SageTV User's Guide

SageTV V7.0 User’s Guide Chapter 2: Installation and Setup Page 16
set to begin running automatically when Windows starts. To control the service, run the SageTV
Service Control application: go to Start > All Programs > SageTV, and click on
SageTVServiceControl. Note: This program will run automatically after installation is complete,
if the option to do so was checked in step 5b of the installation process.
This program will display a window with the following options:
Use SageTV Service: Yes/No – Choose the Enable or
Disable buttons beneath this option to turn service mode on
or off. Note: If the service mode is disabled, the user
interface application will control all functionality that the
service would otherwise have performed, but the user
interface application would have to be restarted in order for
it to take over that functionality.
SageTV Service State: Started/Stopped – Choose Start
to start the service if it is not yet started. Choose Stop to
stop the service if it is already running. Note: Stopping the
service will prevent shows from being recorded.
Run Service as User: LocalSystem/UserName – By default, a service runs only on the
local system, so it does not have access to any network drives. If you wish to have
SageTV access a drive on another computer on your network, you will have to select
Change User in order to enter the name of a user account on your computer and the
user’s password – the user account must have a password in order for the service to be
able to use that account. See below for details regarding accessing network drives while
using the service.
Enable Service Recovery – Check this option to configure the service to automatically
restart if it stops running due to some system error.
Refresh – Refresh the information displayed in this window.
About – Displays information about configuring the service.
Accessing Network Drives with the SageTV Service
If you wish to have SageTV access any network drives, keep in mind that a service cannot
access mapped drives, therefore network drives must be configured in SageTV as UNC Paths.
See Detailed Setup: General Settings regarding configuring video and media center import
directories.
UNC paths use a format of: \\ServerName\ShareName\DirectoryName, where ServerName is
the network name of the PC to be accessed, ShareName is the name of the shared path on the
networked PC, and DirectoryName is the name of the subdirectory below the shared location.
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