Ability to disable filmography

[SortSpion 3]

I would like an option to disable the new filmography section that have made it into public availability version 4.10.0.40.

The new view feels very cluttering. And since there are no connections between the titles in the filmography section to the titles on the server (names, descriptions, years, posters, etc.) it also feels very disconnected from the rest of the server. Finally, having such complete lists feels less like useful information and more like a highlight of contents missing from the server which isn't the effect I want for my server.

From a use-case perspective, I would never got to Netflix or Disney+ to see a complete list of movies that an actor/director/whatever have been a part of. For that I would go to IMDb, TMDB, tvdb or similar. I expect Emby to function more like the former than the latter.

I can see that this has been a long standing feature request from some users, so I understand that a request to remove it completely would be counter-productive. But an option to disable this globally from the server would be much appreciated.

HOWEVER...

Splitting the titles by how the person contributes (actor/director/whatever) is an awesome addition. As is the extra information about the name of the character played by an actor. If this information and split could find its way to the "normal" film section (the one with titles on the from the server) I think that could make that section even more useful than it already is.

[Luke 43112]

Hi, do you really think it's cluttering even though it's all the way at the bottom?

[SortSpion 3]

Indeed. And, as I also said, highlights the shortcomings of the movie collection on the server, rather than add value (at least IMO).

[Smitty018210 187]

I like it, but we need to add filters or something to limit what appears on the list. 

For a person who makes different types of appearances in shows/movies, the list is bloated by appearances as "self".

Take Sarah Michelle Gellar, for example: Most of her recent credits are like that.

I'm sure others might want those on the list, but for me it's bloat, and not needed.

Edited 4 hours ago by Smitty018210

[sh0rty 774]

I like that list somehow, but it would be even better with links to movies present in the library.

[visproduction 372]

Short,

Did you notice the media that is already on the server is listed as media poster right above on the actor page?  I understand you might like have a link in the text list, but you are showing info that is already listed on the page.  That is a bad practice choice. It complicates the page with additional code, which makes the page load a little slwer, strains the server to process the links and is another feature that can break and need dev time to fix.  Everytime some member opens an actor's page, this extra processing drags the speed down of the server.  These reasons are why it is a better practice to process info only once for any query per page.