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Emby for Roku

Emby Server

Emby Server is a personal media server with apps on just about every device.

It features a REST-based API with built-in documention to facilitate client development. We also have client libraries for our API to enable rapid development.

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emby.roku's Issues

Support CollapseBoxSetItems

Set this value to true when displaying a queried list of Movies. Do not use this with generic folder browsing so that folder structure can be honored.

This will collapse movies into their boxsets (collections).

Respect IsPlaceHolder

We now support the xbmc .disc convention that allows users to create dummy items on the server.

the idea is when the user presses play, we tell them to please insert the disc. Since your app can't do this, do not allow playback on these items.

documentation

you say, "zip up the source code directory", but you have a zip file already, i just used that, but wasn't sure until after i did it.

Album * context menu

Add play all
Add shuffle
Add instant mix

Some local trailers don't work (.mov)

It seems specific to .mov files. Crashes back to detail screen.
logs:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5118921/Logs/roku%20log.txt

Support PlayAccess

If item.PlayAccess != Full, there should be no play buttons presented, and whatever keyboard shortcuts we have to play should also not respond.

Support live tv

Error on home page

From home -> view any movie detail screen.

Now press left and it will cycle through other movies on the home page. Eventually it will get to the "toggle tile" or the "movie library" tile, and it will fail because the springboard page think it's a server library item.

These two methods need to be fixed to do nothing when that is the case:

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/MediaBrowser.Roku/blob/master/source/BaseSpringboardScreen.brs#L201-L245

Perhaps check if the new item has an Id, and if not, then do nothing.

Add search (on home screen)

Just a suggestion, not really sure what is possible as for how the results could be dispplayed (categories, etc...).
But it would be great (with the Roku onscreen keyboard and dynamic results as user types.

FR : filter(s) in media folders

In the base media folders it would be nice to have some sort of filter available. Even alphabet would be a big help.

Use new server subtitle api for text streams

Add * context menu for channel navigation

This will have to be dynamic as the options will be different for each channel.

Add support for refreshing individual grid rows

"invalid" instead of name in Music library

When you go into the music library (I was specifically in Artist and Album but I believe it effects them all) in the top right corner it says "invalid" where in TV or Movies it has my user name.

Support remote control commands to change audio/subtitle streams

Audio springboard

Add instant mix command

"0 Seasons" on all TV shows

In the TV screen, under all TV shows, it shows "0 seasons" (yes, there are items in them)

Disabling "Repeat theme Music" doesn't work in episode detail screen

Support localization

When using thumbs or backdrops, genre images are stretched poster instead of the backdrop ones.

Music genre * context menu

Add play all
Add shuffle
Add instant mix

Support channels

Update collection terminology

After this app was released, we changed our terminology to match other apps such as Xbmc.

Now, the term Collection is used to denote a set of movies.

The user's top level media folders are now called just that - Media Folders. Please update the app to be consistent with this. If there's any confusion about this just compare to the web client.

Create background data loader for home screen

Support remote control

Audio * context menu

Add instant mix

Support resume from remote control

It's currently just not parsing the position value.

Add now playing to home screen

In the bottom row with search, add a Now Playing icon to the beginning.

Use ContentType = NowPlaying, and then when clicked, the user will be brought to a screen where they can view the current song being played (already done).

Use metro studio to design a similar icon as the others.

Episode image from detail screen - format

For the same TV show episode, when going in its detail screen from the home screen, it's displaying in widescreen (which is perfect) but when going through the "full way" (TV shows, etc...) to the same episode, the image is in 4.3 ratio in the same detail screen...

Add option for 12h or 24h time format

Then fix this line

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/MediaBrowser.Roku/blob/master/source/generalUtils.brs#L207

Rework startup wizard

It currently requires too many clicks to get started. If a server is automatically discovered on the network, it should just dump you right in without having to confirm anything.

Context Menu

Eliminate dependency on guide data

Deprecate context menu option to hide item names

The code is not using it, so it doesn't work.

Collection Folders

Add option to confirm before exiting the client - BACK doesn't exit channel

Really annoying sometimes when doing a bunch of BACKs and exiting the channel.
In my perfect world, BACK only does back function in the channel and HOME exits.

An exit confirmation would be great and if BACK could not be able to exit the channel, IMO, even better.

Create a backdrop screensaver

• It should be an additional screen saver type, select-able in preferences
• It should query for library items with backdrops, and transition between them.
• Name of item being displayed should be in large white text in lower right.
• If possible, add some kind of graceful transition effect, like a fade out/in
• If there is no user logged in, the logo screen saver should be used.

Progress time only shows transcoded part of the video playing

I think that even if user can't seek to a non transcoded part of the video (still think in the future it should be possible I hope) progress time should show real progress of the video...

Because typical users would just see this as a bug... and it's useless a bit (no idea where user is in the movie, time left, etc....)

Change rating function on audio now playing screen

It has a 1-5 star rating, it needs to be changed to thumbs up/down.

When using thumbs, client should fallback to backdrop if no thumb exists

Local trailer support for existing movie (detail screen)

Add automatic transcoding fallback

When direct stream fails

Blank Live TV row on Home Screen when Live TV not enabled

Home page - need to hide unused section (like Live TV if not used on MBS)

Pressing no on server restart dialog does not work

Add option to show/hide clock

Because roku's time functions don't support all time zones:

http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/6447-ability-to-hide-the-end-time-no-time-zone-for-my-region/#entry89549

Add more filter lists in "Movies" and "TV" screens

Just like "Next Episodes to Watch" in TV section.

Here are some suggestions (TV and Movies):
-Recently added (all and/or unwatched only) - limit to 50-100 items
-Resumes - limit to 10-30
-Favorites - limit to 100
***By first letter list (each item in the list could be "an image" of the letter (basically showing the letter instead of poster) that would go to another screen showing all movies only starting by chosen letter). Maybe there is another way, just brainstorming..

Test and implement photo playback

This has not been tested. Photo playback should use the PhotoPlayer class.

Artist * context menu

Add instant mix
Add shuffle
Add play all

Create a custom MBT-style video detail screen

Using roImageCanvas

This will become part of the basis for custom theme development.