Plugin: AutoTag

[rbjtech 5317]

@soderlund91What would be SUPER amazing is the ability to only Tag UNWATCHED items from a Local Playlist source.    That way, your watchlist automatically removes items you have already watched (regardless of the app settings to only show unwatched items) ...

Amazing Plugin btw !

[rbjtech 5317]

@soderlund91Just a FYI - the DLL code version is not matching your release notes (2.3.1.0)  - thus your latest release is being shown as 2.3.19.0 (DLL + Details on Plugin Details)

[rbjtech 5317]

@soderlund91sorry for the spamming .. first opportunity I've really had to play with the Plugin .. 

Not sure if you had an enhancement list, but the ability to add a collection poster from a URL rather than a file would be great.

The Kometa-team free image sets on github are vast and are used for the collections creations you see on lots of screen grabs.

using the example below - this was from a previous script from another user which i still use to create the collections, but it would be great to sunset that and get it all done in this Plugin .. 

[Apple TV Plus Movies]
Source = https://mdblist.com/lists/JassyCliq/apple-tv-movies
poster = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kometa-Team/Default-Images/refs/heads/master/streaming/Apple TV+_movies.jpg
Frequency = 100
update_items_sort_names = False

[Disney Plus Shows]
Source = https://mdblist.com/lists/garycrawfordgc/disney-shows
poster = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kometa-Team/Default-Images/refs/heads/master/streaming/Disney+_shows.jpg
Frequency = 100
update_items_sort_names = False

[Disney Plus Movies]
Source = https://mdblist.com/lists/garycrawfordgc/disney-movies
poster = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kometa-Team/Default-Images/refs/heads/master/streaming/Disney+_movies.jpg
Frequency = 100
update_items_sort_names = False

[Amazon Prime Shows]
Source = https://mdblist.com/lists/garycrawfordgc/amazon-prime-shows
poster = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kometa-Team/Default-Images/refs/heads/master/streaming/Prime Video_shows.jpg
Frequency = 100
update_items_sort_names = False

[Amazon Prime Movies]
Source = https://mdblist.com/lists/garycrawfordgc/amazon-prime-movies
poster = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kometa-Team/Default-Images/refs/heads/master/streaming/Prime Video_movies.jpg
Frequency = 100
update_items_sort_names = False

[BBC Shows]
Source = https://mdblist.com/lists/garycrawfordgc/bbc-shows
poster = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kometa-Team/Default-Images/refs/heads/master/studio/BBC Studios.jpg
Frequency = 100
update_items_sort_names = False

 

Edited 7 hours ago by rbjtech

[soderlund91 72]

11 hours ago, shinedou said:

Please consider adding the ability to filter by tag also. 

I'll put in down on the to-do-list for an upcoming release 

2 hours ago, rbjtech said:

@soderlund91WOW ! - when did the Playlist to Tag work as I hoped it would do for TV Shows !?

If a USER uses 'add to Playlist' on a TV Show, Emby currently (incorrectly imo), adds all the episodes (but not the show or season).   Meaning you could never easily use that to create a Watchlist.

However, I've just realised that if you now use that Playlist as a Tag source, it just Tags the SHOW with the Tag, not the individual episodes - this is just PERFECT for creating a Watchlist.!!

This is excellent - and I now just need to tell users to add to their own (or others if they have permission) playlists to get the SHOW added to their own Watchlist (which thanks to the new homescreen, now has their own ROW called Watchlist)

Fantastic !

Going to be fully testing this for sure

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Perfect ..

 

ie - in ANY App - a USER can add to their own Playlist .. at last a Watchlist has become a reality without me needing some scripting to convert it .. hooray !

 

 

Thats awesome! Didn't realise it myself you could do it like this! I have been using the "Favourite" as a watchlist, and with the new homescreen we can give a row dedicated to favourites items. And i agree, why add episodes to a playlist?

But your idéa seems great! Gonna be trying it myself aswell! 

2 hours ago, rbjtech said:

@soderlund91What would be SUPER amazing is the ability to only Tag UNWATCHED items from a Local Playlist source.    That way, your watchlist automatically removes items you have already watched (regardless of the app settings to only show unwatched items) ...

Amazing Plugin btw !

I'll look into it. The problem I see is "whos unwatchaed status"? I beleve this needs to be a front end fix from Emby devs, when creating a "dynamic media" in home screen settings, the should be a selection to hide watched. @LukeIs this possible to implement? I belive this fits a lot more usecases. 

1 hour ago, rbjtech said:

@soderlund91Just a FYI - the DLL code version is not matching your release notes (2.3.1.0)  - thus your latest release is being shown as 2.3.19.0 (DLL + Details on Plugin Details)

Thas my fault, was just playing around during testing and forgot to enter the correct number. The version you have installed is 2.3.1.0-beta. 

Thanks for reporting! 

1 hour ago, rbjtech said:

@soderlund91sorry for the spamming .. first opportunity I've really had to play with the Plugin .. 

Not sure if you had an enhancement list, but the ability to add a collection poster from a URL rather than a file would be great.

 

It's kind of on the to-do list. I tried to get it working before but run into some trouble. So the quickest/easiest way was to create an upload function instead. Its still on my to do list but not at the top right now. 

[rbjtech 5317]

26 minutes ago, soderlund91 said:

 The problem I see is "whos unwatchaed status"? I beleve this needs to be a front end fix from Emby devs, when creating a "dynamic media" in home screen settings, the should be a selection to hide watched.

I guess as I'm using dedicated Watchlists per user - then this is possible, but you are correct - with a shared playlist (being used as a Watchlist), this is going to be a problem.   Better to filter it at the source - 100% agree.  thanks !

[rbjtech 5317]

34 minutes ago, soderlund91 said:

It's kind of on the to-do list. I tried to get it working before but run into some trouble. So the quickest/easiest way was to create an upload function instead. Its still on my to do list but not at the top right now. 

the imagetype needs to be base64 - this is possibly where you hit the problem ?

[soderlund91 72]

14 minutes ago, rbjtech said:

I guess as I'm using dedicated Watchlists per user - then this is possible, but you are correct - with a shared playlist (being used as a Watchlist), this is going to be a problem.   Better to filter it at the source - 100% agree.  thanks !

I mean I guess I could add a selection to "hide watched" and then a selection of what user to take the status from. It's not ideal and need quite a lot of administration to set up for all users. It's absolutely possible, but only fits for a watchlist funtion.

What i would like to do in that case is acually to create a separate "watchlist settings/menu" or something where you can manage this for all users. It's more job but would fit the direction I want to go with this plugin - to be a complete homescreen companion (at least thats my ambition).  
We also have to see what the Emby devs are planning and where the native functionality is going. 

9 minutes ago, rbjtech said:

the imagetype needs to be base64 - this is possibly where you hit the problem ?

Might have been, cant remember honestly. I'll se what i can do! 
Edit: Putting Claude on finding a soulution to this! 

Edited 5 hours ago by soderlund91

[rbjtech 5317]

26 minutes ago, soderlund91 said:

What i would like to do in that case is acually to create a separate "watchlist settings/menu" or something where you can manage this for all users. It's more job but would fit the direction I want to go with this plugin - to be a complete homescreen companion (at least thats my ambition).  

Yep - and this is what I tried to do with my 'Recommended' script/hack - remembering that at the time, we had no homescreen options.   It used the new Playlist functionality (now the ability to share a playlist and provide permissions on it) to then convert to a library.   But it was a hack at best.

I wish Emby would just replace the 'Favorites' with a 'Watchlist' and be done with it - or add the ability to add to a Watchlist - as a USER.  That is the critical part here - the Users want ot be able to do this themselves, thus collections, tags etc are all out of the picture. 

26 minutes ago, soderlund91 said:

We also have to see what the Emby devs are planning and where the native functionality is going. 

Watchlist has been on the Requested list for years - so while I'm really grateful for the recent homescreen functionality - I can't see it being natively implemented anytime soon - all clients would need an update for starters .. 

Edited 4 hours ago by rbjtech

[soderlund91 72]

3 minutes ago, rbjtech said:

Yep - and this is what I tried to do with my 'Recommended' script/hack - remembering that at the time, we had no homescreen options.   It used the new Playlist functionality (now the ability to share a playlist and provide permissions on it) to then convert to a library.   But it was a hack at best.

I wish Emby would just replace the 'Favorites' with a 'Watchlist' and be done with it - or add the ability to add to a Watchlist - as a USER.  That is the critical part here - the Users want ot be able to do this themselves, thus collections, tags etc are all out of the picture. 

Watchlist has been on the Requested list for years - so while I'm really grateful for the recent homescreen functionality - I can't see it being natively implemented anytime soon - all clients would need an update for starters .. 

I'm curently using the favourite as a watshlist, and have always done. Honestly I dont get why I want to mark something as a favourite? 
With the new home screen i made a dynamic section including all media on the server, and in filter just toggle on the "Favourite". Then its automatic sorts for all users to only show their own fav list. I then also put a custom title named "my watshlist". Works pretty well. 

 

Regarding the URL upload of picture Claude code solved it in less than two minutes, next beta release is coming up in 3.. 2.. 1.. 

[soderlund91 72]

Beta release -  Version 2.3.2.0-beta
Download .dll here: https://github.com/soderlund91/AutoTag/releases/tag/v2.3.2.0
Also attached to this post

Releasing this as a beta sinse i havent tested all functionality, and i need your help to find bugs etc. Please help me find and report! 
 

This update includes smaller improvements to the handling of local media information. 

Also includes a requested feature to upload a poster image via URL. 

Make sure to back up your settings before updating!

Improvements

• Local media information: Added Item type (movie/show) as filter. Also added Tag as filter
• Collection poster: Added ability to upload poster via URL link.

Fixes:

• Version number: Fixed an issue where the version number was wrong

 

Known bugs

• When running a filter based on local media information on a large library, Emby may become slow or temporarily unresponsive (continuous loading spinner). Be patient and allow it to complete for a minute. I beleve database writes may still be in progress even after the plugin run has finished.

AutoTag.dll

Edited 4 hours ago by soderlund91

[soderlund91 72]

If you find any bugs or feature request (and have a github account) pls report them here: https://github.com/soderlund91/AutoTag/issues

It's a lot easier for me to sort everything out and keep progress. If typing here in the forum i might miss it. 

 

Tanks for all help testing and all kind words!  

 

[rbjtech 5317]

3 minutes ago, soderlund91 said:

If you find any bugs or feature request (and have a github account) pls report them here: https://github.com/soderlund91/AutoTag/issues

Glad you requested that, as I was gonna submit these earlier on git but thought that you might not want them that way as I didn't see any issues raised.  tks !

[crusher11 1115]

On 2/27/2026 at 12:45 AM, crusher11 said:

Question about the scheduler.

Say I have the Trakt trending movies tagged as Spotlight, but then I schedule AutoTag to tag my horror movies as Spotlight in October and my noir movies as Spotlight in November. Will the Trending movies still get mixed in with that? It seems like they will. Might make sense to have a “remove all other rules” option or something? A way to have a fallback if no schedule is applied, but not have that fallback get mixed in with a scheduled list.

@soderlund91Have you thought any more about this?

 

 

The scheduler doesn't update the Day field when the Month field is changed, so it's possible to set a schedule that ends on, for example, November 31.

 

14 hours ago, soderlund91 said:

• When running a filter based on local media information on a large library, Emby may become slow or temporarily unresponsive (continuous loading spinner). Be patient and allow it to complete for a minute. I beleve database writes may still be in progress even after the plugin run has finished.

I don't think this is about the size of the library, I think it's about the number of matching items? I've set up a couple of tags, one which only matches a few things and syncs in a few seconds and one which matches a lot of things and took quite a while to sync.

[crusher11 1115]

6 hours ago, soderlund91 said:

With the latest beta release you can manually include a movie by its name.

Well that works. My initial thought was just to have two spotlight tags, one for manual and one for auto, but that's an even better solution. What about using the external ID, though? There are sometimes multiple films with the same title. I wouldn't get rid of the Title field, by any means, as it could prove useful itself—spotlighting all the prior adaptations of Wuthering Heights co coincide with the release of the new one, for example—but external ID would be a good additional field to have.

What about negative matching? Would be neat to do, for example, “films that aren't in English.”

Why is runtime a minimum, rather than functioning like the Year field?

I've gone from having two AutoTags to about a dozen; really enjoying this update. Haven't updated to 2.3.2.0 yet, as I have a couple of active recordings.

Edited 2 hours ago by crusher11

[shinedou 7]

@crusher11now that you can filter by tag could you somehow just add tag as one of your filters with an OR statement using your existing spotlight tag