rbjtech 4222 Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 Just to give you a quick update - @chef has started to look at this and has some early Alpha code put together. So give it a couple of weeks and we may have an early Beta for users to try. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexus 17 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 This looks absolutely fantastic. Really a great help for my elderly parents that often ask me if I can recommend something up their street.. If it's not too much of a hassle, Permissions to recommend would be the only thing I'd wish for other than the basic functionality, that way nobody can recommend something unsuitable for my old parents, or my younger son. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4222 Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, dexus said: This looks absolutely fantastic. Really a great help for my elderly parents that often ask me if I can recommend something up their street.. If it's not too much of a hassle, Permissions to recommend would be the only thing I'd wish for other than the basic functionality, that way nobody can recommend something unsuitable for my old parents, or my younger son. This is still in the works - nice idea about the permissions. I think that would be possible but the only mechanism we have to do it would be the Rating of the item - ie PG, 15, 18 etc but ultimately this would already be enforced by the user anyway. So if somebody recommended say an 18 rated movie, and the user was restricted to PG only, then it would not appear in their recommendations anyway (filtered out by the ratings) but I need to double check on this. Edited March 4, 2022 by rbjtech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexus 17 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, rbjtech said: So if somebody recommended say an 18 rated movie, and the user was restricted to PG only, then it would not appear in their recommendations anyway (filtered out by the ratings) but I need to double check on this. That would be sufficient for the contents of the recommendations, but what I was initially thinking about, was a flag in the settings of the plugin server side where you allow or disallow specific users to be able to "recommend" That way the Admin of the server can specify which users are allowed to recommend to each other, have a "moderation team", or simply just allow the server admin only to recommend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4222 Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, dexus said: That would be sufficient for the contents of the recommendations, but what I was initially thinking about, was a flag in the settings of the plugin server side where you allow or disallow specific users to be able to "recommend" That way the Admin of the server can specify which users are allowed to recommend to each other, have a "moderation team", or simply just allow the server admin only to recommend. Ah with you - then yes, that's certainly possible but lets get the basics out first and we can add these little features after. Nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Is this going anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4222 Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 18 hours ago, crusher11 said: Is this going anywhere? Yes and no. We have dipped into it and come to the conclusion that until there is a better way to 'highlight' content in emby itself - then it's probably not going to produce the results I wanted. It's a 'hack' to get the Recommendations to show as I explained above - and not something which we would want to do for a supported plugin. Hopefully the Core team make it easier to 'highlight' stuff on the GUI and sort out 'Playlists' - once those are done, then we can probably re-visit this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffyToesToo 280 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 I am just stumbling on this now, thank you! I look forward to following this thread and seeing what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallenwitch3r 41 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 It could be a nice feature to have recommendations at the end of a movie or the last episode of series like the recommendations on Netflix. A popup shows up at the end of a movie or an episode which shows you similar contend to watch. You have the option to choose one of the recommendations or watch the credits to the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUrbanXplorer 36 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 6/11/2021 at 11:29 AM, rbjtech said: I'm posting here to gauge interest in this potential tool/utility - I use it for my parents and it works really well - but to be useful for the masses, it will need some more time spent on developing the code to make it more universal. However, before doing that, I wanted to see if this is useful as I don't want to waste my time.. What does it do ? It creates a 'Recommendations' library for each user based on items added to a Recommendations playlist. This library is then displayed in the usual 'Latest' list. As items are watched, they disappear off the list. Example (Actual) screen grab - (note 'Recommendations Row') How does it work ? A new library is setup and each user plus a global entry is given their own folder :- In these folders will be links (STRM files) to the real media. These are automatically created on a schedule via a standard playlist file (see below). Individual user based permissions can be applied to these folders - therefore, personalised recommendation lists can be created or globally set if added to the global recommendation playlist. So for this user - they will just see Recommendations for Rich and Global. The Recommendations 'library' needs to go to the top of the list for it to be easily visible :- Note - if there is nothing in the Recommendation library for that user (ie it is empty) - then the Row will not be shown. How do I flag an item as a Recommendation and to whom ? The script pulls the recommendation file locations from the XML playlist - thus you can just use the normal emby playlist functions to add or remove recommendations and add them to the relevant playlist. Anybody can add any entry to any playlist (as playlists are not permissioned), so be wary of that.. If you want everybody to see the Recommendation - then just add it to the Global Recommendation playlist. How often does it update ? Currently my script just runs every night and automatically creates any new entries added to the playlists. Now the initial library and playlist setup is done, this is now fully automated for me - I just add recommendations to the playlist and the following day it appears on those users screens. ... Of course, if emby allowed a playlist to have permissions and allowed it to be shown on the main screen in a row, then there would be no need for these scripts to hack a 'virtual' library... Any thoughts ? Is this worth progressing to make the initial setup more automated ? Hello, what type of library did you set up to read the file? Somehow the part does not want with me. I think I have managed the rest. If this is now still displayed, I'm happy. Cool thing by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUrbanXplorer 36 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Somehow the has posted this several times now. Sorry, can not delete the duplicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8242 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 @TheUrbanXplorer already taken care of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUrbanXplorer 36 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, Happy2Play said: @TheUrbanXplorer already taken care of. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4222 Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 btw - watch this space. I won't say any more - but the first stages of having this appear as a channel/plugin on your emby screen are in testing as we speak ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUrbanXplorer 36 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 21 minutes ago, rbjtech said: btw - watch this space. I won't say any more - but the first stages of having this appear as a channel/plugin on your emby screen are in testing as we speak ... So a suitable plugin is coming after all? That would be something. Still, how did you manage with the library? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUrbanXplorer 36 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Looks cool. Is there a plan for when the people can get to this bacon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 15 minutes ago, TheUrbanXplorer said: Looks cool. Is there a plan for when the people can get to this bacon? Hey We are just waiting for some core abilities to be added to help sort the items on the home screen the way we need them. I should mention that this will most likely be a premium addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUrbanXplorer 36 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, chef said: Hey We are just waiting for some core abilities to be added to help sort the items on the home screen the way we need them. I should mention that this will most likely be a premium addition. That's fine with me, I have a lifetime anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Is this, as previously, a per-user thing, or is it now a per-server thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesegeezer 3086 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I'm subscribed now - [face-plant] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesegeezer 3086 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, crusher11 said: Is this, as previously, a per-user thing, or is it now a per-server thing? currently it's a per server/admin thing but all users can see the top picks Edited August 31, 2022 by Cheesegeezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 That's a bit of a disappointment TBH, I liked the first idea whereby you could give each user personalised recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesegeezer 3086 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, crusher11 said: That's a bit of a disappointment TBH Well of course it is!!! But I'm also not surprised to hear that from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillidill 153 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 You guys are on fire really grateful for all you do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) I dunno... seems pretty awesome from where I'm seeing it. Might be just me being biased though. I mean it isn't a user based recommendation system, Sure... In order to actually pull that off, things would have to be implemented in the core, or you can implement what @rbjtech has suggested, which is also awesome. But this channel plugin will implement Bayesian Like Algorithms (like the ones that are used in platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Youtube) and use them in Emby. Auto calculates Top Pick items based on user views, and liked items. If you turn it on... You also don't have too turn that feature on at all, and just create a completely custom channel you want to share with your user base. With the auto feature turned on though, the more your user base watches (and/or likes) items, this channel can reflect it. I think it's gonna be awesome. I also didn't mean to highjack this thread. I apologize. But I will post a short video (with some super weird music), that shows a very early look at what is accumulating behind the scenes. Edited August 31, 2022 by chef 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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