recently added, entire show - only show 1ep

[apeg 0]

I am a big user of the recently added section (pretty much where i live). A pet peeve ive always had with xbmc is how if you add a show (multiple seasons deep) your recently added section gets overtaken by every episode. 

 

I was using mySQL and how i would solve this is i edit the entries add date pretty much removing them from the recently added section except for the first or last episode to act as a reminder. 

 

Ill be the first to admit that's asking alot, but is there a way to prevent a newly added show from dominating/erasing your recently added section?

 

Thanks,

[xnappo 1611]

You should ask for this option in the server section.  I would like it too.

 

[EDIT] Nevermind.. Forgot we use the Kodi native recently added now (duh).  So this is a Kodi thing, nothing we can do about it really.

Edited October 16, 2015 by xnappo

[Angelblue05 4132]

Well actually, this is something I wanted to fix. The date added is only looked at when first adding the item. We should also have it in the update section. The main reason is if you have nfos, the server will first read the file itself with the file creation - send an "add item" via socket, then read from nfo and update the date if it's different then send an "update item". So this results in discrepencies.

 

If we allowed the date added to be modified with the update item section, then the OP could change the date in the metadata manager and it would be reflected in recently added items in Kodi.

 

 

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Edited October 16, 2015 by Angelblue05

[xnappo 1611]

That is true. 

[Angelblue05 4132]

@@apeg

 

Next release of emby for kodi beta, you'll be able to update the date added via the metadata manager and it will be taken into account in Kodi. This way you'll be able to achieve the same behavior as when you were using MySQL.

[dazed 27]

@@apeg

 

Next release of emby for kodi beta, you'll be able to update the date added via the metadata manager and it will be taken into account in Kodi. This way you'll be able to achieve the same behavior as when you were using MySQL.

 

Does this also mean that Emby will use Sonarrs modified date added when adding to Kodi now like Kodi does?

[Angelblue05 4132]

It simply means emby for Kodi will update the date added field in Kodi, if it changes in Emby.

 

 

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Edited October 17, 2015 by Angelblue05

[dazed 27]

Is it possible to have it add it from the modified date? Without Emby running Kodi does this fine whenever Sonaar downloads something

[Angelblue05 4132]

@@dazed

 

I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. Emby for Kodi doesn't read from nfos, but from the server directly. In the event an item is updated (changed in the metadata manager, or emby reads from nfo, etc), the server sends Kodi a message to update the item, which will now take into account the date added field and update it in Kodi.

 

I don't know what the modified date field has to do with anything, but if it needs to be taken into account somewhere, sounds to me your request should be posted server side.

[dazed 27]

@@Angelblue05

 

When you download a file with Sonarr it changes the files creation date to when it aired https://i.imgur.com/jMqTCCD.png

 

EDIT: ok i see what you mean its the emby server adding it as 07/10/2015 instead of 10/09/1993 then its passing this on to the Emby for Kodi

Edited October 17, 2015 by dazed

[Angelblue05 4132]

Ok and does it modify the item entry in Emby? Does this modify the date added field? If it does nothing to the item itself, then your request is a server one. We only read from the server api, not from files.

 

Edit: Just saw your edit, yes that is correct.

Edited October 17, 2015 by Angelblue05

[dazed 27]

This is what i mean http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/26485-file-created-date-vs-file-modified-date/ might have done a bad job explaining it