What is missing from Diamond? We are listening....

[wayner]

Does consistency between Movie and TV views include having a "Wall View" for TV? I would love to be able to have this to help my kids to find their shows - my eldest daughter is disabled and can't talk very well so she is more likely to point to things. The Banner view goes partly in this direction but displaying three rows of Banners, or Posters like on the MovieWall view would be ideal.

[mkanet]

Picture enhancement suggestions (sorry if they may have been requested before):

1. Zoom/Unzoom (lossless preferably) by using pageup/pagedown or channel up channel down in picture mode. [edit: moving left/right/up/down on a zoomed picture would be amazing!)

2. Add password protection for picture folders.

[Bagal]

Originally Posted by mkanet

Picture enhancement suggestions (sorry if they may have been requested before):

1. Zoom/Unzoom (lossless preferably) by using pageup/pagedown or channel up channel down in picture mode. [edit: moving left/right/up/down on a zoomed picture would be amazing!)

2. Add password protection for picture folders.

I like those suggestions, additionally I would personally find it useful to display some photo metadata when the screensaver is active, such as the date the photo was taken etc. (just displaying the folder path would be useful for me due to how I have my photos organised).

We quite often have the photo screensaver going and wonder when and where something was taken, I can bring up the info dialog but then that pauses the screensaver...

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by mkanet

Picture enhancement suggestions (sorry if they may have been requested before):

1. Zoom/Unzoom (lossless preferably) by using pageup/pagedown or channel up channel down in picture mode. [edit: moving left/right/up/down on a zoomed picture would be amazing!)

2. Add password protection for picture folders.

Originally Posted by Bagal

I like those suggestions, additionally I would personally find it useful to display some photo metadata when the screensaver is active, such as the date the photo was taken etc. (just displaying the folder path would be useful for me due to how I have my photos organised).

We quite often have the photo screensaver going and wonder when and where something was taken, I can bring up the info dialog but then that pauses the screensaver...

Good suggestions but FYI right now we don't modify the pictures or music section from the default and I don't see us doing that anytime soon. Our focus is vidoes and tv mostly.

[Bagal]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Good suggestions but FYI right now we don't modify the pictures or music section from the default and I don't see us doing that anytime soon. Our focus is vidoes and tv mostly.

Fair enough, never hurts to ask though, especially with you guys spoiling us with those tv and video mods already

[mkanet]

Yeah, honestly, thats why I hesitated before posting. There is only so much you guys can focus on. Maybe once you guys get TV/Video to the point where you guys feel its very polished with only minor enhancements, diamond can move onto Pictures/Music. Everyone has been waiting for phoenix/BMT music fanart support; which would really help the Music area (and also music videos). Keep up the great work! You guys seem to have gotton diamond so good that I've ran out of things to suggest (and you know how picky/critical I am!!).

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Good suggestions but FYI right now we don't modify the pictures or music section from the default and I don't see us doing that anytime soon. Our focus is vidoes and tv mostly.

[panteragstk]

The reason threads like this exist is because the devs want opinions on what to do next. I started a similar one for my music ui mod for the simple fact that I have no clue what everyone would want from such a mod. I know what I want, but if I'm going to put this much time and effort into something I might as well have many people benefit from it as possible.

Oh, and BTW Ortus supports music fanart.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

Oh, and BTW Ortus supports music fanart.

I get a kick out of post like this about ortus and phoenix and people suggesting using them when they aren't released yet. They will both be great alternatives I am sure of it but funny people recommend it or say things about it when it isn't released.

[wayner]

That may be true for Ortus but Phoenix has been in beta for a little while now - it may be private but it is out there.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by wayner

That may be true for Ortus but Phoenix has been in beta for a little while now - it may be private but it is out there.

Private being the key word and I know it is out there but as I said above RELEASED

[mkanet]

Not only they aren't released; but I personally prefer the idea of having a stock SageTV STV foundation; benefiting from new sageTV 7 STV features as they are released; instead of hoping for a proprietary equivalent. Also, proprietary plugins need to be developed for the respective proprietary STV; unless somehow, the STV is can accommodate standard SageTV 7 plugins. (I'm presuming Ortus is an STV replacement like sageMC). Also, I'm not a big fan of running external databases/apps unless I REALLY can't do without them (for use in plugins for sageTV). I would rather wait for the most popular/widely used fanart system; and respective management (BMT/phoenix) to provide music support; mainly because it works so well for TV/Movies already.

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

I get a kick out of post like this about ortus and phoenix and people suggesting using them when they aren't released yet. They will both be great alternatives I am sure of it but funny people recommend it or say things about it when it isn't released.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by mkanet

Not only they aren't released; but I personally prefer the idea of having a stock SageTV STV foundation; benefiting from new sageTV 7 STV features as they are released; instead of hoping for a proprietary equivalent. Also, proprietary plugins need to be developed for the respective proprietary STV; unless somehow, the STV is can accommodate standard SageTV 7 plugins. (I'm presuming Ortus is an STV replacement like sageMC). Also, I'm not a big fan of running external databases/apps unless I REALLY can't do without them (for use in plugins for sageTV). I would rather wait for the most popular/widely used fanart system; and respective management (BMT/phoenix) to provide music support; mainly because it works so well for TV/Movies already.

Agreed STV's can create segregation but also give the developers like Phoenix more control over things it is a catch 22.

Ortus is a stvi I believe for what it is worth.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by mkanet

Not only they aren't released; but I personally prefer the idea of having a stock SageTV STV foundation; benefiting from new sageTV 7 STV features as they are released; instead of hoping for a proprietary equivalent.

Agreed, although with Sage6 (and earlier I assume SageMC was the UI that I used and it seemed to get most of the enhancements first and seemed to be the default.

I do worry about the splintering of the development which leads to sub-optimal results for the end user. If Ortus has a wonderful music UI but doesn't have all of the features of the stock UI, Diamond or Phoenix then you have to make trade-offs.

I am no Linux expert but it seems like the divide betwen Gnome and KDE which caused me problems when I tried to use Linux.

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

I get a kick out of post like this about ortus and phoenix and people suggesting using them when they aren't released yet. They will both be great alternatives I am sure of it but funny people recommend it or say things about it when it isn't released.

True enough. It was more to let people know that it does support music fanart.

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Agreed STV's can create segregation but also give the developers like Phoenix more control over things it is a catch 22.

Ortus is a stvi I believe for what it is worth.

Also true.

Originally Posted by wayner

I do worry about the splintering of the development which leads to sub-optimal results for the end user. If Ortus has a wonderful music UI but doesn't have all of the features of the stock UI, Diamond or Phoenix then you have to make trade-offs.

I think that phoenix will show the music fanart, but won't get it automatically, but ortus (as of right now) doesn't have a replacement ui for music. If phoenix doesn't have one I think I might be the only person working on one.

[wayner]

SageMC used to show music fanart and I am pretty sure that there is a file here in the downloads section that contains a lot of music fanart - not just album covers but also pictures of artists, bands, etc.

[clayfree]

What about a homescreen widget for recently added media. It would look just like recent recordings but would display Movies/Media.

Wrems just wrote some code for BMT:
http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55589

[Dingdul]

...is the only function I'd suggest is missing, well, at least to satisfy the often unpredicatable nature of my TV library.

Are there any plans to introduce this?

Cheers

[QueOnda]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

Good suggestions but FYI right now we don't modify the pictures or music section from the default and I don't see us doing that anytime soon. Our focus is vidoes and tv mostly.

My movies! I know you have said it's on hold but don't know if that has changed?

[ldl72]

I don't know if this is currently possible, but I have been wishing to see the Combined Folders View viewable in Diamond Video section. I am currently using the default SageTV v7 Folder view.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by ldl72

I don't know if this is currently possible, but I have been wishing to see the Combined Folders View viewable in Diamond Video section. I am currently using the default SageTV v7 Folder view.

Most are using the folder filters in diamond to setup views for their folders. That is how I do it