Plugin: EmbyIcons release.

[yocker 1588]

2 minutes ago, JsinFate said:

I deleted the DLL, closed Emby and re-opened it and was able to log in. I installed EmbyIcons, restarted Emby, and noticed the Dashboard said to restart Emby again. Instead I upgraded to the latest BETA of EmbyIcons and restarted and after a few minutes, it went back to "can't connect".

The last log you uploaded didn't mention EmbyIcons at all.
Just to be sure can you upload another one with EmbyIcons installed and without CoverArt?

[JsinFate 24]

I installed the latest release and restarted Emby. Immediately it says to restart to install the latest Beta version.

My previous settings are still there and when I look at the live example, I can see the overlay icons. But when I look at my movies and shows, nothing is shown. Attaching screen shots and latest log.

embyserver.txt

[JsinFate 24]

6 minutes ago, yocker said:

The last log you uploaded didn't mention EmbyIcons at all.
Just to be sure can you upload another one with EmbyIcons installed and without CoverArt?

Yes, I removed CoverArt several hours ago. Right now none of my files have any cover art other than the default.

[majorsl 32]

I was on the release version and it was fine. I went to test the beta version with the FPS fixes and that one is crashed Emby.

I went backwards through each beta and the last beta that doesn't cause a crash is 5.53.9.0. The next beta after that 5.53.00.0 seems to have the change that causes the crash going forward through the rest.

Hope that helps!

Edited May 29 by majorsl

[PeteGul 43]

Thos works also in latest server beta.

Thanks again!

[Asdepique777 3]

Hi @yocker,

I have a question regarding how overlays are applied to posters.

From what I understand, EmbyIcons adds the icons directly onto the original poster image. However, many posters are not exactly in a 2:3 ratio, and Emby then stretches or resizes them to fit its poster layout. As a result, the icons themselves can appear slightly distorted.

Would it be possible to change this behavior, or add an optional setting, so that overlays are applied to a normalized 2:3 poster image instead of the original source image?

In other words:

Current workflow:

• Original poster
• EmbyIcons adds overlays
• Emby displays/stretchs to 2:3
• Overlays may become distorted

Desired workflow:

• Original poster
• Poster normalized to 2:3
• EmbyIcons adds overlays
• Displayed with correctly proportioned overlays

The goal would be to ensure that icons always keep the correct aspect ratio and positioning, regardless of the source poster dimensions.

Is this something that could be implemented, or is there a technical limitation in the way Emby provides poster images to plugins?

Thanks for your time and for all your work on the plugin.

[yocker 1588]

1 hour ago, Asdepique777 said:

Hi @yocker,

I have a question regarding how overlays are applied to posters.

From what I understand, EmbyIcons adds the icons directly onto the original poster image. However, many posters are not exactly in a 2:3 ratio, and Emby then stretches or resizes them to fit its poster layout. As a result, the icons themselves can appear slightly distorted.

Would it be possible to change this behavior, or add an optional setting, so that overlays are applied to a normalized 2:3 poster image instead of the original source image?

In other words:

Current workflow:

• Original poster
• EmbyIcons adds overlays
• Emby displays/stretchs to 2:3
• Overlays may become distorted

Desired workflow:

• Original poster
• Poster normalized to 2:3
• EmbyIcons adds overlays
• Displayed with correctly proportioned overlays

The goal would be to ensure that icons always keep the correct aspect ratio and positioning, regardless of the source poster dimensions.

Is this something that could be implemented, or is there a technical limitation in the way Emby provides poster images to plugins?

Thanks for your time and for all your work on the plugin.

The plugin takes the posters aspect ratio and uses a % of that to scale the icons and placement.

I can certainly add an option to use 2:3 scaling, pretty easily even, i'm just not sure if it will negatively affect the posters.
I will look into it but can't promise when it will be done, kinda on my summer break now and been trying (and failing) to limit the amount of work i have to do.
 

[Asdepique777 3]

14 minutes ago, yocker said:

The plugin takes the posters aspect ratio and uses a % of that to scale the icons and placement.

I can certainly add an option to use 2:3 scaling, pretty easily even, i'm just not sure if it will negatively affect the posters.
I will look into it but can't promise when it will be done, kinda on my summer break now and been trying (and failing) to limit the amount of work i have to do.
 

Thanks for your quick reply.

And no worries at all, there's absolutely no urgency. It's really just a nice-to-have feature that I thought could improve the consistency of the overlays on libraries where posters don't all follow the same aspect ratio.

Enjoy your summer break and don't feel any pressure to work on it. If it eventually makes its way into the plugin someday, that would be great, but it's certainly not a priority.

Thanks again for taking the time to look into it!