Phoenix Lite Feedback and Questions

[bialio]

Originally Posted by stanger89

OK, so I think I have a view defined for my recordings:

I think what you want is probably the allTV view but with a line removed (to get rid of the imported TV). And then if you want presentation level 2 to be startTime descending you can change that also (which is basically sorting based on when it was recorded - so if you recorded episodes out of order they will be out of order)

     <view name="phoenix.view.default.allTV" label="TV Shows (All)" flat="true">
         <tag value="tv"/>
         <tag value="default"/>
         <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedtvarchived"/>
         <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedtv"/>
         <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.importedtv"/>

         <presentation level="1">
            <group by="show">
               <option name="prune-single-item-groups" value="false"/>
            </group>
            <sort by="recentactivity">
               <option name="sort-order" value="desc"/>
               <option name="folders-first" value="false"/>
            </sort>
         </presentation>

         <presentation level="2">
            <sort by="originalairdate"/>
         </presentation>
      </view>

As far as it not loading, look in logs/phoenix.log. Any views that don't load usually printout the errors there.

And finally, I think there is some wonkiness in the menu fragment code in phoenix - it works well in the 'happy path' - but if something goes wrong then you are screwed, and it's not easy to recover. I think all the times you added a shortcut and then it didn't show up left some gunk in the gears.

[stanger89]

Cool, so two questions...

Is there a way to clear out my fubar'd menus?

And where is the correct location for my custom views? I checked my Phoenix log and didn't see any reference to my new "custom" view.

And while I'm sitting here thinking of it...
Any chance of a pictures screensaver like the stock STV?
Along those lines, (Phoenix ignorance here) is there a way to create a view for pictures? I didn't see one listed (either in PLite shortcuts or BMT)?
Can the transport icons be disabled in the OSD?

[KarylFStein]

Did you restart the server? You have it in the right place (userdata/Phoenix/vfs/xxxx.xml).

It used to have a picture screensaver pretty sure. I'd prefer that too.

[bialio]

Originally Posted by stanger89

Cool, so two questions.

Is there a way to clear out my fubar'd menus?

In the latest version of PLite (108, released earlier today) there is a 'Clear Customizations' button in the settings menu. That gets you 2/3 of the way there. Then delete the items in userdata/Phoenix/menus/*

And where is the correct location for my custom views? I checked my Phoenix log and didn't see any reference to my new "custom" view.

The location mentioned by Karyl above is correct.

And while I'm sitting here thinking of it...
Any chance of a pictures screensaver like the stock STV?

I'll put it on the list.

Along those lines, (Phoenix ignorance here) is there a way to create a view for pictures? I didn't see one listed (either in PLite shortcuts or BMT)?

Picture views are possible. But I doubt that I'll adapt the browser to handle picture based views.

Can the transport icons be disabled in the OSD?

I'll add this capability in the next release.

[stanger89]

Originally Posted by KarylFStein

Did you restart the server? You have it in the right place (userdata/Phoenix/vfs/xxxx.xml).

It used to have a picture screensaver pretty sure. I'd prefer that too.

I didn't realize I had to restart the server, I tried the "Reload Configurations" from BMT, but I'll try a server restart when it's safe.

Originally Posted by bialio

In the latest version of PLite (108, released earlier today) there is a 'Clear Customizations' button in the settings menu. That gets you 2/3 of the way there. Then delete the items in userdata/Phoenix/menus/*

Cool, I'll give it a try.

The location mentioned by Karyl above is correct.



I'll put it on the list.



Picture views are possible. But I doubt that I'll adapt the browser to handle picture based views.



I'll add this capability in the next release.

If I could throw a couple more (hopefully easy) requests out:

Have Play start playback, in addition to Enter (the stock STV trained me to hit Play to play stuff).
Have some way to distinguish Watched/Don't Like? -edit, found the watched icon.

Thanks for the help everyone, and the great work

[stanger89]

Making progress I think. Things are starting to click. So I made a custom vfs file, put it in the right place, refreshed configurations, and I see Phoenix picked it up. Problem is it bombs out on line 2....

2017-02-08 20:17:30,926 [1720589492@qtp-1763439093-6] WARN  sagex.phoenix.menu.MenuBuilder - Xml Parser Failure at line 2, column: 6; for: unknown xml
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 2; columnNumber: 6; Element type "vfs" must be declared.
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:203)

This is my XML file:

<!DOCTYPE vfs SYSTEM "vfs.dtd">
<vfs>
	<view name="phoenix.view.custom.recordingsByMostRecent" label="Recorings (Most Recent First)" flat="true">
         <description>Recordings, Grouped by Show Most Recent Recorded First</description>
         <tag value="tv"/>
         <tag value="default"/>
         <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedtvarchived"/>
         <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedtv"/>
    
         <presentation level="1">
            <group by="show">
               <option name="prune-single-item-groups" value="false"/>
            </group>
            <sort by="recentactivity">
               <option name="sort-order" value="desc"/>
               <option name="folders-first" value="false"/>
            </sort>
         </presentation>

         <presentation level="2">
            <sort by="startTime">
           		<option name="sort-order" value="desc"/>
	        </sort>
	     </presentation>
      </view>
     <view name="phoenix.view.custom.importedTVseasons" label="Imported TV Shows (Seasons)" flat="true">
         <description>Imported TV Shows, Grouped by Show Then Season Then Episode</description>
         <tag value="tv"/>
         <tag value="default"/>
         <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.importedtv"/>

         <presentation level="1">
            <group by="show"/>
            <sort by="title">
               <option name="sort-order" value="asc"/>
            </sort>
         </presentation>

         <presentation level="2">
            <group by="season"/>
            <sort by="title"/>
         </presentation>

         <presentation level="3">
            <sort by="seasonepisode"/>
         </presentation>
      </view>
</vfs>

Admittedly, I haven't tried restarting the server yet (stuff's recording), if the Reload Configurations isn't enough....

[bialio]

Here are the icons - I don't have one for Don't Like - I have never used the Like/Don'tLike functionality, so I usually leave it out.



I'll definitely put listeners for 'Play' on all the places where Enter causes it to start playback.

btl.

[bialio]

Originally Posted by stanger89

Making progress I think. Things are starting to click. So I made a custom vfs file, put it in the right place, refreshed configurations, and I see Phoenix picked it up. Problem is it bombs out on line 2....

2017-02-08 20:17:30,926 [1720589492@qtp-1763439093-6] WARN  sagex.phoenix.menu.MenuBuilder - Xml Parser Failure at line 2, column: 6; for: unknown xml
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 2; columnNumber: 6; Element type "vfs" must be declared.
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:203)

You are missing a <views></views> tag in there.

[HokiePerogi]

Is there a way to configure the weather being displayed in Phoenix Lite? It's showing 73 degrees and partly cloudy for me right now, but outside my window it's snowing quite heavily and only 30-some degrees according the P3, P2, and the default SageTV v9 STV.


Thanks!

[bialio]

I'll check - I thought it was pulling from the same location as P3, but it might be getting the default (90210) - I'm guessing it's about 73 in SoCal....

[KarylFStein]

Originally Posted by bialio

I'll check - I thought it was pulling from the same location as P3, but it might be getting the default (90210) - I'm guessing it's about 73 in SoCal....

I'd say it's getting the default, although being in Michigan I was hoping it wasn't . P3 is fine for weather after I set a zip code and I just figured I missed a setting in PLite, (Phoenix is set to my zip and P3 let me also set it--seems a miscommunication both places as PLite doesn't have the zip for weather option as far as I can tell).

[stanger89]

Alright guys, I feel like I'm getting close, but I'm still having trouble with XML validation.

Looks like the error I'm getting is:

The content of element type "view" must match "(description|eval|exec|field|sageCommand|screen|script)*". at line 26 and column 14

The XML is:

<!DOCTYPE vfs SYSTEM "vfs.dtd">
<vfs>
	<views>
		<view name="phoenix.view.custom.recordingsByMostRecent" label="Recorings (Most Recent First)" flat="true">
			<description>Recordings, Grouped by Show Most Recent Recorded First</description>
			<tag value="tv"/>
			<tag value="default"/>
			<view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedtvarchived"/>
			<view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedtv"/>

			<presentation level="1">
				<group by="show">
					<option name="prune-single-item-groups" value="false"/>
				</group>
				<sort by="recentactivity">
					<option name="sort-order" value="desc"/>
					<option name="folders-first" value="false"/>
				</sort>
			</presentation>

			<presentation level="2">
				<sort by="starttime">
					<option name="sort-order" value="desc"/>
				</sort>
			</presentation>
		</view>
		<view name="phoenix.view.custom.importedTVseasons" label="Imported TV Shows (Seasons)" flat="true">
			<description>Imported TV Shows, Grouped by Show Then Season Then Episode</description>
			<tag value="tv"/>
			<tag value="default"/>
			<view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.importedtv"/>

			<presentation level="1">
				<group by="show"/>
				<sort by="title">
					<option name="sort-order" value="asc"/>
				</sort>
			</presentation>

			<presentation level="2">
				<group by="season"/>
				<sort by="title"/>
			</presentation>

			<presentation level="3">
				<sort by="seasonepisode"/>
			</presentation>
		</view>
	</views>
</vfs>

According to notepad++'s validator, the XML is valid. But I'm also confused about the error, because I don't see anything in the x-vfs or the dtd that matches it, for example I don't see "sageCommand"...

Unless I'm chasing my tail at the wrong end of the errors... The first error is this:

2017-02-09 19:41:16,746 [1428170083@qtp-1309543377-6] WARN  sagex.phoenix.menu.MenuBuilder - Xml Parser Failure at line 2, column: 6; for: unknown xml
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 2; columnNumber: 6; Element type "vfs" must be declared.

But, well I can't see anything I've done that's not in the x-vfs...

[jusjoken]

It almost seems it is validating against the menu dtd instrad of the vfs dtd.

Do you have it in the menu folder instead of the vfs folder or is the dtd in the wrong pkace?

k

[bialio]

It's definitely treating it as a menu. You can in fact have a view as a menu, and all of this is what it is allowed to have :

<!ELEMENT view ( description | eval | exec | field | sageCommand | screen | script )* >

I think jusjoken is probably on the right track - I would not be surprised if the custom.xml file is in the wrong location in /userdata....

The correct location:

/userdata/Phoenix/vfs/custom.xml

The probable location?

/userdata/Phoenix/Menus/custom.xml

[stanger89]

I was about to say HAA!!! No, I don't. I definitely put it in the vfs folder.

However.... Apparently there's an older one in the Menus folder, guess I must have copied it into the wrong folder the other day

So yay, I've got my views working, but I ran into a slight snag. I changed my TV view to prune on seasons. After I refreshed configurations (and tried restarting my server) both menu items I'd created (for Recordings, and Imported TV) with my new custom views, appeared to have been detached from their view.

Should I expect to have to remake all my custom menus when I change the VFS file? Or is it a best practice to have one vfs file per view? Did I do something wrong?

Thanks for all the help though guys

Scratch that, my views disappeared... Investigating....

-edit, Nevermind on that, I had a typo in the prune line, and forgot to enclose it in the group tag. That said, if I want single seasons pruned, is there a reason this wouldn't work?

			<presentation level="2">
				<group by="season">
					<option name="prune-single-item-groups" value="true"/>
				</group>
				<sort by="title"/>
			</presentation>

[bialio]

The custom menu items rely only on the view name - so as long as that doesn't change it should still work.

I've not had a lot of experience with the prune thing - will let @stuckless chime in on that one.

btl.

[dgeezer]

I'm really liking this. It gives SageTV a much more "AndroidTV" feel without any work on my part. I've almost always done my scheduling of favorites on the web interface so I'm not missing the epg grid.

One thing I have noticed, if I am playing a recording and press 'back' which pauses playback, and then hit 'back' again I return to the main menu but the colors and shows are gone. I have a black background and a yellow bar to show my selection. If I stop playback using the on screen display ie. long press OK, select the square, then hit back to return to the main menu everything is normal.

Also, and this may not be a plite thing, is there a way to have the exit button bypass the confirmation dialog and simply exit back to the main menu immediately? My wife can't seem to remember that the "Menu" button on the remote goes to the AndroidTV menu.....

Unraid server with ShieldTV clients

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by bialio

The custom menu items rely only on the view name - so as long as that doesn't change it should still work.

I've not had a lot of experience with the prune thing - will let @stuckless chime in on that one.

btl.

It's interesting... I recall adding this... yet, when I look at the code, there is nothing in the code, from what I can tell that ACTUALLY uses this. SO, at this point, I guess it's not implemented (it was supposed to be implemented at the group and view level, to promote single item folders up one level -- ie, remove the folder, keep the item.

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by stuckless

It's interesting... I recall adding this... yet, when I look at the code, there is nothing in the code, from what I can tell that ACTUALLY uses this. SO, at this point, I guess it's not implemented (it was supposed to be implemented at the group and view level, to promote single item folders up one level -- ie, remove the folder, keep the item.

Odd....I use this in a number of gemstone views and it works. I just tested it and it works.

Here is a sample where I show all videos and they are grouped by show name except the ones that only have a single video and those are not grouped...

        <view name="gemstone.source.allVideos" label="All Videos" flat="true">
            <description>All Videos - TV and Movies</description>
            <tag value="gemstone"/>
            <tag value="gemsource"/>
            <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedtvarchived"/>            
            <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedtv"/>
            <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.importedtv"/>
            <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.importedmovies"/>
            <view-source name="phoenix.view.primary.recordedmovies"/>

            <presentation level="1">
                <group by="show">
                    <option name="prune-single-item-groups" value="true"/>
                    <option name="empty-foldername" value="No Show"/>
                </group>
                <sort by="title">
                    <option name="folders-first" value="false"/>
                    <option name="ignore-all" value="true"/>
                </sort>
            </presentation>        
            
            <presentation level="2">
                <sort by="originalairdate" />
            </presentation>
        </view>

I have others that set this to false and they do group the single items.

k

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by jusjoken

Odd....I use this in a number of gemstone views and it works. I just tested it and it works.

That is good to know... I thought for sure I implemented it... when I look for "prune" int he code, I don't really see it being used... so maybe I'm missing it... but glad it there, and working.