VirtualTV plugin

[pünktchen 1409]

1 hour ago, home04277 said:

I have one Big Library with dozens of TV Shows but i put them in separate Folders. How can i just include specific subfolders?

This should work if you've added those subfolders as seperate paths to your tv show library.

[Junglejim 385]

3 hours ago, home04277 said:

That works now! But is it normal that i just can choose the top level folder and not be more granular? I have one Big Library with dozens of TV Shows but i put them in separate Folders. How can i just include specific subfolders? I can Always include specific Shows but how to limit just to this?

Yea I have my TV library setup the same way. If I understand you correctly you want a channel of just "one" of those multiple shows in your TV library?

Apart from adding multiple paths to your TV show library as @pünktchen said you could narrow it down with rules (include, exclude, genre, studio etc.) these can also be &&, ||, ! or a combination.

But I think the best bet for a single show is just give it a "Tag" and use that in the rules section.

Edited October 12, 2022 by Junglejim

[home04277 1]

Thats something i cant do, it would ends up in to much work as i didnt sort by category, all TV Shows are in subfolders. What i wonder is when i use Always include i cannot exclude all others or i am wrong?

[home04277 1]

2 hours ago, Junglejim said:

Yea I have my TV library setup the same way. If I understand you correctly you want a channel of just "one" of those multiple shows in your TV library?

Apart from adding multiple paths to your TV show library as @pünktchen said you could narrow it down with rules (include, exclude, genre, studio etc.) these can also be &&, ||, ! or a combination.

But I think the best bet for a single show is just give it a "Tag" and use that in the rules section.

I have mutiple Series i want to use for one channel, lets call it crime and it shall only include german crime shows like this here:

When i do this its empty Channel. When i add Tag Crime then its overwritting this and include all Crime Shows

[pünktchen 1409]

2 hours ago, home04277 said:

When i do this its empty Channel. When i add Tag Crime then its overwritting this and include all Crime Shows

With the Tag Crime and it's overwriting - do Tatort, Polizeiruf and Derrick show up in the tv guide or are they still missing?

[home04277 1]

They show up in TV Guide but along with other Crime Shows 

Whats a little bit annoying is that once create a new Channel or do Changes on Channel and go to Server -> Live TV -> Refresh Program Guide it looks like all Channels get new mixed on Content Side and probably ongoing Sessions get interrupted. Can this be configured to just refresh one channel?

[pünktchen 1409]

@home04277 did you make any progress? For me "Include only these..." as the only condition works without any problem. Maybe just pm me some screenshots from a Tatort episode details screen in Emby, Season and Series level and from the folder so i can try to replicate your issue.

[home04277 1]

Works for me now, i set up around 10 Channels which seems to be do what they should. Sorry for late response was very busy last days @pünktchen

Only concern i still have: when make a change all channels get new mixed instead of just the one i recently edited. So lets say you simply want to add a show for example and it changes then the other 10 channels doesnt make sense or?

[Junglejim 385]

13 hours ago, Flippz said:

Can u please explain the channel primetime a little bit more?

I think it's how you can organize you channel schedule and what content gets interleaved at that point in time, (kids stuff in the morning/adult stuff later at night). I've never used it.

I could be totally wrong

That's how PseudoTV used to work but this is a different beast. @pünktchen will know for sure!

Edited October 22, 2022 by Junglejim

[Junglejim 385]

14 minutes ago, Flippz said:

So how do you set it up to not use it? Isent it mandetory?

Mandatory... I don't think so. As stated I've never used it (I just leave it at default) so my guess is as good as yours.

Maybe it has something to do with when the channel refreshes.. Lets @pünktchen chime in on this one.

Most or the options in channel creation are optional, just pick the one you need (say.. tags/genre/network) then you can narrow that down with added combination of channel settings.

I just use tags for a couple of channels everything else is blank/nul.

Edited October 22, 2022 by Junglejim

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6 minutes ago, Flippz said:

Ok. Im not sure im getting the result i want. I just want to creaqte a 24/7 channel shoing one series continiusly all seasons. and then start over once it reached the end.

 

Ok, have you looked at the "Sort program by:" setting in Channel Preconditions and the relevant episodes in order info?

[Junglejim 385]

14 minutes ago, Flippz said:

It seems to work fine but im just not sure what happens when it reaches that time set there? Does it restart and start again from the beginning?

I'm not sure about that, I've never used that setting. Maybe remove the scheduled task? or maybe set the "Maximum episodes" to something crazy like 1000?

Edited October 22, 2022 by Junglejim

[pünktchen 1409]

18 hours ago, Flippz said:

Can u please explain the channel primetime a little bit more?

With your example, lets say you refresh the guide at 6 AM, one show of that channel will start exactly at 5 PM. But only on the day of the guide refresh and only for a channel with with some of the "Random..." sort options.

[pünktchen 1409]

3 hours ago, Flippz said:

I cant get it to work. It just fails when i run scheduled task Export VirtualTV

Do you want to use clients other than the Emby ones? If not, you don't need the export option at all. You can uncheck that for you all your channels then.

[pünktchen 1409]

3 hours ago, Flippz said:

I just want to create a 24/7 channel showing one series continuously all seasons. and then start over once it reached the end.

Then you have to change the Emby live tv setting "Days to download guide data" to something other than auto.

[pünktchen 1409]

5 hours ago, Flippz said:

Yes i want to export to m3u file and watch in other apps. 

Okay, then try this version please: 
It's for Emby 4.7 and newer.

Edited October 22, 2022 by pünktchen
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[pünktchen 1409]

3 hours ago, Flippz said:

Will this solve that problem?

With days to download guide data set to auto, the program will only filled once with all available shows from your channel conditions. With an explicit number of days to download guide data, the plugin will repeat the process of generating program data until the number of days is filled.

 

3 hours ago, Flippz said:

What happens when schedule for update Refresh Guide runs?

All program data will be generated from scratch. If you don't want this, use "Suspend creation of new program data for X hours" in the plugin.

 

3 hours ago, Flippz said:

Will it start from the given time i settings again?

What setting? The prime time setting of the plugin or the scheduled time of the refresh guide task?

[pünktchen 1409]

8 minutes ago, Flippz said:

What version is the new one?

1.1.2.1

[pünktchen 1409]

7 minutes ago, Flippz said:

Still the same problem though and same error in logs

And what are they? Should i guess that?

[pünktchen 1409]

Did you put something into host adress override of the export options or did you leave it empty?

[pünktchen 1409]

Nevermind. Try this one:  Should be fixed now.

Edited July 29, 2023 by pünktchen
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[STR8 74]

Hello,

I update the Emby Server to the latest Version and for some reason my  VirtualTV Plugin is not working, not showing so my question is do I need an updated version of the VirtualTV Plugin and if so, where would I grab that from? 

Current Versions

Emby Server = 4.7.8.0

VirtualTV Plugin = 0.9.6.0

Really quick is there a way to back up the channels or to export them or do we have to recreate them all over again?

Thanks in advance 

[pünktchen 1409]

14 hours ago, STR8 said:

I update the Emby Server to the latest Version and for some reason my  VirtualTV Plugin is not working, not showing so my question is do I need an updated version of the VirtualTV Plugin and if so, where would I grab that from?

Yes, starting with Emby 4.7 you need an updated version of the plugin that you can download from the start post of this thread.

 

14 hours ago, STR8 said:

Really quick is there a way to back up the channels or to export them or do we have to recreate them all over again?

All the plugin settings are stored in a xml file under plugins\configuration. Normally i try to avoid plugin breaking changes, but i cannot remember if there where some between your old plugin version and the new one. You just have to try if your old settings will work with the new version. 

[STR8 74]

Perfect! Thank you @pünktchen

[peakey 0]

Hi Guys 

Using Emby = 4.7.8.0 

VirtualTV Plugin = VirtualTV.1.1.2_Emby.4.7.x.zip

After selecting an Emby user...........How do I get the Include Library Folders section to show ? so I can select media? its completely blank? what am I missing.....Its the same with all Emby users.

 

Thanks