Does Diamond/SMM/BMT/Phoenix play well together?

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by Biggen

Not running the beta firmware (I can't run it. I get horrible combing on my TV's if running the beta) and just running the latest official HD-300 firmware, browsing the movie posters took some "time" with SMM. They wouldn't load immediately when going through the movie wall. They would populate after a few seconds when browsing.

Also, the resolution seemed lower (to me anyway) in the SMM when compared to Diamond when browsing the posters. Cover art looked "fuzzy".

Lastly in Diamond flow, I like how I can hit the down arrow key on the remote and skip to titles that start with different letters rather than having to pan through them all. Admittitly, I don't know if SMM can do this or not.

Again, I don't want you to think I am "hating" on SMM. It served me very well! And you do a great job with the Sage community here.

What I figured it is because you have "posters fade in" on an the extender for smm you want that off on a extender. Then they don't load in slowly and performance is much better. The fade is meant for clients and fast scrolling. That is why it seems slower but with that off the scrolling is much fast in smm vs diamond I still haven't figured out why yet...

As for the number bar that option is there in smm as well you just have to turn it on under universal . As well as SMM has the nice advanced search feature where you can spell anything in a title with the remote and it will quick auto filter the view to show results (if turned on). ie 5673 would be "lord" for lord of the rings.

I don't think you hate it you just don't know it

I don't care which you use or if you use either just wanting to make sure you understand the functions you are missing.

[Biggen]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

What I figured it is because you have "posters fade in" on an the extender for smm you want that off on a extender. Then they don't load in slowly and performance is much better. The fade is meant for clients and fast scrolling. That is why it seems slower but with that off the scrolling is much fast in smm vs diamond I still haven't figured out why yet...

As for the number bar that option is there in smm as well you just have to turn it on under universal . As well as SMM has the nice advanced search feature where you can spell anything in a title with the remote and it will quick auto filter the view to show results (if turned on). ie 5673 would be "lord" for lord of the rings.

I don't think you hate it you just don't know it

I don't care which you use or if you use either just wanting to make sure you understand the functions you are missing.

Plucky! Now you made me want to try it again! For the 3rd time!

I am pretty sure I had the Fade turned off though. I read through the wiki and it explicity said to do that for extenders so I think I had it done...

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by Biggen

Plucky! Now you made me want to try it again! For the 3rd time!

I am pretty sure I had the Fade turned off though. I read through the wiki and it explicity said to do that for extenders so I think I had it done...

Remember it is per view setting. If when you scroll they are slowly loading then it is not off.

[ghost5]

Originally Posted by Biggen

But I like the functionality that SMM provides (i.e. drill down TV series) which is becoming more and more important as I add TV series rips.

Off topic but am I reading this right that you can view the TV series that you have added to MyMovies Beta in the current SMM? I have tried changing views from boxed and unboxed but can not see them. Or have you added them as film (boxed) in version 3?