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Correct! Arch IS too complicated for me. I can't imagine even being able to install it without major issues! For now anyways. I started this journey 37 years ago but took 34 years off to work with Winblows only and raise a family - time being in constant short supply I only just recently got back to Linux. THAT was a mistake. So, Here I am 2yrs into my NEW Linux journey and a LOT has changed. 3yrs really, I took a year to experiment with distro's. BUT permissions are still the same. I am a bit older now, remembering and learning is a bit more difficult than it was back then - I have developed some challenges along the way and found out about challenges I had all along that went UN-diagnosed for most of my life. I make notes as I go so as to not bother anyone too much with my forgetfulness by ask the same questions repeatedly. It is what it is. So far, in the past 3 years, I've installed and used Ubuntu in many varieties and flavors, Fedora, Debian..I mean I've been around the block as far as distro's go. I settled on an Arch based distro because of it's up to date hardware support and it's compatibility with gaming, particularly steam gaming. Literally anything else I could ever want from a desktop Linux is also, of course included. BUT Arch based distro's are the FEW distro's that are REALLY up to date and are absolutely stable as fuck. I had three criteria when looking for a distro. - Graphical environment works as expected immediately after install - my modern hardware is supported - stable software and OS usage and updates Coming from a Winsucks environment I don't think these things are to much to be expected from ANY modern Linux Desktop. Ubuntu installs fine, works fine, finds all my hardware and breaks frequently due to simple updates. Must be Microsoft's influence. Ubuntu also stole or TRIED REALLY hard to steal MY CHOICE to use Firefox as a package and not a SNAP. They are like the company I am trying to escape from in too many ways for me to be comfortable using their OS. result | -- ditched all Ubuntu related OS's Fedora is a non starter--it worked fine from the LiveISO and the install was flawless--but like every time I ever tried Red Hat OS's of any type, immediately after the install it reboots straight to a terminal with X crashing..sigh...it is GOOD to know some things never change and YES I DO KNOW it is easy to fix this but why the hell should ANYONE HAVE TO? IT is 2026 not 1996 (the last time I tried Red Hat-I think it was version 2.0) ffs! Let's just toss all the Red Hat stuff in the above paragraph and move on. OK, so that brings me to mint, LM works awesomely on my 11 yr old MSI GE60 laptop (NVIDIA 850 chip set) - found everything, including the proper NVIDIA graphics driver, installed it all, even my network printer was discovered and setup properly during the install (WOW..just WOW) HOWEVER, the NVIDIA driver install for my graphics adapter on my desktop left me high and dry sitting at a terminal--nouveau = good | NVIDIA = bad result | fdisk install some other Linux n my Desktop - LM is STILL on my laptop and I love it there Like I said if an OS does this to me it is off my list --- to bad, I might still be running LM if that NVIDIA driver thing hadn't have happen. A TRULY wonderful install experience and I highly recommend it to anyone who has no need of NVIDIA drivers or has the patience to fix them. I was NOT going back to Wintheif so, I was determined to find MY Linux. I read about steam OS because gaming is important to me (I'm old, not dead). Found out it as based on Arch so went out looking for Arch derivatives and found EndeavourOS (I also dual boot Cachey OS). SO, here I am. Using EndeavourOS for my Desktop and my media server. I still run Windows Srv2016 as a file and backup server so I guess I COULD always have purchased the Windows version of Emby but I thought WHY do that when I am trying to move way from Winsucks and Microblows. SO, instead I purchased a license and chose to use the Linux version of Emby.. Knowing all that is it still your advice that I go back to using "something easier" than Arch? Maybe instead of continuing my Linux journey and trying as best I can with my age and challenges to learn something new I should just give ti all up and quit because it is too difficult is that it? I ask because, knowing what challenges I have over come so far I do not think NOW is the time to concede defeat to Microsoft and Linux people who don't think any non-expert Linux user should actually use Linux. I can ALWAYS go ask my 2 sons who are both devs who use Linux daily I mean, they live me, it's a big house. BUT, I HATE doing that, it feels like cheating when I want to be apart of the Linux community. I get help and fairly regularly participate in the community forums. I feels better when I don't have to go ask them is all and I AM trying to learn. IF someone here put the steps down I would dissect the shit out of them and learn from them but I also understand that no one wants to constantly be helping users who are not technical or computer savvy and will just repeatedly ask for help over and over and never go away. I have been an IT tech all my life, just on the Winbreaks side of things. I mean I still get paid over 6 figures each year to support this shit so I MUST be doming maybe a little bit right? I know I am no genius but I only scored about 10 point below entry level so...not stupid no matter how it seems to you guys. I AM NOT that guy that's going to copy paste shit and not try to understand what it is I am doing. BUT, it is what it is. I am too old to be concerned with elitism in Linux. That's the old school elitist crap that made me leave Linux 34 years previous to now and it really doesn't fly in today's world - except if one chooses to use ARCH itself instead of a very well put together and stable ARCH based distribution. SO, all that being said, TYVM for your input everyone but if all I am going to get is "that's to hard for you" and go learn something" then this community forum is kind of useless isn't it? I mean I've gotten as far as I have by myself by reading your documentation and a bunch of other websites dealing with Emby and Linux permissions in general and yet all say I NEED TO DO SOME LEGWORK and THAT'S to difficult for you". HUH? Here it is , me and my less than genius level I.Q. figuring I was doing some legwork and I had NO CLUE it was too difficult for me either, thank you all so much for pointing that out to me. My problem is not that "it is too hard for me" it is that I have severe memory issues and learning difficulties. SO, I learn something and =if I practice it on a regular basis I am good. However if days or weeks go by and I do not practice I lose it and have to re-learn it. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over all my life! I am 63. I have had to re-learn things over and over again all my life. Does that make me stupid or more intelligent than average? I guess that's a point of view and probably not a discussion for this forum. So, when I get a new piece of software I ask a ton of questions, make notes and back these notes up so I am not constantly asking the same questions over and over again. That STILL happens though, albeit more infrequently than before my diagnosis. Sheesh - this is the very first Linux forum I've had to explain this in. Even in my EndeavourOS community forum I did not feel like I had to explain this to anyone. I mean I did explain it but not because i felt like people thought I was stupid or lacking in some way. Tell me something, if every non-Linux expert went and used something easier, say Windows or Mac PC's, where would that leave Linux in the future going forward compared to what is in store it it now with it's growing popularity? I kind of feel discriminated against and judge as being too stupid here. SO, THAT being said, Have a great life everyone. Cheers and thanks for all the fish!

Hi @soderlundI've encountered an issue where the HSC plugin doesn't seem to use Source URLs other than the first one. Example, in my test library I have all 4 Jaws movies. So I create a new tag called 'Shark Movies' and I want to use 2 MDBList Source URLs which contain Jaws movies. URL 1: https://mdblist.com/lists/j22kodi/shark-movies (Contains only Jaws 4) URL 2: https://mdblist.com/lists/cwills75/sharks (Contains Jaws 1, 3 and 4) Expectation: When adding both URLs, I expect that it will find 3 x Jaws movies and add them to the Tag 'Shark Movies' Actual Result: When using the above URLs in that order, the resulting Tag only contains 1 x Jaws movie (Jaws 4) It seems the plugin only reads the first URL and does not use any subsequent Source URLs to add the other movies. This can further be seen in the logs for the query (only URL 1 is requested): Full Emby Server log:HSC_embyserver.txt Thanks!

@unisoftdo you get smooth scroll in the app or is it choppy? if you're not sure please take a video of scrolling in any direction. Thanks.

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Hi, yes you can do that.

A 3:2 image will not fit on a 1.78 aspect 16:9 ratio TV monitot, without the black bars left and right in order to show the entire image. Filling the screen can only be made by either stretching the image left and right or cropping the image top and bottom. Photographs, like any art form are usually judged by their enter image. Cutting off top and bottom or stretching the image is never an option for any professional display of photography, either on a monitor or presenting prints on a wall in an exhibit. So, adjusting an image that is not original 16:9 or 1.78 aspect ratio will not fill a TV monitor. If you cannot notice the difference and prefer cropped or stretched images, fine, but most people who love photography would never accept this. I don't see any error in the example image. There is essentially nothing to fix. Is there some other issue, that I missed in this forum post?

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Really appreciate the quick reply and working link - tested and now running perfectly with latest Emby Server. Thanks shinedou

Works for me so I'm certainly glad you posted this. Now I still need to find a way around my one unending issue with Emby lol

I am unsure what you mean? I have both built-in kernel driver and also ntfs-3g fuse installed. https://www.fosslinux.com/157903/linux-filesystem-drivers-ntfs-btrfs-storage-stack.htm uname -r 7.1.4-zen1-1-zen sudo pacman -Qs ntfs* [sudo] password for myuser: local/libntfs-3g 2026.7.7-1 NTFS-3G core library local/ntfs-3g 2026.7.7-1 NTFS FUSE driver

i sent the logs to your inbox

Just checking to see if this issue was ever fixed? (If so, I do NOT see it on my end). While I understand this is not a huge issue for most, it has now been over 2 YEARS that this simple issue has not been fixed! I have stopped using the Android TV version app and only use the Android app now, and I have stopped using Emby as my main server, but still keep it running as a backup server. I am using the latest Windows server stable version and the latest stable version on the TV. Again, all the TVs show the issue! Hopefully, you guys will take a look at this AND fix it sometime soon!

I'm loving this plugin and I love the concept. There is one recommendation of something that I would like see. I wish the Sort Program by "Random Series, Random Episodes" would play consecutive episodes in order. For example if a series was scheduled to play 3 episodes in a row and it randomly picked s2e3 the next two episodes would be s2e4 & s2e5. I've tried changing the sort to "Random Series, Ordered Episodes" but something keeps resetting the series and it goes back to s1e1. I struggle to get to the later season before it resets and it keeps show the early episodes over and over.

https://emby.media/support/articles/Quick-Start.html Also, since you're running on Linux, you should be using a Linux-formatted drive (xfs . ext4…) NTFS drives add more complexity and problems; NTFS via SMB remote is fine. If you insist on using NTFS, then you should install and use it properly: sudo apt update sudo apt install ntfs-3g fuse Yes, you can get help here, but you need to do some of your own legwork

Ha, I literally posted the link just two post up from yours. Follow this link and it will take you to the one that works for me and some others https://emby.media/community/topic/99885-new-plugin-smart-playlists-20/?do=findComment&comment=1503076

Can anyone repost the the DLL link for Smart Playlist to support latest Emby 4.9.5.0. I've tried following all the links on here, but most of them the file has been removed. Only the one on the first page, which doesnt work for the latest version (for me). Does anyone know if there is a working update to this cool app, or are we forced to rollback to a previous Embu version.

@Luke, not sure if that is the reason for this, but it seems there is no dedicated slider for "audio books" for the parental control, only books and music, despite being able to create an audio book library. When deactivating the "music" parental control slider, all audio books are shown, regardless of the age settings.

I see there was an update to the appversion, 4.9.5.16, but the problem still persists.

Hi, startup behavior is an option in the app's settings menu. Right...sorry bout that. scottpro described the problem perfectly.

The trouble with the backup, if there is an issue, it can overlay the good backup I am going to copy the c:\users\me\appdata\roaming\emby-server file as part of my normal pc backups. I assume that if there is an issue I can just copy this directory back ??!!??

Hi everyone, I’d like to introduce TrailerTheme, a Windows desktop app I developed (Gembird79). It helps you fill missing movie/TV trailers and theme songs for libraries used with Emby (also works well with Jellyfin/Plex-style folder layouts). Permission was confirmed for the Third Party Apps section — thanks! ================================================== What it does ================================================== TrailerTheme scans your local media folders and can: • Find and download trailers next to your movies/series (Emby-friendly naming) • Find and download intro/title theme songs as theme.mp3 • Let you preview results in-app • Verify downloads with a traffic-light status (safe / check / unsure / error) • Run manually (confirm each match) or in Automatic mode (unattended batch) It does not host or redistribute media itself. It searches publicly available online sources (mainly YouTube; metadata/search may also involve sites such as TMDb, IMDb, Videobuster, MusicBrainz, etc.) and downloads into YOUR local library folders using yt-dlp. ================================================== Screenshots ================================================== Hero / overview: Scanner (scan library, select titles, preview trailer + cover): Theme Songs (find/play intro themes, save as theme.mp3): Trailer verification: Theme verification: Pro / license tab: Settings (language, quality, codecs, cookies, helper updates): ================================================== How it works (step by step) ================================================== 1) Install the Windows setup from GitHub Releases 2) Add one or more media root folders (your movie/series library paths) 3) Scan — the app lists folders it recognizes (e.g. Title (Year) …) 4) Select titles (or Select all) 5) Choose a mode: • Load selection → interactive: review/confirm candidates (popups) • Automatic → batch run without confirmation popups (good for large libraries) 6) Files are written into the media folders (trailers / theme.mp3) 7) Open Verification tabs to check matches, play them, mark as OK, or replace Emby can then pick up the local trailer/theme files like other local extras Also available: • Manual workflow: search on YouTube/Google, paste a link, download • Built-in preview player • Live log for progress/errors • In-app updates from the public Releases repo • UI in German and English • Options aimed at hardware playback (e.g. Nvidia Shield-friendly codec preferences) ================================================== Requirements (typical) ================================================== • Windows 10/11 • FFmpeg + yt-dlp (helpers can be updated in Settings) • Node.js recommended (YouTube extraction) • Optional: browser cookies if YouTube blocks anonymous downloads • Optional: free TMDb API key for better metadata matching ================================================== Download / project page ================================================== Public page (installer + screenshots, no source code — closed source): https://github.com/Gembird79/TrailerTheme-Releases Latest release: https://github.com/Gembird79/TrailerTheme-Releases/releases/latest Support / bug reports: https://github.com/Gembird79/TrailerTheme-Releases/issues ================================================== Notes ================================================== • Free trial download quota, then optional Pro license (see Pro tab) • Please use only for your private media library and respect copyright of trailers/music • Feedback and bug reports are welcome Thanks for reading — happy to answer questions here. Best regards, Gembird79

I send logs from the client at 4:26PM EST I have not touched anything on the server for a month or two so it can't be a server update issue. Attacked some server logs too. ffmpeg-remux-f74a43bb-304c-4764-8558-96ae882396eb_1.txt embyserver.txt

You could just get a second lifetime/yearly/monthly Premier license and not use it (just use a different email)

Oh snap, that might actually be just the info I need to fix my work. Thanks dude!

Many thanks for the kind words, happy that people like the plugin. The icons built into the plugin are made by the user @Craggles. If you want to make your own i suggest you make them in a 97x76 scale as that fits the best. Admittedly i need to clean up the icons in the plugin as some of them i have made my self and the result isn't really what i want. I'm not a graphics designer in any way.