Photo viewing improvements

[heula 192]

If possible I would like to see some improvements for viewing photo's with Emby.

 

I have given all my photos certain tags so I can easily find what I'm looking for.

In the Emby metadata manager I see those tags are available but in the Emby app it doesn't do anything with that info for as far as I have seen.

 

- Add a tag search option

- Add a sort on tag option

- Add an option to display those tags while the photos are displayed

- Add an option to set the time in seconds a photo is being displayed in a slideshow

- Add an option to display where images are taken

- Add an option to get places where images are taken, people, things etc. as collection? (like Google photos does)

 

Thanks

Edited January 3, 2019 by heula

[heula 192]

When I open Emby on Google Chrome on my pc and go to my photos I see a play button on the folder I want to view. Hitting that button starts the slideshow,

In Emby for Android and IOS that option is not available.

 

I would like to have that option there as well.

 

Thanks.

[Spaceboy 2573]

- Add an option to get places where images are taken, people, things etc. as collection? (like Google photos does)

 

Thanks

or support the use of geolocation tags

[Luke 42077]

Yes these are all great suggestions.

 

@@ginjaninja had a topic the other day with some great ones as well:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/67163-photo-ui-and-slideshow-grouping-speed-display-filename-exif-comment-geolocation

 

Thanks !

[fsm88888888 0]

Supports adding this feature

[Luke 42077]

Yes there are great ideas here. I think what will probably come first is tags (via generic handling), and more control over the photo slideshow.

[heula 192]

Yes there are great ideas here. I think what will probably come first is tags (via generic handling), and more control over the photo slideshow.

Any idea when photo tags are coming?

I love to have those tags in Kodi where I use the Emby addon to view the images.

 

Thanks.

[Luke 42077]

We already support reading photo tags, and you can already tag photos. Does that answer your question?

[heula 192]

We already support reading photo tags, and you can already tag photos. Does that answer your question?

Okay, didn't know that. I do not see my photo tags in Kodi. Is that not possible yet.

I tried to search for an option to search photo's based on tags but did not find that yet.

 

Perhaps that @@Angelblue05 can answer that.

 

I did take a look at my photos in Emby but I don't see my tags there. I can set to see year and title but no tags. I would like the tags to show up at the bottum of the photo when viewing in a slideshow or just scrolling through them.

 

In Kodi I have a screensaver that does that but it can't do that for scrolling through them. It is just a screensaver and nothing more. That is why I hoped Emby could do this.

 

Thanks.

[Luke 42077]

 

I did take a look at my photos in Emby but I don't see my tags there. I can set to see year and title but no tags. I would like the tags to show up at the bottum of the photo when viewing in a slideshow or just scrolling through them.

 

 

We haven't figured out yet where we're going to display them, but they do get imported.

[heula 192]

I know that the metadata manager used to see the photo tags that are in them but now all the labels of my photos are empty in Emby.

I have added those tags with Picasa.

 

These tags are well seen when I upload to Flickr.

 

 

 

Edited July 17, 2019 by heula

[Luke 42077]

Can you try refreshing metadata on the photo folder?

[heula 192]

Can you try refreshing metadata on the photo folder?

That did not help. Labels are still empty on the folder I refreshed. A single photo refresh did also nothing.

 

embyserver.txt

[Luke 42077]

We're looking for exif keywords. is that what your labels are?

[heula 192]

We're looking for exif keywords. is that what your labels are?

Yes they are in the Exif data imported by the picasa app from Google. (Not supported anymore by Google but still doing the job for me.

 

[Luke 42077]

Can you zip up a sample image for testing? thanks.

[heula 192]

Here is an example.

 

2019-06-10-10h05m21.zip

[Luke 42077]

Ok, I see the issue, thanks.

[heula 192]

The tag issue is solved now I see.

 

Still it is not usable in Kodi and Emby on Shield TV.

 

In Emby on Windows I can select the tags / labels by selecting a filter.

 

I really like an option in Emby and Kodi named tags or labels and when selected it shows a list with all available tags/labels that are present. The filter dropdown menu now in Kodi is not handy and slow.

It will make searching for certain kind of photos so much easier.

 

 

 

Thanks.

Edited August 18, 2019 by heula

[Angelblue05 4132]

How would you use tags in Kodi? Photos are not imported to the database, just displayed?

[heula 192]

How would you use tags in Kodi? Photos are not imported to the database, just displayed?

I don’t know, I just wish it would be possible somehow.

[gcoupe 63]

We're looking for exif keywords. is that what your labels are?

 

Just noticed this comment. I really hope that you are looking at more than just Exif metadata in photos. That class of metadata is supposed to be used for just technical information on a photo (e.g. what camera was used, the ISO setting, shutter speed, date taken etc.). It is not supposed to be used for tags that describe what the photo is about. For that, you should be looking at XMP-based metadata, such as IPTC-Core.

 

See here for a good description of the industry standards for photo metadata. Thanks.

[Luke 42077]

That's great info, thanks.

[Luke 42077]

Okay, didn't know that. I do not see my photo tags in Kodi. Is that not possible yet.

I tried to search for an option to search photo's based on tags but did not find that yet.

 

Perhaps that @@Angelblue05 can answer that.

 

I did take a look at my photos in Emby but I don't see my tags there. I can set to see year and title but no tags. I would like the tags to show up at the bottum of the photo when viewing in a slideshow or just scrolling through them.

 

In Kodi I have a screensaver that does that but it can't do that for scrolling through them. It is just a screensaver and nothing more. That is why I hoped Emby could do this.

 

Thanks.

 

@@heula

 

With the Emby Server 4.3 release, the web app will have a few screensaver options: Emby Logo, Backdrops, and Photos.

[Luke 42077]

If you have a some good photo files for testing that contain a range of iptc/exif/xmp metadata, then please zip them up and attach them here and I'll make sure Emby Server supports reading all of the embedded information.

Thanks !