mrees 6 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Hey all, Apologies if this has already been asked (I tried searching everywhere, but I couldn't find anything) Is there a way to shuffle a single tv series episode? When i do a shuffle (using the play button, then shuffle), all episodes shuffle Any advice would be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 How would you shuffle a single item...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrees 6 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) Eg; Press Play on Seinfeld TV series, select shuffle The system then plays a single episode randomised I use this a lot when cooking, or wanting to crash out to a TV show. I dont want the system playing all night, I just want one episode of a particular tv series at random Edited June 19, 2016 by mrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 No, there is no way to do that at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrees 6 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Bummer, so shuffle is only suitable for binge watching? But why would you binge watch in shuffle mode? Thanks for the response Is there any particular reason this cant be a playback option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 "Shuffle" only makes sense with multiple items as it refers to randomizing the order of a list. What you are really asking for is playback of a random single episode. We simply haven't had many requests for such a function. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37064 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 why not just shuffle and then stop after one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrees 6 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Because then I need to keep an eye on it And have to jumps at the remote A practical example: Last night I put on a family guy episode as I was going to bed I then woke up 2 hours later to it still playing and having marked countless episodes now watched It's just not ideal, that's all And most apps do have a way to play a episode randomly without it repeating I don't really understand why you would bige watch in random, but that's just my watching habits I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrees 6 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 "Shuffle" only makes sense with multiple items as it refers to randomizing the order of a list. What you are really asking for is playback of a random single episode. We simply haven't had many requests for such a function. That's very true. It's more of a random watch mode It's something I have been very adjusted to and I dearly miss it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37064 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I think in the near future we'll have more sleep related features with Emby Theater which I think will help with this. Or we could have the app try to keep you awake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrees 6 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 That's would be awesome It's such a basic thing, but something that's just come part of my routine I guess. Falling asleep to 1 episode of x. Usually setting the tv timer on for the visual and leaving the sonos to play the Audio until the episode is played out and I've hopefully passed out - bad habit I know On any show that I've seen several times over, esp if it doesn't have a heavy underlining adjoining story (eg; most comedy), I usually play in random but it's always singular. Then I move on to a different show or watch the next unwatched on my new favourite series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) You can turn autoplay off... 1 Click / touch / select your user icon at top right in the WebUI 2 Choose "Playback settings" 3 Uncheck "Play next episode automatically" and you're done Edited June 20, 2016 by jordy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrees 6 Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Thanks so much for the tip @@jordy However, that only seems to work for the web interface When I select that using the WebUI and playback with the WMC interface it still plays back continuously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Ok, there must be a setting in the WMC plugin then. I don't use it myself. You should ask @@ebr, I think that's his baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Ok, there must be a setting in the WMC plugin then. I don't use it myself. You should ask @@ebr, I think that's his baby. He is shuffling the whole series or season but then only wants one episode to play. That just isn't a scenario we've built into anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 He is shuffling the whole series or season but then only wants one episode to play. That just isn't a scenario we've built into anything. yeah, but from his response to my post about stopping Auto play next episode, I think that if he could turn it off for WMC then he would be at least partially happy - eg it would stop episodes playing after he goes to sleep just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 yeah, but from his response to my post about stopping Auto play next episode, I think that if he could turn it off for WMC then he would be at least partially happy - eg it would stop episodes playing after he goes to sleep just a thought. No, it won't because he is requesting to play a group of episodes so it isn't automatically playing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 quote from OP "Is there a way to shuffle a single tv series episode?" not sure where you get the "group of" episodes from. post #11 also clarifies the need for one episode only to play whilst he cooks or crashes... I think it's just a poor choice of word for what he wants - should have asked for a Random pick rather than shuffle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 quote from OP "Is there a way to shuffle a single tv series episode?" not sure where you get the "group of" episodes from. post #11 also clarifies the need for one episode only to play whilst he cooks or crashes... I think it's just a poor choice of word for what he wants - should have asked for a Random pick rather than shuffle... Correct (see my post above clarifying that). So the only way at this point for him to start playback of a random episode is to ask to shuffle the whole series or season and that is what he is doing. In that scenario, the automatic next episode feature is not in play at all so the option would have no effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Ok. Now I understand. Choosing shuffle does not play episodes in numerical value order... ah well, it seemed like a good idea. Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-L09 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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