Plugin: Home Screen Companion

[soderlund 153]

1 hour ago, Babatom said:

I’ve set up a home screen and now want to synchronise it with all users. I’m not sure about one rule. Will it be automatically adapted to each user? It would be great if each user only saw what they haven’t seen yet.

No it will not adapt to each individual user. For that you need to create a separate group for each user. 

The filter in you picture will give you all movies and series that NO user have watch. 
Even if you have 100 users, it's enough that only one of them have seen that movie and it will not end up on the list. 

So in simpler terms - this will give you a list with 50 items of movies and shows that no one has seen. 

What I suggest you do is use the playstatus for the home section. This will adapt to each user and if set to unplayed it will hide movies that the individual user has seen. 

Edited Sunday at 12:04 PM by soderlund

[Babatom 15]

That should work, shouldn't it?

Here's how I'd generally like to set it up: I configure the entire home screen once and then sync it with all users.

I've just realised that under the 'Tag & Collection' tab -> 'Home Screen', I set the play state to 'unplayed', save it and perform a full sync. The next time I go back into this setting, the playstate is back to 'any'.So it isn’t saved permanently.

[soderlund 153]

2 hours ago, Babatom said:

That should work, shouldn't it?

Here's how I'd generally like to set it up: I configure the entire home screen once and then sync it with all users.

I've just realised that under the 'Tag & Collection' tab -> 'Home Screen', I set the play state to 'unplayed', save it and perform a full sync. The next time I go back into this setting, the playstate is back to 'any'.So it isn’t saved permanently.

Those filters should be correct   Although, it is redundant to have the filter for media type=movie and show, since that is the default. But if you want to have them, go ahead! 

Regarding the error, I cant reproduce that. What server version are you running? This was an bug with Emby version before 4.10.0.9 or something if i remember correctly 

[Babatom 15]

21 minutes ago, soderlund said:

What server version are you running?

 4.10.0.12

thanks for your help! 

[soderlund 153]

5 minutes ago, Babatom said:

 4.10.0.12

thanks for your help! 

Okay.. I'm still on .11 and haven't tested with latest beta. 

Are you sure this comes after you have made a full sync? The setting is supposed to mirror Embys native menu directly on save (dosn't require a sync). 
Next step for troubleshooting would be to edit the settign via the native meny, (home screen in left menu). 
If it still goes back to any, try to create a new home section with the same settings in the emby native menu and see what happens. 

 

Thanks for reporting and help troubleshooting. 

[Babatom 15]

Oh, interesting – the filter is set in the native home screen menu, but it always resets in the plugin

[soderlund 153]

2 hours ago, Babatom said:

Oh, interesting – the filter is set in the native home screen menu, but it always resets in the plugin

Does it keep it in the native menu? Even after Full sync?

It might be a change in the latest beta that I need to incorporate with the plugin. I'll look into it when i get the time.
Until then i suggest to use the plugin to create and manage the tag, but use the native menu to set up the home section. 

[Babatom 15]

2 minutes ago, soderlund said:

Does it keep it in the native menu? Even after Full sync?

yes.

 

11 minutes ago, soderlund said:

I'll look into it when i get the time.

Thanks, it's only a minor thing; basically, it works

[soderlund 153]

13 minutes ago, Babatom said:

yes.

 

Thanks, it's only a minor thing; basically, it works

I updated my test-server and now i get the same bug. So something changed with the latest release.

Yeah as long as it sticks in the native menu it should work as intended. Even if its a minor thing I appreciate the bug report! 
I have already put Claude on in and I think it's solved already  

[soderlund 153]

New bug-fix release -  Version 4.1.1.1
Download .dll and full release notes: https://github.com/soderlund91/HomeScreenCompanion/releases/tag/v4.1.1.1

This update contains fixes to match Emby server 4.10.0.12.

IMPORTANT! 
Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.12

Release notes

Fixes

• Home Section: Fixed an issue where "Playstate" setting didn't sync correctly in the plugin.

HomeScreenCompanion.dll

[Babatom 15]

I think I've found another small bug. I've created a Top List, and when I set the image type to 'thumb', the badges no longer appear (except on one cover).

 

[soderlund 153]

59 minutes ago, Babatom said:

I think I've found another small bug. I've created a Top List, and when I set the image type to 'thumb', the badges no longer appear (except on one cover).

 

Thanks for letting me know! You seem to be correct, I get the same results. Don't know why to be honest, I did some extensive testing with this feature for the previous release.. 
At one point I did fuck up and reverted to really old code, but thought I managed to restore back to the latest. This could be a result of my own doing.. 
 

Edit: Was a really quick fix, updated dll coming! 

Edited Sunday at 09:41 PM by soderlund

[soderlund 153]

New bug-fix release -  Version 4.1.1.2
Download .dll and full release notes: https://github.com/soderlund91/HomeScreenCompanion/releases/tag/v4.1.1.2

Bugfix release

IMPORTANT! 
Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.12

Release notes

Fixes

• Top-list: Fixed an issue where thumbs didn't get the number overlay

Note:
If a poster or thumb is not updated with the number overlay, it indicates that no usable image was available in the original library/movie. Ensure downloading of posters and thumbs is enabled beforehand.

HomeScreenCompanion.dll

[bonuscheese 0]

I'm loving this plugin so far, after only a few days. Thanks for putting this together and improving it frequently.

The AI lists are great. With the old smart playlist plugin I tried making rule-based playlists of like "World Cinema" before and it was too janky to get working like I wanted. This plugin just smashes that.

I'm curious if there are limitations to the AI integration or if this can be expanded at all? I'd love to be able to have multi-input data to customise this to get a more "Netflix Algorithm" feel to recommendations. Example:

Top Picks For You - source 1 is a taste profile, source 2 is a pool of unwatched items to recommend based on taste profile
Source 1: Favourite list (or specific playlist/tag)
Source 2: Unwatched items (even if derived from playlist)

I've tried out a prompt with the current settings but find the max 100 recent items (I assume also includes all TV episodes) is too partial of a footprint for this. After adding an "unwatched" filter to the 20-30 items returned, it may only have 4-5 items in the collection.

I could achieve this by baking favourites in the prompt, but achieving this for multiple accounts and libraries or genres might get a bit difficult to manage.

Edited 16 hours ago by bonuscheese