SageTV V5?

[flashbacck]

Originally Posted by stevech

In V5, whats new or corrected excluding PlaceShifting?

Check out the posts of the betas in the beta forum, those have all the changes from version to version.

[Ken C]

Originally Posted by Opus4

I would. I don't know if the old version is still around somehow & the new one was installed into a different directory, or what happened. But, when you reinstall v5, make sure you are installing it to the same location that your previous version used.

- Andy

Ok, that worked. Something has been wrong here for awhile now, this is the first I've seen the updated splash screen anong with the UI. I've been 'updating' all along with the various betas but it appears it never really happened. Very curious.

Ken C

[chughes]

Quick question. If I uninstall and install the new version, will my channel logos, favourites and installed STVi's still be retained?

I'm going to assume no, so in that case, which files should I back up to retain that info? I also assume I'll have to reload the STVi (nielm's comskip).

Thanks

[thatdude90210]

Is there a standalone placeshifter anymore? I don't see it on the download link. There's just the 21MB version, not the 4MB version.

[Narflex]

http://download.sage.tv/SageTVPlaceshifter.zip

[chrysek]

I did read someplace earlier that there is a way to retain any stv changes that are applied and so with any new updates I wont have to re-apply the stvi's with every upgrade... Where could I find some more info about it and is that already in v5?

Thanks.

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by chughes

Quick question. If I uninstall and install the new version, will my channel logos, favourites and installed STVi's still be retained?

I'm going to assume no, so in that case, which files should I back up to retain that info? I also assume I'll have to reload the STVi (nielm's comskip).

Originally Posted by chrysek

I did read someplace earlier that there is a way to retain any stv changes that are applied and so with any new updates I wont have to re-apply the stvi's with every upgrade... Where could I find some more info about it and is that already in v5?

Here is a post from earlier in this same thread with links to info about how to install an update.

One extra bit: in the customizations forum, the sticky index list has a link to a plugin that can help automate re-applying your imports.

- Andy

[judoGTI]

Originally Posted by Opus4

There is an updated manual on the download page, in the installer, and in my sig lines. Chapter 2 has a section about installing an upgrade, on p. 11. The forum has a more detailed set of steps focused on beta testers here: How to install a new version of SageTV.

Thanks Andy! I can assume I need to back up my wiz.bin and sage.properties just in case as to not lose my settings?

Or have these two files changes drastically and need to start from scratch?

[Goodspike]

Just installed 5 without issues so far.

Main improvements noted immediately:

Menus are transparent even if not using FSE.

Unsupported extras (e.g. Program guide showing HD and First Run) are now supported by menu choices rather than inputing numbers you have to find elsewhere.

Files that were recorded previoulsy that did not FF/REW properly now do so.

Main menu a little cleaner (border gone).

Now off to do a bit of testing.

A problem I had with some DVDs, where it didn't display the time bar correctly is now gone, and starting play and FF/REW seems a bit less problematic.

FSE still doesn't work, but now it simply crashes Sage when I switch to full screen. Before it would give an error message when I started a video.