Return to CurrentFolder?

[afinemetsfan]

So here is what I want to do - Return to the current sub folder in the imported videos after watching a video, instead of the root view of the imported videos. Any suggestions? Im thinking it has to do with CurrentVideo tag.


Thanks.

[malore]

Whoops, I was answering 2 post with similars titles and I replaced the wrong post.

He was my original answer:

The easiest way is to do a search for IsVideoFile(MediaFile) && IsLibraryFile(MediaFile) and replace the link to Video Library with the action SageCommand("Back")

So:
IsVideoFile(MediaFile) && IsLibraryFile(MediaFile)
Video Library

Becomes:
IsVideoFile(MediaFile) && IsLibraryFile(MediaFile)
SageCommand("Back")

[mlbdude]

That works as long as you stayed in the full screen video menu the whole time the video played.

[Opus4]

Was this meant for the thread about the mlbdude 2-pane recordings list? (The question here was about the video library.)

- Andy

[malore]

Thanks Opus4, that explains why mlbdude's response didn't orginally make sense to me. I've put my first post back to what my original answer was.

As mlbdude points out this is just a simple hack that relies on the previous menu being the video menu.

[Opus4]

This ought to work -- in the "Video Library Folder View" menu, do the following:

• Edit the CurrentFolder attribute widget's properties & set its Value to CurrentVideoFolder.
• Add a new Hook to the "Video Library Folder View" menu. Set it to BeforeMenuUnload.
• Under that new hook, add an Action widget:
  

  AddGlobalContext("CurrentVideoFolder", CurrentFolder)

You could do this with a "last_video_lib_dir" property instead of the global variable -- then it would remember your location the next time you start SageTV also. The downside is that you could end up with a blank list if that imported dir is removed, but using Left or Back one or more times ought to get back to a valid dir.

You could also add similar functionality to the Photo library this way.

- Andy

[afinemetsfan]

Awesome, thanks for the help, this worked as far as I can tell -hopefully I dont find any wierd behavior. This is one of the things that has really been bugging me about Sage. But thanks to Studio, little things like this can be fixed to ones taste.

[alan92rttt]

I think I did this properly but it did not work. ANy clue what I missed ?

[Opus4]

If you go into a video library sub menu & then go directly to the Main Menu via the Home command (or click on the SageTV logo), does it remember your location when you return to the video library? For some reason, it isn't getting set when it jumps to the playback OSD menu.

Edit: Oh, it has to do with the pop-up dialog where you select the Watch Now option. I'll look at it again when I'm actually awake.

Edit 2: There may be a better solution, but considering I'm still somewhat asleep...

Search for the "REM Show pop-up dialog with options available for the current Airing / MediaFile" reference in the "Video Library Folder View" menu. Right above it, add another action with the same AddGlobalContext() API call from the BeforeMenuUnload hook. (The whole current context gets cleared either by the OptionsMenu or the Panel where the Watch Now button is.)

Update: v4.1.5 fixed the problem encountered here, so you no longer have to add the extra call to AddGlobalContext() described in this post.

- Andy

[alan92rttt]

I can not find that referance in "Video Library Folder View" I can only find it in the menu "ParallenScheduled"

[Opus4]

If you right click on the bolded primary reference widget, you will get an option to highlight all the references.

- Andy

[alan92rttt]

got it, that worked.

It holds the value even if I go home and reselect that menusystem.

is there a way to clear it when I select the imported videos menu? Is there a deleteglobalcontext?

[aperry]

Well, after much searching, I at least finally found what Andy referenced in the menus. I added the additional item you referenced a few messages above, and it's working now! This is great, probably my most wanted feature from SageTV, to return to the folder I was in if I watch something in the Media Center.

Awesome, simply awesome... Thanks Andy!

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by alan92rttt

It holds the value even if I go home and reselect that menusystem.

is there a way to clear it when I select the imported videos menu? Is there a deleteglobalcontext?

Well, that's the side effect -- it will remember your location no matter what else you do, short of exiting SageTV.

If you want it to clear its directory memory whenever you go to a specific menu (Main Menu, perhaps), then just add code there that sets the global variable to null. You could do that anywhere you want.

- Andy

[alan92rttt]

Originally Posted by Opus4

If you want it to clear its directory memory whenever you go to a specific menu (Main Menu, perhaps), then just add code there that sets the global variable to null. You could do that anywhere you want.

- Andy

That is what I figured I'd have to do but I'm not sure what step(s) that will require.

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by alan92rttt

That is what I figured I'd have to do but I'm not sure what step(s) that will require.

Pretty much what I described above, except you could use the before or after menu load hooks in the Main Menu.

- Andy

[alan92rttt]

I figured it out.


I was trying to set it to an empty string not a null.