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Well, for example, all TV shows where the title contains "law & order." Tagging by genre, director, actor, etc. as well. It's November? Spotlight film noir. David Lynch died? Spotlight films he directed. Robert Redford died? Spotlight films he starred in. Release date, too. Films with the genre "film noir" released between 1940 and 1950, to filter out neo-noir. Films celebrating their 100th anniversary this year. There's so much metadata already on the server, it just feels silly that I have to manually curate lists elsewhere. I do love the Trakt integration for Trending and the like though. Can you clarify how I get an API key? You can already Spotlight a collection, but if I could use this to dynamically tag its contents I don't need to go reconfigure the Spotlight once I'm done spotlighting that collection and want to go back to tags.

I’m working on the next update that will include an ability to choose an existing collection as source, and then put tags on the items within. Also to include local media information as 4K, 1080p, Dolby Atmos, etc. On my to-do list is also the ability to add a poster for collection and description. That will probably be in another update.

@brothom Yeah, the usual expectation (from everyone who has raised this) is that "Shuffle" will automatically shuffle the whole selection and then play it, even if it is then limited to the first 300 from the whole shuffled list. It should be an intuitive one-step process, not the current two-step process. It's easy enough to work around the current limitation, once you know how, but likely most people wouldn't get far enough to figure it out. Hopefully we'll get a fix at some stage...???

Not yet - but I guess this could be added in the Filter section for Dynamic Media. A lot of us are using tagging on the collections, so we are doing it that way - but agree, it would be nice to pick a collection and use that instead.

Yes, currently it’s only trakt or mdblist. I’m working on an update to also include some local media information as 4K, Dolby digital, exciting collections/playlists, genres, etc. Could you please elaborate what you mean by using “keywords”? Yeah I’m aware of some visual bugs when using a light theme. Thanks for reporting!

The scheduling, yes, but it can't use an Emby collection as a source.

From 1.4.00 it already has this (scheduler) ?

Any updates ?

A reverse collection option would be good, too, to tag everything in a given collection (eg setting up a rule to tag everything in my Universal Monsters collection at the start of October, then untag it at the end of October). Also I noticed this:

@user24looks like we at least know the underlying cause now. As a workaround we can use "Random" sorting. But what is the use of a Shuffle-button, if the sorting has to be "Random". When sorting by "Random", you could just hit Play anyway, because the contents are then already random.

Exactly - the same as what I discovered several weeks ago...

Thank you - list becomes 402 - SSPOPL - Sky Sports Premiere League (schedule references 502) 404 - SSPOCR - Sky Sports Cricket (schedule references 505) 406 - SSPOF1 - Sky Sports F1 (schedule references 507) 408 - SSPOAC - Sky Sports Action/NFL (schedule references 510) 417 - TNTSP3VM - BT Sports 3 (schedule references 529) The channel numbers issue I think is less important as users can match them manually. So I will refer the issue with the schedules for these first

Hello Emby Team and Community, First of all, thank you for such a powerful and flexible media server. Emby has become an important part of how many of us manage and stream our personal content. I wanted to suggest a possible future feature that could make Emby even more useful for some users: This could work like a simple instagram downloader for public videos, focused only on personal and offline use. Many users discover short videos, reels, or clips on Instagram that they would like to keep for personal offline viewing or add to their local media collection (for example, educational clips, travel videos, or creative content). Currently, this usually requires third-party tools and manual steps. It would be great if Emby could offer something like: an optional tool or plugin to import public Instagram videos simple URL-based importing saved videos appearing directly in the media library full respect for platform rules and personal use only This would not be for redistribution, but only for private libraries and offline viewing, similar to how people already manage downloaded media files. I understand there may be technical and policy challenges, but I wanted to share the idea and see what others think. Maybe this could be implemented as a plugin rather than a core feature. Thanks for your time and for all the great work on Emby. Best regards, Jack Moris

1st screenshot of tuner page 2nd screenshot of programme info 3rd screenshot: mapping

Hi @visproductionI have no idea if my family's Chromebook was recently updated. It is an Acer Chromebook bought from 3 years or so ago. The Emby app on Chromebook is the issue here and not Chrome browser. It plays fine in Chrome browser (MP3 or AAC). It is the Emby for Android app that is having audio issues for certain audio codecs. It does not convert it to a compatible audio codec when playing media in Emby app. I will check the troubleshooting guide when I have the time. Thanks for the info.

Because of the issues with channel numbers, I need to know the channel number for this in the lineup that you are using. So check your channel mapping and you can give me the channel number and how it appears on the screen when you map Also I need confirmation that your Sky Q lineup is the lineup with this ID: GBR-1007536-DEFAULT You can find the ID on the Server Settings for Live TV Setup tab screen So far I found these 402 - Sky Sports Premiere League (schedule references 502) 404 - Sky Sports Cricket (schedule references 505) 406 - Sky Sports F1 (schedule references 507) 417 - BT Sports 3 (schedule references 529)

This one's a little difficult to explain. I have a library of 10k+ songs and when shuffling, only a portion of the items (given it's sorting) are played. My goal is to press shuffle, and have my complete library be shuffled, without the shuffled playlist being restricted by the current sorting. Reproduction is easy: 1. Go to Songs tab 2. Set sorting to title (arrow up) 3. Press shuffle Expected result Items are shuffled regardless of their title. Actual result Only items that have a higher sorting results (starting with numbers, special characters, etc) will be played. This can also be reproduced by sorting by year. 1. Go to Songs tab 2. Set sorting to year (most recent first) 3. Press shuffle Expected result Items are shuffled regardless of their year. Actual result Only items that have a "higher" year are played, older entries are completely skipped. --- Update Looking at the request, it seems like Emby filters the first 300 items when shuffling: XXXXX/emby/Users/XXXXX/Items?IncludeItemTypes=Audio&Fields=BasicSyncInfo%2CCanDelete%2CCanDownload%2CPrimaryImageAspectRatio%2CProductionYear%2CStatus%2CEndDate%2CCommunityRating%2COfficialRating%2CCriticRating&StartIndex=0&SortBy=SortName&SortOrder=Ascending&ParentId=109144&EnableImageTypes=Primary%2CBackdrop%2CThumb&ImageTypeLimit=1&Recursive=true&Limit=300&X-Emby-Client=Emby+Web&X-Emby-Device-Name=Google+Chrome+Windows&X-Emby-Device-Id=60ceb367-6fcb-4be3-bbea-025a12a39fc6&X-Emby-Client-Version=4.9.3.18&X-Emby-Token=XXXXX&X-Emby-Language=en Where "&SortBy=SortName&SortOrder=Ascending" seems to be the culprit. Replacing it with SortBy with "SortBy=Random&SortOrder=Ascending" or just simply selecting the Random sort, seems to resolve the issue. Conclusion Why has been decided to use the current sorting when pressing the Shuffle button. Shouldn't this ALWAYS SortBy=Random? What's the point of sorting at all when shuffling?

Hi Quickmic I will try to get another log file to you tonight. Basically, with Bingie skin, if I hover over a movie, in this case it was 2 Fast 2 Furious, it should automatically play the trailer in a window after 3 seconds. I will get a log file of me going into the movie itself and pressing the Play Trailer button, which doesnt work, so it is captured in the log file to see what the problem could be.

Does this only work with an external source list? I was hoping there would be a way to dynamically control things based on keywords and other criteria, like building a VirtualTV channel. EDIT: I also have no idea how to get a Trakt API key? I assume I use the “new application” button, but then it wants redirect URIs and all sorts of other things I don't understand.

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I have run down the rabbit hole of others having the issue of "Scan Library Files" not adding new content not working, and I haven't found anything that works. I noticed the issue yesterday and remade the libraries after adding new content, and that worked. Today I added more and the 'Scan Library Files' isn't adding new content. I'm also not getting an error in the log file that I see. One thing that was present yesterday was a "Read Only" folder with a random name in the "Movies" directory. I could not delete it, so I moved all the movies to a new directory and redid the library. As I mentioned, that worked. I do not see any other directories or files like the one from yesterday. Is there a way to scan to see if Emby can read/write all the directories and files? I don't even know where to start looking to solve this issue. embyserver.txt

Already available in the beta version of the Android TV app. Hopefully we'll see it in an upcoming update to the standard Android app soon.

Yes, my folder for TV Shows. See image.

I just discovered "DYNAMIC MEDIA" in the "home section". It correctly displays tiles of the latest movies that scroll when I watch Emby on my PC, but on the other hand, on the Android phone or Android TV app: I don't have this display: can this be changed in a future update?

Yes, you could try that. I would see how the change in spin down time helps first. 5 minute spin down sounds a bit aggressive and more likely to contribute to high wear.