Quick Connect

[Przemek 63]

Hello, is it possible to implement in Emby Quick Connect option like in Jellyfin or other apps for smart tv's? Sometimes it's difficult to put long passwords on some devices.
Regards.

[Luke 39667]

HI, is this on the same local network as the emby server?

[Przemek 63]

Hi @Luke are You asking about smart tv and emby server? So Yes, my is on the same local network but other users not.

Regards.

[mturcotteinfo 0]

Some people have difficult to connect because my url is long fir smart tv. So if we can use quickconnect for logging quickly for people who don't live with me. 
 

with jellyfin we can do it.  I wonder why we can't do it with emby.

 

regards.

[ebr 15580]

Hi.  We already have Emby Connect for this purpose.

[Przemek 63]

27 minutes ago, ebr said:

Hi.  We already have Emby Connect for this purpose.

Hi, Emby Connect is nice but sometimes cause troubles and it's difficult for some users.

It will be great to have very easy connection:

Just open Emby on smartphone or browser and generate PIN that will put in TV.

Regards.

[Robert87354 13]

I was thinking of giving Emby a chance, but Jellyfin seems to be better, Emby looks like Plex every time, he doesn't see the need for users, Emby Connect is not a solution, it complicates it.

[Przemek 63]

14 minutes ago, Robert87354 said:

I was thinking of giving Emby a chance, but Jellyfin seems to be better, Emby looks like Plex every time, he doesn't see the need for users, Emby Connect is not a solution, it complicates it.

Jellyfin is fork of Emby so they both looks the same. Plex is different and more complicated and problematic.

[CloudWing93 27]

On 1/15/2023 at 7:41 AM, ebr said:

Hi.  We already have Emby Connect for this purpose.

Emby connect also only works for that that use it for authentication. It would be nice to have a solution that would work with local auth.

[AWG97 1]

On 1/15/2023 at 8:11 PM, ebr said:

Hi.  We already have Emby Connect for this purpose.

Does that mean each local user needs to be connected to an Emby Connect account? I try to avoid setting up Emby Connect since it confuses users by requiring two sets of credentials to log in.Even if I set users to log in solely via Emby Connect, it will eventually ask for local credentials, especially when switching profiles.

I want to get this working with the least friction for users.

[Luke 39667]

3 minutes ago, AWG97 said:

Does that mean each local user needs to be connected to an Emby Connect account? I try to avoid setting up Emby Connect since it confuses users by requiring two sets of credentials to log in.Even if I set users to log in solely via Emby Connect, it will eventually ask for local credentials, especially when switching profiles.

I want to get this working with the least friction for users.

HI, Emby Connect is a purely optional feature. You are not required to use it if you don't want to.

What ebr was saying was that one user asked for a pin code sign in process for TV's, and that's exactly what the Emby Connect feature does.

[CloudWing93 27]

On 2/25/2024 at 10:48 PM, Luke said:

HI, Emby Connect is a purely optional feature. You are not required to use it if you don't want to.

What ebr was saying was that one user asked for a pin code sign in process for TV's, and that's exactly what the Emby Connect feature does.

While it is true that currently with emby connect you can use a pin to connect a TV quickly to your account it is also true that you cannot use a PIN for local only users. There are several users in this thread that are requesting a TV pin option for local users as well.

[Luke 39667]

HI, we are working on a newer and easier login method so stay tuned.

[CloudWing93 27]

On 4/1/2024 at 10:16 PM, Luke said:

HI, we are working on a newer and easier login method so stay tuned.

That is great news. I'll keep an eye on the beta releases. It's not really related to this feature request but I hope the new login changes will also merge the host and the port when adding a server in the apps. There's not really a reason to have them separate and since I don't use emby connect my users usually get caught up on changing the port to 443.

Edited April 5, 2024 by CloudWing93

[SanderA 0]

On 02/04/2024 at 07:16, Luke said:

HI, we are working on a newer and easier login method so stay tuned.

Didn't want to make a new topic since search already brought me here. As a suggestion - I'm already using Emby Connect and entering the pin in the browser works, but there could be an option to input this pin in the phone apps as well (maybe under the profile picture button-menu?). The app is already logged in anyway and I wouldn't have to type my user and password into a separate browser every time I'm adding a new device. Unless you are thinking of something even simpler for the future.

[Luke 39667]

3 hours ago, SanderA said:

Didn't want to make a new topic since search already brought me here. As a suggestion - I'm already using Emby Connect and entering the pin in the browser works, but there could be an option to input this pin in the phone apps as well (maybe under the profile picture button-menu?). The app is already logged in anyway and I wouldn't have to type my user and password into a separate browser every time I'm adding a new device. Unless you are thinking of something even simpler for the future.

Hi, yes I agree that makes sense. Thanks for the feedback.

[themandalorian 2]

Hi, is there any news on this topic ?

[Luke 39667]

On 1/21/2025 at 6:00 PM, themandalorian said:

Hi, is there any news on this topic ?

HI, not yet but stay tuned.