Plugin: Home Screen Companion

[soderlund 221]

 

7 hours ago, mwongjay said:

I think that's a viable solution, however, as @Brazerand I were discussing earlier the grouping (collection or playlist) should be tagged with one or more tags otherwise items could disappear globally

I think I'm starting to grasp what you mean now. So if i add something like "add custom tag to collection" on the collection tab, would that suffice? And same for playlist

 

7 hours ago, mwongjay said:

Ah, got it now, thanks for clarifying. In 4.4.2.0 disabled accounts are filtered when processing. I use disabled accounts, preventing signing in as those accounts, as templates (for creating new accounts) similar to how these "master profiles" would be used. If a master profile account is disabled how does 4.4.2.0 handle that? If you have to enable the account, then do a full sync, then disable I'm not sure I'd use it that way due to the friction.

Yeah I see the issue... But if it's not really being used, why not set your own password and have it enabled? Then hide it from all the login screens and its pretty much the same as a disabled user?

I don't believe it should work since its disabled now. I'm leaning towards to redo this a bit, adding an option in settings to choose if you want to process disabled users or not. 
However, that doesn't fix your case. I'll give it some thinking how to do this or not. This feels like a pretty niche use case. 

 

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9 minutes ago, soderlund said:

So if i add something like "add custom tag to collection" on the collection tab, would that suffice? And same for playlist

I think you're likely best suited to think through the implications, but I'll try pointing out concerns or thought exercises. Today, the plugin can create collections, playlists, or tag individual media items at various levels (series, season, episode, movie) which gives users flexibility, but would a user really know or care whether items are tagged or grouped into a collection or playlist? I'm unsure whether the majority of users even know the differences. The distinction between them:

• Playlist - can only contain media items and has a user defined sort
• Collection - can contain anything including containers like series and can be populated from MovieDb (which I think is irrelevant for the plugin)
• Tags - can tag anything

Thoughts/questions:

• Are there any use cases you can think of where tagging accomplishes an outcome that couldn't be solved with collections or playlists? If there is, is it a common use case or niche?
• For the source types in the plugin today would collections suffice for all? If that's the case does the plugin need to expose tags or playlists? If not, then it makes sense to simplify the UX and logic to use collections. If that's the outcome then allowing users to add multiple tags to the collection would solve the original use case

44 minutes ago, soderlund said:

Yeah I see the issue... But if it's not really being used, why not set your own password and have it enabled? Then hide it from all the login screens and its pretty much the same as a disabled user?

Yeah, multiple ways to accomplish this and pragmatically both would work although your attack surface is lower if the accounts are disabled.

46 minutes ago, soderlund said:

I don't believe it should work since its disabled now. I'm leaning towards to redo this a bit, adding an option in settings to choose if you want to process disabled users or not. 
However, that doesn't fix your case. I'll give it some thinking how to do this or not. This feels like a pretty niche use case. 

Yeah, I believe it's likely a niche use case and I can count on one hand the number of users I've seen posting they disable accounts. What I think likely needs deeper context and thought is how should templating workflows exist in the plugin if that's truly the direction you want to go based on the use cases you're solving. For instance, is there another way to template without involving accounts and what might that look like? Perhaps a user would create profiles that exist within the plugin and assign sources to a profile and rather than sources mapping to user accounts the profile is mapped to user accounts. That abstraction would allow a lot of fine-grained control over content. For example, maybe the profiles aren't related to users, but seasons (Fall, Summer, Spring, Winter) and that adds the ability for theming.

I know I've said a lot and likely didn't directly answer your original question, but it's important to think about what you want to accomplish with the plugin and the direction so things aren't haphazardly implemented. That's my opinion anyways!

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38 minutes ago, mwongjay said:

I think you're likely best suited to think through the implications, but I'll try pointing out concerns or thought exercises. Today, the plugin can create collections, playlists, or tag individual media items at various levels (series, season, episode, movie) which gives users flexibility, but would a user really know or care whether items are tagged or grouped into a collection or playlist? I'm unsure whether the majority of users even know the differences. The distinction between them:

• Playlist - can only contain media items and has a user defined sort
• Collection - can contain anything including containers like series and can be populated from MovieDb (which I think is irrelevant for the plugin)
• Tags - can tag anything

To add to this

Playlists  - Are specific to each user (private), Do not work for series (must use episodes)

Collections - Are visible to all users, can include virtual items like series

Tags - can be used with parental controls to restrict media item access to users but collection tags aren't respected

 

There is no single way to accomplish a private list with series level items. Depending on the use case, all three available options have their place.

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7 hours ago, mwongjay said:

I think you're likely best suited to think through the implications, but I'll try pointing out concerns or thought exercises. Today, the plugin can create collections, playlists, or tag individual media items at various levels (series, season, episode, movie) which gives users flexibility, but would a user really know or care whether items are tagged or grouped into a collection or playlist? I'm unsure whether the majority of users even know the differences. The distinction between them:

• Playlist - can only contain media items and has a user defined sort
• Collection - can contain anything including containers like series and can be populated from MovieDb (which I think is irrelevant for the plugin)
• Tags - can tag anything

Thoughts/questions:

• Are there any use cases you can think of where tagging accomplishes an outcome that couldn't be solved with collections or playlists? If there is, is it a common use case or niche?
• For the source types in the plugin today would collections suffice for all? If that's the case does the plugin need to expose tags or playlists? If not, then it makes sense to simplify the UX and logic to use collections. If that's the outcome then allowing users to add multiple tags to the collection would solve the original use case

Yeah, multiple ways to accomplish this and pragmatically both would work although your attack surface is lower if the accounts are disabled.

Yeah, I believe it's likely a niche use case and I can count on one hand the number of users I've seen posting they disable accounts. What I think likely needs deeper context and thought is how should templating workflows exist in the plugin if that's truly the direction you want to go based on the use cases you're solving. For instance, is there another way to template without involving accounts and what might that look like? Perhaps a user would create profiles that exist within the plugin and assign sources to a profile and rather than sources mapping to user accounts the profile is mapped to user accounts. That abstraction would allow a lot of fine-grained control over content. For example, maybe the profiles aren't related to users, but seasons (Fall, Summer, Spring, Winter) and that adds the ability for theming.

I know I've said a lot and likely didn't directly answer your original question, but it's important to think about what you want to accomplish with the plugin and the direction so things aren't haphazardly implemented. That's my opinion anyways!

I’m a bit confuse mate.. I thought you advocated to have a function to add tags to collections and playlists? But now I’m getting the feeling you might think it’s a bit too much?
I totally agree that this is mostly for power users that have a higher knowledge about Emby and it’s different ways to customize. 
 

I do want to target both audiences, both the ones who want a quick and easy setup, and also those who want to do a bit more (since I’m one of them). 
 

One thing came to mind right now, to have a settings level with “standard” and “advanced”. Where advanced would show these kind of settings. 
 

To summarize an answer to your thought experiments, yes tags are the in my opinion the best way to solve a lot of things! Collections could do the same results, but then we would end up cluttering the server with 50 collections only for the purpose of having them as home sections/rows. 

Tags are more or less invisible for the users and doesn’t clutter anything. 
 

This plugin focus has always been, and will always be, a help to create and maintain a living and curated Home Screen.
Meeting demands to also create collections and playlists from the source. 
 

For the basic user a source, tag and home section option would very much suffice, yes. But that doesn’t meet the broad audience (and not my own need - which tbh is the main reason this plugin exist). 
 

I believe the current UI and settings are at a good balance. It could be hard for a novice to set up and still give the user a lot of options. There are very few cases when users ask how to do things.
When starting to implement fixes for a more narrow use case I will probably end up with a “settings level” setting. (I’ll think about this a bit more since everyone anyway tend to set this to expert level..)

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4 hours ago, soderlund said:

I’m a bit confuse mate.. I thought you advocated to have a function to add tags to collections and playlists? But now I’m getting the feeling you might think it’s a bit too much?

Sorry if my last post didn't land, here's a concrete example:

When a user clicks Add New Source these are the tabs:

[ Source ][ Schedule ][ Blacklist ][ Home Screen ]

In the Source tab the user would see these configuration options:

[ Source ]
Display Name:
Sourced Type:
Grouping Type: [ Collection, Playlist ]
Grouping Tags: [ User can add 0+ tags applied to the grouping ]
... other collection/playlist settings

4 hours ago, soderlund said:

Tags are more or less invisible for the users and doesn’t clutter anything

Yeah, that's fair. 

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New BETA release -  Version 4.4.3.0-beta
Download .dll and full release notes: https://github.com/soderlund91/HomeScreenCompanion/releases/tag/v4.4.3.0-beta

Quite a long changelog again. Most of the changes comes from a revamped Copy & Sync.
Other than that some fixes from previous beta release and general bug-fixes.
 

Install/update via Emby plugin catalog or manually download the .dll.
If you are going through the plugin catalog, make sure to use the beta channel.

IMPORTANT! 
Minimum required Emby server v4.10.1.0

Release notes

I really wanted the 4.4.2.0 go to a stable version, but i got some feeling and expanded the Copy & Sync function quite a lot. This is hopefully the last beta before I go stable!

Thanks @Brazerfor helping with some coding and fixing bugs and adding some functions! 

Always do a backup before updating! To be extra safe also do a full Emby backup.

New:

• Copy & Sync profiles: Copy & Sync can now have several profiles, each with its own source user and its own users to copy to. For example, one profile for the adults and one for the children. Several profiles can use the same source user, for example to copy different rows to different users. A user gets their home screen from one profile only. Your existing setup becomes the first profile automatically.
  Example:
  Joey copy to --> Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Chandler and Ross
  Ted copy to --> Barney, Robin, Marshall and Lily
• Copy & Sync – what to copy: each profile has a What to copy setting:
  • Everything: the user's home screen is replaced with the source user's. Keep each user's own rows (on by default) keeps rows the user gets from their own sources or top-lists, even if the source user doesn't have them. Turn it off for an exact copy.
  • Selected rows only: tick the rows to copy. Only those rows are added or updated, and the rest of the user's home screen stays as it is.
• Tags: a source can now put more than one tag on its titles. Use Add another tag in the Tag tab.
• Collections & playlists: you can now put a custom tag on the collection or playlists a source creates. The tag goes on the collection or playlist itself, not on the titles in it.
• AI: add any AI service that works like ChatGPT, such as Groq, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, LM Studio or vLLM, under Settings → AI Settings → OpenAI-compatible. Give it a name, its address, a key and a model. It then shows up by name in a source's AI Provider list. 

Updates:

• Copy & Sync: when a user gets a row from a source or top-list, they are now also added to that source or top-list, so the row keeps updating. If you untick the row or remove the user from the profile, they are taken off it again. Users you added yourself are never removed.
• Copy & Sync: on the first run after updating, the users you copy to are added to the source user's sources and top-lists. You'll see them in those sources' user lists. Their home screen looks the same as before, but the rows now update properly.
• Copy & Sync: if the source user has a personal playlist row (such as Your Next Watch), each user you copy to gets their own playlist with the next full sync.
• AI: the Model field for every AI service is now a list read from the service itself, so a model name can't be mistyped. Custom… still takes any name. Your current model stays selected.
• Top-lists: Create as top-list has a new Content choice, Auto (based on the source). The plugin looks at what the source returns and makes a movie list or a TV show list to match. Auto is the default for new top-lists. Lists already set to Movies or TV Shows keep their choice.

Fixes:

• Home Screen Sync: rows from a source could disappear after the scheduled sync and come back at the bottom after the next full sync.
• General: several smaller bugfixes in Copy & Sync, top-lists, settings and backup restore.
• Top-lists: the move of old top-lists into Create as top-list (added in 4.4.2) has been fixed 
  • A source that also had its own home row kept that row. Its top-list now stays in the Top-Lists tab instead of replacing the row.
  • Apply Tag is no longer switched off, so the tag stays on your titles. (Turning off the tagging was a deliberate change since I thought they were only used to create a Top-list. My mistake and I'm sorry if that messed anything up for you.)
  • Restoring only the Sources section of a backup no longer deletes your top-lists.
  • The move now runs only once.

Note:
If you have already run 4.4.2.0

The fix for Top-Lists above prevents the possible problem from now on, but it can't undo what 4.4.2 already changed. Check your top-list sources after updating:

• A home row disappeared, or a source now shows far fewer users than before: restore that source's users from a backup made before 4.4.2, or select them again on the source's Home Screen tab.
• A tag is missing from your titles: turn Apply Tag back on for that source and run it again.

If you didn't use tag-based top-lists before 4.4.2, nothing changed for you.

HomeScreenCompanion.dll

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New BETA release -  Version 4.4.3.1-beta
Download .dll and full release notes: https://github.com/soderlund91/HomeScreenCompanion/releases/tag/v4.4.3.1-beta

Install/update via Emby plugin catalog or manually download the .dll.
If you are going through the plugin catalog, make sure to use the beta channel.

IMPORTANT! 
Minimum required Emby server v4.10.1.0

Release notes

Fixes for some unexpected/unwanted behavior for the user from 4.4.3.0-beta.

Always do a backup before updating! To be extra safe also do a full Emby backup.

Updates:

• Copy & Sync: each profile has a new setting, Also add users to the sources and top-lists of copied rows. It is off by default, so Copy & Sync works as it did before 4.4.3: rows are copied, nobody's source or top-list users are changed, and a top-list row only goes to the list's own users. Turn it on if you want each user to be added to the sources and top-lists of the rows they get. The rows then keep updating for them, and they get their own playlist rows, such as Your Next Watch.

• Copy & Sync: an exact copy (Keep each user's own rows off) only takes users off sources and top-lists when the new setting is on. The page asks first, because it also removes users you selected yourself, and switching back does not put them back. With the setting off, an exact copy only replaces the home screen. Rows from the user's own sources come back with the next full sync.

• Copy & Sync: deleting a profile now asks first.

• Copy & Sync: the page now explains what pausing does. Unticking Enable Home Screen sync or Sync this profile changes nothing: users keep their home screens and stay on the sources and top-lists Copy & Sync added them to. To take them off those, delete the profile.

Fixes:

• Copy & Sync: unticking a user, deleting a profile or switching to Selected rows only no longer removes rows from people's home screens. They are taken off the sources and top-lists Copy & Sync added them to, but keep the rows they have. A personal playlist row, such as Your Next Watch, still goes. Unticking a row in Selected rows only still removes that row.
• Copy & Sync: Selected rows only no longer overwrites or removes a user's own row that has the same name as a copied row.
• Copy & Sync: users who are disabled in Emby are left alone until they are enabled again, also when they are removed from a profile.
• Settings: after a Copy & Sync run, an open settings page could no longer save ("changed elsewhere"). Changes the run made to sources' user lists are now kept together with yours.

 

NOTES:

 

If you have already run 4.4.3.0

4.4.3.0 added the users you copy to to the source user's sources and top-lists without asking. 4.4.4.0 does not undo this, so nothing changes on its own after you update. To remove them, take them off those sources and top-lists in their user lists, or delete and re-create the profile. Their home screens stay as they are, except the personal playlist rows (such as Your Next Watch) that 4.4.3.0 created for them.

HomeScreenCompanion.dll

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On 10/20/2026 at 10:29 PM, soderlund said:

Secondly a question to the Emby devs:

@Brazerhad a nice idea to implement Sonarr/Radarr to the plugin, allowing us to see what movies or episodes are missing from our external and AI lists. Then from within the plugin send request to Sonarr/Radarr. My question is how does this apply with the Emby development policy? 

The HSC plugin is not doing or managing any downloads, it only send a request to another service outside of Emby. 

Tagging all the admins from the staff overview in hope for a reply.
@Luke @ebr @Abobader @bigjohn

Thanks! 

Could I get some response? Since this plugin is in the catalog I really wanted an approval before proceeding, hence this question. 

[horstepipe 434]

What I‘d love to see is the ability to randomly rotate between a collection list A on Monday - maybe even on a time frame? - and collection list B on tuesday.

acdb.tv basically has that feature but it is too pricey in my opinion for what it offers - I could get to that with some scripting and my current mdblist account, too.

 

BR and thanks for that great plugin!

[horstepipe 434]

On 10/24/2026 at 9:39 PM, soderlund said:

Could I get some response? Since this plugin is in the catalog I really wanted an approval before proceeding, hence this question. 

I don’t think this is a good idea.

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2 hours ago, horstepipe said:

What I‘d love to see is the ability to randomly rotate between a collection list A on Monday - maybe even on a time frame? - and collection list B on tuesday.

acdb.tv basically has that feature but it is too pricey in my opinion for what it offers - I could get to that with some scripting and my current mdblist account, too.

 

BR and thanks for that great plugin!

This is very much possible! Depending on how random you want it do be

Set up a source group, use tag "my_random_tag" set schedule to work on Mondays.
Set up another source group, same tag, set schedule to work on Tuesedays.
And so on

I would now recommend to use Embys native menu for creating home sections and then filter on the tag (if using the plugin option it will create one row for each group. This is possible as well but will clutter the setting UI. You also need to order them after each other).
If you want this to apply on multiple users use the copy sync function to copy the row to multiple users..
 

Another option is to add them to a collection using the schedule, then show the collection on the home screen.

A third option is to use a source that is random and changing titles once a day.

 

2 hours ago, horstepipe said:

I don’t think this is a good idea.

Why not? Please elaborate. 

If approved by the devs I'm thinking it will all be hidden in the UI until you turn on "Enable Radarr/Sonarr support" in settings. So unless you turn this on you wont even notice the function even exists in the plugin. 

Edited October 25 by soderlund

[horstepipe 434]

Thanks for that info, will try it out!

Yes, basically I meant that for sure this won’t be approved by the devs so better don’t try it if you want to stay in the catalogue. 

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1 hour ago, horstepipe said:

Thanks for that info, will try it out!

Yes, basically I meant that for sure this won’t be approved by the devs so better don’t try it if you want to stay in the catalogue. 

It’s worth to ask the question at least.
And there are other plugins outside of the catalogue that’s acting like a bridge to Sonarr/Radarr that the devs haven’t banned. 
And historically there are other plugins talking directly to the torrent client that the devs banned even outside of the catalogue. 
 

So we kind of need to know where the line is drawn. And I mean Sonarr/Radarr is really only a media manager program. Those sowtware aren’t downloading anything.
Even a torrent client isn’t in any violation with the law, it’s up to you what you are using them to do. 
 

From your point of view one could even make the argument that Emby is an illegal software since it allows you to manage illegally acquired content. 

And should we ban driving because a car can be driven above the speed limits? 
 

Anyhow, the devs need to clarify where the line is drawn. 

[horstepipe 434]

any way to get this list the same way you see it in browser, so just 20 movies for Germany?
JustWatch Germany Daily Streaming Charts - Movies - MDBList

If I import that url in HSC it loads 150 movies, guess it is removing the query strings?

BR

Edited Tuesday at 08:40 AM by horstepipe

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27 minutes ago, horstepipe said:

any way to get this list the same way you see it in browser, so just 20 movies for Germany?
JustWatch Germany Daily Streaming Charts - Movies - MDBList

If I import that url in HSC it loads 150 movies, guess it is removing the query strings?

BR

Hi,

Just put a limit on it for 20 titles. 
Using the test button you will still see the whole list and what you have or not in your library. Using the limiter only the first 20 hits will get tagged. 

 

 

EDIT: Oh sorry, I was a bit too fast in my reply. I see the issue now. The plugin gets another list and doesn't filter out.
Seems like a bug, I'll look into it! 
 

Edited Tuesday at 09:10 AM by soderlund

[horstepipe 434]

this is not equivalent, see:

[horstepipe 434]

I do not see the movie "TONY" or "Green Book" in the list on HSC

[horstepipe 434]

On 10/25/2026 at 11:25 PM, soderlund said:

This is very much possible! Depending on how random you want it do be

Set up a source group, use tag "my_random_tag" set schedule to work on Mondays.
Set up another source group, same tag, set schedule to work on Tuesedays.
And so on

I would now recommend to use Embys native menu for creating home sections and then filter on the tag (if using the plugin option it will create one row for each group. This is possible as well but will clutter the setting UI. You also need to order them after each other).
If you want this to apply on multiple users use the copy sync function to copy the row to multiple users..
 

Another option is to add them to a collection using the schedule, then show the collection on the home screen.

A third option is to use a source that is random and changing titles once a day.

 

 

I just tried that out - unfortunately none of your suggestion aims to what I want
Let me give you a proper example:
 

I have these three mdblists:
Streaming Charts Movies, a list by MDBList Official - mdblist.com
IMDb MovieMeter Movies, a list by MDBList Official - mdblist.com
Most Watched Movies (Past Year), a list by MDBList Official - mdblist.com

 

I want them to rotate daily on my home screen. So on one day I see "Streaming charts movies", on another day I see "IMDb MovieMeter Movies" and so on.

Hope it is clearer now.
BR 
 

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7 minutes ago, horstepipe said:

this is not equivalent, see:

 

7 minutes ago, horstepipe said:

I do not see the movie "TONY" or "Green Book" in the list on HSC

Yeah I noticed that after my reply.. I was a bit fast.. I'll look into it!
 

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1 hour ago, horstepipe said:

 

I just tried that out - unfortunately none of your suggestion aims to what I want
Let me give you a proper example:
 

I have these three mdblists:
Streaming Charts Movies, a list by MDBList Official - mdblist.com
IMDb MovieMeter Movies, a list by MDBList Official - mdblist.com
Most Watched Movies (Past Year), a list by MDBList Official - mdblist.com

 

I want them to rotate daily on my home screen. So on one day I see "Streaming charts movies", on another day I see "IMDb MovieMeter Movies" and so on.

Hope it is clearer now.
BR 
 

Okay, so you also want different titles for each day? Then i would suggest to use the plugins home screen option and create one row for each list. 

Edit: And I would strongly suggest running the beta version of the plugin for this, since there has been major improvements on how a group is handled when outside of its schedule


I'll try to guide you with some screenshots below in the spoiler. Basically what we want to to is set up 3 different groups, on different schedules, and then add them as home sections. After that we need to put them in the correct order so the rows replaces each other correctly. (we need to put the after each other on the home screen in other words). If you want this for multiple users you could either do this manually or using the copy function.
If you are running the beta of the plugin you could select position on the home screen when setting it up (see images). 

Done.

 

Spoiler

Step 1: Set up the source

 

Step 2: set up the schedule

 

Step 3: Create home section

 

Step 5: Set up the other sources

Step 6: Run the plugin 
Either by running the 3 groups by them self, or the full "Tag & Collection" task
This will the create the tags and the home section. 

 

Step 7: Order them on the home screen for all users (if not already done by the beta function)
They need to be after each other in order to accurately replace each other.

 

Edited Tuesday at 10:20 AM by soderlund
see edit mark in post

[horstepipe 434]

That looks more like the feature I was looking for, thanks!
Maybe you'll expand that feature someday

BR

[horstepipe 434]

Hello Soderlund

would be nice if you add support for random sorting on mdblists. It works via API. Here are the powershell commands I used to verify

$mdbKey = Read-Host "MDBList API-Key"
$url = "https://api.mdblist.com/lists/amything/top-horrors-all-time/items?apikey=$mdbKey&sort=random&sortorder=desc&limit=20&offset=0"

$result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url
$result.movies | Format-Table title, release_year, imdb_id, id

BR

Edited Wednesday at 01:41 PM by horstepipe

[soderlund 221]

6 hours ago, horstepipe said:

That looks more like the feature I was looking for, thanks!
Maybe you'll expand that feature someday

BR

Happy to help
What do you mean by expanding the feature? What are you feeling is missing?

35 minutes ago, horstepipe said:

Hello Soderlund

would be nice if you add support for random sorting on mdblists. It works via API. Here are the powershell commands I used to verify

$mdbKey = Read-Host "MDBList API-Key"
$url = "https://api.mdblist.com/lists/amything/top-horrors-all-time/items?apikey=$mdbKey&sort=random&sortorder=desc&limit=20&offset=0"

$result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url
$result.movies | Format-Table title, release_year, imdb_id, id

BR

This can already be done in at least 2 different ways. 

• For the home section/row - just set it to random sort order
• The list as a whole - set the list on MDBList to random order. It will then be randomized every 12 or 24 hour, depending on your setting. 

[crusher11 1348]

I'm tagging for my spotlight movies that have been on the server for at least 1000 days, and have not been watched in at least 1000 days. 

I just had a movie show up in my spotlight that I watched six months ago. 

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8 minutes ago, crusher11 said:

I'm tagging for my spotlight movies that have been on the server for at least 1000 days, and have not been watched in at least 1000 days. 

I just had a movie show up in my spotlight that I watched six months ago. 

I need some more info to properly troubleshoot.. Otherwise I'm guessing. 

Is it set up like this? Otherwise try this, it should be correct. Remember the NOT for last played
(Yes, there are other ways to build the filter as well, but this should be the easiest and most correct way)