A new release of Emby Server is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights.
Live TV Guide Improvements
The guide now features improved horizontal scrolling. Anyone familiar with Windows Media Center will enjoy the new arrow indicators.
Simplified Header
When space allows, the header now fits on a single row, giving your more space for content and smaller menus to navigate.
Revamped Search
Search results are now broken down into categories.
Addition
We're pleased to announce Emby Server is now available for NVIDIA Shield.
Please see the Emby website to learn how to download and install Emby Server onto your Shield:
https://emby.media/server-android.html
Once installed, the on-screen interface will direct you to the Emby web app to run the server startup wizard.
Improved Performance The entire server and all apps will perform better than ever before. This includes general navigation, and in some cases starting media playback.
Faster Live TV Guide Refreshes The guide refresh process on the server will be much faster now, and in many cases will now complete in several seconds or less.
Improved DVR Recordings Reliability is improved, and we now have timestamp correction which will help make the recorded files more playable across a broader range of
A new beta release has been pushed out. Your server will update sometime this week depending on your automatic update settings, and our update staggering. This release is mostly about metadata and bug-fixes. The highlights are:
Support for missing and unaired episodes
Support all Plex/Xbmc image file conventions
Support combining multiple backdrop sources
Support automatic updates from themoviedb.org
Numerous subtitle fixes
New sidebar indicators in editing area
Full changeli
MB Classic Version 127 has been released to beta. This version includes several small fixes and tweaks to both the core and the default Chocolate theme but the biggest new feature, by far, is the ability to now manage your connection information and all plug-ins within MBC itself.
Administrative-level users will now have both a Plug-ins and Advanced tab in configuration. The configurator should now only be needed for external player setup.
Highlights:
New translations
DLNA Play To improvements
New DLNA Server
Enhanced DLNA profile editing
New server notification system
New transcoding audio boost setting
New collection grouping setting
Improved mobile layouts in the web client
Display mirroring added to the web client
Theme songs in the web client
New translations
Thanks to the community effort, Media Browser Server is now about 60% translated, and new languages have been added. We're still l
Media Browser on Xbox One Media Player
As many of you know, the new Xbox One Media Player has been released and it's a great way to show off Media Browser's DLNA features. Your entire library is supported, including movies, music, tv, photos, home videos, live tv and internet channels. It even includes personalized features such as:
Support for your user profile audio & subtitle language settings
Favorites
Next Up
Recently added
Resumable videos
And this all comes
Thanks to the efforts of josh4trunks and woodsb02, we now have a FreeNAS plugin available.
Installation
See http://mediabrowser.tv/download
FreeNAS is the go to solution for managing storage
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 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
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
3.0.5821 Stable
This is predominantly a bug fix release.
New Features
* Added user channel setting to group all channels into a single internet Channels view * Support itunes episode file naming * Add off option to subtitles remote control menu * Use ac3 transcoding for MS Edge * Updated photo slideshow now has auto-advance functions and closes with the back button
Issues Resolved
* Fix web client image scaling * Restart recording timers on system wake * Fix pt-br with tvdb
A new version of the Fire TV and Android TV apps is rolling out to a device near you now. This new version has several improvements so be sure to update as soon as it is available for your device.
Common Home Screen Layout
The app now follows the same home screen layout as the web, mobile and Theater apps. Each user can define the order of and what appears in each home screen section and these settings will carry across all of these apps. You can access these settings from any of th
A new release of Emby for LG is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights:
Improved direct play of 4K, HDR and HEVC media
Resolves issue of audio track switching causing unneeded transcoding
Update filters and sorting options on all list screens
Improve Live TV recording layouts
Improve navigation performance
Emby Server 3.5.3 has been released to address two small issues. Here are the highlights.
Resolve Chrome 69+ scroll problems
Resolve repeat install prompts for Visual Studio C++ libraries.
We're currently rolling out a few TVOS 12.3 fixes to our Apple TV app. Here are the highlights:
Resolve home screen refreshing content every 15 seconds
Resolve random stutters and skips during video playback
We are very excited to announce our brand new, fully searchable and organized, Knowledge Base! It is available now at https://support.emby.media
Just start typing what you are looking for in the search box and related articles will be suggested immediately. Or just navigate the sections to find what you are looking for.
We really think this will be a major improvement to helping you find answers to your questions and issues. If you find problems, incorrect information or any o
A small update to our 4.6 release is currently rolling out to address a few minor issues that came up. Here are the highlights:
Fix incorrect season 0 content showing in series next up list
Fix queries by album ids not respecting user library access
Fix sessions getting dropped from active devices display when the server admin has restricted their own remote control access of other devices
Fix detail screen for light themes
Fix legacy next up not respecting li
A new release of Emby Server is currently rolling out, and this is largely a bug fix maintenance release while we work on new features for future updates. Here is the list of improvements and issues resolved:
Fix regression with local network multiple subnet detection
Improve cleanup of transcoding processes
Emby Server 4.7.7 - Keyword Recording, Lock Screen, Mini-Dock & More
This is the latest point release of Emby Server containing new features as well as fixes for identified issues.
DVR: Support Keyword-Based Recordings
Newly added to 4.7.7 is the ability to record based on keyword(s). One way to access this new feature is to use the Recording tab from the Live TV interface, clicking on the Add Recording button as shown below.
This brings up the following menu allow
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
If you’re new to the world of media servers, you might be wondering what they are, why people use them, and where Emby fits in. Whether you have a collection of movies, TV shows, music, personal videos, photos, or all of the above, a media server helps you take control of your entertainment.
Let’s break it down.
So, What Is a Media Server?
A media server is simply a system that allows you to store your media in one place and access it from anywhere — your TV, phone, tablet, comput
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
The latest version of the official Roku channel has been published. With this release we have added Live TV to the client. Not only that, but a ton of additional features:
New Features include:
New Design
Photos (including slideshows)
Local trailers
Special features
Additional toggle options including suggested movies, genres for tv/movies
Remember user specific toggles
Ability to browse your collection by letter
Live TV
Intros Plugin support
Remember or forget user on eac
We decided it was time to update the face we present to the world, so we've spruced up our website a bit.
We needed to do more to show off what we can do with this incredible set of applications, and let people know what a fantastic community of users and developers we have here. Hey if you've got it, you might as well flaunt it, right?
It is a work in progress with improvements and additions still to come, so stay tuned!
So, without further ado...
http://mediabrowser.tv