madas 0 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Hello, Is there a way to tell the W10 application to only sync while connected to Wi-Fi? My windows 10 laptop has LTE built-in and emby seems to be using it to complete the synced item transfer. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Currently we let windows decide when the background transfers occur but yes we can look at adding a setting for this in a future update. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madas 0 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) Thanks. I'm new to Emby and thus far it has been an excellent experience. I'm curious about the sync jobs. Do I have to keep the application in the foreground for it to sync? it seems that when I'm doing other things on the computer it stops (according to the network traffic monitor). In some cases I have to go to Settings-->Manage Download to get the sync to start. Is there another way to get it to start? or a timer? Edited May 23, 2018 by madas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 No, you don't have to keep it in the foreground but Windows might be pausing it if thinks other applications need the resources. I wonder if there's a windows setting that could be used to prevent this from happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madas 0 Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 Also, if I leave Emby open and go into standby it doesn't seem to start the download again until I either go to the Settings-->Manage Download page or close and reopen the app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 It will run periodically, however as mentioned, Windows may decide to skip over one of the runs if it thinks system resources are needed elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) We're planning on a taking a trip soon and wanted to bring a couple laptops on the airplane. In the past erratic sync behavior has taught me just to copy the files over the old fashioned way and leave Emby Theater out of it. What is the state of sync today? I'm planning to plug a couple Windows 10 laptops into my ethernet switch and let them sync overnight. Presuming that is what will actually happen. Also, where do the files end up? How do I remove the sync'd files from within Emby so as to free up the disk space on the client when I am done? Thanks, Edited June 6, 2018 by lifespeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 You can configure the download location from inside the app, so they'll go wherever you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) You can configure the download location from inside the app, so they'll go wherever you like. Can the downloads be deleted or managed in any way from inside Emby Theater? Stopped if an error was made? Edited June 7, 2018 by lifespeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Yes you can both play and delete downloads from inside emby theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Yes you can both play and delete downloads from inside emby theater. This doesn't seem to be the case. If Emby Theater can't connect to the server it won't do anything, including play previously-downloaded content. Tried to use it on the airplane, wouldn't get past "can't connect to the server". Fortunately other video players were installed, but as an offline as well as online solution, Emby isn't there yet. If one wants to watch content without the server, don't try to do it with Emby. The old way of manually transferring files and using a reliable player like MPC-BE is still the way to go. Edited June 13, 2018 by lifespeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Instead of trying to connect to a server, there is a My Downloads button on the server selection screen that will allow you to play without a connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Instead of trying to connect to a server, there is a My Downloads button on the server selection screen that will allow you to play without a connection. On Emby Theater desktop 3.01 there is no such option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Also tried an iOS client, iPad air running iOS 11.4. Here there is an option to play downloads . . . if one can get them to the iPad. A workaround that is fine for the PC; copy and play with another player, is not so easily available for the iPad. I was able to get a couple movies transcoded and transferred to the iPad. But when I deleted those movies downloaded to the ipad to free up space and tried to copy a couple more it failed. The first movie transcoded, then just shows "ready to transfer" for the movie that was already transcoded. The second movie is "queued". I notice when the screen times out on the ipad Emby Server no longer shows it as connected. Not sure what is going on here but transferring of the transcoded movies doesn't appear to happen reliably. One movie might transfer, but the rest will languish. I know Emby is a major software project, and the offline aspect may not be the highest priority. And I guess that is fine by me, it certainly isn't they way I use Emby the most. When resources do become available this is one aspect of the software that doesn't quite work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 On Emby Theater desktop 3.01 there is no such option. Correct, only the windows store app has this feature, as far as windows apps go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 As far as iOS goes, yes we are aware that the progress display for downloads needs to be improved and this is something we're working on. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 As far as iOS goes, yes we are aware that the progress display for downloads needs to be improved and this is something we're working on. Thanks. I think there is more to it than just a progress indicator, the actual progress towards completing the download is not happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Correct, only the windows store app has this feature, as far as windows apps go. May I suggest the menu option in Emby Theater (desktop) offering to download media locally for playback is somewhat deceiving, as apparently this function is not functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 @@lifespeed, why do you feel this way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 When I tried to use it Emby Theater crashed, I had to sign out to recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 How exactly did you create the crash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 I navigated to a recorded TV show I wanted to download using a laptop from outside my network, clicked the three-dot menu, and selected download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 This happened at the individual episode level or series level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 An individual episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 If you try again, does it happen again? I tested this right after you mentioned it and didn't see any problems. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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