WIP Media importing and library integration (UPnP, Emby, Plex, ...)
(2019-12-11, 20:23)LongMan Wrote: I like that. It has a natural feel to it.
I'll give it a try.
(2019-12-11, 20:23)LongMan Wrote: I assume you are avoiding Media Servers because provider could be a Kodi plugin.
TBH I suck when it comes to naming things. Initially (and still in the Kodi code) it was named "media source" but when I first introduced the concept to the team some found it confusing because we already use "source" for the existing file based sources. I don't want to use the term "server" because importing can theoretically happen from anywhere. We already support importing from another Kodi installation using UPnP.
(2019-12-11, 20:23)LongMan Wrote: Also,  are keeping it away when the Media>Library> Videos> Sources? I know UPnP sources are in that node.
Well there are multiple reasons:
  • Media imports are not video-specific but could also support music. I just never implemented it because I don't really use the music library myself and don't know how it works.
  • Media > Library > Videos (there is no "Sources") forwards to "Videos > Files" which certainly doesn't fit media importing.
  • The existing sources and media providers / imports work completely different so I wanted to avoid any confusion.

Maybe we should do the following:
  • Add a "Sources" (or whatever it will be named) node under Videos. This is also where Media > Library > Videos would forward to.
  • Add sub-nodes "Files" and "Imports" where "Files" shows the same as Videos > Files does now and "Imports" shows a list of media providers (with the matching imports as sub-nodes)
But I'll probably postpone this until the day (if it ever comes) where this gets actually considered to be included in Kodi.
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RE: Media importing and library integration (UPnP, Emby, Plex, ...) - by Montellese - 2019-12-11, 23:07
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