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I gave it a try. I was able to connect Emby, Seer, Radarr and Sabnzbd. I wasn‘t able to connect Sonarr. Even though the connection test was succesful, it says no compatible libraries found. Saving the source falls without notice afterwards, tried 3 times. Radarr is connected, but only 1 of 3 libraries is picked up. I have /movies/a, /b and /c. But only /a is picked up, while all 3 are configured in Emby and Radarr.

Hm, not as I read it, I was under the impression that OP thought EHS is Spotlight - but in either case, it needs to be disabled, as you said, in order for any change to be visible.

Or it could be Spotlight, with EHS enabled - which we know do not work together in Luke's implementation of it. In order for you to see the card-style Spotlight, you will need to disable:

That doesn't seem like Spotlight but EHS.

2.310.0.0 Stable release point [WinUI, WMC] Automatic reporting for incomplete startups [WinUI, WMC] Update Win SDKs to latest

New WMC UI Beta is available: 2.310.0.0 https://github.com/EmbySupport/Emby.WMC.UI/releases/tag/2.310.0.0-Beta. Changes 2.310.0 Stable release point (beta equal to stable) 2.304.0 Fix backspace behavior on search view in TV mode DISCLAIMER Beta versions have Sentry telemetry included enabled. If you do not agree to that, please do not use them. Release versions are always free from any kind of telemetry.

Hi all, I've built an independent, paid iOS music & podcast app that works with Emby (it connects to the user's own server through the API). I'd like to announce it in the Third Party Apps section and want to make sure I do it within the rules first. Before I post, could a mod/admin confirm my approach is OK? My plan: Reference Emby for compatibility only ("works with Emby"). There's no claim of being official or affiliated. No Emby logo in the post, the app, or the App Store listing. A clear disclaimer that it's independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Emby LLC. It's paid (free trial, then a subscription or one-time option), disclosed up front. Happy to adjust anything. Thanks! Neil

Major update now, version 2.0 available. MediaSync now connects Seerr, Radarr, Sonarr, SABnzbd, and your media server into a single dashboard. Track requests from download to availability, monitor the health of your media stack, and automatically keep Emby, Jellyfin, and Plex libraries in sync. It’s currently docker only. If anyone wants to try it out, I would appreciate the feedback.

I have several crash logs directly from the Apple TV itself, which appear to be crashes due to out of memory. Emby.tvOS-2026-05-29-123155.ips Emby.tvOS-2026-06-03-213754.ips Emby.tvOS-2026-06-03-215811.ips

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# Raspberry Pi 4 (ARM64 Docker) - Hardware transcoding detection fails although FFmpeg successfully uses h264_v4l2m2m ## Environment ### Emby Version 4.9.3.0 ### Container Official Emby ARM64 Docker container ### Host OS Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Kernel: ```text Linux 6.12.87+rpt-rpi-v8 ``` ### Hardware ```text Raspberry Pi 4 ARM64 4-core Cortex-A72 ``` --- ## Problem Emby does not detect any hardware video encoders or decoders. The Hardware Detection log only reports software codecs: ```json "VideoDecoders": {}, "VideoEncoders": { "x264": {...}, "x265": {...} } ``` As a result, Emby always transcodes using: ```text libx264 ``` instead of Raspberry Pi hardware encoding through: ```text h264_v4l2m2m ``` However, manual tests performed inside the exact same container successfully use the Raspberry Pi hardware encoder. --- ## Hardware Devices Visible Inside Container ### Video Devices ```bash ls -l /dev/video* ``` Output: ```text crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,2 /dev/video10 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,4 /dev/video11 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,9 /dev/video12 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,1 /dev/video13 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,3 /dev/video14 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,5 /dev/video15 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,6 /dev/video16 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,12 /dev/video18 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,0 /dev/video19 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,7 /dev/video20 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,8 /dev/video21 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,10 /dev/video22 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,11 /dev/video23 crw-rw---- 1 root 44 81,13 /dev/video31 ``` ### DRM Devices ```bash ls -l /dev/dri ``` Output: ```text card0 card1 renderD128 ``` ### Permissions ```bash id ``` Output: ```text uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),10(wheel),28(video) ``` --- ## Manual FFmpeg Test #1 Executed inside the Emby container using Emby's bundled FFmpeg: ```bash /bin/ffmpeg \ -i "/mnt/multimedia/series/Series/The Big Bang Theory/Season 2/The Big Bang Theory - s02e05.mkv" \ -c:v h264_v4l2m2m \ -f null - ``` Relevant output: ```text [h264_v4l2m2m @ 0x19a68b70] Using device /dev/video11 [h264_v4l2m2m @ 0x19a68b70] driver 'bcm2835-codec' on card 'bcm2835-codec-encode' in mplane mode [h264_v4l2m2m @ 0x19a68b70] requesting formats: output=YU12 capture=H264 ``` Transcoding proceeds successfully. --- ## Manual FFmpeg Test #2 Synthetic source test: ```bash /bin/ffmpeg \ -f lavfi \ -i testsrc=size=1280x720:rate=30 \ -t 20 \ -c:v h264_v4l2m2m \ -f null - ``` Relevant output: ```text [h264_v4l2m2m @ 0x24c8f020] Using device /dev/video11 [h264_v4l2m2m @ 0x24c8f020] driver 'bcm2835-codec' on card 'bcm2835-codec-encode' ``` Encoding completes successfully. --- ## Hardware Detection Results The generated `hardware_detection-*.txt` files show: ```json "VideoDecoders": {} ``` and only software encoders: ```json "VideoEncoders": { "x264": { "IsHardwareCodec": false }, "x265": { "IsHardwareCodec": false } } ``` No V4L2M2M encoders or decoders are detected. --- ## Actual FFmpeg Command Used By Emby While playing content that requires transcoding: ```bash ps auxww | grep ffmpeg ``` shows: ```bash /bin/ffmpeg \ ... -c:v:0 libx264 ... ``` Full relevant section: ```bash -map [f1_out0] -c:v:0 libx264 -preset:v:0 veryfast -profile:v:0 high -crf:v:0 23 ``` Emby never attempts to use: ```text h264_v4l2m2m ``` even though the encoder works when manually invoked. --- ## Additional Observation An attempt to use DRM hardware acceleration: ```bash /bin/ffmpeg \ -hwaccel drm \ -i input.mkv \ -c:v h264_v4l2m2m \ -f null - ``` fails with: ```text Device creation failed: -14 No device available for decoder: device type drm needed for codec h264 ``` However, encoding works correctly when using V4L2M2M directly without DRM hardware decoding. This suggests the encoder itself is functional and accessible. --- ## Expected Behavior Emby should detect Raspberry Pi V4L2M2M hardware codecs and offer/use hardware transcoding. --- ## Actual Behavior Hardware detection reports only software codecs and all transcoding falls back to libx264. --- ## Question Is Raspberry Pi 4 hardware transcoding through V4L2M2M expected to be supported in Emby Server 4.9.x on ARM64 Docker? If so: 1. Is there a way to force hardware codec detection? 2. Is additional logging available for the Hardware Detection process? 3. Is V4L2M2M currently supported by Hardware Detection on Raspberry Pi OS / Ubuntu ARM64? Thank you. hardware_detection-63916570464.txt

I submitted a log file from the app with this username and I am attaching a server log. When I use the search it acts like it can't access the server it will sometimes show sometimes not and it will just go to a blank screen then after a bit says There was a problem accessing your server. But yet it pulls up what I was searching for anyway. Then it won't play usually the first time. Then if you go back in then the item plays. Running server 4.10.0.13 Beta net core embyserver.txt

Ive been having isues with my server for the past month or so restarting my computer or modem would help sometimes but i couldn't connect even on my local network so i uninstalled and restored the server from a backup It ran fine for a week or so and then I started having the same issues now im getting an error message today for the first time when trying to access the server "Could not find a part of the path '\dashboard-ui\index.html'. Could not find a part of the path '\dashboard-ui\index.html'.

Still having this issue, agreed about how long this is taking to resolve. I jinxed us by finally paying for premium

Agree!

Again, in TV display mode on my PC, why is the Home page spotlight confined to barely half the screen -

Anyone Have an Idea??

Any word on fixing the lack of persistent subtitle selection for TV series, i.e. having "remember subtitle track selections" apply to TV series as well as individual videos? I am using standard Android app on Chromecast dongle, and each episode of a series still reverts to the use of subtitles, even when the previous episode was played with subtitles manually turned off.

2.310.0.0 Stable release point [Win] Another SDK change [Win] Automatic reporting for incomplete startups [Win] Update Win SDKs to latest [Win] Downgrade WinAppSDK Fix backspace behavior on search view in TV mode Revert UI code update [Win] Fix refresh rate switching [Win] Fix keyboard navigation on start [Win, Xbox] Update subtitle font [Win, Xbox] UI code update [Xbox] Fix unresponsive app on startup [Win] Try fix startup crash [Win] Fix failing downloads with long file names [Win, Xbox] Update to latest UI features [Win] Internal Test [Win] Re-enable Download/Sync feature [Win] When navigating back from the home view, show menu instead of exiting [Win] Fix full-screen exit button [Win] Show keyboard shortcuts under settings [Win] Enable screensaver feature [Xbox] Display on-screen diagnostics on start [Win] ATTENTION: Temporarily disabled Download/Sync features [Win] Update to WinAppSDK 1.8 [Win] Change WebView2 environment creation [Win, Xbox] Fix errors about missing sleeptimer [Win, Xbox] Fix streams error on audio playback [Win] Improve full-screen buttons Enable YouTube playback Fix Trailers Add more startup logging [Win] Fix hidden errors on startup and shutdown [Win] Fix duplicate downloads (sync feature) No changes (testing release and update procedures) No changes (testing release and update procedures) [Win] More attempts for fixing startup issues [Win] Force continue startup when DomContentLoaded is not firing [Win] MPV: Change HLS segment constraints [Win] Update WebView2 and runtime to latest [Win] Update WindowsAppSDK to latest patch rlease [Win] Try fix startup hang [Win] Slightly improved startup time [Win] Fix app hanging on start [Xbox] Fix Crash [Win] MPV: Fix live TV playback [Win, Xbox] UI Update [Win] MPV: Disable mpegts as container Update translations [Win] Restore system media cotnrols integration [Win] Restore playback and event handling logic [Win] Try fix crash [Win] Try fix crash Update translations Browser interop: change to async continuations without context restore Introduct Sentry telemetry (beta versions only) Update to .net8 and WinAppSDK 1.7 Update WebView2 [Win] Rework threaded xaml island animation [Win, Xbox] Enable screen savers [Win] Fix hidden volume control in TV mode

Emby Windows: A new Stable version 2.310.0.0 is available Changes 2.310.0 Update to latest UI features Update translations Fix backspace behavior on search view in TV mode Enable YouTube playback Fix Trailers Fix non-working gear button in video OSD [Win] Update HDMI audio detection [Win, Xbox] Enable screen savers [Win] Fix hidden volume control in TV mode Update WebView2 [Win] Rework threaded xaml island animation [Win] MPV: Disable mpegts as container [Win] MPV: Fix live TV playback [Win, Xbox] UI Update [Win] Fix app hanging on start [Xbox] Fix Crash [Win] Slightly improved startup time [Win] MPV: Change HLS segment constraints [Win] Fix duplicate downloads (sync feature) [Win] Fix hidden errors on startup and shutdown [Win] Update to WinAppSDK 1.8 [Win, Xbox] Fix errors about missing sleeptimer [Win, Xbox] Fix streams error on audio playback [Win] Improve full-screen buttons [Win] When navigating back from the home view, show menu instead of exiting [Win] Fix full-screen exit button [Win] Show keyboard shortcuts under settings [Win, Xbox] Update subtitle font [Xbox] Fix unresponsive app on startup [Win] Fix failing downloads with long file names [Win] Fix refresh rate switching [Win] Fix keyboard navigation on start 2.234.0 [Xbox] Fix rate switching when current rate is > 60Hz [Win] Fix rate switching when current rate is > 120Hz [Win] Provide opt-out for hard refresh-rate limiting [Win] Fix horizontal scrolling issues [Win] Sync: Fix display order of downloaded items [Win] Display settings: Always show sound scheme selection [Win, Xbox] AudioPlayer: Fix audio playback resume at position [Win, Xbox] Sound Effects: Avoid doubled sound on Enter key [Win] Fix hang on start [Win] Adjust "Don't revert display mode" feature when initial switch is hard limited

Hey all! Thanks for all the compliments and kind words! I attached an updated RAR covering a few of the requests above. See below for notes. I'll check in every so often for updates and requests. Added two versions for sports, one for pro wrestling fans, one for everyone else Nice! Wasn't 100% sure what your use case was for these, but I took a guess and redid them in the same style as the rest of the set. Redid for consistency and added to the set. It really is a good idea! EmbyIcons_v6.7.rar

I use Chrome with the Duckduckgo extension. I do NOT play video much, except for brief tests, in my browser as the Emby clients I own are all vastly superior in picture and ease of use. I understand people, for one reason or another, wanting to use a browser for playback but I do not understand how either quality or ease of use could be one of the reasons. Shoot I even have a Fire stick plugged into my computer monitor for the rare times I want to play two different streams at the same time. Good clients are so cheap now days that having an extra that is only very rarely used is actually good economy.

I really love this plugin, it’s well designed and super flexible. I’m using MDBList-backed collections and the collection membership seems to be syncing correctly. The logs show items being added and removed from collections during Tag & Collection Sync, so that part looks like it’s working as expected. What I’m trying to figure out is whether I can sync or rebuild the item order within a collection based on the source list. For example, if an MDBList is sorted by Popularity, Trending, or Random, the collection membership in Emby updates, but the order of items shown in the collection doesn’t seem to change. Even when using an MDBList with Random sorting, running multiple syncs doesn’t appear to affect the collection order. Does the plugin currently: Sync only collection membership (adding and removing items)? Preserve and apply the ordering from the MDBList source? Have an option to rebuild or reorder collections during each sync so the Emby collection matches the source list order? If this isn’t supported right now, is there a recommended way to handle collections that are meant to follow a changing order from MDBList instead of just keeping the same membership? Thanks.

Righto. "This requires the loading of a plugin and proper setup of your libraries which is shown below." So if it takes a plugin, I don't understand the "Through our normal use of Open Subtitles." part when I asked if it required a plugin.

Thanks for sharing.