123mb 0 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Here's what I'd like to achieve: Using Emby's browser UI on my phone, I want to select an album and play it on the machine hosting Emby (which has a sound card and external speakers). In other words, I'm only using my phone to select tunes but want them played on the Windows PC hosting Emby. The way I've been able to do that now is by running an instance of Windows Media Player on the host machine. This makes it visible as a DLNA renderer (client). From my phone, Emby's browser UI recognizes Windows Media Player as a target for casting; I can cast the selected music to Windows Media Player (and the sound emerges from the speakers connected to the host machine). It works but it's not ideal. To have Windows Media Player operate as a renderer/client, it must run as an application and not a Windows Service. Therefore the host machine needs to have an active user session with an open instance of Windows Media Player. If for whatever reason the app is closed or the user session is logged out, the DLNA renderer ceases to exist and I can no longer cast to it. Ideally, Emby itself would appear as a DLNA renderer/client for the host machine and I could cast to it. It appears this is not currently possible but maybe I just don't know how to do configure it properly. If it is truly not possible, then I'm open to suggestions on how to play music on the host machine. Perhaps there's an available Windows DLNA client that can run as a service? Edited December 12, 2019 by 123mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37994 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Hi, no, but we've had interest in doing this for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123mb 0 Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 Thanks for your prompt reply. OK, so at the current moment to solution is to run a DLNA client on Emby's host machine so that Emby can cast to it. The challenge now is to find a DLNA client that can run as a service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37994 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Yes that is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmbyPenguin 10 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Hi, Sorry for digging this up, but that was a question I would like to ask also. I would like to be able to cast to Emby (player or server) from a third-party app. I can do this from the Emby client on the remote : it can cast to the Emby player on the Android device. But third party apps do not detect it Weird as I think at some point I have been able to do it Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37994 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 On 5/17/2024 at 12:54 PM, EmbyPenguin said: Hi, Sorry for digging this up, but that was a question I would like to ask also. I would like to be able to cast to Emby (player or server) from a third-party app. I can do this from the Emby client on the remote : it can cast to the Emby player on the Android device. But third party apps do not detect it Weird as I think at some point I have been able to do it Regards. Hi, that is correct. This is currently not possible, but it does come up every now and then and is possible for future updates. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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