emby play from here (in folder) for samsung TV

[lapin 0]

Hi,

I'm searching for the "play from here" feature on Samsung TV :) 

I'll try to explain what I want to achieve:

Let's assume I have 3 folders:

music/pop

music/rock

music/kids

I enter to one of these and pick a song from the middle of my list, because i want to here this one, but after that I want to play all songs from this folder (in random order or one by one with default order) is it possible?

[Luke 42077]

Hi, usually just playing the song will do this for you. What version of the Emby Samsung app are you using?

[lapin 0]

Hi Luke,

Tank you for answering.

 

Im using 1.1.09 version:

My folders looks like this:

and playing first file from first folder like this (of course I'm playing first file from folder for testing purposes only - I want to be able to play any file from this folder and after that emby should continue playing other files from this folder in order selected next to "play all button"):

and after that I'm ending with something like this (no previous and no next file in queue) so after first song emby stops playing.

Making some kind of playlist to achieve that is not convenient, because content of folders is changing a lot.

Any advices?

 

 

Edited January 2, 2022 by lapin

[Luke 42077]

@lapin how exactly are you starting playback?

[lapin 0]

Like on 3rd image from my previous post? Entering folder, press OK on the file i want to start playing from this folder and then the play button from the 3rd image from my previous post. After that emby plays only this file. There is no option to play all files from folder, starting from specific file.

[Luke 42077]

Did you try clicking play all at the top of the folder list screen?

[lapin 0]

Play all does not allow to choose first file to begin with

[Luke 42077]

1 hour ago, lapin said:

Play all does not allow to choose first file to begin with

You can highlight the item you want and use the menu/info button on your remote to pull up the context menu.

[lapin 0]

I'll try when I come back home but I'm afraid  have no such button  

https://images.app.goo.gl/8K3P4MdTNxKecqKL9

[Luke 42077]

Interesting. We'll have to see if it's possible to implement a long press context menu like other platforms.

[lapin 0]

Long press not working

[Luke 42077]

21 minutes ago, lapin said:

Long press not working

Right we don't have that feature in the app right now but we'll have to see if it's available to us on tizen.

[SamES 1057]

On 15/01/2022 at 04:10, lapin said:

I'll try when I come back home but I'm afraid  have no such button  

https://images.app.goo.gl/8K3P4MdTNxKecqKL9

Press this button (below), then you will get a menu on-screen.  Move left and select the 'i' button, then you can select 'Play all from here'

[lapin 0]

Thanks for replying SamES. It's so uncomfortable  I'll use the Samsung default app to play music from emby because it behaves "as should" by default  

 

[SamES 1057]

Yes, that's the downside of a Smart remote, fewer buttons=more button presses.

Samsung sell a "Basic" remote that is a full remote control which you can buy cheaply and it generally works regardless of the model/year.  It's an infrared style remote, so at some stage they may drop support for it if they haven't already.  I have several I've collected/bought over the years and it is the preferred remote in our household.

Worth grabbing one to restore your sanity!  Even from Samsung it was <$30

[FrostByte 5392]

I got the multi button remote like that with a BD player I bought 8 years ago, and it still works with every new TV, soundbar, etc I've gotten since.  I just saw one on Amazon for $11 US.