[FR] Unable to determine video quality from repository-wide search operation

[Ben_doon 2]

Hey, the search function on the Emby Android TV app makes it difficult to distinguish between different quality versions (1080p, 4k, etc.) of the same content without clicking into each search result. It would be much better if a single result was returned and then a list of different qualities was presented to the end user.

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Reproduction Steps

1. Things Necessary for reproduction

   1. Hardware: Nvidia Shield

   2. Software: Install Emby for Android TV

   3. Storage: Have a movie/series in different qualities, e.g. 1080p, 4k, 4k Dolby Vision

2. Steps to take

   1. Open Emby for Android TV

   2. Without entering any repository on the server, use the search feature, enter Lord of the rings (for example)

   3. Notice that three results are fetched, all with the same box art, with no indication as to the quality of each returned entry

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Expected Results: An end user would expect to be able to tell which version each result is that was fetched, without having to click into each entry.

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Actual Results: An end user needs to click into each entry returned to determine the quality of each returned entry

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Why this is an issue: To avoid transcoding for saving server resources, then when using Emby on multiple different OS/Hardware, sometimes 1080p is only possible, but sometimes 4K would be preferred.

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Potential Fixes:

1. Return one result, when the single result is selected show a list of different qualities to choose from

2. Sort returned results by quality (highest to lowest)

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[GrimReaper 3999]

You can use CoverArt and/or Iconic plugins to distinguish between versions.

Edited January 10 by GrimReaper

[ebr 15586]

Hi.  If you want them to show as one item with multiple qualities, then use our multi-versioning features.

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