Android 8 (Oreo) is in the process of being rolled out on the Nvidia Shield and the Emby for Android TV app now goes with it like a tall glass of milk .
New Launcher
Oreo brings with it a new launcher on Android TV which allows each individual app to have its own entire row(s) on the device home screen. Emby for Android TV will automatically add one of these rows (called "channels" in Android) to your device home screen the first time it runs under Oreo.
This new channel can be
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
Did you hear of XBMB3C ?
It's a fantastic add-on for XBMC to connect to your Media Browser server and browse your libraries. That way you can take advantage of the great things XBMC has to offer like PVR-support, large amount of plugins and a large support of devices/platforms without giving up the fantastic features of Media Browser.
If you just install the XBMB3C add-on, you have to open up the add-on to browse your Media Browser libraries. Not that user friendly as you might want to just
A small update has gone out. Here are the highlights:
Reduce device discovery traffic
Update WDTV dlna profile
Update live tv channel mapping
Add additional schedules direct error handling
Update xmltv parsing
Attach user agent to omdb requests
A new update for our Apple TV app has just been released which makes the app compatible with both tvOS 12.4 and 13. As a bonus, you also get all of the following : Brand New Home Screen
We've entirely re-written home screen. This gives you top level access to your Favorites, and an improved search.
In addition this new home screen includes the following improvements:
High quality images on Apple TV 4K
Better refreshing when content changes
Faster loading compared to the old s
A small maintenance release has gone out to resolve a few issues that were introduced in 3.0.5971.
Resolve startup failure when a quote exists in the installation path
Resolve episodes not displaying when season numbers are missing
Refresh web tabs on playback stop
Fix enter on search function
Fix loading spinner on login screen
3.0.5971 Recap A new release is rolling out and this a great one for Emby users. Not only does this bring a number of performance improvements, but a
We are now participating in Google's new open beta system. Anybody can sign up and receive beta builds using this link:
Android TV App
Android Mobile App
The release notes of the beta builds will indicate the features and bug fixes that will go into the next public release. In order to avoid confusion with the release version, we ask that you use the Testing Area at the bottom of the forum for any discussion related to beta version:
http://emby.media/community/index.php?/forum/101-t
Version 3.2 is now in the Windows Store and is packed with features. Download here:
http://apps.microsof...44-bed3aefd5d06
Now with Cloud Sync and Folder Sync Support
Cloud Sync comes to Windows 8.1. When you play videos that have been cloud synced, the app will automatically use those versions when they're compatible and they fall within your bit rate setting.
Redesigned Movie, TV, and Music Views
More content at your fingertips with less navigation. These gorgeous screensh
Maintenance Window: 11pm Eastern Time on Nov 16 - 2am Eastern Time on Nov 17
It is time for another back-end system upgrade to keep up with software that we use. All Emby back end systems may be unavailable during the window above. We hope for the actual downtime to be less than one hour but want to provide warning for a larger time frame just in case. This may affect Emby Connect and initial Premiere validations. Most operations will be unaffected.
Thanks.
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
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 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
If not, why not? XBMB3C brings together the vast feature set of Xbmc with the power of Media Browser Server. It also has some beautiful skins and runs on just about any platform.
Here are some recent feature highlights:
New Gotham repo, supporting Gotham skins and features
Channel support
Let's take a look at some of the skins it has to offer.
Xperience1080++
Any user of Neo, Pearl or Square should appreciate this one. It's minimalistic, easy to use, and keeps the focus on
We're pleased to announce that Emby Server is now available for Arm64 (aarch64) CPU's.
Docker https://emby.media/docker-server.html
Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora) https://emby.media/linux-server.html
Asustor https://emby.media/nas-server.html
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
This is a security release which all Emby Server users are recommended to update to. Here are the changes:
Fix 172.X addresses always being considered private
Don't allow local network addresses to be specified in x-forwarded-for and x-real-ip
Adjust web app html tags to avoid false detection from Chrome as impersonating the Emby domain
It's been exactly a month since we first announced availability of Emby Theater for Windows and the Web. During that time, a lot of exciting, community-driven development has taken place and we're pleased to announce new features that are available.
Try it Now
Windows: http://emby.media/emby-theater.html Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge, Firefox: http://emby.media/emby-theater-web.html Xbox One: http://emby.media/emby-theater-xboxone.html
External Players
We're working extremely har
For those using Emby for Windows Store, we recommend installing the Microsoft mpeg2 extension:
https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n95q1zzpmh4
This will allow the app to decode mpeg2 in-app without having to rely on server transcoding. Once this is installed, the Emby Windows Store app will automatically take advantage of it.
Learn more about Emby for Windows Store.
We are happy to announce that Media Browser for iPad has been approved in the Apple App Store.
Appstore Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/media-browser-client/id879475585?ls=1&mt=8
We know this has been a long time coming and we are glad the community has been so patient with us while we worked on it.
There is still a lot of work to come. We plan to make this a universal app so that you can also use it on the iPhone. We also have a slew of features that we plan to implement in the
Emby Server 4.7.9 - Enhancements to Playlists, Webhooks & New Users...
This is the latest point release of Emby Server containing new features as well as fixes for identified issues.
New User Setup Features: Copy Policy and Configuration Data From Other Users:
Emby now includes the ability to copy policy and configuration settings from an existing user on the system during user creation.
You can pick a user to copy data from during creation of a new user, simplifying the job
A small maintenance release has gone out with a few bug fixes. Here are the highlights:
Resolve loss of audio in certain playback scenarios in the web app
Resolve subtitle encoding issues in certain playback scenarios
The stable version of the previous beta has been released! Get it now in time for the holidays. The main highlights of this release are:
Improved Chrome transcoding
Faster web client performance
To learn more, check out the original beta announcement here:
http://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-265-emby-server-beta-3057816-released/
Happy Holidays from the Emby Team
VoxCommando version 2.1.3.8 has been released and now supports Media Browser!
VoxCommando puts you in the captain’s chair
VoxCommando is a speech recognition and command utility that lets you take control of your multimedia HTPC (Home Theatre PC). You can add voice control to your home automation, or you can use it as an assistive tool to speed up everyday tasks, to reduce your reliance on the keyboard and mouse, or simply because it is fun to use!
VoxCommando is different f
A small update to the previous release has gone out. The following issues are resolved:
Firefox live tv playback
Interlaced video detection
Transcoding of *.ass subtitles
Recordings not saving with unique name
Enjoy
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