P3 beta testing feedback

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by Myro

Yeah, since I had taken an image snapshot of my install drive of Sage server, I re-flashed the disk with the V7 install. Updated Java. Then installed V9 over V7

It all worked fine. Except that now, it is asking me for a licence number for the EPG, even thou I installed over a valid V7 install. Oh well :-)

In the most recent v9 installs, I believe that's to be expected.

[Denali]

Originally Posted by Myro

Yeah, since I had taken an image snapshot of my install drive of Sage server, I re-flashed the disk with the V7 install. Updated Java. Then installed V9 over V7

It all worked fine. Except that now, it is asking me for a licence number for the EPG, even thou I installed over a valid V7 install. Oh well :-)

Have you read the V9 Release Notes #30 https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62320

[bialio]

The next release of P3 will have a new STV included called 'PhoenixLite'.

This is a 'browser only' version of Phoenix - so it's as stripped down as it comes. Works very well in the Android ecosystem, although I've started using it on my HD300 also. Initially it's just has the Grid view from P3. I might add a list eventually. But the 'menu' is just a list of views that you can browse - once you select one the grid is populated with that view.

For instance, the 3rd picture here is the 'Currently Airing' view in Phoenix. It has taken the place of the Guide for me - the occasions where I need 'live' TV are pretty few and far between.

[bialio]

I don't want to toot my own horn here - but PhoenixLite as I'm calling it, as pictured above, is far and away the best Sage experience I've ever had. I like it better than all the Phoenix versions that have come prior.

It does share a lot visually with P3 - however it's slimmed down a bit. Once it gets into the plugin system (it's uploaded, just waiting on some magic from stuckless) I or he will post here and you should give it a try. I think you'll like it.

btl.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by bialio

I don't want to toot my own horn here - but PhoenixLite as I'm calling it, as pictured above, is far and away the best Sage experience I've ever had. I like it better than all the Phoenix versions that have come prior.

It does share a lot visually with P3 - however it's slimmed down a bit. Once it gets into the plugin system (it's uploaded, just waiting on some magic from stuckless) I or he will post here and you should give it a try. I think you'll like it.

btl.

I really like the appearances. It looks clean and straightforward.

[bialio]

The updated version of P3 that includes PLite is now available in the plugin repository.
btl.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by bialio

The updated version of P3 that includes PLite is now available in the plugin repository.
btl.

It feels strange being this guy, but I don't see a Phoenix Lite STV. Is there something subtle I'm missing?

Edit: I am on version 3.0.104.

[bialio]

I have a suspicion that the file didn't make it into the plugin.


I'll see what is going on this afternoon.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by bialio

I have a suspicion that the file didn't make it into the plugin.


I'll see what is going on this afternoon.

The zip was missing the file I re-packaged (and verified) the new 105 build does have the stv file

[bialio]

[KarylFStein]

This looks like it would be nice on a tablet. Have you thought about touch features e.g. long press brings up Info/Delete/Record/etc. options, swipe to move between items in a group? Something like long presses could also be nice for stripped-down remotes.

Could the guide be sorted by channel number/name? I've spent some time giving my channels logical names to group similar ones together e.g. SPORTS-xxx, NEWS-xxx.

After I reverted back to the stock UI pressing Home brought the Lite UI back. I even loaded the regular Phoenix 3 UI, then selected revert to stock UI and Home still took me to the Lite UI. I had to uninstall Phoenix to get the Home button working as expected...

[Wirenut]

Ok. This looks like a great UI for me. I'll have to try this tonight.

Wirenut

[broconne]

Does Phoenix 3 support the HD300?
On both my HD300s when I select the Phoenix3 or PhoenixLite xml file I get a garbled screen. And a message saying 'There are no items defined in this view'.
This persists with a reboot of the HD300.

This is a brand new docker install with no other plugins but Phoenix.

The phoenix log shows multiple exception for 'Failed to update weather.'

2017-01-25 14:00:29,177 [Fork-XJXYO-750] INFO sagex.phoenix.weather.yahoo.YahooWeatherSupport2 - Getting Yahoo Weather for https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/publi...nd+u%3D%27f%27
2017-01-25 14:00:29,178 [Fork-XJXYO-750] ERROR sagex.phoenix.weather.yahoo.YahooWeatherSupport2 - Failed to update weather for select * from weather.forecast where woeid=12795711 and u='f'
java.io.IOException: JSON Response for Weather did not contain a valid response
at sagex.phoenix.weather.yahoo.YahooWeatherJsonHandler.parse(YahooWeatherJsonHandler.java:116)
at sagex.phoenix.weather.yahoo.YahooWeatherSupport2.update(YahooWeatherSupport2.java:76)
at phoenix.impl.WeatherAPI2.Update(WeatherAPI2.java:263)
at phoenix.weather2.Update(weather2.java:148)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor27.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sage.Catbert$ReflectedJEPFunction.run(Catbert.java:2142)
at sage.jep.JEP$CommandEvaluator.evaluate(JEP.java:586)
at sage.jep.JEP.getValueAsObject(JEP.java:428)
at sage.Catbert.evaluateExpression(Catbert.java:641)
at sage.ZPseudoComp.processChain(ZPseudoComp.java:4641)
at sage.ZPseudoComp.processChain(ZPseudoComp.java:4775)
at sage.ZPseudoComp.processChain(ZPseudoComp.java:4680)
at sage.ZPseudoComp.processChain(ZPseudoComp.java:4579)
at sage.ZPseudoComp$2.run(ZPseudoComp.java:4627)
at sage.Pooler$PooledThread.run(Pooler.java:253)

Additionally, I see this warning:
2017-01-25 14:06:09,105 [ReProcessHook] WARN phoenix.impl.ViewAPI - Invalid View: null

[KarylFStein]

Originally Posted by broconne

Does Phoenix 3 support the HD300?
On both my HD300s when I select the Phoenix3 or PhoenixLite xml file I get a garbled screen. And a message saying 'There are no items defined in this view'.
This persists with a reboot of the HD300.

This is a brand new docker install with no other plugins but Phoenix.

The phoenix log shows multiple exception for 'Failed to update weather.'


Additionally, I see this warning:
2017-01-25 14:06:09,105 [ReProcessHook] WARN phoenix.impl.ViewAPI - Invalid View: null

FYI, I was getting something similar (the no items defined in this view / unresponsive UI). A restart of the server got it to work correctly.

[bialio]

Originally Posted by KarylFStein

This looks like it would be nice on a tablet. Have you thought about touch features e.g. long press brings up Info/Delete/Record/etc. options, swipe to move between items in a group? Something like long presses could also be nice for stripped-down remotes.

Studio is kind of limited in what it will accept for things like long presses, swipe events, etc. Most of these didn't exist back then. I think the best bet would be for the android app itself to intercept the touch events like it does now (swipe for instance) and then send the page_forward command into Sage or something similar.

Could the guide be sorted by channel number/name? I've spent some time giving my channels logical names to group similar ones together e.g. SPORTS-xxx, NEWS-xxx.

After I reverted back to the stock UI pressing Home brought the Lite UI back. I even loaded the regular Phoenix 3 UI, then selected revert to stock UI and Home still took me to the Lite UI. I had to uninstall Phoenix to get the Home button working as expected...

I'll look into both of these - I've seen the second one, and the View that the Live TV is based on doesn't seem to accept sorting for some reason like other views. I'm not sure why.

btl.

[broconne]

Originally Posted by KarylFStein

FYI, I was getting something similar (the no items defined in this view / unresponsive UI). A restart of the server got it to work correctly.

Thanks. A restart of the server fixed the issue of the screen being unresponsive and scrambled. I do still get no items defined in this view every time.

Is Phoenix 3 open source? I was going to open an issue and take a shot a PR to see if I could resolve it - but couldn't find the project on GitHub.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by broconne

Thanks. A restart of the server fixed the issue of the screen being unresponsive and scrambled. I do still get no items defined in this view every time.

Is Phoenix 3 open source? I was going to open an issue and take a shot a PR to see if I could resolve it - but couldn't find the project on GitHub.

Phoenix3 directory in https://github.com/stuckless/sagetv-phoenix-ui

[bialio]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Phoenix3 directory in https://github.com/stuckless/sagetv-phoenix-ui

Contributing to P3 would be cool - however collaborating on Studio files is tricky at best. Best thing would be to create a STVI (there's a 'Generate STVI' button in in Studio) and send that for consideration - then we can merge it into the main Phoenix3 STV.

[bialio]

Got a few updates ready for Phoenix Lite - added in the list view as an option.

[KarylFStein]

For home videos I have metadata in the file (Media created) as well as a folder structure (2005, 2005/SomeGroup, 2006, etc.) It looks like the current view looks at the file creation date/time, which for me is not accurate, (I only get 2015/2016 folders which is when I finally got around to dumping all the videos from tape). I played around with editing the menu XML to use videofolders and sort of got it working, (need to figure out how to exclude non-home videos), but thinking this stuff would get overwritten on updates (?). Is this a view that can be added as an option or how can I customize the views / menu in a way that won't have to be re-done?