In this installment of our Emby Community Spotlight series, we're highlighting three new users with completely different builds. One leverages serious archival storage and years of media curation; another keeps things lean and affordable; and a third takes a no-nonsense approach with hand-me-down hardware.
Each setup proves that no matter your budget or complexity, Emby can be tailored to fit your needs!
User 1: 3.3 Million Entries, 400TB of Storage, and a Custom-Tuned Library
For this week’s spotlight, we’re focusing on a segment of the Emby community that knows how to get the most out of their hardware: Unraid users. From rack mounted behemoths to complex multi-use setups, these community members have turned their Emby servers into highly optimized powerhouses. Let’s take a look at how three Emby fans have built their Unraid based media servers.
User 1: “Overkill? Maybe. Worth it? Definitely.”
OS: Unraid
CPU: Intel i5-12600
Welcome back to our Emby Community Spotlight series where we showcase real users and the powerful, creative, and often surprising ways they use Emby across different environments.
In this edition, we’re featuring everything from a professionally calibrated home theater server to a budget friendly setup that just works. Whether you're building a server in your basement or streaming from a single-board computer, there's something to learn from each one of these users.
1. Modular, Scalab
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
Today's spotlight explores the creative mind of some of our users! These setups that aren’t necessarily massive or minimal but smart, deliberate builds that strike a balance between performance, usability, and cost. These Emby users have built systems that “just work” — whether for remote family sharing, mobile flexibility, or simply organizing a growing collection.
User 1: A Family-Centered Build with Emby at the Core
OS: Ubuntu Server 22.04
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 560
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
Have you tried CoverArt? It is just one of the additional features you get with Emby Premiere.
Cover Art is available in the Server Plug-in Catalog
Cover Art is an "Image Processor" for Emby Server. It does not download any artwork. What it does is take the artwork you have (either downloaded with the normal MB providers or supplied by you) and apply different specialized treatments to those images. So, it can take a plain movie poster and make it look like a Blu-Ray case, or a beveled g
Have you tried CoverArt? It is just one of the additional features you get when you become an Emby Supporter.Cover Art is available in the Server Plug-in Catalog
Cover Art is an “Image Processor” for Emby Server. It does not download any artwork. What it does is take the artwork you have (either downloaded with the normal MB providers or supplied by you) and apply different specialized treatments to those images. So, it can take a plain movie poster and make it look like a Blu-Ray case, or a be
Don't purchase Emby Premiere from anyone other than Emby
There are some unscrupulous individuals out there selling Emby Premiere keys through Ebay or other such marketplaces in other countries. ALL of these are a scam and you will eventually lose whatever money you pay them and not have a working key. The only way to purchase Emby Premiere is directly through our web site or through one of our official apps (Android or Apple).
Please help us stop these people by reporting any listing
When it comes to media server solutions, we believe that Emby is the number one product for users who value privacy, customization, and reliability. Today, we're going to take a closer look at some of Emby’s key strengths that make it an ideal choice over other media server solutions.
1. Prioritizing Privacy and Security
Security is a central part of Emby’s design. Unlike some media server alternatives that have limited security options, Emby gives users control over who can access the
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
Why would you want to customize your home screen and how to do it!
Your Emby home screen is the gateway to your entire media world but for some the default layout isn't the perfect setup. The good news? Emby gives you powerful tools to transform your home screen into a clean, personalized, and intuitive hub that perfectly fits your viewing habits.
In this guide, we’ll walk through everything from organizing libraries and smart collections to customizing artwork and user profiles. Whet
Now get two of the most popular server plug-ins free by becoming a Media Browser Supporter (Help/Donate from the server dashboard).
CoverArt - Dress up your MB experience with a wide range of customizable cover treatments for your posters and image overlays for resolution, audio, subtitles and more.
MB Intros - Create that true cinema experience with highly customizable intros before movie playback in both MBC and MBT. Add current trailers, trailers from your collection, audio/video int
The forum will be unavailable starting at 9:00pm EDT on Sunday, May 11th. The public website should become available on our new (actually returning to the old) address of http://mediabrowser.tv.
We’re working on something special for the Emby Blog — a new series that showcases real users and their media server setups.
From silent Raspberry Pi builds to powerhouse servers running multiple 4K streams, Emby users around the world are crafting some incredible configurations. In our upcoming feature, “Meet the Emby Community: Users Share Their Setups,” we’ll take a look at how different people are using Emby — and why they love it.
Want to be featured?
We’re inviting Emby use
Work has been progressing furiously to provide a living room client to Android users. We're aiming for a January release of an update to the current client that will be geared towards 10' use. I'd originally hoped it would be under peoples trees for Christmas.
The players
The whole UI has been built with the intent to make physical remote navigation much easier. The new player UI has full support for playlist navigation, chapter/audio/subtitle selection.
Here's a teaser!
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Finally!! I'm very pleased to announce that the Android MediaBrowser client now supports Chromecast. Everyone who has a device running Google Play Services 4.2 should see it in the coming days.
Chromecast will behave like it does in most other clients. Select a route using the route selector and then the play actions will play on the selected Chromecast device.
HAPPY CASTING!
In the near future I'll be merging the Remote play and CC functionality so that it's the same inter
Version 3.0.96.0 of MBC brings chapter viewing and direct playback to themes that are modified to support it.
Currently default, Chocolate and Subdued support chapters with more themes coming. Legacy themes may never support this functionality so this may be a good time to investigate a new theme.
Click here to buy and save almost $8!Just select the "MB3 Theme Media 4 Pack" and complete the PayPal Checkout using your supporter key email address and your licences will be automatically added
This just cuts out the PayPal fees for the individual transactions and for that, saves you money. :-)
Breeze is a breath of fresh air and is the fastest theme available today and is in the MB Store right now.
Beautiful glass panels and silky-smooth animation make Breeze a delight to use.
For more details check out http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/2721-breeze-theme-for-mbc/
We've updated our Chromecast app with new features. Now, anytime you play an individual episode, the following episodes in the series will be automatically queued for easy continuous play. This makes Emby for Chromecast the perfect choice for binge watching your favorite series. How to Get The Update To receive the update, simply power cycle your Chromecast device and restart the casting app.
Check out our Chromecast Wiki Learn more about the app on our wiki at: https://github.com/M...wiki/
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