Luke 38345 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 By default, Windows Store Applications are not allowed to send network traffic to the local Computer (localhost 127.0.0.1) To circumvent this restriction you need to allow loopback for Emby Theater in Windows. To do this, just download the "Windows 8 Loopback Exemption Manager" https://www.telerik.com/fiddler/add-ons Once downloaded, just run the Windows8LoopbackManager.exe file. Look for Emby Theater in the list of apps. mark the checkbox and click save. Now go back to Emby Theater and you'll be able to connect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmarcuse 4 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 After installing the following update: Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB3194496) The loopback manager comes up empty Neither emby theater or the theater app will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasoon 9 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Is this still the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 38345 Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 This is still required, but the loopback tool works fine in my testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat2001 20 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Can I ask out of curiosity, why you would use the store app rather than installing Emby Theater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigodieison 0 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Can I ask out of curiosity, why you would use the store app rather than installing Emby Theater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 38345 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 The store app will generally be easier on windows surface tablets. On desktop computers I would suggest using our desktop app that is downloaded from our website. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yericus 1 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) There is not more executable file available anywhere on your links, please give us another solution to make the windows store app work on a local machine ? --> for all those looking for an available loopback tool : https://www.telerik.com/fiddler/add-ons Install it, it will launch at the end of installation, or run the program yourself Launch windows store Emby app Hit refresh in the loopback tool Select and click the checkbox for Emby theater (if both clients are running ... close the desktop app) Hit save You are done. Took me 2 weeks to have that fixed so hopefully this will help some people (but windows store app does not display pictures when scrolling so just stick with the dektop app !) Credits to Wilhelm : https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/55504-windows-10-loopback-exemption-manager/&do=findComment&comment=539693 Edited January 16, 2019 by Yericus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 38345 Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 FYI the server has this built in and the new 4.0 release has made some fixes for it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0dyr0ck2006 57 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Still doesn’t work for me with server version 4.0.2.0. Trying to manually connect and no dice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 38345 Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 Still doesn’t work for me with server version 4.0.2.0. Trying to manually connect and no dice What exactly doesn't' work for you? did you read the first post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0dyr0ck2006 57 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Didn’t want to have to install other things to make this work as it should’ve worked out of the box. Downloaded Theater from the website and all is working again, seems a native issue with the windows App Store version Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 38345 Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 Did you read the first post? The store app can't just make itself work due to security measures put in place by Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokabard 0 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) Did you read the first post? The store app can't just make itself work due to security measures put in place by Microsoft. Then how is it that the Plex store app works just fine with the Plex Media Server on the same machine? I thought I would give Emby a try, but was really disappointed when it didn't work. Had to go back to Plex... PS After writing this, I thought I would give Emby another try with the desktop application (mentioned in some posts above). So I re-installed the server and downloaded and installed the old .exe app, only to find out that it requires a paid subscription to play my files(!!!). Am I missing something? Is Emby not free like Plex? Again, what a disappointment... Edited April 25, 2019 by rokabard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 38345 Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 I apologize for the disappointment. We work very hard on Emby and we thank you for your support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillout 91 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Rather than using a loopback extension maybe there is an easy way to hard-code the instructions into the system. Below is a script from silicon dust DVRs how to circumvent the issue and possibly the developers here could provide instructions that would work with Emby: HDHomeRun app (Win10) - does not find DVR Please right click on the Start menu icon and select Windows PowerShell (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin). Run the following command: CheckNetIsolation LoopbackExempt -a -n=”ef712ba7.hdhomerundvr_23nna27hyxhag” You should get a response of “OK.” Open the app and check to see if you can then access the DVR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 38345 Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 We have the server doing something similar when it detects discovery attempts from the windows store app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkss12 298 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Hard to believe that in 2022 we still have to use the loop-back app to get the server/client working on the same machine. I was sent a new Mini PC to test and I am trying Emby Theater on this PC, but fist issue was the loop-back issue. I have more issues that I will post on the appropriate thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 38345 Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 17 minutes ago, clarkss12 said: Hard to believe that in 2022 we still have to use the loop-back app to get the server/client working on the same machine. I was sent a new Mini PC to test and I am trying Emby Theater on this PC, but fist issue was the loop-back issue. I have more issues that I will post on the appropriate thread. The server registers the loopback exception for the app so you don't need to use some other app for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworkz 3882 Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 The new Emby Theater beta does this automatically for itself. (I found a loophole for doing it without elevation) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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