Emby for Kodi - Duplicate Devices Showing on Emby Server Dashboard

[DarWun 349]

I accidentally clicked on the option to create a new device ID on the advanced settings tab of Emby for Kodi.  Now the dashboard on the Emby server displays two identical active devices even though there is only one Kodi (LibreELEC) device shown in server device list (see images below).  Eventually one of them will disappear from the dashboard.  But the next time I restart the server two are displayed again.  Is there a way to prevent the duplicate devices from showing up?

 

Edited April 11, 2018 by DarWun

[Angelblue05 4132]

What happens if you delete both the entries in the server (second screenshot). Do both get recreated or only one?

 

 

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[DarWun 349]

What happens if you delete both the entries in the server (second screenshot). Do both get recreated or only one?

 

 

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@@Angelblue05 The second screenshot was taken after I had deleted both devices from the server.  When the server was restarted, the dashboard showed two active devices for Kodi (LibreELEC).  But only one device was recreated in the server device list.  I'll post logs tomorrow when I get home from work.

Edited April 11, 2018 by DarWun

[DarWun 349]

 

Delete of duplicate post.

Edited April 11, 2018 by DarWun

[DarWun 349]

@@Angelblue05 Here are logs from immediately after a point where the Emby for Kodi device was restarted.  Two devices showed up in the Emby server dashboard after the restart.

server.txt

kodi.log

Edited April 12, 2018 by DarWun

[Angelblue05 4132]

Luke how do we fix this? There's still only one device id, but there's no way to flush the old device id from the server.

 

 

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[Dutchie388 0]

delete AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\addon_data\plugin.video.emby\data.txt

 

I came across this problem because it would not sync new shows to 2 clients, just one, i didnt realise emby saw them as the same ID.

 

That data.txt file seems to hold multiple ID's when you create a new one (on the kodi side)

 

I gave one client a new name in kodi under system/service settings... deleted both data.txt files, which it recreates as one ID, now all is well.

 

emby dash sees 2 clients as i named them, no duplicates or old ID's, and both update simultaneously.

 

P.S  (oh and i deleted all the devices in the emby dashboard as well so it can start a fresh list of devices that hook up)

Edited April 26, 2018 by Dutchie388

[Angelblue05 4132]

No. That is not where the client id is held. At all.

 

 

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[horstepipe 422]

What I‘m wondering regarding this issue:

How does the server/clients behave if you copy the Emby for Kodi settings/userdata from one Kodi instance to another? So how is being accomplished that the IDs are not duplicated?

[Angelblue05 4132]

The client id is held in the cache folder within the Kodi directory that also contains userdata.

 

If you want to copy the emby for kodi setup, you use this here: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/plugin.video.emby/wiki/Create-and-restore-from-backup

[horstepipe 422]

Thanks but I was up to something else:

What if you also copy the files in the cache folder, so what happens when there are two clients with the same ID?

[Luke 42077]

You're probably going to have problems.

[horstepipe 422]

Yeah I thought so.

I‘m asking because I think most users will simply copy everything when they put into operation a second device.

[Angelblue05 4132]

Then just hit generate a new device in the add-on settings > advanced. Restart Kodi.

Edited April 26, 2018 by Angelblue05

[horstepipe 422]

:-) I know, sorry I think it’s still not clear what I mean:

Let‘s say the ‚normal dumb‘ user has a Kodi device in his living room. It works well so he buys the same box for his bedroom, and as everything works so fine on the first device, he simply puts the whole configuration on the second one.

 

I‘m pretty sure there are lots of people doing it this way so I’m wondering how I (the admin) can see this case became true.

[Angelblue05 4132]

Then you'd see two devices on your emby dashboard logged in at the same time, with the same name. But only one shows playing content? Is that was you are asking?

[Luke 42077]

Well I think you'd only see one if the server can't tell the difference.

[horstepipe 422]

But then I still can’t be sure whether the devices have the same ID or just the same device name...?

[horstepipe 422]

Well I think you'd only see one if the server can't tell the difference.

This would mean users can setup more and more devices without my knowledge?

[Luke 42077]

We're not going to act like this is a supported scenario. It's not. Just click the button to make a new device ID.

 

Maybe in the future Angelblu05 can come up with a better place to store it.

[Angelblue05 4132]

No I can't. Cache is where it's supposed to go. It is outside of the addon_data folder. I am limited to the Kodi environment, I can't put it anywhere else. I even set up a way to backup and restore that avoids that issue. There's nothing more to be done here I'm afraid. If you clone your Kodi setup then you should know what you are doing, imo.

Edited April 26, 2018 by Angelblue05

[Angelblue05 4132]

This would mean users can setup more and more devices without my knowledge?

It would be glitchy as hell on their side. They'd encounter bugs with the websocket live updates from the server and more.

Edited April 26, 2018 by Angelblue05

[Luke 42077]

It will have to be a documented install step. Sharing the device ID will result in various quirks. Also if you use the api to stop transcoding sessions for a device ID then that could be a problem.

[Angelblue05 4132]

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Good idea. Thanks for your input.

[Luke 42077]

does kodi internally have an installation id? I'm guessing not, but maybe it has a device id or uuid abstraction?