This is a small maintenance release but we've still managed to squeeze in some fun new features. Without further ado, here are the highlights.
Faster Browsing
We've trimmed some fat from our api output and you'll notice faster response times in all clients, particularly the web client and raspberry pi. Expect even more improvements in future releases.
Cast & Crew added to DLNA
Now when you browser your movies, you can see the cast & crew for each movie.
You
Version 2.2.10 of the app has been published to stores and now includes support for automatic camera image uploading.
Stay tuned for mobile sync coming soon to Android.
Here is a recap of camera uploading from the server release notes it debuted in:
Automatic Camera Image Uploading
You'll notice the Devices section has a Camera Upload tab. Camera upload allows automatic uploading of images from your smartphones and tablets. It's easy! Just enable the devices you'd like to u
Available in both the Google and Amazon stores very soon, Emby for Android TV and Emby for Fire TV will have a new, re-vamped player based on VLC and several interface improvements.
Less transcoding, better audio and easy sub switching
The integration of VLC for playback means less transcoding, Dolby Digital audio bitstreaming (Android TV only) and fast, seamless internal audio and subtitle track switching for much of your content. Right now, VLC and direct stream playback is limited to
We are now participating in Google's new open beta system. Anybody can sign up and receive beta builds using this link:
Android TV App
Android Mobile App
The release notes of the beta builds will indicate the features and bug fixes that will go into the next public release. In order to avoid confusion with the release version, we ask that you use the Testing Area at the bottom of the forum for any discussion related to beta version:
http://emby.media/community/index.php?/forum/101-t
The long-anticipated arrival of music support in the Fire TV/Android TV apps is here!
Coming very soon to your Fire and Android TV devices - full support of music functionality with a fast, intuitive and beautiful interface to all your Emby audio.
Features include:
Smart-screen interface with latest albums, last played, favorites, playlists etc.
Two grid-views - browse albums or album artists
Full audio queuing capabilities from within all asp
cmcg has been working extremely hard on this and we're pleased to announce version 1.0 of Emby for Samsung Smart TV's. It’s been a great effort by the community to bring this popular Emby client up to a major milestone. Supported models are TVs, Blu-ray Disk Players and Home Theatre Systems from the D, E, F and H Series running the SmartHub OS. Sadly, Samsung have already moved on to Tizen OS and closed the doors of their app store to new SmartHub applications unless we first submit a Tizen bas
Team,
Today, for the first time, we're simultaneously releasing new stable and beta releases. We're pleased to announce that we now have beta packages for several Linux distributions, which you can check out on our website:
https://emby.media/download/
3.0.5782.0 Stable
New Opus Audio Transcoding
In the web client, transcoded music now uses Opus in supported browsers. Opus is an open format and has superior quality to aac and mp3. Currently this is supported in Chrome, Opera
In light of the recent outages we've had, this beta is designed to be more resilient to loss of connectivity. so please help test this. Also please continue to test IPV6 support here on the beta branch.
Other Changes
Resolve checkboxes unavailable on HDHomerun configuration page
Resolve video transcoding error affecting Live TV with Firefox
It's been exactly a month since we first announced availability of Emby Theater for Windows and the Web. During that time, a lot of exciting, community-driven development has taken place and we're pleased to announce new features that are available.
Try it Now
Windows: http://emby.media/emby-theater.html Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge, Firefox: http://emby.media/emby-theater-web.html Xbox One: http://emby.media/emby-theater-xboxone.html
External Players
We're working extremely har
This is a small maintenance release designed to address a few issues and add a few enhancements. Here are the highlights.
New Recording Settings
The recording converison feature has new settings that allow you to customize the output format, with options for MP4 and MKV.
New Transcoding Settings
New quality settings are available, for those who want to customimze their encoding command lines.
Bug Fixes
Fix VA API transcoding with sync jobs
Fix required field on
A small maintenance release has gone out with a few bug fixes. Here are the highlights:
Don't use library monitor for internal server folders
Update music dlna views
Add additional error handling to internet metadata providers
Update subtitle downloader
Remove audio channel count from transcoding conditions in the web app
Fix saving person place of birth in metadata editor
Resolve playback failure in Chrome after pausing for several minutes
Add fixes for dvb format subtitles
Ca
A small maintenance release has gone out with a few bug fixes. Here are the highlights:
Resolve loss of audio in certain playback scenarios in the web app
Resolve subtitle encoding issues in certain playback scenarios
1.0.16 is available and includes a few fixes:
Resolve video OSD display issue
Improve support for external subtitles
Installation
Users in the USA with a Samsung Tizen Smart TV can install now from the Samsung App Store.
A Modern App for Modern Times
The interface for this app has been built with HTML, but this is nothing like the web apps you're accustomed to. This has been built purely with modern features that bring a level of performance that wasn't even possible a y
7Illusion's excellent third-party app Ember for Emby has been updated.
ember v4.2.201 Jan-2017
The January release builds on the background art changes and chapter presentation from December to further update and define the "ember experience". Stellar playback and an immersive UI forms the core of ember. So for January...
New Features: Full Screen "Now Playing" music view
- The music experience in ember with Direct, "gapless" playback sounds great and some steps to make it look
1.0.20 is available and includes the following updates:
Improve direct play support for high bitrate content, including 4K video
Update to latest Emby Theater interface
Installation
Users in the USA with a Samsung Tizen Smart TV can install now from the Samsung App Store.
A Modern App for Modern Times
The interface for this app has been built with HTML, but this is nothing like the web apps you're accustomed to. This has been built purely with modern features that bring
If you use Chrome on Android and have Chrome 57 (currently beta) installed, you'll be in for a treat the next time you play media with the Emby web app. We've added support for lock screen controls, which allow you to control playback from the device lock screen.
Try It Now
This is immediately available to enjoy with the online web app at http://app.emby.media
It is also in the Emby Server beta channel and will be included in the next stable release.
The beta version of Emby for Android TV has been updated with a plethora of new Live TV and video playback features. This is still a beta and is not yet production quality, but if you'd like try out the new features and help us refine them, then read on below.
Highlights
Seek Live TV
Start recording during Live TV playback
Switch quality on the fly
Switch frame rates on the fly
Zoom (only with internal player) - this just moves this option from its own icon to this menu
Audio Del
For those using Emby for Windows Store, we recommend installing the Microsoft mpeg2 extension:
https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n95q1zzpmh4
This will allow the app to decode mpeg2 in-app without having to rely on server transcoding. Once this is installed, the Emby Windows Store app will automatically take advantage of it.
Learn more about Emby for Windows Store.
Installation
Users in the USA, UK, or Ireland with a Samsung Smart TV can install now from the Samsung App Store.
A Modern App for Modern Times
The interface for this app has been built with HTML, but this is nothing like the web apps you're accustomed to. This has been built purely with modern features that bring a level of performance that wasn't even possible a year ago at this time. For the nerds out there, that means WebAnimations, WebComponents, Service Workers, Polymer, and on
Version 1.5.7 is currently rolling out to address a few issues. Here are the highlights:
Resolve occasional black screen on app wake up
Improve error handling within the download feature
Make deletion of downloaded content easier
A new release of Emby for LG is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights:
Resolve ass/ssa subtitle crash on WebOS 4.0 +
Various bug fixes within the video OSD
Maintenance Window: 11pm Eastern Time on Nov 16 - 2am Eastern Time on Nov 17
It is time for another back-end system upgrade to keep up with software that we use. All Emby back end systems may be unavailable during the window above. We hope for the actual downtime to be less than one hour but want to provide warning for a larger time frame just in case. This may affect Emby Connect and initial Premiere validations. Most operations will be unaffected.
Thanks.
Emby for iOS 2.0.3 has been released. Here are the highlights:
Improved CarPlay browsing
Fix duplicate devices displayed in Emby Server activity
Various subtitle fixes
Add support for multi-select filtering
Fix genre screen occasionally being empty depending on where you came from
Restore death date on person detail screen
Improve dynamic data refreshing on detail screen
Add home videos landing screen option
For those running the Emby Server stable release, now you can install directly from Synology Package Center:
This is the easiest possible method of installation. Please note the Synology Package Center version of Emby Server may sometimes run a little behind due to the Synology review process. For this reason we'll still be making downloads available on our website for manual installation:
https://emby.media/download
Emby Server and Emby Theater Now Available as Snap Packages
We are proud to announce that Emby Server as well as our Premiere client Emby Theater, are now available as Snap Packages for Linux distributions. This makes installing Emby a snap.
What are Snaps?
Snaps are a type of secure containerized applications that work on any Linux distribution using systemd.
Snaps are multi-platform, dependency-free applications that are easy to install. One of the biggest advantages of snap
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