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Emby for Amazon Alexa Updated

Emby for Amazon Alexa has been updated with the following improvements: Improved audio playback including artwork, metadata and media playlist control More voice training data added with better, more informative error responses
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Emby for Samsung Smart TVs Now Available In More Countries

Great news. Emby for Samsung is now available in the Samsung app store for more countries. If you're in any of the following countries, you can now install the Emby app using the Samsung app store: Argentina Australia Canada Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Netherlands New Zealand Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland
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Emby WMC UI Beta Available Now

Today, we're glad to announce public availability of the new Emby WMC UI Beta. It started out as a spare-time effort of Emby developer softworkz, assumed to target only a niche audience of nostalgia and WMC fans, and hasn't been an Emby roadmap project. But over time, it has turned into something of its own kind, going far beyond just mixing-in some nostalgic visuals like a theme, but rather providing an authentic look and feel, the original modes of operation and behavior, or in short
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Emby Server 4.7.14 Released

This is primarily a bug fix release. Here are the changes: Web app compatibility updates for iOS 17 Compatibility updates for FreeBSD, TrueNAS and Arch Linux Improve playback of transcoded video in the Emby web app
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Apple TV 1.7.3 - Multi-Color Logos, Sorting Playlists and Collections

Emby for Apple TV 1.7.3 - Multi-Color Logos, Sorting Playlists and Collections Emby for Apple TV 1.7.3 adds many new features that improve the user experience in powerful to subtle ways. Support Multi-Color Logos based on Theme in Use Emby for Apple TV now supports both light and dark sets of logos. The app will automatically choose which logos to use based on the theme in use. Here are a couple screen shots, showing this: Dark Theme Guide with Light Logo Light Them
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embyserver

Emby Server 4.7.13 Released

This is primarily a bug fix release. Here are the changes: Improve artist splitting for artists that have a / in their title Handle invalid data when parsing video rotation information Fix error with conversion feature and videos that have audio streams with 0 channels Various intro detection bug fixes Fix errors with SMB access on Linux when non-default server port is used Various transcoding related fixes Increase default server database cache
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Emby Server 4.7.12 Released

This is a security release which all Emby Server users are recommended to update to. Here are the changes: Fix 172.X addresses always being considered private Don't allow local network addresses to be specified in x-forwarded-for and x-real-ip Adjust web app html tags to avoid false detection from Chrome as impersonating the Emby domain
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Emby Server and Emby Theater Now Available as Snap Packages

Emby Server and Emby Theater Now Available as Snap Packages We are proud to announce that Emby Server as well as our Premiere client Emby Theater, are now available as Snap Packages for Linux distributions. This makes installing Emby a snap. What are Snaps? Snaps are a type of secure containerized applications that work on any Linux distribution using systemd.  Snaps are multi-platform, dependency-free applications that are easy to install. One of the biggest advantages of snap
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Emby for Apple TV 1.7.0 Released - OSD Info Tab, Next Episode Playback

Emby for Apple TV 1.7.0 Released - OSD Info Tab, Next Episode Playback This is the latest release of Emby for Apple TV.  It's a small maintenance release, containing new OSD features and improvements as well as a fix to existing identified issues. New Information tab in video OSD. Emby for Apple TV 1.7.0 adds the information tab to the OSD (On Screen Display) as shown in the pics below. Next Episode Button near the end of episode playback. New to the Emby for Apple TV
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Presenting the new Emby SDK

Background Plugins, extensions and integrations make an important part of the Emby ecosystem. Plugin development is open to everybody and many great plugins have been created by Emby community members. To show our appreciation for the great work and achievements of community developers, we took steps in order to improve in an area where we haven't done that well in the recent past: Developer Support. When talking about support, there are several different facets to evaluate and consider.
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Emby for LG 1.0.37 features Intro Skip, Lyrics & RTL Support

Emby for LG 1.0.37 features Intro Skip, Lyrics & RTL Support Embedded Lyrics Support for Music Files Emby now supports display of musical lyrics you provide.  This doesn't require modifying your actual music tracks but is done using a text file residing next to the track! You can quickly and easily use a tool such as MediaHumon Lyrics Finder that makes quick work of adding Lyrics to your existing content.  Rescan your music library and have this: This is a great new feature
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Emby for Apple TV 1.6.9 Released - Skip Intro & Multi-Player Support

Emby for Apple TV 1.6.9 Released - Skip Intro & Multi-Player Support This is the latest release of Emby for Apple TV.  It's a small maintenance release, containing improvements to existing functionality as well as a couple fixes for user identified issues. Revamped video player with automatic switching between two player engines Emby for Apple TV 1.6.9 includes enhancements to improve video playback.  One of the new enhancements is the Preferred Video Player in Playback settings.
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Emby Server 4.7.11 - New Intuitive TV Guide Improvements & Other Fixes

Emby Server 4.7.11 - New Intuitive TV Guide Improvements & Other Fixes This is the latest point release of Emby Server.  It's a small maintenance release, containing improvements to existing functionality as well as a couple fixes for user identified issues. New Intuitive TV Guide Option Panel for Configuring the Display of Your Guide Data. 4.7.11 features a slick new way to quickly adjust the different options used for the TV Guide grid. Click the icon shown below highlighted
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Emby Server 4.7.10 - Library Improvements & LiveTV/DVR Fixes

Emby Server 4.7.10 - Library Improvements & LiveTV/DVR Fixes This is the latest point release of Emby Server.  It's a small maintenance release, containing improvements to existing functionality as well as fixes for user identified issues. Improvements to Library Functionality Improvements have been made to library functions to reduce triggering events that don't need to be processed multiple times.  This can reduce false RTM events, pulling subtitles, updating Trakt or other si
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Emby Server 4.7.9 - Enhancements to Playlists, Webhooks & New Users...

Emby Server 4.7.9 - Enhancements to Playlists, Webhooks & New Users... This is the latest point release of Emby Server containing new features as well as fixes for identified issues. New User Setup Features: Copy Policy and Configuration Data From Other Users: Emby now includes the ability to copy policy and configuration settings from an existing user on the system during user creation. You can pick a user to copy data from during creation of a new user, simplifying the job
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Emby Server 4.7.7 - Keyword Recording, Lock Screen, Mini-Dock & More

Emby Server 4.7.7 - Keyword Recording, Lock Screen, Mini-Dock & More This is the latest point release of Emby Server containing new features as well as fixes for identified issues. DVR: Support Keyword-Based Recordings Newly added to 4.7.7 is the ability to record based on keyword(s).  One way to access this new feature is to use the Recording tab from the Live TV interface, clicking on the Add Recording button as shown below. This brings up the following menu allow
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Android

Emby for Android 3.2.75 Released: Mini Sidebar & New OSD Features

Emby for Android 3.2.75 Released: Mini Sidebar & New OSD Features   Requires: Emby Server 4.7 or later  Emby for Android Version Changes:  • New brightness control in video OSD  • New lock screen feature in video OSD  • New mini sidebar docking option  • Voice input support on search screen  • Various video playback fixes   New brightness control in video OSD   One of the new features added to Emby for Android is the
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Emby Server 4.7.6 - Multi-Select & Right to Left Languages

Emby Server 4.7.6 - Multi-Select & Right to Left Languages This is the latest point release of Emby Server containing a couple new features as well as fixes for identified issues. Support shift to multi-select Newly added to 4.7.6 is the ability to multi-select. Instead of having to select each and every media item you can now select the first media item as shown below: then holding the shift key on your keyboard, select the top-left circle with your mouse on your e
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iOS

Emby for iOS 2.1.7 Released: Features Intro Skip & Table View

Emby for iOS 2.1.7 Released: Features Intro Skip & Table View  Requires: Emby Server 4.7 or later  Emby for iOS Version Changes: • Intro Skip • Table View  • Add new field options for display  • Various playback fixes over SSL connections Click for Extended Blog Coverage   Intro Skip   One of the exciting new features recently released is the TV Show Episode Intro Skip feature.  Th
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Emby for Android 3.2.51 Released: Features Intro Skip & Table View

Emby for Android 3.2.51 Released: Features Intro Skip & Table View  Requires: Emby Server 4.7 or later  Emby for Android Version Changes: • Intro Skip • Table View  • Add new field options for display  • Add new theme options Click for Extended Blog Coverage   Intro Skip   One of the exciting new features recently released is the TV Show Episode Intro Skip feature.  This allows you
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Featured Article

Save Time With Emby's Intro Skip

Save Time With Emby's Intro Skip  Requires: Emby Server 4.7 or later One of the new features in Emby Server 4.7 is the ability to skip TV Show Episode Introductions segments. This allows you to jump right to the start of the action saving you a great deal of time allowing you to quickly get to the good stuff! Combine Into Skip with Automatic Play Next Episode for a superior binge-watching experience!. This guide will cover the following: Configure a TV Lib
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Emby Server 4.7.5 - Point Release: Round 4 Fixes

Emby Server 4.7.5 - Point Release: Round 4 Fixes This is the latest point release of Emby Server containing fixes for identified issues. Fix a/v sync regressions with live tv and recordings Fix web app subtitle sizes being too small Various fixes with new table view feature In Depth Coverage of new Table View Feature Original Blog posts for the 4.7 release: Emby Server 4.7 Release: Many New Features, Improvements and Fixes Emby Server 4.7.1 - Poi
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Featured Article

Emby Server 4.7 - Table View Option

Emby Server 4.7 - Table View Option Emby Server 4.7 and it's point releases provide some very cool new functionality. This is the first or introduction blog post in a new series we're doing to show you in depth the new features in 4.7. We're going to try and publish 1 or 2 blog posts in this series each week but will depend on other releases. Let's kick this off with a cool new feature from the recent 4.7.4 point release. Add new table view option
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Emby Server 4.7.4 - Point Release: Round 3 Fixes

Emby Server 4.7.4 - Point Release: Round 3 Fixes This is the latest point release of Emby Server containing fixes for identified issues.  Add Episode Intro Detection and Skipping feature  Add new table view option  Add more fields for selection in poster views  Add new theme options  Fixes for downloads automatically redownloading  Remember subtitle selections even when user option is set to None  Fix graphic subtitle position when burning i
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