will occasionally freeze Sage, requiring a "Close" from the task manager. This can be caused by repeatedly skipping forward and back and eventually it will freeze. This doesn't happen with the sonic decoders. I sent a log file into sage about this. (Noticed late in .13 testing, and reproducible in .14)

* Conflict notification for favorites that won't get recorded because of red-boxed recordings that occur at the same time. There should be some sort of notification on the sage UI that there IS a conflict and a favorite isn't going to be recorded.. currenly, it will be listed in "Recording Information" but there is no other notification (no sage yellow conflict icon). (noticed in previous betas, still here in .14, just reported it in .14)

* Using aspect ratio "Source" results in a black box around the video. This has been observed in all versions of the beta including .14. Reported in previous betas. I have to use Fill or 4x3 or 16x9 to get the appropriate AR for what I'm viewing... it would be nice to just set it to Source and have it detect the AR from the video file.

* Fading playback UI on sage client-- I dont see this on my sage server but on the client it seems that when the interface updates the UI there is ghosting of whatever was there before it was updated.. eventually the ghosting fades out to nothing, but I haven't seen this ghosting before .14. Reported new in .14.


That's it. Keep up the good work guys!

-Dan

[dvsing]

Also wanted to note that in the "new" Sage Recordings menu layout, sometimes you get locked in position and can't move "Left" back to the program titles list.. you have to hit Home to get back to the main menu and even then sometimes when you go to sage recordings the cursor starts out on the right hand side window and you can't move it left.

[gplasky]

Hit the rewind key if you find yourself stuck in a list.

Gerry

[falchulk]

There is a notification of conflicts. Look real hard at the menu. To eliminate the menu nav problem, just change the style(at least untilt he next beta). This only occurs on the 2 coloumn menu style.

[dkardatzke]

Please make sure any bugs gets submitted with the bug submission forum at www.sage.tv/bugs.html.

[falchulk]

Interestingly, your question about gui notification of conflicts has a related thread:

http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...&threadid=4249

[dvsing]

Dan - FYI I submitted these all on the web form before posting here.

[falchulk]

I think he is making a blanket statement. The issues you described were all found the first night of the beta and reported.