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Hi I have an old but reliable installation of Emby running on Windows Server 2011 since 2015. The fact that it has just worked means I have ignored the fact that the OS is now well out of date and Emby will no longer update after version 4.7.13.0. So I have to bite the bullet and upgrade to Windows 10 (server won't support 11). The disks where my Media files and Metadata folder are installed are using Drivepool and will jump back into life when they are set up. However, all other Emby files are C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming|Emby-Server which seems a strange place for them to be. Is there a way to keep the Emby configuration and users as they are now and avoid setting up the server from scratch? If so how do I go about it. I have backup and restore plug in installed but I'm unsure if this will be all that is needed. Thanks

When will there be a new update for the server version? There have been no new updates for several months and the same applies to the Android version. And will there be native support for Zidoo, especially Z9X Pro, at some point? So that you can use the emby player instead of the external Zidoo player. P.S. I am an emby Premiere user and would like to see more progress in further development.

My xbox series s no longer recognizes my server subscription while my roku has no problem. It's current. Also, the splash is annoying.

I run Emby on my DS223j Nas and a Win 11 PC. Emby reports my server needs updating from 8.0 to 10. It instructs me to download the update (which I did) emby-server-synology72_4.8.10.0_x86_64.spk Now it tells me to stop the server. After I stop the server, how do I update Emby on my NAS??? The update file does not open saying to pick a program to open it. I spend 2 hours searching for a simple procedure explaining how I update the Emby server! Is this some secret operation? Why is there no help on the steps I do to simply update my server? Any help would be appreciated.

Dear forum! I installed emby for the first time today and found the configuration quite easy. There is one problem I couldn’t figure out though. I have two folders I added to the libraries. Tv shows and movies. Both are imported, the tv shows are displayed as expected. The movies folder seems empty though. Only if I go into the movies folder and within again into „folders“ I see the movies. Any idea why this may be the case and how to change that?

I blew away my Emby install and started with a clean slate. I don't have previous data to compare against but I moved Emby's cache and metadata folder to a spindle drive and checked their sizes and compared that to Plex: Emby Cache folder: 812 megs Metadata folder: 428 megs Plex: Cache folder: 92 gigs Metadata folder: 35 gigs The libraries are the same and most of my users are still on Plex. As time goes on, will the Emby folder sizes catch up or is Emby more efficient at storing cache/metadata? Or when the day comes where I dump Plex and am 100% Emby, will the size of those folders be AROUND the same size as Plex is now due to increased client count? For those that maintain dual media servers and have equal usage on both, do you see those folders being about the same in size?

Good morning, I'm relatively new to Emby. I am encountering the problem that I cannot find/download subtitles for a certain series via the Emby app on my Google TV or via the Emby app on my Android tablet/phone, but it works fine via the web version of Emby. My setup: -Qnap with Emby Server 4.8.3.0 installed in container station -Emby premium account -OpenSubtitles setup correctly in both the Open Subtitles settings and in the library settings from the series and movies. -Open Subtitles VIP member -Automatic download with Sonarr/Radarr/SabNzbd As mentioned, the subtitles work well when I go to the web version of Emby (http://*****:8096/web/index.html#!/home), but the subtitles do not work via the apps. What am I missing? TheChief

Emby is working fine with the latest 4.7 release but when I go to update it to 4.8 it starts to update the library.db and then fails saying the database is maformed. What can I do to get updated to 4.8 without just deleting the library.db and losing all data (especially watched data)? For some context this is an ubuntu 22.04 lxc container on a Proxmox server. Error Main: Error in appHost.Init *** Error Report *** Version: 4.8.0.80 Command line: /opt/emby-server/system/EmbyServer.dll -programdata /var/lib/emby -ffdetect /opt/emby-server/bin/ffdetect -ffmpeg /opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -restartexitcode 3 -updatepackage emby-server-deb_{version}_amd64.deb Operating system: Linux version 5.19.17-2-pve (build@proxmox) (gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PV Framework: .NET 6.0.25 OS/Process: x64/x64 Runtime: opt/emby-server/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll Processor count: 4 Data path: /var/lib/emby Application path: /opt/emby-server/system SQLitePCL.pretty.SQLiteException: Corrupt: database disk image is malformed SQLitePCL.pretty.SQLiteException: Exception of type 'SQLitePCL.pretty.SQLiteException' was thrown. at SQLitePCL.pretty.SQLiteException.CheckOk(sqlite3 db, Int32 rc) at SQLitePCL.pretty.StatementImpl.MoveNext() at SQLitePCL.pretty.DatabaseConnection.Execute(IDatabaseConnection This, String sql) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Data.SqliteItemRepository.Initialize(SqliteUserDataRepository userDataRepo, SyncRepository syncRepo) at Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost.InitDatabases() at Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost.Init() at EmbyServer.HostedService.StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) Source: SQLitePCL.pretty TargetSite: Void CheckOk(SQLitePCLEx.sqlite3, Int32) emby-4.8-server-startup.log

I just updated to the latest emby secure 4.8.0.80 running on docker through unraid. when I connect on my Samsung tv running 1.0.94(latest I can run though Samsung as tv is over 5 years old) I don’t have a continue watching section of nexted up. Only latest. I have these sections on my iPhone app 2.2.17 but not my tv.

When I go to the dashboard to manage Emby... there's the Alert section that shows everything from the last 7 days with the "See All" link showing farther back. Is there any way you can selectively hide some errors. Example, (this didn't happen, just an example) a backup was supposed to run last night and failed. It shows up in the Alert section. I notice and manually run a backup that works. Now I'm stuck seeing that failure for 7 days although I already took care of the problem. Would manually deleting the logs clear this (and everything else) from Alerts or is that stored in the database instead? Ideally, I'd like maybe a 'x' that shows up to the right of each alert that I can hit to either delete or hide that alert.

Hi, I'm running trueNAS scale on the latest version (TrueNAS-SCALE-23.10.0.1). I'm using the trueNAS version and not the TrueCharts version as I found speed issues with the charts version. So,.as per the attached screenshot, I've allocated the GPU passthrough (not sure if all 3 need to be on). I have an intel i9-9920X CPU and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 610. Those options are the only options in each of the 3 drop downs. I assume this is Intel Quick sync as trueNAS wouldn't let me allocate the GPU to a VM. Hardware transcoding doesn't seem to working. I have turned hardware transcoding on in Emby server settings. I thought them when hardware transcoding was running during a transcode it is indicated in the server dashboard, however when I am transcoding nothing about hardware transcoding is indicated. Have I done something wrong or missed something? Or is it that hardware transcoding is simply not possible? Thanks, Sam

Hello, I would love to be able to multi select live tv channels in the set up screen and drag and drop several channels at the same time to modify the sort order. For example: Original list of channels: Channel A Channel B Channel C Channel D Channel E Channel F Channel G Ability to select channels D, E and G at the same time and drag and drop them after channel B for the following result: Channel A Channel B Channel D Channel E Channel G Channel C Channel F Thanks for your consideration!

I have a lot of people using my emby (10 on average). When I do maintenance on it, it's no longer active. I'd like to add a button on the login page so that people who use my Emby know why it's not working. Is this possible? On the application?

Hey gibt es eine offizielle oder inoffizielle discord emby Gruppe? Oder Telegram Gruppe.

I've recently installed but the local address is missing hence I am unable to use the service. Ive tried the available troubleshooting steps on website and community but not helping. Ive tried creating port 80 as well. embyserver.txt

Hello, I want to notify you that for the moment my Windows operating system server was not affected by the vulnerability, everything works normally. Since I became aware of the serious problem with the vulnerability, I have adopted some measures, first I eliminated all the users who had privileges to administer the server and I created new users to transmit local and remote streaming without a password but without no privilege to manage my server, at the same time I also created a new user with administrator privileges to exclusively manage the server but never use it to stream on the local network, nor remote streaming. Also, for the new exclusive user to administer the server, I configured the option to not allow remote connections to that user, so that user is only accessible from the computer where the server is installed. For all this that I am explaining to you, I ask you if it is safe for me to use all the users to do local and remote streaming without the privilege of managing my server, and that I have an exclusive user to manage the server with the remote connection disabled and also hidden from all local and remote clients, in this way the exclusive users for streaming can continue working without any password. Since it is very annoying to have to be typing passwords in the local network. Besides, I use the Beta version for windows with the current version 4.8.0.37 and I think that the vulnerability affected the stable version more. ¿Can I safely continue to use all users without exclusive passwords for streaming, but without any privileges to administer the server, and with another unique user exclusive to administer the server with the remote connection disabled, and hidden from all local clients and blunt?

Hello, For transparency, I have posted this issue on the Terra-Master forum also. Terra-Master Forum post link I am hoping someone can help me out. I tried to update my Emby server from 4.6 to the latest version 4.7.11.0. However the app failed to update and now it has disappeared on my TOS desktop and I cannot update or reinstall the application. The error message I receive is "Operation Failed!". Now my Emby server is down. Can someone guide me on how to update or if the worse come to the worse at least re-install the application please? My TOS version and TNAS details are: Terra-Master F4-210 4-bay ARM based TOS version: 4.2.31-2203011629

Hello everyone ! Seeing a lot of people want to add Youtube Live channels in their IPTV section, and knowing you can't simply add a Youtube Live stream link in your .m3u because YTLive links change every 3 to 6h (unless you want to edit your playlist and refresh Emby everytime, which would be a nightmare), this is a (quiet long) tutorial to show you how to make Youtube Live (but also Twitch or Dailymotion) streams work like a real TV channel in Emby. I based this how to on my own knwoledge (basically none in Linux, a lot of trial and error), and the tutorial by Carlos Gomes, available here : https://cgomesu.com/blog/Tvhlink/ All the tutorial is setup on a Windows 10 machine. You will need : - a Windows 10 (build 19041 and higher) or Windows 11 machine - Windows subsystem for Linux (can be version 1) - WSL to make short - a Linux distribution of your choice (preferably Debian or Ubuntu) - TVHeadend - Streamink - the TVHeadend plugin from the Emby plugin store 1) Install Windows subsystem for Linux. For Windows 10 below build 19041 : Open Powershell in admin mode, copy/past these commands : dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart The Linux distributions available are : Ubuntu, Debian, kali-linux, Ubuntu-18.04, Ubuntu-20.04, Ubuntu-22.04, OracleLinux_8_5, OracleLinux_7_9, SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP4, openSUSE-Leap-15.4 , or openSUSE-Tumbleweed. Then, still in the Powershell, download your distribution of your choice : To install Ubuntu 22.04 : curl.exe -L -o ubuntu.appx https://aka.ms/wslubuntu2204 For Debian : curl.exe -L -o debian.appx https://aka.ms/wsl-debian-gnulinux Then restart the computer. Optional : If you want to install WSL 2, check this link by Microsoft : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual#step-4---download-the-linux-kernel-update-package For Windows 10 build 19041 and higher : In the Command Prompt (or in Windows Terminal, available in the Windows Store) in admin mode, with WSL 2 already installed : (without the < > ) wsl --install -d <Distribution Name> For Ubuntu 22.04 : wsl --install -d Ubuntu-22.04 or, for Debian : wsl --install -d Debian Then restart the computer. 2) Install TVHeadend Go to the download page : https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepositories For Ubuntu, the easy way is to install via PPA : sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mamarley/tvheadend-git sudo apt update sudo apt install tvheadend For Debian, because the distribution can't handle PPA, to have to do this : curl -1sLf \ 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/tvheadend/tvheadend/setup.deb.sh' \ | sudo -E bash Then after, the usual : sudo apt update sudo apt install tvheadend Once TVHeadend, and all its dependancies, donwloaded and installed, the install wizard will automatically be launched. You just have to create an admin ID and a password, leave the rest by default. 3) Install Streamlink ! For Debian, make sure you have backports repositories installed, otherwise you will get an older version of Streamlink and cause Python errors in TVHeadend ! echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main" | sudo tee "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/streamlink.list" sudo apt update sudo apt -t bullseye-backports install streamlink 4) Start the TVHeadend server : sudo tvheadend Wait a little, untill you see this line in blue (of course, the number version could vary with future update) : [ NOTICE] START: HTS Tvheadend version 4.3-2106~g9e1eb89be started Go to the webserver page of TVHeadend : http://localhost:9981/ Warning ! If after entered your admin ID, the page show you a 403 Forbidden error, type : sudo tvheadend -C It will show you the post install wizard to configure admin ID's (keep the same as the install) and a client ID (you can just keep the same ID as the admin account). Now : a) set up TVHeadend -> https://cgomesu.com/blog/Tvhlink/#basic-configuration b) create an automatically updated .m3u with Youtube Live/Twitch ... -> https://cgomesu.com/blog/Tvhlink/#automatic-network-of-livestream-channels If you create your .m3u from Windows (with Notepad ++ for exemple), I strongly suggest you to save it in your Linux home folder. Once done, you need to modify the permission of your .m3u, otherwise TVHeadend won't have the permission to handle it. To do so : cd path/of/your/playlist/ chmod +rwx yourplaylist.m3u Basically, your .m3u shoud look like this : #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="ChannelID.ShortCountryCode" tvg-country="ShortCountryCode",Name of the channel pipe:///usr/bin/env streamlink --stdout --default-stream best --url https://www.youtube.com/user/ChannelName/live 5) Install the TVHeadend plugin You can find it in the Emby plugin store, in the Live TV category. Once installed, restart your Emby server. Then, in the admin pannel, in the Live TV section : Add a new TV source -> select TVHeadend If you installed the TVHeadend server on the same computer of the Emby server, change the Tvheadend Server Web Interface URL with : http://127.0.0.1:9981 instead of http://localhost:9981 If you installed on another computer of your network, enter its local IP adress, and the port number : 9981 Enter admin ID and password -> Save Refresh data guide. Now Emby can play Youtube Live/Twitch/Dailymotion (and many others) livestreams ! (If I have some time, I could edit this post with pictures. if I misspelled or misspoke something, please forgive me, English isn't my mother tongue.)

Hi Guys. Right, I have been using a mini pc for Emby (originally Plex) and now finding that its not up to the job as much as i would have hoped. I was using an AMD based TriKey Mini PC. It has served me well for the most part. It did at least handle HW encoding. But.. I would like an Intel based setup now that supports the superior Quick Sync. So, criteria is really just a MINI pc that has storage space for 2 drives (NVMe/SSD) so I can have one for Emby, and the other for incremental backups, everything else is on a large nas. Suggestions all welcomed.

Is there a way for the 4k and standard def versions to default combine instead of defaulting to split? They are two folders but in the same library and by default they are creating as split items instead of a grouped version. On this same topic if there is a grouped version of the movies can you still have coverart tag it with 4k if there is a 4k movie in there?

Would we be able to add onto the statuses in Emby? I would like to see the ability to have airing, returning, cancelled, and ended.

Hi, I have a problem whereby I had a fully working setup using Emby docker. The setup involves docker installed on Windows 11 (using docker-compose). I then have an old PC with Ubuntu installed to function as a NAS where all my media is stored. I recently moved for work and this meant that I required a slightly different LAN setup at home, as well as changing the name of the Ubuntu server. A couple of weeks ago, I realized that while I had added some media to my Ubuntu server (NAS), Emby had not updated this (only with the movies... TV Shows on the same server in the same storage folder were being discovered without any issues). As such, I thought I would reset everything, so I created a completely new docker container and used exactly the same NAS connection in 'docker compose' apart from changing the link to the Ubuntu server name from its IP address to its server name. However, that has not resolved the problem, now I have all my media apart from movies. The odd thing is when I am setting up my library, Emby can find the movie folder and shows me when I have selected the movie folder all the subfolders with the movies. So the connection with the server is not blocked... it is simply that it can't seem to identify all the movies in these subfolders? Any thoughts would be welcome... I attach logs... Thanks embyserver.txt

Hi, I want to ask you if you can provide me with a link so that I can download the Beta version 4.8.0.21 of the server for windows, but with a zip file and a portable installation. I always prefer to use the completely portable installation, so I have the servers in my portable programs folder, and this is much easier for me when I have to format and delete all the data on my hard drives, since I always before format and delete my internal hard drives I copy the portable programs folder on the external USB hard drive or flash drive. So I don't have to spend time reinstalling all the programs from scratch when I format my internal hard drives. And I also don't waste time reconfiguring all the server configuration options from scratch. But the problem is that the download section of the server for windows, there is no portable download of the Beta version, and besides the installation file of the Beta version does not even allow to choose the location path for the installation. https://emby.media/windows-server.html For this reason I ask you for a link so that I can download the Beta version 4.8.0.21 with completely portable installation, identical to the portable one of the stable version of the server. Thanks

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. We probably did fairly well when it was about responding to user questions - but not that much when it came to providing accurate and up-to-date information, documentation and code examples. Emby SDK It has been just about time to make a change to that and over the past months we have intensively worked on improving that situation. Eventually, we have ended up with a fully loaded package of information, resources, tools and sample code - exclusively for all of you developers, so today we're proud to present: The EMBY SDK https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.SDK Website - emby dev In parallel to the SDK, we are launching: the new emby developer site https://dev.emby.media Introduction Video For a comprehensive introduction to the Emby SDK, watch the video, either by installing the Plugin for The Emby Show Or watch it on YouTube: The Emby Show Episode 3 - Emby SDK - or below Questions? Please ask questions in the developer forum: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/forum/47-developer-api/ Watch

I have my emby server on a LAN network in my home (192.168.1.1 lets call it) , I have a VPN Server running on another network in my home to make the media server available for remote users (192.168.2.1 lets call it). I can see my VPN Clients connecting to the server from the embyserver.txt log, but clients are getting the error that the server needs to be updated leaving me unable to use the server. The server works just fine on the same devices connected to the LAN via wifi. I'm running Version 4.7.10.0 emby lifetime on a fully patched windows 10 box.