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Introducing Emby for iPhone and iPad

Luke

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We're very excited to announce that Emby is now properly available on iTunes for your iPhone and iPad:

 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/emby/id992180193?ls=1&mt=8

 

The app is free for all users to browse their media and cast media to other devices. Local playback on the devices requires either a one-time purchase, or an active Emby Premiere subscription which you can purchase within the app, or on our website:

 

https://emby.media/premiere

 

Your Favorite Emby Features

 

Whether it's Movies, TV, Next Up or Live TV, your Emby content is now available wherever you are onyour favorite iDevice.

 

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Easily Scroll and Swipe

 

Combined horizontal and vertical scrolling makes it easy to find what you're looking for.

 

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Simple Search

 

Search is modelled after the Apple News app and offers suggestions of what we think you might be looking for.

 

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Enjoy Your Artwork

 

The images are the eye candy with backdrops, thumbs. banners, and more.

 

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Supports Chromecast

 

Easily send media to your Chromecast devices and other Emby apps.

 

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Choose Your Views

 

Display Posters, Thumbs, or Banners. Easily sort and filter.

 

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Supports Live TV

 

Browse your TV Guide and manage your DVR.

 

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Full Subtitle and Audio Track Support

 

Easily change tracks during video playback.

 

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Sports a VLC-Based Audio Player

 

The app embeds MobileVlcKit which allows it to handle any audio format without server transcoding. Would you like to see this extended to the video player? Let us know!

 

Supports iOS9 Multi-Tasking

 

No need to stop your video when you can dock it thanks to iOS9 multi-tasking support.

 

Roadmap

 

This is an introductory release and you can expect to see regular updates. Let us know where you'd like to see the app go, whether it's support for Mobile Sync, CarPlay, or Apple Watch, make sure to leave feedback and help shape the direction of the app. Thank you for being a part of the Emby community.

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Deihmos

Congrats. It is much faster than using it in safari but seems to be missing the sync feature. Maybe extending VLC to the video player will prevent transcoding?

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Luke

Congrats. It is much faster than using it in safari but seems to be missing the sync feature. Maybe extending VLC to the video player will prevent transcoding?

 

We pulled sync at the last minute to get it released. It's almost complete though. Yes we could extend VLC to the video player, but first we really have to see how stable it is. The stock Apple Player might have a limited feature set but what it supports it does very well. 

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Deihmos

We pulled sync at the last minute to get it released. It's almost complete though. Yes we could extend VLC to the video player, but first we really have to see how stable it is. The stock Apple Player might have a limited feature set but what it supports it does very well. 

Ok. Really impressed with it so far. The UI is very smooth and it looks a lot nicer than the Android app with the menu buttons at the buttom.

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mediacowboy

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Also the vlc option disables the picture in picture feature. At this time. I would love to hear what others think.

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Luke

Ok. Really impressed with it so far. The UI is very smooth.

 

Thanks and please make sure to mention that on the app store :)

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Deihmos

Also the vlc option disables the picture in picture feature. At this time. I would love to hear what others think.

Is this iPad only?

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mediacowboy

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Is this iPad only?

I apologize for any confusion I caused. With the vlc player extended to the video player we noticed that with ipads the picture in picture feature wouldnt work. Not that the ipad version had vlc for video support.

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SikSlayer

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The long-awaited release is finally here. Thanks a lot to all involved.

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ryzilla

Awesome work guys i will need to save coin and get premier so i can actually play something lol :0 10/10

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jraaholt

Having a little trouble getting the app to recognize my Premiere (lifetime) subscription. I haven't been on local yet but everything has been through VPN so that should still work i would think ... Any thoughts?

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c0m3r

Seems to work very well from the limited testing I have done. Took time but the app is now out there which should prove a huge draw for those still using plex. Well done guys,

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andymcm

Well done all, brilliant effort, looking forward to getting hands on and kicking the tyres.

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DrCornelius

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Having a little trouble getting the app to recognize my Premiere (lifetime) subscription. I haven't been on local yet but everything has been through VPN so that should still work i would think ... Any thoughts?

 

Same here, let's see if at home it's any different...

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mgworek

Looks really good. Nice job. Not sure why it requires us to be on our home network to activate Premiere though but will try it when I get home. Our server knows we are Premiere, seems like it should know just by connecting to the server.

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knight09

Looks really good. Nice job. Not sure why it requires us to be on our home network to activate Premiere though but will try it when I get home. Our server knows we are Premiere, seems like it should know just by connecting to the server.

Its probably a one time activation so I guess people could exploit this by remotely logging into someones server that does has Premiere activated. 

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elboletaire

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Hey guys! if I purchase a lifetime premiere will all my server users (which do not have an emby.media account) have the ability to locally play media on their devices? Or it is only for the one who purchases the premiere account?

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fraenhawk

Just wanted to mention to anyone reading the announcement that this does require iOS 8.1 to install. My wife has kept her iPad 2 on the 7 series (since 8 was a dog on iPad 2s when it first came out) and I went to install Emby on it at lunch and got that notification.

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rmunawar9

Hi, great job, been waiting for this for a long time. BTW any plans to make the app available on new Apple TV? i'm sitting on fence as Plex app is already available on Apple TV but i prefer and love EMBY more than Plex and my whole media collection is managed by EMBY today, so wondering if EMBY gonna be available anytime soon on Apple TV or not.

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Luke

Hi, great job, been waiting for this for a long time. BTW any plans to make the app available on new Apple TV? i'm sitting on fence as Plex app is already available on Apple TV but i prefer and love EMBY more than Plex and my whole media collection is managed by EMBY today, so wondering if EMBY gonna be available anytime soon on Apple TV or not.

 

We are working hard on it.

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rmunawar9

We are working hard on it.

That mean i can hold on to EMBY and don't need to go for Plex right :)... indeed a great news as i really don't enjoy using Plex... But will EMBY Support all formats on Apple TV 

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bdiddy

Wow - about time guys!  ffmpeg is a beast, had to up the cores on my emby server to prevent stuttering.

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CrossCech

So previous purchase of app for iOS no longer valid and we have to purchase it again? Or are previous app owners grandfathered in? Seems a shame if we're not.

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rubicon

Well done guys!! I was looking forward for this, especially for the subs support for the iPhone.

In any case, an excellent and quick app which I can now enjoy fully with my lifetime premier :D

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