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

[scm]

Originally Posted by toricred

I've got the timebar working now. The import may take a week or so since I don't have much time other than weekends.

WOW, that is incredible. Thanks for the work on this. I can't wait to try it.

[toricred]

Flachbar suggested I just post the modified xml file. Here it is.

Wait a minute, there seems to be a problem. I'll work on troubleshooting and post when I have the bugs worked out.

The bugs are that it works for the first file, but then quits working at all.

[geogecko]

Originally Posted by toricred

Flachbar suggested I just post the modified xml file. Here it is.

Wow, any reason this file is like 1/5th the size of the original? Does taking the txt code out make it that much smaller?!

[toricred]

It looks slightly larger to me. Remember that I'm only putting the actual xml, not all the rest of the STV.

[geogecko]

Oh, could be the way it's compressed, I was actually only looking at the zip file size...

[toricred]

I used 7-Zip. I hope that doesn't cause any problems.

[toricred]

By the way, let me know if it works for you. It worked perfectly for me last night, but today after I added my own plugin it only wants to work for the first commercial. When I revert to the one without my plugin, it seems to work fine.

[geogecko]

Which plugin?

[toricred]

It's called osdclock. It worked fine with the original STV and the original SageMC. With the changes I posted, it breaks the commercial skipping.

[toricred]

OK, I'm out of time to troubleshoot this for the next few days. I'm going back to flachbar's SageMC for now. Hopefully he'll have better luck adding it for a future version.

I'll try to get back on it this weekend, but I'm just hacking at the comskip code so it might take a while.

[MeInMaui]

Dirk,

Could I bother you with a feature request?

Background:

I was looking through the intelligent suggestions in sageMC...1519 of them. Since our recordings are quite varied between my preferences, my wife's, and the childrens' shows for our son, the suggestions are all over the map. With so many suggestions to wade through, the feature just isn't very useful to me as it is.

Request:

I was wondering if it might be possible to add a button to group the intelligent suggestions by genre and by title in additiion to the existing time sorting. This would greatly help in zeroing in on the types of shows I might be interested in.

Thanks!

Aloha,
Mike

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

Dirk,

Could I bother you with a feature request?

Background:

I was looking through the intelligent suggestions in sageMC...1519 of them. Since our recordings are quite varied between my preferences, my wife's, and the childrens' shows for our son, the suggestions are all over the map. With so many suggestions to wade through, the feature just isn't very useful to me as it is.

Request:

I was wondering if it might be possible to add a button to group the intelligent suggestions by genre and by title in additiion to the existing time sorting. This would greatly help in zeroing in on the types of shows I might be interested in.

Thanks!

Aloha,
Mike

Hi Mike,

actually I never used this view much, and now that I think about it probably because of the same reasons you mentioned ... Really good idea ! You are lucky, I was just about to wrap up the new version, but I think I can still try to stick this in there if it doesn't turn out to be too complicated ...

Dirk

[Jason]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

I was wondering if it might be possible to add a button to group the ...

Adding in the various sorting/fintering options to the varied screens is a great idea!

I'm always up for adding a 'Watched' filter to the various Movies screen (up next, all upcoming, etc)...

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...&postcount=599

-Jason

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by Jason

Adding in the various sorting/fintering options to the varied screens is a great idea!

I'm always up for adding a 'Watched' filter to the various Movies screen (up next, all upcoming, etc)...

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...&postcount=599

-Jason

Jason,

I didn't ignore your list completely, and I'm sure you'll be somewhat pleased ...


Dirk

[CPA]

I just started using SageMC 16x9 and am loving it. I have a couple of issues however. In the "Favorites" or "Series" section, where you can choose what channel you want the favorite to record on, I only have the choice of "any" and one other channel, even though I know the program airs on other channels in my lineup. For instance I select Monday Night Countdown as a favorite, an even though I know it airs on both ESPN and ESPN-HD, I am only offered ESPN and "Any". Any ideas?

[MeInMaui]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Hi Mike,

actually I never used this view much, and now that I think about it probably because of the same reasons you mentioned ... Really good idea ! You are lucky, I was just about to wrap up the new version, but I think I can still try to stick this in there if it doesn't turn out to be too complicated ...

Dirk

Awesome. Thanks Dirk. As always thank you very much for all your time and effort.

Aloha,
Mike

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by Jason

5. In the series settings, how can you add multiple channels to a favorite by title?

Hi Jason,

this is not possible because the Sage core does not support it, any favorite can only have one channel criteria. You could try to set up multiple favorites for the same show, but I'm not sure if it will work ...

Dirk

[Jason]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Hi Jason,

this is not possible because the Sage core does not support it, any favorite can only have one channel criteria. You could try to set up multiple favorites for the same show, but I'm not sure if it will work ...

Dirk

I figured as much, but I was hoping...

-Jason

[dflachbart]

I uploaded SageMC version 6.9. This update made a lot of changes to existing code necessary, so let me know if something else (in the STV or with other imports) got broken.


Ascending/Descending sort

I added an option to the date sorts ('By Date' and 'Grouped') to sort the output in ascending or descending order. The option can be changed by invoking the options menu while the corresponding sort button has the focus. The options menu is now focus sensitive, so the existing options for the default filter can be changed when the 'Filter' button has focus.


Grouped sort for all views

The 'Grouped' view is now available consistently for all views including the 'Schedule' and 'Movies' screen. On the 'Information' screen a new 'Grouped Watch History' is also available.


Changes to the Movies menu

The 'Movies' menu now has a 'Watched' filter, and a 'Sort By Year' option. If sorted by year, the movie titles in the list will include the release year of the movie.


EDL Comskip support

I updated/cleaned up the existing comskip code and added support for using .edl files instead of .txt files. SageMC will automatically detect if an .edl file is present and use it for commercial skipping. If not, the .txt will be used as usual, so no configuration or conversion of existing .txt files necessary. I also added the start/stop delay (available in the Comskip options page) which will work for both .edl and .txt files. Thanks to sundansx for the STVi code, and toricred for motivating me to finally attack this stuff.


Show all days in 'My Weather' forecast

I added an option to display all 10 days (in 2 rows) instead of the scrolling list of 4 days to the 'My Weather' forecast screen. The option can be configured in the 'My Weather' options menu.


Bug fixes for OSD animations and Music Queue

I rewrote the code to display OSD menu animations, it will now be executed in a separate thread and might fix the 'stutter' issue experienced by some of you. These changes also fixed the problem of the Options menu not showing up correctly even if animations had been disabled. I also finally fixed the problem with the Music queue in the Music library, queue manipulation (incl. adding songs to the queue while playing) should now work correctly.


Extended channel options for Favorites

The Favorite editor now allows to choose from all channels the show is airing on. In addition, after cycling through those airing channels the remaining channels will also be available for selection (indicated by a '!' in the channel name). This is helpful if you want to configure the favorite for a channel on which it is currently (based on the available EPG data) not airing.


Added time bar to additional info

Up to now, on the 'Program Info' screen the 'Info' button brought up an additional info including the extra airing details and the external Show ID of the program. I added the graphical display of the time bar (similar to the one in the OSD menu) so that you can easily check the commercial skip / watched status without having to actually play the recording


Enhanced IR Suggestions menu

I added 'Sort by Date' / 'Sort By Title' / 'Group by Genre' functionality to the Suggestions listing so that this view will hopefully get more useful (thanks Mike).


.my file support

.my file support (known from the GermSage STV) has been added to the 'Program Info' menu. You can either create a .my file manually, or create it for a TV recording by selecting the corresponding option from the 'Send To' options menu. If .my file support is enabled (disabled by default) and a .my file is present for a file in the video library, the show information will be displayed from this file. The implementation supports the standard .my file attributes (Title, Overview, Actors, Released), as well as almost all other show info available for regular Sage TV recordings.

This is feature is especially neat if you are compressing your Sage recordings and don't want to lose the show information, the videos should show up in the Video library almost the same as before. To ease this process, you can enable the automatic .my file generation for TV recordings, which will periodically scan any new recordings (every 5 minutes) and generate a corresponding .my file if not already present. In addition, an automatic cleanup can also be configured which will delete all .my files for which no media file is present any more.


Some other minor changes in this version:

- "Record" button will not be shown in prog info if show is already recording
- modified menu title if "without archive" option is enabled
- added 'Delete All Playlists" item in Playlist manager
- added setting for commercial breaks alpha value
- fixed timed recording issue


Enjoy,

Dirk

[geogecko]

Wow, nice upgrade. It may be a while before trying all the features, but I'll let you know if there are any problems.

Great job.