Browse list of tags?

[mezza550 5]

Hi all,

 

I can't seem to find this feature in Emby, so I thought I'd ask to make sure it doesn't exist. I would like to be able to browse a complete list of all the tags that are on my media files. Then when I click on a tag in the list, the videos with that tag are displayed.

 

Possible? Thank you

[mezza550 5]

Well, I've discovered that collections can act in a very similar way to what I'm trying to do. Still curious to hear the answer to this one though.

[Luke 42079]

Hi @@mezza550, yes we plan to expand on our tag features in a future release. thanks !

[mezza550 5]

Thanks Luke. I've been using collections now for the last month, and while it's mostly covered my usability needs I still think tag searching is the right way to go. How soon / when do you anticipate that that feature will be rolled out? I would very much like to start taking advantage of that.

 

Also out of curiosity, since tags are already supported in Emby, what is the use case for them? I mean if you can't search or select a tag to find relevant videos, what function do tags currently serve?

 

thanks much,

[mezza550 5]

Another thought- if you have something, maybe I can help beta test? Premium user here

[Luke 42079]

Yes it's definitely something we'd like to do, thanks.

[bluemonkey07 590]

Try reports in the web client, it allows you to filter by tags

[mezza550 5]

Thanks Vidman, but I'm not seeing any options to filter by tags...

[Luke 42079]

You can also filter by tags in the all movies and all tv shows screens.

[Happy2Play 9781]

Thanks Vidman, but I'm not seeing any options to filter by tags...

Open Reports, click the 3 dot menu, then click filter.

[mezza550 5]

Open Reports, click the 3 dot menu, then click filter.

 

These are the options I see when I do that (images below). I've added screengrabs of the "view" and "filter" menus (edited out some info for privacy). No tag options, at least that I can find. I do have tags applied to some of the movies, so they should be discoverable. Thanks for the help!

 

Edited January 30, 2017 by mezza550

[Happy2Play 9781]

These are the options I see when I do that:

 

 

Now click "Filter" from that screen shot.

[Luke 42079]

What exactly did you click?

[mezza550 5]

Sorry- I edited my post above instead of posting again. Yes I also clicked filter, but still no tags (see previous post, now edited)

[Happy2Play 9781]

Assuming your media has tags in the metadata, you should see this in Reports and Movis/TV Filters.

 

[mezza550 5]

Hi guys,

 

Yes! I can see it working now. I added some test tags, and they showed up. I believe last time I tried that I must had applied a tag, but failed to click the 'save' button. I can filter by tag now which is great, but still very much looking forward to seeing some sort of interface option for more intuitive tag selecting. Ideally there would be a page next to "Collections" and "Folders" called "Tags" which would present me with a complete list of tags. Upon clicking one, all the relevant video posters are displayed.

 

Thanks again

[Happy2Play 9781]

That is what both those filters do.

[mezza550 5]

Oh? I am only able to generate text lists. Maybe this whole process deserves a youtube tutorial or something?

[arsim 1]

Anyone else found that the tag list in filter doesnt show all tags? (reports & media screens)

Is there a hard limit to the amount of tags that are shown on these screens?

[Luke 42079]

It might be capped at like 200 or some other high number. Will have to check. Thanks.