Videos being ignored when swiping through photos

[dkwasny 0]

Hello.  I'm very new to Emby (and self hosted media in general) so I apologize if this is just typical user error.  I'm trying to setup an Emby server to host my home movies and photos.  Setting up a library with the "Home videos & photos" and viewing everything on my Apple TV was comically easy.

The only issue I have right now is when I select a photo in an album, and then start swiping my way through the album, the videos in that same folder/album get skipped.  I have to back out to the album and manually pick a video for it to play.  Once the video is finished, I then have to back out to the album again, select the next photo, and begin swiping anew.

The other self-hosted options I'm playing with (Apple Home Share and Plex) allow to play a video as I swiping through (to middling success).  While the video is playing, the arrow buttons scrub the video.  Once the video is stopped, the arrow buttons go back to swiping through photos and videos.  One thing to note is that Apple Home Share seems to only display a thumbnail without any other indication that the "photo" you're looking at is actually a video.  Having a big old play button on top of the thumbnail like Plex makes for a more intuitive experience.

Looking at the Web UI, it seems to at least let me see the video while swiping through, but they're just thumbnails.  I can't seem to play the video without backing out like the Apple TV.

Since I'm able to view all of the content, I don't think this has anything to do with the server side of things, but let me know if there's anything I can provide to help describe this issue.

[SamES 1004]

I suspect that it is because different players are required for photos vs movies, so switching players on the fly is possibly not practical (or likely to be a good user experience)

[dkwasny 0]

Understood.  The current UX is rough for a library intended to mix photos and videos.
That said, I understand this is a very low priority use case for tools like Emby.
Thanks for the insight on what's going on and the likelihood of a change.

Edited May 28, 2024 by dkwasny

[Luke 40136]

9 minutes ago, dkwasny said:

Understood.  The current UX is rough for a library intended to mix photos and videos.
That said, I understand this is a very low priority use case for tools like Emby.
Thanks for the insight on what's going on and the likelihood of a change.

Hi, we should have this resolved in an upcoming app update. Thanks for reporting.