Watched status not sync to Emby server

[LuruiLove7V 1]

 

Hi Emby Team and Emby Community,

I'm having a problem with the sync of the watched status from kodi to emby server.

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My setup

Kodi 18.9.0 based on Coreelec

EmbyCon 1.9.106 on Kodi

Emby 4.5.4.0 installed on Qnap x64

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After I turned to use Embycon instead of Emby on Kodi, I noticed the movied I already watched on Kodi was not marked watched in Emby side,  the wathched status wasn't recorded either.

However, any watch status in Emby side (e.g. web, iphone) will immediately sync to Kodi. It seems the sync only work in one direction : Emyb to Kodi.

 

 

 

[TeamB 2411]

Are you sure you are playing back items from EmbyCon and not old synced item Emby for Kodi had added to your local db?

[LuruiLove7V 1]

21 hours ago, TeamB said:

Are you sure you are playing back items from EmbyCon and not old synced item Emby for Kodi had added to your local db?

Yes, I'm pretty sure, because I reset the whole local database.

What information do I need to provide you for further analysis ?

[TeamB 2411]

When you are playing something in kodi using embycon have a look at the web dashboard at the active devices and make sure that what you are playing is showing up correctly and as it progresses through the playback it shows the correct ammount played on the active device in the web dashboard.

[LuruiLove7V 1]

On 4/29/2021 at 9:19 PM, TeamB said:

When you are playing something in kodi using embycon have a look at the web dashboard at the active devices and make sure that what you are playing is showing up correctly and as it progresses through the playback it shows the correct ammount played on the active device in the web dashboard.

I found out the cause of the problem, it was because I checked the “allow direct file playback” . If I uncheck it, the sync works well, but it will lead to a new problem, the subtitle download by plugin won’t be saved in the folder of the movie.

Do you have a solution for this problem?

 

 

 

[TeamB 2411]

Direct file playback should still track playback progress, i will have a look and see if i can replicate the problem.

[TeamB 2411]

I have tested this and can not reproduce your issue.

When you have the option:

EmbyCon Settings -> Playback -> Allow direct file playback = Enabled

And then when you play back an item in Kodi and you hit "i" for info you should see the following text at the top of the description/Synopses of the item when it is play:

 

And on the Emby Web Bashboard you should see this showing that it is DirectPlaying and that the time is progressing correctly:

 

[LuruiLove7V 1]

9 hours ago, TeamB said:

I have tested this and can not reproduce your issue.

When you have the option:

EmbyCon Settings -> Playback -> Allow direct file playback = Enabled

And then when you play back an item in Kodi and you hit "i" for info you should see the following text at the top of the description/Synopses of the item when it is play:

 

And on the Emby Web Bashboard you should see this showing that it is DirectPlaying and that the time is progressing correctly:

 

My situation is different, but I found the info is different when enable allow direct file playback

info when enable direct play

info when disable directplay

[TeamB 2411]

Do you use name substitution in your paths?

[LuruiLove7V 1]

3 hours ago, TeamB said:

Do you use name substitution in your paths?

Did you mean this?

[TeamB 2411]

Yes, i think it used to be called path substitution.

I will have a look at this configuration and see if i can reproduce the issue.

[TeamB 2411]

9 hours ago, LuruiLove7V said:

Did you mean this?

When you are playing back that file, the one in the screen shot above what does the Emby Web Client Dashboard look like, does it show the EmbyCon client playing the item and is it showing the progress there? Show me a screen shot of the Kodi Info showing the Info "PirectPlay" and a screen shot of the Emby Web Dashboard showing the Active Device info.

Perhaps it has something to do with the path names or file name, can you try a playback of a file with NO unicode characters in the path or file name and see what happens.

[LuruiLove7V 1]

12 hours ago, TeamB said:

When you are playing back that file, the one in the screen shot above what does the Emby Web Client Dashboard look like, does it show the EmbyCon client playing the item and is it showing the progress there? Show me a screen shot of the Kodi Info showing the Info "PirectPlay" and a screen shot of the Emby Web Dashboard showing the Active Device info.

Perhaps it has something to do with the path names or file name, can you try a playback of a file with NO unicode characters in the path or file name and see what happens.

you are right, it’s because the unicode characters.

Path has Unicode characters

 

path without unicode characters 

[TeamB 2411]

@LuruiLove7V

Ok found the issue I think, new version of EmbyCon released with the fix for Unicode characters in direct paths for tracking and playback status reporting.

Version: 1.9.108

This fix was only needed or Kodi 18 as Kodi 19 is now Python 3 and Python 3 is way better at strings

 

 

Edited May 3, 2021 by TeamB

[LuruiLove7V 1]

1 hour ago, TeamB said:

@LuruiLove7V

Ok found the issue I think, new version of EmbyCon released with the fix for Unicode characters in direct paths for tracking and playback status reporting.

Version: 1.9.108

This fix was only needed or Kodi 18 as Kodi 19 is now Python 3 and Python 3 is way better at strings

 

 

Have you released the 1.9.108? The new version updated today is 1.9.107 in my side, the problem still exists. 

[TeamB 2411]

11 minutes ago, LuruiLove7V said:

Have you released the 1.9.108? The new version updated today is 1.9.107 in my side, the problem still exists. 

Yes i have released it, it can take a few hours for the distribution system to replicate to all regions.

[LuruiLove7V 1]

23 hours ago, TeamB said:

Yes i have released it, it can take a few hours for the distribution system to replicate to all regions.

still no update avaliable, something wrong with my repository?

aN

[TeamB 2411]

56 minutes ago, LuruiLove7V said:

still no update avaliable, something wrong with my repository?

aN

Did you go to the kodi addon area and select check for updates?

I think you have to go left to bring out the slide out menu when you are on the kodi addons list to see the check for updates item.

Edited May 4, 2021 by TeamB

[LuruiLove7V 1]

10 minutes ago, TeamB said:

Did you go to the kodi addon area and select check for updates?

I think you have to go left to bring out the slide out menu when you are on the kodi addons list to see the check for updates item.

Update just pushed, I tested it and it works, Thanks