embyforkodi (next-gen) 7.X.X support

[Grumpy1 44]

1 hour ago, Onana said:

Hi

i don’t know if it’s related, but on skin artic horizon 2 by jurialmunkey , episodes thumbnails do not show using version 7.2.0  or up. 
Everything is ok if I use Plex for kodi.

On 6/10/2022 at 8:33 AM, Grumpy1 said:

one thing i noticed since switching to 7 is the fanart for episodes is all the same for each episode(the show fanart) while in version 6 it was a pic from the episode ( not sure what that is called :))

this is what i meant , i see pics make it much easier

there is also someone reporting this in the Horizon 2 thread on the kodi forums

Edited July 5, 2022 by Grumpy1

[quickmic 1352]

New version available 7.5.1:

delta changelog:

Add landscape image to episodes
Fix root folder sync issue
Fix artwork loading issue

 

Comment:
To fix the artwork issue, TVShows repair sync is required

 

[Grumpy1 44]

22 minutes ago, quickmic said:

New version available 7.5.1:

delta changelog:

Add landscape image to episodes
Fix root folder sync issue
Fix artwork loading issue

 

Comment:
To fix the artwork issue, TVShows repair sync is required

 

thanks for the landscape fix...works perfect now

[quickmic 1352]

There is a musicvideo update issue in 7.5.1. Will be fixed in next version.

[quickmic 1352]

btw, Feedback about the current skip intro and skip credits function is welcome. Let me know, if there are any issues.

[stevesarzi 1]

Hi,

with 7.5.1 database sync stuck at the end of movie sets sync. It remains on the last set scraped.

If I restart Kodi the sync restart and stops at the same point, adding a second copy of the movie on the database.

Tried also uninstalling the addon and reset Kodi database but the problem is still there.

Thank you

Stefano

[LuxTux 12]

The skip intro works. The message does fill up the whole screen. I guess that's a templating issue and not a feature issue.  it would be nice if the message would disappear if one doesn't react after X seconds. I haven't seen the credit skip message yet. I probably have to enable it still

[quickmic 1352]

10 hours ago, stevesarzi said:

Hi,

with 7.5.1 database sync stuck at the end of movie sets sync. It remains on the last set scraped.

If I restart Kodi the sync restart and stops at the same point, adding a second copy of the movie on the database.

Tried also uninstalling the addon and reset Kodi database but the problem is still there.

Thank you

Stefano

Sounds like and issue in the "new" folder sync. Please send me a kodi.log for review.

Definitely the folder sync issue. Will be fixed in next version (tomorrow). I forgot to add this bugfix in the 7.5.1 version

Edited July 7, 2022 by quickmic

[quickmic 1352]

2 hours ago, LuxTux said:

The message does fill up the whole screen.

That's probably skin related. It's a standard Kodi yesno message box (if it's enabled in plugin config menu). Otherwise there shouldn't be a message box at all (and auto skip the intro). The actual design of the message box is responsibility of the skin.

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it would be nice if the message would disappear if one doesn't react after X seconds.

I'll check if Kodi API -> Edit: I checked, yes possible. I'll add a timeout in next version.

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I haven't seen the credit skip message yet. I probably have to enable it still

Or no credit markers are detected by Emby. You can check the episode bookmarks in Kodi. There should be (textoverlay) labels.

 

 

 

Edited July 7, 2022 by quickmic

[RaptorCentauri 49]

in the change log you say 

Fix cinnemamode -> native mode

does this mean cinema mode is now possible when using the add-on in native mode?

[quickmic 1352]

41 minutes ago, RaptorCentauri said:

in the change log you say 

Fix cinnemamode -> native mode

does this mean cinema mode is now possible when using the add-on in native mode?

Yes, but actually that's not new. It was even possible in 6.x version. In 7.x was a bug in this feature.

[quickmic 1352]

New version available 7.5.2:

delta changelog:

Fix musicvideos update issue
Fix root folder sync issue
Fix minor music artist (realtime) sync issue (in very special cases) and only when new content was added.
Add autoclose option to yes/no messageboxes for: cinnemamode, skip intro, skip credits, delete option. Default 5 Seconds, timing adjustable under interface option in plugin config menu.

Edited July 8, 2022 by quickmic

[quickmic 1352]

On 7/7/2022 at 10:19 AM, stevesarzi said:

Hi,

with 7.5.1 database sync stuck at the end of movie sets sync. It remains on the last set scraped.

If I restart Kodi the sync restart and stops at the same point, adding a second copy of the movie on the database.

Tried also uninstalling the addon and reset Kodi database but the problem is still there.

Thank you

Stefano

Please try 7.5.2, thanks

[quickmic 1352]

To all testers,

Currently I'm stabilizing this version for release as next beta. I think there are no more design flaws in this version.

Imho, the concept of syncing is now perfect with the new included folder sync. It should cover all sort of cases (database should never go out of sync).

Please report all bugs, but I'll not add more features in the current version.

Bugs will still be fixed and I'll perform advanced testing.

Did anyone try this version on AppleTV?

 

Edited July 8, 2022 by quickmic

[djon 15]

On 7/4/2022 at 6:38 PM, quickmic said:

Do you delete via context menu (emby options) or via "del" key (Kodi delete)? Native or addon mode?

del key and native mode. The one with direct paths.

[LichenKing 16]

Tested Emby Next Gen 7.x.x. Sync is so much faster on a Nvidia Shield 2019. Artwork refreshes faster.

I am using alpha / beta Emby Next Gen 7.5.2 to test on a Nvidia Shields 2019  version 9.1.x installed and Kodi 19.3 software version.

The one consistent issue (also in Emby Next Gen 6.x.x) I have is when setting the "Kodi" Player Disc option to open the ISO with a "Simplified menu" it always crashes Kodi.
Default skins, Addon mode, repeated on two different Nvidia Shields. I have Cinemode enabled and each trailer and my custom intro play fine.

However once it goes to load the ISO container which should show a context menu to select title playback it never loads and Kodi crashes.
This is not an issue when the "Kodi" Player Disc option is set to "Play main movie" as it is already auto opening the ISO container looking for a media file (usually the biggest ISO continer playlist item) as a media source in the ISO container.

What I believe is happening is the context menu for Show simplified playback is not opening due to the GUI menu for playback title choice being destroyed causing Kodi to go into a bad state.

Other than that this release seems very solid so far. But I would love this get fixed as it would put full feature parity with before Next Gen.

Edited July 10, 2022 by LichenKing

[tenaz 6]

I installed the latest version, 7.5.2 to try and fix external files not playing, and that fixed it, but now internal files won't play.  I was trying to test differences between the internal and external player.  Probably not a big deal in the end since external is working and watched flags work.  

 

2022-07-10 22:04:04.668 T:5716     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv
2022-07-10 22:04:04.680 T:8556     INFO <general>: Creating InputStream
2022-07-10 22:04:04.690 T:4744     INFO <general>: EMBY.hooks.player: [ Queue playing item ]
2022-07-10 22:04:04.690 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: Failure when receiving data from the peer(56)
2022-07-10 22:04:04.690 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 0 for http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv:
                                                   
2022-07-10 22:04:04.701 T:4656     INFO <general>: EMBY.hooks.player: [ Queue playing item ]
2022-07-10 22:04:04.701 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: Failure when receiving data from the peer(56)
2022-07-10 22:04:04.701 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 0 for http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv:
                                                   
2022-07-10 22:04:04.702 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CFileCache::XFILE::CFileCache::Open - <http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv> failed to open
2022-07-10 22:04:04.702 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CVideoPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv]
2022-07-10 22:04:04.702 T:8556     INFO <general>: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()
2022-07-10 22:04:04.703 T:6568     INFO <general>: Deleting settings information for files http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv
2022-07-10 22:04:04.756 T:4996     INFO <general>: EMBY.hooks.player: [ onPlayBackStarted ]

 

[quickmic 1352]

2 minutes ago, tenaz said:

I installed the latest version, 7.5.2 to try and fix external files not playing, and that fixed it, but now internal files won't play.  I was trying to test differences between the internal and external player.  Probably not a big deal in the end since external is working and watched flags work.  

 

2022-07-10 22:04:04.668 T:5716     INFO <general>: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv
2022-07-10 22:04:04.680 T:8556     INFO <general>: Creating InputStream
2022-07-10 22:04:04.690 T:4744     INFO <general>: EMBY.hooks.player: [ Queue playing item ]
2022-07-10 22:04:04.690 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: Failure when receiving data from the peer(56)
2022-07-10 22:04:04.690 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 0 for http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv:
                                                   
2022-07-10 22:04:04.701 T:4656     INFO <general>: EMBY.hooks.player: [ Queue playing item ]
2022-07-10 22:04:04.701 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: Failure when receiving data from the peer(56)
2022-07-10 22:04:04.701 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 0 for http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv:
                                                   
2022-07-10 22:04:04.702 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CFileCache::XFILE::CFileCache::Open - <http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv> failed to open
2022-07-10 22:04:04.702 T:8556    ERROR <general>: CVideoPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv]
2022-07-10 22:04:04.702 T:8556     INFO <general>: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()
2022-07-10 22:04:04.703 T:6568     INFO <general>: Deleting settings information for files http://127.0.0.1:57342/movies/f137a2dd21bbc1b99aa5c0f6bf02a805/m-a2949dfa6a074ec598411db22e11c088-22654-8589368bc3678dfbedf4e6e02b08985f-1-1-40794977-0-1-h264-0-0-0-0-5_Centimeters_Per_Second__Byousoku_5_Centimeter_.mkv
2022-07-10 22:04:04.756 T:4996     INFO <general>: EMBY.hooks.player: [ onPlayBackStarted ]

 

Well, the files are regular mkvs, so they should play internally as well. Unfortunately the log doesn't show too much information. As mentioned, can you send me your player configurations? I assume it's the playercorefactory.xml, but not sure. I don't use external players.

[quickmic 1352]

8 hours ago, LichenKing said:

Tested Emby Next Gen 7.x.x. Sync is so much faster on a Nvidia Shield 2019. Artwork refreshes faster.

I am using alpha / beta Emby Next Gen 7.5.2 to test on a Nvidia Shields 2019  version 9.1.x installed and Kodi 19.3 software version.

The one consistent issue (also in Emby Next Gen 6.x.x) I have is when setting the "Kodi" Player Disc option to open the ISO with a "Simplified menu" it always crashes Kodi.
Default skins, Addon mode, repeated on two different Nvidia Shields. I have Cinemode enabled and each trailer and my custom intro play fine.

However once it goes to load the ISO container which should show a context menu to select title playback it never loads and Kodi crashes.
This is not an issue when the "Kodi" Player Disc option is set to "Play main movie" as it is already auto opening the ISO container looking for a media file (usually the biggest ISO continer playlist item) as a media source in the ISO container.

What I believe is happening is the context menu for Show simplified playback is not opening due to the GUI menu for playback title choice being destroyed causing Kodi to go into a bad state.

Other than that this release seems very solid so far. But I would love this get fixed as it would put full feature parity with before Next Gen.

Did you perform a stock Kodi test, not using the next-gen plugin at all. I'm not sure if this is related to the plugin and quite hard to test vor me. On my laptop I cannot even activate the "Show Blu-Ray menu" due to a (Kodi) java issue.

Simplified works fine, but'll check again.

Edited July 11, 2022 by quickmic

[tenaz 6]

17 minutes ago, quickmic said:

Well, the files are regular mkvs, so they should play internally as well. Unfortunately the log doesn't show too much information. As mentioned, can you send me your player configurations? I assume it's the playercorefactory.xml, but not sure. I don't use external players.

It's pretty basic.  It's a copy of the example from the kodi wiki minus the resolution filter and with the hide flags both set to true.  Is there a way to switch to native mode without reinstalling?

<playercorefactory>
  <players>
    <player name="MPC-HC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
      <filename>C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\mpc-hc64.exe</filename>
      <args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
      <hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
      <hideconsole>true</hideconsole>
      <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
    </player>
  </players>
  <rules action="prepend">
    <rule filetypes="mkv" player="MPC-HC"/>
  </rules>
</playercorefactory>

[tenaz 6]

8 minutes ago, quickmic said:

Did you perform a stock Kodi test, not using the next-gen plugin at all. I'm not sure if this is related to the plugin and quite hard to test vor me. On my laptop I cannot even activate the "Show Blu-Ray menu" due to a (Kodi) java issue.

Let me try removing the playercorefactory and testing again.

[tenaz 6]

Blah, I figured it out.  Pihole was blocking it.  Ah, the joys of coming back to a bunch of complex systems that need updating after a year of not touching anything due to a baby....  I was randomly disabling pihole for other reasons and that's why it was working sometimes and not others.

[quickmic 1352]

1 minute ago, tenaz said:

Blah, I figured it out.  Pihole was blocking it.  Ah, the joys of coming back to a bunch of complex systems that need updating after a year of not touching anything due to a baby....  I was randomly disabling pihole for other reasons and that's why it was working sometimes and not others.

Very good, so this case is solved now? Then I remove it from my list.

[tenaz 6]

7 minutes ago, quickmic said:

Very good, so this case is solved now? Then I remove it from my list.

Yes, thanks, sorry to bother.

[quickmic 1352]

8 hours ago, LichenKing said:

What I believe is happening is the context menu for Show simplified playback is not opening due to the GUI menu for playback title choice being destroyed causing Kodi to go into a bad state.

Please send me a debug log via PN, thanks.