Secondary home screen Question

[beefsnack 17]

Just Curious if it's possible.

I've looked around to see if I could find any settings to change the amount to a greater limit than 24 (to every media folder i have in the secondary home screen section)  but wasn't successful, I figured it might be worded differently as well, still no luck so here I am, I'm looking to see if I can increase the limit of the icons in the secondary home screen sections such as latest media so One can cycle through ALL of the current "latest added media" because it's limited to 24, any help would be great, if you're not following what I'm say I'll post an image, no worries, I'm to tire at the moment.

TIA.

[Carlo 4563]

Hi,

I believe those are fixed numbers that can't b changed.

Carlo

[Neminem 1984]

I guess this is what you also want.

 

[beefsnack 17]

Yes I just noticed It's now 16, the update chopped it down from 24

[Luke 43549]

Hi, just to clarify, this hasn’t been changed.

[arrbee99 1924]

Also, you can change the limit in a browser (and only a browser), or of course you can go to Movies/whatever and sort by Date Added. Neither ideal of course.

I think, maybe, the limit is 24 in the old Emby Android app and 16 in the new.

[beefsnack 17]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, just to clarify, this hasn’t been changed.

well it's only allowing 16 icons in "Latest" now, when it use to be 24 (granted this is ONLY on the pc side of things in the Browser, when accessing via the server it's still 24), I would be able to scroll at least twice, I sit in front of my system all day editing my server, so what hasn't changed than? it's not that big of a deal Idc really, not trying to argue with you but it has.

Edited March 14, 2025 by beefsnack

[beefsnack 17]

7 minutes ago, arrbee99 said:

Also, you can change the limit in a browser (and only a browser), or of course you can go to Movies/whatever and sort by Date Added. Neither ideal of course.

I think, maybe, the limit is 24 in the old Emby Android app and 16 in the new.

This Is what I believe might have happened. Just the Browser on PC side of things.

[arrbee99 1924]

Hokay, just pointing out that you can up the number on a PC with a bit of fiddling if you want to. I up it to 64 when I feel the urge.

[beefsnack 17]

8 hours ago, arrbee99 said:

Hokay, just pointing out that you can up the number on a PC with a bit of fiddling if you want to. I up it to 64 when I feel the urge.

do tell

[arrbee99 1924]

Someone else did this not me, so its mentioned here somewhere...but anyway -

- shut down the server

- find the file homesections..js file. Mine is in the folder C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\dashboard-ui\modules\homesections ........... XXXXX being your name.

- make a backup of it !

- edit and search for '16'. I'm fairly sure there is only one '16'. Looks like -

change the 16 to 64 (or whatever you fancy). Save and restart the server.

The change only lasts for as long as that server version lasts. So any server update - rinse and repeat.

I'm on Windows, no idea how / if this works (or doesn't) for Synology, Docker, Linux etc...

Just tried it and it works, but proceed at you own peril...

[beefsnack 17]

7 hours ago, arrbee99 said:

Just tried it and it works, but proceed at you own peril...

I will, Thanks

[beefsnack 17]

On another note, Just noticed is it me or does Emby have difficulty playing .ASS sub files?

Because I can't get any of them to play through, SRT, SDH, CC ect. all work fine just ass. doesn't seem to work at all, anything I need to do here? Do I need a plugin?

TIA

Beef

[Luke 43549]

15 minutes ago, beefsnack said:

On another note, Just noticed is it me or does Emby have difficulty playing .ASS sub files?

Because I can't get any of them to play through, SRT, SDH, CC ect. all work fine just ass. doesn't seem to work at all, anything I need to do here? Do I need a plugin?

TIA

Beef

 

Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks!

 

[doggypatch 3]

On 3/14/2025 at 9:45 PM, arrbee99 said:

Someone else did this not me, so its mentioned here somewhere...but anyway -

- shut down the server

- find the file homesections..js file. Mine is in the folder C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\dashboard-ui\modules\homesections ........... XXXXX being your name.

- make a backup of it !

- edit and search for '16'. I'm fairly sure there is only one '16'. Looks like -

change the 16 to 64 (or whatever you fancy). Save and restart the server.

The change only lasts for as long as that server version lasts. So any server update - rinse and repeat.

I'm on Windows, no idea how / if this works (or doesn't) for Synology, Docker, Linux etc...

Just tried it and it works, but proceed at you own peril...

What version were you able to modify this in?  There doesn't seem to be a homesections folder in Version 4.10.1.0.

[arrbee99 1924]

homesections seems to have gone away. It now seems to be in a folder like this -

C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\dashboard-ui\modules\emby-elements\emby-itemscontainer

and is actually the javascript file -

emby-itemscontainer. i.e.

in the above I've already changed the value, so I've renamed the latest version downloaded when the server updates to emby-itemscontainer_new and the modified version to emby-itemscontainer.

Hope thats slightly clearer than mud...

[doggypatch 3]

Sorry ... Maybe I've been beating my head on my desk too much, but I can't seem to find the line:

Anywhere in the emby-itemscontainer.js file. Did those variables change too?

[arrbee99 1924]

Well personally, I just open the file and search for 16. It seems to be the only 16. I actually find it shows 16:12 and I up them to 128:96. No idea if the 96 is right, but no harm so far.

Not sure why you're only showing 16 and not 16:12 though...You're editing the 39KB one ?

[doggypatch 3]

Hey there ... that screenshot wasn't mine.  Was from earlier in the thread.  Yea, I did a search on just 16 and there was nothing in the .js file.  I'm running Emby Server on Windows Server 2022, but that shouldn't make a difference.  Here is my file.

emby-itemscontainer.js

[visproduction 379]

Beta version 4.11.0.7

system\dashboard-ui\modules\tabbedview\sectioncontroller.js

return"latestmedia"===sectionType?ApiClient.getLatestItems_}Limit"options.Limit||24,

Hacking into .js files is not recommended. .js edits will fall back to standard values with each update and there is a likelyhood of causing other problems, especially with any typo.  The home page loading speed is important and It should be as fast as possble.  A new fast workstation conected locally, can open the home page very quickly, but that does not test the speed to open the home page from a remote location with Internet traffic, very high hops, Wifi conflicts and a slower computer or TV app.  I think it is a better idea to learn to live with the recommended number of posters per row, that hopefully, has been tested to work best for all users.

Edited October 14 by visproduction

[arrbee99 1924]

8 hours ago, doggypatch said:

Hey there ... that screenshot wasn't mine.  Was from earlier in the thread.  Yea, I did a search on just 16 and there was nothing in the .js file.  I'm running Emby Server on Windows Server 2022, but that shouldn't make a difference.  Here is my file.

emby-itemscontainer.js 38.58 kB · 1 download

I looked and it's there, in this bit -

<=elem.innerWidth?16:12:(null==(size=