Dan64 30 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 The current version of Emby for Kodi at the moment try to manage the Emby folders structure using tags. This solution do not allow to show in Kodi a hierarchical folder structure, a better solution could be try to map the Emby folders structure using Video Nodes: http://kodi.wiki/view/Custom_video_nodes Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I am not sure what you are referring to? We are already recreating the user views via tags...so Videos > Movies > Tags > or Videos > TV Shows > Tags. Is this what you are referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan64 30 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yes I'm referring to this issue. An alternative way to recreate the folder structure is to use Video Nodes, it seems that these objects are more suitable for the scope of building a folder-like structure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 We have the code in there, but it caused problems due to the way boxsets are handled by views. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) Can't we create nodes based off the tags? The path to specific tags should look like videodb://movies/tags/2/ or something similar which I believe can be added as a path for the node Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited May 3, 2015 by Angelblue05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 It is already there - in ReadEmbyDB getViewCollections vs. getCollections. My opinion is that it sucks, but we can make it a user option... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Actually now I see this request is regarding Kodi video nodes, not Emby user view nodes This is something to consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan64 30 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) I was able to replicate the folder structure that I have in Emby in Kodi. The problem is that while Emby is able to automatically organize media views using folders, in Kodi this has to be built explicitly. To do that it is necessary to use "Video Nodes". The top folders can be implemented as "parent node" (practically a folder in the user library directory that contain a file named "index.xml" equivalent to "folder.xml" used in Emby) the leaf/child nodes (belonging to a given parent node) can be implemented as a filters that contain a specific sub-path in the same directory of "parent node". The parent nodes can be nested, but to show the movies is necessary add also one or more child node (a standard video node implemented as filter). In this way, using the Emby addon, it is possible also preserve correctly the boxsets. Edited May 3, 2015 by Dan64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yeah, we like you idea - @@marcelveldt is implementing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcelveldt 736 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Version 0.1.1 of the addon has the video nodes implemented. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan64 30 Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 I have installed the last version 0.1.3 and I can see now the video-nodes (actually implemented using "tag"). I think that is a step forward given the possibility to organize the media views using 1-layer folders. Willing to implement a 2-layer folders (as in my case) the implementation start to be more complex, and I had to to this manually but in any case I consider the version 0.1.3 an improvement. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im85288 1493 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Can you explain more what you mean by 2-layer folders? The video nodes as I see them point at things such as your favourite TV shows etc.. (I presume you refer to that as 1-layer) but what is an example of the second layer. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I think what he means is like in the old addon 'User Views' section where go into 'Kids TV', then in a second level have 'Latest', 'In Progress', 'Favorites' for that node. Really this can all be done manually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcelveldt 736 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I think what he means is like in the old addon 'User Views' section where go into 'Kids TV', then in a second level have 'Latest', 'In Progress', 'Favorites' for that node. Really this can all be done manually... It's already there... the nodes that I implemented have those sublevels. Just point your home menu shortcut to the upper entry and it's all set. Or create submenu entries off course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSattler 387 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 It's already there... the nodes that I implemented have those sublevels. Just point your home menu shortcut to the upper entry and it's all set. Or create submenu entries off course. This has been a really nice addon. This is a hell of a lot easier than manually creating it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan64 30 Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 (edited) I have the following folder structure on Emby server Using the folder view mode in Emby I'm able to navigate through the folders, I was able to replicate such navigation creating (manually) video-nodes in Kodi, while using the Emby addon I'm able to see only the 1-Layer folders: 3D, Cartoons, TV, Film3D, Films, FilmTV. I can understand that implementing this view probably require a redesign of addon, so I'm not asking that (I have already solved this problem ). Edited May 8, 2015 by Dan64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcelveldt 736 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I have the following folder structure on Emby server Using the folder view mode in Emby I'm able to navigate through the folders, I was able to replicate such navigation creating (manually) video-nodes in Kodi, while using the Emby addon I'm able to see only the 1-Layer folders: 3D, Cartoons, TV, Film3D, Films, FilmTV. I can understand that implementing this view probably require a redesign of addon, so I'm not asking that (I have already solved this problem ). Well, You can solve it when you mark all those subfolders as movie set and then set the kodi video settings to show movies in sets, that might actually work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan64 30 Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 (edited) Inside these folders I have some movie sets, can the movie sets be nested ? Edited May 8, 2015 by Dan64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcelveldt 736 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Inside these folders I have some movie sets, can the movie sets be nested ?Hmm, thats a good question... Try out and see what happens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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