A follow-up to the previous release has gone out to address a few issues. The following issues are resolved:
Update to latest fanart music api
Better handling of errors when extracting image metadata
Fixed photo album images being generated repeatedly
Fixed a few minor graphical anomalies in the web interface
Updated live tv tuner pooling
Fix library setup error in OSX
Thanks to the efforts of Hamstercat, we now have a League of Legends channel available in the plugin catalog.
League of Legends is a multi-player online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, inspired by the mod Defense of the Ancients for the video game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
We've updated our Chromecast app with new updates. To receive the update, simply power cycle your Chromecast device and reconnect from the casting app.
Issues Resolved
Resuming transcoded video re-starting from beginning
Available now for your Fire TV or Fire TV Stick in the Amazon
App Store.
Now access your Emby content with an intelligent, fluid interface from one of the most popular streaming devices on the market.
What you want to watch - right up front
Designed with with typical usage in mind, you won't have to go hunting through your library to find the content you are most likely wanting to watch right now. The home screen shows you the items you were watching but had
Available
now in the Google Play Store - Emby for Android TV
Now get Emby on your Nexus Player or other Android TV (5.0+ with LeanBack interface) device.
See what you want - right now
The new Emby Android TV app puts your content right where you want it - up front and easy to find.
Designed with with typical usage in mind, you won't have to go hunting through your library to find the content you are most likely wanting to watch right now. The home screen shows
This is a small bug-fix update to the previous release to help tide you over while we work hard on the next major release. The following issues have been resolved:
Fix external subtitles sometimes requiring burn-in via transcoding.
Fix error on forgot password screen
Fix frame by frame analysis for linux
Frame by frame analysis setting now off by default for all users due to longer library scans. Users will need to re-enable this feature.
Fix live tv series recordings not creating
This is the stable release of the previous beta, which you can read all about here:
http://emby.media/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-239-introducing-the-new-live-tv-for-emby-and-emby-server-beta-305713/
Here's what changed during the beta period:
A Better TV Guide
The guide now has more clearly defined distinctions between program and channels cells:
New Kodi Dlna Profile
If you use Dlna with Kodi, we've added a new profile designed to encourage as much direct pla
A new release of the Android TV and Fire TV app will soon available in the Google and Amazon stores with another round of improvements to both playback and the interface - especially for Live TV users.
Live TV - better than ever
The Android TV and Fire TV app already had a great Live TV interface with a full grid-based guide and now it is even better with that same guide available during Live TV playback.
Also, accessing and managing your recorded TV and schedules has never been
Our online web client has now been updated to support all of the latest server features.
How it Works
Visit http://app.emby.media from any web browser and sign in using Emby Connect. You'll be able to connect any of your servers and enjoy all of your media.
Also available via https:
https://app.emby.media
Now with User Language Settings
Each user can now have their own separate language settings. These are available within the Settings menu.
Please update your bookmarks to:
http://app.emby.media/
About the Online Web Client
Simply use your Emby Connect (forum) login, and then you can access any of your servers (owned or shared).
Once you sign in, you'll see the very same web client you've come to know and love. Switching servers is easy:
As you can see the layout is currently limited to one server at a time, but this is only the beginning. We know that many of you are clamoring for multi-server presenta
We're please to announce revamped Chromecast support. This is currently featured in the web client and will soon be making it's way to Android, iPhone and iPad. Let's go through how it works and you'll see how easy it is.
You'll start by clicking the remote control icon you've come to know and love.
Upon doing so, the Chromecast extension will appear and allow you to select the Chromecast receiver you'd like to cast to.
Once the connection is established, you'll see t
Update: This release got bumped to 8.0.67.1 due to a small bug with the IAP. If you have the original release, you'll get the update shortly.
Update 2: We have also made the IAP free for the following week
We are pleased to announce that the Windows Phone app has received a nice little update which contains a few new features and fixes. So what's new?
Emby Branding
We know, took us long enough, right?! Everything in the app has been renamed, rebranded, relogo'd to use our new nam
Available in both the Google and Amazon stores very soon, Emby for Android TV and Emby for Fire TV will have a new, re-vamped player based on VLC and several interface improvements.
Less transcoding, better audio and easy sub switching
The integration of VLC for playback means less transcoding, Dolby Digital audio bitstreaming (Android TV only) and fast, seamless internal audio and subtitle track switching for much of your content. Right now, VLC and direct stream playback is limited to
Emby for Android 2.3.79 has been released to the play store and now features a new video player built around LibVlc, the same engine that powers VLC.
What this means is you can expect less server transcoding, more stable playback, and faster performance. In future releases you can expect even more enhancements that will take advantage of what LibVlc has to offer.
Redesigned In-Video Menus
You'll find the menus much easier and more responsive to navigate.
Support for Gestu
Team,
The latest server release features new and improved video streaming in the desktop editions of Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 11, and Opera. Thanks to our integration with Viblast Player, we now have the ability to utilize Emby Server's HLS and MPEG-DASH streaming, which up until now has been limited to the mobile browsers and standalone apps.
This a big win for us and it brings a number of new benefits. If you're a Google Chrome user, we're finally able to eliminate the Webm str
A new release is out and is purely a maintenance and bug fix release. Thanks to the help of the community, the following bugs have been resolved:
Local metadata settings sometimes not respected
Certain combinations of settings leading to people getting lost
Improved Firefox responsiveness with remote control and scheduled tasks
Xbox one layout distorted
Playback notifications not including series name
Default user icon in header too small
Non-admins able to group versions
Playback
Welcome to Emby for Kodi
The Emby for Kodi team is proud to announce our first stable release - Emby for Kodi 1.0 [codename : Liv]
A whole new way to manage and view your media library!
The Emby addon for Kodi combines the best of Kodi - ultra smooth navigation, beautiful UIs and playback of any file under the sun, and Emby - the most powerful fully open source multi-client media metadata indexer and server.
Emby for Kodi is the absolute best way to enjoy the incredible Kodi play
A new server beta is available, and it's primarily a maintenance release due to our focus on new app development.
New Social Media Sharing
Before we begin: this feature does not share any media files, only web pages containing media information.
Share your content over Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and more!
When you share, a temporary, public url will be created on your server that will display static information about your media. Here is an example:
As you can see,
Emby Server is now available on Asustor's App Central!
It is compatible with the following models:
AS6
AS50XX ( Intel Celeron 2.0Ghz (Quad-Core) J1800)
AS51XX (Intel Celeron 2.41GHz (Dual-Core) J1900)
AS7XXX(Intel Core i3-4330 3.5Ghz(Dual Core) )
More Information
http://www.asustor.com/apps/app_detail?id=306
Hello All,
I am pleased to announce that we are now ready for beta testers on our second generation Kodi addon - Emby for Kodi! A whole new way to manage and view your media library!
For a long time we have been battling with the slowness of Python for parsing data from the server - it has been suggested many times to try to sync to the Kodi library - but this was a big project with a lot of technical hurtles.
@marcelveldt took on the challenge and developed a proof of concept. The r
A new beta has gone out. This is primarily a maintenance release. Here are the changes.
Restructured Live TV Database
The live TV database has been significantly improved, making it faster for our apps to retrieve guide information. In addition, the server is longer dependent on startup execution of the Guide refresh scheduled task, which will allow you to get into Live TV immediately after startup.
Faster Live TV Start Time
Up until now we have been probing live TV streams for m
Emby for Roku 2.09 has been pushed to beta. This resolves the issue of the app occasionally hanging during playback. If you have been affected by this we recommended you switch to the beta channel where the fix is available immediately.
The update has also been pushed to the public channel but will take time to go through Roku's approval process.
Beta Channel Installation:
https://owner.roku.com/add/EmbyBeta
Now TV Installation Guide:
http://mediabrowser....owser-on-now-tv
Now rolling out to the Google Play Store. Amazon soon to follow.
Android has been a little quiet lately and this is because well, we've been busy rewriting the app. Today, we are happy to unveil the result. It's prettier, faster, leaner, and draws inspiration heavily from the mobile web client. Let's go over the highlights of what this new version brings.
Mobile Sync is Here!
Mobile sync finally comes to Android. Sync everything from home videos to music, live tv recordings, movies,
Thanks to hamstercat, A OneDrive cloud sync plugin is now available in the plugin catalog! Please try it out and give us some feedback.
More info:
http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/21893-onedrive-cloud-sync/
About Cloud Sync & Folder Sync
We worked really hard on sync during this release cycle to bring you new features that you'll find useful. Cloud & Folder Sync allow you to sync media to external locations, whether it be for backup purposes or to archive content
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