Unable to use Emby Playlists as widgets

[nuentes 41]

I'm trying to add specific Emby Playlists as widgets for my skin (Arctic Zephyr). However, this doesn't seem to work the way it used to - and bordering on - not working at all. I used to be able to add them pretty easily with v6, I believe. I'm on the latest 9.x now (with Kodi 21). When I search for my playlists, I can't seem to find them as available \Add On\Video Add On\Emby For Kody Next Gen\ in either Dynamic Nodes or Synced Nodes.

When I search under \Video Library\Playlist\, I can see the .m3us that get created automatically. However, when I add these as widgets, I only see the name of the movie or episode. No description, thumbnail, or name of series (if it's a show).

This is something I use pretty heavily. If I'm doing something wrong, could you please let me know? Or if this feature was removed, is it possible to bring this back?

[quickmic 1703]

That for Kodi works -> m3u playlists. You can try the playlists from dynamic nodes. They are way better, but a bit slower.

[nuentes 41]

Thanks @quickmic.

But as I said before, the playlists don't show up at all under either dynamic or synced nodes. The Playlists node appears, but my playlists don't appear as selectable nodes. See the video.

[quickmic 1703]

Why are not selecting playlist in the playlists nodes (below A-Z)?

Edited June 18, 2024 by quickmic

[quickmic 1703]

Or is the submenu not opening? I cannot see if you have clicked, looks you are browsing in the node.

[quickmic 1703]

playlist-2024-06-18_19.27.49.mkv

[nuentes 41]

If I select A-Z, it selects that node. There is no submenu. Same with Playlists.

In the Emby For Kodi app, the submenu appears.

[quickmic 1703]

4 minutes ago, nuentes said:

If I select A-Z, it selects that node. There is no submenu. Same with Playlists.

In the Emby For Kodi app, the submenu appears.

Did you try a node reset? Maybe you are using old nodes?

[nuentes 41]

I'm on a very clean install. Just did a clean install yesterday, actually.

But I found the Nodes Reset option in the settings and tried that, and no change. Works in the app, but not from the skin.

[quickmic 1703]

ok, will check.

[quickmic 1703]

Works perfect with my skin (estuarymodv2). I'll check with you in the next days.

[quickmic 1703]

btw, try video library not add-ons.

[nuentes 41]

I just tried video library, and same issue.

I'm using "Arctic Zephyr - Reloaded" - it's available in the default Kodi app repo.

[quickmic 1703]

Ok, seems to be a general issue. Not sure If I can fix it, Kodi doesn't respect subcontent by widget browsing. However the playlist should actually work... I continue review...

Edited June 20, 2024 by quickmic

[quickmic 1703]

I also checked with "Arctic Zephyr - Reloaded" the playlist selection works fine, as mentioned, subcontent browsing is not supported but I think this is not what you trying.

playlist2-2024-06-20_19.13.52.mkv

[nuentes 41]

Yes, correct - where you got to is the same roadblock that I'm trying to get past. I'm unable to select an individual playlist.

[quickmic 1703]

8 hours ago, nuentes said:

Yes, correct - where you got to is the same roadblock that I'm trying to get past. I'm unable to select an individual playlist.

I think that's not possible by (Kodi's) design.

[nuentes 41]

It was possible in v6 and earlier.

[quickmic 1703]

I think I found a workaround, not nice but seems to do the job.

[nuentes 41]

Awesome. Much appreciated!

[quickmic 1703]

please try latest beta (10.0.33)

nodes reset must be triggered to fix the issue.

Edited June 21, 2024 by quickmic

[nuentes 41]

I just checked the beta repo, and the version I see is 10.1.0

[quickmic 1703]

12 minutes ago, nuentes said:

I just checked the beta repo, and the version I see is 10.1.0

video plugin is only the helper, check the "service" plugin

[nuentes 41]

I updated and reset the nodes, and didn't notice a difference when trying to create a new widget

[quickmic 1703]

Upload your node for review.