Sapphire Browser

(Beta 5 or later)

Using the collection folders the main menu, find the directory you wish to have Sapphire skip. Access the ‘mark menu’ by hitting the right arrow on your remote. Select “Mark this Directory to Skip Import”. If you don’t see the directory you wish to skip, make sure you are browsing in the “all” (red gem) view. See controlling sapphire browser if you aren’t familiar with these terms.

• To install Versions of Sapphire B4 - B6.1 See installation instructions:
  • For Beta 4.x

  Sapphire Browser Beta 5 (Universal) (992 KB)

• Thanks to Coldy, we have retired the hideous “S” for a more appealing icon.
• Sapphire will display the correct metadata when the view is toggled.
• Sapphire will now attempt to remember which item was selected when toggling between views.
• Mark menu will now show the name of the item being marked.
• XML file data can now override filename’s values when searching for a TV ep. This fixes ticket #8.
• Sapphire now accounts for two TV episodes in one file. See ticket #14.
• Import tools in FrontRow now have a more visible “button” to start them.
• Clearing metadata for directories should work a little better.
• Individual directories can now be “Marked to Skip” effectively telling Sapphire to skip them for importing. This Fixes ticket #15 & ticket #76. We’d appreciate feedback on this feature.
• Arbitrary (physical) directories can now be marked as collections.
• Fixed a typo in the TV Show importer - it’s text now on topic.
• Optimized several mechanisms dealing with Virtual Directories.
• For consistency, Sapphire will now revert AC-3 Passthrough to whatever setting it was before it played an AC-3 encoded file.
• Updated the methods Sapphire uses to detect mounted drives. This should result in more accurate results.
• Sapphire’s translation lists have been stripped of path extensions. This will come in handy later.
• Cleaned up the deallocation of metadata. It’s good to be tidy.
• Plugged some (small & large) memory leaks that could bog down the UI when left running for extended amounts of time.
• Sapphire now supports the Video_TS (DVD) format. Directories containing a VIDEO_TS will now be recognized as a file instead of a directory. This feature is not supported for the ATV.
• DVDs mounted directly (such as a mounted optical drive) will be playable from the main menu.
• Fixed an error that was causing Sapphire to crash when loading metadata. This fixes ticket #47.
• Sapphire is now capable of importing files in the background.

First make sure you have the latest version of Sapphire.

Your metadata file might have gotten corrupted. Deleting your metadata file and re-running “Import All Data” will resolve the issue.

• On your AppleTV
  • First follow steps 1-4 in the Sapphire Manual under installing Sapphire Manually.
  • Now we want to remove the metaData.plist file. Using the terminal type: “sudo rm -r /Users/frontrow/Library/Application Support/Sapphire/metaData.plist”.
• On your Mac
  • You want to remove the metaData.plist file. To do this, delete the “~/Library/Application Support/Sapphire/metaData.plist” from your home directory.

To uninstall Sapphire from your AppleTV:

• See steps 1-6 in the Sapphire Manual under installing Sapphire Manually.
• You may also want to remove the metadata and cover art. Using the terminal type: “sudo rm -r /Users/frontrow/Library/Application Support/Sapphire”.

To uninstall Sapphire from your Mac:

• See step 3 in the Sapphire Manual under installing Sapphire in Leopard.
• You may also want to remove the metadata and cover art. To do this, delete the “~/Library/Appication Support/Sapphire” folder in your home directory.