Problem Configuring Channel Downloader

[gebhard 4]

Hi,

 

I'm trying to get the Channel Downloader plugin to work with the podcast plugin.

 

Config:

- Emby on FreeNAS: 3.0.5786.0

- Channel Downloader 1.0.5810.30068

- Podcasts: 1.0.5871.25217

 

I configured two podcast feeds. I can see the feeds in the respective podcast library and can play episodes.

 

Now I want the (new) episodes to be downloaded. I was told this is what channel downloader is for :-)

 

If I enter the settings of channel downloader, I only see a spinning wheel and can't configure anything:

 

Am I missing a step?

 

 

I can't see any error in the log but can provide it of course if necessary.

 

 

Thanks,

Gebhard

 

 

[Luke 42077]

Thanks. I've posted an update to the plugin.

[gebhard 4]

Thanks. Can't see the update yet, will have a look tomorrow.

 

Good night :-)

[gebhard 4]

Hi,

 

if I understand your post correctly, I should see an updated Channel Downloader plugin in Emby for install, right?

 

As of now I'm only being offered older versions, no new version (Emby has been restarted several times) :-(

 

Cheers,

Gebhard

[thefirstofthe300 292]

This looks and acts like the problem I diagnosed in the dev's plugins forum.

 

Even building from source the issue still isn't resolved.

[gebhard 4]

Too bad - thanks for the feedback anyway.

 

Looks like my plans to do podcast handling with Emby crumble away :-(

 

Cheers,

Gebhard

[Luke 42077]

I'm really not seeing any issue. I can load the plugin config page, save, no problem found.

[thefirstofthe300 292]

I am able to load the config page and save too.  However, the loading message never goes away and I get no checkboxes for plugins that support content downloading.

 

In the console, I get an error stating that allChannelFeatures is undefined, leading me to believe the problem is either server side or plugin-related.

 

I have combed through the plugin and nothing jumps out at me.  If I generate an API key and append ?api_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx to localhost:{port}/emby/Channels/Features, the server throws a JSON object back at me.  I am truly stumped here because I can't see a dang thing that would cause the error.  I have tried loading the page with multiple browsers on multiple machines both Windows and Linux.  Nothing.

 

I have tried just about everything that I can think of.

 

And just for my sanity, can you point me towards an explanation of what the base object for response is in the .fetch method?  I have Googled up a storm trying to figure out what response.json() does but can't find it.

Edited February 2, 2016 by thefirstofthe300

[speechles 2055]

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Channels/search?utf8=✓&q=supportscontentdownloading

 

You know, only IPTV and podcasts support downloading, right?

 

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[thefirstofthe300 292]

Those are the only channels in the official repo that support downloading. My own plugin, the Jupiter Broadcasting channel, also does. I have both it and podcasts installed and neither show up on the config page.

 

The reason I know without a doubt something is going on here is the fact that the loading circle never goes away.

 

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[thefirstofthe300 292]

Welp...wadda ya know.  It works after updating the server and installing the republished plugin.  I have no idea why it didn't work before.

[Luke 42077]

Awesome. I had probably just published something old by mistake.

[thefirstofthe300 292]

Thanks for taking the time to do that!

[gebhard 4]

I'm still on Emby 3.0.5786.0 - will I also see the updated plugin?

 

Last time I checked it still was on version 1.0.5810.30068

 

Thanks,

Gebhard

[thefirstofthe300 292]

You probably should update to the latest stable server and run the update plugins task.

 

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[gebhard 4]

Hi,

 

the problem with "update to the latest stable server version" is always that I have to wait for the Emby FreeNAS plugin being up to date.

But: yesterday I got a new version of Emby and also of Channel Downloader plugin.

 

I did a very quick test and the configuration dialogue seems to be working now.

 

I'll do some testing over the weekend and will post the results here.

 

 

Thanks for helping!

 

Cheers,

Gebhard

[thefirstofthe300 292]

Ah. You don't have the luxury of automatically updated plugins. Glad it is working now!

 

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[gebhard 4]

Hi,

 

OK, it seems to work now

 

Two minor issues:

• when pressing the three-dot-button to browse the file system for the download folder (), nothing happens (entering the directory in the field works)
• how can I distinguish downloaded from not-yet downloaded episodes when browsing the channel?

Thanks,

Gebhard

 

[Luke 42077]

Thanks I will look at the 3-dot button. There is currently no way in the UI to view the downloading status. The main issue is that this feature is isolated to a plugin because it's only used by a very small audience. We would really need to see more demand for it before we would promote it to a core feature and give it that kind of treatment.

[gebhard 4]

Too bad that podcast support is so basic ... Emby having a podcast plugin was the main reason to prefer it to other solutions.

 

Guess I'll fine tune my feature request next weekend   

[gebhard 4]

So the updated feature request can be found here:

http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/29570-podcasts-podcast-management/?p=301621

[thefirstofthe300 292]

If you let me know what podcasts you would like a channel for, I could see about whipping a channel up for you.

 

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[gebhard 4]

Hi, thanks for the offer, but I'm using subsonic for downloading podcasts for now ...

 

Cheers,

Gebhard

Edited March 7, 2016 by gebhard