I have recently started this as many of you know. I wanted native blu ray and dvd playback from extenders.
However the default screen was not up to par are even close to media center. That led me to program my own add-in
It is still in beta but screen shots can be seen here.
http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40969
You have to scroll through it to get to the most recent shots.
Just wanted to make all the media center users aware and offer a beta up to anyone who is a media center user convert for this reason like myself.
Core i5 with 8gb of ram, ceton infinitv tuner, 2 hdhr OTA tuners (4 total tuners). 3 xbox 360 slims.
I have released the first public beta for those interested
http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41451
Again for those interested V3 was just released and has come along way. I am not near perfect yet but being able to play native dvds and blurays on my extender is heaven sent :)
below is a blog about it
http://www.geektonic.com/2009/06/sage-moviewall-beautiful-movie.html
here is the download
Another release is out today (not that anyone over here cares :) )
You can read about it here (not my blog but a users/testers.
http://dbone1026.blogspot.com/2009/08/sagetv-sagemoviewall-smw-version-4.html
or here
http://www.geektonic.com/2009/08/sagemovie-wall-version-4-released.html
Us sage users don't get much attention on engadget :( (Ben)
Nice job Plucky. I too have considered picking up a Sage HD Extender just for Blu-Ray playback. Wish we could get an interface like MyMovies to play on the Sage Extenders.
Thanks
I am confused what from My Movies are you wanting on the hd200? This app runs on the hd200 just fine.
I just would like to run MyMovies 3.0 on the HD200....I love the interface better.
Out of curosity what do you think is missing from SMW that Mymovies has interface wise. Is it the blue interface over the black you are liking. The mymovies interface would be pretty easy for me to replicate in sage.
Can I use my HD100 with this? How about for bluray/hddvd playback?
Yes you can use your hd100 sorry for the delay response.
only the hd200 I believe supports native blu ray playback.
Nice, every day I think of moving to something else because of the limits of Media Center and this makes me tempted more and more.... wish they had more than a 15 day trial, if they gave me 30 days or so, I might give it a shot...just to try
-Dave
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