Darkjeje 11 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 With emby for android tv, you can choose to play movies with VLC , but it is expected to leave the option of choosing another ? I think especially in kodi . I explain my problem. My android box, the "Freebox" not play all the codec, VLC a bit more, but many bug with vlc, and kodi is better for play movie. So if I choose vlc, the movies is transcoding, but my serveur is a synology,... If I play my movie without emby, with kodi, the movie is playing normaly, without transcoding,... Sorry for my english,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidman 589 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Then use the emby for kodi addon for kodi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkjeje 11 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 Yes I thought about that. But I wanted to stay on Emby android TV,...Thank youVidman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidman 589 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Well you specially mentioned that you wanted to use kodi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkjeje 11 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 No sorry, I want to use Emby for android TV, but when I play a movie, the movie is transcoding by Emby server. When I play the same movie with the player of my box (DLNA), it's impossible, the box don't have the codec. When I play with vlc, it plays the movie but with Bug. When I play with kodi, its OK, no problem. In the option of Emby, it's possible to use the basic player, or to play with VLC. But since neither of them work for me, I would like to have the opportunity to choose the kodi player in the option of Emby,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14912 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Kodi cannot be used as an external player. I don't believe that is possible on any platform with it. It isn't a player, it is an entire system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkjeje 11 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 That's what I think too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshirt 1487 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 What other players are there that can support Dolby codecs? As far as I know both MX Player and BSPlayer have removed Dolby support. Those seem to be the most popular stand-alone players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebular Nerd 2 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 What other players are there that can support Dolby codecs? As far as I know both MX Player and BSPlayer have removed Dolby support. Those seem to be the most popular stand-alone players. Emby Android plus MX Player is my recommended route if you can use it. MX Player will support all sound formats with the external codec pack that you can find over at XDA Developers it's is what I use to play everything on my various Android based kit, aside from really high bitrate BluRay rips like Avatar or those with Multi Channel PCM (uncompressed) Audio pretty much anything else will play. Unless you are sideloading on a device that cannot take Google Play buy the Pro version of MX Player as it's about the best Android player going. The only sticking point I find with the above is if you have anything other than .MKV or .MP4 as your container formats you might run into playback issues, this is more down to Android rather than Emby. If you have a FireTV stick and are using the Emby Fire app your luck will vary as it's gimped by the lack of allowing external players, either force transcoding or refusal to play full stop through the buggy player (regardless of the VLC setting) is pretty much my experience. You'll be told that it's because the FireTV can't hack playing the files directly streamed but MX Player plus the correct pack for the cpu in the FireTV will play most files you can throw at it (Wi-Fi speeds and server abilities being upto the task of course) I love Emby but I can't see why they insist on trying to hamper it by forcing the inbuilt players on everyone, pain in the backside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlDag 25 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) Kodi cannot be used as an external player. I don't believe that is possible on any platform with it. It isn't a player, it is an entire system. Actually that's wrong. In Plex for Android, when asking for an external player, it offers to use Kodi, and it works (tested it). Then use the emby for kodi addon for kodi The advantage here would be to use Kodi's power remotely. The Kodi for Emby add-on doesn't work remotely, but as external player to Emby for android it would. That said, keep in mind external don't allow saving watched status (if you pause for example). At least not with Plex. Perhaps Kodi could using the trakt plugin, didn't try it. Edited February 13, 2016 by KarlDag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14912 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Perhaps with the android port of kodi, there is a way to invoke it for playback much like our remote capability. If someone has information on this I'd appreciate that information. It is also possible that, since plex was actually a fork of kodi, it has some other tie in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidman 589 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) I don't think so es file explorer also offers to play media via kodi if installed Edited February 13, 2016 by Vidman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidman 589 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) Actually that's wrong. In Plex for Android, when asking for an external player, it offers to use Kodi, and it works (tested it). The advantage here would be to use Kodi's power remotely. The Kodi for Emby add-on doesn't work remotely, but as external player to Emby for android it would. That said, keep in mind external don't allow saving watched status (if you pause for example). At least not with Plex. Perhaps Kodi could using the trakt plugin, didn't try it. What do you mean? I use kodi externally/remotely with emby for kodi Edited February 13, 2016 by Vidman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice pube 20 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Perhaps with the android port of kodi, there is a way to invoke it for playback much like our remote capability. If someone has information on this I'd appreciate that information. It is also possible that, since plex was actually a fork of kodi, it has some other tie in. Do you mean casting to kodi? That works just fine for me, I cast to kodi on my shield TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlDag 25 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 What do you mean? I use kodi externally/remotely with emby for kodiWhat do YOU mean? Lol How do you sign in from emby for kodi to your server remotely? Didn't see a place to put in my login credentials.!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidman 589 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) Now you are confusing me....Have you even used the addon? The emby for kodi addon settings allow you to enter your emby user creds...In fact it is required to be set to use the addon either remotely or locally. The use alternate address setting is there specifically for mobile kodi devices that may be used locally or remotely , and http streaming settings so you can adjust for remote access speed restrictions Edited February 14, 2016 by Vidman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlDag 25 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) Now you are confusing me....Have you even used the addon? The emby for kodi addon settings allow you to enter your emby user creds...In fact it is required to be set to use the addon either remotely or locally. The use alternate address setting is there specifically for mobile kodi devices that may be used locally or remotely , and http streaming settings so you can adjust for remote access speed restrictions I'm kind of new to kodi, could you help me set it up then? I see an alternate address option, but what if my servers in address changes every once in a while (dynamic)? I'm used to plex, where plex. TV credentials will forward to my servers up address automatically. I don't see a place for my emby connect credentials!? Edited February 14, 2016 by KarlDag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidman 589 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) The Kodi addon hasn't got there yet with emby connect so you either need a static ip or a ddns setup. I use dyndns.org but there are many others to choose from, some are free But now we are detailing this thread so back on topic Edited February 14, 2016 by Vidman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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