davesurfer 14 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Hi! I'm setting up an Amazon Fire Stick and will want to use the Emby app to stream content from my Emby server. I'm not familiar with how apps generally work in this manner, but does the Emby Amazon Fire app stream content using the local network or does it have to use the internet? I'm hoping it can connect to the Emby server locally as I wouldn't want it to waste Internet bandwidth to stream from my own local server. Let me know thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Sammy 735 Posted January 26, 2021 Solution Share Posted January 26, 2021 You need a Internet connection but Emby streams over your LAN if both the server and client are on the same LAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14912 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Hi. Please let us know if this answers your question. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrwalte 17 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 technically you don't even need an internet connection. You can connect to server manually using IP and don't need to use the emby connect feature. Good to know if your internet goes down and you still want to watch and it won't connect by using the connect feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 735 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 You need an internet connection to use Emby Premiere so it can be validated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesurfer 14 Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, ebr said: Hi. Please let us know if this answers your question. Thanks. Very much so thanks guys! I'm thinking of using the HTPC just for the server and run the Emby app off of the Firestick, also I need a new receiver. Running Emby Theater from the HTPC is getting more and more glitchy, and I don't want to have to deal with some of the Windows/PC problems and need something that's more reliable. Edited January 26, 2021 by davesurfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 54 minutes ago, Sammy said: You need an internet connection to use Emby Premiere so it can be validated. This requires occasional internet access but does not require constant internet access. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesurfer 14 Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Luke said: This requires occasional internet access but does not require constant internet access. Not an issue, the Firestick will be always internet connected. I just didn't want to have to internet-stream my own local content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesurfer 14 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Tested the Firestick, getting compression artifacts with the playback, quality is not great. I'm thinking I might stick with using Emby Theater and play content directly from the server instead of any streaming. Streaming to my laptop or phone looks great, but must be the WIFI connection on the Amazon Fire Stick. I could try getting the LAN adapter for it to see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 735 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Did you verify your streaming settings in the server and in the app? Does the bitrate of the source exceed the capacity of the Firestick? Is it transcoding on thevserver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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