Today I'm pleased to announce that the MediaBrowser client for Android has been released to the Google Play store. The app is available for all devices running Android OS 4.0 (ICS) or newer.
Application Features:
Browse your entire MediaBrowser library
Stream Music, movies and TV from your library
Remote play to other MediaBrowser clients
Open Books (Requires MB Bookshelf server plugin and document readers installed)
Team,
As many of you know, we participate in beta programs in most of the major app stores, and for our downloadable apps we even have our own programs. Joining our beta programs will give you a look at what's coming, and allow you to have an even greater voice by leaving feedback earlier in the development cycle.
Important: As with any pre-release software, you may experience decreased stability, degraded performance, or other various issues. Please participate if you'd like to help tes
We've updated our Chromecast app with a major overhaul. Here's what's new:
All New Video Transcoding The receiver now enjoys the same transcoding used by the Chrome browser. Not only will you see faster video start times, but also faster seeking, and reduced cpu utilization on your server. In many cases now we'll just stream copy the original video while only transcodng the audio.
While we could go on and on about the benefits, we think the words of a fellow community member sum it up be
A new update has been released that resolves a number of issues. Here are the changes
* Support running Windows server as 64-bit process * Fix latest items aspect ratio * Support automatic orientation adjustment for photos with exif data * Resolving caching issue in IE and MS Edge * Add api keys page to authorize other applications such as Sonarr * Fix image editing in Firefox * Adjust recording deletion behavior * Support auto-organize for daily episodes * Add real-time monitor setting for
A new Emby Server release is available and contains new features, bug fixes and stability improvements. Here are the highlights:
Improved Multi-Tuner Support
If you'd like to have multiple tv tuners using different sources, it's now possible. The Schedules Direct guide setup allows you to choose which tuners to apply the data to, allowing you to create separate lineups for each tuner if you'd like.
Bug fixes:
* Fix opus sync conversion * Improve handling of people image download
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
Thank you to everyone who took the time to ask the Emby team questions across all of the different platforms including here on the forums. There were a lot of great questions that were thrown our way and we've been excited to get the answers out to you. While some of the questions we were not able to answer, we did our best to give you the most accurate and clear answers possible.
Now without further ado, here is the first series of questions and answers for you to look over! Please keep in
A new version of Emby Server is available and brings some important bug fixes along with valuable new features. Here are the highlights:
Remember Me
The Emby Web app now has a "Remember Me" option on the login screen.
Most of the time you'll want to leave this checked, but in certain situations you may prefer to always have your users login.
Emby Theater and Emby for Android also have this feature, and it is coming soon to Emby for iOS. New VAAPI Transcoding
Thanks to t
Android development has been a busy place these last few months. Behind the scenes a lot of work has been done to provide some great features. I'm going to do a series of blog posts showing off some of the progress leading up to the final availability this summer. So without further ado, here's some of the good stuff that's coming.
Android in the living room
The Android client will provide the mobile layout that everyone is used to. Users will be able to enable a new UI that is meant for
As many of you already know that i have released a new channel plugin (ITV UK)
This channel allows UK users to watch there favourite programs on ITV straight from inside MediaBrowser!
Hope you all enjoy this amazing plugin.
Emby for Roku beta preview available now
Be one of the first to see the new face of Emby on your compatible* Roku device. Install the new private beta preview channel and get a glimpse of a gorgeous, fresh interface for Emby for Roku. More information and install instructions.
Smart Home Screen
Find your most recent content quickly and easily with a design that more closely matches the web app and other TV platform interfaces.
Easy Library Views
When you n
Emby Server 3.2.7 is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights.
Support for Older HD Homerun Tuners
Emby Live TV now supports older HD Homerun Network Tuners. This includes HDHR-US, HDHR3-US, and many others.
Important: Your HD Homerun will need to be running firmware version 20161117 or newer.
Bug Fixes
Fix Live TV channel sorting by number
Other Changes
Improve ffmpeg command lines with hardware acceleration
Installation
Users in the USA or UK with a Samsung Smart TV can install now from the Samsung App Store.
A Modern App for Modern Times
The interface for this app has been built with HTML, but this is nothing like the web apps you're accustomed to. This has been built purely with modern features that bring a level of performance that wasn't even possible a year ago at this time. For the nerds out there, that means WebAnimations, WebComponents, Service Workers, Polymer, and on and on.
Official Website
Play Store
Amazon App Store
nuVue is a companion app for Media Browser users that displays rich notifications when new items are added. There is nothing additional to install on your Media Browserserver. Just sign in with your credentials and nuVue does the rest.
Know when there is something new to watch without opening a client app
See what TV series and movies are currently in-progress
Perfect for cord-cutters who use automated downloads
Group notifications an
Emby for iOS 1.7 is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights:
Gapless audio playback, perfect for your Pink Floyd albums !
Improve orientation restoration after video playback
Improved support for DVB subtitles
A major update to the Apple TV app that includes a new custom player that can direct play more content is rolling out now.
You should get much more direct playback support as we are no longer completely dependent on the Apple player capabilities. We hope to continue to improve format support in the future as well.
Also in this release:
* Fixed an issue where searching was not working on server versions 4 and above * Fixed an issue where you could not view latest photos from the
Emby Server 4.2.1 is currently rolling out to address a few small issues with our 4.2 release. Here are the highlights:
Fix guide tab button colors on light themes
Fix refresh progress display of individual libraries
Fix collections not getting an image when locked
Fix sync using path substitution when it should not be
Fix crashes on Linux due to network event binding
Fix more button on live tv setup page
Fix erroneous constraint on sync table for new installations
Fix ffprobe cr
Emby Server 4.3.1 is currently rolling out to address a few small issues with our 4.3 release. Here are the highlights:
Fix arm64 transcoding crashes
Fix stopping live streams killing recordings
Fix m3u tuners with m3u8 sources
Fix photo downloads
Fix missing PlaybackPositionTicks in PlaybackStart event (for Trakt plugin)
Fix server uninstaller
Fix changing audio tracks when remote controlling another app
Add black theme option
Improve light theme
3.0.5061.25570 has been released into the wild. This brings a number of enhancements:
Manual image downloads
Rate and review plugins in the catalog
Improve movie/series searches using non-standard naming
Ignore xbmc .actors folder
Resolve image downloading issues with previous release
Limit users ability to remote control other users
Manual Image Downloads
Rate and Review Plugins
Remote Control
A new beta is up with new features and fixes. Here are the highlights.
New Cinema Mode Features
This is a treat for our advanced users. Now, in addition to custom intros, you can assign intros based on audio codecs and tags. Have you ever wanted to create a custom intro for all your movies with DTS audio? Now you can. Our how about a custom intro for all of your Valentine's Day flicks? Now you can using intros by tags.
Please try it out and leave us your feedback.
Issues Res
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
We are happy to announce that a new version of the Windows 8 app has hit the store.
It includes some really nice features, such as the option to select subtitles and audiotracks, improved transcoding settings, media folder support etc.
Subtitles, just bring up the appbar during playback to change subtitles
Audiotracks, just bring up the appbar during playback to change audiotrack
Streamingquality. (Bring out the Charms menu -> Settings -> Streaming)
Applogs. (Bring out the Ch
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.
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
A small update to the previous release has gone out.
Issues Resolved
Prevent incorrect default movie rating
Fix file date modified change not refreshing content
Improve mobile safari loading problems
Prevent media from being blocked when user access to transcoding is disabled
Resolve music randomly stopping on Android
Other Changes
Improve performance of metadata editor
Update mac server to newer garbage collection model
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