"Date Created" missing as a setting on the Roku app.

[Aldursil 16]

Why is the Date Created setting missing on the Roku TV app?

I have a library which is sorted by newest to oldest in the web page for a library but the Date Created setting is missing on the Roku app.

The TV app has quite a few less options for settings than the web client.

Can we get Date Created added to the Roku Emby client?

[ebr 16354]

Setting?  Setting for what?

Exactly where are you having a problem?

[Aldursil 16]

In a libraries there is a settings section where you can toggle attributes on or off. 

[ebr 16354]

Okay, the "Show fields".  Thank you.

We can look into adding it although that seems like kindof an odd thing to show for an end user...

@speechles

[Aldursil 16]

16 minutes ago, ebr said:

Okay, the "Show fields".  Thank you.

We can look into adding it although that seems like kindof an odd thing to show for an end user...

@speechles

I have a library that automatically has videos added to it and they get automatically deleted after a certain amount of time. Having the Date Created field working shows me when it was downloaded so I can see which videos to watch first before they are removed.

If you look at the Show Fields section in the web client you'll see there is a lot more present there. Maybe bring over all the missing fields that the web client has that the Roku client does not? That would make the Emby experience more standard across clients so you can do the same things regardless which client you are on.

If you compare the two sections you can see what is missing.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Aldursil

[Aldursil 16]

Here is a comparison of both Show Fields sections. Web vs Roku client.

[speechles 2062]

Hi. Thanks for spotting this. It isn't intentional. When the feature was developed it did match the web app. The entire idea is to match the web app. The web app added fields without telling us. Or we didn't notice. Probably the latter... lol. We can add the missing fields and match the web app. Will also add this to our issue tracker so it is visible to the entire team.

Also keep in mind that the behavior between the rows and the grid does differ a bit. There is a reason they differ.

When rows can be sorted, they will automatically expose the field which the row is sorted by. So sort by "Date Created" and the date created field is automatically applied below the title. Sort by "Runtime" the runtime shows up. Right now, in the present Roku app, only the Collections has the ability to sort when grouped by media type. But in the future, in regards to the Roku app, there will be sorting available for most things shown as rows and it will show the sort field associated with the sort. There is no way to enable or disable fields when showing items in rows. You just get what is shown. This is the main difference.

While on the grid, there is a limited amount of space to show things. We cannot force the fields to change since you are shown the options to change them and allowed to show whatever you want. It is also designed so you can change the sizes of the images. This makes it harder for the grid to automatically show these things because that is not what you may want. You might want to sort the grid by runtime and then see the ratings and title, without the runtime visible.

The grid allows flexibility while the row allows uniformity. I've created a "ticket" for you below.

Reference: Issue #1774: [PosterGrid] Compare "show fields" to web app and add missing fields to Roku (enable scroller)

 

Edited 1 hour ago by speechles

[Aldursil 16]

 Thanks for the response. I am not sure I understand if adding Date Created will work the same as in the Web client. Are you saying if the Date Created field is added and I enable it and disable Year the Date Created date will not be shown? In my use case an NFO file is being created which Emby is then seeing and displaying the Date Created correctly in the web client.

Edited 1 hour ago by Aldursil

[speechles 2062]

19 minutes ago, Aldursil said:

 Thanks for the response. I am not sure I understand if adding Date Created will work the same as in the Web client. Are you saying if the Date Created field is added and I enable it and disable Year the Date Created date will not be shown? In my use case an NFO file is being created which Emby is then seeing and displaying the Date Created correctly.

I am saying that on the grid you control what is shown. Right now it lacks what you've provided. We will add that. It will work similar to the web app. "The gap" is the distance between images when shown on the grid. The Roku allows titles to wrap and any extra space in "the gap" will be taken by the title. If the title is disabled then "the gap" will close and reduce to just the fields you have selected. Only titles are allowed to wrap. When titles are selected as fields it will always create "the gap" at 5 lines. This is purely to allow the titles to wrap into the excess space and make it easier for you to browse. The web app is not doing this yet.

In the future, you will also be able to do this on rows and exactly as you described is how it will work. Sort by date created and date created field automatically appears. On the row right now you see 2 lines of text. When sorting is allowed you gain a 3rd line which can show the extra field. You can see this right now if you go to collections and choose to group by media type. It will change the view from grid to a rowlist. On the grid you cannot see the date created because the field is missing. But on the row it will show as a duration ago.

Do you expect to see the "Date Created" as simply a date. Or are you expecting to see a duration ago?

as date: Friday, April 10th 2026 @ 11:00 PM

as duration ago: 10 hours 44 minutes 32 seconds ago

Presently it shows as duration ago. But we can change this and make it adaptable if you expected to see the exact date.

Edited 1 hour ago by speechles

[Aldursil 16]

Ideally I want to see it as simply a date that the video was downloaded, like it is currently working on the web client.