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People who prefer the change will probably not post in or maybe even look at a thread from people who don't like it.

Actually got it running with the original settings menu. Basically a lot of stuff was no longer compatible and outdated. Did the same as before, troubleshooted and told an AI my findings as i couldn't be bothered looking through most of the code. Troubleshooted and corrected the code it gave me. Rinse and repeat what felt like a thousand times. Anyway... Here it is. SmartPlaylist.dll Emby.SmartPlaylist.Plugin-master.rar

Ok so my request is to be able to search each library separate as it stands when you search it searches everything, and if like me you have 30k music tracks 10k books/comics 10k episodes and 10k+ movies, searching is slow so is it possible to have a search section for each library individually

It would be great to have Emby as a music provider for Music Assistant: https://music-assistant.io/ I'm forced to use Jellyfin as a provider for now: https://github.com/orgs/music-assistant/discussions/583 It probably wouldn't take too much effort to adapt the existing Jellyfin provider to the Emby API: https://github.com/music-assistant/server/tree/dev/music_assistant/server/providers/jellyfin

As of EMBY server update to version 4.9 the folder view has change to a "windows explorer" like structure in which single item movies are not display as movies anymore but as folders. This is being discuss here: So the official request is to go back, or at least implement a legacy view, so we can have the folder view we've been having since the beguining of time. Thanks

This. Yep the 4.6 days.

Yes, it is one of those options that makes troubleshooting a nightmare sometimes as everything within the folder inherits the LOCK. It was nice back when Metadata Manager showed the lock per folder/item. Now you have to navigate the levels to see if locked or not. There are a couple topics on Tagging folder level to make access restriction a little easier also ie tagging one folder to block all the items instead of every item.

Looks like a plugin like mine for controlling transcodes has ended up on an illegal pirate site. Can i just quickly say that (even though it most likely changes nothing) I DO NOT APPROVE OF THAT!

Hi. There is not currently any way for the app store apps to have plug-ins that would alter their behavior or add/remove functionality.

I think this is an important consideration. I use Folder view quite often, BUT it is mainly to Refresh Metadata and Scan Library Files at the relevant parent folder level when I add new media or update info. This is mostly preferable for me instead of scanning a whole large library which is usually not necessary and usually takes a lot longer. Therefore having the Folder view replicate the actual Folder/File structure is probably more useful to me. For my larger libraries, I use a top-level alphabetical structure e.g. #,A,B,C,D... When i reach 500 items for a folder, this gets split even further e.g. J(a-m), J(n-z) at the top-level, for admin purposes only. For navigating/browsing/consuming media, I use anything and everything EXCEPT Folder view - Collections, Playlists, Genres, Tags, detail pages... This is where Emby shines for me and I can customize and navigate as I wish. As long as I can still use Folder view for my admin tasks, I don't think the discussed changes will bother me personally either way. For anyone that uses Folder view as their main method for organizing/browsing their media, I can see that any changes that have messed up their "system" would be quite annoying. This is why having additional UI options (although potentially complex) can sometimes be very important. Recently there was a similar scenario with Collections, where users were split into two camps. The Emby solution was the new "Group By" function to keep both camps happy. (This has great potential to be used elsewhere in the future.) That is why options, if technically possible, are useful - no one is alienated when default functionality changes. Well thought out options may also entice new customers from major competitors that do not offer the same feature set - therefore a win-win for Emby and everyone else!

Had to resort to Google as the ~7 passing references found with the forum search. Seems to be a way to build collections/playlists based on customizable criteria. I am sure I would use that at least once a decade...

Sort of yes as Emby changed how Collections were created awhile back to use item <set> metadata so if media was in your collection/library before that field was added it will require refreshing. Just like when addition movies are created years later to create a Collection one would have to refresh that really old item that existed before the thought of a Collection.

Which is to be expected, as the original movie very likely didn't have any collection information/wasn't part of the set at the time or release and/or import. Once refreshed, you've got updated data, i.e. movie set info.

Hi, I was thinking that it would be great if the original movie title would be shown on the main movie page. below the localized one.

Hi, yes it makes sense. Thanks.

Hi. The discussion about options is an unfortunate tangent to this topic and not necessarily relevant. As far as this actual topic goes, we are gauging the interest. We understand there is a vocal community that does not like this change and are trying to be sure there isn't a non-vocal one that actually prefers it.

I'm sorry @ebr, but I still don't understand this huge change within the same version. Years ago, when we switched from MediaBrowser (10 or 15 years ago, I don't remember exactly) to Emby, we all understood it was a change in philosophy and how metadata was handled, and we accepted it, just as if it were a possible change from version 4 to the upcoming version 5 of Emby. We followed the rules for how the folders had to be organized, and now many of us are frustrated. In all these years, I don't think there's been such a big change that has caused so much displeasure. Please, what I would like to know is if a solution to this problem is being sought, or if those of us still on version 4.8 will continue to be unable to update in the future. (I say all this with the utmost respect and admiration for your hard work and Luke's.)

I'm kind of torn about the Plex users switching to Emby. On one hand, that's money for Emby. On the other, I can't stand the whining.

I knew they had a paywall for something, but I assumed it was external media. From what I gather, if you want to watch your own media from outside your LAN, now you have to pay. On top of everything going through their server. It's like Microsoft or Google came up with this crap. What the devs should do is make a list of these people and start charging them extra monthly so that they feel more at home! In my circle of family and friends, I am a notorious bargain hunter (aka tight ass). I think I started using Emby and within a week or two purchased the lifetime license. I think Emby is a bargain and even for any hiccups - maybe even a headache or two - and it is head and shoulders above anything else I tried. There is no simpler way to share a library with elderly parents than Emby in my opinion. Now if there was just a way to remap remote crapware buttons, I would be in cinema nirvana...

@sa2000we can do that via metadata manager in the Android App. When you have more than 1 folder. I also see this in Beta release. I see this in stabel also. Not sure if this is intended as it's different from Library setup Where we have settings for all folders.

I don't think to many will switch to Emby. People will take a lot of abuse before wanting to change from what they are used to, humans are habit creatures after all. More importantly though is the fact that if you go through r/plex or any other forum the nobody mentions Emby and only Jellyfin even though they acknowledge that their equipment like Samsung most likely isn't supported. It's funny though, if you mention Emby to the Plex users you will often get a "but it costs money" back even though they happily shelled out a buttload for Plex.

Tested this version and everything seems to be working now, thanks! For anyone else with "Live" playlists: updates don't trigger until the library changes - to force an update, toggle them off then on, or edit (no changes required) then save.

You've already restricted access to whole \Joe folder - that includes \Joe\...\Road trip. As a sidenote, overlapping/nested folder paths were never officially supported (though it'd mostly work as long as folders are at lest same level and libraries are of the same type). You'll need to rethink and restructure/reorganize your folder structure/library paths. As an example, one thing you could do is instead of having \Joe root folder as a library path, add all subfolders separately as library paths and adjust access permissions accordingly or create another folder (\All) at the same level as \Joe, \Texxx and \Haxxx, move into it all the folders you want to give access to and add that folder as a path in addition to each library or simply copy those folders you want to give access to somewhere outside of \Joe folder and add that (those) folder(s) as library path(s) for other users.

This is one of the things about this product/dev team that will annoy me to end of time. Why limit options that many users would want/use solely because other users don't bother to use them. What? Example: What if I have a sun roof in my car and I've never used it. Should that mean that all car manufacturers should stop putting sun roofs in all cars? Just because I don't use mine? MORE OPTIONS ARE ALWAYS BETTER. Why limit features solely based on the thought that only some people will bother to use it? For those people who use it/them they are going to be happy and THAT'S what should matter. I don't have a dog in this fight as I don't use folder view often, but I've definitely have had my issues with this dev team's choices/changes they have made to the UI of this product. The lack of REAL customization of the UI in this product is kind shameful given it's origin with WMC/Media browser plugin. All those amazing themes/options. But what do I know.

Hi, yes we are working on getting the Emby macOS app updated so that you can have this feature. Thanks.

Unfortunately, until the developers provide a solution to this new way of organizing movies in version 4.9 (if they ever fix it), if you're lucky enough to have a backup of the entire disk where you had version 4.8, you can restore it and disable the 4.9 update.

Indeed, there is also the new TVS-ALH-1688ATX model equipped with an Intel Core i7 or i9, boosted with AI capabilities

Sounds interesting, what is it?

Thank you. I'll check.

i havent had a chance to grab logs. as its hard to know when it locks up. i dont want to send in random server logs for 3 days of data that has to be sifted through.

@LongManasked me to look at this plugin. I identified some problems with the settings but couldn't be arsed looking through the whole code to find out how it worked so i explained to an AI what i found. After a lot of tries and some more troubleshooting for what it gave me i might have something working. It did require a whole new settings page and javascript for it so the settings will be a lot different. I havn't tested it much my self but what i have tested works. If nothing else it should be a good starting point for someone else to finish. SmartPlaylist.dll SmartPlugin.rar

https://www.xda-developers.com/never-going-back-to-synology/ In short, Synology is great if you want a turnkey solution and don't care about the price and walled garden solutions.

I haven't done a deep dive on this ('cuz I don't have FIOS), but Channels DVR has been discussed here'bouts as middleware between other services & Emby. & they ARE having discussions regarding FIOS as a provider. Worth a look? YMMV https://community.getchannels.com/t/provider-verizon-fios/18119

well, based on history, 'not immediately' could mean three years as well...

Yes, not necessarily. But every option is a feature! A feature that your competitors don't have.

I do. What i do not understand is why was the option "CollapseSingleItemFolders" not exposed as a new GUI option inside of the library settings? Why don't you let your users decide if they have the one presentation or the other?

It's not a solution if the metadata doesn't also jump through the extra layer. @MoenisCross-posting to the new enhancement request to fix this:

Hello, is there any news on this topic?A friend (a Plex enthusiast) showed me how to sort in Plex; simply drag and drop within the collection. How much effort would it take to define a custom sorting order for collections? Is it possible to expedite this with a donation? :-) Regards

I put my +1 on the top post, and just wanted to further comment that a fix which restores the original functionality is absolutely necessary to support my continued use of Emby. There is no workaround in the current system. The suggestions made by the devs so far are incomplete. To replace the functionality we used to have, we would need: recursive nested collections auto-create/auto-update/auto-delete collections based on folders (because manually making a collection for every folder and maintaining it is a ridiculous amount of work) combined Movie/TV tab for Mixed Library and other affected content types (@Luke at least seems to want to build this) the ability to hide individual collections from the "Collections" view (since right now, I only have about a dozen collections, which I actively use as an alternate navigation view to find content that spans folders, such as holiday titles, etc.) but I'm literally going to need a hundred collections to recreate the nested folder structure as nested collections to get them to display correctly in the Movies/TV combo tab. So some Collection-view related enhancements would be desirable to allow the Collection view to have any utility at all, otherwise it will simply be redundant to any other view. Alternately, the devs could keep the folder metadata layer that they insisted on stuffing into Folder View, provided that they also add a means of uncrippling the Folder metadata, by adding an option that single-title-folders would automatically inherit (and utilize!) all fields from their child title, and the UI would also be updated to allow "identification" and "edit metadata" actions on the folder level to propagate down into child single-title content. Meaning that it would work exactly the way it did before, just with an extra folder metadata layer which now has extra logic to automatic getting copied around, instead of being naturally collapsed. (It seems needlessly complicated compared to what we had, but if there is a reason we have to have a folder layer for single-title-folders, this is a way of making it functional instead of pointless.)

And this one too, which actually offered the best insight into what direction Emby is taking next (and it doesn't look good):

Thanks for starting this post to consolidate everything. It would be nice to have a path forward. For the sake of documenting the full record, this has also has been discussed here: And here: And here: And most likely a bunch of other places, too.

Please please please. Just give us the option.

Well Youtube and Vimeo did not work. I will host these on Cloudflare, which is paid, but at least I will get the website up as soon as possible.

I vote for this and recommend it as an option in the display settings.

We have the infrastructure now so it would be very easy to add this as a selectable field. The problem is, for those of you who want this, you probably want it on every screen and not just certain ones.

I think your GeminiLake UHD Graphics 600 - AV1 can't handle AV1 and falls back to CPU transcoding. [av1_qsv @ 0x198d640] Error initializing the MFX video decoder: unsupported (-3) elapsed=00:07:56.50 frame= 3546 fps=7.4 q=28.0 size=N/A time=00:02:21.52 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x 07:42:31.636 elapsed=00:07:57.12 frame= 3551 fps=7.4 q=28.0 size=N/A time=00:02:21.71 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x 07:42:32.249 elapsed=00:07:57.73 frame= 3555 fps=7.4 q=28.0 size=N/A time=00:02:21.88 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x 07:42:32.774 elapsed=00:07:58.26 frame= 3559 fps=7.4 q=28.0 size=N/A time=00:02:22.03 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x 07:42:33.429 elapsed=00:07:58.91 frame= 3564 fps=7.4 q=28.0 size=N/A time=00:02:22.25 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x 07:42:34.042 elapsed=00:07:59.53 frame= 3568 fps=7.4 q=28.0 size=N/A time=00:02:22.40 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x 07:42:34.696 elapsed=00:08:00.18 frame= 3572 fps=7.4 q=28.0 size=N/A time=00:02:22.57 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x 07:42:35.325 elapsed=00:08:00.81 frame= 3576 fps=7.4 q=28.0 size=N/A time=00:02:22.72 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x 07:42:35.855 elapsed=00:08:01.34 frame= 3580 fps=7.4 q=28.0 size=N/A time=00:02:22.89 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x 07:42:36.357 elapsed=00:08:01.84 frame= 3583 fps=7.4 q=29.0 size=N/A time=00:02:23.01 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x 07:42:36.893 elapsed=00:08:02.38 frame= 3585 fps=7.4 q=28.0 size=N/A time=00:02:23.08 bitrate=N/A throttle=off speed=0.297x And your CPU is not fast enough, speed should be over 1x Does you Roku support AV1 video format ?

After spending some time visiting family over the Thanksgiving holidays and a bit of discussing on what we've been watching it became very clear that everyone who has access to my Emby server chooses not to use it over other services like Netflix, Disney+, Amazon, etc. Even though they have free access to to my server with every possible movie/show imaginable they would rather use multiple other paid services. When I asked them why, they all said "It is too hard to find things to watch on Emby". I probed a bit more and they said unless it is newly added or something I've already in progress it is impossible to find new things to watch. The difference being that all the other services promote content discovery on the home screen. I would agree with their comments as I too struggle with finding content and I'm the one who curated it. For anything not currently on the home screen, it can taking drilling down multiple levels just to see the synopsis of a show/movie. I know how the filters and sorting work but it seems like the average user (my family) isn't using them. Is content discovery a priority on the roadmap for Emby?

You are pulling that out of context. That was the final statement after explaining the high cost of options in the product (in many ways). That statement you pulled is the "benefit" side of a cost/benefit analysis and it is explaining that the benefit is very small relative to the cost (on a whole-user-base scale). If we added every option that users ask for the product would be completely unusable but everyone only "sees" the options that they want so it doesn't seem like that would be that bad. When you combine all of those from all users, though, you would end up with a mess no one could figure out .