SageTV Version 6.0 Public Beta is Available - Page 9

rtengvad · #**161** 10-04-2006, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ke6guj

The newer MVP extenders have digital out now.

And I remember a mod that could be done to include a SPDIF output on the older MVPs. I don't know if that will work in Sage though.

Checked out Hauppauges website. Couldn’t find anything about digital out feature on their MVP.

Where have you seen it?

rtengvad

ke6guj · #**162** 10-04-2006, 03:22 AM

Mentioned in this thread : http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...ht=mvp+digital

Apparantly they installed a digital output on the new wired and wireless MVP's. They aren't publishing the fact, but it should be there.

rtengvad · #**163** 10-04-2006, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ke6guj

Mentioned in this thread : http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...ht=mvp+digital

Apparantly they installed a digital output on the new wired and wireless MVP's. They aren't publishing the fact, but it should be there.

Thanks for the info ke6guj. Now I just need to be sure that if I order a new MVP I also get the new version and not an old one.

rtengvad

willgill · #**164** 10-04-2006, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by rtengvad

Now I just need to be sure that if I order a new MVP I also get the new version and not an old one.

I just ordered and received a wired MediaMVP from Provantage. It came with the mysterious black RCA port. There was no label and no mention of it anywhere.

joematt · #**165** 10-04-2006, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by joematt

With 3.5 TB of data spread out over 7 disks on 4 different computers/nsa boxes it is absolultly necessary that the root folders merge like they did in all other releases. My library sturcture looks like this:

\\NSA01\OnMedia01\My Videos
....New
.........DVDs
..............Films
..................(genre)
..............Television
..................(genre)
.........Films
..............(genre)
.........Television
..............(genre)
.....Online
.........DVDs
..............Films
..................(genre)
..............Television
..................(genre)
.........Films
..............(genre)
.........Television
..............(genre)
\\Computer1\OnMedia02\My Videos
etc

You get the idea. Am I missing something. This is a deal breaker

I filed a bug report on this. Waiting to see what tech support has to say. Can't play with the beta until this is fixed.

....and the trial clock keeps on a tick'n.

Kirby · #**166** 10-04-2006, 07:26 AM

I just converted a SD recording to MPEG4 just fine, but on every HD (MPEG2-TS) file I try, whether its from my Fusion card or my R5000 units, fails after about 2 seconds. Anyone had success converting MPEG2 HD files yet? Which profile did you use? I have tried all 4 MPEG4 variants and the high quality DVD long run or whatever its called.

willgill · #**167** 10-04-2006, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by mayamaniac

SageMC doesn't work well on a laptop because there's no BACK button. And it doesn't work well with the MVP because its designed to have a small preview window of active content. If you put active content in the background, the menu items become very hard to read. And I like the menu animation stuffs in the latest SageMC16x9, but sometime it hangs and is very slow, and those animations won't work on the MVP. I don't want to run different UI on my MVP or placeshifter clients, so I use deault STV just to have all of them look the same. So as for SageMC being default UI, this is a definite No.

I'd like to second this vote. SageMC looks great, but it's very cumbersome and lacks quick mouse clicking buttons that default GUI has. My wife navigates around the default GUI fine. When I loaded on SageMC she was lost and noted it wasn't very intuitive. With a few changes, SageMC would rock, but until then, it's default for me.

briands · #**168** 10-04-2006, 07:54 AM

My biggest complaint about the default menus is the overall structure. It just did not flow logically for my usage. Until now, there was really only one thing in online so you had to go through 3 menus to get to weather

I would like to see a customizable menu tool in the core package. I know about the plugin that is available, I have used it and like it, but it would be nice if it were easier to construct (maybe WYSIWIG even). Maybe a simpler version of studio where you could only manage the menus/ buttons/ screens and navigation.

Mark SS · #**169** 10-04-2006, 08:00 AM

Is it just me or do some of the popup menus seem a bit odd in the beta? e.g. you'll have 8 options in two columns but 6 on the left and 2 on the right?

Opus4 · #**170** 10-04-2006, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark SS

Is it just me or do some of the popup menus seem a bit odd in the beta? e.g. you'll have 8 options in two columns but 6 on the left and 2 on the right?

They may look odd, but you are seeing the result of conditionally adding options that belong to one column or the other.

For example: you are probably seeing 2 items on the right: add to playlist and play a playlist (or something along those lines). If you were to add a few items to some playlists, you'll then see that the left side now displays the most recently added-to playlists near the top of the right column. Or, if you select some other type of airing/video/etc, you may notice that the left side has fewer options, depending on what options are allowable.

- Andy

lovingHDTV · #**171** 10-04-2006, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by willgill

I'd like to second this vote. SageMC looks great, but it's very cumbersome and lacks quick mouse clicking buttons that default GUI has. My wife navigates around the default GUI fine. When I loaded on SageMC she was lost and noted it wasn't very intuitive. With a few changes, SageMC would rock, but until then, it's default for me.

Ditto for me. I like the SageMC look, but it is a no go with my wife.

gplasky · #**172** 10-04-2006, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by willgill

I'd like to second this vote. SageMC looks great, but it's very cumbersome and lacks quick mouse clicking buttons that default GUI has. My wife navigates around the default GUI fine. When I loaded on SageMC she was lost and noted it wasn't very intuitive. With a few changes, SageMC would rock, but until then, it's default for me.

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Originally Posted by lovingHDTV

Ditto for me. I like the SageMC look, but it is a no go with my wife.

Don't forget-SageMC was designed from the beginning to be used with a remote only!. No mousing and no keyboarding. That's why you have those perceived issues-it was designed that way.

Gerry

lovingHDTV · #**173** 10-04-2006, 09:40 AM

Never used a mouse with either.

lobosrul · #**174** 10-04-2006, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Kirby

I just converted a SD recording to MPEG4 just fine, but on every HD (MPEG2-TS) file I try, whether its from my Fusion card or my R5000 units, fails after about 2 seconds. Anyone had success converting MPEG2 HD files yet? Which profile did you use? I have tried all 4 MPEG4 variants and the high quality DVD long run or whatever its called.

Try running the MPEG2 file thru VideoRedo before encoding (use the quick stream fix). Sometimes I had trouble encoding files captured thru firewire from my cable box. After VideoRedo (i also use it for removing commercials), mpeg4 encoding works like a charm.

bcjenkins · #**175** 10-04-2006, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Kirby

I just converted a SD recording to MPEG4 just fine, but on every HD (MPEG2-TS) file I try, whether its from my Fusion card or my R5000 units, fails after about 2 seconds. Anyone had success converting MPEG2 HD files yet? Which profile did you use? I have tried all 4 MPEG4 variants and the high quality DVD long run or whatever its called.

I haven't done anything yet with converting to AVI, will try tonight, but converting HD to PSP worked fine.

B

owilsky · #**176** 10-04-2006, 11:09 AM

FYI: In the sagetv.properties file you can adjust the transcoding quality in the transcoder/formats/ -settings.

Kirby · #**177** 10-04-2006, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by bcjenkins

I haven't done anything yet with converting to AVI, will try tonight, but converting HD to PSP worked fine.

B

I'm just trying some other profiles right now, iPod High seems to be working on a HD capture just fine. I will try it on some of the others too and see what happens.

bcjenkins · #**178** 10-04-2006, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Kirby

I'm just trying some other profiles right now, iPod High seems to be working on a HD capture just fine. I will try it on some of the others too and see what happens.

AVI Deinterlaced High failed. Will try more later. Sitting in airport RDP'd into server. Moving kinda slow.

Kirby · #**179** 10-04-2006, 11:54 AM

Ok, I just cycled through all of the MPEG4 variants, and they all worked this time. Something strange going on. Maybe it was just having a brain fart earlier.

malbec · #**180** 10-04-2006, 03:11 PM

Two questions - one looking for clarification and one seeing if I can get Narflex to loosen his lips a bit...

1) I plan to purchase the upgrade, etc. so I will find out on my own, but... it seems like all the base functionality for "Showsqueeze" is now integrated into Sage, but a clean, automated "Showsqueeze" function set is not built into Sage yet? Is that correct?
2) Any chance of getting a tease on anything HD extender related?

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