Choosing Server Emby for WMC

[PeteS457 0]

Due to the number of streaming devices I use in my home now, I rarely use the Emby for WMC plugin that I used to use all the time. I run two Emby servers in my home - a backup (or "test") server and my primary server my all my devices attach to for real-time use. I noticed today that when I used EMC, it automatically attached to the backup/test server (located on same machine as EMC). I have EMC configured to "Find automatically", but I'm given no choice when it loads. Isn't it supposed to? All my other device clients can attach to both servers. (And yes,  I can access the primary server across the network from the machine hosting EMC by going to 192.168.xx.xx:8096 from a browser.)

A little help here, how can I can the startup server in EMC? Thanks.

[ebr 14910]

Hi.  Can that machine see the other server?  It sounds like maybe the only one it can see is the local one.  Try setting the logon to show a login screen.

[PeteS457 0]

Thanks for the response. As I stated in the original post, the machine running WMC/EMC can see the machine on the network running the primary server. I can go to a browser and put in the network address of the remote/primary server I want to connect with (192.168.xx.xx:8096) and it brings up the remote/primary server's dashboard. However, it seems like EMC for whatever reason can not see the remote server and just automatically connects to the local/backup server. I have been using the login screen for EMC and it brings up the 3 user names associated with the local/backup server - and that's all. If that's where it's supposed to ask me which server to connect with, it doesn't. Once again I have it configured to "Find automatically" in the configurator. The only other option is the local/backup server.

[ebr 14910]

When I said it couldn't "see" it I meant EMC could not automatically detect it.  Is something blocking UDP on the server machine or network?

[PeteS457 0]

So....I have worked around the problem. I shutdown WMC, then I shutdown the local/backup Emby server, restarted WMC, and when I selected EMC, it immediately connected to the primary server on the network. I'm thinking this is not supposed to be the way it works, but at least I have a solution to the problem.

Thanks for your help. (And no, nothing blocking UDP on server machine.)