SageTV in standalone box ...

[nelis]

Hi,

Is SageTV working with this configuration :

A minimal Windows 2000 installed on a Pundit box (Celeron 2.4 GHz, 512Mb RAM, Hauppauge PVR 250) without mouse and keyboard. Plugged directly on TV.

In a perfect world I want :
- SageTV starts automaticaly in fullscreen on computer start (no login/password to type).
- The box is completly controlled by the Hauppauge remote control.
- In phase of inactivity, the computer go in hibernate state but wake up automaticaly when a record has to be done (the box will run 24/7 and I don't want it to consume too much power).

I know, I ask alot ;-) Anyone knows if it is possible ?

Regards,

Nelis

[mls]

Originally posted by nelis

In a perfect world I want :
- SageTV starts automaticaly in fullscreen on computer start (no login/password to type).
- The box is completly controlled by the Hauppauge remote control.
- In phase of inactivity, the computer go in hibernate state but wake up automaticaly when a record has to be done (the box will run 24/7 and I don't want it to consume too much power).

I know, I ask alot ;-) Anyone knows if it is possible ?

No, you're not asking a lot. In fact, many people are doing all of that. Sorry, I don't have all the links to everything handy, but I'm sure someone else will post them here for you eventually.

Otherwise, hunt around the forum and you'll eventually find everything. I've seen mentioned in several posts how to by-pass the login, from there just a few settings to get SageTV to start up full screen.

As long as you don't need to navigate the Windows desktop and only want to control SageTV... there are ways to controll just about everything for Sage with the remote.

If you're hardware (motherboard, BIOS, etc) is capable of handling it, you can uses sagewake to handle the hibernate and wake up.

Check the hardware forum section for more ideas.

[pcuoco]

Yes you can set Sage to automatically load on a boot and go full screen.

Sage has built in support for the Hauppauge remote. You can extend the capabilities of the remote. See this post:
http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...&threadid=4277

Also, check Opus4's signature for other remote guides.


You can also do the hibernation with a user created plug-in. See this post:
http://forums.freytechnologies.com/f...ight=Sage+wake

So basically, you can do everything you requested, if you don't mind digging in and making the customizations. As an aside though, I strongly recomend getting a wireless keyboard and mouse. It just make life easier.

[nelis]

Thanks for your answer !

I'm currently using MythTV (wich is a great software), but the hardware support of Linux isn't good enough for me (tuner support not stable, no easy way to handle power management, ...) so I'm seriously thinking to migrate to SageTV.

How is the LiveTV support of SageTV ? Can you pause any program, rewind / fast forward, skip commercials easily ?

[mikejaner]

How is the LiveTV support of SageTV ? Can you pause any program, rewind / fast forward, skip commercials easily ?

Yes, you can pause, skip etc... There is no commercial skip in Sage at this point, but there is FF2 and REW2 which skips 2:30, which is very close to the length of most show breaks. That in combination of a FF or REW or two gets you back into the show within two seconds 100% of the time, as opposed to commercial skip working 75% of the time.

[Beelzebub]

Live TV support is great, you can pause Live TV, and you have 2 RW/FF options, that you can set to time intervals, i.e. FF1 = 20 seconds, FF2 = 3mins. With the right combination you should be able to skip comercials easily. It should be as good as MythTV or any other PVR using Hardware Encoding. The only thing SageTV doesn't have at this time is a True RW/FF.

[nelis]

Originally posted by Beelzebub
The only thing SageTV doesn't have at this time is a True RW/FF.

MythTV doesn't have it neither ;-)

Well, SageTV sounds really good ... I think I'll give it a try.