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Hi, the issue is fixed with v1.1.3 https://github.com/MDBList/emby-plugin-mdblist/releases Please update and sync again. Emby.Plugin.MDBList.dll

Checked 4.10.0.31 today, same setup as before: fresh container, same synthetic sample, same probes. Nothing has moved on the tail. Every row below is 4.10.0.30 -> 4.10.0.31: - identical final segments, 6-second segments: 2 -> 2 - identical final segments, 3-second segments: 3 -> 3 - md5 of those segments: f40fe109... -> the same - last fMP4 segment, fresh sessions: no response -> no response - "FfRunException" in the server log: 0 -> 0 - ts matrix: all 200 -> all 200 - mp4 matrix, segment 221: 45-second hang -> 45-second hang The image id is different from .30, so something was built — just not this. And the .30 fix holds: FfRunException is still zero, so nothing has regressed either. The mechanism is the one from my last post: you restart ffmpeg per segment and seek to the nominal boundary with the video copied, so when the file's last keyframe falls before the penultimate segment boundary with none after it, every later run rewinds to that same keyframe and emits the same frames. The recipe for a file that reproduces it is in that post, and it takes about two minutes to build. Posting this mainly so the thread has the number for .31. Happy to test any build, and to run anything else you want against this setup.

Thanks! v2.7.1.8 installed - just restarting the server now and will report back!

No, which part do I need to read?

Ok then you need to wait to use that plugin, till beta becomes Release. Emby Server Beta - Emby Community

Did you read the post

@ebrSorry about that. @LukeThank you, the standard app works! The only thing missing is a smart playlist function. I could not find any playlists, and likely because I didn't make any in the server. Thanks again!

I don't know what Emby beta is, so I'll assume that I'm not using it

@sobeitjediAre you using Emby beta? That plugin only works on 4.10 Beta

@Grumpy1 Both halves of your message turned into something, so here's the report. The random pick is built. It's a switch in Settings ▸ Home, next to What's In It and Rotation, and it behaves the way I said it would: the draw happens once, when the app opens. A new five every launch, and it holds still while you're in there — back out of a title and the header is where you left it. Flipping the switch re-draws as well, so if you don't like the five you got, off and on hands you another set. What it deliberately doesn't change: the first slot is still whatever you're part-way through, it still skips what you've already watched, and it still only draws titles that have a proper wide backdrop. And it draws from the whole row, not the first handful of it. Your message also found a second thing, which you never reported. Going through that screen to answer you, I noticed my rows were in a fixed order — continue, libraries, recently added — no matter what the account was set to. Your server stores that order per user, and the app had simply never asked for it. It does now: put your libraries above continue watching and that's what you get, on the old home and the enhanced one alike. Two limits on that, both on purpose. It's the order only — which rows exist is still the app's call, so an account with every section set to "none" doesn't open into a blank screen. And Live TV and recordings aren't rows here, they're tiles inside My Libraries, so those two can't be moved on their own. One measured note for anyone else building against this, since it cost me a probe to find: that section list only comes back if you ask for it under the client name "emby". Ask under any other name and you get a 200 with an empty payload — which is a memorable way to conclude that a user has configured nothing. No date and no version number from me. I'll say here when it's out.

Has the new Home Screen Collection plugin been any better for you? Have just tried to install it, but must be doing something wrong. Put the dll in the Emby plugins folder, started Emby, but no difference - can't see how to access the plugin?

I was looking into this plugin as well and was also unable to get it to work.

In the collection I made "0.1 Next up Movies" another movie was missing this morning. When I first put this post here I was down to 11 movies from probably around 75 or so movies. On 9/4/26, I still had 11 movies and this morning (9/5) I only have 10 movies. Most of my collections I created last September and I add to the "0.1 Next up Moves and "0.2 TV Series" weekly. I put 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 etc in front of all the collection names I made to keep them in front of all the other collections the I didn't make, like A& E, ABC, Adult Swim etc. I have 11 collections that I have made and added movies or shows to and all of are missing movies. I made a new collection "0.12 Rocky" and it still has the 8 movies I put in it on 8/31/26. How can I tell if I have nfo files in my movie directories next to the movie files? When I added movies to the collection "0.12 Rocky" for example, I created a Rocky collection and added a Rocky movie to it and then changed the collection name to "0.12 Rocky"and then added the rest of the movies to 0.12 Rocky.

Yes — and it's worth saying why it's the same five, because what's missing isn't really the shuffle, it's that the rule picking them never varies. Those five slots are chosen once, when the app opens, and always the same way: first whatever you're part-way through, then the newest unwatched item from each of your libraries, one each, then an unwatched favourite. Nothing in that changes until you either watch something or add something to the server. So your case — not getting to the movies right away — is exactly the one where it can sit on the same five for days. That's a fair thing to complain about. The good news is the pot is already on the device. Since 1.8 each library's row is loaded 128 items deep instead of 16, so taking one of those at random rather than the newest costs nothing extra: no new request, same data already in memory, just a different item off the same list. If you're curious how big that pot is on your server, Settings ▸ Home ▸ What's In It already shows an "eligible" count next to each source — that's the number a random pick would be drawing from. Two rules I'd keep. Only items with a proper wide backdrop can go up there: a poster stretched across 1920 looks bad enough that I'd rather show one slot fewer, so "random" means random among those, not random across the whole library. And it should keep skipping what you've already watched, same as it does now. One thing I'd not do is reshuffle while you're looking at it. That header is rebuilt every time you come back to Home from a title, so a naive random pick would put a different film at the top every single time you back out of something — and there's already been a bug reported on this thread about that screen not sitting still. The draw wants to happen once per launch: different every time you open the app, steady while you're inside it. That's the version I'd build. It fits in the section that's already there, next to What's In It and Rotation. No date and no version number from me, as usual — but this one is cheap and I know exactly where it goes. And thanks for the other half of your message. You're the first person to tell me they left the new home switched on, and that's the one question I genuinely can't answer from here.

Sorry, been recommended this plugin but I think I'm missing something as I can't get it to work ... I stopped Emby I've copied the dll (v4.1.4.0) to the Emby Plugins folder on my Synology I restarted Emby Now what? I can't see the plugin anywhere or how to use it? I'm running Emby 4.9.5.0 Any advice please?

I feel the same, I have spent countless hours organizing and adding movies to the 11 collections I made and would hope when I create them again, they stay.

Will this work with a rather large library, because I reached api rate limit on the fiirst sync? I have around 16.000 movies and close to 1000 series and am a €3.00 supporter so I should have 100.000 api requests.

I can confirm Emby on Safari is only playing the HDR10 base layer of DV 8.1 media on Safari. Tested using Dolby reference files -> no strobing effect so failed test, no metadata reaching AVPlayer. This is consistent with my findings earlier that Emby is not copying the metadata while remuxing: P5 plays pink/green (no HDR10 layer) and P8 falls to HDR10 layer. Here's a link to Dolby's official reference files: https://spott.ott.dolby.com/ Play OTT00325 on an Apple Silicone Mac or an iPhone so you can see what a positive metadata test looks like. As always, more than happy to help if needed.

Very happy to hear that. Thank you so much. Any update on the DV direct stream fix? I'm happy to provide any more info or logs that you need to help move this forward.

Hi, first of all: thank you so much for this incredible work and breathtaking plugin! I know you are very busy right now….. I will be patient, all the best for you…. and maybe some questions can be answered by other users. Is there a reason, why this plugin is not placed in the plugin repository? (Some time ago I read about the plan that „manually“ plugin installations will be supported a bit easier (to copy them in the right folder)…. Any progress on that? As my personal focus and goals for this nice feature are „best-of“ movie rankings, like top 250 IMDB movies or the top 100 Sight & Sound Movies of all time…. I created two layouts and the reference files in my library. Basically everything worked great and the result impressed me. Some questions: 1) As the main purpose for this list is the „ranking“…. Is there any chance to add the ranking number in front of the playlist? (01, 02, 03,…) 2) Is it possible to kind of ADD this ranking/numbering also to the Collection and HomeScreen-Exports? As far as I found out, Collection Export and HomeScreen Creation looses the ranking. 3) As I have – for some movies – different versions and/or formats (DVD-Rip, BLU-RAY-Rip, TV-Recordings) in my library, is there a solution to sort those matches by resolution (best to worst) or by source-type or by folder sequence? (before the plugin chooses the „match“) 4) Is it thinkable to also include „placeholders“/missing movies to he list? As I’m working on filling up my library, it would be terrific, if I could see, which top-ranked movies are still missing in my collection. Thank you for inputs and thoughts!

I do leave it on ( was going to request something like this ) . about the enhanced home , is it possible to have it pick random order from the lists ? right now it always shows the same 5 since i don't always get to the movies right away

Bonjour, Je ne comprends pas ce qui se passe. Je veux enregistrer "Koh Lanta" toutes les semaines. Il est bien programmé puis je reçois (car j'ai fait un événement sur l'annulation des enregistrements) une annulation de l'enregistrement et je ne comprends pas pourquoi. Recording of Koh-Lanta - S29:E1 All Stars has been cancelled on ASUS_NUC Koh-Lanta - S29:E1 All Stars TF1 1 Je dois relancer manuellement les enregistrements : embyserver.txt

Thanx for that! Request sent, does this restore premium on the Jellywatch admin app? /N

The AndroidTV app can still do direct access on a Shield, but only if you fall back on the OS of your Shield. There was a big security update on the Shield a while back which made ebr disable the option if you updated because only some of us could get it working on the new OS. I believe you can still see the option grayed out in settings though if your Shield is up to date. A few of us have fallen back before to get direct access, but I've since updated my Shield again because it wasn't worth it to me to stay on an older OS for this.

I tried another movie which I had problems with. I removed all duplicate audio tracks comparing the language. E.g. English and german had 2 tracks each (DTS-HD Master and DTS). I removed the DTS tracks leaving eng and ger with DTS-HD Master and all other languages with AC-3. This resulted in playing the audio track with the highest number which in this case was turkish. Playback startet around 12:00:00. Thiss time only the embyserver.txt log is available. I attached it here. embyserver.txt