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Good new everyone ... The one and only @cayars fixed the issue .. Did 2 things : -Force update the server -Cleaned again the browser cache (i did that 5 times ) so apparently the force update fix it Thank you all again for the help EMBY Rocks

I just added Army of the Dead with your nfo file and it played without issue, where it failed before the update.

Thanks for fixing the timer issue. Mine is now working with update 4.6.2.0

@Luke Currently what emby displays is technically 'correct' - however, people want to see the full layer of detail for the stream. ie for Audio - they want to know if its Dolby Atmos if TrueHD or EAC3 and DTS:X if it's DTS-HD (plus other flavours of DTS:ES for example). for Video - they want to know the HDR profile used - HDR10 (the default/fallback), Dolby Vision (+ profile), HDR10+, HLG etc In fairness, a users AVR or TV will show them these details when they hit play .. but having them on the emby screen as filterable objects and to therefore know what to expect before you hit play should be made available. However, ffmpeg/ffprobe does not provide this info - The only product I'm aware of that can get this extra info (through 'unofficial means') is Media Info/CLI - as Dolby nor DTS have released publicly available tools to analyse the streams. MediaInfo CLI works well, and I have scanned my entire library to grab the details, but storing this info in emby metadata/db is proving to be a challenge as while I could store in the 'codec tag' fields - these are not currently used/displayed - so fairly pointless.

Could we get swipe gesture functionally in the mobile apps that would enable adjustments of audio volume, screen brightness and playback position? I use VLC on android and they've implemented this well, it's simple, intuitive and a joy use. It's explained here, https://www.vlchelp.com/volume-brightness-seek-gestures-android/

When setting up a new user I think it would be great if I could copy an existing user. Even better if you could copy certain aspects of a user like views , library access , parental settings

Feature Request: Have User Groups and all settings applied at the Group Level That way you can just assign users to the appropriate Group and all settings will be inheritated.

I am switching over from a Win7 box running MBC to Chromecast dongles. With the Win7 box I had a HDMI to Cat6 setup that allowed me to stream to up to 4 displays/TVs simultaneously. It was great while it lasted, but involved stapling cables to the ceiling to run it from room to room - plus it has borked Can there be an option to multi-cast to several receivers at once? i.e. simultaneously play to Chromecast dongles in my office and living room and kitchen simultaneously so i can walk from room to room without stopping and restarting the movie or show all the time? I realize that bandwidth could POTENTIALLY be an issue, but i have a fill gigabit network and a multi-port NAS so that really is the least of my worries... Thank you!

Please click "Like this" and share it if you want to support this feature. Thank you ! Hello, There is a Kodi addon call "gdrive" from ddurdle who can read videos (original and transcoding version) directly from Google Drive. Why not build on this idea to integrate Google Drive as source directly in Emby Server ? In addition, Emby could generate automatically the STRM files from one or many Drive folders. And transcodings are already available with Drive so no need to transcode with Emby server. What do you think ? ------------- Three reasons why this feature will be useful and awesome: 1. Cloud is the future and today the cost is affordable. I have a Google Drive Unlimited for $50/month (ie $600/year) and I have unlimited space that is secured against crashes. Knowing the cost of hard drive and the cost of power consumption, its a very good deal. 2. Google Drive transcode video file. This provides different stream quality like Youtube (1080p, 720p, 480p and 360p) and the "image quality/compression ratio" is very satisfying. I can play 720p video on my poor 4 Mbits DSL. 3. You don't need to have a big server. Personally, I opted for a little dedicated server (Kimsufi 2G) for the cost and I can leave it run 24/7! Furthermore, me and my friends can watch movies from anywhere! Basics features that should be included: GOOGLE APPS OAUTH2 for activation and permission playing transcoded version (MP4 360p, 480p, 720p & 1080p) directly into Emby's app playing original file (avi, mkv, mp4) directly into Emby's app import embedded subtitles porwerful script module for multiple folder scanning and STRM generating

While Emby already has recommendations built in based on previously watched items I find they are not all that helpful. They seem to be based on genre only, for example, because you watched a comedy here are other comedies in your library. I do like how the also directed by/appear in recommendations work though. What would be great is if Emby could incorporate Trakt's recommendations as they are much more sophisticated. Trakt's recommendations are not only based off of what you have previously watched but also what your Trakt friends and other Trakt users have watched. It takes user ratings and trending/popular media into account. Ideally Emby would include full Trakt integration allowing users to rate media after watching, view lists and recommendations, and view upcoming media all from within Emby but for now I think recommendations would be a nice addition. Trakt has the potential to give Emby that community feel and allow users to discover new media, find something to watch, and recommend media to other users. http://docs.trakt.apiary.io/#reference/recommendations

One of the nice things about MBC is that empty TV folders (after the latest show is deleted) are hidden. This makes Emby look very smart. I know @@ebr wants to get rid of this feature from MBC as he sees that this is better as a server feature that can be applied to all clients. I agree. So what does it take to get this useful feature into the Emby server? I'm hoping that asking nicely is enough, I'm also hoping that enough other users consider this feature useful enough ot include in the server. How about it, @@Luke?

I would love the ability to increase the size of subtitles on the different platforms, specially android, chrome and roku... One additional thing that would be great would be the ability to change font color, outline, drop shadow, font background... Thank you

Hello. Would be great to be able to adjust subitiles delay in Emby Theatre or Web client like we can in VLC with "H" and "J" shortcuts (up and down). Thanks !

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

Hi Guys, I recently moved from Kodi with MySQL for lack of proper multi user management and server side support, I have to say I'm impressed with Emby. Together with the Kodi Plugin it really takes the solution to a whole new level, count me in among the supporters! One feature I would like to see is the ability to recommend movies or shows to other users: I share my Library with close friends and family but it is a big library so they are always calling me to recommend them a movie to watch. It would be really cool if after watching a movie I can click a Recommend button and choose the users I think would like the movie, then it is displayed on their suggested movies at the top with the name of the user who recommended it... Sorry if there is something like this is already there, I am new to the interface and don't fully know it but could not find such feature... Thanks!

hey what I'm really missing is support for audiobooks. Simply saving the resume point for those mp3s would be absolutely enough, no need to fetch metadata etc.

Hi, all my content is on a private VPS and if I want to watch something in original BD quality it stucks (and sucks). I've searched for the option also downloading to my Emby App on the Nvidia Shield, but there is nothing I can see. So please, activate the downloads also for the Android TV app!

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: Fix incorrect season 0 content showing in series next up list Fix queries by album ids not respecting user library access Fix sessions getting dropped from active devices display when the server admin has restricted their own remote control access of other devices Fix detail screen for light themes Fix legacy next up not respecting library access Fix incorrect horizontal scroll position after using metadata editor Fix year not showing in search results Fix special episode sorting Fix sporadic duplicated backdrop image Improve support for following redirects when downloading xmltv Improve release date sorting You can learn about the original 4.6 release here:

Friends, We just noticed an XSS vulnerability I am at version: 4.5.4.0 Has this already been fixed?

I would hang on and wait as an upcoming release will expose it in the UI for you.

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: Fix incorrect season 0 content showing in series next up list Fix queries by album ids not respecting user library access Fix sessions getting dropped from active devices display when the server admin has restricted their own remote control access of other devices Fix detail screen for light themes Fix legacy next up not respecting library access Fix incorrect horizontal scroll position after using metadata editor Fix year not showing in search results Fix special episode sorting Fix sporadic duplicated backdrop image Improve support for following redirects when downloading xmltv Improve release date sorting You can learn about the original 4.6 release here: View the full article

It's working now, a full library rescan wasn't enough. I just removed both my movie and my series library and readded them and now the trailers work! Thanks for the help and the update! I'm still experimenting with 3 different mediaserver setups but this was a must work so it's much appreciated!

It should count anything that's streamed.

What browser is that ? Under devices, I get a totally different view showing the device name, client version number the last user on that device and when they last time they were using that device ? edit - Ah - check the ... next to the number of devices and make sure it says 'Primary' - not 'List'

Will do. The issue happens sporadically, so I will test this evening when we have the TV on and then reply to let you know what happened. Thanks.

I pushed an update to the nfo plugin today so that it's able to understand the newer format for that.

I just checked and there have been bugs open on this in FFMPEG since at least 3 years ago. The parser the tool uses terminates reading the tag when it hits the null character. So known issue and has been known a while. I don't use MusicBee but if it doesn't parse a / as a valid separator in ID3v2.3, that would also be a bug. That's the correct separator for that version of the standard.

Server s 4.6.2, I have auto-updates enabled. This happened after a recent update (last week or so). I have removed the mixed content version, it is doing a rescan, so far so good.

I would love to see the download option be available on the android tv app. I have a new chromecast with google tv that I use in the minivan for the kids. On a road trip, having the ability to download some content for the times when we are in internet dead zones would be great.

Beta 5.3.3 you sent via PM could be installed successfully and solved the the problem with duplicated playcounts on Trakt for me.

May I chime in here? Better support for ebooks / comics would be a USP for Emby.

Super ^^ C'était mon navigateur, j'avais essayer avec Firefox, mais pas Chrome (j'était sous Opera)

@MAX92il y a une option à cocher sur ton user pour voir "partager"

Hi, simply because we haven't built it yet, but I agree that it would be a good idea.

Thanks for all the hard work!

Albums being added to a playlist in 4.6 are not adding in order of the album tracks, only alphabetical. Each multiple CD playlist does keep the order of album added, but each album is alphabetically ordered. The only way to deal with this is, don't make playlists. Or make playlists outside of emby and import them. Neither is a good choice for something that isn't working right. I can make a list of many albums so fast, for no profit (I don't listen to songs in any form or fashion than album order, shuffle order, or my predetermined random-ish order) ... making a list of songs works adding one and then another. I had playlists before 4.6 but 4.6 broke my music library, I had to take it out and do the dance to get it working, which broke/emptied my playlists, and my backup had empty playlists too. Old playlists didn't save any tracks correctly. I don't think I tried to make album playlists since 4.6, but yesterday and today, I have wasted so much time. I hoped a dance session would fix it again, but please no don't make me go through that every little update! I have my compilation messy library separate, so I removed that and scanned all libraries, then added it back. Waited for scanning to complete. Sent an album from it to a new playlist. Perfect! It went in order. Did another album then, and sent another, and another to that playlist. Pooh. All alphabetic. Sending just one album none come out correct again. So one worked then none. I don't have logs for this, but would be happy to deal with that issue tomorrow if need be. I have sets like Lord of the Rings complete soundtracks and having them all in one playlists is how I listen to them. Other artists I also listen to that way, multiple albums in a playlist! It wouldn't be a problem if there was a way to order them once in the playlist (besides manually moving each track. Ha, fine for some things but not for Lord of the Rings and lot of The Cure, or Clan of Xymox, or a mismosh of my favorite albums .... I am sad ) This happened in Emby Theater on pc (3.0.15), chromebrowser, and android app (3.1.94)

Hi, yes i can reproduce. We'll include a fix for this in the 4.6.3 maintenance release. Thanks for reporting.

What I'd suggest doing is taking a compilation album or two and create a new music library with only those couple albums in it. Scanning will be quick and you can see first hand quickly what your tag changes do. After a couple album edits seen/done first hand it will make sense.

No not yet. I'm still on Emby server 4.5.4. I think I read support for specials in Next Up was only recently added to 4.6 so perhaps that is the reason, not sure.

It's working great with the 4.6.2 release. Thank you!

Thanks, yes that helps. I'll send you a test version via PM... Probably tomorrow.

You're welcome! And you have no idea how much I wish it was like that...

Hi Guys, Here we go with the dreaded Documentaries folder... Setup as mixed content in library and I'm happy with how it works. Just wondering if possible to display the 'Latest Documentaries' on the Home Screen similar to how the library view shows it - TV-Docs are in a single season folder and Movie-Docs are obviously a movie poster/folder. Hoping this would carry across to the AndroidTV app too. Right now if I add a TV-Documentary to Emby library (with a full series worth of shows) my home screen shows all the episodes instead of a single TV Show style entry. Is that possible? Cheers, thanks for the great work.

I know this has been mentioned but per the instruction to create a new thread for each item, I'm going to err on the side of redundancy solely on the fact that this is the single most important item for us audiobook listeners. Feel free to moderate as needed, I asked for clarification here but didn't receive a response:

It’s terrible that this has gone on so long. To me it looks like the Emby team simply ticked a box to get this to work. The fact that the quality is so absolutely terrible that it makes the functionality unusable seems not to matter. I would love to hear from even ONE Emby user that uses this feature.

I just signed up for Premier for this feature - any updates on resolving to 1080p trailers (or even 720p)? I didn't even know they publish 480p trailers on the internet any more lol.

Is there any update to this? Trailers are still streaming in 480p quality. Just upgraded to a better projector and they're unwatchable. Is there a setting or anything we can do?

I just paid for premier not knowing the trailers are in SD quality. Is a fix coming soon for this?

New release v1.8.0 Glad to announce that today we've released a new version of the Windows 8.1 app. What's new: Basic Multipart-video support Support for 480p -720k transcoding Hide Music-Section when no music is available Support for .mov files Navigation buttons (Up,down,left,right,Select,Back,Home) on remotecontrol view if the client supports it. Fixes: Fix for audioplayback Correct sorting of Media Folders Fix for LiveTile Check it out: http://apps.microsof...44-bed3aefd5d06