David Martin 24 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I have no idea if its possible or not but it'd be a great feature to have something like what Netflix where as you skip through an episode or movie there is like a live preview of what it'd skip to. I'll attach a picture to show what I'm on about. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2493 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 You can get this on roku already 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Martin 24 Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Sorry I meant on web browser and the fire tv apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 And Apple TV if you have your content in Apple-friendly format (mp4). To do this in other apps would be neat but potentially very expensive since we'd have to generate a ton of thumbs for all of your content. Netflix can do this easily because you are all watching the exact same media so they only have to do it one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy 2493 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 are the bif files for roku not compatible with any other software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowBlade72 22 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I'm bringing this back from the dead as this was a feature that I really enjoyed with Plex. It's so much easier to scrub through a TV show or movie to skip intros or skip commercials when you can see a preview of where you'll end up. I have a server which is plenty powerful and tons of storage space. Would love to see the "Chapter" extraction be able to be tweaked so I can have it generate thumbnails every xx seconds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37064 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Hi, yes this is something we'd like to improve in a future update. thanks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilDog1291 1 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Yes! This is the one thing keeping me from doing a full conversion to Emby from Plex right now. Everything else is here. I have a 500GB SSD drive dedicated to just metadata on Plex right now so space and speed are not a problem. This is a huge quality of life improvement from a viewing standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdiesel 1114 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Plex also uses the thumbnails on the server dashboard currently playing items which is a nice touch that I miss. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Blixt 8 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) I'll revive this again to affirm that this feature is still wanted. I enjoy it very much on plex and I don't mind the space that it use up. I have plenty of space and left over cpu time that could work on this. It's very nice to have it on apple-TV (if mp4) and roku but adding it to phones and browser clients would be excellent. also none mkv support for Apple TV would be great since I prefer the flexibility of the container, although Plex don't have it so I'm unsure it's technically doable. Edited June 7, 2018 by Karl Blixt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firerouge 14 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I'll revive this again to affirm that this feature is still wanted. I enjoy it very much on plex and I don't mind the space that it use up. I have plenty of space and left over cpu time that could work on this. Also bumping this as a feature that would be real nice to have, either as a scheduled task, or better still as a just in time operation once a video starts streaming or converting for the first time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowBlade72 22 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I'll drop back in here as well. It's been two years since this feature was first brought up. It'd be great to get an update on this feature. Is this on the roadmap? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37064 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Yes it's something we'd like to add, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echoghost 0 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 pointed to here from another thread. just another indication that emby that should absolutely implement this, plex does it. it's a reason i'm considering just going back to plex personally. it would be great to know if emby is actually planning on adding this, we all know > it's something we'd like to add means basically nothing and that this thread could be open indefinitely with phrases like that. is it something we should realistically expect to actually happen or just wishful thinking on everyone's part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funwithmedia 352 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 > it's something we'd like to add In my experience on this forum those responses are genuine, and not some kind of patronizing response. There's a bazillion requests for features (I know that I've added a number to that list!) and the developers have to prioritize based on relative demand (and the time-cost involved in implementing a given feature). My experience has been that if they don't see a given request as being something they are likely to implement then they will say so (and usually suggest the idea be developed as a community plugin), but if they say it is something that they want to implement then I interpret them to mean that. Now, the timing of implementation is often uncertain, but that doesn't make the stated intention to implement any less genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37064 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I should have said that it's planned for the future. That is a better response than what I gave. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathmo 4 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 (edited) I should have said that it's planned for the future. That is a better response than what I gave. Thanks. I do not want to be annoying, but any news? Really looking forward to this feature on Nvidia Shield TV. Edited December 23, 2018 by Deathmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37064 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Not just yet. It's potentially something we can look at after the upcoming 3.6 release. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earratia14 11 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Adding my voice to this request. It is one of the features I miss from Plex. The chapter images help a little, but a preview thumbnails as you forward or rewind are far more useful and hints at a more mature video player. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Really looking forward to this feature on Nvidia Shield TV. If you are direct playing the item (which on the Shield should normally be the case) and you pause and then start skipping, the video should update to the current frame as you skip. Not exactly the same but part way there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neik 837 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 +1 This would be awesome for the look&feel while skipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniliQuid 85 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 + 1Even though I think it is good the way it is right now with chapter extraction, this would make it even better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblaze12 8 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Thanks for the update and insight on the "not patronizing" perspective. Based on the 3.6 beta (synology), I'm extremely happy with my overall experience. The fact these devs are responding to damn near everyone (even if it's "this is a good idea") and have a great product that's only getting better...I'm totally supportive. I'm empathizing with the devs ova' here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathmo 4 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) If you are direct playing the item (which on the Shield should normally be the case) and you pause and then start skipping, the video should update to the current frame as you skip. Not exactly the same but part way there. Thx , I didn't know that. Nevertheless I hope, that this feature will be added soon. It is the only thing I'am missing, since I switched from Plex to Emby. And HDR doesn't seem to work. Plex, Kodi and VLC trigger HDR. Otherwise I'am very pleased with Emby. Edited January 8, 2019 by Deathmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37064 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 What Emby app are you using that is not triggering HDR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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