My Holy Grail of HT/HA, done thanks to SageTV

[IVB]

I got what boys like, I got what boys want - my holy grail of integrated HA/HT! I've been salivating about this for 14 months - the ability to use a custom UI to control *everything* I do. I had it all except SageTV, and now I have that!

Here's my sageTV recordings, viewable and playable directly from within a custom built CQC UI, where I have receiver/any other device control on the same page!

Thank you thank you thank you to SageTV for having an open API. There's 2 other folks working on creating this same functionality for MythTV and VMC, but Sage won because of that exact reason.

The watch show button immediately starts playing the show within sage, no menu browsing necessary.

[wartbump]

Nice post, this looks very similar to the LinuxMCE video sampler, it's a pity I can't find how to make just the media center part as mu flat is so small I don't really need all the home automation stuff. Any chance on some more details on how you got the great interface ? Thanks.

[IVB]

Yeah, if I didn't need all the HA stuff I could have just used SageStudio. But you'll notice, that screen has controls and status from:
1) 3805 receiver (top left)
2) Security System (ArmedStay on top right)
3) weather.com forecast
4) temperature in front yard
5) Now playing songs from XMRO
6) now playing CDs from zoomplayer
7) And now....a list of all my sagetv recordings!

I have a fullblown home automation package (cqc), comes with a great interface builder. Very simple to use, that's what i opted to build. Others have chosen to create vastly different look&feels.

[wartbump]

Nice setup, I'll have to see if I understand the Sage Studio app.

[jimmyb]

Beatiful and well done. I might have to take another look see at CQC, especially since Xlobby went commercial

[IVB]

Life just gets better and better. Check the shots in the first post.

[IVB]

I have just had the most brilliant realization - this opens up that TV integration that I was contemplating several months back. for example, pure visibility from any of my touchpanels is only the beginning. Now that I have access to this data, there's other things I can do given that I'm using a fullblown HA engine. For example, one very real thing is that if the doorbell or telephone rings and I'm watching TV and:

1) the TV show category is *not* childrens, and
2) The callerid isn't on some form of blocking rules I come up with, and
3) Timeslot is within certain parameters THEN

pause the TV show automatically so I can deal with the interruption.

Ok, maybe those rules aren't exactly correct, but you get the point. True integration across house subsystems is not a good thing, it is the best of things.