embyforkodi (next-gen) 11.X.X support

[kocurek7 9]

Hi,

I'm using Estuary Mod v2 skin from kodinerds repo.

While browsing movies when I hit enter on a movie with extras or multi-version a window pops up:

How do I get rid of those paths marked red on the screenshot?

What interesting after pressing "i" or selecting "information" from context menu on a movie with extras or multi-version and selecting "extras" a little bit different window (with no duration) pops up:

Any ideas how to fix it? Is it skin specific problem?
Anyone else using Estuary Mod v2 skin?

On default skin (Estuary) everything looks OK.

 

[quickmic 1593]

11 hours ago, kocurek7 said:

How do I get rid of those paths marked red on the screenshot?

That's coming from the skin, I cannot change it.

The path is actually the internal (URL) link using Kodi's path substitution with base16 (hex) encoded metadata.

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What interesting after pressing "i" or selecting "information" from context menu on a movie with extras or multi-version and selecting "extras" a little bit different window (with no duration) pops up:

Yes, because I designed that popup. That's not a Kodi standard function, it's plugin related.

Edited August 27, 2024 by quickmic

[quickmic 1593]

New PUBLIC TESTING version available 11.0.3:

Delta changelog 11.0.2 -> 11.0.3

fix folder startup sync issue
fix removal of abandoned MusicAlbums and MusicArtists
fix library remove issue
fix playsession
fix minor subtitle issue
fix when no pathsubstitution used

[RaptorCentauri 55]

Regarding the "extras" that are now part of Kodi's native multi-version selector, is E4K simply passing the extras emby has to it, or should it be looking at the file structure directly? Does Add-On or Native mode make a difference in this case? I have some extras in nested folders that are not showing.

[RaptorCentauri 55]

Additionally, attempting to play any edition other than the default one returns an error that the movie is not longer available in the library. Running Native Mode.

[quickmic 1593]

3 hours ago, RaptorCentauri said:

Additionally, attempting to play any edition other than the default one returns an error that the movie is not longer available in the library. Running Native Mode.

Sounds like the same bug as @FrostBytereported.

Start reading from here:

I checked, and seems to be a bug in Emby's servers beta version. Stable seems to be fine. I reported this issue to Luke.

 

Edited August 29, 2024 by quickmic

[quickmic 1593]

3 hours ago, RaptorCentauri said:

Regarding the "extras" that are now part of Kodi's native multi-version selector, is E4K simply passing the extras emby has to it, or should it be looking at the file structure directly?

Extras should be passed (synced to Kodi db's) as long as Emby detects them as specials. Are the extras available in Emby server WebUI?

[RaptorCentauri 55]

14 hours ago, quickmic said:

Extras should be passed (synced to Kodi db's) as long as Emby detects them as specials. Are the extras available in Emby server WebUI?

Yes, the extras that are showing up are available in the Emby UI. The ones that are not showing are in nested folders that don’t show in Emby anyway. I may just have to find separate add-on to access those. 

[quickmic 1593]

2 minutes ago, RaptorCentauri said:

The ones that are not showing are in nested folders that don’t show in Emby anyway

Probably you need to find a way Emby detects them. The plugin syncs content reported by the server.

[DarWun 306]

On 8/25/2024 at 2:23 PM, quickmic said:

@DarWun

I think I know the problem. In 11.X I reused the playersession Id until the playback is not actually stopped (playing a playlist).

I'll review that, might confuse Emby server.

Actually I did that modification so Emby server reacts faster in remote playback mode.

Hi @quickmic. Just reporting back to say that the issue with "Play All" using the Embuary skin is fixed in 11.0.3 (might have been fixed in 11.0.2 but I missed updating to that version).

Thanks!!!

Another issue I've noticed (v11.0.0 and 11.0.3) is that the option to delete media after playback is no longer offered. I have the appropriate items selected in E4K for deleting TV show episodes after playback. But the option to delete the media is not offered. 

[quickmic 1593]

3 hours ago, DarWun said:

Another issue I've noticed (v11.0.0 and 11.0.3) is that the option to delete media after playback is no longer offered. I have the appropriate items selected in E4K for deleting TV show episodes after playback. But the option to delete the media is not offered. 

Thanks, checking...

[quickmic 1593]

10 hours ago, DarWun said:

But the option to delete the media is not offered. 

I found the problem and also another more serious one. If you played a multicontent version and delete after play, it will always delete the main item of the multicontent no matter which version you actually played.

That's why I wrote in the disclaimer, use it at your own risk. In general I'm very unhappy with this function. It should never been integrated in the first place, not sure why Angelblue ever did that.

I'll disable the delete after watched function for multicontent subversions played and also in the context menu for multiversion in general.

Edited August 30, 2024 by quickmic

[alucryd 233]

Has anyone tried running this on kodi 22? Trying to revive my Vim 3, and the new Amlogic-no branch of CoreELEC looks very promising. I can connect to my emby server, but I can't add any library. Cilcking Add Libraries does nothing at all, neither do the other library management options.

[xnappo 1605]

6 hours ago, quickmic said:

I found the problem and also another more serious one. If you played a multicontent version and delete after play, it will always delete the main item of the multicontent no matter which version you actually played.

That's why I wrote in the disclaimer, use it at your own risk. In general I'm very unhappy with this function. It should never been integrated in the first place, not sure why Angelblue ever did that.

I'll disable the delete after watched function for multicontent subversions played and also in the context menu for multiversion in general.

Just chiming in that I use this function all the time (for casual TV), please leave it as an option!  

Edited August 30, 2024 by xnappo

[FrostByte 5216]

2 hours ago, alucryd said:

Has anyone tried running this on kodi 22? Trying to revive my Vim 3, and the new Amlogic-no branch of CoreELEC looks very promising. I can connect to my emby server, but I can't add any library. Cilcking Add Libraries does nothing at all, neither do the other library management options.

I'm running the latest Kodi 22 nightly on my Shield connected to Synology NAS.  Versions is not working with the latest Emby beta, but other than it seems to be working fine.

[quickmic 1593]

New PUBLIC TESTING version available 11.0.4:

Delta changelog 11.0.3 -> 11.0.4

fix delete after watched

[quickmic 1593]

As 11.X is quite stable and 95% based on 10.X sources, I would like release it asap as beta for Kodi 21 (no long term development as previous versions).

-> No more major changes on my list, only test cases. Please report any issues you find.

Edited August 30, 2024 by quickmic

[xnappo 1605]

4 hours ago, quickmic said:

As 11.X is quite stable and 95% based on 10.X sources, I would like release it asap as beta for Kodi 21 (no long term development as previous versions).

-> No more major changes on my list, only test cases. Please report any issues you find.

Will do - I finally tired of using Embuary as my skin, and was having widget trouble with Embycon with Arctic Horizon 2 (updating widgets) so switched to this today on both my boxes.  So far so good!  

Edited August 31, 2024 by xnappo

[RaptorCentauri 55]

Regarding the issue of other version movies not playing. I tried on my main player which is still running 10.x and that is also not working. I think it is safe to say it's an emby issue at this point. (Running server beta)

[quickmic 1593]

7 hours ago, RaptorCentauri said:

Regarding the issue of other version movies not playing. I tried on my main player which is still running 10.x and that is also not working. I think it is safe to say it's an emby issue at this point. (Running server beta)

Yes it is, I reviewed that issue based on raw data coming from Emby server.

Workaround is not using path substitution when using native mode in Kodi.

Edited September 3, 2024 by quickmic

[FrostByte 5216]

I'm having an issue after deleting episodes (using file system) where the nodes stop showing any episodes for that season until I do a repair of the TV library.  Normally I keep the last watched episode (so that Next Up still works) and delete anything older. 

I've been able to duplicate this several times after watching two shows ("The Thin Blue Line" and "The Bear") deleting one episode from each series and every time both series wouldn't show any episodes for the season in which I deleted an episode.  However, the unwatched episode count is always correct for both series even though the nodes don't show the episodes for that season.

• Emby server 4.9.0.30 beta
• Kodi 22 nightly
• E4K 11.0.4

Steps:

1. Delete old episode using File Explorer or File Station (Synology).
2. Rescan TV library in Emby and verify episode was removed
3. Start Kodi and let the E4K syncing process complete
4. The two series don't show up in Next Up node anymore and when viewing the appropriate Season for each series it displays nothing.
5. Repair TV shows and everything is okay again

Log:

https://paste.kodi.tv/sesozarige.kodi

Pic 1: No episodes are displayed for season 2 in which an episode was deleted.  There should be 3 episodes here (the last one watched and two unwatched).  All episodes in season 3 where no episode was deleted are shown correctly.

 

Pic 2: I'm expecting to see The Bear and The Thin Blue Line here also.  

 

[FrostByte 5216]

BTW: the above problem started with 11.x.   I wasn't having any problem in 10.x

[quickmic 1593]

29 minutes ago, FrostByte said:

BTW: the above problem started with 11.x.   I wasn't having any problem in 10.x

Thanks, I'll check it.

[quickmic 1593]

New PUBLIC TESTING version available 11.0.5:

Delta changelog 11.0.4 -> 11.0.5

fix database vaccum function
fix episode remove bug

[RaptorCentauri 55]

16 hours ago, quickmic said:

Yes it is, I reviewed that issue based on raw data coming from Emby server.

Workaround is not using path substitution when using native mode in Kodi.

Unfortunately I'm still not able to play alternate versions even when disabling path substitution.