If you're running Emby Media Server to manage and stream your personal media collection, you probably have heard about hardware transcoding. But what exactly is hardware transcoding and why should you enable it on your Emby setup? In this blog post, we'll break down the benefits of hardware transcoding and explain why it’s a game changer for your media streaming experience. Please keep in mind that hardware transcoding is an Emby Premiere feature and can be purchased HERE.
What is Transcodi
EMBY SERVER 4.8.1 IS NOW LIVE WITH LOTS OF NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Emby Server 4.8 has been rolling out to various platforms over the past week or so. This upgrade in particular is packed with a lot of new features, improvements and fixes. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing multiple blog posts to share some of the exciting new functionality that 4.8 brings to Emby and give you a more in-depth look into the features.
Today’s blog will focus on two new features:
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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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Emby Server 4.7.2 - Point Release: Round 2 Fixes
This is the latest point release of Emby Server containing fixes for identified issues.
Add episode intro detection feature to library options
Add user profile options for episode intro skipping
Fix regression with episode number parsing from file names
Fix file names of home videos being truncated after last dot in the file name
Fix downloads redownloading on deletion
Remember subtitle selections if
Emby Server 4.7.1 - Point Release: Round 1 Fixes
This is the latest point release of Emby Server containing fixes for identified issues.
Windows - Fix unnecessary ffmpeg dependency on Windows Media Foundation
Improve Chinese language detection of embedded audio and subtitle tracks
Remove errant play/shuffle buttons appearing on various list screens in server web interface
Display timestamps with lyrics
Original Blog post for this release:
Emby Server 4.
Emby Server 4.5.3 is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights.
New Search Experience
New search for mobile and desktop layouts. Improvements over previous search:
There's now a Top Results section which provides a truly global search, something we didn't have before
You can see all the different types of items that matched the search, and filter by type
The type categories are now ordered by search relevance, whereas previously they were just hard-coded
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