VaporTrail 66 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) Just a quick question if I may: > I disabled background images in Embruary > I updated to Kodi beta4 on my Firestick Gen2 > I performed a database reset in Emby for Kodi > In reset options, I chose to reset all except "addon settings" (didn't want to enter server login details again) > The database rebuilt. Went relatively fast. CPU idles at 40-50% (10% improvement). Things appear to run smoothly. Playback has noticeably improved. My question is since I'd disabled background images in Embruary prior to reset, did they not sync back into Kodi's local db (giving me back some local storage)? Edited October 24, 2018 by VaporTrail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 A skin is only the interface and doesnt interact with the database or Kodi core. And the caching is a Kodi internal function. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline69 27 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) It's not listed in my plugin catalog and I haven't installed it. So I guess -> nope. What provides those rating symbols? I used to have rotten tomatos and that splat-looking-one but now I only see the user rating star. I have IMDB rating enabled in tvdb/tmdb addon but not seeing those either. I feel like I'm missing something obvious. EDIT: Appears I was missing the Universal Movie Scraper addon. EDIT: Still appears to not be working. Just seeing the red star/user rating. I know I had this working before. Edited October 24, 2018 by flatline69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 You don't need the Kodi scrapers at all if you are using Emby. Emby doesn't support user rating so we decided to use this value for RT instead. In the upcoming version the rating will be hidden for non Emby items. And as mentioned before -> To get the rotten rating you have to reset your movie database to sync this value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline69 27 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 You don't need the Kodi scrapers at all if you are using Emby. Emby doesn't support user rating so we decided to use this value for RT instead. In the upcoming version the rating will be hidden for non Emby items. And as mentioned before -> To get the rotten rating you have to reset your movie database to sync this value. Ah crap, I missed that part, sorry Fred. So I can uninstall the Universal Scraper and just reset the entire DB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Just don't use any internal Kodi database scrapers ^^ You can leave it installed. As long as you don't add your own library sources directly in Kodi they do nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horstepipe 356 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Emby doesn't support user rating so we decided to use this value for RT instead. that's an interesting info. So I can create a smart playlist which filters for high user ratings and will get a playlist which shows me movies with a specified rt rating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaporTrail 66 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 This may be a silly question and should be asked elsewhere, but is there any reason I can't install the Plex for Kodi addon and display Plex library items alongside Emby's in the Embruary skin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im85288 1493 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 This may be a silly question and should be asked elsewhere, but is there any reason I can't install the Plex for Kodi addon and display Plex library items alongside Emby's in the Embruary skin? You could for example install PlexKodiConnect to have that emulate your local Kodi db and then install embycon to have both shown in parallel. My advice would be to choose one though to make your life easier! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) The same reason why two men cannot have the same woman (in a common relationship point of view). Because both addons will fight each other to have control over one available database. To get the max out of the Embuary options stay at Emby (it's better anyway) and use the official Kodi Plex addon to browse the other server. Or follow @@im85288 suggestions. Works too but some minor Embuary features won't work. Edited October 24, 2018 by sualfred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline69 27 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 The same reason why two men cannot have the same woman (in a common relationship point of view). Ahhhh, the oldest problem in the world. I laughed when I read this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline69 27 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) So I rebuilt my DB and sure enough, got the ratings. Unfortunately, I ran into the same problem again with titles loading as I went back to addon mode instead of native. Seems to happen most from library view (slide/poster) where it takes the first select/OK and a spinner shows up for a split second then nothing, second select/OK loads the title. This gets progressively worse until it takes upwards of 3 min for titles to load. I'm going to have to revert back to native mode which works instantly, first time. EDIT: Should note that continue watching/next up/recently added work first time, every time. Edited October 24, 2018 by flatline69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 That doesn't really make sense. The addon playback method just have a plugin plath stored as file path. A log might be helpful. @@Angelblue05 any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline69 27 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 That doesn't really make sense. The addon playback method just have a plugin plath stored as file path. A log might be helpful. @@Angelblue05 any idea? I've been sending logs to @@Angelblue05, not sure what's going on myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepitismak 1 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 here dont work resume playback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) @@lepitismak From where are you resuming (widget, library)? Do you have your Kodi log? Thanks. Edited October 24, 2018 by Angelblue05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polyzp_emby 3 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) The default setting for sorting items in each widget is alphabetical. Is there anyway to change the default setting for each widget, or customize it? Thanks! Edited October 25, 2018 by Polyzp_emby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaporTrail 66 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) The default setting for sorting items in each widget is alphabetical. Is there anyway to change the default setting for each widget, or customize it? Yes, I use only custom widgets on the home screen, which allows for tailored displays like Recommended, Random, Last Added, etc. Step 1: From the left-hand menu > System > Settings > Skin settings > Custom widgets screen Step 2: Click Edit path > find the library you wish to add, drill down to the custom display you want (ie. Recommended) Step 3: Next choose "Type", "Layout", and Rename to what you wish (ie. Recommended Movies) Step 4: Move to the Menus & widgets screen > Edit widget configuration > find an empty slot > click the "+" symbol > find your custom widget and add it Step 5: Use the "up" arrow to move your custom widget to the top > delete any default widgets you don't want (can be added later, they're not gone forever) Step 6: Repeat these steps to create more custom widgets for other libraries you've synced. There's 20 custom widget slots available. For ideas, here's my current home screen widgets. Each widget can only be linked to one library. #1 and #3 on my list use the same TV library. 1. On Deck/Continue Watching - wide layout [Next Episodes display] 2. Recommended Movies - poster layout [Recommended display] 3. Recommended TV Shows - poster layout [Recommended display] 4. Must-See Documentaries - poster layout [Recommended display] 5. Concert Performances - poster layout [Random display] 6. Stand-Up Comedy - poster layout [Random display] Hope that's understandable. Edited October 25, 2018 by VaporTrail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polyzp_emby 3 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Im asking how to sort the widget from left to right in ways other than alphabetical. I have my widgets already setup like you described. For unwatched movies for example, id like items randomized instead of alphabetical. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaporTrail 66 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Perhaps we're misunderstanding each other, but I think I just explained how to randomize with custom widgets. If you're using custom already, I'll leave it to the pros to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 Just use a smart playlist with configured random sort order? @@All Android users Because blind coding doesn't work very well -> My Nvidia Shield test device arrived today and Embuary suddently support correct Android app listings. I've added it as default menu item if the platform is Android. You are now able to add them to favourites etc. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshFink 19 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Just use a smart playlist with configured random sort order? @@All Android users Because blind coding doesn't work very well -> My Nvidia Shield test device arrived today and Embuary suddently support correct Android app listings. I've added it as default menu item if the platform is Android. You are now able to add them to favourites etc. Awesome.. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polyzp_emby 3 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) Thank you for the reply! I think i understand what you are saying. Do you mean having a widget such as "random movies" , which is already sorted randomly? Is there a way I could I sort my already existing library widgets in a random way as opposed to alphabetical, or my only solution is choosing adifferent widget all together with a random trait pre-existing. I noticed the way they are sorted by default is alphabetical, but no way of configuring that. Would this be difficult to implement? Thank you again for the ongoing support! Edited October 26, 2018 by Polyzp_emby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Why not use "Random items" provided by the addon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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