How to downgrade to previous release

[xavier 1]

Hi Guy's

 

Can anybody help revert back to the previous version of emby (prior to m3u changes in the latest ones) i'm currently on the latest beta.

 

my users are struggling to play anything from tv guide/channels just spins or black screen whether they use external player or not and on most devices..

 

i'm running linux ubuntu 16.04 and would like to revert back but i have never done this before only ever updated.

 

any help or guidance would be gratefully recieved

 

p.s my playlist is unlimited and is working fine in plex/and other apps like smart iptv app etc so i know it isnt that, seems to be this new m3u limit system that is causing me to only have 1 stream at a time unsure why as set it to 0-unlimited and even tried 500/800/ users etc still nothing?...

 

 

regards

Edited November 28, 2017 by xavier

[xavier 1]

Hi guys,

Can anyone help me out with downgrading to previous version prior to the m3u changes in the latest and beta version .40 need to go back to .36

I have never had to downgrade before so unsure how the quickest and easiest way Is? I'm running on Linux 16.04 Ubuntu server, anybody got a working script to downgrade or how to I do it manually?

 

Thank you for your time

 

Regards

[SkyBehind 23]

I went from .40 to .36 by just installing the .deb file over .40.  It downgraded it, no problem and nothing more to it.

[xavier 1]

Where would I find the deb file in the server?

[tdiguy 96]

What OS is your server running?

[SkyBehind 23]

I'm running Ubuntu Server 16.04.  The .deb file is found under the download section, follow the instructions.  https://emby.media/linux-server.html

 

I can't remember whether I had to use "sudo" in front of the install command, just thought I'd mention it in case you run it, it doesn't work, and you don't think to use "sudo".

[xavier 1]

so i tried this sudo dpkg -i  emby-server-deb_3.2.36.0_amd64.deb, just getting this error

 

am i doing it correctly?

[xavier 1]

normally i use this from source code: sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/emby/xUbuntu_16.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/emby-server.list"

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install emby-server    to update it

 

not letting me downgrade so must doing doing something wrong, never done it before so if you can show me where i'm going wrong that would be great..thanks

[tdiguy 96]

You will need to do the following.

cd ~/Downloads

wget https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/releases/download/3.2.36.0/emby-server-deb_3.2.36.0_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i emby-server-deb_3.2.36.0_amd64.deb

[xavier 1]

hi thanks but getting this error

[dcrdev 251]

hi thanks but getting this error

 

That's because the link has been truncated by the forum software, as @@tdiguy hasn't put it in a code block, your not actually downloading anything.

 

Start again:

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/releases/download/3.2.36.0/emby-server-deb_3.2.36.0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i emby-server-deb_3.2.36.0_amd64.deb

[xavier 1]

thankyou getting somewhere now but came across this now

[dcrdev 251]

Try this instead:

sudo dpkg --force-downgrade -i emby-server-deb_3.2.36.0_amd64.deb

[xavier 1]

thanks tried it and got this

[dcrdev 251]

I'm not a debian guy, but you could try:

sudo apt-get purge emby-server

Before running dpkg again...

[xavier 1]

thanks still seem to be struggling

[dcrdev 251]

Oh I see you've installed the beta version...

 

Do this then try dpkg

sudo apt-get purge emby-server-beta

[xavier 1]

ok thank you that as now downgraded is there a way of downgrading without wiping it clean , content, users etc

[dcrdev 251]

It shouldn't wipe content - all application data is contained in /var/lib/emby; that should remain untouched.

[tdiguy 96]

Normally for me i have been able to switch versions just using dpkg, but i also have not installed using the repository on this system at all. It might be a good idea for you also, i suspect installing using the repository makes it more difficult to revert without wiping out the emby server.

 

It is slightly more work but you can check the site:

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby/releases

for updates

then download them on the server and install with dpkg -i

I suspect if you dont use the repo that you can probably switch versions with ease, I myself run ubuntu 16 and that is how i change versions.

Edited November 29, 2017 by tdiguy

[xavier 1]

It shouldn't wipe content - all application data is contained in /var/lib/emby; that should remain untouched.

yeah not showing any users , content , but strange thing is there is somebody streaming live tv even tho now showing any guest in list lol least i know live tv is working