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Emby for Apple TV - Improved playback and Live TV Guide

A new release of our Apple TV app is rolling out now with improved playback for native-supported formats (mp4) and a much-improved Live TV guide experience. Should be hitting your devices soon. New Features   Native Player   We've re-introduced the native tvOS player back into Emby. The native player supports dynamic range and refresh rates that the MPV-based player currently doesn't support. The native player is enabled by default but you can enable MPV by going into the settings as shown

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Emby for Android Updated with Improved Android Auto, HDR, and More

Emby for Android 3.1.60 is currently rolling out to the Google Play Store, and is also available for download on our website if apk's are needed. Highlights Revamp audio and video playback Improve HDR video support Add refresh rate switching option for video playback Add speed control to video player Added camera upload photo folder option Improve voice search support with Android Auto Support search with google assistant Support subtit

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Emby for Android Updated

2.4.13 has been released.   More Direct Play, Less Transcoding   LibVlc has been updated to the latest version, and we've added a new automatic bitrate setting. Together these two features will allow the app to direct stream almost everything you can throw at it.   New Details   Detail screens are now much simpler and prettier.     Supports More Languages   Several new translations have been added. The app will now respect your device language setting.   Issues Resolved Fix ca

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Emby for Android TV Update - Now On Any 4.2.2+ Device

Emby for Android TV Now Available on More Devices   A quick follow-up to our brand new Emby for Android TV app makes it now compatible with any device running at least Android 4.2.2 (JellyBean) as well as providing a few nice enhancements. All of the following enhancements will be available in both the Google and Amazon (Fire TV) based apps.     Improved Playback Interface     The OSD when playing back items has been completely re-designed to be sleeker and provide much better info

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Emby for Android TV New Interface

Version 1.4 of the Android TV app (available soon on Google Play and your Fire TV) now changes the library browsing interface to have "tabs" like the web app and Theater.   You now should be able to quickly get to the different views of each library and choose how that library is displayed when you first enter it. This new presentation should now be the same as most of the other apps - helping users that use apps on multiple platforms be instantly familiar with the interface.        

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Emby for Android TV and Fire TV now with Themes and multi-version support

Themes   The new release of the Android TV and Fire TV apps now have multiple themes you can choose from just like the web app and Theater (Emby Premiere required for theme support).           Multi-version Selection   Now, for movies for which you have multiple versions (in the supported convention) the app will allow you to choose which version to play when playing back from the detail screen.   Other Improvements   Additionally, several improvements have been made to

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Emby for Android TV and Fire TV gets VLC player and interface improvements

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

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Emby for Android TV 1.3 - now with HD audio support and increased stability

Emby for Andriod TV/Fire TV 1.3   We are very excited to announce a new and improved version of one of our flagship TV apps. This version brings increased stability and the addition of support for HD (lossless) audio pass thru on supported devices.   Lossless HD Audio   This version brings the ability to bitstream DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD audio to the Android TV platform (supported device and audio equipment required) making it a true alternative to a cumbersome HTPC setup even in y

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Emby for Android TV (Nexus Player) Released!

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

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Emby for Android TV (Nexus Player) Released!

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 you the items you were watc

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Emby for Android TV - Oreo Ready

Android 8 (Oreo) is in the process of being rolled out on the Nvidia Shield and the Emby for Android TV app now goes with it like a tall glass of milk .   New Launcher   Oreo brings with it a new launcher on Android TV which allows each individual app to have its own entire row(s) on the device home screen. Emby for Android TV will automatically add one of these rows (called "channels" in Android) to your device home screen the first time it runs under Oreo.     This new channel can be

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Emby for Android receives major update, now playing with LibVLC

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

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Emby for Android Mobile Updated with Improved Downloading

Emby for Android 3.0.73 is rolling out and contains a number of important fixes and improvements. Here are the highlights: Fixed downloading to external SD cards Improved download reliability Improved reliability of camera upload feature Fixed audio/video sync for certain videos

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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 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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Emby For Android 3.2.43 Has Been Released.

Emby for Android 3.2.43 has been released. We hope you enjoy some of new features! Visual Timeline Seeking including Thumbnail Graphics Included in our new 3.2.43 release is support for visual seeking. You can Rewind, Fast Forward or Jump to any position in the timeline quickly and easily. Best of all our thumbnails graphics help you pin-point the scene you want to re-watch or queue up. The above picture shows how easy it is to find a scene you want to watch. You even g

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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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Ember for Emby v4.2.201 Released

7Illusion's excellent third-party app Ember for Emby has been updated.   ember v4.2.201 Jan-2017   The January release builds on the background art changes and chapter presentation from December to further update and define the "ember experience". Stellar playback and an immersive UI forms the core of ember. So for January...   New Features: Full Screen "Now Playing" music view   ​​- The music experience in ember with Direct, "gapless" playback sounds great and some steps to make it look

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Dress up your Emby images

Have you tried CoverArt? It is just one of the additional features you get with Emby Premiere.   Cover Art is available in the Server Plug-in Catalog   Cover Art is an "Image Processor" for Emby Server. It does not download any artwork. What it does is take the artwork you have (either downloaded with the normal MB providers or supplied by you) and apply different specialized treatments to those images. So, it can take a plain movie poster and make it look like a Blu-Ray case, or a beveled g

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Dress up your Emby images

Have you tried CoverArt? It is just one of the additional features you get when you become an Emby Supporter.Cover Art is available in the Server Plug-in Catalog Cover Art is an “Image Processor” for Emby Server. It does not download any artwork. What it does is take the artwork you have (either downloaded with the normal MB providers or supplied by you) and apply different specialized treatments to those images. So, it can take a plain movie poster and make it look like a Blu-Ray case, or a be

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Don't Get Scammed!

Don't purchase Emby Premiere from anyone other than Emby There are some unscrupulous individuals out there selling Emby Premiere keys through Ebay or other such marketplaces in other countries.  ALL of these are a scam and you will eventually lose whatever money you pay them and not have a working key.  The only way to purchase Emby Premiere is directly through our web site or through one of our official apps (Android or Apple). Please help us stop these people by reporting any listing

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Cyber Monday Special

Monday, November 30th (EST) ONLY - One Year of Emby Premiere for just $24.99.   Get it now

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CoverArt and Intros now free for supporters

Now get two of the most popular server plug-ins free by becoming a Media Browser Supporter (Help/Donate from the server dashboard).   CoverArt - Dress up your MB experience with a wide range of customizable cover treatments for your posters and image overlays for resolution, audio, subtitles and more.   MB Intros - Create that true cinema experience with highly customizable intros before movie playback in both MBC and MBT. Add current trailers, trailers from your collection, audio/video int

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Coming soon to your Android living room

Work has been progressing furiously to provide a living room client to Android users. We're aiming for a January release of an update to the current client that will be geared towards 10' use. I'd originally hoped it would be under peoples trees for Christmas.   The players   The whole UI has been built with the intent to make physical remote navigation much easier. The new player UI has full support for playlist navigation, chapter/audio/subtitle selection.   Here's a teaser!   http://y

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