Pause TimeOut limit

[K20ItachiUCHIHA 22]

Not sure if this is the right spot where to request this. .. Nevertheless can we please add the feature for embyserver. Pretty much ro setup a pause timeout limit . so if a user put a video/movie on pause for more than xyz timeout limit would kick them back to the video/movie home page...

Thanks

 

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[Luke 42077]

Hi @@K20ItachiUCHIHA, welcome. Just curious what the use case behind this is. Is there a problem with pausing for a while? Thanks !

[K20ItachiUCHIHA 22]

Hi @@K20ItachiUCHIHA, welcome. Just curious what the use case behind this is. Is there a problem with pausing for a while? Thanks !

I have a few user who happen to leave movies on pause for hours or over night and i am trying to minimize use of resources for no reason.

 

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[Luke 42077]

Thanks for the info.

[earthtorob 5]

Same here.   It's annoying.

[Luke 42077]

@@earthtorob, what exactly is annoying?

[earthtorob 5]

People tend to leave the pause on instead of stopping the video.   And then the log gets full of this:

2017-10-18 00:59:54.735 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 00:59:59.687 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 00:59:59.735 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 01:00:04.704 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 01:00:04.751 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 01:00:09.709 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 01:00:09.756 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 01:00:14.719 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 01:00:14.768 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 01:00:19.724 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 01:00:19.770 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 01:00:24.745 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml2017-10-18 01:00:24.793 Info HttpClient: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.13:1689/RenderingControl/328863b9-a013-1dde-eeec-664b29c5e511/control.xml

Which makes them huge and harder to scroll through.   

 

It also prevents the screen saver from turning on.    I used to think that people just had a hard time stopping a video, until one user left a video on pause with the Tv turned on for over 4 days.  That is not typical though.

 

I think what is happening is that the users are starting a Tv series and playing a few episodes and then pausing to continue watching the next day or something.

Edited October 18, 2017 by earthtorob

[Luke 42077]

@@earthtorob that's not actually an emby app, those are dlna related http requests. are they watching using dlna?

[earthtorob 5]

Oh?

 

Yes, they are using DLNA.  Kodi on a Raspberry Pi to be specific.  

 

So if thats the case then creating a pause time out be a bit more involved.  Wouldn't it?

[Luke 42077]

There would be nothing we could do client-side. we could possibly just pull the stream server-side but that would probably result in an error message on screen and there would be nothing we could do about that.

[earthtorob 5]

Yeah......fortunately I found a kodi addon that allows a custom command to be ran if playback exceeds a certain time limit.

 

If other users are interested in this sort of thing it can be found in Kodi Addons > Services.

[gene0915 42]

Would like to see something implemented along the lines of..."Disconnect any stream that is paused/idle for more than ____ minutes."

[Turbofiero 5]

Also would like to be able to kick paused sessions after X amount of time

[Kwick 8]

Can this please be a thing, seems like a very basic feature and there are an abundance of request threads regarding this.
This is an extremely basic feature request.

[Kwick 8]

@ebrif there's so many open topics already on the subject, could it possibly be the community really wants the feature?!?!

 

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Please god implement a global pause timeout feature.

My mother is limited to one active stream, and literally every single day I have to tell her to go to her tablet an close the dang app so she can watch tv in her day room.

No i will not "just up her stream limit", a simple plugin or update for pause timeouts would fix this completely.

 

How much do i have to pay... seriously., please make pause timeouts a thing.

[Luke 42077]

On 12/1/2024 at 12:14 PM, Kwick said:

@ebrif there's so many open topics already on the subject, could it possibly be the community really wants the feature?!?!

 

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Please god implement a global pause timeout feature.

My mother is limited to one active stream, and literally every single day I have to tell her to go to her tablet an close the dang app so she can watch tv in her day room.

No i will not "just up her stream limit", a simple plugin or update for pause timeouts would fix this completely.

 

How much do i have to pay... seriously., please make pause timeouts a thing.

HI, we'll take a look at this issue. Thanks for reporting.

[Neureka 16]

On 12/4/2024 at 8:31 PM, Luke said:

HI, we'll take a look at this issue. Thanks for reporting.

Hey, what's the status of this issue? I'd love a configurable pause timeout.

"Stop streams paused for longer than ___ minutes."

Follow up with a client pop-up saying that the stream was ended due to inactivity.

Edited August 17, 2025 by Neureka

[Luke 42077]

7 minutes ago, Neureka said:

Hey, what's the status of this issue? I'd love a configurable pause timeout.

"Stop streams paused for longer than ___ minutes."

Follow up with a client pop-up saying that the stream was ended due to inactivity.

Hi, yes this is on our list for review. Thanks.

[HairyBizRat 21]

+1 for this request

 I also have people who pause a show and leave it like that for days 

[nodiaque 62]

Please make it a toggle on/off feature. I don't need/want that feature. I often do myself leave it on pause for a long amount of time because I start a meeting, get a call, etc. I work from home and tv show playing in the background help me concentrate. But having to log back everytime is already a problem specially when it doesn't resume right away like it used to. 

[h0pdedix 8]

Just adding my support to this. I think it would be really handy if Emby had an option to end paused sessions after a set amount of time.

In a shared setup it’s pretty common for family to pause something and then forget about it sometimes overnight or while they’re out for the day. Meanwhile that session is still chewing up server resources for no reason. Plex has a setting for this where you can choose the number of minutes say for example 30, and if playback stays paused longer than that it just ends the session and shows a quick message like Playback stopped due to inactivity.

It’s a small quality of life thing but it makes a big difference for managing resources and keeping the server running smooth. Would love to see Emby add the same.

I have also attached a screenshot of the settings inside Plex to show others what it looks like or what it could look like for Emby.

[brothom 177]

54 minutes ago, h0pdedix said:

In a shared setup it’s pretty common for family to pause something and then forget about it sometimes overnight or while they’re out for the day. Meanwhile that session is still chewing up server resources for no reason. Plex has a setting for this where you can choose the number of minutes say for example 30, and if playback stays paused longer than that it just ends the session and shows a quick message like Playback stopped due to inactivity.

How would people do this? They just start at movie at 7 in the morning, pause playback and leave the TV on for the entire day?

[nodiaque 62]

The amount of ressource used by a video paused is minimal. There's no transcoding happening, no hdd running, I'm unsure what ressource you are chewing. 

[h0pdedix 8]

11 hours ago, brothom said:

How would people do this? They just start at movie at 7 in the morning, pause playback and leave the TV on for the entire day?

Trust me, I know what you mean, haha. I do not understand it either, but it is annoying to see them paused for hours on end. To be honest, when it comes to some who are just forgetful in my family, I can't find myself being annoyed at them and bugging them about it. So, just like Plex, I thought that feature would be okay for those who would want to use it, and if not, just don't.

[h0pdedix 8]

11 hours ago, nodiaque said:

The amount of ressource used by a video paused is minimal. There's no transcoding happening, no hdd running, I'm unsure what ressource you are chewing. 

Hey, resources being used, no matter how minimal are quite important when most resources are already near their limit, especially when someone pauses for hours on end.

Also, this is on Plex, as my screenshot above shows. You can definitely decide not to use it and by default it is set to 0 to not be used.

It isn't something that will be forced upon you. I do understand you don't want this feature, but I would suggest keeping an open mind since the more features the more choices we have within our own servers, and every option always has an on or off choice.

If you don't like the feature, I suggest ignoring this one but I do appreciate your interest and curiosity in the request, so thank you for joining in.

This is what made me transition to Emby; the community being all involved together is wonderful.

Edited September 18, 2025 by h0pdedix