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angryblue

I've built the latest ApiClient version from source and released E2PL v1.1.2.0-beta which is now using this client instead of the NuGet package.

https://github.com/red217/EmbyExternalPlayerLauncher/releases/tag/v1.1.2.0-beta

 

I haven't made any other changes and haven't had time to set up a VM with the latest version of the server, so I'm not sure if this actually fixes anything or not. It does seem to work with the old server version that I'm using for my own media. Anyone having the authentication issues could give this a try and with a bit of luck it'll work, assuming the new library uses the new authentication method in the background when talking to the server. If not, I'll get an install of the latest server going and look into it in more depth when I've next got a bit of time.

Thank you for your great work, I got it working.

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vivificus

Does Emby External Player Launcher only work with from web interface or is there some way to use it as the external player for Emby Theatre on Windows? If so how?

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Emby theater for windows has it's own external player feature built in so I would just use that.

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Bloodred

E2PL just connects to the server, it doesn't interact with other clients (or the web interface) directly. I don't use Emby Theater so I can't say for sure, but as long as it allows you to select a player like the web interface does then it should work. If that option isn't available in Emby Theater, then probably doing as Luke suggested would be the quickest solution.

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vivificus

Thanks for the info, I'll try using a 'normal' external player. I was hoping to get the playback position syncing that E2PL offers. I tried it as the external player but it just launches another copy of your program each time you play something there doesn't seem to be a 'cast' option like with the web version.

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Hi,

I used the E2PL to play the movies directly from my Emby Server but it does not work. The E2PL connects to the Emby Server OK but when I play the movies, it's still using the default web video player.

Did I do anything wrong?

 

Thanks.

 

Vu

 

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Guest AllRoCol
On 9/21/2020 at 6:44 PM, VuH said:

I used the E2PL to play the movies directly from my Emby Server but it does not work. The E2PL connects to the Emby Server OK but when I play the movies, it's still using the default web video player.

Did I do anything wrong?

 

The first two things that come to mind are that you didn't enable the web server in your video player (Off by default) and you didn't choose the casting option on the main page of your Emby Server (Top right, button on the left of the four buttons).

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Buku.lawas

I've been using this E2PL, and it was great. Solvied some issues related to lagging video playback with web player (Chrome browser).
One thing still can't figure how to solve is : Play next episodes automatically. This option already been turned on in EMBY server settings, and it works with internal web browser/player.
But with same  settings, the E2PL can't seem to play next episodes automatically (playing TV Series).

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Bloodred

Unfortunately that's not a feature that E2PL has, I only ever really intended to have it play the episode/movie you click on. Sorry to say but I'm also not really planning on adding that at this point.

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jonomite

Would there be a way to update this project to play with a regularly updated player--such as mpv--as opposed to mpc, which appears to have received its last update in 2017?

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DrDoomsLab

Just wanted to ask if anyone has been having some issues since 4750 update? I really really love this tool but I've run into issues but only with TV ep's and seasons. It seems to be still working 100% fine on movies. But ever since the server update, on some seasons when i click to play it will only play the first season. I even have one series where all three seasons are in the same location on the hdd other than being in S1 S2 and such, and i can only get the first EP to play. Its a little annoying as it was working perfectly before. i have double checked my network locations and nothing has changed. It does play fine thought the web page. Any idears? Cheers.

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I bought a key to Emby a handful of years ago and I prefer to use it by casting to MPC. The last update seems to of killed MPC Remote, as on MPC Remotes end, everything looks good/connected/normal but it's no longer an option when I click the cast button; it's just empty with no cast options now...

 

And so, I scoured the internet looking for a solution to the above problem but mostly just encountered newer posts for this (EmbyExternalPlayerLauncher) than there was for MPC Remote. No big deal, they basically do the same thing and from what I can read, when working, EEPL does it better. Anywho, using this program, if I use the second newest version (the non API version?) then it gives me an authentication error and doesn't connect to my server. If I use the newest version with the API, it connects to the server just fine but when it comes to TV episodes, no matter what episode I try to play or where I begin the act of playing the episode, it always plays episode S01E01 regardless of what Season\Episode I'm trying to launch.

 

I'm not a fan of Emby Theater. I have it installed and I try it every now and again over the years but it's always been pretty buggy and unreliable for me. Meanwhile, watching content on a web browser means everything is going to need transcoding and that'll require resources just to let me watch the content in reduced quality compared to native...

 

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DrDoomsLab

@Sketchy

 

Yes im having the same issues. Ever since the server update 4750 i think (it might have been the version b4, seems when the intro scanning was added it broke the TV eps working with this app) movies play fine but TV EP will only play S1E1 what ever EP you select. It is very much a shame as this app was pritty much the main reason i use Emby server. Esp as i dont want to use kodi anymore. I also have had to use the beta version of this app to be able to connect to the server. And it worked perfectly until the intro scanning update to the server.

I too am no that keen on Emby theater. I really like the way i have MPC:HC setup with madVR and also Video and 5.1 (or other surround) audio of the most used formats (ac3,dts,aac,the HD codecs & 5.1 / 7.1 and others) not needing to be transcoded like in the web browser native. They just stream. Would be nice to have proper audio transcoding options and being able to select it. So proper transcoding to Flac 5.1 from a 5.1 ac3 or DTS 5.1 then i could use the web player but then the video would be degraded because im not able to use madVR on the web player. Sorry getting off topic here.

So Pritty Please can we get an update or a server fix? Please? i'll donate some moneys. Unfortually im pritty much broke so can't spear much atm. But i will still do it if we can get something?

Thanks to @Bloodred for this awesome app. i just really hope we can get a server fix or possibly a fix for the app. 

Cheers. 

DrDoomsLab

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Asturaetus

Was also kinda bummed that with the new updates to the emby server MPC remote ceased to function and I didn't get the tool from this thread to work. But you can basically get the same functionality with Emby Theater. Set it up for external player, minimize it and then you can still use the cast on/play on function from the web client to launch the videos in a player of your choice.

The only slight annoyance is that Emby Theater always displays its window on start. If it had an option to start it minimized or maybe even in system tray - it would be absolutely perfect.

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Maximus Naxsus
On 30/10/2022 at 17:36, Sketchy said:

it always plays episode S01E01 regardless of what Season\Episode I'm trying to launch.

Same issue here since I've updated to the most recent version.

Updating Emby has become a scary ordeal.

E2PL 1.1.1.0

EDIT: same issue with v1.1.2.0 (https://github.com/red217/EmbyExternalPlayerLauncher/releases)

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Tried a new (beta) version, no joy
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It’s because wet pass the whole episode list to the player now and tell it to start at a certain index. So this needs to be updated to check that start index.

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Maximus Naxsus
On 25/03/2023 at 17:57, Luke said:

It’s because wet pass the whole episode list to the player now and tell it to start at a certain index. So this needs to be updated to check that start index.

Thank you for you quick response!
 

 

Edit: Dev is missing?

The developer does not seem to be active anymore.

Can you/anybody recommended an alternative?

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GrimReaper
9 minutes ago, Maximus Naxsus said:

Can you/anybody recommended an alternative?

Out of curiosity, why do you feel the need to use external player? 

As for your query, ET with external player sounds like a viable alternative. 

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Maximus Naxsus
2 hours ago, GrimReaper said:

Out of curiosity, why do you feel the need to use external player? 

Multiple reasons, thank you for the question 🙂
Likely you expected a more brief answer. I think I had to explain it to myself as well / got a bit carried away.

Basic reasons; control, consistency and simplicity.

1. Control (or the feeling of..)
The functionality of the webplayer is way to limited for me. I want to (examples):
  - Forward frame by frame
  - Save Thumbnails at any moment with time frame
  - Have descent keyboard control (loved Gom Player for this, however (HEADS-UP) Gom Player seems to be not suited for a secure PC experience anymore)
  - Have the ability to play with MadVR and such
2. Consistency.
If anybody has ever followed my posts (why would you though) then you might have noticed I do not like unexpected changes. Emby has been changing a lot since I (and Microsoft) left Windows Media Centre. Around that period I tried to make use of ET (Emby Theater you mean @GrimReaper?). It was less of smooth experience and I remember that after another update the functionality broke for me. Surprise!
3. Simplicity. To stream (or convert etc) is not necessary.  IT is here to create solution (or perhaps I'm just getting old), not complicate previous solutions.
    When I found Video Browser I was looking for exactly that, an interface to review and enjoy my collection. My biggest joy (example) was to compare multiple movies with just a middle click and lay them out over my 6 screens. Unfortunately this is not possible anymore since a long time.

 

A bit more background about me
  - Ex Windows Phone fan boy
  - I'm running multiple machines for more than 15 year. 10 years now with Windows Server.  No NAS will ever enter my home.
  - I still make use of the context menu key on the keyboard
  - My true love, or one of them, is System Internals Process Explorer. I love to study the graphs.. Streaming hurts my eyes; knowing the same action can be done and be barely noticeable. However, I do know that streaming is much less intensive (relatively speaking) compared to 5 years ago.

 

A question comes to mind. For the rare occasion I attempted to play something with the Android Emby app.., it needs an external player as well right?

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GrimReaper
2 hours ago, Maximus Naxsus said:

ET (Emby Theater you mean @GrimReaper?)

Correct. 

2 hours ago, Maximus Naxsus said:

A question comes to mind. For the rare occasion I attempted to play something with the Android Emby app.., it needs an external player as well right?

No Emby client app requires you to use external player (but some have the functionality to enable so, if opted for), but some use underlying OS native player (or modified version of it), that goes for Android client app. So to answer your question: no, it doesn't. 

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