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From Versión 3.2.40.1 beta Force Transcode x265 is ignoring and using direct . I just test with old version Versión 3.2.36.10 and is working ok. Dont know if a server issue or kodi plugin.

@Angelblue Emby4Kodi V3.0.7a, Just trying to fixed server for maintenance, so I disable ALL users in Ember Server, when I am done fixing the server, I re-enable users, then Kodi prompt with screen to validate users and password, although the screen displayed user name, so I pressed enter to continue the screen FREEZE Kodi no other functions could be perform, as many times that tried to log in for each client same issue. What usually happen in the past when a client is disable in the server, Kodi will prompt the user connection with server is lost, but should always the user to watch Live Tv but not able to play movies or Tv shows. If the client re-lunched Kodi it will prompt no connection with server, but it would allow access to Kodi to watch Live TV or perform other functions besides interface with server. thereafter when the user or client is RE-ENABLE on the server side client received immediate prompt it's connection with server is re-established. Could you check that this narrative is still in place coz my experience of yesterday proved otherwise, let me know if I should test when you have resolved the issue. Thanks

Emby for Kodi Version: ( Not exactly sure what version it started but I believe all the beta 3.0.x are affected) beta 3.0.x ( latest version tested was 3.0.8a ) Emby Server Version: Version 3.2.70.0 Kodi Versions Affected: (Untested on LibreELEC Kodi v18 Alpha 1) Kodi 17.6 OS Tested and Affected: (Crashing) LibreELEC (official): 8.2.3, kernel: Linux ARM 32-bit version 4.9.59 - ( Raspberry Pi 3 ) LibreELEC (official): 8.2.3, kernel: Linux x86 64-bit version 4.11.12 - ( Asus Cromebox cn60) OS Tested and Unaffected: (Working) Windows 10 x64 - Version 10.0.16299 Build 16299 - (Kodi 17.6 & Kodi v18 - Alpha 1) Xubuntu 16.04 - LTS "Xenial Xerus" - ( Kodi 17.6 ) Issue: Installing Emby for Kodi Beta 3.0.x on a fresh install of LibreELEC, ( Kodi 17.6 ), results in Kodi crashing on the user select screen, after entering entering a user password and selecting "Sign In". Full Log: https://paste.ubuntu.com/26476847/ Kodi Crash log: https://paste.ubuntu.com/26476849/ *note: I did censor out ids & external ips with "[REMOVED]" Workaround: Install Emby for Kodi Stable Version: 2.3.62a, setup, and run initial sync. Upgrade to Emby for Kodi Beta 3.0.x after initial sync. -------------------------------------- This has been an issue for a while now, unfortunately I did not have time to create a proper bug report until now. If you need any more info, Just let me know.

Hello all, I have multiple Kodi machines all connecting to one Emby server. I recently updated all kodi plugins (including the emby plugin) on one of the machines and did some other tunes and tweaks. I then usually copy over the entire kodi profile to the other machines and remove settings.xml from userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.emby Then; When starting kodi with the new profile on the other machines, i get an Emby Connect to server/Login screen. I enter the server, enter login information. Wait for the server/client sync and everything is up and running. This time it's not working. As soon as i enter the server IP and port and press connect; Kodi crashes and screen only shows a cursor. Then the libreelec watchdog restart Kodi and again i am presented with the Emby login. I cannot seem to get passed this. I'm running the latest Emby server .70 and client 3.0.8a. Is this a beta? When reverting back to 2.3.62 it works again. Logging does not show anything weird; 15:37:01.971 T:139989663819520 NOTICE: EMBY.connectionmanager -> tryConnect url: http://*:8096/emby/system/info/public 15:37:01.992 T:139989663819520 NOTICE: EMBY.connectionmanager -> ConnectionManager response status: 200 15:37:01.993 T:139989663819520 NOTICE: EMBY.connectionmanager -> connectToAddress http://*:8096 succeeded 15:37:01.994 T:139989663819520 NOTICE: EMBY.connectionmanager -> begin connectToServer 15:37:01.994 T:139989663819520 NOTICE: EMBY.connectionmanager -> beginning connection tests 15:37:01.994 T:139989663819520 NOTICE: EMBY.connectionmanager -> testing connection mode 2 with server vod 15:37:01.994 T:139989663819520 NOTICE: EMBY.connectionmanager -> tryConnect url: http://*:8096/emby/system/info/public 15:37:02.014 T:139989663819520 NOTICE: EMBY.connectionmanager -> ConnectionManager response status: 200 15:37:02.015 T:139989663819520 NOTICE: EMBY.connectionmanager -> calling onSuccessfulConnection with connection mode 2 with server vod 15:37:02.016 T:139989663819520 NOTICE: EMBY.credentials -> credentialsupdated

Hi, For customizing my skin i need to use smart playlists, the thing is that emby is not creating smart playlists of my library folders and also on sources i have two Emby folders but neither of them is populated, the sources show up empty. This is a problem because there's no other way to customize my kodi skin without the smart playlists, and without playlists or paths i cant create smart playlists. I have kodi 17.6 and stable emby addon 2.3.62a how can i fix this? thanks

@@Luke Hi, i was wondering if there will be a complete translation of the Apple Tv App, now it shows part german, part english ? Further it would be wonderful if there was a button for TV shows to set the watched status on/off for all episodes/seasons of show. For example: my boy wants to watch a tv show (2seasons/56episodes) over and over again. i have to open the webbrowser each time to set the watched status back for the Show. please include this in the ATV App. Last thing i wanted to say is that the ATV app not allways refreshes the status (movies/shows) - but there is already a thread to this. All in all i have to say that Emby works great and as long time Plex user i‘m happy i got here. best regards

Went to watch a movie last night and when we selected a movie we were presented with a strange "Select the Source" screen with weird sources displayed. This seems to be happening on all my kodi emby devices. I am currently using Kodi 17.1 and Emby addon 3.07a. I have attached a copy of the message that we are seeing and my log file. log-2018-01-28-18.24.52.zip

I'm in general very happy with the Emby for Kodi app. For me it's the perfect solution as I'm using Kodi for my main Media Center and the iOS Emby app for streaming when "on the go". However there is one to me very annoying issue that I've "always" had. The "Emby Options" submeny does not work under certain conditions. I am using Kodi v17.6 and the latest Emby plugin, I always keep bothj updated. However this issue have persisted through all releases. I'm using the default Estuary skin for kodi. When I try to access the "Kodi Options" submeny on items/widgets under the Movies Kodi menu it does nothing. The same is true if I try to access this submeny for movies (or anything else) that is displayed as the result of a search in Kodi. THis makes it very difficult to for instance toggle the playstate for a movie in the Emby library. If I go to my movies library in Kodi by entering by for instance Title or Genres (from the Kodi menu) things works as expected. Could this please be fixed so the "Emby Options" submeny works as it should "everywhere" in Kodi? Not sure if I explained this in a way that is possible to understand, if not please let me know

In a recent server update the advanced section for hosting changed. This has caused a bit of an issue for me and possibly other people that are using a reverse proxy for Emby Before I was able to show the external address as the domain I input and the custom port I use. I am using IIS to proxy and do SSL offloading. IIS is programmed to work on the internal IP over http X.X.X.X:8096 My external connection is my domain xxx.xxxx.xxx:custom port The issue becomes if i checkbox the "Require https for external connections" it will update the remote address to the proper one but then my SSL offloading does not work as all requests are being redirected to https on the Emby server It seems that one of my remote clients a Kodi box actually automaticlly updated the server address to the wrong one because Emby is reporting the wrong external address to clients. Can the option to use a custom external address and port be returned without forcing https on the Emby server?

Would there be any interest in integrating Amazon Echo/Dot control into Emby? e.g Alexa ask Emby to play next Family Guy Alexa open Emby Movies Alexa shuffle Emby music Alexa pause Emby Alexa Fast Forward Emby 3 minutes Alexa ask Emby to play next episode Amazon are offering the API to developers: https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-voice-service/content/avs-api-overview Logitech has already integrated Alexa with their Harmony remotes: https://support.myharmony.com/en-us/harmony-experience-with-amazon-alexa and Sonus will shortly do so. Could be a USP for Emby compared to Plex and Kodi!

Hi! Yesterday i´ve already posted my problem in the docker thread but now i know that my problem belongs to a series and not to the docker container. The series is not scrobbled to trakt.tv, the series is not listed in emby backend when i start or stop playback and neither during watching. Also the pushover plugin doesn´t send pushmails.... the logfile is attached and looks quite interessting.... maybe it´s some naming convention thing... pls have a look b0mb Neues Textdokument.7z

Hi Guys, I think I may have identified a bug with Emby for Kodi when in 'Native (Direct Play)'. My Setup is as follows: 5 x Raspberry PI 3 B+ running the latest Kodi (Libreelec) and Emby addon (2.3.62a) to manage my movies and TV Shows 2 x Computers with Kodi (Windows 10) and Emby addon (2.3.62a) as well Synology NAS hosting my media (Movies, TV Shows, etc) and running Emby Server 3.2.70 I have been using Emby as my media manager for the past 8 months... but recently, I have noticed that with my RPi 3 B+, running in Add-on mode, appears to very slow in loading a Movie or TV Show when selected... would possibly take 20 seconds or so... and the temperature seems to increase of the system, at odd times overheating when in use I have reset all my setups as recommended (RPi and Computers running Kodi/Emby) and use Native (Direct Play) in the Emby addons, and the loading of the Movies/TV Shows are almost instant when selected. The bug I did notice thou, is that if "Default select action" is set on 'Choose' or 'Show Information' within Kodi settings for media... it will just play the source and not show the information screen! This worked well in Add-on mode, but in Native (Direct Play), it seems to treat the "Show information" as "Play" If I select "Show information" - when a movie (or TV Show is selected) - it simply plays the source, ignoring the 'show Information' screen I set it as 'Choose' - when a movie (or TV Show is selected) - it will show a popup with 'Play', 'Show information', 'More...' ('Play' and 'Show information' do the same function and play the source) The only way I can get it to show information is to select 'More...' in the popup, and then select 'Information', or if I press the context menu and select 'Information' I have changed skins to verify its not a skin issue (Amber, Aeon Nox: Silvo, etc...) and this only happens when Emby is set to use use Native (Direct Play), else in Add-on mode, everything works well... but its just so slow to load my content, taking half a minute... If logs are required, please let me know... but I think this issue can be replicated on your end to verify this bug

Running into the same issue with resume in Kodi. Kodi (17.6 Git:a9a7a20). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit LibreELEC (official): 8.2.3, kernel: Linux x86 64-bit version 4.11.12 Emby for Kodi Version: 3.0.6a Emby Server Version: 3.2.70.0 ( Windows 10 x64 ) Video has has a runtime duration. Resume/Playback working in the web client & iOS. If I start playing from the beginning and stop in the middle of the video in the web client or iOS, resume option shows up in Kodi. Using Resume option in Kodi results in playback from beginning. Full Log: [Removed] If any more info is needed, I'd be happy to help.

I am running emby server on a pertty old synology server, consequently it is quite slow. But it handles media updates fast enough, My issue is more with image serving which are server over http from the emby server, asking it quite a lot of work. Would it be possible to have an option for the emby addon to look directly for images in media folder? (i use direct access). I setup emby server to download metadata along the video file just for that purpose. And looking at the nfo file, there is an art section. So i guess kodi could look at this directly instead of relying on emby server? Also what does "cache all atwork" option do exactly? Do i only need to run it once? Or should i do it everytime the database is updated? THanks

Because the only way to have a good playback on Sony AndroidTV without any stutterings and audio passthrough issues i have to use the stock video player. I found a great solution using emby addon for kodi to keep my media library and to watch the media via the sony player app. I am using Kodi v17.5 / SPMC v16.7.1 Emby addon via emby repository (not embycon) Kodi external player passing video files to the sony video player app Emby setting "direct play" (UPnP cast) I read some thread about same or similar issue but i did not find a solution. Is it or will it be possible to get the watched status using external player? A second issue is, that the watched progress is not stored and continuing a movie is not possible. It is only possible, when re-starting the same movie. If a first movie is started and stopped for example in the middle, starting a second movie, stopping and starting the first movie, the first movie starts always from beginning, there is no question about continuing the movie.

@Angelblue, I just noticed play issue with the latest addon, follow type of video files where a single file broken down into series was playing nicely in ver 2.3.61 has stopped in the latest version. Appreciate U taken care of this issue swifly e:\Movies 1\Lucy (2014) Lucy (2014)A.mkv Lucy (2014)B.mkv Cheers!

I know this has been requested before (probably by me) but last night was yet another example why it would be great to get this request going. I had both the 2D and 3D version of the movie we planned to watch last night ripped and ready to go. Starting the movie, Emby made the decision to play the 3D version. Thats fine, thats what we wanted. Luckily it always seems to choose 3D over 2D so it has not been an issue... until now. I must have done something wrong when ripping but the 3D version is just not watchable being full of artifacts and glitches. Disappointing but the evenings not lost, I'll just play the 2D version...but how?? After stumbling around for 15 minutes while my family gets increasingly more annoyed at "dads stupid hobby" we gave up and went our separate ways for the night. How the heck can I make it play the version I wanted it to play?? I know PlexKodiConnect has got this going over on the Plex side of things we we all know that a good part of that addon was taken directly from here so I know its possible to have Emby for Kodi pop up a requestor and allow you to choose the stream you want to play. Please save me from another repeat of last night!

I am getting a error when I start up Library sync thread has exited! you should restart Kodi now. Please report this on the forum OptinalError Threading 774,801:librarysync,642,634,748,586:itemtypes Musicvideo has no column

Kodi version: 17.6. (20171114-a9a7a20) Emby version: 3.2.50.0 I just set up a new Kodi install, and tried to sync it with Emby. Several TV shows did not sync until I turned "sync empty TV shows" to ON — despite their having episodes, and my being able to play those episodes in Emby's web view. The attached log contains lines like 18:00:02.772 T:123145531662336 NOTICE: EMBY.objects.tvshows -> Skipping empty show: Are You Being Served? which is bizarre to say the least, as the show isn't empty. Once I've enabled syncing empty TV shows and run a repair of the local database, the show appears just fine. Does anybody know what could be going wrong here? I'm going to leave syncing empty TV shows enabled for now, but it would be nice to find a fix for this… Thanks kodi.log

When i export the tvtunes.nfo files with Emby Kodi Addon and i select "Direkt Play" he writes the smb path in the nfo: <tvtunes><file>smb://path/to/seriesdir/theme.mp3</file></tvtunes> This works and the theme.mp3 will be played. When i select "direct Stream" (on my Tablet for use outside the local Lan) he writes in the nfo: <tvtunes><file>https://embyurl:1234/emby/Audio/9143c658e95bc23a733043b005888895/stream.mp3?&api_key=3245123456789</file></tvtunes> This give an parse error (i think "&" must be "&"). But when i load that url in a Browser it does not work to: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: key I played a bit with it and this one will work without the api_key: <tvtunes><file>https://embyurl:1234/emby/Audio/9143c658e95bc23a733043b005888895/stream.mp3</file></tvtunes> Can this be fixed in a future Version of Emby?

Hello, I have a movie with 2 version. One 1080P and One 3D. In emby, i can select the movies that i want to view. But in kodi, i can't select a version ? Can you help me ? Thanks

A few days ago I had an issue with new added episodes not appearing live without restarting Kodi like I mentioned in this topic. That issue is solved because I had to remove a line from my advancedsettings.xml that did the Kodi library. With that line I never saw my empty tv shows but after removing that line those empty tv shows only disappear after entering a random tv show. Full or empty. This is only when I use the Emby Nodes. With Kodi labels this is not an issuel. And it needs to be done an every single main menu item with tv shows in them. I hope this can be fixed. Kodi log Thanks.

Please add the possibility to add subtitles to STRM like other kind of media. Because i can't watch series or movies in spanish titles Thanks and my regards

Hi, I'm running the Emby for Kodi addon using Kodi 17.3 on Windows 10. Everything seemed to be working fine last night, but today I am unable to play any videos through the Emby plugin (they work fine if I play them in Kodi directly). I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the plugin from scratch, but that doesn't seem to have fixed anything. The library is rebuilt fine and all of my media is found, just unplayable. I have attached the log file below, thanks in advance for any help. Cheers kodi.log

Hi, I'm using Kodi 17.6, I have multiple users on it. Lately two of my users have an emby plugin error when login in. The error is only with Kodi, the users are fine on emby web, app... 18:41:05.969 T:13124 NOTICE: EMBY.connectionmanager -> Begin ConnectionManager constructor 18:41:05.971 T:13124 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<-- - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS! Error Type: <type 'exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError'> Error Contents: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xc9' in position 56: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\service.py", line 37, in <module> service = Service() File "C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\resources\lib\service_entry.py", line 84, in __init__ librarysync.LibrarySync().offline_mode_views() File "C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\resources\lib\librarysync.py", line 60, in __init__ self.user = userclient.UserClient() File "C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\resources\lib\userclient.py", line 42, in __init__ self.connectmanager = connectmanager.ConnectManager() File "C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\resources\lib\connectmanager.py", line 54, in __init__ self._connect.setFilePath(path) File "C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\resources\lib\connect\connectionmanager.py", line 78, in setFilePath self.credentialProvider.setPath(path) File "C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\resources\lib\connect\credentials.py", line 30, in setPath self.path = path.decode('utf-8') File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\system\python\Lib\encodings\utf_8.py", line 16, in decode return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xc9' in position 56: ordinal not in range(128) -->End of Python script error report<-- 18:41:05.978 T:13124 WARNING: CPythonInvoker(5, C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\service.py): the python script "C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\service.py" has left several classes in memory that we couldn't clean up. The classes include: class XBMCAddon::xbmc::Monitor,class XBMCAddon::xbmcaddon::Addon,class XBMCAddon::xbmcaddon::Addon Seems to be related to an unsupported character. I've notice one thing in common with the two problematic users, in Kodi both usernames contains a "é". (not the case in emby) PS C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\profiles> ls Directory: C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\profiles Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- d----- 2017-11-14 08:15 Mireille <-- Working fine d----- 2017-03-13 18:32 Simon <-- Working fine d----- 2017-12-14 22:31 Véro <-- emby plugin not working / error d----- 2017-03-13 18:33 Élise <-- emby plugin not working / error PS C:\Users\Plasmon\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\profiles> I imagine the emby plugin try to access the kodi user path and is failing because of this french character. It was working before, I suppose it can be easily fix. Regards Simon