Watch-together E4K

[e123enitan 264]

You can read more about the feature in this link 

Currently a good Samaritan has volunteer to begin coding the feature into emby

head to this forum to chip in ideas and thoughts 

@quickmic are we going to see tis been incorporated in to E4k addon in the near future.

Better to be clairvoyant 

 

[quickmic 1611]

I'll have a look into this feature what's possible.

[e123enitan 264]

6 hours ago, quickmic said:

I'll have a look into this feature what's possible.

fyi I'm  also t123thomas, just recovered my e123enitan password 

[e123enitan 264]

Progress Update coming up slowly very promising 

thanks to @cheif

Go to the forum and like his work 

 

[quickmic 1611]

14 hours ago, e123enitan said:

Progress Update coming up slowly very promising 

thanks to @cheif

Go to the forum and like his work 

 

I think I got an idea how this works. (Haven't tested the plugin yet, do you have a link?)

Looks it uses the remote control functions (which are already implemented by the plugin), but the subscriptions must be added.

 

[quickmic 1611]

fyi:

It's still on the feature list for 8.x version (which is no even under development yet). So that's a log term shot, however I thought how this could be realized.

I think it is possible between emby-next-gen clients. Maybe, the "master" needs admin privileges. Next-gen would need information about all active sessions. It's basically a user/device list of all currently online next-gen connections. With this information the Emby messaging api can be used for device intercommunication. Everything else (remote playback etc) is already integrated in next-gen.

 

btw,

probably also possible to control non-next-gen devices, but the (invite) confirmation would be tricky.

Edited September 28, 2022 by quickmic

[quickmic 1611]

Will be added in 8.X

 

[neik 870]

15 hours ago, quickmic said:

Will be added in 8.X

 

You are saying "Watch Together" will be implemented in Emby for Kodi in 8.x?
Did I get that right?

[quickmic 1611]

Yes, it already is. Further improvements will be released in next versions:

 

[e123enitan 264]

Hi quickmic are you testing the new feature when its not implemented in the server?

 

Thanks

[quickmic 1611]

[t123thomas 63]

i already download and installed 8v, how do I make watch together works just for a test.

Thanks

[quickmic 1611]

1 hour ago, t123thomas said:

i already download and installed 8v, how do I make watch together works just for a test.

Thanks

- Watch together feature (currently) works only for next-gen clients in 8.x versions (available via context menu -> Emby options). 3rd party clients which support remote controlling can be participants in one of the next versions (with some limitations).

[t123thomas 63]

Hi I am on the latest  8.X pls could provide instruction on how to configure watch together, you mention 3rd part clients which support remote controlling what is that app and where to download it.

 

 

[quickmic 1611]

3rd party clients. There is nothing to configure and it's not "an app". Every emby app supporting remote functionalities will be compatible (with limitations)

Have a look here:

https://youtu.be/KHpZiO3BozE

https://youtu.be/X0hNt-dyk4k 

https://youtu.be/Srgemfps2dU

Edited June 2, 2023 by quickmic

[t123thomas 63]

1 hour ago, quickmic said:

3rd party clients. There is nothing to configure and it not "an app". Every emby app supporting remote functionalities will be compatible (with limitations)

Have a look here:

https://youtu.be/KHpZiO3BozE

https://youtu.be/X0hNt-dyk4k 

https://youtu.be/Srgemfps2dU

Thanks I got it working, given the short pace of time that you develop this in Kodi, one would wonder why it has taken such a long time to implement on the emby server as this would have been the best place to control client devices instead of using Kodi.

 

Anyway thanks for the efforts and supports

 

 

[scottybates1114 0]

Any tips on what to do if “Add client” does no yield a dialogue box?

[quickmic 1611]

2 hours ago, scottybates1114 said:

Any tips on what to do if “Add client” does no yield a dialogue box?

Do you use an admin account connection the Kodi box to Emby server? It sounds like a permission issue.

If yes, send me a Kodi debug log via PM, thanks.

Edited August 21, 2023 by quickmic