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First I want to start this out with I am a long time Plex user (Plexpass lifetime) now turned Plex refugee, the latest changes they are making is the last straw on the camels back for me. So I have turned to Emby for my media hosting needs. I have been running them side by side (Unraid Docker) for about a week now and only have a few issues and questions before I pull the trigger and buy Emby Premiere Lifetime and drop Plex all together. At first glance Emby seems great, really love the simple and clean UI with just my media and nothing else is huge for me but I did run into a bigger issue that is causing me hesitation to fully switch so I just wanted to ask the community if it was just me or if Emby just doesn't support it. I have tried looking googling, looking through the wiki and the forums for an answer but can't find a solution. #1. Issue: I have the latest Gen Apple TV 4K running the native Emby app and having issue playing content in HDR / DV, now let me be clear the content does play but it is not sending the signal to my TV (LG C2 OLED) to switch to either DV or HDR depending on the content (I have it by default in standard range for just normal use / browsing / TV Shows). I am using the latest version of Emby server (4.8.1.0) on Unraid docker. Now I know this should / can work because it does work with the Plex app with all the same devices and same content files as well as I have tried it with infuse and it works as well. I really like the UI of the native Emby app (the library viewing options which infuse doesn't have) so I would prefer I get it sent up correctly in that app. If it doesn't support it all together then I will have to use the infuse app because almost all my movies are in DV or HDR but I would really prefer to not have to jump between two apps depending on the content I am watching. #2. Smaller questions I have (probably a setting or option I have missed) is it possible to hide the Folder view under movies and tv show library and same goes with episode view in Tv shows libraries I have a latest TV shows list on my home screen and can't find an option to have it at an episode level rather than a show level, so I would see what is the latest tv episode added but do not group them together unless a whole season is added at once. This is how plex's recently added tv show works by default TLDR: switching to Emby from Plex and have issues playing HDR and DV content on Apple TV OS using native Emby app, it does not switch the color range of the TV based on the content playing.

Now that Emby (beta) gets the Dolby Vision Full profile information - can we get the Apps to show the ExtendedVideoSubtype if it exists rather than just say 'Dolby Vision' - which continues to cause confusion and frequent posts why media items do not play correctly - especially for DV Profile 5. I've put the full list of DV possible configuration items below and what I would suggest the App displays instead of just 'Dolby Vision' @softworkz I know you are thinking along these lines as well - anything you wish to add ? Thanks ---- { "Items": [ { "MediaSources": [ { "MediaStreams": [ HDR10 "ExtendedVideoType": "Hdr10", "ExtendedVideoSubtype": "Hdr10", App display = HDR10 Dolby Vison Profile 4.2 "ExtendedVideoType": "DolbyVision", "ExtendedVideoSubtype": "DoviProfile42", App display = DolbyVision+SDR Dolby Vision Profile 5.0 "ExtendedVideoType": "DolbyVision", "ExtendedVideoSubtype": "DoviProfile50", App display = DolbyVision Only Dolby Vision Profile 7.6 "ExtendedVideoType": "DolbyVision", "ExtendedVideoSubtype": "DoviProfile76", App display = DolbyVision+HDR10 Dolby Vison Profile 8.1 "ExtendedVideoType": "DolbyVision", "ExtendedVideoSubtype": "DoviProfile81", App display = DolbyVision+HDR10 Dolby Vison Profile 8.2 "ExtendedVideoType": "DolbyVision", "ExtendedVideoSubtype": "DoviProfile82", App display = DolbyVision+SDR Dolby Vison Profile 8.4 "ExtendedVideoType": "DolbyVision", "ExtendedVideoSubtype": "DoviProfile84", App display = DolbyVision+HLG Dolby Vison Profile 9.2 "ExtendedVideoType": "DolbyVision", "ExtendedVideoSubtype": "DoviProfile84", App display = DolbyVision+SDR