Actual Time Timecodes

[thegodfaza]

I was wondering if it's possible to get sagetv to display the actual time time codes instead of the time elapsed time codes (mimicking VMC).

Example:
For an hour long show it would say 00:00:00 on the left and 1:00:00 on the right with your current position floating above the bar. I would like it, if for example it was recorded at 8:00, to say on the left 8:00:00 and on the right 9:00:00 with the current timestamp (ex: 8:32:40) floating above.

[GKusnick]

There's no option for that in the stock UI. It would be a pretty straightforward customization (for someone skilled at creating customizations), but I'm not aware of an existing customization that does that.

(Generally speaking, the answer to any "Is it possible?" question is Yes, if you're willing to use third-party customizations, or invest the time to do the customizing yourself. So if what you mean to ask is "Does this feature exist in the stock product?" it's best to say it in those terms.)

[thegodfaza]

I was wondering if anyone knows how to do it if there wasn't a mod / add-on to do it.

[71_Cuda]

I'd be interested in this as well. AS a Media Center convert, I sorely missed this at first. It was one of the things about Sage that actually really bugged me. But I"ve grown used to it over time and I'm okay with it now. I actually use SageMC, so I have the progress time on the left instead of 00:00:00. I'd prefer to have it like in the stock STV, where the progress time is above the marker. But I've gotten used to it the way it is. I'd change in a heartbeat though for Media Center style as you describe.

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by thegodfaza

I was wondering if anyone knows how to do it if there wasn't a mod / add-on to do it.

The API provides everything you need for that. Basically, here's the quantity you would need as used in GKusnick's studio Tool:

MediaStore currentMediaFile = new MediaStore(sageApiMediaPlayer.GetCurrentMediaFile(), sageApiMediaPlayer.IsCurrentMediaFileRecording());

long startTime = currentMediaFile.getStartTime();
long endTime = currentMediaFile.getEndTime();
long mediaTime = sageApiMediaPlayer.GetMediaTime();

long duration = sageApiMediaPlayer.GetMediaDuration();

Obviously the access will be different in the STV than in a java executable, but you get the idea... The "duration" isn't always redundant, since you get cases like ripped dvd's or such where startTime = endTime...