iPenguin02 5 Posted October 8, 2020 Posted October 8, 2020 Is there any way to change the chapter image intervals to something other than 10 seconds? I was hoping for every 30 seconds.
CBers 7450 Posted October 8, 2020 Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Change the Thumbnail Images Interval setting in the Advanced settings for each library. Edited October 8, 2020 by CBers
iPenguin02 5 Posted October 8, 2020 Author Posted October 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, CBers said: Change the Thumbnail Images Interval setting in the Advanced settings for each library. Mine only has 2 options 10 Seconds and Chapter Markers
CBers 7450 Posted October 8, 2020 Posted October 8, 2020 Apologies, didn't realise that you couldn't change it. Used to be an option, but I guess for performance, the other options were removed.
iPenguin02 5 Posted October 8, 2020 Author Posted October 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, CBers said: Apologies, didn't realise that you couldn't change it. Used to be an option, but I guess for performance, the other options were removed. Thats a bummer, I figured 30 second intervals would be less strain than 10 seconds.
Luke 42077 Posted October 8, 2020 Posted October 8, 2020 I think what you mean is the skip forward/back length. Many of our apps have configuration for that to allow you to control it.
iPenguin02 5 Posted October 8, 2020 Author Posted October 8, 2020 43 minutes ago, Luke said: I think what you mean is the skip forward/back length. Many of our apps have configuration for that to allow you to control it. Sorry should have been more clear, the Thumbnail Image intervals. I wanted to do 30 seconds or more to take up less space on my hard drive. 10 seconds seems like alot.
Carlo 4560 Posted October 8, 2020 Posted October 8, 2020 A bif is actually one screen shot pulled every x seconds. It's not a full screen image but a "small" image used for the display block on screen. Some clients don't handle some spacing like 30 seconds very well so after testing it was found that 10 seconds has both a good onscreen indication (pretty accurate) and seems to work well in all clients that support bif files..
CBers 7450 Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, iPenguin02 said: Sorry should have been more clear, the Thumbnail Image intervals. I wanted to do 30 seconds or more to take up less space on my hard drive. 10 seconds seems like alot. There were a couple of community members that created scripts to create BIF file at different intervals, which Emby should be able to use. Edited October 9, 2020 by CBers
Carlo 4560 Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 Just keep in mind you will want to test the BIF generated files well in the apps/clients you use for Emby as 10 seconds was chosen for a reason.
PenkethBoy 2068 Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 any existing non 10sec interval bifs will work as luke has to support those who have bif's generated before the change to 10 only. so 5 and 30 - think there was either a 15 or 20 sec interval as well
Luke 42077 Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Roku in particular will have difficulty with any interval other than 10 seconds. It may cause playback to fail entirely in some cases.
VikingFeed 0 Posted August 22, 2021 Posted August 22, 2021 On 10/11/2020 at 5:21 PM, Luke said: Roku in particular will have difficulty with any interval other than 10 seconds. It may cause playback to fail entirely in some cases. When watching on my Samsung TV, the chapters still show the designated chapter points and not every 10 seconds. Where can I change it so its either 10 seconds or chapter marks?
Luke 42077 Posted August 22, 2021 Posted August 22, 2021 44 minutes ago, VikingFeed said: When watching on my Samsung TV, the chapters still show the designated chapter points and not every 10 seconds. Where can I change it so its either 10 seconds or chapter marks? @VikingFeed can you please describe your question in more detail? Chapters are only supposed to show chapters.
ebr 16169 Posted August 23, 2021 Posted August 23, 2021 18 hours ago, VikingFeed said: When watching on my Samsung TV, the chapters still show the designated chapter points and not every 10 seconds. Where can I change it so its either 10 seconds or chapter marks? Hi. The text you quoted is referring to the visual seeking thumbnails (and, specifically .bif files for Roku) which is different from chapter markers.
elpoolet 26 Posted December 11, 2021 Posted December 11, 2021 @Luke Is there to change the thumbnail interval to another value than 10 seconds ,cause I don't have a Roku. So Is there a value to change in a .xml file or so? or in the database, cause this feature is pretty cool to have but, god !, it takes a lot of place. I mostly use the WebPlayer, the Android and AndroidTV App and Amazon FireTV. I can check compatibility for you... If you have to produce an update to have this feature, you can add a warning when you select another time interval like "Caution ! This time interval souldn't work well with Roku, xxxx,xxxx", does it worth it ? Many thanks for your answer.
Luke 42077 Posted December 13, 2021 Posted December 13, 2021 Hi, currently no, but more options are possible for future updates. thanks.
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