Kurosh 16 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Any plans to bake this into Emby Server as it would be nice if could be incorporated into interface where you could exclude certain series that you'd like to keep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 It's a great idea for the future, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbean 3 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I apparently didn't do a very good search and missed this. Just posted a duplicate in which this posting was referenced. Just wondering if there was any new info about plans for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 No news yet but we agree it's a good idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurosh 16 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 sweet. I'll see what I can throw together. thanks Hi @mastrmind11 - do you have an interim solution you could share until this gets officially baked into Emby natively? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Hi @mastrmind11 - do you have an interim solution you could share until this gets officially baked into Emby natively? I haven't implemented anything, been too crazy around here. I'll post back here if/when I get something working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupy14 1 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 +1 i think Plex Server has this capability, really don't want to migrate but this feature is so useful. Must have for emby +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otarie 2 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Would love to get this too. Theres so many shows out there, that you just watch one time. Would be cool to have a setting on every show to set them to auto delete or archive or sth. Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfatula 185 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 With DVR, this is really needed. Not everyone deletes things they watch. Also, not every show can always be watched. MythTV has a good model. There are a few different concepts. One is whether or not a given program can be auto deleted. This is set in the dvr recording "Timer", it's the perfect place for it. If it can be auto deleted, then you attach the rules. I believe this is most important for DVR files, more-so than other parts of Emby. You also have a setting whether or not you can delete the oldest if you run out of space. You can also say how many to keep. This is all controlled when you schedule a timer, which is where I believe it belongs for the DVR portion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 You can also say how many to keep. We already have this setting. Just open one of your series timers in the web app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfatula 185 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 We already have this setting. Just open one of your series timers in the web app. Yes, I do realize that. Just saying by itself not good enough. For example, say I keep the last 5 of show X. Now, show x ends until 9 months from now, for those 9 months, I will still have the last 5 recordings. And if a show is cancelled, I would have them forever unless I delete them manually. I prefer to not delete them (I realize others may want to and that of course avoids the problem), so as to not make a mistake) and let the system clean itself up. Also, for non scheduled recordings, in certain libraries (like other video directory where for me, I download and put video there, I'd like for those to expire. Just trying to throw out some use cases you may or may not have on your planned change list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Yes, I do realize that. Just saying by itself not good enough. For example, say I keep the last 5 of show X. Now, show x ends until 9 months from now, for those 9 months, I will still have the last 5 recordings. And if a show is cancelled, I would have them forever unless I delete them manually. I prefer to not delete them (I realize others may want to and that of course avoids the problem), so as to not make a mistake) and let the system clean itself up. Also, for non scheduled recordings, in certain libraries (like other video directory where for me, I download and put video there, I'd like for those to expire. Just trying to throw out some use cases you may or may not have on your planned change list. That's fine but you listed it in your list of things we needed so I wanted to be sure others reading realized we already have this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurosh 16 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Hello, It there a plan to add the auto - delete feature into the movie / tv show libraries and not just in the series timers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Hi, yes it's possible for the future. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorSmartyPants 4 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Adding my voice to the chorus that this would be a wonderful feature addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavasurfer 0 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 This is defiantly one of the most missed features of WMC. About 1/3 of the content on my server is for other people (parents and kids) that do not delete a single thing and I spend a ton of time figuring out what they have and haven't watched to I can purge it. A step further would be some rules so Emby can look for the watched status for a certain user. Having a shorter window for watched shows vs. unwatched shows. I would set it for say 180 days on unwatched shows and 30 days for watched shows. I have a habit of letting a full season accumulate on Emby before watching so I can binge it Netflix style. There are certain shows that I don't watch what so ever, and of course some that I do so it would have to make sure everyone has watched it before deleting. Which I'm sure is way more complicated on the back end of things to accomplish. But it would make Emby truly stand out in the crowd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupy14 1 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Bumping this for love must have feature!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datalore44 0 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I also would like this feature included. In kodi I use janitor which auto deletes my movies and tvshows when I have watched them. This would be a great addition to emby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurosh 16 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Hi Emby devs / Luke? Apologies for asking again but as it's been 4 months or so I thought I'd try again... :| Is there any plan to work on this feature in the near future? I know you all agree it's a good idea and many have requested it, just wondering if it's on the roadmap to be worked on eventually. Thanks for everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Yes this is planned for the future. We are working as hard and as fast as we can to make everyone as happy as possible. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 If you're recording these shows, there are option in the series recorder that allows you to keep X number of shows, or only shows within the last x days. I do this for the 15 or so shows I record on Fox News, CNN and a few other News shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfatula 185 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) If you're recording these shows, there are option in the series recorder that allows you to keep X number of shows, or only shows within the last x days. I do this for the 15 or so shows I record on Fox News, CNN and a few other News shows. Yeo, but not good enough. There are one time ever shows, there are shows that get discontinued, and it just consumes wasted space when really, I already watched them and will not watch them again. There's a delete after x days? Where? You said "or only shows within the last x days", this is almost exactly what this enhancement request is about! Though this is for watched shows. Do I still need the BCS games for another year? Do I still need episodes of "the last ship" taking up space? etc. Edited January 19, 2019 by sfatula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I don't see it now. All I see now is Keep x number of episodes. I could have swore it was an option but I must have confused it with one of the other DVR programs I've got. Thinking outside the box this could be scripted to run outside of Emby. You could script something like: Only allow X episodes in a folder and if more then X delete oldest files. Delete any files older than Y days old. That wouldn't work on watched status but would give all users Y days to watch the content before it self destructs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfatula 185 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) I don't see it now. All I see now is Keep x number of episodes. I could have swore it was an option but I must have confused it with one of the other DVR programs I've got. Thinking outside the box this could be scripted to run outside of Emby. You could script something like: Only allow X episodes in a folder and if more then X delete oldest files. Delete any files older than Y days old. That wouldn't work on watched status but would give all users Y days to watch the content before it self destructs. Oh no doubt, this request though is to add the feature to Emby. Probably 75% or more of our library is stuff we already watched (think last summers shows for example, all of them, still sitting there). Sure, I can manually delete it, sure I can write yet another program, heck I suppose I could write emby2, but, the point is an easy to use feature for all. Keeping 4 episodes (we travel a lot) of summer shows that won't air until next summer is not useful. Edited January 19, 2019 by sfatula 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurosh 16 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) mastrmind11 - any luck making a script? Edited January 20, 2019 by Kurosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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