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This is a great add-on, which we use every time we load up Kodi, so nice work and thanks for everything you have done to provide us with this!
One addition that I think would be useful is to add an "exclude TV Show" list. I understand you can set it to only show selected TV shows which is great. The problem with this(not really a problem, more a very minor inconvenience) is that when you add a new show to your library, you have to add it to the selected TV shows list for it to appear. Whereas, if you have an exclude list, it should show up automatically without affecting the shows you wish to exclude (which in my opinion would be what people want when they add a new show).
Anyway, thanks again for the great add-on!
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The "Include TV Show" structure was set up mainly as a parental control feature. We dont want new TV shows to turn up in a Kids LazyTV clone automatically.
You can roll your own exclude list by using a smart playlist as the list for LazyTV.
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I'm using this addon, and am rather enjoying it, but I have a question (or a suggestion if what I'm asking for is not possible). Is it possible to give certain shows higher weight based on the amount of unwatched episodes? Most of my tv shows only have a few seasons, but then I have shows like The Simpsons which has over two dozen, and at the rate it's going now I'm gonna end up with nothing but Simpsons episodes. I love The Simpsons, but not enough to watch several full seasons in a row.
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Thanks for making the time to make this plugin!
Just having some issues with shows being marked as watched when stoping shows.
For example:
I play friends s1e1 and then press stop 10 or so seconds in
This sometimes marks friends s1e1 as watched when I have only watched 10 seconds or so...
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Turn on debugging (in the Addon Settings for LazyTV) , replicate the issue, and provide the kodi.log file.
That should contain the information to determine if it is LazyTV that is setting the episode as watched, or some external factor.
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I've been playing about with this add-on on the only device I use with stored content, and it's one of the very few incredibly worthwhile add-ons that I've found that truly enhances Kodi, preventing my daughter from binging on a marathon of a particular cartoon and creating more dynamic viewing much like live TV. A big thank you to Karnagious then, for developing this.
I use PleXBMC almost exclusively, and have done for the past few years. It serves up content for all 9 of our devices whether at home or while travelling, and it works flawlessly. Unfortunately, I've been unable to get this add-on to work with PleXBMC, and so assuming it isn't meant to, is there any future possibility it will?
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Thank you for you kind words. This addon was created to replicate the OnDeck feature of Plex, with the random player added after that. Perhaps PleXBMC already has something like this? I don't know, I've never actually used Plex.
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2016-07-16, 14:45
(This post was last modified: 2016-07-16, 14:46 by CrankyCraig.)
While a shuffle button does exist outside of Kodi (in the Plex app) it doesn't offer any of the customization LazyTV does. It simply plays a random episode from anything in that library. As far as I can tell though, this hasn't made it's way into PleXBMC.
Sadly, it seems that LazyTV can't see the list of shows in the same way that PleXBMC can, and therefore the watched status' won't sync between devices. I didn't realise how heavily we've come to rely on those, and I haven't found a satisfactory solution to this thus far.
The impending reality, I fear, is that within Emby resides the solution, but with over a dozen devices to update and configure, undertaking it is a daunting prospect.
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Does Plex use the Kodi library? Maybe there is an addon that can import it?
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PleXBMC bypasses the native Kodi library, instead pulling everything from the Plex server. There is an add-on called PlexKodiConnect which does the opposite, much like the Emby alternative it's based on, but according to the Wiki it'd not recommended to be used in conjunction with PleXBMC.
However, that's exactly what I'm doing, and... it's working! Which means LazyTV is working too! So, I'm going to relish a few moments of blissful ignorance towards any potential compatibility problems, and enjoy your wonderful work.