Pseudo TV for Emby

[fillidill 175]

7 hours ago, VicMoore said:

@fillidillRemind me in 2 weeks, and I will look into your request.

Vic

Will do! Thanks. 

[VicMoore 754]

@feerlessleadr I have finished the coding. I now need to test it and write a short note on it's capabilities and features.

Vic

[feerlessleadr 173]

looking forward to giving it a whirl!

[VicMoore 754]

I have finished testing the code. I will try and post it tomorrow afternoon.

Vic

[VicMoore 754]

@feerlessleadr @Tremas

Attached is the new code that includes the Library Editor, the Metadata Editor, and the Playlist Editor.  Remember, to bring these tools up you must press the control key while clicking the green Update the EPG button.  In addition, if you reinstall the PseudoTV source then a new Tools button will appear that can be used to access these tools. Also attached are three short videos where I tried to explain in a few words what these code modules do. Let me know if you have any problems.

Vic

PseudoTV.zip PseudoTV.dll

[VicMoore 754]

I made two videos, explaining how to create channels using Emby Queries and selecting Files directly from Emby Libraries.  Please keep in mind when watching these videos that I am voice challenged when speaking.  It would be great if someone could remake these videos.

Vic

[VicMoore 754]

I am now working on a settings menu that allows the user to specify how the selected media for a channel is assembled into the channels content. It also allows you to define how many weeks of EPG data to save in the TV platform.

Vic

Edited November 12, 2024 by VicMoore

[VicMoore 754]

I have finished the first pass on the Settings menu. I will post it soon. I am delaying because my Synology NAS motherboard died. I will have it fixed in a few days.

eerlessleadr @Tremas any comments, changes, or suggestions to help me improve the tool I created to help you with the implementation of the ideas you suggested?

Vic

[Tremas 197]

Thanks for all the great work and videos @VicMoore! I have been traveling for work the past week and have not had a chance to test the new features. I will give it a go this weekend.

[fillidill 175]

@VicMooreI've recently purchased a Nvidia Shield Pro and it doesn't seem to work very well with this plugin when using the Emby app playing livetv. All videos, no matter which, are always stuttering for maybe 10 seconds on start which kind of makes it unusable there. Not sure if that is something you can fix VicMoore or if it is on the emby side of things.

I've also tried the VirtualTV plugin which works without problem. 

[Neminem 1518]

@fillidillIs it the Emby Android TV  or just the Android mobile app.

[fillidill 175]

3 hours ago, Neminem said:

@fillidillIs it the Emby Android TV  or just the Android mobile app.

It is the Android Mobile App. Is there another one? 

[VicMoore 754]

@fillidill I use the Nvidea Shield Pro on 4 tvs without any problems.  Both VirtualTV and PseudoTV send a playlist to the TV, from which the TV fetches Emby media to play. I am very interested in figuring out this problem.  Soon, I plan to rework the TV platform to improve how it works. I will post new code in a few days. Please send me as much info as you can about this problem.

Thanks, vic

[VicMoore 754]

Attached below is the latest code. I still have to do:

1) finish documenting the settings, explaining what each setting does,

2) add additional Emby streaming settings and

3) finish the bulk save options of the metadata editor.

Before you can use the "Settings Button" you must first delete the PseudoTV Source and install it again.

Let me know if everything is working OK.

Vic

PseudoTV.dll PseudoTV.zip

Edited November 17, 2024 by VicMoore

[VicMoore 754]

I just noticed in the C# tv platform that the "lastUsedIdIndex" is not being updated. This causes EPG updates to receive the same date, rather than new data.  I will fix this problem tomorrow.

Vic

===== Got it Fixed =====

The corrected code is attached below....

 

PseudoTV.dll

Edited November 18, 2024 by VicMoore

[hstamas 179]

Just taking a look at this plugin and am finding that I dont seem to have any TV libraries to add when trying to set up my first TV channel? Only Movies and Collections are available to choose from.

Please note that I basically just installed and plowed forwards so I very well could be missing a step?

When I hit the tools button I do see my TV libraries listed FYI.

 

Edited November 18, 2024 by hstamas

[VicMoore 754]

@hstamasplease send me a copy of your browser console.  What browser are you using?

Vic

[hstamas 179]

4 minutes ago, VicMoore said:

@hstamasplease send me a copy of your browser console.  What browser are you using?

Vic

Using Safari on a Mac. Also tried Chrome, same thing.

Forgive me but I am not sure how to find the browser console to send?

 

[VicMoore 754]

@hstamason Windows Edge and Chrome you press F12.  I have not tested the app on either Mac or Safari.  I just don't have the time.  I think the problem is an incompatibility issue. I am very interested in fixing it.

Vic

[hstamas 179]

5 minutes ago, VicMoore said:

@hstamason Windows Edge and Chrome you press F12.  I have not tested the app on either Mac or Safari.  I just don't have the time.  I think the problem is an incompatibility issue. I am very interested in fixing it.

Vic

Took a shot using Chrome. F12 on a Mac does seem to bring it up but there were a lot of things to choose from.

 

 

Emby Chrome Console.txt

[VicMoore 754]

@hstamasrecreate the error then press f12 and send me the result.   What you sent did not contain the error.

Vic

[hstamas 179]

2 hours ago, VicMoore said:

@hstamasrecreate the error then press f12 and send me the result.   What you sent did not contain the error.

Vic

I did exactly that. Sorry it doesn’t have the info you need. Like I said it’s not really erroring, just that the tv libraries are not present in the drop down..

[VicMoore 754]

@hstamasSorry, the problem is mine. I forgot to un comment the console.log statements that would reveal why your JS pulldown is not being updated properly.  I will send you a new plugin tomorrow to try. Thanks for your help.

Vic

[TZTZoro 26]

@hstamasthe plugin is developed and tested based on chromium browsers(Chrome, edge, brave, etc) safari and firefox are not chromium based

For firefox atleast it is a solution to sometimes double click a dropdown menu the same option, so for example you want tv shows, open it twice and select both times tv shows then the page updates and it works
If you do not want to use a different browser like me

[VicMoore 754]

Thanks @TZTZorofor your response and all of your contributions to this code. This problem shows up when we are dynamically creating the HTML for selecting the Emby Library pulldown. If you recall, we had that incompatibility problem a while back when we rewrote that code. You mentioned a solution then, but I don't remember what it was. 

Vic