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

[ellweber]

Hi Dirk,

I've been out of town for a few weeks and am exited about all the great improvements you have made. Thanks for implementing the configurable commercial auto-skip mode.

I am seeing some unexplained behavior in the Photo Viewer now and am wondering if you might have an explanation. When I use the up button to advance to the next photo in a folder it will sometimes only advance through three photos and then cease responding to the button. It will do this regardless of which photo I select as the first to be viewed.

The only things I have been able to correlate it to, so far, is the size of the .jpg files I am viewing and the file naming convention (two different cameras). The folders that have large jpegs (> 2.5 MB) seem to fail in this way while folders with smaller files appear to work as expected. One camera is a Nikon and names the files "DSCNxxxx.JPG" and the other is a Canon and uses "IMG_xxxx.JPG." The Nikon files are larger and they are the ones that fail to advance. Some other, smaller files wich have been renamed with simpler generic names also advance correctly. Seems more likely the size or something else I am missing here!

Any ideas?

Lynn

[alleghator]

I've dug through thread after thread and I'm just not that good a forum-searcher, I guess.

Is there a way to have imported (downloaded) shows appear in the regular recorded TV menu, rather than in the My Videos menu? I want to watch some back episodes of a few shows, and since they are shows, rather than movies ... I'd really like Sage to recognize them as such in the "correct" menu.

If it's possible, what folder should contain the files, and how do I get Sage to recognize them as Recorded (or at least Archived) shows?

--Heidi

[Xsabre]

I was reading another post and read something about "configurable commercial auto-skip mode". What is different from the way it was handle before?

Can it be configured easily on a per show basis? If so what is the process...

Thanks in advance...

[ellweber]

Originally Posted by Xsabre

I was reading another post and read something about "configurable commercial auto-skip mode". What is different from the way it was handle before?

Can it be configured easily on a per show basis? If so what is the process...

Thanks in advance...

This is from post #888 in this thread.

Auto-Comskip enable/disable

I split the 'Enable/Disable Auto-Comskip' setting into a global and a temporary one. The global one can be set in the Comskip options (in DetailedSetup), and the existing setting in the OSD Options menu is now only temporary for the current video. On playback of the next video file the auto-comskip setting will be reset to the global setting.

Notes for version 6.10

Not intended for per show use but more for a per-viewing mode.

Lynn

[geogecko]

Originally Posted by alleghator

I've dug through thread after thread and I'm just not that good a forum-searcher, I guess.

Is there a way to have imported (downloaded) shows appear in the regular recorded TV menu, rather than in the My Videos menu? I want to watch some back episodes of a few shows, and since they are shows, rather than movies ... I'd really like Sage to recognize them as such in the "correct" menu.

If it's possible, what folder should contain the files, and how do I get Sage to recognize them as Recorded (or at least Archived) shows?

--Heidi

Unfortunatly, I don't think this is possible. The problem is all in the wiz.bin file. All shows recorded on your system are somehow archived in this file, and unless it was recorded on your system, you'll have a very hard time getting it to show up in the My TV section.

I sure hope that they (SageTV) come up with a way to get around this problem, because you cannot edit the wiz.bin file.

[snoopy]

I have just redone my SageTV and have noticed that my movie channels I had set are no longer there and my channel guide has way too many channels in it. I have a backup of my old SageTV folder.

Without going through channels one-by-one, are there some lines I can copy over from a file to get those back in there?

[Kirby]

Actually I think you can add in shows with nielm's webserver plugin. If you edit the show info through that, you can assign it a custom EPGID, and it should show up as a recorded show. Not 100% sure on this, but I'm sure someone knows..

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by snoopy

I have just redone my SageTV and have noticed that my movie channels I had set are no longer there and my channel guide has way too many channels in it. I have a backup of my old SageTV folder.

Without going through channels one-by-one, are there some lines I can copy over from a file to get those back in there?

Those should be stored in your old .properties, I think.

Gerry

[alleghator]

Originally Posted by geogecko

Unfortunatly, I don't think this is possible. The problem is all in the wiz.bin file. All shows recorded on your system are somehow archived in this file, and unless it was recorded on your system, you'll have a very hard time getting it to show up in the My TV section.

I sure hope that they (SageTV) come up with a way to get around this problem, because you cannot edit the wiz.bin file.

That's a big bummer. My video drive is getting full, and I was hoping to stick some shows on my other drive (where I record shows) and have Sage recognize them. Guess I could just put them on the tv drive and point the video folder to it for the purpose of watching the shows.

Bummer, though.

--Heidi

[Kirby]

Heidi, if the other drive is setup as either an import or recording drive in Sage, you can shut down your server, move the files from recording drive 1 to recording drive (or import dir) 2 and restart sage, and all guide data will be retained. The shows that you move will appear as "archived".

Or install nielm's webserver and try adding a show in manually, to see if it shows up as a normal recording, it should.

[geogecko]

That would be interesting...

[snoopy]

Originally Posted by gplasky

Those should be stored in your old .properties, I think.

Gerry

These are the lines I see in sage.properties.

epg/channel_lineups/29436724589=48664,573&832;48790,870;26418,102;48796,830;18715,416;22725,138;20832,752;22772,185;24248,2052&454;49889,587;45507,72;21001,789;22709,122;26643,228;30324,2072;33691,614;26686,715;46753,429;20830,750;22727,140;19247,413;47678,732;20612,791;48794,812;15796,638;44644,421;19570,87;21484,251;49891,589;11116,538;22114,99;48792,564&856;46120,2011;50364,829;48798,872;21781,373;14765,529;16046,408;21868,543&71;12444,209;39719,417;17681,705;16618,294;24231,594;22764,177;48803,828;16834,266;10989,236;42642,75;32147,2040&452;27773,419;33178,612;10201,547;26420,104;48788,565&816;50226,598;10590,383;20897,774;22707,120;11187,362;45314,2120;11059,645;46508,118&2028;11095,634;32145,2031&451;16189,411;18544,230;48684,562&838;48707,802;47146,2065;16512,649;48800,861;20114,227;14873,550;15268,234;48811,814;10178,526;36139,415;14902,229;21039,792;20943,747;10741,389;12509,545;14776,606;21042,795;16616,284;10153,203;18284,287;46172,239;32645,73;31046,76;48668,831;19211,298;16217,407;22731,144;46377,117&2027;10239,405;22735,148;26849,357;14871,532;48801,822;49432,101;22748,161;22975,592;11118,402;20936,740;14767,372;49603,625;12719,520;20932,736;21187,2032&453;48958,2144;48666,868;16689,80;34056,717;10161,350;22729,142;48807,853;45243,424;22776,189;44823,2004;48662,862;11097,244;10021,254;22906,401;48889,420;11106,637;46267,615;20895,772;22739,152;11109,654;11180,277;16585,507;17098,307;49486,377;48652,845;14886,533;22758,171;48970,2082;47215,700;16333,2030&450;11069,317;20889,766;29612,261;10827,10;48650,567&836;11259,386;20939,743;18003,632;20935,739;15466,46;11128,243;10035,265;44458,725;48715,847;26457,500;22745,158;14988,258;48709,566&804;26440,200;20837,757;44452,719;10242,505;31477,716;22749,162;48711,806;14897,330;44917,656;27678,214;50088,876;20978,780;11160,544;17680,704;20933,737;50086,825;20891,768;17685,709;16374,360;48713,563&821;20980,782;20975,777;16311,522;12553,376;17729,713;16715,224;22754,167;14075,595;49310,731;20839,759;43389,2141;48656,824;50080,837;10244,504;20937,741;49110,2055;21450,375;19568,83;16331,282;15451,208;46258,734;11867,247;34710,212;48809,811;25148,379;22766,179;34763,74;48685,873;50338,293;10367,381;22741,154;17683,707;22722,135;33668,78;34057,718;20941,745;11158,280;33745,582;47176,366;20841,761;44447,640;10262,643;48648,571&819;11164,245;50082,809;17927,613;26475,999;22716,129;44852,2001;48696,867;20653,2073;10979,621;11746,388&882;20999,787;48795,854;21115,763;22718,131;10057,273;10918,252;21476,384;10142,202;20450,89;32161,426;44454,721;48702,827;20835,755;50167,657;48704,843;16743,653;24959,276;22720,133;34128,2140;47213,702;18179,354;22743,156;47174,2062;48700,842;44456,723;20833,753;18086,542;50084,561&817;20893,770;11007,300;11221,312;18774,255;22737,150;20997,785;10138,327;48793,852;16604,367;48959,2142;20831,751;21002,790;48661,574&851;18822,271;33673,95&96&97&98;14929,339;48789,871;16365,610;20459,82;10139,355;10271,629;11115,537;29328,371;17983,406;22710,123;20611,783;48791,568&808;20945,749;48804,834;35191,2081;23302,590;22712,125;10051,329;49262,409;44617,2051;18480,253;17142,438;16108,549;22769,182;21855,374;22726,139;24935,2050&456;14870,531;48703,835;15952,608;22561,337;48663,572&810;11207,242;47540,295;12508,514;22761,174;49079,2180;36138,418;12574,231;46509,119&2029;15377,425;17682,706;22786,199;17789,714;48647,844;46762,263;29114,455;16348,642;48797,859;26421,105;17125,527;28129,216;20789,631;35350,219;45654,609;48799,875;24828,797;44263,644;10269,240;35513,241;48706,801;16617,286;22763,176;20360,88;16833,523;20944,748;20829,765;47499,412;16619,508;17684,708;22724,137;14948,370;22775,188;26452,399;45948,668;11054,652;21041,794;26427,111;10240,501;22708,121;46463,2061;44889,2003;48806,855;17619,636;16123,301;16011,607;12510,291;11104,620;21043,796;10358,3;48659,865;11211,799;14899,605;14764,528;14755,353;10162,351;30156,232;11062,651;16062,326;26431,115;48657,874;10179,206;12131,296;44459,726;48802,840;16361,333;10986,331;30017,622;10093,311;49172,2007;22734,147;48808,839;48654,813;11150,278;18327,279;22747,160;11117,540;10183,422;11705,382&881;21883,297;48667,866;10120,512;22736,149;14766,530;46817,626;16409,260;22974,591;26442,220;44457,724;48665,864;46736,2063;16125,368;17728,712;24553,511;14771,269;11105,624;20638,647;46619,250;14762,403;30420,302;36180,611&646&648&650&655&658;16300,356;14968,2060;44529,727;21040,793;20608,764;50146,103&124;11514,321;20896,773;50085,841;36179,210&211&633;26028,628;10171,290;11331,380&880;48655,569&833;22579,600;22738,151;45142,2014;26853,201;20834,754;50081,857;21860,248;19548,509&70;49004,430;47214,703;18332,264;34085,2080;22767,180;22982,604;26474,998;22752,165;12852,256;47216,701;20977,779;16175,432;20938,742;22732,145;22750,163;48710,560&805;48653,860;16615,285;16275,427;20840,760;20940,744;21284,262;50087,820;48708,803;10145,204;20934,738;47206,2006;15482,34;22759,172;14782,100&116&400&593;49309,731;35351,340;10372,6;10996,623;49097,378;10241,502;48963,2143;48649,863;20892,769;48969,308;22757,170;3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epg/channel_lineups/65128889881=16331,56;15451,64;14948,20;11867,12;15268,98;22131,17;11180,57;14902,51;31541,68;10842,5;22132,18;14776,76;16123,61;16011,71;10171,65;10139,23;11069,19;11218,47;10153,75;10827,2;14899,70;14321,50;10162,22;10179,27;11158,39;12131,66;21484,41;10051,35;10239,7;18480,62;15466,13;10986,46;10035,33;10093,40;11207,30;12852,58;11164,29;16358,6;12444,28;19087,73;12574,42;11150,38;18327,37;10264,26;14767,45;10183,43;10989,53;10222,67;10057,54;10145,25;10918,32;11163,34;16409,55;10142,24;22223,10;20569,8;15482,4;10372,3;10161,21;24959,72;22567,11;11187,36;16374,69;10269,97;23324,16;11006,49;14771,63;16715,9;11097,59;10021,31;11221,44;50062,98;18774,74;26049,15;16300,52;10138,48;10149,60;16604,99;10822,14;

Why two lines?

[Kirby]

Originally Posted by geogecko

That would be interesting...

What would be? Moving files and retaining guide data? I do it all the time. I have a storage server on my lan, that I shutdown my sage server, move files over the lan to the storage server, restart sage, and all guide data retained.

The storage server is all "import directories".

I have also added shows into Sage with nielm's webserver, you edit the show info, give it all the info you want to supply, and generate a custom EPGID, and it enters it into the wiz.bin. Works pretty well. But I havent done this since I switched to SageMC, so I dont know for sure where SageMC will put the files. I suppose it will show up in 'recorded tv'.

[alleghator]

So you're saying I can just put these shows into the same folder with all my other recorded shows, shut down Sage and then they'll be recognized?

--Heidi

[Kirby]

No, you have to get the order 100% on moving. Otherwise you lose the guide data. The steps are:

0) add the other directory as a import directory (if it isnt already)
1) shutdown sage server or service, completely!
2) move (dont copy, then delete originals) but cut and paste the files from your recording drive to an import directory somewhere on your network.
3) after all files are moved via the cut and paste, start up sage server or service again.
4) go into sage gui, and you will see the files marked as archived.

I would highly suggest you try this with 1 file first, so you can get the hang of it, and see what it does. Now I understand that in step 2, cutting and pasting files should technically be the same as copying them, then deleting the originals, but for some reason, both myself and a friend of mine that does this, we have both lost guide data with the copy/delete method, but have had 100% success with the cut/paste method.

Now all the above is just for already recorded shows in sage. I just re-read your last post, regarding shows recorded from other sources than Sage (right?) those are the files that you can bring into Sage-world via nielm's webserver. As long as those are placed into a directory sage sees, you should be able to edit them and generate an EPGID for them, without having to shutdown sage at all.

There are 2 distinct things going on here, so I am not sure which one your are wanting to do first, or maybe both. Does my explanation make sense?

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by snoopy

These are the lines I see in sage.properties.

epg/channel_lineups/29436724589=

epg/channel_lineups/65128889881=

Why two lines?

Do you have 2 providers defined? Or a basic and a digital lineup?

Gerry

[MeInMaui]

Hi Dirk,

I just finished a fresh install on my new client. After I installed SageMC v6.12a, I ran into a problem where I would get an error message saying that there is no disc in drive D:\ every time I would start SageTV. I tracked it down to a default of D:\Others (or something like that) for the Other Programs folder location. In my case D:\ is my DVD drive. It was easy enough to delete the Other Programs location entry, but I thought I'd mention it in case anyone else runs into this problem.

Aloha,
Mike

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

Hi Dirk,

I just finished a fresh install on my new client. After I installed SageMC v6.12a, I ran into a problem where I would get an error message saying that there is no disc in drive D:\ every time I would start SageTV. I tracked it down to a default of D:\Others (or something like that) for the Other Programs folder location. In my case D:\ is my DVD drive. It was easy enough to delete the Other Programs location entry, but I thought I'd mention it in case anyone else runs into this problem.

Aloha,
Mike

Hi Mike,

this sounds familiar, I think someone else ran into this problem before, and I couldn't figure out why. Awesome, thanks for finding this !

Dirk

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by Kirby

Yeah both image files exist right next to their respective TS file. I will attach them here. The only thing I can think of at this point, the 2 shows are on different hard drives, different import directories.

In fact, I just checked, all the images on one of my drive are not appearing at all in the actual playback. What would cause that?

I think I finally found the 'problem'. Did you do a "Rescan Import Directories" lately ? If not, try it ... I found that some of my imported videos didn't show the IMDB cover art on the OSD either, but after I did a rescan they suddenly showed up ... It seems that Sage updates the "HasIcon" property only after a rescan.

Hope this will solve it for you too

Dirk

[bcjenkins]

Originally Posted by flachbar

Hi Mike,

this sounds familiar, I think someone else ran into this problem before, and I couldn't figure out why. Awesome, thanks for finding this !

Dirk

Similar to this, the A: drive was a nuisance when looking for an exe in the exit program screen.

B