Multiple SageTV Clients opening?

[Muchacho]

I use myHTPC to launch Sage client. I have it set to go to sleep when I want to go abck to myHTPC. All that works well until I go back to sage, b/c it opens another instance of sageclient so that 2 are now running... I am using girder, so it should be pretty easy to make it just re-open the client, but I cant seem to figure out how to do it. Unfortunately sageclient does not recognize the other instance and myHTPC doesent really have a way to easliy send girder an event to awaken sage... Anyone have a way to do this that works for them? Thanks for the help!

[Opus4]

Use "SageTVClient.exe -awake" to wake it when sleeping, or else it will run a 2nd instance of the program. The downside is that if it isn't already running, the "-awake" option prevents it from running a new instance.

On the other hand, maybe someone else has a Girder-specific solution...

- Andy

[Muchacho]

Thanks- I think I will be able to get this working... I will just need to start sageTV on startup so that it will always be running in the background.

I will have to add it to the startup folder though as the load on windows startup option doesent seem to work for me for the client. It works fine for SageTV though. Thanks again.

[SamVimes2]

I also cannot get the start with windows option to work for the client. Anyone have any comment on this?

[TunaBoo]

What OS?

[stanger89]

Originally posted by Agonostis
I also cannot get the start with windows option to work for the client. Anyone have any comment on this?

Try adding this line to the sage.properties file (should already be there but probably with a different value).
ui/startup_type=2

This is from my SageTV box, but it starts Sage in sleep mode with windows.

[Opus4]

Just thought I would follow up & mention that, as the beta 16 release notes say, the client will now run only one instance, unless you specify -multi as a command parameter. So... you don't need to worry about using -awake to make sure only 1 copy runs now.

- Andy

[AndyS]

Originally posted by Opus4
Just thought I would follow up & mention that, as the beta 16 release notes say, the client will now run only one instance, unless you specify -multi as a command parameter. So... you don't need to worry about using -awake to make sure only 1 copy runs now.

- Andy

That doesn't seem to be the case for me. If I run SageTV.exe multiple times, I get multiple copies opening

The first instance is started as a service with '-startup'. Subsequent instances are started from the command-line without params, and I do, indeed, still get multiple instances.

It seems to me that there should never be an occasion when multiple instances of the server should run - won't they fight for control and resources? I can see that you might have multiple clients (for instance if you're running terminal-server or something like that) but the server? - I suspect that should not be allowed.

Andy.

[Opus4]

Originally posted by AndyS
If I run SageTV.exe multiple times, I get multiple copies opening

The first instance is started as a service with '-startup'. Subsequent instances are started from the command-line without params, and I do, indeed, still get multiple instances.

I wonder if that has anyting to do with running it as a service... whenever I run the server, it wakes up the current sleeping instance, or it switches Windows focus to it if it isn't sleeping.

You could always report it.

- Andy

[sixdoubleo]

Originally posted by Muchacho
Thanks- I think I will be able to get this working... I will just need to start sageTV on startup so that it will always be running in the background.

I will have to add it to the startup folder though as the load on windows startup option doesent seem to work for me for the client. It works fine for SageTV though. Thanks again.

I have the same issue, which I solved with a batch file. Girder doesn't help much because when SageTVClient is asleep Girder doesn't see it. Fortunately, it shows up in the Windows tasklist.

Configure your SageTV menu item in myHTPC to run the following batch file. It will detect whether it's already running and run the appropriate command so that you always only get one instance. Using this method it's not required to run Sage in your startup. However it is usually nice to have it already loaded for speed reasons.



@echo off

rem This batch file detects whether SageTVClient is already running.
rem If it ISN'T, it launches it normally.
rem If it IS, it wakes it.

rem Uses the Windows XP and above command "tasklist" and greps it...

:check4sage
tasklist | find /I "SageTVClient.exe"

if errorlevel 1 goto nosage

:sagerunning
call "c:\program files\frey technologies\sagetv\sagetvclient" -awake
goto end

:nosage
call "c:\program files\frey technologies\sagetv\sagetvclient"
goto end


:end
exit

[mlbdude]

Is there a reason you guys need to use the -awake command? If I run SageClient it either launches or starts the sleeping copy.

[sixdoubleo]

Originally posted by mlbdude
Is there a reason you guys need to use the -awake command? If I run SageClient it either launches or starts the sleeping copy.

I think we're running 1.4. I know I am. Aren't you running version 2?

[mlbdude]

Yup .

[sixdoubleo]

Originally posted by mlbdude
Yup .

If I didnt have a bunch of other projects going on I wouldn't mind testing v2...but I just need everything to stay stable for now so I'm sticking with 1.4 until the official release of v2. I actually think the 1.4 interface rocks and it suits every need I have.

But looking at the post, it was posted to Beta Test Software Forum. Maybe the original poster is running 2.

[jblust]

With the -multi parameter, how does it work running two clients on the same machine? I'm considering running a client on my server, and using a modulator and ir-distribution system to display the interface on other TV's in the house. If I wanted to make two different client instances available on two different channels, could I run two clients on the same server:

With two PVR-350's, having one client output on each of the 350-outs?

With one client on the 350-out, and the other client on my video card-out?