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I'm really just throwing out some ideas/concerns here, I really hope someone like to share their experience. So I'm looking to replace my living room TV, currently it's setup to use Kodi with emby plugin, I also use Kodi for Live-tv/PVR (tvheadend). But here is the dilemma, what brand to bet on for best client support. Looking at this forum Samsung seems to be the safe bet, but then there's the kicker, and it's called Tizen. All models now has Tizen OS. Tizen uses some awsome tech (wayland), but it's new, so hard to find information and app support. And does Tizen playback video at native refresh rate ? Also Luke said in android thread "We're working on something new that will eventually work for tizen" whatever that means, I'm not holding my breath. So I went on to look at Android (Philips and Sony) but I've read some people claiming android tv is buggy and it seems android does not allow changing refresh rate to match video, allways playing 60hz (really bad for us europeans). That's a big no no for me. LG has it's WebOS, no Emby plugin on the horizon ? And on the sideline, FirefoxOS, didn't see that one comming, and tbh I don't see myself betting on that one. It looks like 2005 compared to Tizen. Then there's also the DLNA route, I guess this might give best playback quality (but can I start a video with my windows phone, and remote play it via dlna ?) If anything it's a failsafe, but I really want a integrated solution with the tv remote. Also, do tv's come with SMB browsing support these days ? Can I access my files via filesharing ?

I've been auditioning/testing several possible replacements for Windows Media Center (which I still use, and plan to still use while it's useful). Kodi is so-so, and I have high hopes that Emby Theatre will become something usable. But there is another program that seems VERY good for media: J River Media Center. It handles audio far better than WMC, it handles video better than WMC, and it even has a TV guide interface with CableCARD source support. If there were such a thing as Emby for JRMC, that plugged into that program the way Emby for WMC does in that venerable program, that would be an exceptional product! Is such a thing possible? Has it been considered? Is J River used by many?

Has anyone taken a look at the HP Stream Mini PC? Think that it would work for a MBC client? Looks like a neat little rig. Cheers,

Good day! I need a solution for my client can self register on MB3 without the need to have logged in as administrator. Is it possible?...

Is there any way to have web client access to the MB Server library for a user, but NOT allow access to any of the configuration screens for MB Server? Currently, I can access (or allow others to access) my Media Browser via web at http://[dynamicdnsname]:8096/mediabrowser -- But anyone who thus accesses that, whether they have any password for any user profile or they do not, can see the configuration screens (including metadata manager). I'd like to be able to present the library while not presenting the configuration screens. Is that possible?

Hi everyone. I am having a issue where some shows seasons duplicate them selves in the web client view I have tired manually scanning the library, restarting the server, clearing the cache, using a different computer but nothing has worked so far. This is what i'm seeing on the web client. And in the meta data viewer. The duplicated seasons media info looks like this, everything blank apart from season name, path and date added: All my shows follow the same folder structure and naming convention Example: Does anyone have any ideas on what could be going on? Thanks

Every time I start the Android app, I have to change the sort order manually for each library. Changing this setting every single time I use Media Browser is starting to get really annoying. I even looked on the Server control panel; but, still couldn't find anything obvious to save the sort order. I'd really appreciate any workarounds; even if I need to hack a setting, it would be worth it to me.

Will there be a DLNA client available in near future?

Hello, It would be great for us, and maybe others with many users (300+) If there would be a simple explore view client that can play the content on server (without encoding) (mp4) We use it in a educational institute and don't need the fancy covers and metadata. There isn't any other software that offers this, so maybe it is a idea. Thanks in advance.

Hi, after a couple of minutes in the chat i was able to do pretty much everything i wanted except being able to connect to the content via the surface app. For some reason, it connect to the server, it sees the profile, but the media content is completely empty. Web interface works fine from the same tablet. Any clue? Seems like a bug to me albeit probably a missing configuration somewhere.

I ran into a situation where I couldn't log into the server with my account with administration privileges the other day. Fortunately this was on a remote device and not the PC where the MB3 server is. I was still logged in there and I created another account with admin rights and wrote down the password. This brings up my request.. How about a way to reset or recover a password so that people don't inadvertently get locked out?

I just added the MB3 roku client channel and I am tying to get items to play but they just try to play and flash back to the play menu? I can connect back to the server fine and view my collection, etc, I just can't seem to play anything?

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