Switch from Emby for WMC to Emby Theater

[nickglott 5]

I took the dive to run Emby Theater and I am loving it. There are only 3 things I would add or change. I am very picky so that is quite surprising and should show how much you guys have nailed it. FYI I use a Harmony one/Harmony keyboard combo. Not sure if the first 2 can be done but

 

1) Add is if you are in all movies or all TV series is to add if you press P it would jump to the movies or shows that start with P. I know alphabet slider will accomplish that but when you have a keyboard up,down,left,right become a little clunky. 

 

2) Enable T9 like text input for the search feature as well as the suggested feature above for when you want to do a quick search without pulling out the full keyboard. In Emby classic you are able to search via T9 and would be nice to see that brought over.

 

3)Page Up/Down support. Would be nice to use it when scrolling through a huge library, the TV guide, and switching sections like continue watching, next up, ect.  I know you were looking to have the fewest keys possible to control Emby Theater but lets face it what remote does not have a Channel up/down buttons? Also native WMC chapter skip is Page Up/Down right now it is mapped to longpress fast forward and rewind. I have a workaround for the last part obviously but it requires me to have a separate activity set up for Emby on my harmony. That is not a huge deal but if Page up/down is implemented then it would pose a problem as they would be separate buttons.

 

Would love to hear any input from anyone with other possible workarounds ie. regedit fixes and whatnot.

 

Thanks for all the hard work!

[Luke 37229]

Hi, welcome, yea we will be added these keyboard features in a future release. What is T9 exactly?

[nickglott 5]

Hi, welcome, yea we will be added these keyboard features in a future release. What is T9 exactly?

Using a number pad to type.

 

Examples:

 

4+2+6+3+3

G A M    E

 

3=D

3+3=E

3+3+3F

3+3+3+3=3

Edited June 26, 2016 by nickglott

[ebr 14958]

That is usually referred to as "triple-tap".  I hadn't heard "T9" before.  What does that name come from?

[pünktchen 1261]

That is usually referred to as "triple-tap". I hadn't heard "T9" before. What does that name come from?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text)

I've never heard of triple-tap [emoji6]

[Abobader 2956]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text)

I've never heard of triple-tap [emoji6]

 

Yes true.

[nickglott 5]

Edited June 27, 2016 by nickglott

[mentasm 43]

I agree with most of the OP comments.  I'm not so fussed about T9, but being able to start typing a title name and being taken to it would be fantastic

[AdrianW 1053]

Using a number pad to type.

 

Examples:

 

4+2+6+3+3

G A M    E

 

3=D

3+3=E

3+3+3F

3+3+3+3=3

 

That's not T9 - that is triple-tap.

 

T9 is where you only press the digits once regardless of the letter you require - then the system works out what actual letters you meant based on a dictionary.

 

Here's an emulator. (Try typing MEDIA - all you need to click is 63342).

Edited June 27, 2016 by AdrianW

[nickglott 5]

[MrWebsmith 598]

ALL to all of these.. esp 1 and 3 ive been asking for since very early alphas of the new theater client... these are lifesaver for our usage

[ebr 14958]

That's not T9 - that is triple-tap.

 

T9 is where you only press the digits once regardless of the letter you require - then the system works out what actual letters you meant based on a dictionary.

 

Here's an emulator. (Try typing MEDIA - all you need to click is 63342).

 

Correct - what the OP described was triple-tap or multi-tap.  T9 is predictive text - only requiring a single press of each key.

 

Both are interesting. I'd say triple-tap is more likely to get implemented at some point.

[fuzzthekingoftrees 10]

Far better than T9 would be the find as you type search you get in the phonebook on some phones. With that kind of search 4 digits is usually enough to reduce the list to a scrollable size.