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HI, it stays like what exactly for a long time?

Have you explored the options for that library in Emby library setup?

Recently I wanted to start watching Naruto again. I've had some issues with playing anime in the past but it's been a while. When starting episode 54 on my Nvidia Shield using the Android TV app (version 2.1.55g) there is a short loading circle and then the episode info is shown again. Transcoding is turned off on my server because this tries to transcode some files on the LG client that can be direct played. I first suspected the ASS subs to be the issues but even with them turned off the episode still doesn't play. How can I find out if the video or audio might not be supported on the Nvidia Shield? I sent the debug logs from the app around 18:33 UTC and was logged in with the user Cédric. See attached for the server logs and below for the media info of the file: General Unique ID : 177246183818001489391916135553399028561 (0x85585F9037DD03769FDFD7742CD07B51) Complete name : \\apollo\Series\Naruto\Season 1\Naruto.054.v4.480p.DVD.Dual-Audio.FLAC2.0.Hi10P.x264-JySzE.mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 4 File size : 1.06 GiB Duration : 23 min 8 s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 6 587 kb/s Frame rate : 24.954 FPS Encoded date : 2025-03-19 06:19:38 UTC Writing application : mkvmerge 90.0 ('Hanging On') 64-bit Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1 Attachments : NYALA.TTF / Oravetica Normal (! sq-sq).ttf / DESCHTYPEMERCURIUS-MEDIUM-MEDIUM.TTF / IWAGYOPRO-BD-KAMI.TTF Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High 10@L3 Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, Reference frames : 4 frames Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 23 min 8 s Bit rate : 4 984 kb/s Width : 704 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 24.954 FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 10 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.591 Stream size : 825 MiB (76%) Title : [JySzE] R2J DVD Writing library : x264 core 164 r3172 c1c9931 Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=11 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=6,6 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=16 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=8 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=crf / mbtree=0 / crf=6.0 / qcomp=0.70 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=81 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.30 / pb_ratio=1.20 / aq=3:0.60 Language : Japanese Default : Yes Forced : No Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC Transfer characteristics : BT.601 Matrix coefficients : BT.601 Audio #1 ID : 2 Format : FLAC Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec Codec ID : A_FLAC Duration : 23 min 8 s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 824 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 11.719 FPS (4096 SPF) Bit depth : 16 bits Compression mode : Lossless Stream size : 136 MiB (13%) Title : [Ergiman] Japanese - R2J DVD Writing library : libFLAC 1.3.2 (2019-08-04) Language : Japanese Default : Yes Forced : No MD5 of the unencoded content : E9DD0876F0992DEA7F5C65E7088C6FD4 Audio #2 ID : 3 Format : FLAC Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec Codec ID : A_FLAC Duration : 23 min 8 s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 769 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 11.719 FPS (4096 SPF) Bit depth : 16 bits Compression mode : Lossless Stream size : 127 MiB (12%) Title : [Ergiman] English - USBD Writing library : libFLAC 1.3.2 (2019-08-04) Language : English Default : No Forced : No MD5 of the unencoded content : 2E185E03CCF46CAF11F50C0A273E709A Text #1 ID : 4 Format : ASS Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha Duration : 23 min 3 s Bit rate : 165 b/s Frame rate : 0.252 FPS Count of elements : 349 Compression mode : Lossless Stream size : 28.0 KiB (0%) Title : [SoM] English Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No Text #2 ID : 5 Format : ASS Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha Duration : 22 min 32 s Bit rate : 97 b/s Frame rate : 0.098 FPS Count of elements : 132 Compression mode : Lossless Stream size : 16.1 KiB (0%) Title : [SoM] Signs & Songs Language : English Default : No Forced : No Menu 00:00:00.000 : en:Opening 00:01:30.023 : en:Part A 00:09:14.153 : en:Part B 00:21:06.265 : en:Ending 00:22:36.355 : en:Next Episode Preview embyserver_2026-08-19.txt

Where is this setting? Is it for the whole library of only for one directory?

HI there, can you please provide a specific example? How to Report a Problem Thanks !

The latest version of the app now has settings to force transcoding of problematic formats.

Hi, they are merged together. You can disable this in library options if you don’t want that.

Wouldn't that drop all connections, whether they come through the domain or the IP?

I am using Emby version 4.9.5.0-724090500 on Synology DSM version 7.4.1-90080 and for display LG OLEDTV with Emby plugin - and I am happy. Now I have several videos of the same film in the same directory (different file name) but in different resolutions (SD, HD, 4k, 10k) and languages and the metadata for the films are all registered in the Emby server. But: Only one of the films is displayed for the library view on the web-site as well on the Emby app. Example: Star Wars - IV - Krieg der Sterne enSD (1977).ts Star Wars - IV - Krieg der Sterne deHD (1977).mp4 Star Wars - IV - Krieg der Sterne en4k (1977).mkv Star Wars - IV - Krieg der Sterne de10k (1977).mkv The metadata for all 4 videos reference the same IMDb ID, TheMovieDb ID and TVDB ID. Scanning the library does not help, renewing the metadata does not help, but I would like to see all 4 videos to choose which one to view.

While that will certainly work, it won't be "secure" (encrypted). But, using something like Caddy as a reverse-proxy can get one setup securely pretty easily.

Everything in the self-hosted media server world has a shade of greyness to it. Putting the responsibly on the end user offers up some latitude to made more useful software. I personally think the Moonfin app is great and I'm happy that they include features that wouldn't be possible in the official Emby app. I also respect Emby's decisions to protect their brand by limiting what types of activities are allowed through their plugin store and official apps. We have the ability to sideload apps and plugins which gives us the flexibility to add functionality based on our own local laws, risk tolerances, and morals.

I can't see any reason why you shouldn't be hearing audio unless something downstream in your system truly cannot accept DD+. What happens if you use playback correction?

@Jdiesel Thank you for that, explaining for someone who wants to understand how a app/service is violating the terms of use beacause i honestly didnt know in this case. Instead of simply labeling something as "Stealing". /N

Я без поднятия VPN решил этот вопрос. В конфиге emby (nano /Volume1/@apps/emby/emby-server/bin/emby-server) прописал http прокси export HTTP_PROXY="http://логин:пароль@айпи:порт" export HTTPS_PROXY="http://логин:пароль@айпи:порт" export NO_PROXY="localhost,127.0.0.1,192.168.0.0/24,10.0.0.0/8" После этого заработали imdb, tmdb и каталог плагинов.

Yes, I just tried an eac3 codec movie and it just had blank audio.

Я эту проблему решил так. Отключил все зарубежные кинобазы, оставил только кинопоиск, сканирует быстро, единственный минус, ни все фильмы есть на кинопоиске, тогда приходится делать вручную.

I removed it and proceeded with the install. Installed fine and works however i created a test library called movies and when I add new content to a library it is not processed at all even though I have checked "Enable real time monitoring" upon reviewing the logs no library watcher is created. embyserver.txt

Do we have an ETA?

As always this is dependant on the copyright laws in your own country but generally scraping private information, copyrighted material, or bypassing security walls is illegal. What is considered copyrighted material can be subjective but the safest and most conservative rule is that if the data owner does not provide a public API to access the data it should be considered private or subject to copyright. Using this information for personal use tends to be a grey area. You copying and pasting a movie rating or synopsis from IMDB into your Emby isn't going to result in a copyright lawsuit. The main reason being that you are still manually visiting the page, viewing advertisements, and providing them will all your data and metrics to harvest. You get the information you want, the service gets your information, and the transaction is a wash. When things start to get less grey is when you automate this process using Python or some other web-crawling mechanism. Now you are receiving the information without physically viewing the ads or providing meaningful usage behavior in return. If you make this scrapping available to others, say through an app or plugin, you are now facilitating the bypassing of the data owners value to make the information available on a much larger scale. There is now a target on you or your app which could mean having your app pulled from app stores or possibly litigation. My understanding is that these providers do not offer a public API but do offer a paid API. In this case it is not grey at all. Free to view and free to use are not the same. Unless you are Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, Alphabet, or any other massive AI company in which case you scrape whatever you want to deal with the legal ramifications after. The average person needs to follow the rules.

hello, i use the 4.9.5.0 version.

@Luke - what do you put in here please Luke, there is no mention of this in the guide?

It can be used to stream raw video streams, so you have to have urls for that. It's not going to extract videos from web pages.

Hi, you don't have what exactly?

Ok but...what does that have to do with waiting 6 years for this to be added?

I agree with everything you say here. Even so this is a good opportunity to say to everyone - BACKUP YOUR LIBRARY - from hard won experience. -HS