Server Version: 1.19.5.3112
Player Version: PMP 2.58.0.1076
Player Version: Android 8.4.2.19372
Client OS: Windows 10 2004 - HP Desktop PC
Server OS: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Sony 7.1 AV Receiver
I have always chosen to disable Auto Play within my players, and this still works perfectly for all TV episodes, except for Specials (S00).
I know this has certainly not always been the case, and I couldn’t really say when this problem started, however now when I play any TV special, it Auto Plays on to the next episode directly afterwards. No delay, no messages, just Auto Plays.
I have tried this within PMP on 2 different computers, and is also the case on my Android mobile.
I can confirm that there is no problem when playing regular TV episodes, eg: S01 or S02 etc.
I have looked around the forum and it appears that a number of other people have reported various issues with Auto Play over the last few weeks or so, although none with this specific issue…
From personal experience my guess is it’s not so much related to specials but any episode below a certain duration (never bothered to check the exact duration).
Now that’s quite possible. So far the few I’ve tried have been from 59 seconds to 4 minutes. I’ll check out a few others a little later and will let you know. Thanks…
Seems to happen for videos that are shorter than 5 minutes.
I’ve run into this issue for a video that’s 4:50 minutes long. For a 5:40 minute long video it “properly stopped” after the episode (showing the post-play screen instead).
Side note… not sure this is actually an issue with auto-play. When auto-play kicks in, you’ll still see the post-play screen and a count-down to the next episode. With those short videos, the next video plays pretty much immediately.
I’ve just managed to find a few episodes both under and over 5 minutes, and you are right. Any TV episode over 5 minutes stops at the end as expected, and any episode under 5 minutes seems to roll over to the next episode.
I’m gonna rename the post so it’s more appropriate…
Where do I find this? If I press the letter i on my keyboard, that brings up loads of info but nothing that shows Auto Play state…
So it now turns out that specific interface is only present in PMP when in Desktop mode, and not in TV mode, and indeed doesn’t exist on Android Mobile.
I have found that when playing TV specials for example, when the last 2 specials are both under 5 minutes, it then “Auto-Advances” onto S01E01 when you are currently up to date on the regular seasons.
I think there should be a consideration when playing TV series, or at the very least, adhere to the Auto Play option being disabled within the client.
These are their considerations, and I certainly do understand them…
… many of those episodes are hovering right around the Event Horizon, with that last one poised to inject you into OCD Orbit. <— those guys need a kick-starter, so they can afford a little more film in the camera.
Indeed, that would end up making me frown if that happened frequently enough!
I do think there should be an ability to prevent “Auto anything”, maybe at library level, or simply adhere to the client setting when Auto-Play is disabled.
This is definitely something that needs to be addressed. If I turn off Auto-play, I expect it to be off regardless of the length of the video. My kid was watching a video and he was told it was the last one. Due to Plex’s auto-play rules for videos under 5 minutes, he wound up watching several more episodes than he was supposed to. On top of which, this is just obnoxious.
