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New Emby Server Releases

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

Luke

Luke

New Emby Server Packages available for CentOS and Fedora

Thanks to the help of fc7 we have new packages available for CentOS and Fedora.   Installation   http://emby.media/downloads/linux-server       Upgrade   If you're currently running the previous package and you'd like to upgrade, please see instructions here:   http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/13398-fedoracentos-rpm/page-4&do=findComment&comment=236204

Luke

Luke

New Emby for Apple TV Update - with remote control and improved subtitle support

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

ebr

ebr

New Beta PPA and Beta docker repo.

The new ppa and repo are labelled as beta for now just because of there infancy. The major changes in the new ppa are as follows: mono 4.0 is now distributed with our ppa ImageMagick has openMP disabled Maintainer Scripts were added in order to ensure the upgrade process of emby package. On first install user is notified of information he should be aware of regarding permissions. libwebp got updated to the latest version. init.d script now starts mono with various switches and optio

hurricanehrndz

hurricanehrndz

New Android TV/Fire TV App Update - with enhanced SSL support

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

ebr

ebr

Need a new year's resolution? Join our open media project.

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

Luke

Luke

Movie Theme Songs Plugin Arrives for MBS

Movie Theme Songs Downloads Theme Songs for Movies Theme Songs for Movies The Movie Theme Songs Plugin will download Movie Theme Songs where available to your local media library in the correct format and location required by the MediaBrowser 3 Server. Once installed and the theme intro songs downloaded,they will be played whilst browsing your collections. As Theme Songs are supported by the Media Browser server, any client/theme can make use of them if they choose to. Cur

radeon

radeon

More Roku Improvements

A new version of the Emby for Roku app has been released with a number of enhancements mostly around better playback and error recovery.   Included in this release is:   * Video Playback Correction Option * Select Video Quality During Playback * Repeat All in Video Player * Crew added to Detail Display * Genre Aspect Ratio fixed * Refresh Metadata From Detail Screen * Exit Menu Enhancements * Fix Collection Display * General Video Playback Improvements (more direct play) * Ensure Transcodes

ebr

ebr

More Improvements for the New Roku App

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

ebr

ebr

More Improvements for the Android TV/Fire TV App

The latest version of the Android TV and Fire TV Apps include several improvements centered around audio playback and stability. The highlights are: Framework Updates - The Android TV framework elements have been updated to incorporate bug-fixes from Google that should improve stability when moving around the interface quickly. Video Player Improvements ​Android TV: Bitstreaming of DD and DTS in most instances (some older hardware configurations involving things like optical connections

ebr

ebr

More improvements for the Android TV and Fire TV app

A new release of the Android TV and Fire TV app will soon available in the Google and Amazon stores with another round of improvements to both playback and the interface - especially for Live TV users.   Live TV - better than ever   The Android TV and Fire TV app already had a great Live TV interface with a full grid-based guide and now it is even better with that same guide available during Live TV playback.     Also, accessing and managing your recorded TV and schedules has never been

ebr

ebr

Modern Player Interface Comes to MB Classic in Version 187

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

ebr

ebr

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Have A Present

UPDATE: prices are now back to normal I'm afraid.   Tis the season to be jolly, goes the song, and all of us here at Media Browser wish all our users a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays whatever your plans may be.   To celebrate, we're making selected Media Browser apps available at a discounted price:   Windows Phone - Was $4, now $2.49. Windows 8 - 30% off   So if you've been on the fence about jumping into either of these apps, now's the time to go for it.   So whatever your plans

ScottIsAFool

ScottIsAFool

MediaBrowser for Kodi 0.9.764 released!

Hi All,   0.9.764 of Media Browser for Kodi has been released! Below is the change log as well as a recap of 0.9.740 since that was a large and important release.   Features:   - Complete new 'Background Data' scheme - 2x speed increase - on by default - Switch to built-in XBMC sorting (press left) - Use new 'Season' information from server - big speed up for episodes - Add option to use reduced image quality for low-end devices   Bug Fixes:   - Fix rotater thread when only one imag

xnappo

xnappo

MediaBrowser for Android Released

Today I'm pleased to announce that the MediaBrowser client for Android has been released to the Google Play store. The app is available for all devices running Android OS 4.0 (ICS) or newer.       Application Features: Browse your entire MediaBrowser library Stream Music, movies and TV from your library Remote play to other MediaBrowser clients Open Books (Requires MB Bookshelf server plugin and document readers installed)

Redshirt

Redshirt

Media Browser WIndows 8.1 app. v1.2 Released

We are happy to announce that a new version of the Windows 8 app has hit the store.   It includes some really nice features, such as the option to select subtitles and audiotracks, improved transcoding settings, media folder support etc. Subtitles, just bring up the appbar during playback to change subtitles Audiotracks, just bring up the appbar during playback to change audiotrack Streamingquality. (Bring out the Charms menu -> Settings -> Streaming) Applogs. (Bring out the Ch

7illusions

7illusions

Media Browser Win8.1 App v3.0 released

We're pleased to announce the next version of Media Browser for Windows 8.1   To match the new features of the server, the app now supports Media Browser Connect, and with that, multiple servers. We've also added support for automatic Camera Upload, hidden accounts, a number of bug fixes, interface, and playback improvements.       Camera Upload:   This feature is enabled from the server, in the device section. Once enabled, the app will upload pictures from the device to your library

7illusions

7illusions

Media Browser Win8.1 App v2.2 released

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

7illusions

7illusions

Media Browser Theater updated with Connect

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

Luke

Luke

Media Browser Theater Preview 2: Home Screen and Item Details

After much delay, here is the 2nd preview of the work being done behind the scenes on Media Browser Theater. In this post, we'll be showing the new home screen and item detail page.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW5oR6KX5LU&feature=youtu.be   Home The new home page now contains all home page sections on one continous smooth-scrolling page. You can scroll straight from one section on to the next, or use the shortcuts at the top to skip to a section, or use home/end to navigate to the

Aphid

Aphid

Media Browser Theater Preview 1: The Item List

There may not have been a lot of public activity on the MBT development side for a while, but behind the scenes, there has been some significant movement. Media Browser Theater is currently going through a significant architectural re-write. Most of the changes are there to make the developer's lives easier, while also greatly improving the extensibility of the software (to support themes and more powerful plugins in the future). However, there are also major changes to the GUI incoming.   Thi

Aphid

Aphid

Media Browser sponsored by MaxCDN

MaxCDN (http://www.maxcdn.com) has graciously offered to provide space and bandwidth for Media Browser on their content delivery network. MaxCDN has a history of supporting FOSS (Free Open Source Software) projects and we are thankful to join the list of beneficiaries of this generous company. Their own software infrastructure makes use of FOSS, and this is their way of giving back to the open source community. For more information on FOSS projects supported by MaxCDN, visit http://www.maxcdn.co

bigjohn

bigjohn

Media Browser Server Ubuntu package now supports Utopic and Vivid

Thanks to the efforts of hurricanehernandez, we now have an Ubuntu package available for Utopic and Vivid.   Installation   See http://mediabrowser.tv/download       The leading platform for scale-out computing, Ubuntu Server helps you make the most of your infrastructure. Whether you want to deploy an OpenStack cloud, a Hadoop cluster or a 50,000-node render farm, Ubuntu Server delivers the best value scale-out performance available.

Luke

Luke

Media Browser Server now available on Arch Linux

Thanks to the efforts of DaBungalow, we now have a package for Arch Linux.   Installation   See http://mediabrowser.tv/download   Arch Linux is a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Luke

Luke

Media Browser Server now available for Open Media Vault

Thanks to the efforts of Sergio, we now have an Open Media Vault plugin available.   Installation   See http://mediabrowser.tv/download     OpenMediaVault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins.   OpenMediaVault is primarily designed to be used in home envi

Luke

Luke

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