tuvx 14 Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) I started using EmbyCon, and have a few questions. With the Emby for Kodi add-on I was able to create custom nodes to populate widgets on the home screen. As EmbyCon does not use the Kodi DB, is this still possible? I am specifically looking for a History node (to view media recently played and completed; one for Movies and one for TV), a Recommended for TV, and a Random Shows/Episode for TV. These do not seem to be currently available through the add-on. When I attempt to watch Live TV, it does not work (nothing happens). I tried through the regular Emby app and have no issues. Is this a limitation for the add-on, or a bug for which I should submit a log? Loading some screens seems slow (using gigabit ethernet on local network); I managed to resolve this for showing Movie lists by limiting the number of items per page, but the information screens and widgets on the home screen still take around 10-20 seconds to fully load. Is this typical, or is there a way to optimize? Edited February 25, 2020 by tuvx
TeamB 2414 Posted February 25, 2020 Posted February 25, 2020 There are a few custom widget nodes, movie and tv library nodes in the main EmbyCon menu you may be able to use with some skins. However I dont think it has the ones you listed above. How are you selecting the Live TV? Loading times will vary depending on a lot of things. The general rule is it will be slower than native DB access but 10-20 seconds sounds very slow, I am running my server on an old core 2 duo (10 year old machine) and a wifi network and my clients Pi 3/4 running libreelec load up in 1 or 2 seconds for the home screen widgets. There is a log option in the advanced settings that can log the access timing to give you an idea of where the add-on is spending its time.
tuvx 14 Posted February 26, 2020 Author Posted February 26, 2020 Is there a way for me to modify a file to get those nodes, or may I suggest an enhancement? I selected LiveTV by configuring an action: Add-On > Video Add-On > EmbyCon > Emby Libraries > Live TV > Live TV - Programs I try the logging to see; I'm running Emby Server on a AMD Ryzen 3900X, wired through a gigabit port on a VERO 4K running OSMC.
TeamB 2414 Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 This is the custom widgets menu code https://github.com/faush01/plugin.video.embycon/blob/develop/resources/lib/menu_functions.py#L1891 you could add something in there I have not tested Live TV much at all, I added it and texted it using a IP Tv Channel but that was a long time ago.
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