Plugin:: Sage My Movies for Sagetv

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by sleonard

Ideally, if a rental disc was inserted it's info and coverart would be automagically downloaded and updated so one could play the disc from SageMM while it is in the DVD drive.

I have noticed that if, after manually updating the profile, I set the title to Online and it's location to the UNC path of the shared DVD drive ( \\Sageserver\DVD\ ) I can play directly from disc.

S

So you insert the disc then tell mymovies to add it and then edit it's location....No fun. Bug that on the site please and we will work out a better way to handle rentals from a network share.

[bnh]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

No you have a bad import or something going on there. Maybe your computer can't handle the animation or you have core animations turned off in sagetv?

not sure how this happened, but i was apparently missing the themes folder in \STVs\SageTV7\MyMovies. looks good now, thanks!

[sabre]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

No you have a bad import or something going on there. Maybe your computer can't handle the animation or you have core animations turned off in sagetv?

I always turned off animation on my extenders. After seeing this, i enabled, and do see some improvement with some odd quirks i had mainly on Folder view. But I just watched the videos on the wiki, and WOW. That is fast. I am nowhere near there, as there seems to be some studder/delay on mine.

I have a dual core, 2GB ram, 768mb java heap, hd100 and hd200 wired, turned off poster fade. Dont get me wrong works awesome, just after seeing that speed, wow.

[sleonard]

Originally Posted by joejoeyjojo

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Second issue is I have gaps on my lsit for no apprent reason. I can see the gaps on the other views as well where there will be no cover. It is listing lal my movies however. I think the gaps are related to movie titles that are long for some reason.

Thanks for the work is starting to look good. Will be nice when complete.

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

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2. There are purposely placed blank spots if show sort view is on or if at end or start o movies. I would need to see a screenshot.

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I can reproduce this and know how to fix.

If you add some new DVDs to Collection Manager but SageMM hasn't fully updated it's database to include them you will end up with blank spots in each of the views where you would normally see the cover art. Doesn't cause any other problems except in List View.

In List View if you scroll to the blank spot then all the text in the list goes wacky.

It is easily fixed by refreshing the SageMM database in Options.

S

[Peter_h]

Originally Posted by sleonard

I can reproduce this and know how to fix.

If you add some new DVDs to Collection Manager but SageMM hasn't fully updated it's database to include them you will end up with blank spots in each of the views where you would normally see the cover art. Doesn't cause any other problems except in List View.

In List View if you scroll to the blank spot then all the text in the list goes wacky.

It is easily fixed by refreshing the SageMM database in Options.

S

While this can work sometimes, this is NOT recommended!

A database rebuild should only be done to fix corruption issues.

Please read the section of the wiki entitled, "How long does it take for an added movie to show up?" or the section "Why do I see a blank row where some of my movies are supposed to be?" for clarification.

Thanks,
Peter

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by Peter_h

While this can work sometimes, this is NOT recommended!

A database rebuild should only be done to fix corruption issues.

Please read the section of the wiki entitled, "How long does it take for an added movie to show up?" or the section "Why do I see a blank row where some of my movies are supposed to be?" for clarification.

Thanks,
Peter

Correct that is not the way to fix that. However the blank spots will disappear on the next build. It will not show anything until it is refreshed .

[davephan]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Yes that is a known issue if you try to go into wall and it is still building the database popup comes up then it goes into the wall. Not sure what is causing it yet but it is a known issue.

I tried exiting the SMM and restarting it. I also tried restarting SageTV and the computer itself. I cannot get past the 'blank' movie wall. I do see the front DVD cover graphics in the "Video", "DVD/BD" SageTV menu, where there were only pictures of DVDs before.

Dave

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by davephan

I tried exiting the SMM and restarting it. I also tried restarting SageTV and the computer itself. I cannot get past the 'blank' movie wall. I do see the front DVD cover graphics in the "Video", "DVD/BD" SageTV menu, where there were only pictures of DVDs before.

Dave

Did you try changing views?

If that doesn't fix it send me a logs via the wiki links

[tonysathre]

I just installed a cover style from the MyMovies website. How do I get that to show up in SMM? I don't see an option for it in the UI.

[dbone1026]

Originally Posted by tonysathre

I just installed a cover style from the MyMovies website. How do I get that to show up in SMM? I don't see an option for it in the UI.

Did you select the cover style in Collection Management? If so possibly a library refresh is needed in SMM?

[tonysathre]

I wasn't aware that, that had to be done. Thanks a lot.

[sleonard]

Maybe I should have been more clear. I meant the option to "Refresh Import Library" under Options/Database not "Rebuild Data File".

It is OK to refresh the library isn't it?

S

[dbone1026]

Originally Posted by tonysathre

I wasn't aware that, that had to be done. Thanks a lot.

In CM go to Tools - Options - Media Center Interface. Under Cover Style is where you would choose

[Peter_h]

Originally Posted by sleonard

Maybe I should have been more clear. I meant the option to "Refresh Import Library" under Options/Database not "Rebuild Data File".

It is OK to refresh the library isn't it?

S

Yes, that is fine.

[tonysathre]

One more quick question. I've noticed that I get the spinning wheel when using Sideways view, and scrolling by pages. I read somewhere that there is a setting to change how many posters ahead are loaded, but I can't seem to find it now. Where is that setting, and what is the ideal value for an HD100 Extender? If I recall correctly, the recommended value for an HD200 was 150.

Thanks,

Tony

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by dbone1026

In CM go to Tools - Options - Media Center Interface. Under Cover Style is where you would choose

Yes and then a import will need to be done or recaching if it is a client so it can rescale the new coverstyles correctly.

let me know how it goes haven't done it in about 10 builds but should still work.

Originally Posted by tonysathre

One more quick question. I've noticed that I get the spinning wheel when using Sideways view, and scrolling by pages. I read somewhere that there is a setting to change how many posters ahead are loaded, but I can't seem to find it now. Where is that setting, and what is the ideal value for an HD100 Extender? If I recall correctly, the recommended value for an HD200 was 150.

150 is for both hd200 or hd150. See the extras wiki for the property to change.

What is your default sagetv timeout setting? Lower it to like 1 or 2 seconds to help out. Keep in mind 150 meand 75 forwards and 75 backwards if wrapping is on. If not it will go back to the start and finish fowards.

cheers

[g-man]

Plucky, first off, great job on the plugin. I have everything (almost) working and the WAF is amazing. However, I can't get the DVD's to play. Earlier in the thread I know it states to keep the import directories the same on both MM and Sage which I believe I have done.

I have \\servername\DVD set in both MM and Sage however, under DVD I have my folders action, kids, etc... and then the dvd titles in their own folder under that. I am obviously doing something wrong and am I to guess I need to have a separate import location for each DVD title? That seems like a lot of work for 100's of DVD's if that is the case.

Again, thanks for the great work!

[batwater]

I have the same issue as the last poster. I have myMovies and SageTV matching on the directory (both are running on WHS) , in my case \\server\Videos below videos I have a movies directory and a "TV Shows" directory. I get artwork for all but no love trying to play the movie. Each movie is in its own folder and underneath that is video_ts and audio_ts as I have ripped the full DVD structure to the server.

The wife loves the new interface!!!

Thanks!

[g-man]

Sorry, I may have jumped the gun on this one. I realized that after I posted this I had Sage set to \\servername\DVD and MM set to D:\DVD. I went into MM set it to \\servername\DVD and waited for it to refresh. It is working on my server and will test on my clients later tonight.

Thanks again for the great plugin!

[Peter_h]

Originally Posted by g-man

Sorry, I may have jumped the gun on this one. I realized that after I posted this I had Sage set to \\servername\DVD and MM set to D:\DVD. I went into MM set it to \\servername\DVD and waited for it to refresh. It is working on my server and will test on my clients later tonight.

Thanks again for the great plugin!

Glad you got it working, this is the most common problem and I've updated the wiki to make it clearer.