Windows Installer

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by PeteCress

A strong appeal to me of the UnRAID solution is the USB stick: it sounds like I can leave the XP install in place and just try UnRAID without losing anything - once I get a USB stick working.... -)

No problem with Un-RAID and 3-TB drives, right?

unRAID supports 3 and 4TB drives.

I haven't done this process on windows... but it seems pretty straight forward...

https://wiki.lime-technology.com/USB...ve_Preparation

Windows Vista and Windows 7
Step 1 Plug the Flash into your PC and re-format it using Windows (Right-Click the Flash under Computer and select Format):
For File system, leave it as Default
For Volume label, enter UNRAID (exactly 6 capital letters)
Check the Quick Format box and click Start
If you determine that the Windows formatting did not succeed in creating a bootable USB drive, then see the Advanced tips at the bottom.
Step 2 Download the latest unRAID Server, and extract the files from the zip archive to your Flash.
Step 3 On the Flash drive, Right-Click on make_bootable.bat and select Run as administrator. Press any key to continue.
Step 4 The process takes only a moment to complete. You can then close any open windows and eject the Flash drive.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by PeteCress

A strong appeal to me of the UnRAID solution is the USB stick: it sounds like I can leave the XP install in place and just try UnRAID without losing anything - once I get a USB stick working.... -)

Perhaps more relevant is that it seems like The-Powers-That-Be-SageTV-wise are all using UnRAID....

No problem with Un-RAID and 3-TB drives, right?

If you were going to try this I would think about unplugging my Windows drives and plug in a spare empty drive while you are trying out unRAID. Your drives will have to be reformatted if you choose to use unRAID eventually as it doesn't use NTFS drives.

I have a 4TB parity drive and a 4TB plus 3TB dri ve in my array.

The fact that most of the developers are on unRAID is a pretty strong incentive as well.

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by PeteCress

I am going to make a logical leap and say that the installer probably does not work on XP - mainly because it is failing on my XP box and I do not see mention of any Windows versions except 7 and 10 in the threads I have skimmed so far.

Am I on the right track?

If so, would anybody opine whether I should "Upgrade" my XP box to 7 or 10?

I haven't heard anything good about 10, but it seems to be where things are headed.... OTOH, I know and trust 7.

Also, once I get an acceptable OS on the box, am I going to run into trouble because my SageTV is installed on D and not C: ?

The rationale for D: is that D: is for Data and C: is for System.... so I can image/re-image C: without losing data like Wiz.bin or SageTV.Properties.

It should work on XP. You will first get an error that tells you to update the windows installer...it should give you details.

It then will have at least one failure of registering a dll...EVR i believe. Ignore these and continue.

It should then work.

Note...if you search for WHS posts i believe it acts the same as XP.

k

[PeteCress]

Just ran the installer against a Windows 7 box.

Mostly uneventful, but when I went through the complete Setup process, it seemed hung on the Weather screen.... got responses to button clicks, but there was not way out of the screen (i.e. no Cancel, Save, or Next).

Also, so far, I have been unable to get the SageTV service to start: response is that it did not start in a "Timely manner"..... Service is there, and set to "Automatic" but it won't start.

The SageTV UI under v9 seems considerably faster than it was under v7... OTOH, my Sage box bit the big one, and I am running on an fresh install of Windows 7.... Does anybody else think the UI is faster under v9?

Now I am trying to enable Schedules Direct.

I found Settings | Customize | Enable the use of alternative Schedules Direct channel Logos when available, but I don't think that's the one because it reports "There was a problem communication with the Schedules Direct server"...... So I guess I have to find someplace in Setup where I enter my SD ID/PW.

[EnterNoEscape]

You need to actually set up a source with Schedules Direct before that button will actually be able to do anything. The error you're seeing likely is due to not having any credentials saved.

[VCRUser]

I tried to install the latest Client build (9.1.2..662) on my XP (SP3) machine, and the installation crashed my system, and I had to do a hard reboot. Should I retry, re-download, or is that just to be expected with XP? My old PlaceShifter is doing just fine.

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by VCRUser

I tried to install the latest Client build (9.1.2..662) on my XP (SP3) machine, and the installation crashed my system, and I had to do a hard reboot. Should I retry, re-download, or is that just to be expected with XP? My old PlaceShifter is doing just fine.

I would not expect a crash but it is an old windows OS

The install is not built for XP but others have reported working through it. They stated that updates had to be as current as possible and that windows installer had to be updated and that the EVR dll will fail but is not needed on XP anyway.

So basically, buyer beware and good luck and if you have success then post steps for others.

k

[VCRUser]

Originally Posted by PeteCress

Just ran the installer against a Windows 7 box.

Also, so far, I have been unable to get the SageTV service to start: response is that it did not start in a "Timely manner"..... Service is there, and set to "Automatic" but it won't start.

I got that after the installation, but a reboot cured it.

[Steve20A]

First, a "thank you" to jusjoken, EnterNoEscape and the many others who are making Sage a vibrant system again. It's better than anything on the market. And thanks to those who documented their experiences, good and bad. Every bit of information helped me move along.

Just documenting my experience, in case someone else sees the same situation. Upgrading from Win 10 Home 1607, Java 8.101 32-bit, Sage 9.0.4.232_RC1.000, OpenDCT. All had been running for almost a year.

Stopped Sage service
Stopped OpenDCT service
Updated Java to 8.131 32-bit.
Started up Sage and tested. All was well.

Installed Sage 9.1.2.662 without issues.
Rebooted
Sage service failed to start. Manual start did not work. Generic error message (sorry I did not write it down).
Ran install a second time. Repair completed successfully.
Rebooted.

Sage started successfully. All functions appeared to work. But I noticed that the service was shown as Manual instead of Automatic. Changed to Automatic.
Rebooted.
All looked good.

Continued with switch to Schedules Direct, which went without issue.

I re-read most of the documentation and could not see a reason that made a repair run necessary. Did I miss something?

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by Steve20A

First, a "thank you" to jusjoken, EnterNoEscape and the many others who are making Sage a vibrant system again. It's better than anything on the market. And thanks to those who documented their experiences, good and bad. Every bit of information helped me move along.

Just documenting my experience, in case someone else sees the same situation. Upgrading from Win 10 Home 1607, Java 8.101 32-bit, Sage 9.0.4.232_RC1.000, OpenDCT. All had been running for almost a year.
......

I re-read most of the documentation and could not see a reason that made a repair run necessary. Did I miss something?

Two possibilities... if any installed file was manually modified since the installer ran a year ago then the repair is a required step.

Or... so much has changed in the installer since that version that a repair was needed to clean it up.

Glad it worked out in the end.

k

[DynamoBen]

Originally Posted by Steve20A

Sage service failed to start. Manual start did not work. Generic error message (sorry I did not write it down).
Ran install a second time. Repair completed successfully.
Rebooted.

Sage started successfully. All functions appeared to work. But I noticed that the service was shown as Manual instead of Automatic. Changed to Automatic.
Rebooted.
All looked good.

Had the same thing happen to me yesterday. In my case its Win7 and I was moving from 9.0 to 9.1. The error I saw was a java exception. Same fix, did a repair install and all was good.

Lesson Learned: If an upgrade doesn't go smoothly try a repair install.

[gordyp]

Originally Posted by DynamoBen

Had the same thing happen to me yesterday. In my case its Win7 and I was moving from 9.0 to 9.1. The error I saw was a java exception. Same fix, did a repair install and all was good.

Lesson Learned: If an upgrade doesn't go smoothly try a repair install.

I have been running into Java exception problems with my last two or three updates as well (on both client and server) - but a repair install has fixed them.

I'm sure I don't say it enough, but just wanted to say a heartfelt "Thanks!" to ALL of the people who work on the software to make SageTV the hands-down-best HTPC solution out there. I am so glad I stuck with Sage - but the truth is - after Sage, what else is there?

[MattHelm]

BTW, I installed this installer this last weekend on an old Windows XP PC (Server #3 in sig). As mentioned elsewhere, I had to install the updated (4.5) installer for XP.

Link as of this date:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down...s.aspx?id=8483

After that, I switched the Guide from the built in to the new SD data provider. So far, no issues.

[perfessor101]

Hello,
Trying to do a "last minute" upgrade

I have SageTV version 7 with HD-PVR's, HVR-2250's and USB-UIRT's working on Windows 7 - 64bit

I was curious what files I need to download.

I'm guessing these files are for a new installation of SageTV?
https://bintray.com/opensagetv/saget...erSupportFiles


The files to upgrade an existing SageTV server install would be here ?
https://bintray.com/opensagetv/sagetv/SageTVforWindows


Upgrade Procedure for my system I will try

Windows 7 64-bit
SageTV Server 7
HD-PVR's
HVR-2250's
USB-UIRT's for tuning all STB's
(and a SageTV Server 7 instance on another Windows 7 32-bit computer as a network encoder)
Will upgrade main server then remote encoder instance if needed


0.0 disabled all SageTV Plugins from the Plugins Configuration screen

1.0 Stop SageTV (running as application, not service in my case)

Delete C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\JARs\lucene-core-*.*

Would it be better if I deleted the directories ?
C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\PluginInstallers
C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\Plugins

2.1 Acronis True Image backups

disk image and by directory backup

2.2 7ip the SageTV Directory and copy to the NAS
2.3 copy the wiz.bin, wiz.bak and sage.properties to the NAS

3.0 upgrade to current SageTVforWindows SageTVSetup_9.*
https://bintray.com/opensagetv/sagetv/SageTVforWindows
3.1 Do a repair install of SageTVforWindows SageTVSetup_9.*

4.0 Start SageTV and configure the Schedules Direct EPG

5.0 Check which recording devices and tuning methods still work.

I'm hoping that's most of the basics ...

Thanks for your time,
Bobby

[Fuzzy]

All you need for either a new install, or an upgrade, is the appropriate installer from the SageTVforWindows link you posted above.

[Madz]

Hi Guys

I'm planning on upgrading my sage v7 server (on WHS2011) to v9. Before I take that step I've run up a test server with a fresh copy of WHS2011, applied all the critical updates, installed JRE 1.8 and Sage v7.1.9, no plugins or anything yet except my xmltv plugin. I've verified things are basically working okay with v7. So now to try installing v9 over it...

I'm using the latest windows installer 9.1.2.662 and it's crashing out and rolling back with Error 0x80070643. Based on instructions in another thread I've rerun it with the log option and got a 3Mb log file. Wading through that it appears as though the issue is here:

MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:02:934]: Executing op: RegSelfReg(File=MusicVisFilter.ax,FileID=filMusicVisFilter.ax)
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:03:020]: Executing op: RegSelfReg(File=SageTVFileSrc.ax,FileID=filSageTVFileSrc.ax)
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:03:269]: Executing op: RegSelfReg(File=StrmDeMux.ax,FileID=filStrmDeMux.ax)
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:03:819]: Executing op: RegSelfReg(File=TSSplitter.ax,FileID=filTSSplitter.ax)
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:04:015]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=ExecSecureObjects,,)
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:04:015]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=ExecSecureObjects,ActionType=3073,Source=BinaryData,Target=ExecSecureObjects,CustomActionData=C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\?CreateFolder??Users?268435456?SageTV?ServiceInstall??Everyone?372)
MSI (s) (5C:9C) [11:23:04:015]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI7AD2.tmp, Entrypoint: ExecSecureObjects
ExecSecureObjects:  Error 0x80070424: failed to get security info for object: SageTV
CustomAction ExecSecureObjects returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:04:559]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:04:559]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
Action ended 11:23:04: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:04:559]: Executing op: Header(Signature=1397708873,Version=500,Timestamp=1255037660,LangId=1033,Platform=0,ScriptType=2,ScriptMajorVersion=21,ScriptMinorVersion=4,ScriptAttributes=1)
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:04:559]: Executing op: DialogInfo(Type=0,Argument=1033)
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:04:559]: Executing op: DialogInfo(Type=1,Argument=SageTV)
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:04:559]: Executing op: RollbackInfo(,RollbackAction=Rollback,RollbackDescription=Rolling back action:,RollbackTemplate=[1],CleanupAction=RollbackCleanup,CleanupDescription=Removing backup files,CleanupTemplate=File: [1])
MSI (s) (5C:C0) [11:23:04:559]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=ExecSecureObjects,,)

Any ideas?

[Madz]

Okay I managed to get it to work by giving TrustedInstaller full permissions to the Program Files (x86)\SageTV folder

[graywolf]

Yep. UAC bit you. One reason I install to c:\sagetv to avoid UAC issues
I just have to remember whenever I upgrade I do options first to point back to it instead of the default

[trallyus]

Quick Question Jusjoken or anyone else.

I decided to install the new open source version of sagetv on my new computer and popped the old video cards in it and did not use the upgrade option of my old key to get a feel for what new users are in for.

After I installed it , there was some birthing pains with the directories and stuff , and I kept my old wiz.bin file since the new computer actually picked up all the channels I thought were lost due to bad reception.

Anyway, I copied all my old mpg recordings in to the new sagetv and plan on copying the converted shows that I converted to avi's and mp4s to save space and wondered if now that I know how to install it properly , will uninstalling sage tv and reinstalling it and using the non normal directory I have set up for sagetv on another drive rebuild the list of shows I recorded in the past or only rebuild the mpg files as I think that is how it used to work with a past directory of tv shows when installing sagetv for the first time.

Feel free to move this if not appropriate as the files for the avi's will take 4 hours on my old usb ports and if sage wont index those, then know need to copy them as I already moved the mpg's

Thanks.

[Fuzzy]

All your watched history is stored the wiz.bin file, so long it had that file, it will have your history.