[BUG] Continue Watching in Movie libraries

Plex Players Player Betas
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Lets say you partially watch a video. If it is in a TV library, and you return to the main TV library page, the episode will now appear in the “Continue Watching” section. If you resume the episode and finish watching the episode, when you return to the TV library page, the episode will disappear from the continue watching section.

This does not happen for movie libraries. Watching a portion of a movie and then returning to the respective movie library page does not add anything to continued watching; you first have to go back to the main Plex page and then re-enter the movie library for the entry to show up as a continue watching option.

Secondly, upon resuming and completing a resumed movie and returning to the main movie library page, the movie entry will remain in the continue watching section. Only after returning to the main Plex page and then re-entering the library will the movie entry be removed from the continue watching section.

So, steps to reproduce:

  1. Start a movie (must be in a movie library).
  2. Watch a few minutes of said movie (or just fast forward a few minutes)
  3. Return to the movie library page. Expected behavior: the movie should now appear under the continue watching section. It does not.
  4. Return to the main Plex page. Then re-enter the movie library. The movie you had started will now appear under the continue watching section.
  5. Select the movie entry. Either finish watching it or just mark it as watched.
  6. Return to the main movie library page. Expected behavior: the movie entry immediately disappears from the continue watching section. Observe this does not happen.
  7. Return to the main Plex page, then return to the previously accessed movie library page. The movie entry will now disappear.

Repeat this in a TV library and you will observe that returning to the TV library after partially watching an episode will make said episode immediately appear in the continue watching section. Additionally, upon resuming and finishing said tv episode, the entry disappears from the continue watching section after returning to the main tv library page (no need to first go back to the main plex page).

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@roflharrison

what ya think about this bug? not a game changing one but seems to be inconsistent when comparing behavior between a TV library and a Movie library

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Yep it makes sense to me that we should be updating the Continue Watching hub when returning from playback/the Preplay, I’ve raised and issue so it can be investigated. Thanks for the report!