2024-06-12, 09:20
How do you enable trailers in the IOS app when you click trailers nothing happens
2024-06-12, 18:53
Can you share some more details on what exactly you do and expect to happen?
In the iOS App there are two possible ways to trigger playing a trailer:
In the iOS App there are two possible ways to trigger playing a trailer:
- Long press a movie, the select "Play Trailer". This will play the trailer on Kodi, not on the App. Like playing a movie.
- Enter "Movie Details", then scroll down to the trailer and hit the play button. This will play the trailer embedded in the App on the iOS device (and not on Kodi).
2024-06-12, 19:54
I’m using the latest test flight beta 1.15 when I go into the details of the movie on my iPad I see the window trailer button when I press it nothing happens the video In the link is when the trailer is embedded on my server a local trailer https://youtu.be/xptU9hreybI
if there is no local trailer then the trailer button doesn’t even show up in the details screen
if there is no local trailer then the trailer button doesn’t even show up in the details screen
2024-06-12, 20:09
So you're only using local files as trailers, and not youtube links which the scrapers provide?
2024-06-12, 20:11
I use both if the local trailer isn’t there Kodi will open YouTube and play the trailer on Kodi not the app
2024-06-12, 20:13
What happens if you use the "Play trailer" option when long pressing a movie? Does this allow you to play the trailer in Kodi?
2024-06-12, 20:16
It plays the trailer on Kodi when I long press the movie
2024-06-12, 20:21
Ok, this gives art least an option.
Situation:
I cannot properly support playback of local files as iOS does only support few file formats. Supporting this would require adding playback libraries, e.g. ffmpeg based, which I am not aiming to integrate.
Options:
1. Do not show the "embedded playback" option for non-youtube trailers.
2. Keep showing the black screen but trigger playback on Kodi.
Situation:
I cannot properly support playback of local files as iOS does only support few file formats. Supporting this would require adding playback libraries, e.g. ffmpeg based, which I am not aiming to integrate.
Options:
1. Do not show the "embedded playback" option for non-youtube trailers.
2. Keep showing the black screen but trigger playback on Kodi.
2024-06-12, 20:29
Just do basic playback support for mkv and mp4 which should cover 90 percent of the video files. All I use is mkv.
2024-06-12, 20:41
That to my knowledge would require what I want to avoid. I tried playing around with this already a while back (also see https://github.com/xbmc/Official-Kodi-Re...issues/702). Easiest for me is to just remove the "embedded view" in such case. Supporting the playback at Kodi requires more work for the movie details screen, but feels the better approach. But then I would need to add an info like "non youtube links will be played in Kodi" or something similar. Otherwise it is hard to understand for users why some trailers are played on the iOS device (youtube links) and some not (local files).
2024-06-12, 20:46
That is the issue for me even if the trailer isn't local it won't open YouTube on iPad to play it there isn't even a trailer button in the details screen. The only option is to long press and play on Kodi. So I cant play any trailers on the IPAD local or youtube.
2024-06-12, 20:57
Just noticed you can also enter the movie details, click the play button on the navigation bar and also get an action list which has "Play trailer". This should work same as the longpress option, but can also be reached from the movie details.
If you have no local file trailer, but a common YouTube link like provided by scrapers, the embedded trailer should show a preview and on clicking it play it, like this: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ihkqmlbc2...ru57j&dl=0
(example when Kodi provides the file path / link "plugin://plugin.video.youtube/?action=play_video&videoid=4CJBuUwd0Os").
Do you by chance know what exactly is saved as trailer file path / link in your case?
If you have no local file trailer, but a common YouTube link like provided by scrapers, the embedded trailer should show a preview and on clicking it play it, like this: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ihkqmlbc2...ru57j&dl=0
(example when Kodi provides the file path / link "plugin://plugin.video.youtube/?action=play_video&videoid=4CJBuUwd0Os").
Do you by chance know what exactly is saved as trailer file path / link in your case?
2024-06-12, 21:05
Have a look at my video I would love to have the option you have I get nothing.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vhbftjo31...3qo33&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vhbftjo31...3qo33&dl=0
2024-06-12, 21:11
Your videos shows that there is no trailer reported via Kodi's API when the App asks for it. Did you run a scraper in Kodi to collect metadata? On my test system I just ran the standard scraper for movies and got the trailers provided since then.
Edit: https://kodi.wiki/view/Trailers described local and online trailers. The movie details' "embedded trailer" only works for the online trailers. Not sure, if this is supported by emby.
Edit: https://kodi.wiki/view/Trailers described local and online trailers. The movie details' "embedded trailer" only works for the online trailers. Not sure, if this is supported by emby.
