A tool for tagging Emby content

[VicMoore 754]

Ninko, I am working on the bug you found.

Vic

[VicMoore 754]

Everyone, attached is the new GUI that I have been working on.  Please test it out. But remember it has not been debugged yet. 

Let me know what you like and dislike.

 

Vic

New_GUI.zip

[Eigeplackter 90]

I like the grey overlay.

What's with the OMDB id ? Is that yours, or should we obtain one for ourselves ? What's the purpose/use-case ?

 

Result box seems a bit small, or at least the scope. Cuts off the 2nd line:

 

Dashboard button should change color, when activated, as the filters do when one is configured.

 

I'd prefer tags and genre option to be closer to the top again, no need for me to scroll the overview to

reach the desired option.

3 "bugs" I've found:

(1)

Edit single movie

Click Add and it overwrites your value

(2)

Bulk edit doesnt seem to work yet, yes u said not debugged ^^

(3)

There's no cancel button in edit screen anymore, just return to previous, resetting all filters.

 

I think it would be cool to have the text-box (from bulk edit) for adding several tags even in editing single movies.

Should probably be adding a hint how to seperate single tags (, i guess but couldnt test)

 

That's all folks ^^

Go for it Vic 

Edited March 1, 2023 by Eigeplackter

[VicMoore 754]

Thanks Eigeplackter... your comments are a great help.

I will start fixing things asap.

Vic

[VicMoore 754]

hello Eigeplackter...  I have addressed most of your comments.  The new code is below.   The bulk save now works, except for the remove option.

Take a look at the snapshot capability while watching movies.  I also upgraded the image editor to make it easier to create your own Primary, Logo, and Backdrop images from snapshots.

Vic

New_GUI_2.zip

[Eigeplackter 90]

Edit works incl. text box, tvm. 

Screenshot feature is pretty nice, but I'm wondering if it's working as intended.

Primary replaces cover aka poster.jpg and backdrop adds another fanart  ?

 

OMDB button w/o real functionallity, just opens another window, but nothing happens, even when pressing enter.

I dont have OMDB credentials.

UX isnt consistent

Opening movie 1

Opening movie 2

To me it seems like edit opens the desired movie, but the realtive position from the source screen (scrollbar)

is given to the new window. 1 example is a movie from the 2nd row of my library, while 2nd example is some way down in my library.

 

Still missing cancel button in edit mode, so filtered results arent lost, its working in the mentioned OMDB window.

 

 

[VicMoore 754]

I will put a cancel button in tomorrow, and I will address your other issues as well.

To use the ombd code you need an id key.  You can get one free from the omdb web site.  If you have trouble getting a key, let me know.

 Eigeplackter, thanks for the help

Vic

[Eigeplackter 90]

I got an OMDB api key and saved it in the login mask.

Works, but only for titles where english and german title (my native language) is identical.

i.e. 1917

 

i.e. Der Soldat James Ryan (OT: Saving Private Ryan)

I guess you are using title, maybe should rework the api request to imdbID, if that's possible.

 

As a feature request, or maybe another plugin ?

I havent found a plugin in catalogue for this use case

Right now I'm used to shutdown my emby server on Synology and make a copy of my media directory, so that my custom images are backed up-

Now I see you implemented this nice little button in the OMDB screen

Would it be possible to add such a button, best placed in bulk editor, and save the existing poster/cover to a user specified local location ?

Pleeeeeeease ?

[Happy2Play 9780]

12 minutes ago, Eigeplackter said:

i.e. Der Soldat James Ryan (OT: Saving Private Ryan)

I guess you are using title, maybe should rework the api request to imdbID, if that's possible.

That is the catch with OMDB as it is only English, that is a search box so vs a Known ID though.

[Painkiller88 248]

8 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

That is the catch with OMDB as it is only English, that is a search box so vs a Known ID though.

Maybe possible to search for sort title instead of title?

[Eigeplackter 90]

That's german too in my case, only viable option would be the imdbID, but as the resuls will be english anyways... its alright. 

It's nice feature for native speakers or people who dont care if the overview is in english.

[VicMoore 754]

Do you want to save all of the Primary images so that they can be restored later?  Eigeplackter, please explain in more detail what you want.

Vic

[Eigeplackter 90]

Yes that‘s the idea I had when I mentioned it.

Preferably automated backup and restore, but I‘m not sure if that‘s possible, because the path to the media would need to be included in the file and actually be the same, when trying to restore.

I wouldnt mind if it would just be an automated backup and I would have to manually select the correct poster.

But while Im typing this, Im not sure even that‘s possible (no idea about coding).

All my posters are located in the media folder, but all are named poster.*.

So the script would need to search in every directory for *poster.* and copy it to a specified location, while renaming the file i.e. <foldername>.poster.* for movies and <foldername>.<actualfilename>.* for tvshows.
<actualfilename> would be necessary for season posters, as those are named seasonXX-poster.*

 

Edited March 2, 2023 by Eigeplackter

[VicMoore 754]

I know how to fetch the primary, logo, thumb, and backdrop images for every Emby image. I also know how to store them back into Emby. Both are done with the provided Emby API.  What I don't know is how to save these images on a local computer. I am worried that CORS or other security issues may prevent or limit storing data locally.  There may be an API I can use to store this data within one of the Emby databases.  I will look into how to do this. It would be a cool feature.

Vic

[AJAYSWebDesign 5]

Eigeplackter  

You could do this in windows powershell with a little help from ChatGPT....

[GrimReaper 4739]

1 hour ago, Eigeplackter said:

Preferably automated backup and restore, but I‘m not sure if that‘s possible

Custom Provider plugin can do that (and ton of other things) for you. 

 

[Eigeplackter 90]

Habla ? Nix capito ! 

The only little help I know.

 

Above is for @AJAYSWebDesign

 

@GrimReaper

Ummm but thats fpr actors only, init ?

Edited March 2, 2023 by Eigeplackter

[GrimReaper 4739]

9 minutes ago, Eigeplackter said:

Ummm but thats fpr actors only, init ?

Nope. It just started so. 

Edit: Click on arrow top-right on the linked post, that'll take you to the plugin's latest version. 

Edited March 2, 2023 by GrimReaper
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[VicMoore 754]

GrimReaper..

It's nice to hear from you, you always have great ideas.

Is there a simple plugin that can be used as a model for building a plugin.  I would like to build a plugin but don't know how.  I would like to use simple tools, like an editor if possible, to minimize the initial learning curve.

Vic

 

[GrimReaper 4739]

Hey up, Vic, always glad to pass through your thread.

Mickle's plugin is the only one I'm aware of that offers backup of that kind, though I wouldn't call it simple, it's chock-full of options, I assume code is just as complex. 

You might have a look, as you might DM @mickle026also, he's always open to collaboration from what I've observed.

As for general plugin building, @chef and @Cheesegeezer are your go-to players.

Also, have a look at recently introduced Emby SDK:

https://emby.media/new-emby-sdk.html

 

[VicMoore 754]

GrimReaper, the new SDK is amazing. I don't know how the Emby team does so much work. Thanks for pointing it out to me.  I am going to try and create a simple plugin. 

Vic

[rbjtech 5284]

Actually on the subject of both Tags and Plugins's - I actually successfully modified Cheesegeezers MediaInfo plugin to write all the MediaInfo standard codecs to each item (as well as the extended codecs) - making it now very easy to hunt for specialist codecs via tag ..

ie on a standard web filter by tag (or any client, they all do this I believe) -

 

I've often though this tagging App (html) should be added as a proper plugin - I'm pretty sure it would soon be at the top of the popularity list !

 

Edited March 3, 2023 by rbjtech

[Eigeplackter 90]

59 minutes ago, rbjtech said:

Actually on the subject of both Tags and Plugins's - I actually successfully modified Cheesegeezers MediaInfo plugin to write all the MediaInfo standard codecs to each item (as well as the extended codecs) - making it now very easy to hunt for specialist codecs via tag ..

ie on a standard web filter by tag (or any client, they all do this I believe) -

 

I've often though this tagging App (html) should be added as a proper plugin - I'm pretty sure it would soon be at the top of the popularity list !

 

This modification is available for is ?

[rbjtech 5284]

Just now, Eigeplackter said:

This modification is available for is ?

It will be yea .. gonna push to github once Dave is ok with it and then it will update itself via the Plugin catalogue.

[Ninko 78]

Any chance @VicMoore's tagging tool will be added to the plugin catalogue?