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In my bilingual collection, manually picking my preferred track each time is tedious. Please add a setting to automatically select, for example, English audio and subtitles for the entire library, and if the user wants, to they can select the secondary tracks with other languages.

On my Android app, the bottom bar only shows Home, Movies, Collections, Downloads, and Search. I’d like to add TV, Music, and Audiobooks—and make the bar scrollable so all of them can fit.

I love cloning basic preferences between profiles, but I still have to set up display layouts, Home‑screen widgets, subtitle defaults, notifications, and profile pictures manually. Let me copy all of those at once so new users instantly get my preferred setup.

I have a Samsung Smart TV running Tizen OS. As I scroll through my media folders, I noticed that the scroll behavior is "jumpy" instead of smooth. Please add smooth scroll to TVs?

So, firstly what do you use to edit the metadata for Audio books? Hmm, it sounds like Emby looks at the Metadata in an Audiobook (e.g. MP3) and that overrides the file structure? Does it expect certain ID3 tags for Audio Books - Like the reader of the audiobook (Narrator? Reader? Actor?) or the Series (if it is a book in a series)? I have read, https://emby.media/support/articles/Audio-Book-Naming.html I have something called Tag Editor 2 (and Audiobook Builder) but I haven't tried it with Emby yet. Emby has done a fine job with most of the Audiobooks I've loaded but is having trouble with Stephen King's, The Dark Tower VII. This particular collection of stories (The Dark Tower VII) is divided into Parts (1-8), each with a name, and each part has 1 or more chapters, also with a name. I have set up the file structure within a Library called Audiobooks as follows; Author\Book Name\Part # - Part Name\Chapter # - Chapter Name.mp3. I see as I'm writing this that some of the Part Names have dashes in them and this might be messing up Emby, e.g., Part 1 - The Little Red King - Dan-tete\ Chapter 1 - Callahan and the Vampires.mp3 \Chapter 2 - Lifted on the Wave.mp3 \Chapter 3 - Eddie Makes a Call.mp3 Hmm, maybe this is problematic, with the dashes and a ' (e.g., Part 3 - In This Haze of Green and Gold - Ves’-Ka Gan)? Dan PS I have an older QNAP NAS and I'm thinking of replacing it because it can't do transcoding - where might I post a question about recommendations related to an Emby friendly media server?

A-Z search would really be great

Yet another reason to not use screen savers. I do not use them. If an app needs to automagically pause a blank screen is the best way. But I only use that on my phone as lighting up the screen takes energy so reduces battery life. For devices that are plugged into external power screensavers are nothing but fluff. Of course "fluff" is sometimes pretty but I watch content not the interface or screensavers. But screensavers should always be a user choice and should ALWAYS go completely away on the first user interaction.

Yes, No A-Z search Dolby vision, thumb view. should have been top priority.

Pretty disappointing major release

Nice to see Emby for Apple TV getting some attention, but it still lacks A-Z search, Dolby vision, thumb view.

If Plex does it then it is probably wrong, somehow.

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First off, the developers have been pushing the standard android app for years now. At first I was reluctant but then changed because the standard app supports theme videos but have found this to be just eye candy and am going to put the android TV app front and center and move the standard app to the side because of playback issues. I'll continue to test but am going to stop is using the standard app as the daily driver. I've had both installed side by side for a couple years now so they can both be used without issue.

OK we'll take a look at it. Thanks.

I think dvbsub require transcoding so they get burned in regardless, I encountered a few of them when I was combing through my media and converting everything to SRT and I was not able to use SubtitleEdit from the command line to convert them like you can with vobsub/pgs/aas/ssa because all the timings were getting lost. I had to load the video in SubtitleEdit GUI and run the OCR on them in order to convert them. Check if the server is transcoding videos with those subtitles, it probably is, so they're being burned into the video.

Demo of Claude + Emby.MCP with Audio Drama Files My Emby server contains a lot of BBC Radio audio drama files that have rich mp3/mp4 metadata including a long description with full cast list in the Lyrics field. This is good material for demonstrating Emby.MCP. In the transcript below, my requests to Claude are in bold blockquotes and Claude's reply runs until the horizontal line (insert here for clarity). During processing, Claude shows the tool name it is about to use (eg 'search_for_item' and 'select_library'), along with parameter values and the verbatim return data. These are then visually rolled up leaving just the tool name in the transcript. For some requests, Claude is clearly just using a simple tool in the simple way that the tool's documentation suggests. However for the request to find all items that feature two named actors Claude has understood that the search tool can only find one actor at a time, so has reasoned that it must search for the second actor itself within the results returned by a tool search for the first actor - I did not explicitly tell it to do so. I'll help you explore your Emby library. Let me start by checking what libraries are available on your Emby server. Your Emby server has several libraries available: Music - Main music library Playlists - Your saved playlists Movies - Movie collection BBC Sounds - BBC audio content I'll search for Julian Simpson and create a new playlist with all the results. Let me start by searching for this artist. search_for_item Let me first select a library to search in. I'll start with the Music library since we're looking for an artist. select_library Now let me search for Julian Simpson in the Music library: search_for_item No results in the Music library. Let me try the BBC Sounds library since Julian Simpson might be there: search_for_item Great! I found 81 Julian Simpson items in the BBC Sounds library. Now I'll create a new playlist with all these tracks. Let me collect all the item IDs first and create the playlist. create_playlist Perfect! I've successfully created a new playlist called "Julian Simpson Collection" containing all 81 audio items by Julian Simpson from your BBC Sounds library. The playlist includes: The Lovecraft Investigations series (all episodes and bonus content) Who is Aldrich Kemp? series Who Killed Aldrich Kemp? series Aldrich Kemp and The Rose of Pamir series Temporal series Mythos episodes Various standalone dramas like "Bad Memories," "Blackout," and "Friday Drama" episodes Multiple trailers and bonus episodes The playlist has been created with playlist ID 67303 and contains a comprehensive collection of Julian Simpson's work spanning from 2011 to 2024, including his acclaimed supernatural thrillers, sci-fi dramas, and investigative audio productions. Would you like me to do anything else with this playlist, such as reorder it by series or year, or would you like to explore any specific content from the collection? retrieve_playlist_list Now let me get the detailed list of all items in the playlist: retrieve_playlist_items Here are the full details of your Julian Simpson Collection playlist: Playlist Overview Name: Julian Simpson Collection Description: Complete collection of Julian Simpson audio dramas, investigations, and productions from BBC Radio Total Runtime: 36 hours, 20 minutes, 39 seconds Total Items: 81 tracks Created: July 3, 2025 Playlist ID: 67303 Genres Included: Drama, Thriller, Horror_Supernatural, SciFi_Fantasy, Historical User Access: AI: Full Control Dom: None Katie: None Major Series & Collections: The Lovecraft Investigations (Complete Series) All episodes from "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" "The Whisperer in Darkness" series "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" series "The Haunter of The Dark" series Multiple bonus episodes and trailers Aldrich Kemp Universe Who is Aldrich Kemp? (5 chapters) Who Killed Aldrich Kemp? (5 chapters) Aldrich Kemp and The Rose of Pamir (5 chapters) Temporal (Complete Series) 8 chapters plus end credits Science fiction time travel drama Co-written with Richard MacLean Smith, Bec Boey, and Nosa Igbinedion Standalone Productions Mythos: "Albion" episode Bad Memories (Friday Drama, 2011) Blackout (Dangerous Visions series, 2016) Various other BBC Radio 4 productions Notable Cast Members Featured: Nicola Walker, Phoebe Fox, Ferdinand Kingsley, Kyle Soller Barnaby Kay, Jana Carpenter, Mark Bazeley, Steven Mackintosh Tim McInnerny, Karla Crome, Susan Jameson Many other acclaimed British actors The playlist spans Julian Simpson's work from 2011 to 2024, showcasing his evolution as a writer and director of supernatural thrillers, mysteries, and science fiction audio dramas. All productions are from BBC Radio with Sweet Talk Productions, demonstrating Simpson's long-standing relationship with quality British radio drama. Based on the playlist details, here's the complete breakdown of "Who is Aldrich Kemp?" series: Series Overview "Who is Aldrich Kemp?" is Julian Simpson's first series featuring the character, starring Phoebe Fox as Clara Page alongside Nicola Walker, Tim McInnerny, Ferdinand Kingsley, and Kyle Soller. It's described as "a heightened and fun journey to glamorous and sometimes improbable locations, encountering Euro-villains and murderous housekeepers." Complete Episode List: Chapter One: Clara Page (29:36) Premiered: February 18, 2022 The washed-up body of a man presumed dead 7 years earlier marks the beginning of Clara Page's mission to find the elusive Aldrich Kemp Introduces the main cast and sets up the mystery Chapter Two: Themis House (27:49) Premiered: February 25, 2022 Clara finds herself in a mysterious village where the shopkeepers all look remarkably similar More questions are raised than answered by the occupants of Themis House Introduces The Underwood Sisters (Jana Carpenter) Chapter Three: The Black Windmill (27:34) Premiered: March 4, 2022 Clara and Kennedy find parallels in their quests A new name crops up: Conrad Spijker (Steven Mackintosh) - but whose side is he on? Features Kennedy Fisher (Jana Carpenter), connecting to The Lovecraft Investigations universe Chapter Four: The Spirit of the Age (27:44) Premiered: March 11, 2022 Clara and her mission are in ever-increasing peril Questions are asked "with varying degrees of politeness" across London and Europe Features additional characters including Margot (Louise Brealey) Chapter Five: Kholat (29:56) Premiered: March 18, 2022 As the water rises, Clara Page is under more pressure than ever Clara learns some surprising family history Can Aldrich Kemp and the team save her? Will she finally know all the answers? The climactic finale of the first series Main Cast: Clara Page - Phoebe Fox Mister Bartholomew - Tim McInnerny Aldrich Kemp - Ferdinand Kingsley Mrs Boone - Nicola Walker Sebastian Harcourt - Kyle Soller Nakesha Kemp - Karla Crome Aunt Lily - Susan Jameson The Underwood Sisters - Jana Carpenter Conrad Spijker - Steven Mackintosh Production Details: Created and Written by: Julian Simpson Director: Julian Simpson Producer: Sarah Tombling Executive Producer: Karen Rose Music: Tim Elsenburg Sound Design: David Thomas Production Company: Sweet Talk for BBC Radio 4 Recorded: On location in Hove, London, and The Royal Pavilion in Brighton Total Series Runtime: 2 hours, 32 minutes, 43 seconds This series established the foundation for Julian Simpson's Aldrich Kemp universe, which would continue with "Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?" and "Aldrich Kemp and The Rose of Pamir." The show blends mystery, thriller elements, and Simpson's signature wit in what's described as a heightened, globe-trotting adventure. I'll share the Julian Simpson Collection playlist with Dom and give him full control access. share_playlist_user_access Perfect! I've successfully shared the "Julian Simpson Collection" playlist with Dom, giving him Full Control access. This means Dom can now: View and play all 81 Julian Simpson tracks in the playlist Add or remove items from the playlist Modify the playlist name and description Reorder tracks Share the playlist with other users Delete the playlist if needed Dom now has the same level of access to the playlist as you do. He should be able to see it in his playlists section and start enjoying Julian Simpson's extensive collection of BBC Radio dramas! I'll search for items that feature both Steven Mackintosh and Nicola Walker in the cast. Let me search for Steven Mackintosh first and then filter for items that also mention Nicola Walker. search_for_item Based on the search results, I found several items that feature both Steven Mackintosh and Nicola Walker in their cast descriptions. Here are the productions where both actors appear together: Items featuring both Steven Mackintosh and Nicola Walker: 1. Bad Memories (2011) Series: Friday Drama Runtime: 56:05 Genre: Drama Cast: Nicola Walker as Rachel Weir Steven Mackintosh as Phillip Gibson Also featuring Rupert Graves, Jana Carpenter, Anthony Calf Plot: A supernatural thriller about a house holding murderous secrets, where audio files might solve a mystery involving bodies found with a time of death from 1926 2. The Lovecraft Investigations Series - Multiple Episodes Both actors appear throughout this supernatural horror podcast series: a) Bonus Episodes of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" Nicola Walker as Eleanor Peck Steven Mackintosh as Jasper 3 bonus episodes (11:57, 3:38, and 4:31 runtime) b) The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (Trailer & Episodes) Nicola Walker as Eleanor Peck Steven Mackintosh as Dr Mark Lyman Multiple episodes in this H.P. Lovecraft-inspired investigation c) The Whisperer in Darkness (Trailer & Episodes) Nicola Walker as Eleanor Peck Steven Mackintosh as Contact (aka Jasper) 3. Temporal Series (2024) Series: Science Fiction Drama (8 chapters + credits) Cast: Nicola Walker as Goethe (on Mars) Steven Mackintosh as Ged Schwarzach (on Earth) Plot: Time travel drama about Mars colonists investigating Earth's mysterious "Vanishing" 4. Multiple Aldrich Kemp Series Episodes Both actors appear in Julian Simpson's Aldrich Kemp universe: a) Who is Aldrich Kemp? - Chapter Five: Kholat Nicola Walker as Mrs Boone Steven Mackintosh as Conrad Spijker b) Who is Aldrich Kemp? - Chapter Four & Chapter Three Same character roles in multiple episodes c) Aldrich Kemp and The Rose of Pamir Series Nicola Walker as Mrs Boone Steven Mackintosh as Lionel Multiple chapters (28:12 to 29:02 runtime each) Summary: Steven Mackintosh and Nicola Walker frequently collaborate in Julian Simpson's productions, particularly in: The Lovecraft Investigations (supernatural horror) Temporal (sci-fi time travel) Aldrich Kemp series (thriller/mystery) Bad Memories (standalone supernatural thriller) They appear to be regular collaborators in Julian Simpson's BBC Radio drama universe, often playing significant supporting roles across multiple series and episodes. Let me check what media players are available on your Emby server. retrieve_player_list You have 3 media players available on your Emby server: Available Media Players: 1. Emby Web (Google Chrome Windows) Client: Emby Web Device: Google Chrome on Windows Location: Local to media server (same network) Supported Media: Audio, Video Status: Not currently playing anything 2. Dom's S21U Client: Emby for Android Device: Dom's Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra IP Address: 10.x.x.x Location: Remote (not local to server) Supported Media: Audio, Video Status: Not currently playing anything 3. Lounge AVR Client: Emby Server DLNA Device: AV Receiver in the lounge IP Address: 10.x.x.x Location: Network device (not local to server) Supported Media: Audio, Video, Photo Status: Not currently playing anything Best Options for Your Julian Simpson Collection: Emby Web (Chrome) - Great for listening at your computer Dom's S21U - Perfect for mobile listening since Dom now has access to the playlist Lounge AVR - Excellent for high-quality audio playback through your home sound system All players support audio playback, so you can use any of them to enjoy your Julian Simpson collection. The Lounge AVR would probably give you the best audio quality for those atmospheric BBC Radio dramas! Would you like me to start playing the playlist on any of these devices? I'll start playing the Temporal series on your Emby Web player. Let me get the item IDs for all the Temporal episodes first. From the Julian Simpson Collection, the Temporal series includes these episodes: Chapter One: What is The Vanishing? Chapter Two: Roswell Chapter Three: Tunguska Chapter Four: North by Northwest Chapter Five: Roanoke Chapter Six: The Observer Chapter Seven: Penang Chapter Eight: Fractures End Credits control_media_player Perfect! I've started playing the complete Temporal series on your Emby Web player (Google Chrome). The series will play in order: Chapter One: What is The Vanishing? (39:41) - Currently starting Chapter Two: Roswell (21:52) Chapter Three: Tunguska (30:17) Chapter Four: North by Northwest (24:53) Chapter Five: Roanoke (35:33) Chapter Six: The Observer (36:26) Chapter Seven: Penang (31:48) Chapter Eight: Fractures (43:02) End Credits (3:24) Total runtime: 4 hours, 26 minutes You're in for a treat! This is Julian Simpson's gripping science-fiction drama about time travel, conspiracy theories, and unexplained phenomena - featuring an excellent cast including Nicola Walker, Phoebe Fox, and many others. Enjoy the journey from Mars colonies to the mysteries of Earth's past! control_media_player Done! I've skipped to the next track. You should now be playing Chapter Two: Roswell (21:52) from the Temporal series on your Emby Web player. retrieve_player_queue Current Play Queue - Temporal Series Currently playing: Chapter Two: Roswell (after skipping from Chapter One) Upcoming Queue: Chapter One: What is The Vanishing? (39:41) - Previously played Chapter Two: Roswell (21:52) - Currently playing Chapter Three: Tunguska (30:17) - Next up Chapter Four: North by Northwest (24:53) Chapter Five: Roanoke (35:33) Chapter Six: The Observer (36:26) Chapter Seven: Penang (31:48) Chapter Eight: Fractures (43:02) End Credits (3:24) Album: Temporal by Storypunk Artists: Julian Simpson, Richard MacLean Smith, Bec Boey, Nosa Igbinedion Production Year: 2024 Remaining runtime: Approximately 3 hours, 44 minutes (from current position) You're currently listening to the Roswell chapter - the investigation into mysterious phenomena continues! I'll transfer the current Temporal queue to Dom's phone and continue playing from the current position (Chapter Two: Roswell). control_media_player Perfect! I've successfully transferred the Temporal series queue to Dom's S21U and started playing from Chapter Two: Roswell (the current position). The queue on Dom's phone now contains: Chapter Two: Roswell (21:52) - Now playing Chapter Three: Tunguska (30:17) Chapter Four: North by Northwest (24:53) Chapter Five: Roanoke (35:33) Chapter Six: The Observer (36:26) Chapter Seven: Penang (31:48) Chapter Eight: Fractures (43:02) End Credits (3:24) Dom can now continue listening to the Temporal series on his phone from where you left off. The playback has seamlessly moved from your Emby Web player to his Android device! control_media_player Done! I've stopped playback on your Emby Web player (Google Chrome). The Temporal series continues playing on Dom's S21U from Chapter Two: Roswell, while your web player is now stopped and ready for other use. Let me check the current status of all players to show you the details. retrieve_player_list Current Active Player: Dom's S21U Now Playing: Track: Chapter Two: Roswell Artists: Julian Simpson, Richard MacLean Smith, Bec Boey, Nosa Igbinedion Album: Temporal Track Number: 2 of 9 Playback Status: Current Position: 00:00:50 (50 seconds in) Total Duration: 00:21:52 (21 minutes, 52 seconds) Remaining Time: ~21 minutes Status: Playing (not paused) Device Details: Client: Emby for Android Device: Dom's Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra IP Address: 10.x.x.x Connection: Remote (not local to server) Supported Media: Audio, Video Other Players: Emby Web (Chrome): Stopped/Idle Lounge AVR: Stopped/Idle Dom's phone is actively playing the Temporal series and has progressed about 50 seconds into Chapter Two: Roswell. The episode is just getting started!

HI, I think they saw the version number ending in .0 and assumed it was the stable release. Anyway, it will all get corrected as soon as we have a new stable release with a higher version number.

Hi all, I have created a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects Emby to an AI client such as Claude Desktop. Think of it as a DIY version of Amazon Alexa (tm) that works with any MCP compliant LLM and operates on your own private media collection. This was a learning project to explore MCP and code for the first time in Python (I've been a long-time coder in other languages). It is built using the Emby client SDK and the MCP Server SDK. It runs locally to the AI client on your PC/Mac (not as an Emby server plugin). Current features: Log on to & log out of an Emby media server; Retrieve a list of media libraries; Select a specified library; Retrieve a list of genres used in that library; Search for items in that library by genre, title, album, release year, and lyrics/description - returns rich metadata per item; Retrieve playlists, create new playlists, add items to playlists & re-order them, and share playlists with other Emby users; Retrieve a list of accessible media players known to Emby; Retrieve the current play queue of a specified media player; Control the playing, pausing, seeking, etc of a specified media player, including transferring the queue to another player. I've released it under GPL at https://github.com/angeltek/Emby.MCP if anyone is interested in playing with it. Detailed instructions are provided. I'll post a (long) demo transcript as a reply so as to keep this post tidy.

Hi. I have uninstalled Truenas Scale V24 and moved back to V22 Bluefin as I read several posts for other apps forums that said quite a few users having trouble installing apps on v24 because of the way it changed how it used Docker - especially as I had imported my data pool and data sets from Truenas Core. It says you can do the upgrade this way no problem but I suspect there was something in the ACL permissions that carried over that it didn't like. Didn't understand most of it, but a lot of suggestions saying Bluefin was more stable. I also started from ground zero and wiped previous pool and data sets and recreated everything from within Truenas Scale. I then managed to install Emby on v22 no problem. Thanks anyway.

According to your meaning.

HI, how did you solve the problem?

You're right it does change in Emby Web and also on the mobile Emby version. Unfortunately I mainly use the Emby app from smart TVs so this doesn't really solve it. Will it be possible to make the collection menu not to ignore this setting in the future or make a separate toggle option for collections only?

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Hi, Luke. In "Users," I went to "Profile" and "Access." I enabled everything, and now it's working. Thank you so much.

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