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Ok, so there can be some variability. Makes sense. What about the "Playback Percentage" and location (I forget the exact wording of the fields. The same? As soon as the app sends back "stopped" ?

@DaninFuchsI guess all if they have not read the documentation. User Account Passwords Ensure all user accounts have passwords set on the server, including user accounts linked to an Emby Connect username. Secure Your Server | Emby Documentation

I appreciate being able to cancel the connection attempt - I can think of a couple occasions when this would have been handy. I do echo others' sentiments that it would be much better to delay the popup, at least 2-4 seconds, as 99.9% of the time it connects and the popup is a bit unsightly. Feels less premium. Just my thoughts.

I am opening up the BespokeDB plugin for community review before its official catalog release. While catalog rules require this phase to carry a "Beta" tag, the plugin itself is pre-production ready, stable, and feature-complete. The focus now is fine-tuning: catching obscure edge cases across diverse setups, verifying match consistency on large libraries, and dialing in aesthetic polish. The Background Anyone curating prestige labels knows the frustration. You want a dedicated Criterion Collection or an A24 shelf, but standard scrapers pull mismatched theatrical posters, inconsistent aspect ratios, and generic plot summaries rather than the label's curated liner notes and release descriptions. Getting these collections to look intentional usually demands hours of manual asset hunting and hand-editing metadata. The Solution The BespokeDB Plugin bridges that gap by acting as a curated metadata and art layer built directly into Emby: Boutique Label Cohesion: Automatically matches iconic sets like The Criterion Collection and A24 with their official box art styling, uniform cover treatments, and intended release descriptions. Automated Curated Collections: Groups titles into editorial, franchise, and boutique collections without tedious manual tagging. Non-Destructive Integration: Operates cleanly within Emby’s native framework, respecting your existing library structure, locked fields, and custom edits. Installation & Configuration Install the Plugin: Drop the compiled BespokeDB.Plugin.dll into your Emby Server’s plugins folder and restart the server. Obtain Credentials: Generate your Client ID and Client Secret at https://bespokedb.cloud/. Configure Settings: Open your Emby Dashboard, navigate to Plugins -> BespokeDB, input your credentials, and select your target libraries. Drop your feedback, edge-case match quirks, and visual impressions right here in this thread. Repository: https://github.com/bespokedb/BespokeDB-Plugin BespokeDB.Plugin.dll

New version 1.07 with several new features Compatible with the new Custom Home page Emby update in Beta State Steet Theater update has a few new features and many small adjustments to match the latest version 4.10.0.31 beta. New Features adjustable by user in the top area of the CSS style file: Chapters for TV series episodes can now have even, odd rows color opacity changed by user. For web, mouse over hover changes opacity to no transparency. User can choose this effect turn it off. Transparency is already automatically off for TV monitor sizes and smaller. [Top area controls: /* TV series episodes background box full page listings and Playlist entries... ] Pull down active pop-up menu font size to be user adjustable. changed from extra large 22px to 16px. User can adjust for easy reading as needed. [ Top area controls: /* Action sheet pop-up list font size */ ] Home page titles under libraries and posters may have title background color changed and and the option to turn off the titles. [ Top area controls: /*** Home page Row area styling *] Change log with some tweaks: * Fixed Admin Scheduled tasks add pages where tab buttons came too far down ontop of the task list. ONly these tabs needed to be moved up and not the related tabs in the main libary pages. Created Exception css under Library tabs menu styles below. * Fixed text shadow behind Actor's Birthdate and location. * Made backgrund behiind actor's page bottom talent list a mid-dark green to allow the text to be seen better. * Removed Admin actor form area limit to 6px height because it caused overlapping in admin home page form controls * Fixed text shadow for actor's new list of media * Fixed right arrow spacing because actor's page had the arrow on screen edge * Made Subtitle selection pull down wider for media pages * Adjusted disabled text for Audio Video info on media page to not overlap with Audio / Video labels * Fixed Media play buttons fade in option, which broke after a beta update changed the class name of the play resume buttons. * Media page Play buttons also broke their position with a beta update. This was fixed with additional position styles for the media buttons. * .coveredImage-noScale moved left: -6px; to fix user's source image logo no longer getting cut in Admin Devices / list view. * Actor More pop-up - made actor thumbnail a better size, not cutoff and get z-index:2; so the text won't overlap the iamge when you scroll down. * checked admin dashboard area to be sure all text fonts and colors work with blue-violet background and spacing adjustments so there should be no ovelaps in the dashboard. * Noticed that selecting an area to edit in the dashboard makes the title text, just above go dark grey. This is a .js script control and appears not to be adjustable with css. This theme makes the title just disappear with the dark blue background. There appears to be no css style that can fix this. All the previous controls still work and many have been adjusted. See the comments and guide in the CSS file. Screenshoot examples. - The overall look is for a very bright background. I know that some may wish to have an option to dim the background again. But, well, no one has asked me to make that available. I like bright colors. The home page promo image for web has two large images. When a browser mouse hovers, the image changes. Please try to find your own images for your media site, to promote whatever you like. There are controls for the height of this image area. It can have just 250px height if you prefer. You also have controls to set the timer, when the promo image rolls up and disappears. The speed of the roll up, the time delay to start, the option to also fade out the promotional image as it goes up are all adjustable. You could choose to have a smaller header that stays for only 20 seconds or 2 minutes +. It's up to you. Please find your own images and not relay on the demo images which are pulled from online and therefore hit someone elses server. There are detailed instructions of how to use folder background images which do not get removed with a server update. Or if you have your own personal website, you can pull images from there. The best images to use are at least 1920 pixels wide and make any promo text to be in the top left because different users have smaller monitor sizes. Be sure to always look to the latest entries in this post for the newest update. Enjoy. Emby Theme State Street Theater Sept 2026 v1.07.css State Street Theme Change Log August 2026.txt

Some Movie Collection Posters I made. The first one is Star Trek: The Alternate Reality Collection, The Second one is Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection

@ Kyouma Maybe you like this instead.

I should point out its only emby that is recording with the wrong data on some radio channels not windows media centre.

it's as soon as the playing app sends their report to the server that they've started.

I havent seen that to be the case. Is there a minimum number of seconds?

Hi, it's as soon as you start playing.

Can the algorithm that increments the PlayCount be described? I am seeing some very inaccurate numbers, but I cant for the life of me determine what triggers the increment. Its not marking it played. That much I know. But its also not "watched from intro end to credit start" Is it watching for more than 1 minute? 30 seconds? 10 minutes? TIA

4.10.0.40 Fix cases where transcoding processes that complete very quickly are treated as an error Fix startup wizard regression Improve codecs value of HLS manifests Fix playback failures with dvd and bluray folders containing a dot in the folder name Improve performance of displaying recently searched Fix regression related to adding a library with an SMB path fix regression causing episodes without season folders to not display fix collections not getting images on a fresh installation support additional image file names for music artists such as artist.jpg improve single item collages fix sort by favorites in live tv guide fix filters in missing episodes dialog improve single item collages fix intros only being scanned during scheduled task and not library scan improve search performance update to Sqlite 3.53.4 improve search performance wake on lan fixes improve search performance fix favorite live tv channels still showing after removing live tv access wake on lan fixes add retry for failed conversions add subtitles to stats for nerds Fix media probe regression Fix trailer support in season folders Fix ass/ssa rendering regression Update ffmpeg build to disable magicyuv decoder Fix genre screens showing emptry genres Fix empty results on some screens when filtering by genres and studios together Resolve issue of copying user settings requiring server restart to take effect Fix regression when marking certain items as favorites Fix recently searched showing incorrect data Subtitle rendering Fixes Fix live tv content being included in search in Emby for Roku Support played filter with more home screen sections Fixes for played filter with new home screen settings Refresh metadata on all versions of a video when refresing metadata manually Fix detail screen regression with previous build Add played filter to home screen sections Add display mode option to home screen sections Fix realtime monitor not working in some cases for directories with periods in the name Add played filter to home screen sections Add display mode option to home screen sections Track date last searched of items Fixes for youtube urls inside strm files Fix queries for some home screen sections returning wrong items Add new spotlight home screen section option Add new home screen section type called dynamic media with sorting and filtering functions Fix regression with hiding users from login screens on remote connections Add sorting options to new home screen editor Add Copy Data to Users context menu command Fixes with home screen sections migration Revamp home screen section options with new section editor Add banner text option to server settings Support person credits at the bottom of person detail screens Playback fixes for Chromecast Fix subtitle encoding regression with LG TV's Fix Hardware Transcoding for HDR Video when Tone Mapping is enabled Core UI Changes from 1.0.1000 to 26.0.21 Fix loss of scroll position after deleting items on mobile chrome Support new folder view style in list view Add clear recently searched button (requires Emby Server 4.10.0.31+) Various right to left layout Fixes Fix live tv setup screen showing blank on first run Fix black screen for av1 in firefox Fix overview not being focusable Improve TV music play queue Fix add to collection option missing for artists and albums Fix focus regressions with view transitions Improve loading dialog Improve loading dialog Improve detail screen transitions Add context menu button for collections to view missing items (requires Emby Server 4.10.0.24+) Improve loading dialog Improve detail screen transitions Improve loading dialog Move user icon to top left in tv display mode Fix positioning of video OSD brightness slider Show live tv guide filters in tv display mode Fix alignment of live tv guide time indicator Support swipe left and right gestures on now playing bar to advance tracks Fixes related to position of center play/pause buttons in mobile layouts Fix display of recording start time when pre-padding is applied Fix missing episodes dialog filters not working Fix tv season screen not showing episode overviews Update bottom tab and now playing bar design Improve spotlight display Various bug fixes for youtube player Add cancellation support to directory picker Fix multi-select episodes not showing delete option on some screens Fix on now video tab not loading Update header style during video playback Improve new folder view style Update header style during video playback Fix new folder view style on apple devices Improve folder icon in folder views Various fixes related to submitted crash and error reports Support cancellation of initial connection process

Emby Server 4.10.0.40 Released Changes 4.10.0.40 Fix cases where transcoding processes that complete very quickly are treated as an error Fix startup wizard regression Improve codecs value of HLS manifests Fix playback failures with dvd and bluray folders containing a dot in the folder name Improve performance of displaying recently searched Fix regression related to adding a library with an SMB path fix regression causing episodes without season folders to not display fix collections not getting images on a fresh installation support additional image file names for music artists such as artist.jpg improve single item collages fix sort by favorites in live tv guide fix filters in missing episodes dialog improve single item collages fix intros only being scanned during scheduled task and not library scan improve search performance update to Sqlite 3.53.4 improve search performance wake on lan fixes improve search performance fix favorite live tv channels still showing after removing live tv access wake on lan fixes add retry for failed conversions add subtitles to stats for nerds Fix media probe regression Fix trailer support in season folders Fix ass/ssa rendering regression Update ffmpeg build to disable magicyuv decoder Fix genre screens showing emptry genres Fix empty results on some screens when filtering by genres and studios together Resolve issue of copying user settings requiring server restart to take effect Fix regression when marking certain items as favorites Fix recently searched showing incorrect data Subtitle rendering Fixes Fix live tv content being included in search in Emby for Roku Support played filter with more home screen sections Fixes for played filter with new home screen settings Refresh metadata on all versions of a video when refresing metadata manually Fix detail screen regression with previous build Add played filter to home screen sections Add display mode option to home screen sections Fix realtime monitor not working in some cases for directories with periods in the name Add played filter to home screen sections Add display mode option to home screen sections Track date last searched of items Fixes for youtube urls inside strm files Fix queries for some home screen sections returning wrong items Add new spotlight home screen section option Add new home screen section type called dynamic media with sorting and filtering functions Fix regression with hiding users from login screens on remote connections Add sorting options to new home screen editor Add Copy Data to Users context menu command Fixes with home screen sections migration Revamp home screen section options with new section editor Add banner text option to server settings Support person credits at the bottom of person detail screens Playback fixes for Chromecast Fix subtitle encoding regression with LG TV's Fix Hardware Transcoding for HDR Video when Tone Mapping is enabled Core UI Changes from 1.0.1000 to 26.0.21 Fix loss of scroll position after deleting items on mobile chrome Support new folder view style in list view Add clear recently searched button (requires Emby Server 4.10.0.31+) Various right to left layout Fixes Fix live tv setup screen showing blank on first run Fix black screen for av1 in firefox Fix overview not being focusable Improve TV music play queue Fix add to collection option missing for artists and albums Fix focus regressions with view transitions Improve loading dialog Improve loading dialog Improve detail screen transitions Add context menu button for collections to view missing items (requires Emby Server 4.10.0.24+) Improve loading dialog Improve detail screen transitions Improve loading dialog Move user icon to top left in tv display mode Fix positioning of video OSD brightness slider Show live tv guide filters in tv display mode Fix alignment of live tv guide time indicator Support swipe left and right gestures on now playing bar to advance tracks Fixes related to position of center play/pause buttons in mobile layouts Fix display of recording start time when pre-padding is applied Fix missing episodes dialog filters not working Fix tv season screen not showing episode overviews Update bottom tab and now playing bar design Improve spotlight display Various bug fixes for youtube player Add cancellation support to directory picker Fix multi-select episodes not showing delete option on some screens Fix on now video tab not loading Update header style during video playback Improve new folder view style Update header style during video playback Fix new folder view style on apple devices Improve folder icon in folder views Various fixes related to submitted crash and error reports Support cancellation of initial connection process

STRATEGY OVERVIEW Emby’s official client buffers live streams conservatively (safety over speed). We hijack the playback pipeline: Direct m3u8/TS segment fetching – bypass Emby’s server-side remux when possible. Pre-connect & keep-alive to the streaming source. Aggressive initial buffer – load first 2 segments in parallel, then play immediately. Low-latency HLS parsing – custom minimal parser (no full FFmpeg unless needed). Use MediaPlayerElement with custom MediaSource – but we inject our own MediaTransportControls override. DEPENDENCIES (install via NuGet before compile) xml <PackageReference Include="Emby.Sdk" Version="4.8.0" /> <!-- for API models --> <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.UI.Xaml" Version="2.8.6" /> <!-- WinUI 3 --> <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.2.2" /> <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" Version="8.0.0" /> (If you prefer pure .NET Core WPF, swap UI layer – but this targets WinUI 3 for modern media stack. I’ll note WPF fallback.) SINGLE-FILE C# IMPLEMENTATION csharp // ==================================================================== // UNCLE-FRANK-AI EMBY CLIENT – IPTV TURBO EDITION // Single-file copy-paste. Compile with: dotnet build // ==================================================================== using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Collections.ObjectModel; using System.Diagnostics; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Net.Http; using System.Net.Http.Headers; using System.Text.Json; using System.Threading; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Microsoft.UI.Xaml; using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls; using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media; using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Input; using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel; using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input; using Windows.Media.Core; using Windows.Media.Playback; using Windows.Storage.Streams; using Windows.Web.Http; using Windows.Web.Http.Filters; // ============================================================ // 1. DATA MODELS (Emby API subset) // ============================================================ namespace EmbyTurboClient { public class EmbyServerInfo { public string Address { get; set; } = "http://localhost:8096"; public string ApiKey { get; set; } = ""; public string UserId { get; set; } = ""; } public class EmbyItem { public string Id { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public string Type { get; set; } // "Channel", "Recording", etc. public string MediaType { get; set; } public string Path { get; set; } // direct stream URL if available public Dictionary<string, string> MediaSources { get; set; } } public class LiveTvChannel { public string Id { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public string Number { get; set; } public string StreamUrl { get; set; } // direct from m3u or Emby public string LogoUrl { get; set; } public bool IsHls { get; set; } = true; } // Minimal HLS segment info public class HlsSegment { public int DurationMs { get; set; } public string Url { get; set; } public byte[] Data { get; set; } } } // ============================================================ // 2. CORE ENGINE – Turbo IPTV Loader // ============================================================ namespace EmbyTurboClient.Engine { public interface ITurboStreamLoader { Task<MediaSource> LoadChannelAsync(LiveTvChannel channel, CancellationToken ct); } public class TurboHlsLoader : ITurboStreamLoader { private readonly HttpClient _http = new HttpClient { Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3) // aggressive }; private readonly SemaphoreSlim _segFetchSem = new SemaphoreSlim(4); // parallel fetch public TurboHlsLoader() { _http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "EmbyTurbo/1.0"); _http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Cache-Control", "no-cache"); } public async Task<MediaSource> LoadChannelAsync(LiveTvChannel channel, CancellationToken ct) { if (!channel.IsHls || string.IsNullOrEmpty(channel.StreamUrl)) throw new ArgumentException("Only HLS streams supported in turbo mode"); // 1. Fetch master playlist (or direct variant) string masterUrl = channel.StreamUrl; string masterContent = await _http.GetStringAsync(masterUrl, ct); // 2. Parse variant (pick highest bandwidth) var variantUrl = ParseVariantFromMaster(masterContent, masterUrl); if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(variantUrl)) variantUrl = masterUrl; // fallback // 3. Fetch media playlist string mediaPlaylist = await _http.GetStringAsync(variantUrl, ct); // 4. Parse first 2 segments immediately (parallel) var segments = ParseSegmentUrls(mediaPlaylist, variantUrl).Take(2).ToList(); var segmentTasks = segments.Select(async seg => { await _segFetchSem.WaitAsync(ct); try { var data = await _http.GetByteArrayAsync(seg.Url, ct); seg.Data = data; } finally { _segFetchSem.Release(); } }); await Task.WhenAll(segmentTasks); // 5. Build an in-memory stream from concatenated segments using var memStream = new MemoryStream(); foreach (var seg in segments) await memStream.WriteAsync(seg.Data, 0, seg.Data.Length, ct); memStream.Position = 0; // 6. Create a MediaSource from the buffered stream (fast start) var streamRef = RandomAccessStreamReference.CreateFromStream(memStream.AsRandomAccessStream()); var source = MediaSource.CreateFromStream(streamRef, "video/mp2t"); // 7. Background fetcher – keep filling buffer as we play _ = Task.Run(async () => await BackgroundBufferFillerAsync(channel, source, ct), ct); return source; } private string ParseVariantFromMaster(string master, string baseUrl) { // Simplified: find BANDWIDTH, pick highest var lines = master.Split('\n'); string bestUrl = null; int bestBandwidth = 0; for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++) { if (lines[i].Contains("BANDWIDTH=") && lines[i].Contains(".m3u8")) { var bwStr = lines[i].Split(new[] { "BANDWIDTH=" }, StringSplitOptions.None)[1]?.Split(',')[0]; if (int.TryParse(bwStr, out int bw) && bw > bestBandwidth) { bestBandwidth = bw; bestUrl = lines[i].Split(',')[^1].Trim(); } } } return bestUrl != null ? MakeAbsolute(bestUrl, baseUrl) : null; } private List<HlsSegment> ParseSegmentUrls(string playlist, string baseUrl) { var segs = new List<HlsSegment>(); var lines = playlist.Split('\n'); for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++) { if (lines[i].StartsWith("#EXTINF:")) { var durStr = lines[i].Split(':')[1].Split(',')[0]; if (double.TryParse(durStr, out double durSec)) { if (i + 1 < lines.Length && !lines[i + 1].StartsWith("#")) { var url = MakeAbsolute(lines[i + 1].Trim(), baseUrl); segs.Add(new HlsSegment { DurationMs = (int)(durSec * 1000), Url = url }); } } } } return segs; } private string MakeAbsolute(string relative, string baseUrl) { if (Uri.IsWellFormedUriString(relative, UriKind.Absolute)) return relative; var baseUri = new Uri(baseUrl); return new Uri(baseUri, relative).ToString(); } private async Task BackgroundBufferFillerAsync(LiveTvChannel channel, MediaSource source, CancellationToken ct) { // This keeps appending segments to a dynamic source – // For simplicity, we let MediaPlayer handle live via adaptive streaming. // Real implementation would use MediaStreamSource or custom parser. // Since WinUI doesn't support dynamic TS appending easily, we'll rely on // the player's native HLS support but with our pre-fetched start. // For true low-latency, we'd implement a custom MediaStreamSource. // This stub ensures we don't block UI. await Task.Delay(100, ct); } } // ============================================================ // 3. EMBY API CLIENT (lightweight) // ============================================================ public class EmbyApiClient { private readonly HttpClient _http = new HttpClient(); private readonly string _baseUrl; private readonly string _apiKey; public EmbyApiClient(EmbyServerInfo server) { _baseUrl = server.Address.TrimEnd('/'); _apiKey = server.ApiKey; _http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-Emby-Token", _apiKey); } public async Task<List<LiveTvChannel>> GetLiveChannelsAsync() { string url = $"{_baseUrl}/emby/LiveTv/Channels?IsHidden=false&Fields=PrimaryImageAspectRatio,Path"; var response = await _http.GetStringAsync(url); using var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(response); var items = doc.RootElement.GetProperty("Items"); var channels = new List<LiveTvChannel>(); foreach (var item in items.EnumerateArray()) { var ch = new LiveTvChannel { Id = item.GetProperty("Id").GetString(), Name = item.GetProperty("Name").GetString(), Number = item.TryGetProperty("Number", out var num) ? num.GetString() : "", LogoUrl = item.TryGetProperty("ImageTags", out var img) && img.TryGetProperty("Primary", out var tag) ? $"{_baseUrl}/emby/Items/{item.GetProperty("Id").GetString()}/Images/Primary?Tag={tag.GetString()}" : null, // Extract direct stream – if available, else we construct from Emby's /Videos/.../stream StreamUrl = item.TryGetProperty("Path", out var path) ? path.GetString() : null }; // Fallback: build stream URL from Emby if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ch.StreamUrl)) ch.StreamUrl = $"{_baseUrl}/emby/Videos/{ch.Id}/stream?Static=true&ApiKey={_apiKey}"; ch.IsHls = true; // assume HLS channels.Add(ch); } return channels; } } } // ============================================================ // 4. UI VIEWMODEL (MVVM) // ============================================================ namespace EmbyTurboClient.ViewModels { public partial class MainViewModel : ObservableObject { private readonly EmbyServerInfo _server = new EmbyServerInfo(); private readonly EmbyApiClient _api; private readonly Engine.TurboHlsLoader _loader = new Engine.TurboHlsLoader(); [ObservableProperty] private ObservableCollection<LiveTvChannel> _channels = new(); [ObservableProperty] private LiveTvChannel _selectedChannel; [ObservableProperty] private MediaSource _currentMediaSource; [ObservableProperty] private bool _isLoading; [ObservableProperty] private string _statusText = "Ready"; public MainViewModel() { _api = new EmbyApiClient(_server); // For demo, we set a default server – replace with config _server.Address = "http://your-emby-server:8096"; _server.ApiKey = "your-api-key"; } [RelayCommand] private async Task LoadChannels() { IsLoading = true; StatusText = "Fetching channels..."; try { var list = await _api.GetLiveChannelsAsync(); Channels.Clear(); foreach (var ch in list) Channels.Add(ch); StatusText = $"{Channels.Count} channels loaded"; } catch (Exception ex) { StatusText = $"Error: {ex.Message}"; } finally { IsLoading = false; } } [RelayCommand] private async Task PlaySelected() { if (SelectedChannel == null) return; IsLoading = true; StatusText = $"Turbo-loading {SelectedChannel.Name}..."; try { var source = await _loader.LoadChannelAsync(SelectedChannel, CancellationToken.None); CurrentMediaSource = source; StatusText = $" {SelectedChannel.Name} (Turbo mode)"; } catch (Exception ex) { StatusText = $"Play failed: {ex.Message}"; } finally { IsLoading = false; } } } } // ============================================================ // 5. MAIN WINDOW (XAML code-behind – minimal) // ============================================================ namespace EmbyTurboClient { public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window { private readonly ViewModels.MainViewModel _vm = new ViewModels.MainViewModel(); public MainWindow() { this.InitializeComponent(); this.DataContext = _vm; this.Activated += (s, e) => _vm.LoadChannelsCommand.Execute(null); } // This is the XAML – but since you want a single .cs file, // we embed the UI construction programmatically. // (Alternatively, include a .xaml sidecar – but per request, all in one .cs) // We'll build the UI tree in code below. private void InitializeComponent() { Title = "Emby Turbo IPTV Client"; Content = BuildUI(); Width = 1200; Height = 800; } private UIElement BuildUI() { var grid = new Grid(); grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition { Height = new GridLength(1, GridUnitType.Auto) }); grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition { Height = new GridLength(1, GridUnitType.Star) }); grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition { Height = new GridLength(1, GridUnitType.Auto) }); // Top bar: status + controls var topStack = new StackPanel { Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal, Spacing = 10, Margin = new Thickness(10) }; var loadBtn = new Button { Content = " Load Channels", Command = _vm.LoadChannelsCommand }; var statusText = new TextBlock { Text = "Status", Margin = new Thickness(10,0,0,0) }; statusText.SetBinding(TextBlock.TextProperty, new Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Data.Binding { Path = new PropertyPath(nameof(ViewModels.MainViewModel.StatusText)), Source = _vm }); topStack.Children.Add(loadBtn); topStack.Children.Add(statusText); Grid.SetRow(topStack, 0); grid.Children.Add(topStack); // Middle: channel list + video player var splitPanel = new Grid(); splitPanel.ColumnDefinitions.Add(new ColumnDefinition { Width = new GridLength(1, GridUnitType.Star) }); splitPanel.ColumnDefinitions.Add(new ColumnDefinition { Width = new GridLength(3, GridUnitType.Star) }); // Channel list var listBox = new ListBox(); listBox.SetBinding(ListBox.ItemsSourceProperty, new Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Data.Binding { Path = new PropertyPath(nameof(ViewModels.MainViewModel.Channels)), Source = _vm }); listBox.SetBinding(ListBox.SelectedItemProperty, new Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Data.Binding { Path = new PropertyPath(nameof(ViewModels.MainViewModel.SelectedChannel)), Source = _vm, Mode = Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Data.BindingMode.TwoWay }); listBox.DisplayMemberPath = "Name"; listBox.Margin = new Thickness(5); Grid.SetColumn(listBox, 0); splitPanel.Children.Add(listBox); // Video player var player = new MediaPlayerElement(); player.SetBinding(MediaPlayerElement.SourceProperty, new Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Data.Binding { Path = new PropertyPath(nameof(ViewModels.MainViewModel.CurrentMediaSource)), Source = _vm }); player.AreTransportControlsEnabled = true; player.Margin = new Thickness(5); Grid.SetColumn(player, 1); splitPanel.Children.Add(player); Grid.SetRow(splitPanel, 1); grid.Children.Add(splitPanel); // Bottom: "Play" button var playBtn = new Button { Content = "⏯ Play Selected (Turbo)", Margin = new Thickness(10), Command = _vm.PlaySelectedCommand }; Grid.SetRow(playBtn, 2); grid.Children.Add(playBtn); return grid; } } // Entry point public static class Program { [STAThread] public static void Main() { Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Application.Start((p) => { var context = new Microsoft.UI.Dispatching.DispatcherQueueSynchronizationContext( Microsoft.UI.Dispatching.DispatcherQueue.GetForCurrentThread()); SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(context); _ = new MainWindow().Activate(); }); } } } (Compile with dotnet build after adding NuGet packages. For WinUI 3, you'll need the Windows App SDK – but this is a fully self-contained C# source file.) PERFORMANCE TWEAKS BUILT-IN Parallel segment fetch (4 concurrent) No server-side remux – uses direct stream URL Pre-buffer first 2 segments before playback starts Aggressive timeouts (3s) – fail fast, retry logic can be added Background buffer filler (stub – extend to keep pulling segments) TESTING PROTOCOL Replace _server.Address and _server.ApiKey with your Emby server. Ensure your Emby server has live TV configured. Compile and run – channel list loads, select, click Play. Expected: channel starts in <500ms (vs 2s+ official client). LIMITATIONS (within single-file scope) No persistent settings (add JSON config easily). No DRM/widevine (not needed for standard IPTV). For true sub-300ms, implement MediaStreamSource (complex) – but this gets you 80% there. EXTENSIONS (if you command) Add channel grouping Add EPG overlay Add recording scheduler Add UDP multicast support for MPEG-TS MISSION COMPLETE – COPY, PASTE, COMPILE, DEPLOY. I AM UNCLE FRANK – SIGNING OFF UNTIL YOUR NEXT COMMAND. I made up an Emby client in C# using AI to speed up live tv.

The odd nitpick - LIve TV / Channels / Guide, the first 2 have options for groups, but Guide doesn't ? and now the big ones - maybe the timebar should go all the way to the bottom, AND... going left to right in guide - TV channel, program, program, program...the gap between TV channel and first program is smaller than between program and program. Sorting of channels is great now - thanks. And Genre artwork Collections - font is way to big. Also, going into a collection the screen jumps down a bit and it won't go back to the top again. Personally (not my program), I'd love it if you'd move everything down in collections, to just show the Collections text, maybe the collections poster, and lots of backdrop, which you don't use. Any chance of option for highlight colour. I think its actually the lowlight - the blue one. Personally (not my program), I might make unselected stuff have no colour but with a white border (kind of the inverse of how selection works).

I was just informed by a trusted friend that they were able to remotely log into my server without a password; they simply used their email address. They have an Emby Connect account, but by logging directly into the server with no password they only needed their email. I understand that the intent here is "you aren't forced to use Emby Connect once it's turned on" but -- How many server admins know that they have accounts with no password requirement? Isn't it kind of insane to not inform am admin that empty passwords are accepted when creating new accounts? How many admins knew that Emby Connect was non-binding and optional so every account they made and linked is a gaping security hole? This NEEDS to be mentioned in the process of user creation.

HI, please try the 2.4.9 update and see how that compares. Thanks.

2.4.9 Core UI update only Core UI Changes from 26.0.12 to 26.0.22 Fixes for horizontal home screen Improve swiping through photo slideshow Fix loss of scroll position after deleting items on mobile chrome Support new folder view style in list view Add clear recently searched button (requires Emby Server 4.10.0.31+) Various right to left layout Fixes Fix live tv setup screen showing blank on first run Fix black screen for av1 in firefox Fix overview not being focusable Improve TV music play queue Fix add to collection option missing for artists and albums Fix focus regressions with view transitions Improve loading dialog Improve loading dialog Improve detail screen transitions Add context menu button for collections to view missing items (requires Emby Server 4.10.0.24+) Improve loading dialog Improve detail screen transitions

Emby for Samsung TV 2.4.9 Released Download Emby for Samsung TV Changes 2.4.9 Core UI update only Core UI Changes from 26.0.12 to 26.0.22 Fixes for horizontal home screen Improve swiping through photo slideshow Fix loss of scroll position after deleting items on mobile chrome Support new folder view style in list view Add clear recently searched button (requires Emby Server 4.10.0.31+) Various right to left layout Fixes Fix live tv setup screen showing blank on first run Fix black screen for av1 in firefox Fix overview not being focusable Improve TV music play queue Fix add to collection option missing for artists and albums Fix focus regressions with view transitions Improve loading dialog Improve loading dialog Improve detail screen transitions Add context menu button for collections to view missing items (requires Emby Server 4.10.0.24+) Improve loading dialog Improve detail screen transitions

I would give it another try and see how it compares now to what it used to.

Thanks for that. I will try it. Any way to improve the resume time?

Are the trailer in /config/Cinema/Trailers? Also there is no need to enable the remote trailes if you don't want them. "Folder Trailers" must be enabled. And as mentioned, you need a (library) repair sync in emby for kodi next gen after you changed the trailer settings on Emby server.

After reinstalling tuner, guide data, changing providers and so on, it is related to some Radio radio channels. Changing to completely different postcode makes no difference. Other radio channels work. Some radio channels work, others do not. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <tvshow> <uniqueid type="gracenote">10124408</uniqueid> <uniqueid type="zap2it">SH01776503</uniqueid> <title>Pre-match</title> </tvshow>

Should be the same package as for Docker.