Feature Add "Featured Items" on EHS

 
  • Created:over 1 year ago
  • Modified:over 1 year ago by ebr
  • Status:plugin-request
  • Owner:unassigned
  • Related:#8419
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Sometimes I have long periods of time when I don’t use MediaBrowser. I’m sure I’m not the only one. What happens, though, is that items don’t show up on the “Recently Added,” “Recently Watched” menus, or both of them.

I propose that another option is added that will show random selections that have not been viewed yet. If there is a way to make this feature more advanced (such as “Suggested Items” based on genre/rating preferences, that would be great).

I realized that this is similar to Show videos in progress on frontpage, but this would be complementary to it rather than supplementary. It would be ideal to see both options added for Hydra.

ehs feature recent-items
 
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  • Created:over 1 year ago
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This sounds like a job for a plug-in. Basically sounds like you are asking for a combination of Favorites and Films Like This..

 
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  • That could work. Again, I’m just looking to fill the blank spots so I would be okay with random title selections also. However, if others like the idea of a recommendation tool, then it may be a good idea. – Malickfan86 over 1 year ago
  • Can we change this from a plug-in request to a default setting? It makes sense since not all new users of MB will be regular users and will have to face a nearly blank screen like me. It makes the overall product less attractive. – Malickfan86 over 1 year ago
  • It would be too complex in configuration to be a standard feature. It really is a job for a plug-in. – ebr over 1 year ago
 
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What about something like “MB Reconmends”?

 
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  • Sure we could call it that, but it might be more consistent to just label the text on the EHS screen as “Recommendations” or “Suggestions.” – Malickfan86 over 1 year ago
 
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Would it be possible to have MB enter selections and choose a random item? I was thinking this just last night actually. At the moment MB just starts on the first item in the collection. I think this might be a request that is similar to this topic. The only difference is I want it to select even watched items.

 
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  • Would this involve a plugin? I was actually thinking this would be better as a default option so that users would don’t use MB regularly would not have to face blank spaces on their EHS. – Malickfan86 over 1 year ago
  • For me no. I would like MB to randomly select an item as you enter any collection regardless of watch or not. I do not want to deviate from your request actually. I was hoping ebr might clarify whether or nor we need a separate request or not. – skynet600 over 1 year ago
 
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Would it be possible to add this or a variation of this for Apollo?

 
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  • Apollo is feature-complete and locked. only remaining bugs in the new features are being worked on right now. – birkoff over 1 year ago
 
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I could think about deactivating the “time out” of items in EHS. What I mean is, if this is deactivated, EHS will always display the configured number of last added/watched items, no matter, how old they are. It would be logically to have this by setting “RecentItemDays” to zero (or below). Then always the number of “RecentItemCount” will be showed on EHS.

Ciao, Alfred

 
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  • You can already do that. Set RecentItemDays to -1. Also, Apollo will be doing away with that parameter altogether and showing the last n number of items. – ebr over 1 year ago
  • If I modify the ConfigData.cs file to read “public int RecentItemDays = 0;” then this will fix the problem? – Malickfan86 over 1 year ago
  • Never mind, this won’t be possible. I realized the file is in my trunk backup folder from the old days when I had to modify it to allow for MediaInfo icons. I guess I’ll just have to wait for Apollo, then. Thanks everyone. – Malickfan86 over 1 year ago
  • No, simply edit your config file (MediaBrowserXml.config) in programdata/mediabrowser. – ebr over 1 year ago