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Hey everybody, I want to use my emby server when not at home and wanted to use it with ssl encryption. I use the standard 8096 port for non-secured access, and port 8920 for https. When I am in my local network, http://ip-of-emby-sever:8096 in the browser sends me to emby, however, https://ip-of-emby-sever:8920 doesn't, Chrome prints out that the connection is not private and does not connect to emby. In the settings of the emby server, the external WAN port is set both local and public to 8920, "Report https as external address" is checked. Am I missing something?

Hello and thanks in advance for your assistance, I have tried to access my server from three locations upon install: (1) localhost browser, (2) LAN browser and (3) remote browser (I haven't installed any clients yet, still getting things fine tuned). For some reason, even though everything appears fine on the server PC's browser, some images/GUI is not appearing on my laptop which is accessing the app through the same LAN. Even more strangely, I have used TeamViewer to view the interface from a remote PC at my work and there are no problems there--only on the laptop using the app on the same local network as the Server P.C. I cannot understand this behavior because I am using the same Chrome browser with identical extensions across the board. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. The first image is what I see on both the Emby Server P.C. and the remote access work P.C. The second image is what appears on my laptop which is on the same network as the Emby Server P.C.

I am in the process of setting up my Harmony Ultimate Remote to control WMC & Emby. It was not obvious to setup from Logitech software so I did some research and found a post from Logitech after they had kindly added the function to the remote and software. Here is the instructions if you need them. Device type: Computer -> Media Center PC Manufacturer: Microsoft Model: Windows Media Center SE I want to thank “Bevhoward” for sending us his Windows Media Center keyboard. !!KUDOS!! I would also like to thank my colleague Cristian for creating the IR language and for adding the new device to our database. The Media Center keyboard allowed us to capture the IR codes used to send hotkeys such as “Alt+F4” to close an application directly and “Win+D” to “minimize all” to the desktop. We also captured the mouse commands and an FAQ will follow with button mapping suggestions for the mouse control. Below is a list of the newly added commands/hotkeys: (Please note that these commands may not work on all Media Center IR receivers; the commands have been tested and confirmed working with the original Microsoft IR Receiver) This forum thread is not for MCE users using Imon, Linux or other third party applications and/or IR receivers that do not use the Microsoft IR protocol. Win + - (plus or minus key) Zoom in or out. Win- Win+ Win+Up: Maximize Win+Down: Restore / Minimize Win+Left: Snap to left Win+Right: Snap to right Win+Home: Minimize / Restore all other windows Win+T: Focus the first taskbar entry Win+F: Open Windows search Win+E: Open Windows Explorer Win+Space: Peek at the desktop Win+G: Bring gadgets to the top of the Z-order Win+P: External display options (mirror, extend desktop, etc) Win+M: Minimize all open windows Win+1 / Win+2 / Win+3 etc (Hotkeys for programs added to the Quicklaunch) Win+M: Minimize all open windows Win+Tab: Flip 3D Win+Shift+M: Undo all window minimization Win+Home: Minimize all but the current window Win + L: Lock the computer Win + R: Open ‘Run’ command Alt+1 / Alt+2 Alt+3 etc (Hotkeys for Video card display settings) Alt+Esc: Cycle through all open windows Alt+Tab: Switch to previous active window Alt+Enter: Display properties for the selected item Alt+Space: Pop up window menu Alt+F4: Shutdown current window Ctrl+A: Select all items in a document or window Ctrl+C: Copy the selected item Ctrl+X: Cut the selected item Ctrl+V: Paste the selected item Ctrl+Z: Undo an action Ctrl+W Closes the tabs for most web browsers Ctrl+Shift+Tab: Left Navigation through the web browser tabs Ctrl+Tab: Right Navigation though the web browser tabs Ctrl+ESC: Opens the Start menu Shift+Del: Permently deletes an item and bypasses the recycle bin Shift+F10: Opens Shortcut Menu (Some hotkeys are specifically designed for Windows 7 and may not work on other operating systems)

Hi Emby Gods, I have an issue that is completely preventing me to switch to Emby as my main media server. I've had issues with streaming/transcoding while on the local network that I have solved by setting the Transcoding Quality Preference to "Auto". The bigger problem now is that 95% of the time, I am not able to stream/transcode outside of the local network. The ffmpeg will not even start transcoding at all (when whatching the task manager). All the network settings are OK since I have total access to everything from outside, only that when I start playback, I will either get nothing (video never starts) or the app will stop trying to play and give me the "Video Error: There was an error playing the video". It did work a couple times. Now, I have found out that Emby will successfully start transcoding and streaming outside of the LAN when the Transcoding Quality Prefenrece is NOT set to Auto. For certain movies, it will work with "Higher Speed", but for others, it will require "Higher Quality". It seems that "Higher Quality" gives the best results when trying to stream outside LAN but it will not work inside LAN. I will appreciate all help that you can provide. Tell me if you need any logs Thanks! 3psus

So, I currently have Emby Theater installed on my HTPC in my living room, and have another machine acting as a server elsewhere in the house. I'd like to be able to use the web client or android client to remotely control Emby Theater (rather than buying a new remote for it). Unfortunately, whenever I go to the Remote section of the web client or the app, my Emby Theater machine never shows up in the list of clients that I can control. Other Web Clients show up no problem, but Emby Theater does not - even if the Emby Theater device is listed in the Active Devices section of the Server's settings page. The machine running Emby Theater is a Mac Mini running Windows 10 (most recent beta release), and Emby Theater version 3.0.5651.20234. My server is running Windows 8.1, and Emby Server version 3.0.5666.8 None of my client devices see the Theater device in the list - neither of my Android devices running the latest version of the app (2.3.53), nor running the web client, nor any of my several computers running the web client (Chrome browser). I'm not sure if this is an issue with my setup, an issue with Emby Theater in general (I know that, at least until recently, Emby Theater wasn't receiving a lot of love and had fallen a little behind in comparison to other clients). If anyone can offer any help to get things working I'd be grateful. If there are any logs that I can provide that'd be useful to debug the issue, let me know and I'll provide them.

I'm trying out MB3 over Plex. The problem is simple as topic title. I cannot connect MB3 server via iOS or any remote MBT clients. Only local MBT can connect to my server. Which is installed on the same box with MB3 Server. But MBC can connect remotely within clients on same network. Also WEB Client works from any location. When I try to connect I got bunch of 404 not found errors like: 2014-05-27 00:11:42.8037 Debug - HttpServer: HTTP GET http://192.168.1.10:8096/mediabrowser/System/Info?format=json 2014-05-27 00:11:42.8193 Debug - HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 192.168.1.100:64520. Response time: 15,6246 ms Url: http://192.168.1.10:8096/mediabrowser/System/Info?format=json 2014-05-27 00:11:42.8506 Debug - HttpServer: HTTP GET http://192.168.1.10:8096/mediabrowser/users/3eff8a317d0ecf2ca565029f7516f357/items?SortBy=DatePlayed&SortOrder=Descending&IncludeItemTypes=Movie,Episode,Audio&Filters=IsResumable&Limit=1&Recursive=true&Fields=PrimaryImageAspectRatio,DateCreated,UserData,MediaStreams,Genres&format=json 2014-05-27 00:11:42.8506 Error - NotFoundHttpHandler: 192.168.1.10:8096 Request not found: /mediabrowser/users/3eff8a317d0ecf2ca565029f7516f357/items?SortBy=DatePlayed&SortOrder=Descending&IncludeItemTypes=Movie,Episode,Audio&Filters=IsResumable&Limit=1&Recursive=true&Fields=PrimaryImageAspectRatio,DateCreated,UserData,MediaStreams,Genres&format=json 2014-05-27 00:11:42.8506 Debug - HttpServer: HTTP Response 404 to 192.168.1.100:64520. Response time: 0 ms Url: http://192.168.1.10:8096/mediabrowser/users/3eff8a317d0ecf2ca565029f7516f357/items?SortBy=DatePlayed&SortOrder=Descending&IncludeItemTypes=Movie,Episode,Audio&Filters=IsResumable&Limit=1&Recursive=true&Fields=PrimaryImageAspectRatio,DateCreated,UserData,MediaStreams,Genres&format=json My media, cache, images by name and metadata paths are all in remote SMB server. You can notice that host as \\west in the log files. I think this might be the problem. (Synology DS1812+ NAS) Behavior is the same both for running as a service or running as background app. By the way I'm running MBS with local user account not with Local System or Local Network. Because If I run my service with Local System account I cannot connect to password protected SMB shares. Log file attached. Any clues? I am afraid I am missing something very obvious and simple. Because this is very basic functionality and I could not find any similar problems in forums. MB3 Server Version 3.0.5238.39498 running on Mac Pro6,1 with Bootcamped Windows 8.1 x64. server-63536745600.zip

I paid for this app about a year ago. it looked like a worthwhile addition so i ponied up as i have done for alot of the various parts (subscriber,paid apps & paid for themes etc) but this is brutal. I have to say it's dire (sorry) ...looks good and launches a video but that's it.The "remote" part is so poorly implemented it has never worked fully ...ever. In it's current form it is worth €0 not 4 or 5 quid mate. volume rocker doesnt work anymore play would work once that's it ...no pause. FF/REW never worked Skip FWD never worked slider never worked (if it was supposed to) No resume etc Mute on off does work. Any idea when we can expect a fully working version that was paid for? Lumia user on a 520 all updates as far as & including denim (phone is fine)(pc is fine updated y'day) Sorry bout being harsh but if you are going to charge at least make sure it is a working item. No problem paying for stuff that works!

In the Android app, if I click the chromecast button I am given a selection of available devices - my Chromecast device(s), any currently open web-clients on computers in my internal network, and my Emby Theater client set up on my HTPC. Typically, if I select any of these devices, I can then select a show/movie and start playback from within the app and control the video within the app as well. However, if I select my Emby Theater client, nothing I do seems to affect that client. Selecting a video and clicking play brings me to the screen in the app as if I had begun playback, but the video never begins playing in the Theater client, and the seek bar never progresses. With the web client, simply navigating around the Android app brings up associated views (series detail, episode detail, etc) within the web client. None of this occurs with the Theater client though. Is this an issue with the Android app or the Theater client? Is there anything I can do on my end to fix the issue? I prefer to use the Theater client over a web client off my HTPC so that I can do direct streaming (including styled soft subtitles, which aren't properly rendered in the web client).

Hi Guys, Top work on the App, looks nice, and drives well. I am a XBMC/Kodi guy, been using it for years; so most of the Remote Control functions are 2nd nature to me especially the D-Pad function. My request is, D-Pad usage on Video Playback: When Playing a Video, can the D-Pad be used for skipping forward, Back etc. UP - Skip forward to Next Chapter Down - Skip Back to Previous Chapter Right - Skip Forward 10 seconds Left - Skip Back 10 seconds. Also related to remote control, is this App supposed to be shown on the Emby Web App as a device? I sometimes throw a video straight to a device saves a few button clicks.

I don't know what's going wrong with emby, but since you changed the name for something who sound like Kodi, it doesn't give what it gave before. Firstly, the connection made through the emby website , sometimes it work and sometimes it don't. For example, i add friends, by the invite options of the software manager of Emby , i decided to change the name of my server before (it was something like the name of my pc and i changed it for a more reliable name) when some users try to connect now, they see the new name of my server but when they clicked on it and there's always a message showing that the server is not available or something like that. When i have to update manually some infos about a movie, the link is made through imdb, the picture related to the movie is available (like it was before with Media Browser) but when it come to save it as the one who will be used, the update doesn't make anything except keeping all the old pictures related to the movie (pictures who are everything except the cover of the movie). There is a lot of missing infos when i add movies in my directories, this is acceptable, but when it come to make an update manually who doesn't work .... So i uninstalled emby completely to make a fresh new installation from the start. The installation went fine, i have to install the plugins that i had before (this is something normal), this told me that the uninstall process went good. But when i install a particular addon (who seems to be related to some home automation processes) it crashed. It crashed to a point that i was unable to restart the server. i uninstalled all the plugins, this is the last of the three options in the uninstall process. this action didn't remove only the plugins, but everything related to Emby. So i get to the control panel again, and seeing that Emby was still appearing through the software i have on my PC (windows 7 professional edition 64 bits) I tried to uninstall Emby, and it gave me an error message that something went wrong in the uninstall process. I know that Emby is free. But i would pay for it if it would be more stable. I keep Plex for that, who doesn't have all the bugs that i mentioned before in this message. So what's going on ? I don't want to be rude, but there is something to be done with this version of Media Browser known now as Emby. Thanks, André (sorry for my english writing i speak and write in french)

Hi, Have tried to find a description on how to control when SSL can be forced. Is it possible to force SSL for all remote connections, but allow normal http for all connection from the local network? Under Dashboard->Advanced->Hosting it has a "Force https as external address", and I guess it's this checkbox I wonder if works as described above? Not much need for SSL locally, but would be great to be able to force it for everything coming and going to the outside network. -Florux

I love the Android client but i would like to see just a remote client for my tablet, right now if I exit out of the app I cant get back into the remote app to pause the movie or anything. Just an idea

Hi all. When I was using XBMC I started to look into setting up a remote control before I stumbled upon Media Browser and got side tracked (In a good way). I’m currently using MB through the web interface and would like to know is there a way to set it up with a MCE remote control / keyboard combination mapped to a button / third party application? It would just polish the experiance for none technical family members if I could set one up. Regards, Lee

I'm having a problem getting the Remote Play to work with XBMB3C. I've checked all SMB shares, I am using the UNC path substitution instead of E:\path. Remote Play does work for my Media Portal Client. Here's a snippet of the XBMC.log when i hit play: 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: Thread LanguageInvoker start, auto delete: false 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<-- 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: ===== XBMB3C START ===== 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: XBMB3C -> running Python: sys.version_info(major=2, minor=7, micro=5, releaselevel='final', serial=0) 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: XBMB3C -> running XBMB3C: 0.9.530 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: 13.2 Git:20140817-0f3db05 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: XBMB3C -> Platform: Windows 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: XBMB3C -> LogLevel: 0 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: XBMB3C 0 -> Version : 13.2 - {u'major': 13, u'tag': u'stable', u'minor': 2, u'revision': u'20140817-0f3db05'} 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: PLAY ACTION URL PARTS : ['10.0.0.110:8096', '487b0bfd48694b1f2a6cc083b183a056', '-1'] 11:05:48 T:3444 NOTICE: PLAY ACTION URL AUTO RESUME : -1 11:05:48 T:3444 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<-- - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS! Error Type: <type 'exceptions.NameError'> Error Contents: global name '__language__' is not defined Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\htpc\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.xbmb3c\default.py", line 2630, in <module> PLAY(param_url, pluginhandle) File "C:\Users\htpc\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.xbmb3c\default.py", line 826, in PLAY userid = downloadUtils.getUserId() File "C:\Users\htpc\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.xbmb3c\resources\lib\DownloadUtils.py", line 78, in getUserId return_value = xbmcgui.Dialog().ok(__language__(30045),__language__(30045)) NameError: global name '__language__' is not defined -->End of Python script error report<--

Just wanted to put this out there for you guys, have any of you used the app touchsquid? It's a universal remote app for your android device. Along the same lines as irule. it has a couple of benefits over irule to me and those are: 1. Price (little cheaper) 2. It can use the built in IR blaster of your device along with IP and rs232 control and exteral IR blasters if needed. (irule can't use built in IR) 3. Ease of setup (it can all be done via the device no comptuer needed) granted this gives less customization but if you've ever messed with irule it can be a heck of a setup. 4. The support, the admin has been very responsive responding to my inquiries very quick and even fixed a bug right after i made him aware of it! Now if you're not familiar with how these remotes work think harmony activities, you hit watch tv and it turns your tv on, your receiver on, etc and puts them all on the right inputs etc all with just 1 button push. it remembers the state of your devices when you switch activities and at the end power off. Some other cool features are you can program macros, launch urls, launch other apps ( for example I have a button to launch the MB android app) I have buttons to launch mbc and mbt etc. Basically my harmony 900 is going up for sale and is being replaced by a galaxy tab 3 7.0 and this cool drink holder mount I found on ebay that puts the remote right where i want it on my theater chair. Check it out over at touchsquid.tv I'm pretty impressed and thought I'd share.

I'm fading away from using mControl to Vera for Home Automation. I'm already using Vera for Text to Speech Announcements, but still use mControl for Windows Media Center automation (play channel x, queue wake or sleep music, Message Box overlays). I've just uploaded this Alpha version of WMC control via Vera: http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,22854 I'd be happy to port this plugin to Media Browser if MB supports telnet (i.e socket) or http access media control which I believe it does. Ideally, it would be anonymous authentication to KISS. Could someone point me to the code in GitHub that would accept these calls? I would also like to see a Message Box added added to MB via this interface as well for selfish reasons.

Curious if i'm missing something or this should maybe be moved to the feature requests area. Basically I only want to allow certain users to access content from outside the LAN. I want all to be able to access content when at home but only allow remote access for some. Is this already available or can we move this to feature requests ?

I'm using a TL-WDR3500 router and cannot seem to access my files remotly. I have tried every config option I can think of with the router sofware and I have disabled my software firewall with no luck. Hoping someone here knows a solution.

Run into a problem with the latest build. When I start playing a video to any of my DLNA receivers (Samsung TV, WD TV Live, Popcorn Hour) it starts fine but when I go to remote control it says "Nothing is currently playing". Interesting part, which may or may not be related, is that I run 2 servers. One is where I prep stuff and make sure it looks ok before letting loose on the main server and is running beta build. The main server is set only to run official builds, so hasn't updated yet. It can actually see what is playing from the prep server and allows me to control the device as normal. I've attached the log from the prep server. The play attempt was at 08:05:31.4542. server-63532541074_.log Any ideas what is the problem?

hello i do same thing like brendon do on v2 need read this post to understand mine the problem i don't write and speak very well english too explain it in english little difficult sorry for that i do my best ! if somone speak english/french can help me to explain/ translate it's very nice i do same thing with v3 it's in beta at now but work like charm Feature screen 001 work !! Feature wake on lan work fine !!! (need open tcp and udp 9512 firewall) you can turn on\off tv for tv you need a cec compatible some mother have integrate it or you can do like me http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/products/104-usb-hdmi-cec-adapter.aspx i use a .bat for on/off tv (need instal pulse eight software) launch mbt (grey) need explain it because i use 102 cm tv i have 3m to my tv when i work on my dekstop i ' m in 720p (1280*720) when i launch mbt i'm 1080p (1920*1080) when launch mbt it change in 1080p automatic and when close back in 720p auto or your resolution (1024*768....) for that i use display changer screen 001 film ==> movie tv==> tv jeux==> games apps==>apps lib==>collections 2 arrows(blue,red) ==> subtitle orange ==> back setting ==> black tyre under icon films fulscreen==> 2 screen (blue and grey ) screen 02 esay Mbt navigate all work ==> you can move in your collection by one touch each category too i'm working on icon shortcut work fine ==> universal move (need help too explain it see on top sujet ) screen 03 Before i post all my work need organize my folders write in english my layout.xml add helper in for who want modify it icon in english/french and need more test on display i explain it i test with galaxy s2 (screen form it) , tablet 9" very nice display htc and wikio phone tablet 7" need to reduce my icon i work on it i try post next week or week end

Background I'm considering a new Intel NUC to install MBS and MBC (and eventually MBT) all on windows 8.1. The new NUCs come with a built in IR receiver which apparently works with a Microsoft Media Center remote. My current HTPC is running Win 7 with Media Center and MB2 and I have an original microsoft IR receiver. I use a Harmony One remote. I'd like to keep both PCs in the same room, using the old Media Center just for live TV recording and using the new NUC for everything else. Question Is it possible to control two separate HTPCs with the same remote? I think I'd need to tell one of the PCs to use a different set of IR codes or something. So, is it possible to uniquely address each PC with the same remote?

Hi, I have my kids set up with limited accounts so they cannot see most of the movies I have, Also, they are set up to not be able to remotely control anything. The parental account has a password, and his does not. However, when my son has the app running on the iPad (it works, even though it's the iPhone app), he can see what the parents are watching and also remotely edit that. The dashboard session showed him logged in as "parents" but the app clearly showed he was logged in as himself. When I logged him out and in, the dashboard updated to show his name, but he could still see what we were watching. Any ideas why this would happen? I take it that this is not intentional behaviour?

I am having an issue with remote access vs accessing MB3 via WMC. I want to have a higher level of security when I log in remotely. I would like it to ask me at least for a password. I would prefer it didn't suggest an account name. But, I don't want to have to enter a PIN/Password when I go into MB3 from inside WMC. That becomes arduous when going back and forth from TV, Recorded TV and MB3. I have the profile set in MBC configurator to automatically log in. I have a password/PIN on the account. Each time I start MB3 from inside WMC it asks me for the PIN. What I want is to have it work without a login when I am home and watching MB3 through WMC, but for it to ask for a PW when I am remote. Is that possible? Kuebs

Just wanted to share this awesome app I just came across, Unified Remote. http://www.unifiedremote.com/ It easily gives you remote control access (over wifi or BT) to many media and windows programs, and mouse control, with NO LAG! I was about to buy an IR receiver and WMC remote to make my MB experience better, but this is better than that ever could be! Check it out! Unified Remote -site / server download Google Play Store For Android 1.5 or later -app Windows Phone Store For Windows Phone 7.5 & 8 -app

I've just been trying out the "Remote" function on the server web UI to control playback on MBC. The first time I use it, there are "Play", "Queue" and "View" buttons - but if I use the play button and then browse to another video and press the "Remote" button again, the three buttons are no longer visible. Same problem on chrome and IE. Even if I close and restart the client (MBC) the buttons are still missing. Refreshing the browser (F5) brings the buttons back next time I click "remote".