A small update to the previous release has gone out. The following issues are resolved:
Explicitly define SchedulesDirect request dates
Reduce CPU utilization by reducing frequency of image encoding
Adjust subtitle positions in web client when OSD is showing (supported in Chrome only)
Remove yellow backgrounds from login screens in Chrome
Improve upgrade process from older server versions
Enjoy
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
A follow-up to the previous release has gone out to address a few issues. The following issues are resolved:
Update to latest fanart music api
Better handling of errors when extracting image metadata
Fixed photo album images being generated repeatedly
Fixed a few minor graphical anomalies in the web interface
Updated live tv tuner pooling
Fix library setup error in OSX
A new beta is currently rolling out to the website for download. This time around, there are only a few new features. We spent a lot of time over the last month resolving defects and refining existing features. Here are the highlights.
Hardware Video Decoding is Here
If you have the appropriate hardware, there is a new setting that you can enable to activate GPU decoding with Intel QuickSync.
Faster Image Editing
You no longer need to drill all the way down into the metadata
This is a small bug-fix update to the previous release to help tide you over while we work hard on the next major release. The following issues have been resolved:
Fix occasional hang with automated server restarts on Windows
Fix presence of ffprobe data stream causing subtitles to be ordered incorrectly, leading to occasional transcoding failures.
This is a small bug-fix update to the previous release to help tide you over while we work hard on the next major release. The following issues have been resolved:
Fix external subtitles sometimes requiring burn-in via transcoding.
Fix error on forgot password screen
Fix frame by frame analysis for linux
Frame by frame analysis setting now off by default for all users due to longer library scans. Users will need to re-enable this feature.
Fix live tv series recordings not creating
This is the stable release of the previous beta, which you can read all about here:
http://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-239-introducing-the-new-live-tv-for-emby-and-emby-server-beta-305713/
Here's what changed during the beta period:
A Better TV Guide
The guide now has more clearly defined distinctions between program and channels cells:
New Kodi Dlna Profile
If you use Dlna with Kodi, we've added a new profile designed to encourage as much direct pla
A new release is out and is purely a maintenance and bug fix release. Thanks to the help of the community, the following bugs have been resolved:
Local metadata settings sometimes not respected
Certain combinations of settings leading to people getting lost
Improved Firefox responsiveness with remote control and scheduled tasks
Xbox one layout distorted
Playback notifications not including series name
Default user icon in header too small
Non-admins able to group versions
Playback
A new beta has gone out. This is primarily a maintenance release. Here are the changes.
Restructured Live TV Database
The live TV database has been significantly improved, making it faster for our apps to retrieve guide information. In addition, the server is longer dependent on startup execution of the Guide refresh scheduled task, which will allow you to get into Live TV immediately after startup.
Faster Live TV Start Time
Up until now we have been probing live TV streams for m
This is a small release that brings a few important improvements. Here are the highlights.
Dramatically Reduced Transcoding CPU Usage
New "just in time" HLS transcoding will dramatically reduce cpu utilization after the initial client buffering period. You'll now be able to enjoy more simultaneous streams and have more peace of mind about your server's resource consumption. The apps that will benefit from this are the mobile web client, Android, Android TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, Windows 8
A new beta has gone out to address a few issues and bring a few improvements. Here are the changes.
Dlna Improvements
Thanks to the help of a few community members, the following Dlna improvements have been made:
Resolved Play To issue with Xbox One that would revert to the default Dlna profile if using a custom device name
Resolved transcoding failures with Sony Bravia's
Resolved missing images with Sony Bravia's
Resolved transcoding failures with Panasonic Viera
Significa
A small update has been pushed out to resolve a few issues and bring a few enhancements.
New Video Loading
When you play content in the web client, you'll now be treated to a new and improved loading screen.
New and Improved Xbox One DLNA
Support for DLNA with Xbox One has been vastly improved. You'll now enjoy:
PlayTo issues resolved
Streaming issues resolved with Xbox Media Player
Checkmarks for watched content
Resume progress bars
Unwatched count indicato
A small update has been pushed out to resolve a few issues and bring a few enhancements.New Video Loading
When you play content in the web client, you’ll now be treated to a new and improved loading screen.
New and Improved Xbox One DLNA
Support for DLNA with Xbox One has been vastly improved. You’ll now enjoy:
PlayTo issues resolved
Streaming issues resolved with Xbox Media Player
Checkmarks for watched content
Resume progress bars
Unwatched count indicators
Beautiful dynamic images
This is a small maintenance release that we're pushing out to resolve a few issues that have been reported. This should move to stable very quickly. Among the issues resolved are:
External streaming with Android
Live TV streams not being properly closed
Tvdb language override not falling back to English when appropriate
Playback stopping prematurely on Chromecast
This is a small maintenance release that we’re pushing out to resolve a few issues that have been reported. This should move to stable very quickly. Among the issues resolved are:
External streaming with Android
Live TV streams not being properly closed
Tvdb language override not falling back to English when appropriate
Playback stopping prematurely on Chromecast
Source
This is predominantly a maintenance release but there are some new goodies to enjoy. Without further ado, here are the highlights.
Control Your Cloud Sync Upload Speed
You can now configure this in the sync settings area.
To learn more about Cloud Sync, check out the release notes from the previous release:
http://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-188-emby-server-305572-released/
Manage Your Sync Conversion Speed
Now you can control both the speed and the num
This is predominantly a maintenance release but there are some new goodies to enjoy. Without further ado, here are the highlights.Control Your Cloud Sync Upload Speed
You can now configure this in the sync settings area.
To learn more about Cloud Sync, check out the release notes from the previous release:
http://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-188-emby-server-305572-released/ Manage Your Sync Conversion Speed
Now you can control both the speed and the number of CPU cores that
The stable channel has been updated with a small revision over the previous release. This resolves the following issues:
Reverse proxy playback with the web client
Sync ffmpeg processes starting at the wrong times
Use of the download button with Emby Connect
Thanks to everyone who helped test the beta. Our cloud features are just beginning, so stay tuned for more!
Recap
A new version of Emby Server has been released with some exciting new additions. Before we go over
The stable channel has been updated. Thanks to everyone who helped test the beta. Our cloud features are just beginning, so stay tuned for more!
Recap
A new version of Emby Server has been released with some exciting new additions. Before we go over them, if you missed our recent Emby announcement you can read all about that here:
http://mediabrowser....troducing-emby/
Introducing Cloud Sync & Folder Sync
We worked really hard on sync during this release cycle to bring yo
We wanted to share a quick review of Emby that was recently done by Sergio Ambrosio, a popular tech blogger in Spain. We are excited to see that people are taking note of the product that we pour a lot of effort in to here and look forward to more reviews in the future. Thank you Sergio for taking the time to review Emby!
You can read the article HERE
Later this week, we will be posting another blog focused on transcoding and some best practices to make sure your server is setup proper
Here is the next round of answers from our Emby Q&A session. The feedback from our previous blog post was exciting to see from all of you, and we are excited to share even more answers. The next round of questions and answers will be released next week as well!
1) What are some of the future goals of Emby?
Emby wants to continue to grow and be the best media server option available for our users. We hope to move to a quicker release schedule than in previous iterations that is bo
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
Thank you to everyone who took the time to ask the Emby team questions across all of the different platforms including here on the forums. There were a lot of great questions that were thrown our way and we've been excited to get the answers out to you. While some of the questions we were not able to answer, we did our best to give you the most accurate and clear answers possible.
Now without further ado, here is the first series of questions and answers for you to look over! Please keep in
Team,
Emby is now listed on http://up-for-grabs.net. Up for Grabs was recently featured on Scott Hanselman's blog and is an exciting place where you can visit to find open source projects to participate in. Specifically, Up for Grabs helps you navigate Github by pointing you to specific assignments that are available for the taking.
Check us out here, where we're listed alongside many other prominent projects, including several from Microsoft. I've specifically chosen the assignments tha
Team,
The latest server release features new and improved video streaming in the desktop editions of Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 11, and Opera. Thanks to our integration with Viblast Player, we now have the ability to utilize Emby Server's HLS and MPEG-DASH streaming, which up until now has been limited to the mobile browsers and standalone apps.
This a big win for us and it brings a number of new benefits. If you're a Google Chrome user, we're finally able to eliminate the Webm str
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