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

[geogecko]

Yeah, looks like it's happened to a few people. I never loaded the original STV when it happened, and I'm only using WebRadio and MovieTimes.

[jagee23]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Yeah, I am still pretty clueless about this. Can you tell me if you loaded the standard STV at any point ? And do you use any imports ?

Dirk

Same as geogecko, just the webradio and movietimes. I have also imported the sleeptimer.

[MeInMaui]

Originally Posted by jagee23

Same as geogecko, just the webradio and movietimes. I have also imported the sleeptimer.

When this happened to me, I'm pretty sure I had webradio, remember play positions, and dvd burning imports installed. Since I re-enabled 'when active' (or whatever it is called) for the windowed video display, the correct setting has stuck (as it should) after restarting sage a number of times.

Aloha,
Mike

[millers_35]

It happened to me as well and the only imports I have are: Movietimes, Webradio and Sleeptimer. But everything is fine tho, like the above poster said the setting sticks afterwards.

Miller

P.S. Happy Sys Admin Day. sysadminday(dot)com

[wbarber69]

I just upgraded to the latest build and now I can't use the winamp visualizations anymore, is there some setting that I'm forgetting or some hack that I had done a long time ago that I just don't remember. I know that everything was working before the latest upgrade, maybe I just forgot something. Can anyone help

[geogecko]

Can't use FSE mode with the Winamp plug-in.

Also, I think you have to enable it in the properties file.

However, I haven't listened to a song on my HTPC recently, so maybe it's not working anymore for me either. When I test it, I'll let you know.

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by geogecko

Yeah, looks like it's happened to a few people. I never loaded the original STV when it happened, and I'm only using WebRadio and MovieTimes.

Mystery resolved ...

The WebRadio plugin is the culprit, it contains code to temporarily switch the setting to "Never", I guess for displaying the artist pic. If you quit Sage while radio is playing, the "Never" setting gets saved.

Dirk

[geogecko]

Way to go, Sherlock!

[Morgan111]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Mystery resolved ...

The WebRadio plugin is the culprit, it contains code to temporarily switch the setting to "Never", I guess for displaying the artist pic. If you quit Sage while radio is playing, the "Never" setting gets saved.

Dirk

Ah! You caught me. I see what you are talking about. Didn't quite look at that particular code close enough when pulling that update in from the webradio standard stv import. I will create an update to prevent that. I have had it happen to me as well.

[Franc]

I am liking the visual aspect of SageMC but I run into a lot of problems.
Like the animated menus that don't work.
Now I discovered that I can't change the channel?
I hit a number (say 4) then select/enter. It briefly shows that channel, then it changes back to whatever channel it was on.
This happens to both the client on my main machine (using the service) and in Placeshifter.

Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong?

[kricker]

-Franc
Check the SageMC settings in detailed setup. I think there is a "previous channel" setting, that should fix that.

[Franc]

Originally Posted by kricker

-Franc
Check the SageMC settings in detailed setup. I think there is a "previous channel" setting, that should fix that.

Thanks! That solved it. Would never have thought that setting had anything to do with it

[bxero]

Is there something special I have to do to get this to work? I've extractced the folders into my sage directory, the files look like they are in the right places, and I've loaded the SageMC_169.xml, but I get absolutely no different functionality at all.

[mlbdude]

Originally Posted by Franc

Thanks! That solved it. Would never have thought that setting had anything to do with it

It means your remote is sending two enter commands every time you push the button.

[MeInMaui]

Ok, I have an odd situation here and I'm not sure where to post about it. Since it involves the padding feature in sageMC and I'm using Dirk's version 6.8a, I figure here is as good as anywhere.

So here's the situation. I want to record a show for my 2.5 year old on the disney channel. The problem is that the guide listing is 3hrs off from the actual airing. I think they messed up the California vs. Hawaii feed. Anyway, to work around this and still have the correct show information, I set up a favorite recording with a 179 minute delay on the start time and a 181 minute delay on the end time. The settings took and it appeared in the schedule properly. Unfortunately, when it came time actually record (3 hrs after the guide listing) the entry just disappeared and the recording did not start. I know this is a strange use for the padding feature, but I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work. Does anyone have any thoughts? I suppose if I can't get this to work, then I can always schedule a manual recording by time. It would just be nice to have the show info for the recording. Thanks for taking the time to read this ramble.

Aloha,
Mike

[BobPhoenix]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

Ok, I have an odd situation here and I'm not sure where to post about it. Since it involves the padding feature in sageMC and I'm using Dirk's version 6.8a, I figure here is as good as anywhere.

So here's the situation. I want to record a show for my 2.5 year old on the disney channel. The problem is that the guide listing is 3hrs off from the actual airing. I think they messed up the California vs. Hawaii feed. Anyway, to work around this and still have the correct show information, I set up a favorite recording with a 179 minute delay on the start time and a 181 minute delay on the end time. The settings took and it appeared in the schedule properly. Unfortunately, when it came time actually record (3 hrs after the guide listing) the entry just disappeared and the recording did not start. I know this is a strange use for the padding feature, but I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work. Does anyone have any thoughts? I suppose if I can't get this to work, then I can always schedule a manual recording by time. It would just be nice to have the show info for the recording. Thanks for taking the time to read this ramble.

Aloha,
Mike

This might be just a SageTV core issue. You could try with the default STV and see if it has the same problem. I suspect SageTV needs to have the start time within the actual airing time of the show but this is just a guess.

BobP.

[MeInMaui]

BobP,

What's funny is I haven't used the default STV in so long that I didn't even know that padding was available outside of sageMC or an import. I think I switched to sageMC in the first week that I bought SageTV and never looked back. I'll check out the default STV and see what happens. Thanks for the advice.

Mike

[technazz]

I had some problem also with padding. I Had padding set at 1 min before and 1 min after on favs and it caused some conflicts so I removed it in the SageMC settings. It seemed to stick to the favourites and I had to go into each fav and remove the padding manually.

Nothing big just a little bug.. or is it supposed to work this way.


technazz

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by technazz

I had some problem also with padding. I Had padding set at 1 min before and 1 min after on favs and it caused some conflicts so I removed it in the SageMC settings. It seemed to stick to the favourites and I had to go into each fav and remove the padding manually.

Nothing big just a little bug.. or is it supposed to work this way.


technazz

Yeah, it is supposed to work this way. The padding in the SageMC settings is only a default value for newly created favorites. Existing favorites are not affected, you will have to change the padding in the favorite screen ...

Dirk

[Jason]

Dirk-

Having played with SageMC for some time now, I was wondering if it would be possible for you to 'add' a few items...

1. Could you add your 'Grouped' filter/setting to the Movies, Schedule, and Watched screens?
2. In the Movies and Schedule screens, it lists the number of movies and recordings respectively...Could you add the number of respective titles?
3. In the Movies screen, could you add an Unwatched filter?
4. In the Movies screen, could you add a Year filter? For example, setting '2000' would filter out those movies made before the year 2000.
5. In the series settings, how can you add multiple channels to a favorite by title?
6. In the My Weather screen, can you add an option to display multiple rows/columns for the days?

These are the issues that my wife has asked about, and if I add the items myself in Studio, then I miss out on the future changes you may make... :-(

Best regards,

Jason