v4.1.2.0

Home Screen Companion v4.1.2.0

Bugfix and updates release

Important

Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.12

Release notes

Updates

• AI-source: Added support for Claude
• AI-source: Added ability to select model used for all providers (prefilled with current working models). This allows the user to update the model if the current one becomes obsolete, or if the user wants a specific one.
• UI: UI overhaul of the top-list page to better follow the main theme, and also to clarify/simplify creation and managing of top-lists.
• UI: General cosmetical updates

Fixes

• Top-list: Fixed an issue where all users where given access to the top-list library. Now only selected users get access.

v4.1.1.2

Home Screen Companion v4.1.1.2

Bugfix release

Important

Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.12

Release notes

Fixes

• Top-list: Fixed an issue where thumbs didn't get the number overlay

Note

If a poster or thumb is not updated with the number overlay, it indicates that no usable image was available in the original library/movie. Ensure downloading of posters and thumbs is enabled beforehand.

v4.1.1.1

Home Screen Companion v4.1.1.1

This update contains fixes to match Emby server 4.10.0.12.

Important

Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.12

Release notes

Fixes

• Home Section: Fixed an issue where "Playstate" setting didn't sync correctly in the plugin.

v4.1.1.0

Home Screen Companion v4.1.1.0

This update contains some improvements, bug fixes and wider server support for the plugin.
Adding a new scheduled task that groups the top-list item with original one to prevent duplicates in UI, e.g. in continue watching (behaving the same way a 1080p and 4K movie would).

Important

Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.10

Release notes

Updates

• Server support: Rebuild the plugin to use netstandard 2.0 to support all Emby server hardware.
  (This is also a requirement for posting to the Emby plugin catalog.)
• Top-list: Added image support for using thumbs as image type (make sure to enable downloads of thumbs in existing library settings first)
• Top-list: Added a scheduled task that will group versions for the top-list item with the original one. Running this task will remove any duplicated from continue watching and other UI quirks that may appear with multiple versions of the same movie. Suggestion is to run this after you updated the tags/top-list. (Default scheduled time is none)

Fixes

• Top-list: Fixed an issue where already excising top-list could merge with newly created.
• Home Section: Updated how each section is handled/tracked to prevent duplicate rows.

v4.1.0.0

Home Screen Companion v4.1.0.0

This update contains mostly improvements on the AI source. Added support for Ollama and some other fixes.
Also added an ability to create a Playlist from the source target. This is independent from all other settings (eg home section). It will take the source list and post the corresponding movies and series into a Playlist for the selected user(s).

Important

Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.10

Release notes

NEW

• Playlist - You can now create Playlists from the selected source.
  A playlist is created and maintained by the plugin for selected users.

Updates

• AI Source: Added support for Ollama for local AI (experimental)
• AI Source: Added a function for how often to update the AI list (Eg. every 2 days). Only applies to full sync, so if you manually run that single group it will still send the promt.
• AI Source: In settings we can now modify the system promt that is sent to the selected AI-provider. (Only change this if you know what you are doing)
• Local media information: Added: TVDB ID, Folder path contains, Country

Fixes

• Top-list: Fixed an issue where the "max items" for a top-list was not respected when doing a full sync.
• Schedule: Fixed an issue where date might have been interpreted wrong depending on timezone.

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Dev notes
This will probably be the last update in a while since I'm getting another kid any day now. I will still support and work on the plugin, but focus will mostly be on fixing bugs and updating support for newer Emby server releases. Feature ideas are still welcomed, but I will probably not be developing the plugin as rapidly as I have in the past.

Keep reporting bugs and all good ideas you guys have!

v4.0.1.0

Home Screen Companion v4.0.1.0

Version 4 going stable. I have tested quite a lot but there is probably some bugs to be found. Pls help me by reporting them!  
This update contain some new functionality with top-list, and bug fixes.

Important

Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.10

Release notes

NEW (introduced in 4.0.0.1-BETA)

• Top-List

You can now create a "Top 10 movies of the week" based of an existing tags to present as a home screen section. The plugin will create the new home screen section and new posters with numbers.

Updates

• Support for TMDb (introduced in 4.0.0.1-BETA)
• TMDb: Added better support to be able to use their API calls, for example copy/paste this url into the plugin: https://api.themoviedb.org/3/trending/movie/day?language=en-US
  More examples can be found here: TMDb API Docs
• Top-list: Added functionality to build a manual top-list
• Top-list: Added ability to edit top-lists
• Top-list: Created different styles on the number badge for top-picks. Neutral (black), Green, Blue, Red, Violet and Gray (not in picture)

Fixes

• Top-list: Fixed an issue where library access was not granted for all users. When creating a new top-list a new library is created and now all users defaults to have access to this.
• UI fix and improvements
• Rewritten the "Help/Get started" to make it easier to read and understand.

v4.0.0.1-beta

Home Screen Companion V4.0.0.1 BETA

This update bring some new functionality. We can now create a "Top 10" sort of list with numbers overlay on the poster directly from the plugin. Just choose from existing tags (that are managed from the plugin) what list you want and give it a name, the plugin fixes the rest.

Also abandoning .NET v8 version for now. The v6 gives full functionality and will be easier for the user and also for me to maintain.

Important

Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.10

Important

Create a backup of both Emby and the plugin, as this is a BETA and there will be bugs!

Release notes

New

Create Top-list based of tags and collections
You can now create a "Top 10 movies of the week" based of an existing tag or collection to present as a home screen section. The plugin will then create new home screen section and new posters with numbers.
This is done by creating a new library with only the movies that will populate the top-list, sorting them in order and writing new posters.
Why a separate library? To ensure that the posters with numbers don't end up in another ordinary section, this is also needed to ensure that the sort order is correct. In other word, not to interfere with other views when browsing Emby.

There is also a new scheduled task for this. When creating a new library Emby automatically adds this to all home screen sections (dynamic media). But with the Top-list we only want to use the library that is connected to the top-list. To clean this up - run the task after adding/creating a new library. Otherwise the top list will populate with movies from the new library as well.

The plugin will handle library access for already existing home screen sections.

Also added a badge in the TAG & COLLECT menu to easy see what tag is used for a top-list

Note

For top-list to collect the correct sort order, you first need to run a "Sync tags and collections". This will then save the order the list is downloaded and use for top-list.

Note

Due to limitations with Emby, Top-list function only works for movies.

Updates

• Added support for TMDb

Fixes

• Smaller UI Fix (widen the Tag & Collection page, changed some colors on the flags for Tag, Collection, etc.)

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Some thoughts about this update
The hardest part with this update/function is the way Emby now handles libraries in the home section. When a new library is created it automatically applies to all home sections. But for the top-list to work we can not have another library adding movies to the list, and we do not want the top-list library to be added to another home section. So this is something to keep an eye on for those who test the beta. 
If everything is done by the plugin it should be handled correctly, but when we manually add a new library or home section things start to get complicated. So i created a new "Scheduled run" that will try to cleanup all the library settings. 

For example:
I first create a new top-list called "Top 10 of the week". The plugin will then create a new home section and a new library with .strm files. It will also tell all existing home sections to NOT use this library (as we don't want to mix in these movies with another home section).
I then manually create a new library called "kids movies". This is then automatically added to the home section of the top-list by Emby. 
Running the new scheduled task called "Top-list section sync", the task will remove "kids movies" from the top list home section.

v3.3.2.1

Home Screen Companion V3.3.2.1

This update contains fixes to match Emby server 4.10.0.10

Important

Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.10

Note

Included a .NET V6 release, this is for MacOS or legacy support. This version is NOT tested

Release notes

Fixes

• Updated Playstate function to work with Emby 4.10.0.10
• Fixed an issue where private/locked list from MDBList didn't get accepted by the plugin even though correct API key was entered.

v3.3.2.0

Home Screen Companion V3.3.2.0

This updates contain some fixes and some requested features. 
Biggest one is that we are now able to build a home section row of selected collections as image below:

Important

Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.8

Note

Make sure to back up before updating, just in case.

Note

Included a .NET V6 release, this is for MacOS or legacy support. This version is NOT tested

Release notes

Improvements/updates

• Added ability to only show selected collections as a Home screen section. This way you can choose one or multiple collections to show on the home screen (no need to display all of them). See the tip below on how to configure
• Cleanup menu:
  • Made the tags and collections clickable links to its own view (open in new tab)
  • Added a filter for Tags
  • Added a small popup/hover over the name that simply explains where the tag originated

Fixes

• Fixed an issue in the cleanup where tags for some media types didn't populate the list. (Extras is now included with an "include extras" option).
• Fixed an issue where blacklist didn't get applied when running a single group sync

UI

• Remade the "Update available" to be dismissible. If dismissed a smaller discreet text will still be visible.

Tip

Below is how to set up a home screen section with selected collections.

Source = local collection
*Select what collections to include*
Tag = *random tag name* (the selections on what level to tag will be ignored by the plugin)
Collection tab: leave blank
Blasklist tab: will probably not work
**Important!** Home screen section tab: set media type to "Collections", you can play around with all other options

v3.3.1.0

Home Screen Companion V3.3.1.0

This updates contain various bug fixes.

Important

Minimum required Emby server v4.10.0.8

Note

Make sure to back up before updating, just in case.

Note

Included a .NET V6 release, this is for MacOS or legacy support. This version is NOT tested

Releasenotes

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where multi-line option didn't work. For example entering multiple actors in the Smart playlist filters.
• Various minor bug fixes