FR: Server: Auto Delete Watched after "N" Days

[Dickydodah! 158]

To all that have been waiting for this feature you might want to have a look at this. I found it and @Sluggeris a great programmer and took on board several suggestions and has just released V3.0.0 which works like a charm and is really flexable. Allows me to delete all watched episodes except the last one watched so the continue watching still works. It's capable of so much more once you delve into the filters.

 

[Guest]

On 3/28/2017 at 7:06 PM, Luke said:

Hi @jcurillo, no it hasn't been abandoned. We are actively monitoring all features requests for community feedback. Thanks !

2017....

[Jean0987654321 0]

Any updates on this front?

[SimonS75 4]

On 07/04/2025 at 02:19, Jean0987654321 said:

Any updates on this front?

Give it time dude. It's only been 8 years or so.

Seriously though, this would be really useful for various reasons.

I often download x number of unwatched episodes or movies, but occasionally Emby will mark an episode as watched even if I haven't watched it (Maybe it fails to start playing or something like that) but this automatically triggers immediate removal of the downloaded version of the episode.

The option to delay this deletion, even by a short time would mean I could have time to mark as unwatched and not have to rely on streaming it.

[HairyBizRat 21]

+1

[thunderclap 53]

+1. I'd like this feature too.

[ginjaninja 652]

Ive been having good fun using paid ai credits to develop plugins recently, this one should be super deterministic and trivial (assumed not analysed).
I'm considering putting up a paypal.me link to fund,  interesting plugins i would use,  with ai credits; as i am no longer able to fit into the free AI tiers.

Perhaps a minimum target threshold to be reasonably confident that the plugin can be delivered without me carrying the costs.
Once enough people have made a commitment i can greenlight, ask for donations, purchase the credits and then deliver.
I would set the target as double the expected (This one i finger in air estimate would be £15-£30, and allow 2-4 weeks for beta/release) - a bit of 'margin' to meet expectations.
And rely on ad hoc donations after the intiial seed to add wiggle room/ fund outlier projects which take a bit longer than expected.

I would expect the Plugins to remain FOC/Donation based, in a public github repository so anyone can take over, as I couldnt be doing with complexity and potentially higher expectations of paid plugins. Donations would have to be reputation/trust based not a formal (contractural) agreement. Donations would have to infer zero expectation beyond trust in my best efforts.
if the idea has legs (like the post), i will set up a topic to discuss design more formally and capture commiment. With 56 topic likes maybe a handful of people would be happy take a punt with £2 donation?

Given this plugin involves filesystem deletes i guess (i dont know) we will be waiting a while for this to arrive in core if ever.

I wouldnt want to step on toes maybe @Slugger has plans to make their script into a plugin? With the advent of AI ive turned all my scripts into plugins,  i just feel they are more easy to deliver and run (eg with the plugin store) for users.

Edited 49 minutes ago by ginjaninja