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

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by geogecko

It appears to be getting reset every time you close and restart Sage.

I had this happen to me too once, but I can't reproduce it any more, closing and restarting Sage definetly works for me without losing the setting.

Which imports do you have loaded ? Maybe one of them is the culprit, I could check their code if you give me a list ...


Dirk

[geogecko]

Hmm...now it's sticking, all of a sudden. Even after a reboot.

Interesting.

[toricred]

Any chance of getting this version of commercial skipping (http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19122) to work in SageMC? I tried and now no commercial skipping happens.

[Muchacho]

Thanks for all the work- this stv keeps getting better...

I was wondering if it is possible to add or change something in the shutdown menu (the button on the top left). I have my system set so that the screen saver is enabled when I click the power button on my remote (it is one of the origional setting in sage). That way unless someone is clever, they cannot really exit sageTV- which is helpful with baby sitters and the like.

The problem is when I want to minimize sage, there is no way to do it unless I change the setting back in properties. I think it would be cool if when you clicked on the shutdown menu, that if you click sleep, it would minimize sage instead of turning on the screen saver.

Would that be possible?

Thanks

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by Muchacho

Would that be possible?

This is such a minor change (the code is already in there for certain shortcuts in 'Other Programs') that you can expect it to be in the next version


Dirk

[dflachbart]

I just uploaded the new version 6.8.

Changes in 6.8:

- added configuration options for Placeshifter in Detailed Setup
- added missing Play/Pause listeners
- fixed cut-off HDTV icon
- added "Show All Icons" setting to disable mutual exclusion of icons (default=off)
- added jump table for My Videos
- added ability to exclude archived shows when 'No Filter' is selected (default=off)
- favorite status can now be toggled from EPG
- added ability to delete a whole group of shows (in 'Grouped' view)
- fixed reset of watched status
- added watched length bars (default=off, can be toggled with "Info" temporarily)
- added ability to minimize on sleep (default=off)

And last but not least: I added Numeric Text Entry to all input screens, which was quite an undertaking ... Note: since 'Play' is used by the NTE keyboard, I changed the command for toggling lowercase/uppercase to the 'Guide' command, which most likely all of you will have mapped on the remote.


Another major (internal) change which most of you will not notice directly is that I significantly trimmed down the 'dinosaur' STV code. After I was finished with the new 6.8 features I noticed that by now the STV has reached the 5 MB barrier (the defaullt STV is 3.1 MB). So I took the challenge and carefully eliminated masses of old default STV code which is not used any more, and I was able to strip the STV size down by a whole megabyte. This should have general positive effects on the JVM, will make writing addons easier because of the much cleaner code, and was simply a necessity for adding further functionality. I do not expect any problems, but just in case I still have a backup with the full code for the worst case.

This release is kind'a major (in terms of involved work), so I will take it slower for a while with any new updates ...

Dirk

[geogecko]

Can't wait to try it out...HTPC in use right now though...

[toricred]

How do you turn on the watched bars?

[geogecko]

Originally Posted by toricred

How do you turn on the watched bars?

Should be enabled by default.

SageMC Options > Main > Watched Length Bar.

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by geogecko

Should be enabled by default.

SageMC Options > Main > Watched Length Bar.

Actually, they are disabled by default since I figured that not everyone will want to use them. Also, the color and transparency of the bars can be configured in the 'Icons' section

Dirk

[geogecko]

Hmm...mine showed up as enabled.

But, I think I understand where toricred is coming from.

I'm using the Razor theme, and Mike's selection bars, and am not seeing the watched status bars...

Could the setting be a negative mistake? Should be disabled, to actually see them?

[jagee23]

Mine was also set to Enabled by default and I am able to see the progress bar underneath my recordings. It all looks great! Thanks for all the hard work you have done.

[geogecko]

Originally Posted by jagee23

Mine was also set to Enabled by default and I am able to see the progress bar underneath my recordings. It all looks great! Thanks for all the hard work you have done.

Which theme are you using? I don't see it in Razor. I'll try changing the alpha of the bar, and see if it shows up...

[MeInMaui]

Umm...WOW. Very cool update Dirk.

The watched bars are enabled by default for me. They show up just fine. I'm using the MCE theme, but I'm not using Mike's selection bars...yet.

Aloha,
Mike

[jagee23]

Originally Posted by geogecko

Which theme are you using? I don't see it in Razor. I'll try changing the alpha of the bar, and see if it shows up...

I am using the BlueTwo Metal theme with clear selection bars.

[geogecko]

Oh, never mind. I'm stupid. I wasn't going far enough in my "Recorded Shows" to see them. I have so many shows (with multiple episodes), that I wasn't seeing them.

Nice update!

[MeInMaui]

Well, I spoke a little too soon regarding the watched bars. It seems that all of my unwatched shows have a strange effect with the watched bar going to the left from the starting point. I checked and once I partially watch a show, the watched bar shows up correctly. Here is a screen shot.



It does this on both my htpc and my development computer.

(Oh, and I finally got around to installing whats-his-name's selection bars. But this behavior occurs with the original selection bars as well. )

Aloha,
Mike

[kricker]

I got the same thing happening with my "unwatched" bars as well.
Also, in the "send to" pop-up, have you noticed the bars looked squished?

BTW, thank you soooo much for the numerical text input!!!! I also look forward to seeing the cleaned up code in Studio.

[geogecko]

Add another to the unwatched bars.

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by kricker

I got the same thing happening with my "unwatched" bars as well.

Can anyone send me their property file, and which theme used ? I cannot reproduce it here ...

Originally Posted by kricker

Also, in the "send to" pop-up, have you noticed the bars looked squished?

I checked, and I must have changed the width of the dialog from 0.46 to 0.5 by accident. But you must have very sharp eyes, or do you see a bigger difference than in the attached screenshot ?

Dirk