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Disable Watched Status at TV Show Level - User 44442 - 2021-01-30
I use mysql backend to sync up watched status across all of my devices. I prefer to keep my interfaces showing on TV Shows that are unwatched. However, some shows (most notably kids shows) I would like to disable the watched status as kids tend to watch the same shows/episodes over and over again. I know I can manually just go in and kept hitting Mark as Unwatched, or even setup a script on my server that runs periodically to modify the database directly, but is there a method to do this other than these options?
RE: Disable Watched Status at TV Show Level - pkscout - 2021-01-30
(2021-01-30, 20:29)cquilliam Wrote: I use mysql backend to sync up watched status across all of my devices. I prefer to keep my interfaces showing on TV Shows that are unwatched. However, some shows (most notably kids shows) I would like to disable the watched status as kids tend to watch the same shows/episodes over and over again. I know I can manually just go in and kept hitting Mark as Unwatched, or even setup a script on my server that runs periodically to modify the database directly, but is there a method to do this other than these options?I don't think so. Kodi determines the watched status globally. The only other not great option I can think of is to use the advancedsettings.xml to have watched stuff only marked as watched at 101%. Then manually mark as watched everything but the kids shows. But that seems like a bad way to go too.
RE: Disable Watched Status at TV Show Level - GavinCampbell - 2021-01-31
I had a similar requirement as well. We have certain videos in the library that we don't want to ever be marked as watched such as workout videos.
The solution I ended up going with was the best I could do after trying many things.
My backend is managed by Emby. I ended up using emby webhooks that are triggered whenever an episode is marked as watched. It then send the info over to a docker that determines if it should be unwatched and then executes a call back to mark it unwatched if required.
Its ugly, but it works pretty well.
Since you have a central sql, writing something like a script to query and update the watched flags in sql may work. But again, its not easy and not pretty.
I'm surprised nobody has created a "keep unwatched" type of plugin.
RE: Disable Watched Status at TV Show Level - Karellen - 2021-01-31
(2021-01-31, 01:16)GavinCampbell Wrote: I'm surprised nobody has created a "keep unwatched" type of plugin.I have a feeling that there is one. Fairly recent addition. If memory does me justice, I think @rmrector created it.
RE: Disable Watched Status at TV Show Level - GavinCampbell - 2021-01-31
(2021-01-31, 01:20)Karellen Wrote:Hmmm.. thanks for the tip. I wonder if this is it? I'll take a look.(2021-01-31, 01:16)GavinCampbell Wrote: I'm surprised nobody has created a "keep unwatched" type of plugin.I have a feeling that there is one. Fairly recent addition. If memory does me justice, I think @rmrector created it.
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=253816
Also another idea if its an option is to create a kids profile that just has their views all set to show all (watched and unwatched) videos s it doesn't matter.
RE: Disable Watched Status at TV Show Level - Karellen - 2021-01-31
Yes, I think that is it.
Just looked at the repo, and it has recently been updated for Matrix... https://github.com/rmrector/service.tweak.lastplayed