Recently Watched

[ginjaninja 623]

If its of interest i wrote a script which maintains a recently watched playlist of tv shows

you may want to try out the smart playlist and playback reporting plugins first as they have a friendlier ui driven solution but it never worked for me last time i tested it.

not being a developer my script is a bit 'heath robinson' and relies on the scripterx plugin / event.

ive been using it for a few months and it works well for me.

 

in terms of where to put this ribbon if Emby were to offer this as standard....a suggestion

to borrow an idea from another platform, every library could have a 'suggested' tab (along side tabs which represent the whole library). The word 'Suggested' can cover a multitude of sins, where library content is packaged up and presented in any number of useful [consistent or randomised] ways with separate [optionally drill down able/expandable] ribbons for each.

• eg. Recently watched (this request)
• eg. Continue watching - library content in mid play
• eg. Rediscover [TV] -started shows but lapsed (fallen off/forgotten from continue watching)
• eg Because you played [Music] - unlistened content of artists you have listened to.[Movies] - Unwatched Movies by a recently watched director (this ribbon might be randomised)

 

 

[SuperMinecraftKid 5]

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+1 sub section like favorites for example?

 

+1 for this placement. I think it would go well next to the favorites tab on the home page.

Edited January 6, 2021 by SuperMinecraftKid

[dml33 26]

+1 to recently watched.

It's quite useful when you are getting older and your memory is not as it was before  and if fall asleep    

[Happy2Play 9837]

I would say on the per library Suggestions tab just like Music has Recently Played.

[miniliQuid 95]

On 1/6/2021 at 7:14 PM, SuperMinecraftKid said:

 

+1 for this placement. I think it would go well next to the favorites tab on the home page.

I like that idea!

 

On 5/30/2021 at 9:18 PM, Happy2Play said:

I would say on the per library Suggestions tab just like Music has Recently Played.

That would be just fine as well!

[Happy2Play 9837]

Not quite the same but the Playback Reporting plugin tracks this info from the time of install in its own database.  It also can create Episode/Movie playlists Not sure of the exact query it is doing (but can look in the log).

[ginjaninja 623]

15 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

Not quite the same but the Playback Reporting plugin tracks this info from the time of install in its own database.  It also can create Episode/Movie playlists Not sure of the exact query it is doing (but can look in the log).

i dont think it can do per user playlists unfortunately.

[Cr8iveLosr 101]

Waking up the dead and adding +1 for a dedicated Recently Watched section.

The main reason is per-user history as each user should be able to quickly reference what they were watching last without needing to dig through the libraries. As OP stated, It’s extremely useful when you stop a show, fall asleep during something, or simply forget the title you had on.

While sorting by “date played” technically works, it’s a clunky workaround, especially on TV clients where navigation is slower and sorting options aren’t always obvious or convenient. A simple, native “Recently Watched” row or tab would make the experience much smoother and far more intuitive for everyday use.

This feels like a small UI addition that could provide a big quality of life improvement for anyone with multiple users and/or multiple large libraries.

[ginjaninja 623]

I use "recently watched - %username%" playlists all the time.

I currently drive their maintenance through a community plugin "smart playlist". The plugin recently received a compatibility update, currently working. A core maintained feature would be great.

 

[ginjaninja 623]

@LukeNow that home screen smart section customisation is a thing, could this feature request perhaps  be revisited (i dont see its possible  yet?)? i see this FR has had a healthy number of upvotes. It would be great to be able to choose a home screen section that would work for all ie dynamic "recently played current user" (this one is the high priority one imo) or a specific recently played "recently played named user" or a general "recently played by any user". Personally i think it would be better not to have separate rows for separate libraries or media types, just one row for all selected librarys/'bottom level' (the things you actually play) media items (episode, movie, [track etc]). That said nothing stopping the admin creating separate sections with separate filters if the section feature is made available. Potentially there might be nuance around " played at all|watched entirely", guess it depends what the database schema can actually surface for a mediaitem type per user. The key requirement imo is that i can see what was played to completion recently. Im still having to do this functionality via a smart playlist outside core.

Edited 8 hours ago by ginjaninja

[crusher11 1231]

1 hour ago, ginjaninja said:

 It would be great to be able to choose a home screen section that would work for all ie dynamic "recently played current user" (this one is the high priority one imo)

You can already do this.

[ginjaninja 623]

1 hour ago, crusher11 said:

You can already do this.

ooh cryptic...thanks is it the dynamic media one? Its not sorting by playdate for me. Is it working for you?

[crusher11 1231]

I don't have it set up for episodes, I have it set up for movies, and it works. I don't have it filtered by play state, maybe that's causing issues?