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Please go here for info, bugs, issues and feature requests Been working on a plugin that bring the big screen experience and is user driven. Introducing Vantage Point Plugin for Emby. It can be downloaded in the Emby Server Plugin Catalogue. the order is pretty much set at the minute, But so far I’m happy with how it works. At the minute these are the following sections Personal Bumper Trivia Section intros, funnies and adds, select upto a max of 50 intros from your selected folder - good to use while your movie guests get drinks, popcorn, hotdogs etc, Personal Bumper Coming Soon Bumper coming attractions, select number of trailers to play from various sources. Courtesy intro - be quiet or mobile phones off. Only 1 is selected Personal Bumper audio codec intro matched to feature presentation audio track, only 1 is selected Feature Presentation Bumper countdown to feature presentation, only one is selected MPAA, BBFC, etc - certification screen which is matched to the MPAA rating tag in the nfo file. Feature Presentation Starts. For Bugs and Issues, please post them in the below thread Vantage Point - Big Screen Experience Intros - Plugins - Emby Community

Info: Current 5.3.0 is quite stable. There is one tiny bugfix I'll upload in the next days to beta repo, but I will not release any experimental version in the next 2-3 weeks or implement new features. Reason: I want that everybody perform tests with the same version to get it stable. Sure, you can continue posting improvements or issues. I continue work none public till 5.3.x is declared as stable (no showstoppers). ... the current modifications I'm working on, impacts to much code...

We're working on standardizing the definition of 'standard'. Please bear with us.

As most of you have noticed, there were a lot of database and metadata structure changes between Emby 4.5 and Emby 4.6. The Emby devs did a great job to make that update as seamless as possible and it least from an end user perspective, looking at the frontend all is well. But i'm not really happy with the transition that happens in the background of Emby. If you have the nfo plugin installed, for existing collections nfo files will be created under "metadata\collection", but the images in the database are still referenced under "data\collection" (boxset folders). Similar things happen to people. New people and their images will be stored under "metadata\people", while existing people images are still referenced under "metadata\library\xx\yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy". Those things make the great goal to make Emby really portable and to simplify backup/restore processes impossible, except you've started with a new Emby 4.6 installation. Here comes my plugin into play. Of course i don't have to tell you: Make a backup of Emby's programdata folder first!!! How does the plugin work? Please read carefully! People migration There are two modes to choose from. Either the people source is Emby's database or it is an older people folder with A to Z subfolders. What happens by selecting legacy people folder as source? For every person the plugin finds in the old A to Z folders, the images and metadata is first imported into the database to matched persons. After this the same process as with database as a source is happening. For persons where no match exists, a named folder under metadata\people is created and a nfo is written that holds the legacy xml metadata. The images are copied over from the old A to Z folders to the new people folder structure. What happens by selecting database as source? For every person the plugin finds in the database, a named folder under metadata\people is created and a nfo is written that holds the database metadata. The images are copied over from library\xx\yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to the new people folder structure and the database references for the images will be corrected. The now no more necessary library\xx\yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy folder gets deleted. No matter what source mode you've chosen, if the metadata\people folder still has the old A to Z folders, they will be moved to a new folder "_legacy". This "_legacy" folder will also be migrated if you've selected legacy people folder as source, even if the path input field is empty. No existing people nfo or images under metadata\people will be touched, only new data gets written. Collection migration The collection migration queries the database for your collections. For each collection it finds, it will create a named folder under metadata\collections and writes the metadata to a collection.nfo file. It will not touch existing nfo files. Further if the images of the collection are still referencing files under the deprecated boxset folders, the images are copied over to the new collection folder and the database entries will be updated. Only image files that are stored in the database will be considered! Try to recreate missing collections from boxset folders, as the name suggests creates collections in the database that were not picked up by Emby's update procedure. There's a good chance that this will restore some missing music album collections, but at the same time it can also create some unwanted collections. Write set tags to existing media item nfo where possible trys to add missing "set tags" to the nfo files of the collection items. It will not create those nfo files, only modify them. This should work without problems for movies, tv shows and tv episodes. It maybe fails for music albums or music artists. Delete old boxset folders will delete the whole data\collections folder after the plugin migration has finished to make sure Emby will not pickup images from this location anymore. Although this all worked fine for me, use this at your own risk! I'm not responsible for any damage of your Emby installation! Make a backup of Emby's programdata folder first!!! MigrationPlugin.0.2.0_Emby.4.5.zip MigrationPlugin.0.2.0_Emby.4.6.zip MigrationPlugin.0.2.0_Emby.4.7.zip MigrationPlugin.0.2.0_Emby.4.8.zip

A small update to our 4.6 release is currently rolling out to address a few minor issues that came up. Here are the highlights: Resolve sporadic database locked errors (may require an additional server restart) Various fixes related to non-standard episode naming Fix library options sometimes appearing to not save Fix regression in xmltv series identification (requires running the live tv guide refersh) Fix clicking see all on next up showing an empty list Fixes for GameBrowser Fix multi-select remove from playlist when removing the same track with multiple selections Improve metadata editor lock icon You can learn about the original 4.6 release here:

You have made a good decision. Plex is so cluttered with junk, even if you disable all you can, that watching your media becomes a chore instead of fun. I keep a Plex server active, just in case but I almost never watch much using Plex because it is almost painful to do so. I cannot help much with a Linux based client but I thought the there was a version of "Emby Theater" for Linux. I know a lot of people use the Windows version. Having said that I really recommend one of the standalone clients, like the Rokus or Fire TVs or Shield TVs or one of the many Android boxes. I know that many people really like watching through a computer but I have always found it highly unsatisfying to do so and it requires giving your computer multiple duties. (a server should serve and do almost nothing else) I have Rokus, Fire TVs and a Shield TV. I also can use a computer. I almost never use the computer as it is too clumsy. When I want to watch that is all I really want to do and I do not want to be concerned if a big complex device like a computer will work correctly. Just about every stand alone client is a superior viewing experience to using a computer. But that is just my opinion and others might feel differently. I also recommend that you store artwork and nfos and other support stuff with the media files. It clutters up the directories a bit but it makes maintenance easier and it reduces problems if you ever need to perform a reinstall.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-seantek-text-nfo-03 Good ol file-id.diz and file.nfo to tell where the things came from. Mainly for tracking releases across BBS as they spread. Expired in 2016. I do not see another RFC even drafted to represent NFO is basically a glorified XML.

Just to bring some balance to the negative feedback there seems to be regarding this, I've just upgraded, and am very happy with the changes - my compilation albums (e.g. things like "Now That's What I Call Music) are now treated correctly (i.e. with the album artist listed as Various Artists, and individual artists showing up correctly for the various tracks) It did require a couple of small updates to my library (The defaults for EAC when ripping FLACs don't seem to write album artist tags), but using MP3Tag (https://www.mp3tag.de/en/), I could quickly bulk update any that were required.

edit 30/08/2022 I've updated the script as follows - - On repeat usage, added Progress Monitor when skipping existing STRM files (rather than thinking it's hung ..) - Added Summary page of the New Libraries This also works with TV Series - due to the nature of each episode needing it's own STRM file - it takes a little longer, but works just as well. ------- I've created a simple script that creates a copy of the structure of an existing emby library (file path). It then populates this new structure with strm (link) files back to the original video files. You can then use this library as a new library within emby - and subsequently you can choose the metadata language as you would do as part of the normal setup. This means you can get : native language metadata (if it exists) native language artwork (if that exists) subtitle language as required (you can do multi language subs in the core system) The video file is played from the original library - so there is no need to duplicate the video files. If required, user permission can be removed from the main library, leaving just this new library to browse in the users native language. Usage (windows batch file) Copy the batch file 'libstrm.bat' and 'library.txt' to the emby server in a suitable directory. Modify the 'library.txt' file to match your system. In the example file I have - D:\TV Series\;D:\French TV Series\ D:\Films\;D:\German Films\ Also works with UNC - \\media\TV Series\;\\media\French TV Series\ \\media\Films\;\\media\German Films\ The first path is the original location, the second path is the new library location (with the strm files). Note - the path must end with a \ and the entries are separated by a semi-colon. The 'library.txt' file can contain any number of drives and folders - I suggest testing with a sample to start with. Run the 'libstrm.bat' file from a command. Depending on the number of folders/files - it may take a few seconds or more to complete - but it will show progress as it goes. Once complete - create new emby libraries pointing to the new locations - remembering to set the metadata language as required. For example :- Once setup and emby has scanned the new folders (it will do this automatically if set to monitor - or a manual scan) - all the relevant metadata will be imported. As an example - in my test French library :- Note the French metadata, episode names and artwork. In my test German library :- Again, German metadata & artwork. Keeping the system updated ... Because creating the strm files is manual - to add NEW media, the script can just be run again (via the Windows task schedule ever day for example). If the strm file is already there, it will not recreate it. However, if media is removed from the original library (remember it links to it, it is not a copy) - then the strm link will unfortunately break. It can of course just be removed manually by deleting the strm file. I've added a progress bar to now show when items are skipped (every 100 items gets a # displayed..) Media Playback ... The resulting playback will of course be identical to playing the original file (as it IS the original file) but any playback preferences will be remembered for that library. So if the Audio was set to French with French subtitles, then next time it is played, it will remember those settings. There may be a way of setting these to a library default in the native language - I have not experimented with this. Feedback welcome. (rename the libstrm.bat.txt file to libstrm.bat) library.txtlibstrm.bat.txt

Emby Server 4.6 is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights. Rewritten Music Scanning This 4.6 release will rescan your music library. We apologize if this causes any inconvenience. This solves a lot of our previous music-related shortcomings, specifically: Any folder structure now accepted, no matter how clean or dirty Albums are now fully tag driven and are no longer tied to folders Local metadata for albums will still be supported, and local metadata for artists will be back as well. This will be the only feature of a music library that will require a predictable folder structure. If you enable these options you'll need to have an artist\album\track folder structure, otherwise you'll likely end up seeing nfo files and images in unexpected places. You'll need to use your music library options to indicate your music folder structure if you'd like to use local artwork. Preserve original order of tagged genres, artists, album artists, tags, etc. Support multiple musicbrainz id's tagged on songs and albums Support for composers Library metadata options for artists now working again (and still working for albums) The Folders tab is now an actual folder view and will work properly as such Music Composer Support This was mentioned above, but if your audio files are tagged with composer values, then you'll now see a new Composers tab in your music library: Improved Database and User Interface Performance All Emby apps should feel snappier than ever thanks to a plethora of new improvements in your Emby server database. Reworked Collection Storage Model Collections have now been reworked to be based on the set tag in your nfo files (if you use nfo). The popular AutoBoxSets plugin is now a built-in feature: HDR Tone Mapping When Transcoding Check out the new options in the server transcoding menu! If you have a server machine powerful enough, you can now enjoy tone mapping when transcoding. No more washed out colors ! Combined Next Up and Continue Watching Hopefully this is not a controversial one, but our out of box behavior is now a Netflix-style Continue Watching list, with everything together: If you prefer the old Next Up section, you can use your Emby user home screen settings to add it back as a configuration section. New Live TV Channel Management Screen This is a new WMC-inspired channel management screen that will allow you to quickly disable channels you don't want, drag and drop re-order, edit channel names, channel numbers, and map channels to guide data. Just click on a channel to edit the options: Support for Live TV Channel Groups (via Tags) Use the above editor to add tags to channels, and now you'll see a new Tags tab in your Live TV section. Automatic importing of groups in m3u tuners is also supported. You can even group your channel display into Tags if desired: Improved Performance of Live TV Guide Refresh The live tv guide refresh process for all live tv should be slightly improved (5-10% faster). But if you're using xmltv guide data, you can expect major, dramatic improvements in the neighborhood of about 70% faster. To give you an example of the improvement, on a guide with 4000 channels, the guide data refresh has gone from roughly 2.5 hours to 45 minutes. Multiple Channel Logo Support Using Emby Guide Data, the server now downloads multiple logos per channel in different colors. This way our apps can choose the most appropriate logo based on your chosen color scheme in the user interface. If you don't use Emby Guide Data, you can still configure these logos manually using the image editor. Multi-Select List Items Lists now have the same multi-select management features that you've already grown accustomed to in poster views. Multi-Select Filtering When you filter by genres, tags, studios and other criteria, you can now select multiple. New User Profile Options to Control Remembering Track Selections For both audio and subtitles, you can now control whether or not track selections are remembered, as well as clear your remembered tracks anytime you wish. New Field Display Options The 3-dot menu above lists has been enhanced to allow new fields to be displayed: This allows you to see ratings in lists if desired. New and Improved Image Editor It comes with the following improvements: Dedicated options to set an image from a url All image slots visible in the editor to allow you to easily see what can be customized Easy drag and drop backdrop reordering New Live Button in Live TV Guide As you scroll ahead in time, now you can easily jump back to the live time with the press of a button. Live TV Programs Grouped in Suggestions and Search You'll now see Shows and Movies grouped as one single entry, rather than separate entries for every single airing. When you click on a show, you'll then see all of the showing for it: This will make it easier to find shows and movies that you'd like to watch and record. Improved Single Channel Screen Display The single channel listings not only perform better, but now also display much more information than before. Remove from Continue Watching Would you like to get something out of continue watching, but without having to lose your watch progress? Now you can: This will remove it from the Continue Watching menu, and it will reappear if you start watching again. Context Menu Improvements The addition of the title and poster should help make the menus a little more fun to use. Improved DLNA Support DLNA fans will appreciate the following enhancements: Improved device discovery Improved ability for other devices to discover your Emby Server Greater compatibility with more devices More efficient communications, less chatter on your network between Emby Server and your devices Auto-detection of supported audio and photo formats. No profiles needed if your device is also a digital media renderer (DMR) ! Supporting this for video playback is a much more complex task but we plan to incorporate this in future updates. Other Improvements Support multi-select remove from playlist/collection Improve Linux QuickSync support Adjust extracted images for HDR videos Add favorites to context menu Add mark played to context menu Run sqlite optimize on server shutdown Unify live tv channel sorting options in all places (guide, channels tab, on now, etc) Rework display of locked fields in metadata editor Support special episodes in Continue Watching & Play All Add hidden config switch to optimize databases on shutdown Improve detection of supported formats for Dlna devices Include all subtitle streams with conversion and download features, when possible Prefer D3D11 QuickSync codecs by priority Add h264_mmal decoder Improve 3D detection from file names Support SXXEXX episode numbers in xml tv guide data Ensure proper handling of yuv422p10 color format Improve Dlna device detection Significantly reduce Dlna message chatter with devices on the network Support series-id tags from xmltv Support discnumber audio tag in addition to disc Make determination of series recording path a little smarter about finding existing series in the library Restore death date on person detail screen Default folder browsing to list when all items are audio tracks Improve dynamic data refreshing on detail screen Add adult metadata library option Move option to save metadata as hidden files to per-library option Sanitize data from metadata editor to prevent accidental user error such as trailing spaces Update scheduled task logging to try and avoid preventing Synology NAS servers from being able to sleep Improve MMAL codec support Improve Roku remote control support Rework device access with new user permission to hide users from login screens on devices they've never signed into before Support episode backdrops in season folder Support extras in playlists Add HDR info to video stream titles Check first IP address of x-forwarded-for Have real-time monitor ignore .DS_Store Prefer Artist tag over Artists when there is only one artist Improve handling of invalid content-type header when downloading images Add home videos landing screen option Support clicking individual text items in list items Add profile checking for MP2Video hardware decoders Support playback speed control during audio playback Add button to clear filters when no results are returned Add Nvidia NVDEC decoder variant for HEVC VAAPI: Use color formats from detection Prevent ffmpeg hw processing of 10bit when device doesn't support it Support EP.01 episode naming Resolve slow file read/write performance on Windows Improve recovery from invalid configuration in the lan networks setting Improve detail screen backdrop display Make media info visible accessible in TV display mode Reduce messaging from server to android and iOS apps causing the app background processes to run Show songs on artist detail screen Add delete, download and preview functions to external subtitle tracks in media info section Support downloading subtitles during video playback Support manipulating the play queue of remote controlled players Update same time recording threshold to 15 minutes Improve local network address detection Block windows 8 & 2012 from using http2 Add http version to server log Improve subtitle track selection when always show subtitles is selected Expand artist split whitelist Improve ability of other devices to discover emby server New search interface for mobile and desktop Add top results section to search Improve searching for songs using album name Bug Fixes Fix rare case of tuner being left open following a recording with a series whose name ends in a dot Fix episode images being saved with incorrect file name Fix custom collection images reverting to default auto-generated images Fix repeated unzipping in xmltv provider, causing excess disk space to be consumed Fix genre screen occasionally being empty depending on where you came from Add additional fixes for downloading txt format subtitles Fix odd, alternating behavior when refreshing metadata while replacing images Fix incorrect conversion job status being reported when converting Various fixes for codec level detection Fix key presses affecting video OSD while popup dialogs are open and have focus Fix remote control restarting playback in some cases Fix custom genre images being replaced Fix play all/shuffle on collections comprised of folders Fix successful audio conversions misinterpreted as failures Fix Nvidia HEVC level detection Fix interlaced video being incorrectly stream copied with HLS Fix remote play of playlists being sorted by name Fix webp image support not being used in certain cases Fix repeated subtitle downloads of .sub format Fix undefined dlna display name Fix channel logos intermittently disappearing while scrolling the guide in Firefox Fix incorrect iOS scroll after cancelling context menu Fix artists added to collections not showing

After update to 4.6.0.1 my XMLTV tv guide for m3u list I always used before fails to refresh. I already deleted both m3u list and xmltv link and reinstalled again. IPTV plays fine but the guide stays empty. Attached are the logs and here is the link to the guide: https://epg.ovh/pltv.xml Of course there are errors in the logs but I cannot decipher them. embyserver.txt

After upgrading to 4.6.0, I went through all of my episodes and verified they were placed in the correct spots in seasons. I just noticed -- having upgraded to 4.6.1 a few days ago -- that things are now mixed up a bit. Specials are still in the correct seasons, but they do not seem to be obeying the "Airs before episode" setting. An example from Doctor Who. The Special "Tardisode 1" should appear before episode 1 "New Earth." It used to, but now is listed after. Strangely, some things do appear in the correct spot, anyway, like the first two specials preceding episode 1. It seems to be very random. EDIT: just to verify, I restored an image with 4.6.0 on it and the order was fine. Definitely a 4.6.1 bug.

@Abobadershould be able to assist you with this.

Hi, for now the only way would be to mark them as favorite and use the sorting options in the guide to put favorites at the top. Actually if they all have channel numbers then you should be able to use the channel number sort order. But in order for that to work well, every channel will need a number.

As you discover little issues or have questions on things, try and use the wiki/KB for answers but don't struggle on your own if you are not getting the answers/results you need - just ask questions in the forums and somebody will gladly help you out.

Ya, the media info is also saying the aac conversion is the same size as the original 24 bit uncompressed source. I don't keep ffmpeg commands in my head, but I suspect the one above isn't quite right.

wow - I thought I finished the 'standard' conversation 3 hours ago with the above statement ... Don't you just love internet forums !

Seeing as I'm just an ordinary user, I can't contribute much, except to look thought the Knowledge Base, I think its called now, especially perhaps the recommended naming section. Maybe also when setting up libraries click on the Advanced slider in the top right to see what there is there. You might want to add the Server Configuration Backup plugin. You might know all about this already of course. One of my personal favs is in a browser you can use css to customise things a bit, should you feel the urge. This doesn't extend to the apps unfortunately.

HTML was not originally designed as it is now. It was part of the Apple Macintosh Hypercard application and ran cards on Hyperstacks. They used a markup called Hyper Textual Markup Language. That is where HTML came from. I took that class at the college in 1995 when Hypercard came out wrote a ton of HyperStacks filled with HyperCards. I understand entirely when it evolved. I am talking of standards. A standard evolves when you share an interpretation of such with others so they can also participate in using that format in their environment. This is where the RFC comes from. It is at that point it is designated important enough to be called a candidate for a request for comments. That is the only way to really share an open internet concept. You share it with the IETF as an RFC and see where it goes. Same with the ability to create a usenet group you must send a new group control message to the ISC.org through alt.config. There are governing bodies which help you openly discuss your contribution to make it the best it can be. https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/hyper-stacks Having that CD was basically the internet building blocks. Use that to construct your website.

It's nothing to do with playlists. The music library gets rescanned, however there are a couple sporadic reports of obsolete items being left in the database. We will look into this. If you're willing to remove your music library altogether, do a full scan of all libraries to clean out the database and then add it back, this will resolve it.

Looks like it should work. If you just setup the ssl certificate in emby server then make sure to restart the server after doing that.

Hi roaku - Upgraded to 1.1.1 and I can confirm the Collection Rules now show correctly for Collections created in the latest version. Thanks for the speedy response and the great plugin again.

With all respect but at the moment it is not clear to me what this has to do with the issue in this topic. I apologize if it is related, otherwise start your own topic as many people are waiting for a solution for the problem at hand. Thanks.

Here is the config page. Simples at the moment, my html and js sucks but i hope it to be more exotic in the future, not important now as the function is there and once set up you’ll probably never visit this page again

lol - the only mainstream media app that doesn't use NFO is Plex - it's used by pretty much all the major media applications and specialist managers as an option for local metadata. To me that is a 'standard' so lets agree to disagree on that.

Hi, So I've uninstalled, rebooted again, then installed 4.6.1.0, and ...hey presto. All is fine again. Thanks for your help. Not sure I can pinpoint what has happened. I could now send Emby logs more easily if you wish. Let me know. But as it's fixed, I'm happy. (except lack of LG app but that's a whole different chat). I can't see anything I did to either break it or fix it. I did change my 'emby' user to 'Emby' at one point but then changed it back. Anyway, all's fine. Thanks kaj, cayars and Luke.

That would work too, and if the NFO doesn't exist then still read the embedded title.

@MisterDigit we've added this automatic detection into our Docker beta package if you'd like to try it. Thanks.

Sure thing.

No problem. Please install Iconic version 1.1.1 from your Plugin - Catalog view, restart, and let me know if that solves the Collection rule problem for you.

I'm going to put this in with the option to prefer embedded titles, so if you enable that, then it will pull the sort title from within the file.

It's on the list, but haven't found a good solution yet.

Yes that is correct. It is used by many other applications so that was the reasoning.

Whether tone-mapping works well depends not only on the algorithms and implementation, but also on whether the required meta-data is correctly included in the videos. This is especially true for the BT.2390 option. The others provide at least fair results when that metadata is missing, but with BT.2390, you can get pretty bad results in that case.

@nwilging We have searched a lot with the developer of rffmpeg where the problem could come from but we did not manage to solve it. You can find all the information about it on the issue I opened: https://github.com/joshuaboniface/rffmpeg/issues/10

I really just need a helping hand. Never played around with NAS devices before. EDIT: THis can be deleted. Totally figured it out on my own after a massive brain fart.

We've never done that as it's meant to be something user defined. That's not to say that we can't but we currently do not.

Hi. We define "household" as your family and friends. Not the 200 friends you make in a FB group on sharing media, but your actual friends . The physical location of those people isn't as important to us.

Hi, yes I like the idea of the padlock. Thanks for the feedback.

You can do this now if you want to but it's a bit of manual work. What you do is manually add a tag to all channel that fall into A as "LiveTV-A" or similar and then "LiveTV-B" for the B list. Now all channels are tagged as being part of List A or B. Then in Users->Parental Control you can do this or all users of List A So no one on List A can see any B channels. You then do the same for B users but Restrict with tag "LiveTV-A". Meanwhile the DVR engine would still have access to all channels so it would likely use channels from the first tuner (keep that in mind).

Thanks, I used your plugin to move the collection images to the new folder, it worked perfectly!

Always take a backup first I used the plugin to move the images and removed the old library, looks perfect now!

There isn't really a way for us to be sure but I think that is a rational conclusion at this point.

We'll take a look at it. Thanks for reporting.

Alright, I can provide a quick update. As of Server 4.6.1.0 Emby is showing up properly in Bigscreen and I can play content through Bigscreen. The only lingering issue that I can find is that progress is not synced between what is viewed in Bigscreen through DLNA and Emby itself. I tested by watching about 15 minutes of a movie, stopping and waiting 15 minutes, and then checking Emby. It still shows that the particular movie has not been played and it doesn't show an option to resume. If this can be sorted, then Bigscreen will 100% be viable as an option to enjoy Emby content in VR.

I'm with Sammy. For me the best device for the money right now (non hdmi dongle) is the MiBox-S. It has a decent home screen, good specs, handles higher bitrate files better then the Shield Tube does but is WIFI only out of the box. Like the shield it can do HDR->SDR. A $12 USB3 dongle allows Ethernet hookup if you prefer (I do) and it's a treat to use. For me this is "the box" for bedroom or auxiliary TVs or even the family room but I'd go with a Shield TV Pro for any setup with better than 5.1 sound. The Shield TV is the best device I know of for high end sound setups (you get what you pay for). The new style Shield TV remote is hands above the MiBox-S and Fire remotes as well. It just feels good in your hand and doesn't have a "cheap" feel.

Audio passthrough will be needed to get Dolby Vision to work though unless Luke fixes the transcoding logic. Right now the Xbox app incorrectly transcodes supported audio formats causing all 4k to fail.

HI, yes it's something we can look into. Thanks.

Fully agree with that statement, changed from the old faithful E4K v4 not long ago and it's been smooth sailing. Having very few errors and warnings in my kodi.log now so great work by @quickmic

@@Magik0722 Actually unfortunately it's the library.db file. Please shutdown the server and rename this file: F:\Niche Apps\Emby\programdata\data\library.db Then start the server back up and you'll need to run a library scan. Please note, the most common cause of a corrupt database is a sudden and abrupt termination of the emby server process - for example, a power loss, server machine crash, force killing the process, etc. Let us know how you get on. Thanks.