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Emby Server 4.7 - Table View Option

Carlo

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Emby Server 4.7 - Table View Option

Emby Server 4.7 and it's point releases provide some very cool new functionality.

This is the first or introduction blog post in a new series we're doing to show you in depth the new features in 4.7.
We're going to try and publish 1 or 2 blog posts in this series each week but will depend on other releases.

Let's kick this off with a cool new feature from the recent 4.7.4 point release.

  • Add new table view option

The new Table View Option is available to use in all libraries and tabs.  The examples below use a TV Library mainly with show names/series and episodes but applies this new view is available everywhere in the libraries. You could use the table view for movies, music albums, songs or any other part of your library. 

Let's start by showing how you change the view.

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The first thing we want to do is click the 3 dot menu circled in yellow in the pic above which will open the following settings:

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Change the view to Table as shown above. You will then have the following settings screen to select the fields nd you'll have a set of fields you wish to display.

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For now click the top left back arrow and you'll see a new table view that looks similar to below.
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Now that we have an idea what the Table view look like, click the 3 dot menu and select other fields to display. The picture below shows additional fields added.
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Instead of using the 3 dot menu to work your way to select fields to display you can click the icon shown in the yellow square (top left corner).

This gives you direct access to the display fields without having to select the view first!
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Select a few more fields to display (or select them all) to see what it looks like. If the table scrolls off the screen you can use the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen, gestures or two finger trackpad slide to scroll the grid.

You can right click on any row and bring up the action menu which should look familiar.

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Most of the column headers can be clicked to quickly sort by that column.  A second click on the header reverses the sort order.
The picture below shows the table is using the Community Ratings and it's sorted in a reversed order to find the highest ratings.
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Tip: Use the Keyboard to Jump to sections closer to your Media.
You can type up to 3 characters to jump to the media starting with those characters.

This feature ignore common words such as "a", "the", etc
If you type BON it jumps to media starting with "bon" which is helpful if you want to watch "Bones".
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To jump to a show "The Rookie" or "The Big Bang Theory"  you could use ROO or BIG to get these results:
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If you type a single character such as "S" it will jump to the "S" section of the media. Typing "TR" would make it easy to access Training Day or Treadstone.

Just like the Primary view you can apply filters (tab up top).  I just used this to find the name of a show I watched with my son. I remembered it was a Science Fiction show so I tried this filter knowing the show had been played.
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This filter produced the following results which had the show name I was looking for "Terra Nova".  I could have used a couple different Genres in my search with success.
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The table view expands the viewing flexibility of Emby a great deal and is already something of an instant hit!  Try it in different situations, such as remote when you want the fastest view of media without waiting for graphics to load. Or when you want to see the maximum amount of meta-data. 

Please share with us your favorite use of the new Table View and any tips or tricks you discover!

The next blog post will cover the following bullet point from 4.7.4 that doesn't do the feature justice.

  • Add Episode Intro Detection and Skipping feature

If you would like to see an in-depth blog post on any 4.7 feature let us know in the comments.

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Tzutzu

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Thanks cayars! Useful! I'll keep an eye on the future in-depth posts.

Any option to modify the columns width? As in I can view the details in one page and not scrolling right-left? Thank you.

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Carlo

It's a new feature that like others can be adapted and improved based on feed back.
Things like column width and order of columns are certainly possible.

I'd suggest creating a feature request for some of your ideas with Table View as I'm sure others will want them as well. Count me in as well. :)
https://emby.media/community/index.php?/forum/98-feature-requests/

These could already be planned but having a feature request certainly won't hurt!

 

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Tzutzu

Thank you, good ideea, I'll do that.

I'll "play" with those new features for a couple of days to summarize all the ideas that, eventually, will come on my mind.

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thanks will keep an eye on in depth  posts and decide If I should update from 4.6

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zarejosin

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I do not see really the purpose of this table view (its not critic, its just to understand the thinking behind) ? In which case I would use this table? For more Meta-Infos?

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On 7/1/2022 at 2:12 PM, zarejosin said:

I do not see really the purpose of this table view (its not critic, its just to understand the thinking behind) ? In which case I would use this table? For more Meta-Infos?

Hi, it is a helpful management tool to allow you to see more information at once.

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One of my favorite uses is on mobile devices on cell networks.  This loads quicker on cell networks without the posters.
You also get to see listings for more media this way.

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On 7/5/2022 at 12:21 PM, cayars said:

One of my favorite uses is on mobile devices on cell networks.  This loads quicker on cell networks without the posters.
You also get to see listings for more media this way.

Same!  I especially like seeing the container format for music.

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FintelFamily

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For some shows (like The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), the Title field only contains the guests for that program. The only field with the program name is the file name. I've checked all the other fields. I also see this happening for 60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press and America's Test Kitchen. Is there any way to add a field for the program name?

 

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5 hours ago, FintelFamily said:

For some shows (like The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), the Title field only contains the guests for that program. The only field with the program name is the file name. I've checked all the other fields. I also see this happening for 60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press and America's Test Kitchen. Is there any way to add a field for the program name?

 

HI there, I don't quite understand what you're asking. Can you please open a new topic in the community about this and provide a screenshot example? Thanks !

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We want to know the viewership ratios in all sections, each film and series

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