Plugin: Home Screen Companion (formerly AutoTag)

[soderlund91 85]

1 minute ago, crusher11 said:

@soderlund91the plugin image should probably be updated.

It is updated, not sure what it still sticks.. Might be browser or server cache? 
For me its updated, but i have uninstalled, reinstalled and so on a few times while testing.

[soderlund91 85]

WARNING! 
I just made a run with the "sync home screen" and all of my homescreen sections for the source user got deleted. I'm gonna look into this as soon as possible (will be tomorrow). 

Make sure to backup both the plugin AND Emby (user settings). 

It could be because i selected the source user in the "copy to". Not sure. 

EDIT:
Yeah, that's it. DO NOT COPY TO THE SOURCE USER !! I'm gonna add a function that prevents this 

Edited Wednesday at 11:44 PM by soderlund91

[Jdiesel 1434]

58 minutes ago, soderlund91 said:

Nothing really. Well, to be true, I don't know how to do it. 

It's something I have been thinking about aswell. It will happen sooner or later I hope  

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/wiki/Getting-your-plug-in-in-the-catalog

[crusher11 1121]

@soderlund91The top row, where you select between Tag & Collection, Home Screen, and Settings, is white text on a white background for the unselected options. I just happened to hover over one and it turned grey.

[soderlund91 85]

21 minutes ago, soderlund91 said:

WARNING! 
I just made a run with the "sync home screen" and all of my homescreen sections for the source user got deleted. I'm gonna look into this as soon as possible (will be tomorrow). 

Make sure to backup both the plugin AND Emby (user settings). 

It could be because i selected the source user in the "copy to". Not sure. 

EDIT:
Yeah, that's it. DO NOT COPY TO THE SOURCE USER !! I'm gonna add a function that prevents this 

Made a quick fix and put out v3.0.0.1. 

Updated the previous post with new .dll and also on github

1 minute ago, crusher11 said:

@soderlund91The top row, where you select between Tag & Collection, Home Screen, and Settings, is white text on a white background for the unselected options. I just happened to hover over one and it turned grey.

Thanks for reporting! 

[seanbuff 1342]

When I download 3.0.0.1 from GH link: https://github.com/soderlund91/HomeScreenCompanion/releases/tag/v3.0.0.1

It loads in Emby as 3.0.0.0 still


Even the .dll version info on the file says 3.0.0.0


Did it not get updated correctly?

[soderlund91 85]

5 hours ago, seanbuff said:

When I download 3.0.0.1 from GH link: https://github.com/soderlund91/HomeScreenCompanion/releases/tag/v3.0.0.1

It loads in Emby as 3.0.0.0 still


Even the .dll version info on the file says 3.0.0.0


Did it not get updated correctly?

Probably my mistake.. It was like almost 2am I was pretty tired and stressed trying to get that fix out  

Best way to test is by navigating to the Home Screen settings in the plugin and check if the selected user in source user is grayed out in the “sync to” section. If so, you have the latest update. 

Not sure why this happened.. I rebuilt the .dll with no changes to the code and now it works. 
 

Thanks for reporting! 

Edit: Updated the dll on github and attached here aswell. No real need to update if it work as above. I'm gonna put out another bugfix later today/tonight with the reported bug for light theme where the menu doesnt show.  

 

HomeScreenCompanion.dll

Edited yesterday at 07:16 AM by soderlund91

[chander421 17]

Thank you so much for this great update. What a long way we've come since the first release!

We are now very close to finally having real smart playlists in Emby. If I may say so, it seems to me that there are just a few parameters missing to be able to create truly comprehensive smart playlists: date added (& date modified), file size, and played (last played).

Thanks again for this superb plugin!

[antoniopulido98 1]

Could you please provide the dll of the new version for macOS using net 6 as you did the last time if it’s not too much of a hassle?

after testing the previous version all works fine

[soderlund91 85]

3 hours ago, chander421 said:

Thank you so much for this great update. What a long way we've come since the first release!

We are now very close to finally having real smart playlists in Emby. If I may say so, it seems to me that there are just a few parameters missing to be able to create truly comprehensive smart playlists: date added (& date modified), file size, and played (last played).

Thanks again for this superb plugin!

Thank you so much for the kind words! 
Just help me out with what filter you want and I'll get it in there.

1 hour ago, antoniopulido98 said:

Could you please provide the dll of the new version for macOS using net 6 as you did the last time if it’s not too much of a hassle?

after testing the previous version all works fine

Will do, sorry that i forgot about it. I'm curently working on the next update and i'll make sure to build a .net v6 for that! 

[soderlund91 85]

I know i promised that i would get an update out with a fix for the light theme (menu not visible). I got carried away when working on the plugin so I ended up building in some big improvements aswell. So it might take another day or two until next release with that fix, just use dark theme until then if its a big issue. Sorry about the trouble, but...

Teaser for next release. 

• Now we can manage each users home screen sections directly from the plugin. We can move the sections and adjust the order. This function is completed and works like a charm! 
• Curently working on a way to create a home screen section directly from the Tag and Collection menu. So when we create an entry for a tag or collection, there will be an option to also create a home screen section for this entry and select what users to give it to. Next step is then to adjust order (with the function above) for one user, and then copy it to all others. 
  
  All this could possibly be automated aswell. 

If i can get this working, it will be a HUGE improvement from Embys native way of doing this at the moment. 

Edited 19 hours ago by soderlund91

[Jdiesel 1434]

One thing that I've been dreaming for is generation of playlists based on playcounts or watchtime for all users on the server. Things like "Most watched this week/month" "Or Tending on his sever" types of playlists.

There is another project Aperture that does this already and the Dev does plan to include some feature that Home Screen Companion already has. There is something nice about having a native plugin like HSC to keep things simple.

Anyways I'm not aware of a way to track playcounts and playtime across users natively in Emby. All current solutions manage this through a secondary database. It would be amazing if HSC had a way to tie into though existing metrics to levage user data.

 

Potential options:

Utilize the Playback Reporting plugin database https://github.com/faush01/playback_reporting

Access stats Jellystat via its API https://github.com/CyferShepard/Jellystat

 Access stats through Tracerr via its API https://github.com/connorgallopo/Tracearr

Have HSC collect stats and manage its on db

[soderlund91 85]

22 minutes ago, Jdiesel said:

One thing that I've been dreaming for is generation of playlists based on playcounts or watchtime for all users on the server. Things like "Most watched this week/month" "Or Tending on his sever" types of playlists.

There is another project Aperture that does this already and the Dev does plan to include some feature that Home Screen Companion already has. There is something nice about having a native plugin like HSC to keep things simple.

Anyways I'm not aware of a way to track playcounts and playtime across users natively in Emby. All current solutions manage this through a secondary database. It would be amazing if HSC had a way to tie into though existing metrics to levage user data.

 

Potential options:

Utilize the Playback Reporting plugin database https://github.com/faush01/playback_reporting

Access stats Jellystat via its API https://github.com/CyferShepard/Jellystat

 Access stats through Tracerr via its API https://github.com/connorgallopo/Tracearr

Have HSC collect stats and manage its on db

I don't want to say no, but.. Maybe down the line, we will se. I'm having another kid on the way so not sure how much time i will have in the future for big improvements. I'm surely not gonna develop at this rapid pace as I have been doing for the last weeks, damn I have put down almost all my free hours on this for the last month  It started out with a simple script and then i thought, "wouldn't it be nice to make this into a plugin?". 

So yeah, I don't want to say no, but not right now. If you can, pls create an issue at the github page. It's a lot easier to keep track of everything then
https://github.com/soderlund91/HomeScreenCompanion/issues

[shinedou 7]

@soderlund91do you currently use the Smart Playlists 2.0 plug-in? I was just wondering if you were familiar with the type of rules (filtering) it provides? My guess is you probably aren't wanting to mimic it's filtering options but it may give you some ideas what folks are interested in.

[chander421 17]

10 hours ago, soderlund91 said:

Thank you so much for the kind words! 
Just help me out with what filter you want and I'll get it in there.

Just Date Added (& Date Modified if possible), file size, and Played (Last Played/Watched). Using these filters and the others already included in your plugin, it would be possible to completely replace Emby playlists like "Latest Media" & "Recently Released".  Smart Playlists 2.0 have those, just in case ^^. Thanks!

[soderlund91 85]

Beta release -  Version 3.1.0.0-beta
Download .dll and release notes: https://github.com/soderlund91/HomeScreenCompanion/releases/tag/v3.1.0.0-beta

This release contains big improvements of home screen section handling.

Use at own risk, I have tested the basic functionality but need your help to fully test, hence a BETA release. Please report any bugs or issues at the GitHub-page or here in the forum. 

Note
Make sure to back up your settings before updating, just in case. Both the plugin and Emby (user data)

Note
Included a .NET V6 release, this is for legacy use (mostly for MacOS). This version is NOT tested. 

New
Section management: Added function to manage a users home screen sections. You can now reorder sections directly from the plugin itself
Create home screen sections: Added ability to create a new home screen section directly when creating a tag or collection.

Improvements
Created a flag for tag and home screen section in the header of each entry. Removed the source counter to make room.

Fixes
Bug fix: Fixed an issue when menu was not visible in light theme
 

HomeScreenCompanion.dll HomeScreenCompanion_NET6_MacOS.dll

[szymonSamsung 0]

I tried to tinker with it a little everything works without any issues for now, might there also be a possibility to sync library order ? 

Edited 2 hours ago by szymonSamsung

[LongMan 113]

17 hours ago, Jdiesel said:

Anyways I'm not aware of a way to track playcounts and playtime across users natively in Emby. All current solutions manage this through a secondary database. It would be amazing if HSC had a way to tie into though existing metrics to levage user data.

Smart Playlists 2.0 allows filtering by playcount. I think its implementation is quite good. It allows you to select which users to use in calculating playcount in the filters. The only improvement I would request is adding All Users so that it is a bit easier to select a server wide filter.