STV Import: TVExplorer for SageMC

[ohpleaseno]

Originally Posted by razrsharpe

i have absolutely no idea how that is possible (because all hd200s will run the same code (if using the same stv) ) ... anywho glad it's working now

Don't ever discount user error. I was about 99% sure the settings were the same on both, but I'm sure there is probably one little thing that I missed.

[Skirge01]

I just upgraded to the latest TVE without too many issues, but getting it to look like 1.0 took some time. I managed to get 99% of the way there, but can't figure out how to get the episode count (watched/recorded) to NOT be shaded so that it doesn't "discolor" the banners, which I have set to Left Overlay. Is this possible? I could swear I had it like that with v1.0.

Great work, though! Especially thanks for the security option! Hopefully you'll find some time to work on v2 again one of these days.

[Skirge01]

Sorry, but I've got one more question. Is there a way to put the info area back down at the bottom of the episode list?

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by Skirge01

I just upgraded to the latest TVE without too many issues, but getting it to look like 1.0 took some time. I managed to get 99% of the way there, but can't figure out how to get the episode count (watched/recorded) to NOT be shaded so that it doesn't "discolor" the banners, which I have set to Left Overlay. Is this possible? I could swear I had it like that with v1.0.

iirc that was an option in 1.0 but i took it out in 1.1 in favor of the left or top (not overlay) options... i could add back an alpha option on the overlay...

Great work, though! Especially thanks for the security option! Hopefully you'll find some time to work on v2 again one of these days.

np... and ya hopefully soon

Originally Posted by Skirge01

Sorry, but I've got one more question. Is there a way to put the info area back down at the bottom of the episode list?

not from the UI... you could open up studio and move the panel up... see the attached jpg for what you need to move... its really easy and shouldnt take you but a couple min. Unfortunately the patches i make seem to not work so i can't send you the patch...

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by razrsharpe

iirc that was an option in 1.0 but i took it out in 1.1 in favor of the left or top (not overlay) options... i could add back an alpha option on the overlay...

Thanks... that'd be great! I tried to make myself like the left banner, but it wound up being too small for my liking. I like the wide, full button banner too much.

np... and ya hopefully soon

Without a doubt, TVE is my absolute favorite import and I can't thank you enough for the effort you put into this.

not from the UI... you could open up studio and move the panel up... see the attached jpg for what you need to move... its really easy and shouldnt take you but a couple min. Unfortunately the patches i make seem to not work so i can't send you the patch...

That was definitely easy enough. Thanks for the tutorial! (Sorry to say that I already got used to it being on top and no longer like it on the bottom! LOL! Guess I should've trusted the dev's choice!)

Two (or 3, depending on your perspective) more "requests", if I may? With the new pop-up menu for when you hit ok on the episode, although I do like the options being presented, I'm not sure if I like having the extra button to click since I'll probably only rarely do anything other than hit play episode. Any chance of giving the option to simply "play" when you hit ok on the episode name, like in 1.0?

In fact, what would you think about having the actual PLAY button on the remote pop up the play menu, rather than the "ok" button? This would give us the best of both worlds. In my mind, if I want to use one of those playback options anyhow, which requires an extra click to begin with, moving my finger from the ok button to the play button to get those options shouldn't be a big deal.

Second, if there's only 1 episode listed for a group, should it really pop that play menu up? Wouldn't it make sense to simply start playing the episode, since the other options are useless under this condition?

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by Skirge01

With the new pop-up menu for when you hit ok on the episode, although I do like the options being presented, I'm not sure if I like having the extra button to click since I'll probably only rarely do anything other than hit play episode. Any chance of giving the option to simply "play" when you hit ok on the episode name, like in 1.0?

In fact, what would you think about having the actual PLAY button on the remote pop up the play menu, rather than the "ok" button? This would give us the best of both worlds. In my mind, if I want to use one of those playback options anyhow, which requires an extra click to begin with, moving my finger from the ok button to the play button to get those options shouldn't be a big deal.

Second, if there's only 1 episode listed for a group, should it really pop that play menu up? Wouldn't it make sense to simply start playing the episode, since the other options are useless under this condition?

i would look at that as pretty much as one request... fix the start playback i'll expand the option dialog (TVE Options -> Navigation) for all the all the possibilities. and fix it if there is only one 1 episode per group to not display the play dialog...

[GollyJer]

Originally Posted by Skirge01

In fact, what would you think about having the actual PLAY button on the remote pop up the play menu, rather than the "ok" button? This would give us the best of both worlds.

This sounds perfect but the other way around seems more logical...

• Hit Play and the show simply plays.
• Hit OK and the menu pops up.

Barring that more complicated functionality, having the option to simply play a file without using the dynamic playlist menu would be great to have back. Thanks for the awesome work on this badass stv razor!

[Skirge01]

I thought about that (and actually agree about it being more logical), but I decided to be selfish and not mention it since I like hitting OK twice to begin playback.

[razrsharpe]

I'll make it so that you can customize both the play and select to your hearts content (both when focused on the group and episode... so 4 options total) ... and though its less logical i agree with skirge that i just like to hit select to start an episode (so that will be the default)

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by razrsharpe

I'll make it so that you can customize both the play and select to your hearts content (both when focused on the group and episode... so 4 options total) ... and though its less logical i agree with skirge that i just like to hit select to start an episode (so that will be the default)

I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again. I love this import!

[razrsharpe]

TVExplorer 1.01.028 released. See the notification thread for all the gory details

[Skirge01]

Man, that was a really fast turnaround! The new play options are working great. I know you said that you made the left selection panel scrollable, but did you intentionally do that by enlarging the options icon at the bottom? Just curious.

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by Skirge01

Man, that was a really fast turnaround! The new play options are working great. I know you said that you made the left selection panel scrollable, but did you intentionally do that by enlarging the options icon at the bottom? Just curious.

Thanks for confirming that the new play options are working out ... you never know how it will work when the developer is the only one that tests it I didn't enlarge the options icon intentionally... However, if you set up tve to look like v1.0 then sage could have shrunk the options icon to make it fit.... now since the options are scrollable sage doesnt need to shrink it because you can just scroll that panel

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by razrsharpe

Thanks for confirming that the new play options are working out ... you never know how it will work when the developer is the only one that tests it I didn't enlarge the options icon intentionally... However, if you set up tve to look like v1.0 then sage could have shrunk the options icon to make it fit.... now since the options are scrollable sage doesnt need to shrink it because you can just scroll that panel

That's what did it then. The list is now scrollable and the icon is full size. I may need to make the panels slightly taller now, since I don't like having the icon cut off. (Yeah, I know that's being really picky. )

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by Skirge01

That's what did it then. The list is now scrollable and the icon is full size. I may need to make the panels slightly taller now, since I don't like having the icon cut off. (Yeah, I know that's being really picky. )

you can also open up studio, find the "Left Selection Panel" and make it narrower.... this would have the intended effect of making ALL the left selection icons narrower (and therefore shorter) and then they should all fit without having to scroll..... If you're interested let me know and ill make you a screenshot of what needs changing...

[Skirge01]

Thanks for the tip! I was able to figure it out from there. A width of .0471 made it perfect for the size of my bottom panel.

EDIT: Had to drop down to .0424 because the "Scheduled" set of icons have 7 icons (and wound up scrolling at .0471), rather than the "Recorded" set which only has 6. But, the .0424 is quite acceptable.

[DRAK]

First let me say that I that I love your add-on

One Very minor bug I found:

The episode and group Sorting Title Headers are reversed.

I have added the ability to disable/hide the delete option from all your menus, Linked to the sagemc (Show delete for videos) display option. I also added Enable/Disable to the sage settings menu.

maybe you could add that for other users.

I have a request for group sorting by Title: Original airing date.

The problem is after I used BMT and re-indexed all my library lots of files have the same recording date.

If it's not to mind-bending perhaps you could point me in the right direction on how to achieve this.

Peter.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by DRAK

First let me say that I that I love your add-on

One Very minor bug I found:

The episode and group Sorting Title Headers are reversed.

I have added the ability to disable/hide the delete option from all your menus, Linked to the sagemc (Show delete for videos) display option. I also added Enable/Disable to the sage settings menu.

maybe you could add that for other users.

I have a request for group sorting by Title: Original airing date.

The problem is after I used BMT and re-indexed all my library lots of files have the same recording date.

If it's not to mind-bending perhaps you could point me in the right direction on how to achieve this.

Peter.

It is better in your case to sort by original airing date and not recorded date. As bmt touches the files when you import it.

[DRAK]

Thanks for your input PLUCKY , thanks for SMW by the way.

I probably never made it very clear on what i was requesting, I want to group the series titles by title and original air date, then sort the episodes by whatever.

However there is no option for that currently, unless I'm missing something.

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by DRAK

Thanks for your input PLUCKY , thanks for SMW by the way.

I probably never made it very clear on what i was requesting, I want to group the series titles by title and original air date, then sort the episodes by whatever.

However there is no option for that currently, unless I'm missing something.

AHHHH.... i get it now... thanks for clarification... like Plucky i was originally confused too.... now were good... in the grouping options you want a "Title - Original Air Date".... now the question is do you want the to sort by the series premier date, series finale date, latest episode in series date (ie the episode with most recent date... this would correspond the closest with Title - Recording Date")