SageTV and Windows 7

[theguru]

I have noticed that there are many issues and challenges in getting Sagetv to work on Win7.

Has anyone gotten together a FAQ of walk through to get this done?

Create the directory ahead of time and grant permissions.
Turn off firewall
Use a local ID
Use Aero or not?
Are there "special patches" to get it to use native decoding?

There seems to be many posts scattered around, but maybe one should be consolidated (by someone who has done it) and stickyed.

???

[bhyman1]

There's a thread in the Beta Forum about getting Sage working on Windows 7. Works just fine after you use the stuff there.

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43579

[theguru]

I'd seen that, but having to wade through 14 pages and 3 months seemed a little difficult when not knowing if there was a "different" thread with easier methods.

Just a thought.

[sdsean]

Actually I have to say. . . I have had Sage working beautifully in Windows 7 64Bit for a about a month now. . .

that being said. . . I still cannot successfully use EVR rendering, and I stick with overlay (for now). For some weird reason (this happened on Vista 64Bit as well), the OCR would flicker like crazy with EVR but only in videos that were non H.264. Super weird. . .
I submitted a bug to sage, but they pointed me to the same forum which is now impossible to navigate. . .

Plus I'm really not into install things that are still in early beta/alpha stages b/c of the WAF.

I also have the coreAVC codecs and Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 (don't use 9, or you will be sorry with sage).

I also only use Windows Basic, and I found a AERO black theme that works well enough so that windows 7 still looks good. (I get super annoyed that sage wants to shut off Aero and wish I could stop that, I know my uber darth vader machine can handle it). . .

But anyway, yeah it worked for me pretty much right from the start. . .

[sdsean]

btw, i should also point out that its not that big of a deal that windows 7 has "native decoding" (which is really just their own codec). CyberLink and CoreAVC codecs will properly off-load the decoding to the video card, which is what you want. . .

[JuddMan]

Works ok on win7 for me. no need to do anything special.

[eopian]

The issue I'm having with Sage (client) on Win7 is the taskbar. I have PDVD9 setup to run as an external program that sleeps sage while PDVD is running, then wakes up when I close PDVD. When Sage wakes back up, the windows taskbar is visible (even though sage is full screen) and doesn't go away automatically (which is annoying because I don't generally have a mouse or keyboard on this client... remote and TV only). I never had this issue with XP. The taskbar isn't an issue if I put it to sleep and wake it up manually using the remote.

Does anybody know how to get the taskbar to disappear when Sage wakes up on Win7?

[HelenWeathers]

Originally Posted by eopian

Does anybody know how to get the taskbar to disappear when Sage wakes up on Win7?

There's a thread on this topic:
http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...ad.php?t=45297

It might help you out.

[Rico66]

Originally Posted by sdsean

btw, i should also point out that its not that big of a deal that windows 7 has "native decoding" (which is really just their own codec). CyberLink and CoreAVC codecs will properly off-load the decoding to the video card, which is what you want. . .

The benefit of using native codecs is that you don't have to install/purchase 3rd party software. So it takes away that requirement e.g. for h.264 content. This is obviously pointless, if you plan to use other codecs anyhow.