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@@scalda - one thing I see if your logs that is not in mine is even where there is not .srt file you get:

ScanForExternalSubtitles: Searching for subtitles...
I am wondering if when it searches the path for subtitles it ends up scraping the path into the db.

 

I tried playing around with the subtitles settings, but could not reproduce this log message. Do you know how to turn it on/off?

All my subtitles are off be default for all videos via the audio setting menu

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@@scalda - one thing I see if your logs that is not in mine is even where there is not .srt file you get:

ScanForExternalSubtitles: Searching for subtitles...

I am wondering if when it searches the path for subtitles it ends up scraping the path into the db.

 

I tried playing around with the subtitles settings, but could not reproduce this log message.  Do you know how to turn it on/off?

 

i have just played a video that i know has a subtitle file

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and the database is still changed

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You can see it is causing a big delay:

14:11:09 T:1595200544   DEBUG: script.module.osmcsetting.updates :  - blurp 52 - DialogBusy.xml
14:11:12 T:1378870304   DEBUG: ScanForExternalSubtitles: END (total time: 59553 ms)

I am not saying it has anything to do with whether the srt is there or not, I am saying that when I play I don't get that scan for srt, and when you play, it always scans for them.

 

I don't know why.. But it is a clue!  59554ms is a long time!

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Another thing I have just found when playing that file is that it couldn't connect to the emby server so it failed to play. Where as if that was a direct path it would of played no problem and it would of reestablished when emby was available again to run the sync

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That is a true statement - the server must be up and reachable with the current code to play files. 

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That is a true statement - the server must be up and reachable with the current code to play files.

Kodi shouldn't have to relie on emby being up for local play I feel,over http yes but not direct local play

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It is needed for Emby remote control and playback status.  

 

Please start a new thread called:

FR: Option to use direct paths for playback

 

And if more people want it, we will look into it.  

 

But.. Let's continue on this thread to figure out why the real path is getting added to the DB - that is a bug!

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It is needed for Emby remote control and playback status.  

 

Please start a new thread called:

FR: Option to use direct paths for playback

 

And if more people want it, we will look into it.  

 

But.. Let's continue on this thread to figure out why the real path is getting added to the DB - that is a bug!

 

sorry off topic but you just put "It is needed for Emby remote control and playback status" but from the photos you can see it works on a old version before all the changes

 

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sorry just wanted to point that out.

 

 

back to topic where would you like me to look next?

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Please try hard-coding the sub-title search path like discussed in the link a couple of posts ago, then see if it stops adding stuff to the library.

 

Regarding playback - yes if the server is online, it will work with the path.  I meant if the server is offline, obviously it will not.  Admittedly the change was done primarily for a large number of people asking for Plex replacement - remote access.  It might be reasonable to add direct paths back in, but I need the other devs to chime in on why we stopped making it an option.  I think there was one other problem I am not remembering that cause big issues long-term.

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Please try hard-coding the sub-title search path like discussed in the link a couple of posts ago, then see if it stops adding stuff to the library.

 

Regarding playback - yes if the server is online, it will work with the path.  I meant if the server is offline, obviously it will not.  Admittedly the change was done primarily for a large number of people asking for Plex replacement - remote access.  It might be reasonable to add direct paths back in, but I need the other devs to chime in on why we stopped making it an option.  I think there was one other problem I am not remembering that cause big issues long-term.

the workaround cut down the search time Capture28.JPG

 

but still added the path to the database

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Wow - this is really weird.  Can you try Confluence and see?  Sorry but I am running out of ideas :(

 

Was the playback noticeably faster from a user point of view?

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Wow - this is really weird.  Can you try Confluence and see?  Sorry but I am running out of ideas :(

 

Was the playback noticeably faster from a user point of view?

 

tried that and there is no difference in play back start time, but the increment database sync is still going when a file is played  

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@xnappo 

 

i have just noticed that when a file is first played ffmpeg runs and gathers all information for the video, but once it's stopped and replayed it doesn't do it again

20:43:48 T:1956884480   DEBUG: OnPlayMedia plugin://plugin.video.emby/movies/2080d4184c92cd9b5cc4d147a159f18e/?id=2080d4184c92cd9b5cc4d147a159f18e&mode=play
20:43:48 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnClear from xbmc
20:43:48 T:1956884480   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 2, from xbmc, message OnClear
20:43:48 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnAdd from xbmc
20:43:48 T:1956884480   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 2, from xbmc, message OnAdd
20:43:48 T:1956884480   DEBUG: StartScript - calling plugin Emby('plugin://plugin.video.emby/movies/2080d4184c92cd9b5cc4d147a159f18e/','39','?id=2080d4184c92cd9b5cc4d147a159f18e&mode=play')
20:43:48 T:1222636576  NOTICE: Thread LanguageInvoker start, auto delete: false
20:43:48 T:1956884480   DEBUG: WaitOnScriptResult - waiting on the Emby (id=76) plugin...
20:43:48 T:1222636576    INFO: initializing python engine.
20:43:48 T:1222636576   DEBUG: CPythonInvoker(76, /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/Emby.Kodi-master/default.py): start processing
20:43:48 T:1222636576  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
20:43:48 T:1222636576   DEBUG: CPythonInvoker(76, /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/Emby.Kodi-master/default.py): the source file to load is "/home/osmc/.kodi/addons/Emby.Kodi-master/default.py"
20:43:48 T:1222636576   DEBUG: CPythonInvoker(76, /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/Emby.Kodi-master/default.py): setting the Python path to /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/Emby.Kodi-master:/home/osmc/.kodi/addons/script.module.requests/lib:/usr/lib/python2.7:/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-arm-linux-gnueabihf:/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk:/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old:/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PILcompat:/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0
20:43:48 T:1222636576   DEBUG: CPythonInvoker(76, /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/Emby.Kodi-master/default.py): entering source directory /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/Emby.Kodi-master
20:43:48 T:1222636576   DEBUG: CPythonInvoker(76, /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/Emby.Kodi-master/default.py): instantiating addon using automatically obtained id of "plugin.video.emby" dependent on version 2.1.0 of the xbmc.python api
20:43:49 T:1222636576  NOTICE: Parameter string: ?id=2080d4184c92cd9b5cc4d147a159f18e&mode=play
20:43:49 T:1236788256   DEBUG: webserver: request received for /jsonrpc
20:43:49 T:1222636576  NOTICE: PLAY Called
20:43:49 T:1222636576  NOTICE: EMBY PlayUtils -> File is direct playing.
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: WaitOnScriptResult- plugin returned successfully
20:43:49 T:1222636576    INFO: CPythonInvoker(76, /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/Emby.Kodi-master/default.py): script successfully run
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: Loading settings for smb://scott:password@MEDIASERVER/x$/Movies/Interstellar (2014)/Interstellar.mkv
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@MEDIASERVER/x$/Movies/Interstellar (2014)/Interstellar.mkv)
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: system rules
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: matches rule: system rules
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtv
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: hdhomerun/myth/mms/udp
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: lastfm/shout
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtmp
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtsp
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: streams
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvd
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvdimage
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: sdp/asf
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: nsv
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: radio
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: matched 0 rules with players
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding videodefaultplayer (1)
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=0
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=1
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding player: DVDPlayer (1)
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: added 1 players
20:43:49 T:1947202592   DEBUG: CAESinkPi:Drain delay:99ms now:0ms
20:43:49 T:1947202592   DEBUG: CAESinkPi:Deinitialize
20:43:49 T:1947202592   DEBUG: CAESinkPi:SetAudioProps hdmi_stream_channels 0 hdmi_channel_map 00000000
20:43:49 T:1947202592   DEBUG: COMXCoreComponent::Deinitialize : OMX.broadcom.audio_render handle 0x54644cc8
20:43:49 T:1956884480  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: smb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@MEDIASERVER/x$/Movies/Interstellar (2014)/Interstellar.mkv
20:43:49 T:1956884480 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CRenderManager::UpdateDisplayLatency - Latency set to 0 msec
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CMMALRenderer::UnInit
20:43:49 T:1956884480   DEBUG: CMMALRenderer::PreInit
20:43:49 T:1171256352  NOTICE: Thread DVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
20:43:49 T:1171256352  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
20:43:49 T:1171256352   DEBUG: CSMBFile::Open - opened x$/Movies/Interstellar (2014)/Interstellar.mkv, fd=10000
20:43:49 T:1222636576    INFO: Python script stopped
20:43:49 T:1222636576   DEBUG: Thread LanguageInvoker 1222636576 terminating
20:43:49 T:1171256352   DEBUG: ScanForExternalSubtitles: Searching for subtitles...
20:43:49 T:1171256352   DEBUG: ScanArchiveForSubtitles:: Found file zip://%2fhome%2fosmc%2fEmby.Kodi-master33%200.1.91.zip/Emby.Kodi-master/
20:43:49 T:1171256352   DEBUG: ScanForExternalSubtitles: END (total time: 114 ms)
20:43:49 T:1171256352  NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
20:43:50 T:1171256352   DEBUG: Open - probing detected format [matroska,webm]
20:43:50 T:1171256352   DEBUG: Open - avformat_find_stream_info starting
20:43:50 T:1171256352   DEBUG: Open - av_find_stream_info finished
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]: Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'smb://scott:password@MEDIASERVER/x$/Movies/Interstellar (2014)/Interstellar.mkv':
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:   Metadata:
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     title           : RARBG.COM - Interstellar.2014.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-RARBG
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     encoder         : libebml v1.3.1 + libmatroska v1.4.2
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     creation_time   : 2015-03-15 00:26:21
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:   Duration: 02:49:03.94, start: 0.083000, bitrate: 12822 kb/s
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.0: start 0.000000, end 575.283042
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Metadata:
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:       title           : Chapter 01
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.1: start 575.283042, end 1032.281250
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.2: start 1032.281250, end 1500.707542
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.3: start 1500.707542, end 2145.101292
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.4: start 2145.101292, end 2536.825958
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.6: start 3019.558208, end 3287.784500
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.7: start 3287.784500, end 3539.369167
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.8: start 3539.369167, end 3974.971000
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.9: start 3974.971000, end 4648.018375
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.10: start 4648.018375, end 5131.960167
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.11: start 5131.960167, end 5671.957958
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.12: start 5671.957958, end 6374.659958
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.13: start 6374.659958, end 6934.510917
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.14: start 6934.510917, end 7334.327000
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.15: start 7334.327000, end 7976.802167
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.16: start 7976.802167, end 8453.778667
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.17: start 8453.778667, end 9312.052750
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Chapter #0.18: start 9312.052750, end 9839.830000
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20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Metadata:
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:       title           : Interstellar.2014.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-RARBG
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: dts (DTS), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 1536 kb/s (default)
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Metadata:
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:       title           : Interstellar.2014.1080p.BluRay.x264.DTS-RARBG
20:43:50 T:1171256352    INFO: ffmpeg[45CFF420]:     Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: subrip
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20:43:50 T:1171256352   DEBUG: COMXCoreComponent::Initialize OMX.broadcom.clock input port 80 output port 81 m_handle 0x53575890
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Yeah, agreed - this is fine.  I thought the screenshots @@scalda was posting was from the 'episodes'/'movies' tables.  It is fine to have this added to the path/files tables - it doesn't do any harm.

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Yeah @@marcelveldt just confirmed that this is normal. Kodi adds these to the Files and Paths tale to allow it to keep track of settings as I said above.

 

So its just a question as to why it is talking so long to start the playback. I think the answer is Pi is slow but we already know that from the last addon. The question is can we do anything to speed up the playback start up times.

It has nothing to do with the slowness of my pi as this is on a pi2 and runs faster than my xperia z2 running kodi and your addon. It does it on my windows pc aswell running the latest addon.

 

I am running a old version of your addon on another windows pc aswell 0.0.33 and that is instant in playing along with all the features working that you have stated that's why you had to change it all in 0.1

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If it is happening on multiple clients with different architecture it could be network or server related.

 

I think for now until we have a better idea of what your problem is you should stick with the older version.

 

It might be possible we find an issue that is causing your problem or we add options to help reduce the issue in the future.

Don't worry I will be as it works the way it should and does everything to the point of the reason you changed it. The thing that gets me and to why it's slow is that it keeps going back to the emby server to get information for it to play the video every time so that is extra time before the file plays as it has to find out where it is ever single time where as before I wouldn't even need the emby server online for my kodi to play a file instantly due to no database update or kodi asking emby where the file is everytime.

 

I'm sorry but since 0.1 you have taken this in the wrong direction to what it was first created for which was a database sync tool, where as now you are turning kodi into a emby program if that was what you wanted to do then you guys should of just worked and sorted out XBMB3C as that's what your turning this into

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Don't worry I will be as it works the way it should and does everything to the point of the reason you changed it. The thing that gets me and to why it's slow is that it keeps going back to the emby server to get information for it to play the video every time so that is extra time before the file plays as it has to find out where it is ever single time where as before I wouldn't even need the emby server online for my kodi to play a file instantly due to no database update or kodi asking emby where the file is everytime.

 

I'm sorry but since 0.1 you have taken this in the wrong direction to what it was first created for which was a database sync tool, where as now you are turning kodi into a emby program if that was what you wanted to do then you guys should of just worked and sorted out XBMB3C as that's what your turning this into

We did it so the addon would be compatible with all other Emby clients: You can now direct play, direct stream and transcode the file so the Kodi setup can connect from everywhere in the world to your Emby server. As for the server to be online: yes it does need to have the server online because the server has to informed about watch states etc.

 

After we release the first stable version we will take a look in optimizing this. For example we can store the path etc. in the local DB so that we only need to contact the server if the stored info fails. We can extend this approach to support offline mode where we would track what has been watched in the time the server was offline and sync that back. But: like I said it won't be happening untill we released the first version.

 

Fact is that the current addon version is really stable, handles all Emby conditions and is also really fast.

If you don't like it, stick with the old XBMB3C addon or maybe even the older version of this addon.

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We did it so the addon would be compatible with all other Emby clients: You can now direct play, direct stream and transcode the file so the Kodi setup can connect from everywhere in the world to your Emby server. As for the server to be online: yes it does need to have the server online because the server has to informed about watch states etc.

 

 

 

After we release the first stable version we will take a look in optimizing this. For example we can store the path etc. in the local DB so that we only need to contact the server if the stored info fails. We can extend this approach to support offline mode where we would track what has been watched in the time the server was offline and sync that back. But: like I said it won't be happening untill we released the first version.

 

Fact is that the current addon version is really stable, handles all Emby conditions and is also really fast.

If you don't like it, stick with the old XBMB3C addon or maybe even the older version of this addon.

 

 

 

 

That's fine then make it a option for when http option is turned on.

 

As for watch States and that that all does when the connection is reestablished like it did before you changed it all, I never found anything wrong with with the releases before 0.1

 

 

I Will never use xbmb3c as it was/is shockingly crap

 

I will be sticking with version 0.0.33 as it is the best version you released.

 

I use my kodi setup for about 5-6 hours if not more a day, as it is the only source I have for watch TV and movies, I don't have sky or normally TV so I notice alot especially in playback and such

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