tuvx Posted February 25, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamB Posted February 25, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuvx Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamB Posted February 26, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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