Tired of the same old re-hashed ancient theme put in a new package? Enter Square a new theme built for Media Browser Classic (MBC) from the ground up.
Square is modern, intuitive, has media center live TV integration*, various built-in apps, and places media at your fingertips plus much more. With support for upcoming TV, intelligent home screen, chapters, multi-users, media folder filtering, and on and on Square leverages the latest from the MBC world for a richer, better media experience.
Please support Redshirt's excellent app by purchasing it from the Amazon App Store:
http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Linton-Mediabrowser-Android-Client/dp/B00GVH9O0I
We're looking to move up Amazon's store rankings so for a limited time, the app is available for $0.99. Please consider purchasing to show your support even if you already have the Play Store version.
Important note: Chromecast requires Google Play Services and is therefore not supported by the Amazon app. Please factor this i
Team,
Happy new year! If you're a coder who likes movies, tv, music and games, now is a better time than ever get involved and join the project. No matter your skill set, whether it's Java, C# or even Pascal, we can find a place for you. Here are some areas we're currently looking for help with, but if you have your own ideas we'd like to hear them.
Available Projects
Trakt
We are looking for a contributor to help bring new features to our Trakt plugin. Trakt has added new data to t
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
Today a new version of the Windows 8.1 app has hit the store.
It includes quite alot of changes and improvements which we hope you'll like.
Take your time and install it if you haven't already.
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/media-browser/ad55a2f0-9897-47bd-8944-bed3aefd5d06
Here's a list of the changes.
Alternative Music layout.
To enable this, bring out the charms bar, click settings -> General -> Alternative Music layout
Moviedetails layout
Wit
Another update to our brand new Roku app is rolling out to the store right now. It features a cleaner look, improved playback, video playlist support and more!
New, Cleaner Tile Display
Wrap-around Scrolling for all Rows
You can now go left from the first item of all rows to quickly get to the end and, when at the end, the items will wrap back around to the front.
Easier Access to Other Library Views
Remote Messaging Support
Use the new server feat
The wait is over, the new version of Media Browser for Windows 8.1 is here.
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/media-browser/ad55a2f0-9897-47bd-8944-bed3aefd5d06
Even though the app has a lot of cosmetic improvements such as rotating backdrops, more artwork used etc etc, the biggest changes are under the hood. Playback is vastly improved and performance is even better.
Here's a list of the biggest changes
Playback
Support for HLS streams, providing a more reliable trans
3.0.5912 - Stable
This is a small follow-up to the previous release designed to address a few issues:
Fix safari loading issue
Fix alphabet picker not working on some screens in Emby web app
Fix trailers missing from some Emby apps
Support m2ts direct play with WDTV Live DLNA
Support music dynamic images
3.0.5927 - Beta
The beta has a number of new features that you can try out and help test:
New Features:
Dramatically improved transcoding for Microsoft Edge and Ope
Now Supporting Media Browser Connect
We've been longing for a way to make it easier to access your server when you're away from home, and we're pleased to announce our solution. It's Media Browser Connect.
Now you can use your forum username and password to sign into any Media Browser app from any location, and it will know how to locate your server in the most efficient way possible. This means you no longer have to fumble with IP addresses. Not only does this make it easier to access your
Available now on your 4th gen Apple TV device
Emby Remote Control
Now control your Apple TV app from other Emby mobile apps and the web interface. Mirror the display, send items for playback and control the playback experience all from your phone or web browser.
Improved Subtitle Support
Now control subtitles in most instances from within the normal player interface during playback (requires latest Emby Server).
Other Improvements and Fixes
The movie detai
Emby for iOS 1.7.7 is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights:
Fix Chromecast disconnection when opening server dashboard
Add subtitle color options
Improve Hebrew and Arabic subtitle support
Android development has been a busy place these last few months. Behind the scenes a lot of work has been done to provide some great features. I'm going to do a series of blog posts showing off some of the progress leading up to the final availability this summer. So without further ado, here's some of the good stuff that's coming.
Android in the living room
The Android client will provide the mobile layout that everyone is used to. Users will be able to enable a new UI that is meant for
We're pleased to announce availability of Emby Server for NetGear ReadyNAS. To learn how to install it, head over to the download page of our website:
https://emby.media/download
Enjoy !
Today, we're glad to announce public availability of the new Emby WMC UI Beta.
It started out as a spare-time effort of Emby developer softworkz, assumed to target only a niche audience of nostalgia and WMC fans, and hasn't been an Emby roadmap project.
But over time, it has turned into something of its own kind, going far beyond just mixing-in some nostalgic visuals like a theme, but rather providing an authentic look and feel, the original modes of operation and behavior, or in short
New release, v1.8.0
Glad to announce that today we've released a new version of the Windows 8.1 app.
What's new:
Basic Multipart-video support
Support for 480p -720k transcoding
Hide Music-Section when no music is available
Support for .mov files
Navigation buttons (Up,down,left,right,Select,Back,Home) on remotecontrol view if the client supports it.
Fixes:
Fix for audioplayback
Correct sorting of Media Folders
Fix for LiveTile
Check it out: http://apps.microsoft.com/w
The beta channel has been updated with enhancements specifically targeting the new Roku 4:
Added support for direct play of h265/vp9 content
Added support for pass-through of AAC 5.1
As always your feedback will help shape future direction of the app, so let us know what you think.
Installation:
Instructions on how to install the beta channel can be found here:
http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/8001-emby-for-roku-channel/page-1
Emby Server 3.2.7 is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights.
Support for Older HD Homerun Tuners
Emby Live TV now supports older HD Homerun Network Tuners. This includes HDHR-US, HDHR3-US, and many others.
Important: Your HD Homerun will need to be running firmware version 20161117 or newer.
Bug Fixes
Fix Live TV channel sorting by number
Other Changes
Improve ffmpeg command lines with hardware acceleration
Emby for Android 3.2.75 Released: Mini Sidebar & New OSD Features
Requires: Emby Server 4.7 or later
Emby for Android Version Changes:
• New brightness control in video OSD
• New lock screen feature in video OSD
• New mini sidebar docking option
• Voice input support on search screen
• Various video playback fixes
New brightness control in video OSD
One of the new features added to Emby for Android is the
Emby Theater for Windows Desktop has been updated. Here are the highlights.
Stats for Nerds
Tinkerers will love this. Just enable it directly in the video player OSD, or toggle it with the keyboard shortcut, control+J.
New Audio Delay Settings
New settings have been added to allow you to control audio delay if needed for your setup.
MadVR Player Option
You gave us your feedback and we listened. MadVR has returned as an option for video files.
Other Changes
Fix w
Emby for iOS 1.7.6 is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights:
Improve hevc playback
Support physical volume buttons for Chromecast
Improve Chromecast re-connection
Add support for external displays and airplay
Respect users WiFi only download setting
Update splash screen
Improve app navigation performance
New release, v1.5.1
Glad to announce that today we've released a new version of the Windows 8.1 app.
This time it’s mostly about playback and minimizing the the server cpu usage.
Thanks to changes made in the server on the latest release combined with changes in the app we can now play mp4’s and avi’s directly without the need to transcode nor remux if the codecs are supported natively.
That means that we now also support ac3 5.1 audio. J
We’ve also improved the Playback OSD to give you
A small update to the previous release has gone out.
Issues Resolved
Fix queue menu options
Other Changes
Support mp4 timed text
Validate hardware encoder presence before attempting to use
Improve library scan performance
Improve people refresh performance
Improve server shutdown performance
Improve server dashboard loading performance
Improve performance of loading artist lists
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
Team,
Today are hosting provider experienced major downtime for a period of at least 12 hours. This caused the Emby website, community, and Emby Connect to be completely unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. We are looking into ways to keep this from happening in the future.
To stay notified of any issues in the future, please follow us on Twitter or Facebook.
A small maintenance update was pushed to resolve a few issues with the previous release:
Support samsung dlna bookmarks
Direct play dts with LG dlna
Update sync dialogs
Fix playlist items not draggable in Firefox/Edge
Resolve error when probing bluray folder rips
Resolve cloud sync error
Improve Emby Connect error message
Fix audio channel count handling
Resolve OpenSubtitle failures
Supply user agent when recording from remote urls
Increase likelihood of video stream copy
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