Happy2Play 8272 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Emby preview works great on the Roku 3 as previously posted, but it fails to launch on the Roku Ultra. I get the Emby Preview splash page, but after about 4 seconds, I get dropped back to the Roku channel screen. I don't see anything in the server logs since it never gets that far. What firmware is your Ultra on? I bet it is still on 7.2 and this app requires 7.5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclausen 41 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Ah, the Ultra is on 7.22. It has been in operation since October of last year. When I do a "Check for updates" it says everything is up to date. Is there a way to force it to update to 7.5? I have 3 Roku 3's and they are all on 7.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 The app is marked in their system as requiring 7.5 but, it appears, that is informational only... :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclausen 41 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Hmm, it seems that others with the Ultra started auto updating to 7.51 mid December. Guess I need to contact them to see what can be done to get mine updated. I know the latest generation Roku's were held back for a period from receiving the 7.5 update due to some issues still being worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHSPVR 119 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 That a dumber I have Ultra but I haven't had time to install and check it out Windows 10 beta they keep me a bit to busy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonesuper 0 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Are their any plans to bring the preview to the newer now tv box via source? I have the rebadged roku 3 but obviously it has no access to the private roku channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Are their any plans to bring the preview to the newer now tv box via source? I have the rebadged roku 3 but obviously it has no access to the private roku channel Sorry, but we can't be sure at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonesuper 0 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Sorry, but we can't be sure at this time. any chance i could beta test it, if its source? Or is this going the way of the roku only plex app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speechles 1917 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) any chance i could beta test it, if its source? Or is this going the way of the roku only plex app?It wont run on nowTV until sky get firmware 7.5x on their devices. So even if you could sideload the zip, it would give a compile error trying to install it. If you could install, it would immediately crash on launch. Also, yes, you are correct the current TV apps (ios,android,roku) are all closed source. If you were expecting emby universe to be entirely open source, get ready to be disappointed. One of the things people mention is they prefer emby because it is open source. Well, no it isnt. Blame competition stealing from the code, blame poorly written code they dont want you to laugh at. Gotta blame it on something, blame it on the rain. Edited January 19, 2017 by speechles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koleckai Silvestri 1150 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) Used the beta for several hours last night catching up on some television episodes. Didn't encounter any problems and everything worked well even subtitles. Will have to check it out with a few 1080p movies over the weekend. Edited January 19, 2017 by Koleckai Silvestri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggierat 18 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Is there any chance of using this on the Telstra TV? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLDreiling 16 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 It wont run on nowTV until sky get firmware 7.5x on their devices. So even if you could sideload the zip, it would give a compile error trying to install it. If you could install, it would immediately crash on launch. Also, yes, you are correct the current TV apps (ios,android,roku) are all closed source. If you were expecting emby universe to be entirely open source, get ready to be disappointed. One of the things people mention is they prefer emby because it is open source. Well, no it isnt. Blame competition stealing from the code, blame poorly written code they dont want you to laugh at. Gotta blame it on something, blame it on the rain. I think Emby does a pretty good job walking a fine line between stability/consistency of experience and openness. Happy to trade "full open source" for the kind of access we have to the dev team through the forums and the quality of the first-party experiences, especially when the platform remains open enough for you to push out the amazing Blue Neon Night and 7Illusions can keep making Ember a premier app on W10/M. I think it'll be when they start closing off important APIs to third-party devs or blocking third-party apps from release on "unsupported" platforms that I'll lose faith. And I say this as an 7-year-and-counting Windows Phone user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Guys, the wife and I reckon the new app is looking awesome. She's hoping there will be a way to create or import music playlists - play and shuffle them In 1.19 of the beta preview app you can now browse around while music plays and add items to the current queue. Coming soon will be the ability to then save the current audio queue as a playlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Today's update starts to expand the Live TV implementation. No recording management and no guide yet (except that you can see upcoming programs for a channel on that channel's detail screen) but you can start to see the Live TV features taking shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 With last night's update, you should have started to see the home screen react to activity in the app - like refreshing next up and continue watching after playback. That same behavior will soon be in the library screens as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaise 304 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Just a delete button for the LIveTV library only and we are all done in my house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37046 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I think you guys will like this teaser of a major feature of the new app: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/44349-teaser/ Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdiesel 1113 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Is the Roku thumbnail plugin still needed with the beta app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Is the Roku thumbnail plugin still needed with the beta app? If you want the during playback thumbnails, then yes. Roku has not changed their implementation of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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