Global Setting to Limit Playback to Local Media

[roaku 842]

Emby should provide administrators with the ability to opt out of all playback of externally hosted content.

One example of this behavior is when a metadata provider includes a link to a trailer in its metadata:

 

 

There is no way to distinguish between a locally hosted trailer and a remotely hosted file that will trigger external playback.

The Metadata Manager provides no mechanism to control how the 'trailer' field is populated.

And again, there's no way to opt out of that external playback.

 

[Luke 42078]

I think what would be more likely to come first would be more granular control over the metadata fetching, which would be another route to solving this.

[roaku 842]

2 minutes ago, Luke said:

I think what would be more likely to come first would be more granular control over the metadata fetching, which would be another route to solving this.

I'll take that, too, but my concern is that there might be more of these hidden remote playback features I don't know about yet or more coming in the future.

That's why I'd like to be able to tell my Emby installation to play my files and that's all.

[ebr 16178]

3 minutes ago, roaku said:

to be able to tell my Emby installation to play my files and that's all

Determining what are "your" files could get very tricky though so I think Luke's suggestion would be the more likely option.

[roaku 842]

8 minutes ago, ebr said:

Determining what are "your" files could get very tricky though so I think Luke's suggestion would be the more likely option.

I hear both of you.

[Happy2Play 9780]

Strm and m3u files would/could have issues in your Local only environment, but I get your point.

[roaku 842]

2 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Strm and m3u files would/could have issues in your Local only environment, but I get your point.

Sure, but I don't have any of either of those in my library. I'm also not using live tv, etc.

But if I did add those or start using live tv, those would be explicit acts on my part to tell Emby that this media at this remote location should be added to my library.

[Happy2Play 9780]

I agree but this is nothing new from TMDB as it has been this way for almost a decade I believe and every metadata managers I have ever used has written youtube trailers to metadata.

But options are always a plus.

[roaku 842]

1 minute ago, Happy2Play said:

I agree but this is nothing new from TMDB as it has been this way for almost a decade I believe and every metadata managers I have ever used has written youtube trailers to metadata.

But options are always a plus.

My issue isn't with the metadata provider or the metadata.

[Happy2Play 9780]

It is Emby using the metadata it is being presented, without you having a option to exclude said metadata.  Just like all the other guys.

But at the same time this is the first time anyone has ask for this behavior.  Users get mad at clients that do this like the Roku.

Edited April 8, 2021 by Happy2Play

[roaku 842]

Just now, Happy2Play said:

It is Emby using the metadata it is being presented, without you having a option to exclude said metadata.  Just like all the other guys.

But at the same time this if the first time anyone has ask for this behavior.  The get mad at clients that do this like the Roku.

TMDB is a source of information.

Emby is deciding what to do with that information.

In this case, that's launch a 3rd party player to play 3rd party content when I click the button I use to launch *my* content.

[Happy2Play 9780]

If you have content it will present your content, but missing that information Emby falls back to the information provided via metadata.  So if the metadata does not exist, then you will not be present with a trailer button.  

Now in your case you would like Emby to ignore that as it has never been asked for before.

[roaku 842]

5 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

If you have content it will present your content, but missing that information Emby falls back to the information provided via metadata.  So if the metadata does not exist, then you will not be present with a trailer button.  

Now in your case you would like Emby to ignore that as it has never been asked for before.

I'm not confused about any of this.

[Happy2Play 9780]

Basically extending/in addition to this option to include media metadata url trailers.

Enable external content in suggestions
Allow internet trailers and live tv programs to be included within suggested content.

 

Edited April 8, 2021 by Happy2Play

[roaku 842]

This has struck again.

I wanted to show my kids the trailer for Honey I Shrunk the Kids to get them excited about watching a classic family comedy, so I clicked on the trailer button. It launched some dumb fan made trailer trying to make it look like an adult drama.

Why can't I configure Emby not to play external trailers?

Why can't I configure Emby to only show the trailer button for a movie when *I* actually have a trailer for that movie?

[Happy2Play 9780]

@roaku Not knowing the trailer url it is hard to say but there is currently no way to block the trailer url from TMDB for media.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVF9Wz3LBgs