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SilverPeak

Hi,

 

Before Emby i used Serviio and also tried UMS quickly.

Serviio is pretty awesome, i loved using their product but it does require alot manual work to get proper transcoding work (if) your goal is to mainly use their webbrowser feature, also subtitles are a hit & miss with serviio.

 

Now i started using Emby and bought a $5 sub to see what's emby about

So far i really believe its the best media server you gonna get, i'm really satisfied about it! but there are things emby does wrong in my view and those things almost drove me away instantly.

 

Things i believe emby does wrong:

 

1. Emby does not see/allow harddisks owned by a root user as Library source. i own this dedicated server and use it as root so i was very surprised that i couldn't select my "/root/mediaserver" directory from the Emby first-run setup at the internet browser.. i actually had to log into my dedicated server tru ssh to copy files from /root/mediaserver to /home/newmediaserver using commands like

cp -r /root/mediaserver/Video/* "/home/newmediaserver/" to fix your limitation!!

 

My suggestion to fix this issue is that Emby detects that it's being installed by a root user and gives itself proper permission rights to access all directories. This would save me and other people alot of time setting up emby in the future.

 

2. Automated file metadata, i have to correct alot of files manually, this probably could use some improvement. The Indentify feature does help alot with correcting automated mistakes but i have to use this feature way too much.. Maybe make the automated detection use imdb more often or improve it.

 

3. Honestly, point #1 is actually the only problem that would have drove me away from Emby right at the start. You got a pretty solid system going, i really love how it works with the Xbox One app!

 

Keep up the good work!!

 

 

 

 

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BAlGaInTl

Hi,

 

Before Emby i used Serviio and also tried UMS quickly.

Serviio is pretty awesome, i loved using their product but it does require alot manual work to get proper transcoding work (if) your goal is to mainly use their webbrowser feature, also subtitles are a hit & miss with serviio.

 

Now i started using Emby and bought a $5 sub to see what's emby about

So far i really believe its the best media server you gonna get, i'm really satisfied about it! but there are things emby does wrong in my view and those things almost drove me away instantly.

 

Things i believe emby does wrong:

 

1. Emby does not see/allow harddisks owned by a root user as Library source. i own this dedicated server and use it as root so i was very surprised that i couldn't select my "/root/mediaserver" directory from the Emby first-run setup at the internet browser.. i actually had to log into my dedicated server tru ssh to copy files from /root/mediaserver to /home/newmediaserver using commands like

cp -r /root/mediaserver/Video/* "/home/newmediaserver/" to fix your limitation!!

 

My suggestion to fix this issue is that Emby detects that it's being installed by a root user and gives itself proper permission rights to access all directories. This would save me and other people alot of time setting up emby in the future.

 

2. Automated file metadata, i have to correct alot of files manually, this probably could use some improvement. The Indentify feature does help alot with correcting automated mistakes but i have to use this feature way too much.. Maybe make the automated detection use imdb more often or improve it.

 

3. Honestly, point #1 is actually the only problem that would have drove me away from Emby right at the start. You got a pretty solid system going, i really love how it works with the Xbox One app!

 

Keep up the good work!!

 

1. Why would you want that? Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to let any applications run as root.  Especially for a system that is also designed to be accessed by multiple users and outside locations.  Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it seems like a security risk to me.  I don't want any applications on my system running as root.  I would much rather spend the time properly setting up permissions.

 

2. I think the metadata is pretty good if you've named everything appropriately.  Is it something more obscure?  Can you give an example?

 

3. I think it's a solid option as well which is why I transitioned from Plex years ago.  It continues to grow, and the developers are very responsive.

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1. Why would you want that? Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to let any applications run as root.  Especially for a system that is also designed to be accessed by multiple users and outside locations.  Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it seems like a security risk to me.  I don't want any applications on my system running as root.  I would much rather spend the time properly setting up permissions.

 

2. I think the metadata is pretty good if you've named everything appropriately.  Is it something more obscure?  Can you give an example?

 

3. I think it's a solid option as well which is why I transitioned from Plex years ago.  It continues to grow, and the developers are very responsive.

1. I've seen people talking about using root before like it's some god forsaken thing, honestly its no problem to use root if you know what you're doing.

2. One file might've been wrongly named (Drug War 2013.mkv -> it actually was released in 2012) some other files named like this but with the correct year also got mismatched. Does adding the release year of a movie in the filename throw the system off?

3. Yeah aslong the price doesnt go above $5 for the entry sub its a reasonable option.

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1. I've seen people talking about using root before like it's some god forsaken thing, honestly its no problem to use root if you know what you're doing.

2. One file might've been wrongly named (Drug War 2013.mkv -> it actually was released in 2012) some other files named like this but with the correct year also got mismatched. Does adding the release year of a movie in the filename throw the system off?

3. Yeah aslong the price doesnt go above $5 for the entry sub its a reasonable option.

There's a reason why people react that way. It's one of the main reasons that Windows has been so historically insecure (accounts were admin by default). I'm not saying you can't do it, I'm just saying that I don't think it's a good "feature" for Emby because as you pointed out, you have to know what you are doing and do it right. Not everyone has that same level of expertise or forethought on the matter. If you need that for your system, can't you simply add the Emby user to the appropriate group? Or maybe you could create a share of the data and map that in Emby?

 

I've seen the wrong year cause issues before, so it is possible. Yes, when you first install Emby, it's likely that you will have to run down some identifications of metadata. If everything is set up right, you will only have to do that once. There's a good Wiki that includes naming guidance: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki

 

Personally, I tried out the free version... then I had to make a decision on buying Plex Lifetime or Emby Lifetime. I went with Emby for a few reasons.

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There's a reason why people react that way. It's one of the main reasons that Windows has been so historically insecure (accounts were admin by default). I'm not saying you can't do it, I'm just saying that I don't think it's a good "feature" for Emby because as you pointed out, you have to know what you are doing and do it right. Not everyone has that same level of expertise or forethought on the matter. If you need that for your system, can't you simply add the Emby user to the appropriate group? Or maybe you could create a share of the data and map that in Emby?

 

I've seen the wrong year cause issues before, so it is possible. Yes, when you first install Emby, it's likely that you will have to run down some identifications of metadata. If everything is set up right, you will only have to do that once. There's a good Wiki that includes naming guidance: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki

 

Personally, I tried out the free version... then I had to make a decision on buying Plex Lifetime or Emby Lifetime. I went with Emby for a few reasons.

 

I'm curious, what made you prefer Emby over Plex? a few friends of mine use plex and it seems very similiar to emby.

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Things i believe emby does wrong:

 

1. Emby does not see/allow harddisks owned by a root user as Library source. i own this dedicated server and use it as root so i was very surprised that i couldn't select my "/root/mediaserver" directory from the Emby first-run setup at the internet browser.. i actually had to log into my dedicated server tru ssh to copy files from /root/mediaserver to /home/newmediaserver using commands like

cp -r /root/mediaserver/Video/* "/home/newmediaserver/" to fix your limitation!!

 

My suggestion to fix this issue is that Emby detects that it's being installed by a root user and gives itself proper permission rights to access all directories. This would save me and other people alot of time setting up emby in the future.

You can configure the user and group Emby runs as; this user must have at least read and execute permissions on the folder where your media is stored. If you store metadata and images with your media, your Emby user will also need write permissions. I doubt that root is hard-coded as a no-go.

 

You've already heard most of the arguments against using root for your everyday user of choice, so I won't delve into that here.

 

2. Automated file metadata, i have to correct alot of files manually, this probably could use some improvement. The Indentify feature does help alot with correcting automated mistakes but i have to use this feature way too much.. Maybe make the automated detection use imdb more often or improve it.

Emby's auto-identify gets hints from folder and file names then augments this with imdb and other online databases. If you follow the conventions laid out in the wiki Emby does a decent job.

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I'm curious, what made you prefer Emby over Plex? a few friends of mine use plex and it seems very similiar to emby.

A couple of things.

 

1. I could see even a couple years ago that Plex was getting big and there were rumors of new forces features (news etc) that I wasn't crazy about. In addition, I wasn't able to just connect to my own server very easily remotely. I had to have a Plex account to even use the software effectively.

 

2. Emby had working Live TV before Plex. That was a primary interest of mine. Prior to Emby I had a combination of multiple different systems (including Plex) doing live TV and it was a bit of a pain to keep them all working together.

 

I ran both Plex and Emby side by side for a few months. Then I just determined which one I ended up using more, as well as which I thought had the better future potential. Emby came out ahead in nearly every category except for popularity.

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