VaporTrail 66 Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 After a Kodi database sync, I notice music and audiobooks are combined into one library. Viewing the genres tab, my music and audiobook genres are combined. Is this a limitation of Emby for Kodi or could something be wrong with my setup? I created separate libraries which display as separate in browser view. Also, I don't see music or audiobooks as library "folders" in Emby for Kodi settings. When I go to add a library (same place you update/reset libraries), I only see ALL, yet music and audiobooks clearly don't have folder entries. Did I explain the issue in a clear manner?
Angelblue05 4131 Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 Have you looked under music add-ons? What server version are you running? There are some changes in 3.6 where Audiobook is it’s own library type now...
VaporTrail 66 Posted November 30, 2018 Author Posted November 30, 2018 @@Angelblue05 I'm on server Version 3.6.0.73 beta. The audiobook content type had been removed before this library was built. I see now in music add-ons my two audio libraries - music & audiobooks. Thanks. The current issue I face is they're still merged together in Kodi's database. I also can't separate them using custom menu items in Embuary skin. As you can see in the Embuary skin I can add Video Library folders as custom menu items: But Music Library folders do not get treated the same as Video Library folders yet. This just shows you that Emby for Kodi recognizes the two audio libraries as separate entities in my setup.
VaporTrail 66 Posted November 30, 2018 Author Posted November 30, 2018 @@sualfred Do you know about this potential issue? Is this to do with Embuary?
Angelblue05 4131 Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) There is only one music library in Kodi. If both your music library (music and audiobooks) are synced to Kodi, they will be combined as far as Kodi is concerned. On your last screenshot, open the context menu for your audiobook library > remove from Kodi. Then you can just point a shortcut to the audiobook library entry instead (add-ons > music add-ons > emby > audiobooks). Edited November 30, 2018 by Angelblue05 1
LongMan 97 Posted December 1, 2018 Posted December 1, 2018 @Angelblue05 Filtering by Media Source, for music, has been added to Kodi (Leia). Looks like there are 2 new tables, Source and Source_path. Maybe you could use this to distinguish audio libraries in Kodi, similarly to how tags have been brilliantly used to separate video libraries. Fingers crossed. LongMan 1
VaporTrail 66 Posted December 1, 2018 Author Posted December 1, 2018 Awesome, I'll wait to hear what @@Angelblue05 does before attempting the shortcut.
Angelblue05 4131 Posted December 1, 2018 Posted December 1, 2018 @Angelblue05 Filtering by Media Source, for music, has been added to Kodi (Leia). Looks like there are 2 new tables, Source and Source_path. Maybe you could use this to distinguish audio libraries in Kodi, similarly to how tags have been brilliantly used to separate video libraries. Fingers crossed. LongMan Ah yes? Thanks for making me aware of this. Checking right now to see if it's something that can be done. 1
Angelblue05 4131 Posted December 1, 2018 Posted December 1, 2018 Unfortunately, it's not looking good. The solution is solely based on the path of the files. Tags would be better because it doesn't care for the path, so it would work with both native and add-on playback modes.
Angelblue05 4131 Posted December 1, 2018 Posted December 1, 2018 Maybe we can do something with genre? Add the library name as a genre then you can create smart playlists filters based on it? 1
LongMan 97 Posted December 1, 2018 Posted December 1, 2018 Adding the Emby Library Name as a genre would work. In fact, I filter my music videos that way because I have to make a nfo for each one. Yes it's tedious, but there is no good metadata source for my vidoes. 1
LongMan 97 Posted December 1, 2018 Posted December 1, 2018 @@Angelblue05 Maybe Dave T Blake can suggest something. Kodi can be surprising in it's versatility. 1
VaporTrail 66 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Posted December 2, 2018 @@Angelblue05 Does Version 3.1.35a address this issue? If so, what steps to follow to benefit from recent changes?
Angelblue05 4131 Posted December 2, 2018 Posted December 2, 2018 @@Angelblue05 Does Version 3.1.35a address this issue? If so, what steps to follow to benefit from recent changes? No not yet. Sorry, still in progress. 1
VaporTrail 66 Posted December 3, 2018 Author Posted December 3, 2018 Hey no worries. Just appreciate you're giving it a crack.
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