Properties file

[RRR]

Hi,

I'm having trouble editing the sage.properties file - everytime I make changes with Notepad and save them, the next time I start up Sage TV any changes I made are disregarded and the properties file is replaced with an "original".

How is this happening and how can I prevent it?

Thanks very much in advance!

[Opus4]

Are you editing the file when SageTV is closed or just sleeping? You have to completely exit SageTV. If ou did exit, is Word Wrap turned off in Notepad?

- Andy

[RRR]

Definitely not in Sleep Mode... I don't have Sage TV running at all when I'm editing the properties file... I've seen this problem come up before here, all with Sage TV not being run.

I am not entirely sure if word wrap is on or off, but I suspect it's on. I'll try to make the changes with word wrap off and see what happens.

Thanks for your help, I appreciate it!

[salsbst]

If the format of the properties file is not valid, the backup is used. Something about what you are doing must be causing the properties file to be invalid.

[Opus4]

What salsbst said (thanks) is why I mentioned making sure Word Wrap is off -- if those lines get split, I'm sure it will be seen as corrupt... and none of us like corruption.

- Andy

[salsbst]

If you can't find it, just post the lines that you have modifyied so we can take a look.

[RRR]

Hi,

Tried turning off Word Wrap in the properties file to no avail, my changes still weren't recognized. If I didn't mention it before, I'm trying to add VCD quality to the Recording Quality list (the reason being, for now, I'm on limited space for recordings). I added the following two lines to the properties file, and they "automatically" were sorted alphabetically the next time I opened the properties file. The VCD settings are not present whatsoever when I start up Sage TV:

mmc/python2_encoding/=VCD\=videobitrate\=1520000|width\=352|height\=240|audiobitrate\=224|outputstreamtype\=11|audiosampling\=44100

seeker/recording_qualities/VCD=VCD,224,44100,1520000

Does that seem to be correct...?

Thanks so much!

[RRR]

Ugh, just a note to the above, the posting got a bit screwed up - there are no spaces to the mmc line, and all of it is on one line in my properties file.
Sorry 'bout that.

[Opus4]

Check out the examples in this FAQ entry. I don't know what the VCD settings ought to be, but it looks like the python line is either missing some details and/or contains extra stuff, such as that '=' in front of 'VCD'. Essentially: double check your syntax.

- Andy

[salsbst]

I think that this:

/ =VCD\=videobitrate

should look like this:

/VCD=videobitrate

[RRR]

I believe it now works! I can now see and select the VCD quality recording settings and after a brief test of it, it does appear to work fine. My syntax was indeed incorrect.

Thanks to salsbst and Opus4 for the assistance, I appreciate the help tremendously!