tOLJY 15 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Can you allow add to collection from the Google TV app? Can do this on computer but not on the TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14935 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Hi. When we move to the standard app on that device, this will be possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 Any idea when that might be? I have noted that when I look at Emby on the Chromecast with Google Tv it has Android TV in the logo.l, so I suppose that is indeed a different build than what is on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Hi. Can you try sideloading our standard android app on the same device and see how that compares? https://emby.media/emby-for-android.html Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 I have no idea how to do that on a Chromecast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 So I did it, works pretty good. Although it looks like the UI might need a bit of work to look as good as the android tv version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 5 hours ago, tOLJY said: So I did it, works pretty good. Although it looks like the UI might need a bit of work to look as good as the android tv version. Hi, why exactly do you think it needs work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 I've looked at it a bit more now and there's actually way less than I thought. Some things that come to mind are just different, not necessarily bad, so probably nothing needs to be done about them at all - the profile login page has the icons much larger than android tv. - I really like how on android tv the selected episode/movie has a green border, would be nice to keep. The selected items seem a bit too close together when viewed on a tv too. - maybe I just haven't figured it out yet, but the ability to hide media info would be good. I think this is present on android tv ATM? - are seasonal themes supported? They were nice Apart from that, nothing really I can think of. It's probably just getting used to something slightly different, which is fine. Is there an estimate on when the standard version may make it's way to android tv in the playstore? Since I've sideloaded it I am now acutely away I will not get updates. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 Some of the available buttons in the media playing view are different too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, tOLJY said: Some of the available buttons in the media playing view are different too HI, what buttons do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 Actually, nevermind. Compared the two, aside from looking a little different, having press down for info rather than there being a button on the right. Just the other things I mentioned then, green highliting, media info, and maybe it seems a little clunkier and not as smooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 8 hours ago, tOLJY said: Actually, nevermind. Compared the two, aside from looking a little different, having press down for info rather than there being a button on the right. Just the other things I mentioned then, green highliting, media info, and maybe it seems a little clunkier and not as smooth? Why do you say clunky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 Exactly that, transitions aren't super smooth (at least compared to the android tv version, remember I'm comparing one to the other), pressing up and down and going to different menus takes .1 seconds longer than expected, button clicks take a little too long to respond - are there any more optimisations for tv mode? I have also noticed when looking on my PC that in tv mode everything is just way too big - can this be reduced at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 By big, I'm specifically referring not to the icons/posters, but rather the headings and spacing between objects. It's like the zoom is set to 125% by default. I use the my media (small) widget and that sizing looks great. Additionally, back to the original topic, I've realised I've lost the ability to add to collections. Something the android tv app doesn't let you do is manage the server from the tv so given the standard app does, I've disabled admin for all my users and created an admin user. Since then I noticed my normal users cannot add to collections from the tv. Should this functionality by tied to a management function? I would hope not. I've added the manage permission back to one user and seen that the add to collections option comes back. Finally, sorry for the long words and many issues I've pointed out. There is obviously a reason the standard app is not the default for TVs and am sure you guys are working hard on getting it to where it needs to be. Nice for you guys to hear some kind words after some of the responses I've seen in other tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Quote Should this functionality by tied to a management function? It is tied to the ability to edit metadata, which currently requires admin. But we do plan to separate that permission in future updates. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Quote I have also noticed when looking on my PC that in tv mode everything is just way too big What exactly do you think is too big? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Luke said: What exactly do you think is too big? not the icons/posters, but rather the headings and spacing between objects. It's like the zoom is set to 125% by default. I use the my media (small) widget and that sizing/spacing looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14935 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 On 10/28/2022 at 6:40 PM, tOLJY said: I have also noticed when looking on my PC that in tv mode everything is just way too big So you are putting your web app in TV mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 I have sideloaded the standard app on my Google tv with Chromecast and my observations are coming from there. Separately I noticed that device mode was a thing on the web version and set it to TV, and confirmed things look mostly the same there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 22 hours ago, tOLJY said: not the icons/posters, but rather the headings and spacing between objects. It's like the zoom is set to 125% by default. I use the my media (small) widget and that sizing/spacing looks great. It's designed to be bigger in TV mode. Are you sitting right in front of it on the PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 Well yeah I am for the PC, but looking at the TV from from about 3 metered away (10 feet) Would a side by side of Emby for android Tv and the standard app help explain what I'm trying to say? It's not necessarily the size of the items themselves but the relative sizing and smaller margins between objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, tOLJY said: Well yeah I am for the PC, but looking at the TV from from about 3 metered away (10 feet) Would a side by side of Emby for android Tv and the standard app help explain what I'm trying to say? It's not necessarily the size of the items themselves but the relative sizing and smaller margins between objects. Google tv Vs Emby standard It's bigger on the standard - but this is fine. Google tv Vs Emby standard So here by bigger I mean actually that the icons are bigger yes, but the spacing between the elements is smaller, like it's been zoomed in. The headings are probably just a little too big too. And the green highliting was really helpful for identifying which item is selected. Otherwise it's kind of hard to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, tOLJY said: Google tv Vs Emby standard It's bigger on the standard - but this is fine. Google tv Vs Emby standard So here by bigger I mean actually that the icons are bigger yes, but the spacing between the elements is smaller, like it's been zoomed in. The headings are probably just a little too big too. And the green highliting was really helpful for identifying which item is selected. Otherwise it's kind of hard to tell. Hi, what spacing are you saying is smaller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 Doesn't the spacing between the two episode posters look different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37118 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 1 hour ago, tOLJY said: Doesn't the spacing between the two episode posters look different? Not significantly, no? Does it look that different to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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