Fork of SageTV MiniClient for Android TV

[jvl711]

Hi All,

I posted a beta to my Patreon supporters. I will post this new release to the public in a few weeks if I do not hear any major issues from my Patreon supporters. Below are the details.

I have been working on this one for a while. There were some large changes to how the client is determining container and codec support. I wanted to give the end user more flexibility in how the client determines what codec/containers are supported, and how SageTV will handle that content.

So here are the changes I remember

1. New user configuration screen for container and codec support. There are three options for each container/codec. "Automatic " - The client automatically determines if the codec/container is supported and tells SageTV such. "Enabled" - Regardless of if the client supports the codec or not, it tells SageTV that it supports the codec/container, so SageTV will not remux/transcode that content type. "Disabled" - Tells SageTV the codec/container is not supported, so remux/transcode the content. This gives the user the freedom to handle the content the way they would like.

2. ExoPlayer was updated to 2.16.1. This seemed like a fairly big update to ExoPlayer.

3. Update the FFMpeg ext to 2.16.1


Thanks,

Josh

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by jvl711

Hi Edwin,

Saw your message on Patreon. Happy New Year! 9.2.6 has all changes that I have added to SageTV. It includes HD Transcoding and Remuxing. I generally post my changes to the core SageTV project, but they need to wait until there is a new release posted. That is why I post beta Sage.jar files. They are generally only needed until the next version of SageTV is released.

This is a good place to check: https://github.com/google/sagetv/blo...r/CHANGELOG.md

I have been working a lot on Android Client over the holidays....

Thanks,
Josh

Hi there. Is there a reason all my Miniclient installations would become difficult at the same time? Two different Amazon Fire Sticks, and a TiVo Stream 4k. To my knowledge, I didn’t change anything.
Oh, the Phoenix Remote API seems quicker, but guide/search are still non-functional. Is that one of the Android projects your doing?
Thanks as always for what you do.

[trk2]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

Hi there. Is there a reason all my Miniclient installations would become difficult at the same time? Two different Amazon Fire Sticks, and a TiVo Stream 4k. To my knowledge, I didn’t change anything.
Oh, the Phoenix Remote API seems quicker, but guide/search are still non-functional. Is that one of the Android projects your doing?
Thanks as always for what you do.

Your post lacks clarity. Does difficult installations only refer to the guide/search issue?

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by trk2

Your post lacks clarity. Does difficult installations only refer to the guide/search issue?

I thought it was pretty clear. The Miniclient and Phoenix Remote are two different apps.

[trk2]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

s there a reason all my Miniclient installations would become difficult at the same time? Two different Amazon Fire Sticks, and a TiVo Stream 4k. To my knowledge, I didn’t change anything.

I don't know what you're trying to say here. Simply saying your miniclient installations have become difficult at the same time doesn't mean anything. Difficult is relative and vague. Difficult how? I'm not trying to criticize, I'm just trying to understand because I didn't have any problems installing the latest or previous version.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by trk2

I don't know what you're trying to say here. Simply saying your miniclient installations have become difficult at the same time doesn't mean anything. Difficult is relative and vague. Difficult how? I'm not trying to criticize, I'm just trying to understand because I didn't have any problems installing the latest or previous version.

Ok. Slow to respond, if at all. Crashing, hard to display video, either live or recorded, general bugginess.

[jhkoenig]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

Ok. Slow to respond, if at all. Crashing, hard to display video, either live or recorded, general bugginess.

I am surprised by your experience. I am running the miniclient on a 2 year-old cheap Android media streamer box ($50 on Amazon that is so old it isn't available any more). While I struggled to get my server fully up-to-date (latest Sage software, 64bit, huge Java heap, etc.) once I got there, my experience has been amazing. I run 4-5 clients throughout the day and could not be happier. Good stability, good performance.

The change that had the greatest positive impact was bumping up the Java heap size (possible because of my migration from 32bit to 64bit Sage/Java). I had been running out of heap, which triggered garbage collection, causing lag and freeze-ups.

Good luck with your trouble-shooting! I feel your pain.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by jhkoenig

I am surprised by your experience. I am running the miniclient on a 2 year-old cheap Android media streamer box ($50 on Amazon that is so old it isn't available any more). While I struggled to get my server fully up-to-date (latest Sage software, 64bit, huge Java heap, etc.) once I got there, my experience has been amazing. I run 4-5 clients throughout the day and could not be happier. Good stability, good performance.

The change that had the greatest positive impact was bumping up the Java heap size (possible because of my migration from 32bit to 64bit Sage/Java). I had been running out of heap, which triggered garbage collection, causing lag and freeze-ups.

Good luck with your trouble-shooting! I feel your pain.

I’m going to uninstall and reinstall all my devices. Also, I didn’t see anything that needed updating in my plug-ins directory, but is there some manually installed .jar file etc. which has been replaced/required?
Which player do you use, Exo or IJK? And Dynamic Streaming too?

[jhkoenig]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

I’m going to uninstall and reinstall all my devices. Also, I didn’t see anything that needed updating in my plug-ins directory, but is there some manually installed .jar file etc. which has been replaced/required?
Which player do you use, Exo or IJK? And Dynamic Streaming too?

I removed and reinstalled the plug-ins (fearing a 32 vs 64 bit issue). I use IJK because for some reason Exo doesn't produce audio. And I use Dynamic Streaming. I have the VERY latest Sage, plus the JavaFFMPEGLibrary, Media format parser, and SageTVTranscoder plugins.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by jhkoenig

I removed and reinstalled the plug-ins (fearing a 32 vs 64 bit issue). I use IJK because for some reason Exo doesn't produce audio. And I use Dynamic Streaming. I have the VERY latest Sage, plus the JavaFFMPEGLibrary, Media format parser, and SageTVTranscoder plugins.

Software or hardware decoders, and if software, ffmpeg disabled?

[jhkoenig]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

Software or hardware decoders, and if software, ffmpeg disabled?

The box has pretty good coverage re decoders, except it lacks MP4. The transcoder handles this, but only when using the very latest of all the code.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by jhkoenig

The box has pretty good coverage re decoders, except it lacks MP4. The transcoder handles this, but only when using the very latest of all the code.

The box? So you use hardware decoders?

[jhkoenig]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

The box? So you use hardware decoders?

I use the miniclient on an Android streamer (Amazon Link) that is too old to be on the market any more. Two years ago it was $50.

I use the decoders that it has and Sage transcodes the MP4s to MKVs.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by jhkoenig

I use the miniclient on an Android streamer (Amazon Link) that is too old to be on the market any more. Two years ago it was $50.

I use the decoders that it has and Sage transcodes the MP4s to MKVs.

ok, thanks.

[wayner]

I have a MiBox3 that I haven't used for a year or two. How do I update the SageTV client on the MiBox? When I do a long press on the app I can see that I am running version 1.44. But I can't figure out how to upgrade it.

And when I go to the Google Play app store and search for SageTV it just brings up content in stuff like games or YouTube.

The other thing is that I keep getting an overlay on the screen saying "Scan for TV Channels" and another one saying "Network Tuner Disconnected"

[jhkoenig]

Originally Posted by wayner

I have a MiBox3 that I haven't used for a year or two. How do I update the SageTV client on the MiBox? When I do a long press on the app I can see that I am running version 1.44. But I can't figure out how to upgrade it.

And when I go to the Google Play app store and search for SageTV it just brings up content in stuff like games or YouTube.

The other thing is that I keep getting an overlay on the screen saying "Scan for TV Channels" and another one saying "Network Tuner Disconnected"

I side load SageTV onto my box, using a USB stick. I have nothing to suggest re the other issues because I haven't seen them before. Do you see them on other clients?

[wayner]

This is my only ATV device My other clients are all HD200 or HD300 extenders or Placeshifter. I am wanting to give it another try to see how it works these days and if it is as good as an extender at playing files, including MPEG-2 which used to be an issue.

[jhkoenig]

Originally Posted by wayner

This is my only ATV device My other clients are all HD200 or HD300 extenders or Placeshifter. I am wanting to give it another try to see how it works these days and if it is as good as an extender at playing files, including MPEG-2 which used to be an issue.

My miniclient reacts pretty much exactly like my HD300s. I would speculate that the error messages on the Android client are from a different app.

[technazz]

Originally Posted by wayner

I have a MiBox3 that I haven't used for a year or two. How do I update the SageTV client on the MiBox? When I do a long press on the app I can see that I am running version 1.44. But I can't figure out how to upgrade it.

And when I go to the Google Play app store and search for SageTV it just brings up content in stuff like games or YouTube.

The other thing is that I keep getting an overlay on the screen saying "Scan for TV Channels" and another one saying "Network Tuner Disconnected"

If you update the firmware it should be able to update the play store. If you can't update the OS/Firmware then you will probably have to sideload it.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by technazz

If you update the firmware it should be able to update the play store. If you can't update the OS/Firmware then you will probably have to sideload it.

I updated the MiBox firmware to the latest, but I can't figure out how to update the SageTV app. And is the SageTV app in the Google Play Store? When I do a voice search for SageTV it only shows content that contains SageTV, it doesn't find an app.