MyTV (Beta) - PseudoTV alternative

[VicMoore 754]

Observation:  the processing of "Quick" menus takes a long time because very large arrays are created if your library is large. When I have some free time, I will optimize this code to minimize time.

vic

[VicMoore 754]

SortBy is now working. I also reworked how removing Queries and Files work. The code also works better with the Emby for Android client.

Vic

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Edited April 17, 2025 by VicMoore

[VicMoore 754]

Someone asked me to try and keep different Quick Channels from showing the same content at the same time.  I gave it a try, and it appears to be working.

Vic

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[roormonger 6]

55 minutes ago, VicMoore said:

Someone asked me to try and keep different Quick Channels from showing the same content at the same time.  I gave it a try, and it appears to be working.

Vic

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It was me. Thank you. Gonna try this right away.

[VicMoore 754]

@roormongerI just made a correction. The code is below. Let me know if it works OK.

Vic

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Edited April 18, 2025 by VicMoore

[roormonger 6]

29 minutes ago, VicMoore said:

@roormongerI just made a correction. The code is below. Let me know if it works OK.

Vic

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After loading the newest one, it plays the same movie on every channel. Plugin is also running crazy slow.

[VicMoore 754]

I must have made a mistake.  I will work on it now.  Try removing the TV Service and rebooting. 

I only tested it with the starter channels.   When you said the plugin was running crazy, what were you doing?

Vic

Edited April 18, 2025 by VicMoore

[VicMoore 754]

I tested the plugin only on the Edge browser.

Vic

[roormonger 6]

20 minutes ago, VicMoore said:

I tested the plugin only on the Edge browser.

Vic

Before I get to remaking all my channels again I noticed there is a typo on the "Import TV Guide" button. It says "Inport"

[roormonger 6]

I also noticed that when using Emby for Android it just starts that media item from the beginning.

[VicMoore 754]

13 minutes ago, roormonger said:

I also noticed that when using Emby for Android it just starts that media item from the beginning.

When this happens the problem is that in Emby you have remote control turned off.

Vic

[VicMoore 754]

56 minutes ago, roormonger said:

Before I get to remaking all my channels again I noticed there is a typo on the "Import TV Guide" button. It says "Inport"

I will fix this ASAP. I cannot hear syllables and must spell from how a word looks or from memory. Thanks so much for pointing this out

Vic

[VicMoore 754]

@roormongerthe "remote control" is under Users.

Sometime try exporting and importing your channels, so you don't have to recreate them.

Let me know if the plugin is working.

Vic

[VicMoore 754]

@feerlessleadrI am trying to get the time to write down how to use the myTV tool to create the playlist you want. I will get to it soon. I apologize for the delay.

vic

[roormonger 6]

11 hours ago, VicMoore said:

@roormongerthe "remote control" is under Users.

Sometime try exporting and importing your channels, so you don't have to recreate them.

Let me know if the plugin is working.

Vic

It is enabled. I was using my Amazon tv. I have the android version and the firetv version of the app on the tv. Same user in each app. The media will start at the correct time on the firetv version of the app but starts from the beginning on the android version.

Also searching by tag seems to be broken on the newest build.

[Jator 10]

Installed an update and when I created a "sports" movie channel, seems to work except that it's not doing random movies but going in alphametical order:

My current version:

[VicMoore 754]

2 hours ago, roormonger said:

It is enabled. I was using my Amazon tv. I have the android version and the firetv version of the app on the tv. Same user in each app. The media will start at the correct time on the firetv version of the app but starts from the beginning on the android version.

Also searching by tag seems to be broken on the newest build.

@roormonger I also use the Amazon fire tv. I use the "Emby for Android" app and it works fine. You can also install "AndroidTV" and it should also work. I made a few changes to the TV platform to improve how it works with the various clients. I will check to make sure I didn't break something. This should be an easy fix. 

Please note that you cannot have both "Emby for Android" and "AndroidTV" installed on the same device because each app has the same ID and that will cause the problem you are having. The "Emby for Android" is the better of the two apps.

As for the TAG not working. I have not tested it lately. I probably changed something that broke adding tags to the query string. I will fix this also today.

Thanks for the testing.

Vic

Edited April 19, 2025 by VicMoore

[VicMoore 754]

1 hour ago, Jator said:

Installed an update and when I created a "sports" movie channel, seems to work except that it's not doing random movies but going in alphametical order:

 

Hello @Jatornice to hear from you again.

When you installed the new plugin did you remove the old TV Service and install myTV again?  If not, then that should fix your problem.  Let me know if that works.

Vic

[VicMoore 754]

@roormongerI tested using tags in the quick menu and it worked fine. Keep in mind that the Tag is applied to the results of the genre query.

Vic

[roormonger 6]

7 minutes ago, VicMoore said:

@roormongerI tested using tags in the quick menu and it worked fine. Keep in mind that the Tag is applied to the results of the genre query.

Vic

I will try with a genre query as well, but I never had to use genre with tags before. I had a few channels that only used a tag query.

Also, I tried uninstalling the Amazon version of Emby from my tv and the android version still starts playback from the beginning. App version is 3.4.38 of that helps any.

A funny side effect of having both apps installed was if I started a channel in one, hit the back button to stop playback, then switched to the other app it would be playing there as well lol.

[VicMoore 754]

@roormonger

1 hour ago, roormonger said:

A funny side effect of having both apps installed was if I started a channel in one, hit the back button to stop playback, then switched to the other app it would be playing there as well lol.

Yes, that happens because both apps have the same ID, but only one gets Emby commands and that changes dynamically. Get the "Emby for Android" app from amazon.  This is what I do, and it works fine.  The Amazon device (like the fire cube) can have only one android client installed

I didn't mean to imply that to use the Tag attribute in the Quick menu you must select a genre. It should work regardless of a genre choice or not.

vic

Edited April 19, 2025 by VicMoore

[roormonger 6]

19 minutes ago, VicMoore said:

@roormongerGet the "Emby for Android" app from amazon.

That's what I'm using.

[VicMoore 754]

@roormongerI am using the exact same configuration and it works fine with a Chrome or Edge browser.  Are you still having problems?

Vic

[VicMoore 754]

Just to make sure we are all using the same code, the latest version is attached below. You can recognize that you are running this version by looking for the miss spelling of "import" on the Channel Management menu. If it is spelled as "inport" then you are on the old code.

Vic

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[Jator 10]

8 hours ago, VicMoore said:

Hello @Jatornice to hear from you again.

When you installed the new plugin did you remove the old TV Service and install myTV again?  If not, then that should fix your problem.  Let me know if that works.

Vic

Sorry, when you say "remove the old TV Service", are you referring to the the plugin itself (ie remove the plugin before installing the new version) or uninstalling all old channels created by previous version?  Or something else?  The "Sports Movie" channel was a new channel, so I assumed it was using the latest version of the plugin as I always restart the server after I download a new version of your plugin.