The Emby team wanted to say thank you again to everyone that took the time to ask various questions during our Q&A session. Here are a few more answers to questions that a lot of our users were asking about.
1) How is beta functionality success measured?
Often times people are curious about the process we use internally here at Emby as we go through the Beta process. We do rely heavily on the forum feedback and beta-tester feedback relating to open issues. It is also important th
A lot of people when watching movies or TV shows utilize subtitles. They can be for watching a movie in a foreign language or helpful for those with hearing difficulties to enjoy their favorite TV show. Whatever your reason for using subtitles, Emby has a few great options that individuals can set up at the user level to make subtitle usage easier for themselves every time they watch their favorite media.
Did you know that every user on your server can set up different subtitle settings th
As you know, Emby is a powerful media server that lets you stream and manage your personal content across a wide range of devices. With Emby, you can access your favorite movies, shows, music, and photos from nearly anywhere. Here’s a rundown of the devices that support Emby and how you can enjoy a seamless media experience on each.
1. Smart TVs
Emby has dedicated apps for several major smart TV brands, including Samsung, LG, and Android TVs. This means you can stream directly on your
Real Setups. Real Users. No Fluff.
Welcome to the first installment of our Emby Community Spotlight — a series where we highlight the unique and diverse ways people around the world are using Emby every day. From globe-trotting servers to enterprise-grade home labs, Emby users continue to push the boundaries of what a personal media server can be.
Today we are focusing on users who use Windows or Windows servers as the base for their servers! Here are three very different and impressiv
Good news for all you kindle owners. The Android client has been approved for distribution on the Kindle store. Now let's see what awesome features I can add as we go forward from here.
I am happy to announce the release of XBMB3C version 0.7.5!
You can find the AddOn in the official XBMC repo.
This version has seen a lot of big changes since the last official version 0.6.5.
Many of these improvements are due to the addition of another developer to the project - null_pointer - so please get him a virtual beer and some up-votes!
Below are the changes since 0.6.5:
Removed local image copying - new image proxy service by Null_Pointer!
NOTE: You can delete the .png files
Hello All,
A new version of XBMB3C has been released and is available in the XBMC repo!
As usual, lots of exciting changes:
- Added remote control from other clients (null_pointer)
- Added trailer support (im85288)
- Added Couch Potato trailer integration (im85288)
- Updated to support server security update (xnappo)
- Server path substitution support (im85288)
- Added premier date and airtime to Upcoming TV (im85288)
- Added in-progres
Version 3.0.187.0 of Media Browser Classic has just been released.
There are several fixes and enhancements in this release but the biggest one is a brand new interface during video playback. This new interface is much more modern looking, provides more information and great functionality including customized skipping, direct access seeking and full, interactive chapter access with chapter images.
Please see the new interface usage guide for a complete description of how it all
Now you can watch Swedish public service in Media Browser.
Just install the channel and browse away.
Watch news, documentaries, movies, tv-series etc..
Hope you like it
This morning a new version of the Win8.1 app was released in store.
What's new?
Search
After a long wait the feature that should have been in the app since day one has been added.
You can now easily search your collection, just type what you're searching for and either use the search hints or do a full search
MCE
For those of you who use a media center (MCE) remote with the app, it has now become a little easier. We're not done with this feature by a long shot, but this ough
Earlier this week, Luke and myself were on the Digital Lifestyle's podcast talking about Media Browser and what's coming up, including the new Media Browser Connect that went into beta last week.
If you want to take a listen to it, head over the TDL website http://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/index.php/2014/11/05/the-digital-lifestyle-show-474-media-browser-special/
Media Browser Theater 3.0.5436 has been released and adds support for signing in with Media Browser Connect.
Download
http://mediabrowser.tv/download/
It features an easy to use pin code login, making it easier than ever to use Media Browser Theater when you're away from home.
Share with Friends
Inviting your friends is easy. Use the server's new Guests feature to send email invitations:
Then all they need to do is sign up, download Media
Now with Sync and Offline Support !
Important: This feature is coming soon to Android, iOS and Windows Phone
Full Featured Sync Management
The app provides the same functions to create and manage your sync jobs as does the web client. No need to switch between two different apps to get the job done.
Offline Browsing
Offline content is accessible with the same rich metadata you're accustomed to when online:
To access offline content, simply sign in using
Update: This release got bumped to 8.0.67.1 due to a small bug with the IAP. If you have the original release, you'll get the update shortly.
Update 2: We have also made the IAP free for the following week
We are pleased to announce that the Windows Phone app has received a nice little update which contains a few new features and fixes. So what's new?
Emby Branding
We know, took us long enough, right?! Everything in the app has been renamed, rebranded, relogo'd to use our new nam
A small update to the previous release has gone out. The following issues are resolved:
Text-based subtitles being unnecessarily burnt in via transcoding
Person object updates triggering notifications to apps and plugins
Resolved an issue with deletion of Live TV recordings
Increased Schedules Direct download timeout length
Enjoy
This is a small update with the following changes:
Add semi-colon as artist separator
Add automatic bitrate setting for Chromecast
Improve detection of h264 support in Firefox for Linux
Add Indonesian as selectable language
Update Tmdb throttling
Add robots.txt file to web interface
Going forward, the automatic updates will be downloading from Github Releases:
https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/releases
Not only can you browse the releases on Github, but now we'll
The stable release channel has been updated to 3.0.5785. The following are the changes:
Add support for internet metadata for daily episodes
Fix script error on HDHomerun and NFO config pages
Make Emby server handle internet outages more gracefully
Expand supported subtitle formats in WDTV Live DLNA profile
Add automatic bitrate option for Chromecast
Improve h264 support detection in Firefox for Linux
Add semi-colon as artist separator
Add Indonesian as selectable language
Updat
A new update to the Android TV app is on its way to both the Google and Amazon stores and should hit a device near you soon.
Lots of things have been tidied up in this release including:
Enhanced SSL support
if you have a setup with a trusted certificate or you have enabled your self-signed one on your Andriod TV device, you should now be able to use these apps with your secured (https) servers including playback through the various players.
Video Playlists and a new Video Queue
Emby for Andriod TV/Fire TV 1.3
We are very excited to announce a new and improved version of one of our flagship TV apps. This version brings increased stability and the addition of support for HD (lossless) audio pass thru on supported devices.
Lossless HD Audio
This version brings the ability to bitstream DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD audio to the Android TV platform (supported device and audio equipment required) making it a true alternative to a cumbersome HTPC setup even in y
A small maintenance update was pushed to resolve a few issues with the previous release:
Resolve IPv6 issue on BSD systems
Resolve holiday theme disrupting video playback
Resolve duplicate latest Live TV recordings section
To learn more about the previous release, we encourage you to read Emby Server 3.1: Faster and Lighter Than Ever Before.
Emby Theater for Windows Desktop has been updated. The following issues have been addressed:
Fixed an issue where the window would sometimes be incorrectly placed behind the task bar when maximized.
Download for Windows: https://emby.media/emby-theater.html
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
Version 1.4 of the Android TV app (available soon on Google Play and your Fire TV) now changes the library browsing interface to have "tabs" like the web app and Theater.
You now should be able to quickly get to the different views of each library and choose how that library is displayed when you first enter it. This new presentation should now be the same as most of the other apps - helping users that use apps on multiple platforms be instantly familiar with the interface.
A major update to the Emby app for Apple TV is rolling out now. Simply re-start the app to get the update or, if you haven't tried it yet, install it from the app store on your 4th or 5th gen Apple TV now!
Live TV
The biggest new feature of the app is the implementation of Live TV (Emby Premiere subscription required). Now you can access programs, channels, recordings and recording schedules from the Apple TV just like you can with the other Emby apps. Full recording management is also a
Version 1.2.09 of the Apple TV app is rolling out now with some more fixes and enhancements: Bug fixes:
Fixed remote play/pause
Fixed resuming a movie
Fixed delete button not working on detail views
Fixed collection view with items other than movies showing an error
Fixed item unwatched counts not displaying with some server platforms (an empty green circle was shown)
Removed budget from sorting in the movie library as it's no longer supported
New Features / Updates:
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