Force Full Screen in Sage

[mike1961]

Is there a way to force a full screen in Sage? I know it's possible to Toggle the full screen but if they press Menu on my remote I just want to put Sage in Full Screen as a default every time. So, if it is already in full screen, it should ignore that command but otherwise go into full screen and not toggle.

Thanks,
Mike

[stanger89]

You could do it in Studio, but I don't know of a way to do that by default.

[stevech]

I and I suppose many others, configure Sage to start in full screen mode when launched.

[Polypro]

Sage will start in the last mode it was in. Without any imports you can send it to the tray (sleep), and then exit...the next time it starts, it'll be in full screen. I use the Shutdown STVi however...a lot easier. With neilm's Dynamic Menu, you could remove the "Toggle Screen" command alltogether.

P

[nielm]

Not sure if it is what Mike wants, but:
FAQ: how to always start sage in full screen mode

[mike1961]

No - the issue is sometimes (I'm not sure why yet) Sage just goes "out of full screen." Usually it has something to do with flipping between programs since I have HIP along with Nielms routines and Nero Showtime. I guess it may be easiest to just create a full screen button. I'm still assigning buttons to the remote for different things.

Thanks,
Mike

[Kaervek]

I have a similar question - sorry for bumping, but I know duplicate threads are annoying.

I currently use SageTV on my gaming computer (dedicated HTPC in the works), and I'd like to be able to toggle SageTV from Windowed Mode to Full Screen with my remote, but that doesn't seem to be possible.

I'm using the Microsoft MCE remote with the bundled IR receiver, SageTV v5.0.4 (?) and I have selected my remote as MCE. Is there some sort of button-mapping function that I'm missing?

[blade]

Originally Posted by Kaervek

I'm using the Microsoft MCE remote with the bundled IR receiver, SageTV v5.0.4 (?) and I have selected my remote as MCE. Is there some sort of button-mapping function that I'm missing?

A few of the buttons can be mapped while others can't. You can map one of those to the toggle command in Sage. The manual explains how to map commands to the remote.

[blade]

Originally Posted by jds23

The only way I know how is with HIP, which I am using and it is working great I might add! Try it, you won't be dissappointed....

Not true, as I've already said some of the buttons can be remapped. I know the * and # buttons can be and there are a few others. If you're not using either of them for anything in particular you can map one of them to toggle between fullscreen and windowed.

I know a lot of people use HIP and love it, but on my bedroom machine I found it to be very unresponsive when the CPU was under heavy load. Sometimes it wouldn't respond at all. I had it running on a lowly XP1400 machine that was also running comskip. It's been much better with Sage's native support. Personally I'd rather use built in support than 3rd party apps when possible.

[Kaervek]

Well, after getting more familiar with the remote, I've found that simply pressing the "OK" key in the middle of the 4-way navigation buttons while watching TV will bring up the main menu. From there, you can just select "Toggle Full Screen/Windowed Mode." That's easy enough for me. I suppose the hard part is just knowing when certain menus can be activated from where - different menus are activated depending on which part of the program is currently being used, so pressing the "OK" button doesn't always bring up the same menu.

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by jds23

There are several buttons on the MCE remote that you cannot map a custom function to without something like HIP or Girder.

It all comes down to how the MCE remote sends commands to apps for each button -- any that essentially mimic keyboard input can be remapped to a different command in SageTV.

Info regarding what each MCE button does/sends can be found on this MS web page.

- Andy