STV: SageMC 16x9 Version 6.x (latest dev build)

[mkanet]

Dirk, can you tell me why my actor picture doesn't show up? It hasn't worked in the past several versions. I get a movie cover picture, and all other information... just not the actor pictures. I already applied the latest IMDB files and restarted.

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by mkanet

Dirk, can you tell me why my actor picture doesn't show up? It hasn't worked in the past several versions. I get a movie cover picture, and all other information... just not the actor pictures. I already applied the latest IMDB files and restarted.

Neil informed me that it requires code changes too. Will have a look at it...


Dirk

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by m0ng00se30

Same here... fresh installs of everthing for the new seasons! Maps will not display with 6.2.x and SageMC 6.3.3c.

--Mike

Originally Posted by talbot3

I recently upgraded to 6.2.10 and SAGEMC 6.3.3.c from 6.1.9 and 6.3.3.a, and the weather map images no longer load. In the client log there is an error that goes something like this:

java image.load failed weakReference

Anyone know how to fix this?

Try setting

ui/disable_native_image_loader=true

this fixed it for me...


Dirk

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by jwmcclung

I upgraded to 6.2 last night and all is well so far except for one thing. Now when I go to My Videos no matter what combination I choose (File System, View By Folder) etc. It no longer keeps the files nested in their respective folders. IE: prior to the upgrade I had each video in it's own folder with it's own thumbnail. Some folders like "TV Shows" had multiple folder inside of them like "South Park" with files inside. Now all the files immediately show up when I go to My Videos and it is only like this inside of the SageMC theme. Everything works fine with the default theme. Any help is appreciated.

Enable debug logging and check if you see any errors...


Dirk

[dflachbart]

FYI: I uploaded a fixed dev STV version which includes a fix for the IMDB pictures. You'll also need to install Niel's latest JAR file.

Dirk

[jaminben]

Hi, Any reason why the guide colors doesnt work. This feature works fine with the default STV but not for the SageMC STV.

Thx

[JUC]

Hi-i'm having an album art issue. This is only present on this stv due to the way it is handling view by artist. Basically, if i view by artist, a lot of my artists are not showing any cover art. Weird thing is that if I select the artist and then see the albums--all the cover art is there. It initially became apparent when viewing an artist with one album. Viewing the list-no art. drill down into the album...art shows up. This also happens when an artist has multiple albums as well. Any thought.
juc

[talbot3]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Try setting

ui/disable_native_image_loader=true

this fixed it for me...


Dirk

This fixed it. Thanks!

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by JUC

Hi-i'm having an album art issue. This is only present on this stv due to the way it is handling view by artist. Basically, if i view by artist, a lot of my artists are not showing any cover art. Weird thing is that if I select the artist and then see the albums--all the cover art is there. It initially became apparent when viewing an artist with one album. Viewing the list-no art. drill down into the album...art shows up. This also happens when an artist has multiple albums as well. Any thought.
juc

Can you check if you have any playlist in the system which still references songs that have been removed from the import dir ?


Dirk

[JUC]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Can you check if you have any playlist in the system which still references songs that have been removed from the import dir ?


Dirk

That fixed it!!! Thanks

One more question---when there are multiple albums in a artists folder, when viewing by artist-will it only pull the album art off of the first album (alphabetically)? I have some where my first album has no art, the rest do but when viewing by artist i still get no art. I'm working on updating everything anyway but just curious.
Thanks,
Juc

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by JUC

That fixed it!!! Thanks

One more question---when there are multiple albums in a artists folder, when viewing by artist-will it only pull the album art off of the first album (alphabetically)? I have some where my first album has no art, the rest do but when viewing by artist i still get no art. I'm working on updating everything anyway but just curious.
Thanks,
Juc

Hi JUC,

glad it worked

I just checked the code, and it does indeed only check one album. I will change this in the next version.


Dirk

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by jaminben

Hi, Any reason why the guide colors doesnt work. This feature works fine with the default STV but not for the SageMC STV.

Thx

Hi jaminben,

guide coloring in SageMC is done exclusively by using color bar images. Here is the how-to from the download page (I admit it's not easy to find since it is only present on the older download page for SageTV <= 5.x) :

Configuration for colored categories in the guide:

If you want to color a specific show category differently in the EPG, drop two image files 'tvguide_button_light_xxx_middle.png' and 'tvguide_button_xxx_middle.png' into the SageMCE/Images directory (take the existing files as a template and change the color in your favorite image editor), where 'xxx' denotes the category name.

Example: if you want different colors for sports events, create two files 'tvguide_button_light_sports event_middle.png' and 'tvguide_button_sports event_middle.png' in the Image directory and restart SageTV. All shows with the category 'sports event" will use the new image files instead of the standard ones. If there is no specific image file for a category, it will use the standard SageMC ones.

If you don't want to create them on your own, there is an excellent color guide bar package from MeInMaui available for download.


Dirk

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by jwmcclung

I upgraded to 6.2 last night and all is well so far except for one thing. Now when I go to My Videos no matter what combination I choose (File System, View By Folder) etc. It no longer keeps the files nested in their respective folders. IE: prior to the upgrade I had each video in it's own folder with it's own thumbnail. Some folders like "TV Shows" had multiple folder inside of them like "South Park" with files inside. Now all the files immediately show up when I go to My Videos and it is only like this inside of the SageMC theme. Everything works fine with the default theme. Any help is appreciated.

Hi Justin,

did you only upgrade the SageTV version, or also the SageMC package ? The only change that had been made to SageMC was that single video files will now also be displayed in a folder (but thats opposite to what you are seeing anyway)... Which SageMC version are you using ? If you enable debug logging, do you see any errors in the log ?

Dirk

[TBoneJones]

I'm expanding the utlity of my SageTV server to include DVD movies. The movies are all stored on a NAS share. The server PC is a sole purpose Sage box running the 6.2 final release and the 6.3.3c release of SageMC. I have mediaMVP clients in three locations around the house.

I've got a few DVDs setup now. I have created a DVD Profiler database (3.1). I've set the DVD profilier path in SageMC options to the directory containing the cover art images in the profilier database. I've got the collection.xml setting to the appropriate file as well.

I can scan/import the profiler database. I get all text information but no cover art is imported. Is there something I'm missing?

Another question, I've set (and removed) the setting for offline DVD directory to be the same NAS share where the files are located. I've run the "Import Offline Video" option and saw that it created 1kb .mpg files for each of my videos but that seemed to now get duplicate entries for my videos in the "my videos" share. One entry will launch the move and the other when I click it will popup saying "insert DVD". What is the purpose of this "offline DVD" setting?

Thanks,

Keith

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by TBoneJones

I've got a few DVDs setup now. I have created a DVD Profiler database (3.1). I've set the DVD profilier path in SageMC options to the directory containing the cover art images in the profilier database. I've got the collection.xml setting to the appropriate file as well.

I can scan/import the profiler database. I get all text information but no cover art is imported. Is there something I'm missing?

Double-check if your path to the images is correct, see this post

Another question, I've set (and removed) the setting for offline DVD directory to be the same NAS share where the files are located. I've run the "Import Offline Video" option and saw that it created 1kb .mpg files for each of my videos but that seemed to now get duplicate entries for my videos in the "my videos" share. One entry will launch the move and the other when I click it will popup saying "insert DVD". What is the purpose of this "offline DVD" setting?

Well, the offline setting is for DVDs you do not have ripped to the harddrive, but which you still want to be appear in your video library (with coverart and info). For this purpose you catalog your DVDs in DVDProfiler and import them as "offline" videos, which will create those fake mpeg files (which are needed in order to add them to the SageTV database). When you want to watch one of those DVDs, you will of course have to insert the DVD physically into your DVD drive.

Dirk

[TBoneJones]

[QUOTE=flachbar;239033]Double-check if your path to the images is correct, see this post


Dirk,

Thanks for the quick reply. That was the issue. I was pointing to the "images" subfolder in the profiler database directory. When I switched to the parent folder for the database files all was fine.

Also, thanks for the clarification on the offline DVD information.

-Keith

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Hi jaminben,

guide coloring in SageMC is done exclusively by using color bar images. Here is the how-to from the download page (I admit it's not easy to find since it is only present on the older download page for SageTV <= 5.x) :

If you don't want to create them on your own, there is an excellent color guide bar package from MeInMaui available for download.


Dirk

Cheers Dirk

[95TBird]

Dirk:

Originally Posted by flachbar

Try setting

ui/disable_native_image_loader=true

this fixed it for me...


Dirk

Set this but it did not bring back the maps on my MVP (I set it in both the Sage & client properties)

Have I got something else causing them to not show up. Or is everyone with MVPs still having this issue ??

[gplasky]

No. Once I set that it works fine on my MVPs. Make sure the Sage server is shutdown when you edit the properties in the clients folder.


Gerry

[95TBird]

Did that, stopped the service, changed the setting & then re started... Does it need a restart (ie power down) of the MVP ??