Promoting Emby

[ebr 15665]

Thanks for the link.

 

"Less user-friendly than Kodi" - that hurts .

[swhitmore 781]

For anyone testing Emby Theatre on the Windows UWP, follow this link to the store page and leave a review.

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/emby-theater/9nblggh4t70l

[im85288 1493]

"Less user-friendly than Kodi" - that hurts .

I have to agree with the comment above...but most people around here would not be shocked at that

Edited September 7, 2016 by im85288

[CBers 7114]

Thanks for the link.

 

"Less user-friendly than Kodi" - that hurts .

 

I have to agree with the comment above...but most people around here would not be shocked at that

 

Sorry Ian, but I have to agree with Eric on that one.

 

Kodi must be the most unfriendly UI I've ever used, which is why I chose Emby (MediaBrowser as it then was) all those years back

[swhitmore 781]

After using Kodi for quite awhile, it was definetly harder to both setup and use then Emby Theatre.

[im85288 1493]

Sorry Ian, but I have to agree with Eric on that one.

 

Kodi must be the most unfriendly UI I've ever used, which is why I chose Emby (MediaBrowser as it then was) all those years back

 

I think this is like the marmite analogy....you either love it or hate it. And of course pretty hard to compare since Kodi is more standard across devices (ie whatever skin you use on linux/mac/libreelec etc etc gives you the same experience throughout) Emby is getting there but has different apps for android, different for windows, different for roku, different for samsung tv etc etc

 

For a standard consistent flexible UX experience for a user across multiple platforms I don' think it can be beaten.....but I'm certain many will disagree

[swhitmore 781]

Emby is getting there but has different apps for android, different for windows, different for roku, different for samsung tv etc etc

 

Emby Theatre is pretty much there now though. I use it on my Android phone, Windows HTPC, Surface Pro 4, the web app when I'm on my work laptop, and now the Xbox One. The UI is standard across all of these. The best part is that there is very minimal setup required.

 

While I did like Kodi when Emby Theatre was still in development, it was an absolute PITA to setup, and never worked correctly either (I was never able to get Next Up working properly)

Edited September 7, 2016 by swhitmore

[im85288 1493]

It was an absolute PITA to setup, and never worked correctly either (I was never able to get Next Up working properly)

 

I guess it;s not for everyone...especially not on these forums    I don't want to get into too many details but I have been PM'd a fair few times on the Kodi forums with the opposite opinion...anyway as I said some love it..some hate it!

 

Next Up I developed and can't recall you posting about it....it works fine for a huge number of users (I won't reveal the number of downloads...but it's massive!)...most likely issue is you used Emby for Kodi without direct paths...which I'm afraid is not the native kodi experience as it misses out on quite a few features that Kodi relies on when direct paths are used.

[swhitmore 781]

Sorry, not the next up plugin, but just showing the next video you're watching.

 

I reported that one a number of times.

Edited September 7, 2016 by swhitmore

[CBers 7114]

...anyway as I said some love it..some hate it!

 

Agree.

 

My son loves it and has used it for years, but I finally managed to get him to use Emby server as the backend and the Emby for Kodi plugin, so now he has the best of both worlds

[Vidman 590]

Emby Theatre is pretty much there now though. I use it on my Android phone, Windows HTPC, Surface Pro 4, the web app when I'm on my work laptop, and now the Xbox One. The UI is standard across all of these. The best part is that there is very minimal setup required.

 

While I did like Kodi when Emby Theatre was still in development, it was an absolute PITA to setup, and never worked correctly either (I was never able to get Next Up working properly)

How are you using theatre on android?

[swhitmore 781]

Not theatre, but a consistent UI.

[Vidman 590]

Oh

[Luke 40079]

Not theatre, but a consistent UI.

You haven't commented yet on the new bottom tabs in the android beta.

[swhitmore 781]

Ah, I haven't tried the beta yet. I'll give that a go tomorrow.

 

I started a thread on Reddit about the Xbox One app. It's getting some traction, but it would be worth posting there.

 

https://reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/51kfpw/emby_theatre_is_now_in_the_xbox_one_store/

[Luke 40079]

FYI.

 

Emby mention in blog I ran across today.

 

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/home-theatre-media-center-software/

 

The chromecast issues are resolved, in case anyone wants to respond to that blog and ask them to take another look.

[Blueeyiz702 220]

I must speak up and say this about Emby, its the one Media Platform that never seems to get caught up in all

the negative talks that go on about Pirating, That's why Promoting it is such a plus,there ain't much negative to say if anything about the platform! It's awesome

and i'm sure with all the break thru's its made and the world class dev's we have it can do nothing but grow and grow! #TeamEmby

Edited February 17, 2017 by blueeyiz7021

[Luke 40079]

Thanks for the feedback !

[Koleckai Silvestri 1151]

Nice writeup at Windows Central today.

 

http://www.windowscentral.com/emby-media-center-windows

[ebr 15665]

Yeah, not bad at all.  Thanks.

[Spaceboy 2565]

Although the fact you can get a lifetime licence isn't mentioned and per the comments that is putting some people off

[Guest asrequested]

Linus gives Emby a mention

 

[Luke 40079]

Cool, thanks !

[jasonmcroy 315]

Thought maybe a few of us could make some comments. There seems to be pretty sparse data in each category they listed and left tons of stuff out that Emby can do and does well.

 

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/emby-vs-plex/

[CBers 7114]

Thought maybe a few of us could make some comments. There seems to be pretty sparse data in each category they listed and left tons of stuff out that Emby can do and does well.

 

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/emby-vs-plex/

Hopefully Luke and @@ebr can have a read and see if there's anything they'd like to change, so that Emby is more competitive than Plex.

 

Saying that, I have used both of them and there's no way I'd ever go over to fully using Plex.

 

It's not just because of the time and effort I've given to Emby over the last x number of years, but the fact that there is more functionality available in Emby that isn't in Plex.