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Use StableBit Drive Pool on Windows. Fantastic app. Much better than Windows Storage Spaces. Also get StableBit Scanner which will scan your drives every month looking for issues. If an issue is spotted, just send it back to the vendor for a warranty replacement. Drive life varies, but you can get 5 years out of quality drives. If you're getting 7 new drives now, stick with the same vendor now and as you add more later just to make it easier to manage. I use Seagate which also comes with an app that can fix common hard drive issues.

Hi. I just installed Emby from the Windows 11 Store and it refuses to open. I checked Task Manager and after clicking the app, I briefly get one instance of Emby.Client.WinUI appearing but then disappearing after about 2 seconds and then nothing happens. I checked Windows Event Viewer logs for instances of a crash and can find nothing. What can I check to find something helpful in diagnosing this problem? This is my system: Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 25H2 Installed on ‎04/‎10/‎2025 OS build 26200.8655 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.315.0 Emby installed version is 2.315.2.0 Thanks

Thanks for asking about the metadata provider order — that pointed me in the right direction. I ran my server log through Claude to dig into it, and here's what it found (yes, TMDB is my primary/first metadata provider): TMDB was timing out on every single call during both sessions where I hit this issue. Every request to TMDB — both name search and direct IMDb-ID lookup — hung for exactly 20 seconds and then failed with a connection timeout. This happened consistently, not as a one-off, across both attempts. Because TMDB never responded, the only provider that actually ran during the real metadata refresh/apply step was TheTVDB (OMDb only got queried once during the initial search preview, not during the actual write). Right after applying the correct IMDb ID, the log shows TheTVDB being queried and the item coming back mislabeled as a completely different movie — every time, even though the ID I applied was correct. This happened on my first attempt, again after a second correction attempt, and a third time later the same day. So the Identify dialog shows the correct match (built while TMDB/OMDb search results were still coming through), but the actual metadata write afterward falls through to TheTVDB since TMDB is unreachable, and TheTVDB resolves the title incorrectly, silently overwriting the correct selection. Claude's takeaway: this looks like two compounding issues — TMDB connectivity timing out on my end (server/network issue, not necessarily an Emby bug), and TheTVDB producing a bad match for this title when it becomes the fallback. Going to check my TMDB connectivity and consider whether TheTVDB should be enabled for my movies library at all. Thanks for all the help. I know what to do.

Post server log after doing that. How to Report a Problem Edit: What are your library enabled meta-downloaders and in what order?

It's mostly the same. Maybe minor difference in favor of the TV app, but just maybe.But what I clearly see is the difference in cover art quality in favor of the TV app. You can see for yourself that on one of them you can see some details and on the other everything is blurry.

Remove Identification - does not remove Movie poster image ( if that's already scanned). Other information is removed. But when I select "Identify" and put in the imdb id, it shows right movie in results - but when I select it - the final movie and meta data is from completely wrong movie. This has happened twice in last few days. Raising it here - so if others have also experienced it - they can report.

This does happen on large libraries and if you are getting an OOM only once a week, I would not consider that to be excessive whilst Emby Server has this issue with how memory is allocated. You have not indicated if you have removed / disabled the TimeLordTV plugin to see if it is a factor

I'm getting exactly the same errors with version 4.9.5 as well.

What do you mean by that? There's Identify (ditto Remove Identification) dropdown selection present on any identifiable item.

The windows app doesn’t work properly either. You will need to be patient while emby fixes the iOS app.

But is working on all at her clients. Android, Samsung and lg. Only on iOS not working.

Happy to hear you like it and thank you too!

Doesn’t look like it. Using YouTube as a source for trailers seems increasingly problematic. If there was a paid alternative emby could use I’d be keen.

Still no fix?

@graytincyou can't load 4k streams? can you provide me your log? so debug the issue?

New Emby server Beta release, v4.10.0.18.

It's still the same. Same error. As I said before, I'll leave it for the near future, until I either uninstall Emby or have to format my PC. I've uninstalled and reinstalled many times and several versions. And it's always the same. I'll wait until I have many more versions or until I have to do what I mentioned before. Thanks everyone.

Emby search (in IOS app) is getting worse day by day. I know there are pending requests to search by IMDB id (for several months and years now) - but the current search (on ios devices) is absolutely horrendous! It shows everything! What's the point of a search if you will show 200 results? Even after filtering via movie/ tv show? The emby search in apple ecosystem is a nightmare! I have to go to my windows system on a browser and use "quotes" to get proper results. Please someone fix this. It's not that difficult. Especially since you have this option on windows.

我真的渴望这个功能太久了 虽然我看到已经有人提过【演员管理】，但是这里我想再提一些具体的功能请求： 1.批量浏览演员，并且除了字母排序以外，还可以按照【tag】，比如【演技派】，【影帝】，进行浏览。 2.演员信息允许更多内容，比如【身高】【体重】【三围】，这些信息不需要自动刮削，只希望可以允许用户自定义手动添加 3.演员详情页面，希望能有剧照或者相册展示（附上参考图） 感谢

I am seeing more instances of Emby misidentifying movies in the first scan. Usually - when this happens, Removing id and rescanning or by giving correct imdb id - the library scan generally gets it right second time. But now, once movie is misidentified.. there is nothing I can do to remove the wrong movie info. The only option I have is to manually add everything and lock the meta data so it does not change. This is very cumbersome. I do not know if this problem is due to IMDB security upgrades or a basic problem with Emby library scanning. I am using emby server 4.9.5.0 and the current movie I am facing problem with is Pierre (1977) which somehow it identifies as Star Wars (1977).

I have nothing but thanks for you. I asked, and my request was granted. Thank you.

I would suggest building a dedicated server and use something like Unraid or Truenas. If you insist on using Windows then look up "Windows Storage spaces" as that is what is used in Windows to manage larger storage/raids.

The last Android release is here: https://github.com/EmbySupport/Emby.WMC.UI/releases/tag/0.125.0 It is from 2024, but it IS the CURRENT version for Android. The reason why there were so many updates for WMC Windows and not for WMC Android is that WMC Windows is built on the new Emby.Client platform and the Android flavor not - yet. This will change very soon, though.

Ah, got it. This plugin is amazing and handles my giant file that Webstreams would crash my browser rather than let me filter in like 10 seconds: https://github.com/firestaerter3/emby-xtream Cc: @Lalicoif you're still looking for a solution here.

Would one of the devs please answer this question? I’m would love to have the WMC App running on Android TV even as the main Launcher, but can’t find a current build. Imagine turning on your TV and you are straight in the WMC interface with all your emby Server content. And if you then would have the possibility to pin selected Android TV Apps to an App row in the main WMC menu it would be the perfect experience. so could someone please confirm that this is still considered for Android TV and when current build will be available again for download. Thanks for the support