Building my own server plugin

[the-dumb1 135]

Hi,

 

I found on Emby's github a pretty useful guide to creating my own server plugin.

 

I attempted to walk through the guide, stumbled along even using Roku bif plugin as the example.  While I could get what I was writing successfully compiled and copied into the Emby plugins directory, I could not get it to appear in my dashboard's plugins menu even after restarting my server.

 

So I started from scratch, just taking the Roku Bif plugin solution, compiling it, and copying the DLL to the plugins directory.  I still could not see the Roku Bif plugin in my dashboard's plugins menu--even after restarting my server.

 

What am I missing?

 

 

[Luke 42077]

Server log?

[the-dumb1 135]

Thanks for the quick response, Luke.

 

I see where you're going.  I don't see anything that leads me to believe that the plugin is even being loaded.  Either the one I created or the roku bif plugin.

 

I'm pretty sure I followed the guide to a tee but it is possible I've missed something.

Log

[Luke 42077]

sounds like you didn't put the dll file in the right place.

[the-dumb1 135]

sounds like you didn't put the dll file in the right place.

 

The problem must be me.  My installation of Emby is fresh and is the default (no changes).  I've followed your guide INCLUDING the post-build action of moving the DLL to the Emby-Server plugin directory. No changes.

 

Where is the "right place" for the DLL?

[the-dumb1 135]

So here's a quote from the guide (https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/wiki/How-to-build-a-Server-Plugin#create-a-post-build-event)

 

 

Right click the project -> Properties. Create a post-build event that will copy the assembly to the server's plugins directory. For example:

xcopy "$(TargetPath)" "%AppData%\Emby-Server\Plugins\" /y

 

Again, if that isn't the right location ... then where is the right location?

 

Just following the guide as closely as I can so that I can understand how to do what I want to do with Emby.

[Happy2Play 9780]

If you did a NEW installation it would be "%AppData%\Emby-Server\programdata\Plugins\", if a older installation the other path would be correct.

[the-dumb1 135]

Thanks. Plugin now works. Why would it be different for a new versus old install? Should the guide be updated to reflect this or am I just that much if a newbie?

[Happy2Play 9780]

Thanks. Plugin now works. Why would it be different for a new versus old install? Should the guide be updated to reflect this or am I just that much if a newbie?

 

This was a update when Emby changed to .net core for new installs but stayed compatible for previous installs.

Edited April 10, 2018 by Happy2Play