Admin 347 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Hello All, I am pleased to announce that we are now ready for beta testers on our second generation Kodi addon - Emby for Kodi! A whole new way to manage and view your media library! For a long time we have been battling with the slowness of Python for parsing data from the server - it has been suggested many times to try to sync to the Kodi library - but this was a big project with a lot of technical hurtles. @http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/user/1228-marcelveldt/' class='bbc_url' title=''>marcelveldt took on the challenge and developed a proof of concept. The rest of the Kodi/Emby team quickly agreed this was the way forward and has spent the last few weeks moving over code where it made sense, and proving out this new solution. Marcel in particular has put MANY hours into this, so please show him your appreciation! We think you will find the new addon provides a much cleaner experience. Advantages of new AddOn: - Work well with low-end devices such as Raspberry Pi and FireTV - Works with native skins - Much faster library browsing - Native sorting/deleting/resume - Native view setting support Disadvantages: - Initial setup takes a while 20 minutes on a fast machine to 2 hours on a Pi The Emby addon for Kodi combines the best of Kodi - ultra smooth navigation, beautiful UIs and playback of any file under the sun, and Emby - the most powerful fully open source multi-client media metadata indexer and server. What is currently supported ? We're still in beta stage of development. Currently these features are working: Movies Sets TV Shows MusicVideos Deletions are supported - enable in Kodi for Kodi side delete Watched state/resume status sync: This is a 2-way synchronisation. Any watched state or resume status will be instantly (within seconds) reflected to or from Kodi and the server. To get started with the Emby addon for Kodi, first follow these guides to set up Emby and Kodi: To prevent any conflicts, remove the "old" MediaBrowser addon from your Kodi setup. If you were using a modded skin for the MediaBrowser addon, make sure to set it in "normal Kodi mode" or just install the unmodded version of the skin. Install the href='http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/9984-kodi-beta-repo/' class='bbc_url' title=''>MediaBrowser/Emby BETA repository for Kodi, from the repo install the Emby addon. Within a few seconds you should be prompted for your server-details (or auto discovered). If not, try to restart Kodi Once you're successfully authenticated to your Emby server, the initial sync will start. The first sync of the Emby server to local Kodi database may take some time. On a powerful machine and fast network, expect around 15-45 minutes. On a slow machine (such as a Raspberry Pi) the first sync may take up to two hours. Once the full sync is done, you can browse your media in Kodi, syncs will be automatically done in the background. Known Issues: Windows users: Kodi Helix 14.2 RC1 required - other versions will result in errors with recently added items etc. Important note about MySQL database in kodi The addon is not currently compatible with the MySQL database replacement in Kodi. Of course you can still use MySQL for your music while music is not supported by the addon currently. Important note about user collections/nodes Emby has the ability to create custom nodes/folders for your Media, such as having a separate folder for your "Kids Movies" etc. In Kodi this isn't supported, you just have "movies" or "tvshows". But... Kodi let's you create your own playlists and tags to get this same experience. During the sync the foldernode from the Emby server is added to the movies that are imported. In Kodi you can browse to Movie library --> tags and you will have a filtered result that points at your custom node. If you have a skin that let's you create any kind of shortcut on the homescreen you can simply create a shortcut to that tag. Another possibility is to create a "smart playlist" with Kodi and set it to show the content of a certain tag. At this point, please hold on to your feature requests and report bugs only. Report bugs or any usefull feedback on the forums View the full article 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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