Frey Technologies' SageTV 2.0 - A SnapStream Alternative
by Andrew Ku on July 25, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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SageTV 2.0 - Detailed Setup
The Setup Wizard and Channel Setup are the same as in the setup process when the program first starts up.
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The detailed setup submenus provide all of the major and minor functionality behind SageTV 2.0. If you get a chance to turn Intelligent Recording on, it is a bit of a treat for all those in lazyboys. When enabled, SageTV records and manages programs automatically based on previously watched programs, marked watched, marked disliked, things deleted, things you recorded, favorite settings, recordings already on disk, and what you are watching vs. watching other users are watching on the network. This is the 3rd generation of the SageTV Intelligent Recording AI, a pretty smart one at that and is probably one of the best features of SageTV 2.0. Because your habits are stored in a database as part of a reference point for the AI, you can retain the data by keeping the wiz.bin file in the SageTV directory for a reinstall or upgrade. This file contains all the database information for SageTV, including the information for the AI to base its decisions on.
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Adding a library import directory is fairly simple, but there is a general principle by which it follows. Any folder selected will automatically include subfolders, regardless of depth as far as we can tell. But any folder included will not include any shortcuts of media files or shorts of folders under folders included.
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Via the multimedia settings, you get live tv/video/visualizations to act as the background, while you continue to navigate SageTV 2.0; this option can also be changed by right clicking in any of the menu environments.
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MlbDude - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
Saist - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
I only have one comment to make.D-link??? EWWWWW.
Spearhawk - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
Nice article. It would be intresting to see a simelar on GB-PVR (http://www.gbpvr.com/), which is freeware. I actuly prefare it before Sage TV.nullpointerus - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
Very interesting article! I would like to add one bit of information: while it is true that SnapStream cannot stream hardware-encoded TV files over the network without a fairly lengthy reencoding process, they will be removing this restriction in the next version. Also, they will be adding multiple tuner support, parental controls, and some user privacy settings. Maybe Anandtech will reexamine SnapStream at that time? The HTPC world seems to be in a very "buyer beware" mode right now, and it's good to have such in-depth reviews of each product.coolred - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
Still reading, looks good so far. I have been using sage TV 2.0 for about a month or so now, works great. One thing though, I see you mentioned that it is available for download only, and while this may be the case from frey themselves, PC alchemy sells sage TV as both a download or on a CD, thats where I got mine from.I believe one of thier employees, or possibly the owner himself is a member of these fine forums we have.
Keep up the good work. Next we need a "How to build and awesome HTPC" article.