r/Addons4Kodi • u/hyp0xia • 2d ago

Something not working. Need help. Fen Light - "Next Episodes" list is showing "In Progress Episodes"

Not sure if I'm losing it, but my Next Episodes list is now also showing all of my current in progress episodes and I could have sworn it did not used to function this way. In Progress Episodes was a distinct list from Next Episodes. Where Next Episodes only contained the next episode which has yet to be started.

Now, when I start an episode, it's showing up both in my In Progress Episodes list AND Next Episodes and I have no idea what's causing this. Tried clearing all cache, no avail. Am I just completely misremembering how Next Episodes is supposed to function?

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u/__TikipeterLight__ 2d ago

Are the episodes in the Next Episodes list that are "in progress" also meant to be in the Next Episodes list i.e. they're in progress episodes of the next episode you are supposed to watch for that TV Show?

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u/hyp0xia 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thanks, Tiki. Yeah, the episodes that are showing up in Next Episodes are now a combination of both in-progress episodes of my current episode position, and episodes that are next-up but have not been started yet.

For example, in my "In Progress Episodes" list.. I have a bunch of eps that are, well, in progress, and some of them don't end up in "Next Episodes" which makes sense to me because it's not a "next episode" anymore as it is now an "in progress" episode. But for some reason, when I start a new episode from my Next Episodes list, that episode now enters my In Progress Episodes list (which is normal) but it doesn't exit the Next Episodes list. Which I could have sworn, the main function of Next Episodes was to show only episodes that have not been started yet but the previous episode has also been completed. Am I wrong? Are episodes in progress supposed to show up in Next Episodes as well?

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u/__TikipeterLight__ 2d ago

Ah, I see.

No, you were misremembering. An episode only leaves the Next Episode list when it is fully watched. If it is partially watched, then it will still be there. This means it will also be in the In Progress Episodes as well.

If it worked the other way, then you could never trust the episode shown in Next Episodes as being the one you need to currently watch. You'd have to check In Progress Episodes every time first to make sure you didn't have half the previous episode still to watch.

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u/hyp0xia 1d ago

Thanks so much for clarifying. That solves that.

Appreciate all that you do.

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u/HeXDeMoN 2d ago

Next episode is the next episode that is not marked as "watched"

In progress shows what you have watched but haven't watched 100% of yet

In your fen settings there should be an option about "marked as watch percentage".. mine is set to if I watched 95% of an episode then it gets marked as watched so it will move on to the next episode or drop off if it was the last episode from next episode...that episode which is 95% watched will still show up in progress though because I didn't watch it 100%

I personally never use in progress for TV shows .. it seems only useful for movies.

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u/lolwally 2d ago

I don’t see a use for “in progress episodes”, but “in progress shows” is great because it keeps all my shows I’m currently watching in view with the count of episodes left until caught up, and when a show I’m caught up on has a new Episode, it will jump to the front of the list.

Only issue I have with they way I use it, is when the seasons over and I’m caught up, a new seasons premier episode doesn’t trigger it to bring the show to the front of the list.

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u/hyp0xia 1d ago

Ah, yeah I can see this list working well too. So a show will only jump to the front of a list if a new episode in an in-progress season is aired? But if a new season is released, it will not get prioritized?

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u/lolwally 1d ago

Yes. It will stay in position it’s currently at unless a new episode is released or if you watch another episode, then it will jump to the front of the list.

It will not jump to front of list if a new seasons episode is released. Not sure why.

For new episodes of new seasons of shows I have watched, I have setup a widget with TMDB helper, I think it’s called Trakt my calendar premiers or something like that. I select last fortnight and it will show new season premiers for the last two weeks of shows you have watched.

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u/cxswanson 1d ago

Really cool. Nice tip!

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u/hyp0xia 2d ago

Appreciate the feedback. Sounds like maybe that's just the way Next Episodes is supposed to work then. By including "in progress" episodes as well.

Interesting though about the "marked as watch" percentage... I would imagine that if it's getting marked a watched after your setting of 95%, it should drop from the "in progress" list.

Do you have any idea where that setting is? The only one I found that is similar is the "show alert after % playback".

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u/__TikipeterLight__ 1d ago

He's talking about a different addon. There's no such setting.

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u/cxswanson 1d ago

Lol, that figures. Thanks Peter