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yocker
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On 1/3/2026 at 7:28 PM, PeteGul said:

Hi

Is there an possibility to add a future for message to user if the streaming capacity is full?

If I have set the server to max 5 streams, and the 6. try to connect they would get a message? 

BTW, the message and kick out of paused to long. Is really nice thing 🙂

 

Thanks for good plugins!

This has been added in the new version. v1.5.8.0,

yocker
Posted

New version up (v1.5.8.0) on yocksers/WatchingEye github.

Added:

  1. Concurrent number of transcodes limit.
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PeteGul
Posted

I'll try it tomorrow 🙂

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yocker
Posted
On 1/5/2026 at 10:13 PM, DMazer said:

Quick question.  I see we can set a limit on the number of minutes the family members can access Emby.  If I set a global setting so they all have the same minutes, is there a way to see how many  each member has left, before granting additional minutes.

I noticed, when I set a global setting (times emby can be active 8am to 00am (midnight)), and Minutes of 360 per family member), it worked fine.... however, I wanted to be able to see how many minutes they are using to see if I even needed to have that restriction... mainly to prevent someone from leaving it on all day/night long.  I didn't see a way to view the number of minutes by individual on the global setting.  So, I removed the minutes from a global setting and set it for each individual, as I noticed it shows 0/360 when I do.  However, the global setting of Times during the day no longer works.  So, it seems it doesn't like the global setting for Times to use and individual minutes to use. I hope I conveyed this correctly.   :)

Please see if this version fixes it for you.
 

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Posted
On 1/8/2026 at 2:31 PM, yocker said:

Please see if this version fixes it for you.
 

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It appears to be working correctly so far.  Thank you :) 

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johyphenel
Posted

Should per user weekly watch time limits be working for web client for 1.5.8.0?

I set a 2h limit for one user, Watching Eye shows "Weekly: 3/2h", but I can still start watching new episodes with that user on Emby web client. I also tried setting a time out and that doesn't work either. 

On Android the both the limit and the timeouts are working. 

yocker
Posted

Will look into it.

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johyphenel
Posted

My Emby web client shows Version 4.9.3.0 — in case that's helpful. 

yocker
Posted
3 hours ago, johyphenel said:

My Emby web client shows Version 4.9.3.0 — in case that's helpful. 

See if this version fixes it.

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Posted (edited)
On 2/25/2026 at 5:21 PM, yocker said:

See if this version fixes it.

 

Still broken on web for 1.6.0.0 — and I've noticed that restrictions are not working on the Chromecast w Google TV Emby app as well. 

Another thing I've noticed is that, if I have my Emby app open on Android, I get the "You've been placed on temporary timeout" message on phone whenever I play on web app or CCWGTV — but the playback still continues on those devices. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, johyphenel said:

Still broken on web for 1.6.0.0 — and I've noticed that restrictions are not working on the Chromecast w Google TV Emby app as well. 

Another thing I've noticed is that, if I have my Emby app open on Android, I get the "You've been placed on temporary timeout" message on phone whenever I play on web app or CCWGTV — but the playback still continues on those devices. 

I have replicated the problem.
I will try and fix it with a check every 15 secs to see if a user is playing that shouldn't be allowed to.
Seems to be the best i can do for Chromecast as it quickly sends a link to the Chromecast device and that is very hard to intercept properly before it reaches the device.

So a check every 15 secs will stop it but will sadly still allow for those 15 seconds of play time before stopped.

Will have a version ready soon.

zerodayz
Posted

I've another request, should you be up for the challenge...

My previous transcode killer had the option of only kicking VIDEO transcodes, as those are the CPU/GPU killers. Transcoding AUDIO for a 4k stream is sometimes required due to codec/client support, but is far less taxing to the server, and generally does not cause any serious impact. 

Are you able to check for the type of transcode AUDIO/VIDEO and allow a toggle for ALLOWING or PREVENTING each type based on resolution as before? 

Many thanks!

 

 

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yocker
Posted
6 minutes ago, zerodayz said:

I've another request, should you be up for the challenge...

My previous transcode killer had the option of only kicking VIDEO transcodes, as those are the CPU/GPU killers. Transcoding AUDIO for a 4k stream is sometimes required due to codec/client support, but is far less taxing to the server, and generally does not cause any serious impact. 

Are you able to check for the type of transcode AUDIO/VIDEO and allow a toggle for ALLOWING or PREVENTING each type based on resolution as before? 

Many thanks!

 

 

Shouldn't be impossible.
Must admit i hadn't thought about it at all and it's actually a pretty needed feature.

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