Home screen editor - add "on now" filter(s)

[mwongjay 105]

I want the ability to show programs airing now that have a specific tag. There are 2 options to display live tv channels in a home section, but neither have the correct filters:

1. Dynamic Media with the Live TV Channels type filtered by Tag, but missing another filter for "On Now"
2. On Now section type, but missing another filter for Tag

Can Emby add a filter to one or both of these editors?

[gillmacca01 232]

Are you aware that if you add live tv, it will not be a 'Live' row?

[mwongjay 105]

12 minutes ago, gillmacca01 said:

Are you aware that if you add live tv, it will not be a 'Live' row?

I'm not sure I'm following you. This would allow client views to adjust the view faster and more efficiently than guide refreshes so it would appear as a "live row". 

 

[gillmacca01 232]

It won't act like a dynamic live TV row. For example, if you were to add it at 2:00 PM this afternoon, it wouldn't adjust dynamically as time passes and would just continue showing the 2:00 PM programming instead of updating automatically

[mwongjay 105]

9 hours ago, gillmacca01 said:

It won't act like a dynamic live TV row. For example, if you were to add it at 2:00 PM this afternoon, it wouldn't adjust dynamically as time passes and would just continue showing the 2:00 PM programming instead of updating automatically

I think I understand the point you're making which is the client views don't automatically refresh on some interval so you'd see stale content until you navigate to a different view and return to the home screen. Am I understanding you correctly?

 

[gillmacca01 232]

The row will never update, because it takes a snapshot of the tv content when you create it

The only way it will work us if you go back in and edit the row - it will grab a new snapshot

[mwongjay 105]

21 minutes ago, gillmacca01 said:

The row will never update, because it takes a snapshot of the tv content when you create it

The only way it will work us if you go back in and edit the row - it will grab a new snapshot

No, that isn't true. If you're on the beta version using the recently released dynamic home screen editor sections can be dynamic, but as I alluded to earlier they can go stale until the view is updated which appears to happen during app load and navigation. I've already documented my approach to making live tv channels appear on the home screen in a dynamic section. The one issue I'm currently facing, other than the possibly staleness, is that earlier programs prior to the actual event display in the home section. 

Edited October 15 by mwongjay

[gillmacca01 232]

If that's the case, I stand corrected.

I tried this in the early days and that was my results. Obviously they have made changes that I wasn't aware of