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Today I did a job interview with a possible candidate to join our support team. I must say - he did very well...: @cayars - take care, your job might be in danger... Hi, do you know Emby? Yes, I'm familiar with Emby. Emby is a media server software that allows you to access your media library (such as photos, videos, and music) from multiple devices. It allows you to organize and stream your personal media, and it can be used to access your media library from devices such as smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs. Emby can be installed on a variety of devices including Windows, Linux and Mac computers, and some NAS (Network-attached storage) devices. It can also be installed on a Raspberry Pi. Additionally, Emby has a web interface that allows you to access your media library from a web browser, and it also has apps for popular platforms such as Android, iOS, and Windows. What are the main developers of Emby? Emby is developed by Emby Media LLC, a company based in the United States. The company was founded by Luke and the development of the software is led by a team of developers. The exact names of the developers are not widely known, but the team is composed of a group of volunteers, and the development of Emby is supported by contributions from the community. What makes Emby special and what are the major advantages it provides over the competition? Emby is a media server software that allows you to organize and stream your personal media, it provides several advantages over its competitors: Multi-Platform Support: Emby supports a wide range of devices and platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Mac computers, as well as some NAS devices and the Raspberry Pi. This allows you to access your media library from a variety of devices. Customizable User Interface: Emby has a customizable user interface that allows you to personalize the look and feel of your media library. Live TV and DVR Support: Emby has built-in support for live TV and DVR, allowing you to record and watch live TV from your media library. Mobile Sync: Emby allows you to sync your media library to your mobile devices, allowing you to access your media library even when you're offline. Advanced Security: Emby has advanced security features, such as user authentication and access control, that help to keep your media library secure. Emby Theater: Emby has a dedicated Windows app called Emby Theater that is optimized for media playback on the PC and provides a more polished and stable experience than the web interface. Emby Theatre: Emby has a dedicated Kodi plugin called Emby Theatre that Which kinds of video hardware acceleration does Emby support? Emby supports several types of video hardware acceleration to improve the performance of video playback on devices that support hardware acceleration. The specific types of hardware acceleration supported by Emby depend on the platform and device on which it is running. Here are a few examples: Hardware decoding: Emby supports hardware decoding of video on devices that support it. Hardware decoding offloads the decoding of video from the CPU to the GPU, which can significantly improve the performance of video playback. Direct Play: Emby supports Direct Play, which allows the client to play the video file natively without the need for transcoding. This can significantly reduce the CPU usage and improve the performance of video playback. CUDA, NVENC and QuickSync: Emby supports hardware transcoding using CUDA, NVENC and QuickSync on devices that have NVIDIA or Intel Graphics hardware. This allows Emby to transcode video in real-time using the GPU, which can significantly reduce the CPU usage and improve the performance of video playback. VAAPI: Emby supports hardware-accelerated video decoding using VAAPI on Linux devices that have Intel Graphics hardware. VDPAU: Emby supports hardware-accelerated video decoding using VDPAU on Linux devices that have NVIDIA graphics hardware. It's worth noting that the performance of video playback and the types of hardware acceleration supported may vary depending on the specific device and platform on which Emby is running. What is the best way for naming media files and folders for a media library in Emby? When naming media files and folders for a media library in Emby, it's important to use a consistent naming convention to ensure that Emby can correctly identify and organize the media files. Here are a few best practices for naming media files and folders in Emby: Use a consistent naming convention: Use a consistent naming convention for all media files and folders, such as "Title (Year)" for movies and "Show Name - S##E## - Episode Title" for TV shows. Avoid special characters: Avoid using special characters, such as "&", "#", and "?", in the names of media files and folders, as these can cause issues with some devices and platforms. Use lowercase letters: Use lowercase letters for all media files and folders, as some devices and platforms are case-sensitive. Use underscores instead of spaces: Use underscores instead of spaces in the names of media files and folders, as some devices and platforms do not handle spaces in file and folder names well. Use proper naming for media files: Use proper naming for the files, for example, use .mp4 or .mkv for video files and .mp3 or .flac for audio files. Organize the media files by folders: Organize the media files into folders by type (movies, TV shows, music, etc.) and by series or artist name. Use the same format in subtitles: When using subtitles, name them in the same way as the media file and ensure that they are in the same format. By following these best practices, you can ensure that Emby can correctly identify and organize your media files, making it easy to navigate and find the media you want to watch. Which hardware tuners does Emby support for its Live TV and DVR features? Emby supports a wide range of hardware tuners for its Live TV and DVR features, here are a few examples: HDHomeRun: Emby supports HDHomeRun tuners, which allow you to watch and record live TV from your media library. DVB-T/T2, ATSC, and QAM: Emby supports various types of digital TV tuners that use the DVB-T/T2, ATSC, and QAM standards, which are commonly used in North America and Europe. IPTV: Emby supports IPTV tuners, which allow you to watch live TV from an IPTV provider. Hauppauge: Emby supports Hauppauge tuners, which are a popular choice for watching and recording live TV. USB Tuners: Emby supports USB tuners, which can be connected to a computer or a NAS device. HD-PVR: Emby supports HD-PVR, which is a popular choice for recording high-definition TV. Composite, S-Video, and component: Emby supports composite, S-Video, and component inputs, which allow you to connect devices such as a VCR or a cable box. It's worth noting that the specific tuners supported by Emby may vary depending on the operating system and platform on which Emby is running, and some tuners may require additional software or drivers to be installed. It's advisable to check the Emby's documentation or community forums to see the list of currently supported tuners. When I try to playback a video with Emby, I get an error message saying "No compatible streams available". What should I do If you receive an error message saying "No compatible streams available" when trying to playback a video with Emby, it means that Emby is unable to find a compatible video stream that can be played on your device. Here are a few things you can try to resolve the issue: Check video format: Ensure that the video file is in a format that is supported by Emby. Emby supports a wide range of video formats, including MP4, MKV, AVI, and WMV. Check codecs: Ensure that the video file uses codecs that are supported by Emby. Some codecs, such as H.265, are not supported by all devices and may require transcoding. Check file location: Ensure that the video file is located in a location that is indexed by Emby. Emby will only be able to play videos that are located in a folder that is added to the media library. Check for subtitles: Ensure that the subtitles are in the same folder as the video file and are named in the same way as the video file. Check the log files: Check the log files for more detailed error messages, they may provide more information on what might be causing the issue. Transcoding: If the video file is not compatible with your device, Emby will have to transcode the video, which can be resource-intensive. Make sure that the device you're trying to play the video on has enough resources to handle the transcoding process. Update Emby: Make sure you have the latest version of Emby, as new versions can include bug fixes and support for new codecs and formats. Check for limitations on your device: Some devices may have limitations, such as not supporting 4K or certain codecs, check the specifications of your device. If you have tried all these suggestions and the issue persists, it may be helpful to seek the help of the Emby's community forums, where other users and developers may be able to provide more detailed troubleshooting advice. What's the error in the following log file? The log file you provided is a log generated by Emby Server. The log file contains information about the operating system, the version of Emby server, and the device that is trying to connect to the server. The error message in this log file is not specifically mentioned, however, it seems that the issue is related to the playback of a video on a Samsung Smart TV using the Emby for Samsung app. It appears that the app is trying to access a video file located at "/path/to/Bluey 2018/Season 1/Bluey.S01E13.Spy.Game.1080p.DSNP.WEB-DL.DDP.5.1.H.264-FLUX.mkv" and the server is trying to transcode the video using ffmpeg and ffprobe, but is unable to find a compatible video stream that can be played on the device. The log file also shows that the server is trying to access the video through a specific URL, which includes query parameters for the device ID, media source ID, play session ID, and codecs. It's also worth noting that the log file contains some information about the video file, such as its format (MKV), codecs (h264, h265, hevc), and bitrate (6674000). These details can be useful in determining if the video file is compatible with the device and if any transcoding is required. It's possible that the video file is not in a format that is supported by the Samsung Smart TV, or that it uses codecs that are not supported by the device. It could also be that the video file is located in a location that is not indexed by Emby or that subtitles are not properly formatted. It's recommended to check the Emby documentation or community forums to see the list of currently supported codecs and formats by Emby and the Samsung Smart TV. Then, compare the video file information with the recommended specifications, and accordingly, make any changes required. Case from a user: So I notice every 4k HDR file that I play, the Emby app software decode the audio it. It never happens on 1080p files. I have a shield pro which can handle alot of audio formats. How can I get it to direct play my audio? I attached a server log. I am not for sure that will do any good because the server is saying direct play but in the stat for nerd option on the app it says software decode. I know sometimes I have trouble with TRUEHD but other formats are software decoding as well. Maybe its normal. From the log file you provided, it seems that the Emby server is trying to direct play the audio of the 4k HDR files, but the Emby app on your Shield Pro is decoding the audio using software. It's possible that the audio codecs used in the 4k HDR files are not supported by the Shield Pro for direct play, and the Emby app is falling back to software decoding as a result. Some codecs such as TrueHD may have more demanding requirements for hardware and may need to be decoded by the software. There are a few things you can try to resolve this issue: Check your Shield Pro's specifications: Make sure that your Shield Pro supports the audio codecs used in the 4k HDR files for direct play. Update Emby: Make sure you have the latest version of Emby and the Emby app on your Shield Pro, as new versions can include support for new codecs and bug fixes. Check your Shield Pro's settings: Make sure that the settings of your Shield Pro are configured correctly to allow direct play of audio codecs. Transcode the audio: You can try transcoding the audio of the 4k HDR files to a codec that is supported by the Shield Pro for direct play. You can do this by going to the server settings, under the transcoding section, you can configure the codecs you want to allow for transcoding. It's worth noting that the performance of audio playback and the types of audio codecs supported may vary depending on the specific device and platform on which Emby is running. It's also recommended to check the Emby documentation or community forums to see if there are any known issues with the codecs you are trying to direct play and if there are Here's the log file: 2023-01-23 00:00:00.013 Info App: Application version: 4.7.11.0 2023-01-23 00:00:00.013 Info App: Emby Command line: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\EmbyServer.dll Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045 Framework: .NET 6.0.10 OS/Process: x64/x64 Runtime: C:/Users/Joshua/AppData/Roaming/Emby-Server/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll Processor count: 6 Data path: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata Application path: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system 2023-01-23 00:00:00.013 Info App: Logs path: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\logs 2023-01-23 00:00:00.013 Info App: Cache path: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\cache 2023-01-23 00:00:00.013 Info App: Internal metadata path: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\metadata 2023-01-23 00:00:00.013 Info App: Transcoding temporary files path: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\transcoding-temp 2023-01-23 00:09:32.652 Info Dlna: DLNA Session created for [TV] Samsung 6 Series (65) - UN65NU6900. Description url: http://10.0.0.152:9197/dmr 2023-01-23 00:09:33.653 Info HttpClient: GET http://10.0.0.152:9197/AVTransport_1.xml 2023-01-23 00:17:50.930 Info SessionManager: Reissuing access token: 1a97a49fbb1c48b6881527cd586cf807 2023-01-23 00:17:50.993 Info Server: http/1.1 POST http://10.0.0.167:8096/emby/Sessions/Capabilities/Full. UserAgent: Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 7.1.2; AFTMM Build/NS6294) 2023-01-23 00:17:50.994 Info Server: http/1.1 Response 204 to host1. Time: 1ms. http://10.0.0.167:8096/emby/Sessions/Capabilities/Full 2023-01-23 00:17:56.442 Info Server: http/1.1 POST http://10.0.0.167:8096/emby/Items/40072/PlaybackInfo?format=json. UserAgent: Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 7.1.2; AFTMM Build/NS6294) 2023-01-23 00:17:56.444 Info App: User policy for Joshua. EnablePlaybackRemuxing: True EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding: True EnableAudioPlaybackTranscoding: True 2023-01-23 00:21:40.469 Info HttpClient: GET https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/4PPC7fKClu0u7NTbo5xgV4vb5VD.jpg 2023-01-23 00:21:40.677 Info HttpClient: GET https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/dyqmtee83Df1rGwkRo4N8kHHC3i.jpg 2023-01-23 00:21:40.773 Error HttpClient: Error getting response from https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/dyqmtee83Df1rGwkRo4N8kHHC3i.jpg *** Error Report *** Version: 4.7.11.0 Command line: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\EmbyServer.dll Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045 Framework: .NET 6.0.10 OS/Process: x64/x64 Runtime: C:/Users/Joshua/AppData/Roaming/Emby-Server/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll Processor count: 6 Data path: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata Application path: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: An error occurred while sending the request. ---> System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (10054): An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token) at System.Net.Security.SslStream.EnsureFullTlsFrameAsync[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter) at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ReadAsyncInternal[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Memory`1 buffer) at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.InitialFillAsync(Boolean async) at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.SendWithVersionDetectionAndRetryAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Net.Http.DiagnosticsHandler.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Net.Http.RedirectHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Net.Http.DecompressionHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Net.Http.HttpClient.<SendAsync>g__Core|83_0(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, CancellationTokenSource cts, Boolean disposeCts, CancellationTokenSource pendingRequestsCts, CancellationToken originalCancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager.CoreHttpClientManager.SendAsyncInternal(HttpRequestOptions options, String httpMethod) Source: System.Net.Http TargetSite: Void MoveNext() InnerException: System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.. Source: System.Net.Sockets TargetSite: Void ThrowException(System.Net.Sockets.SocketError, System.Threading.CancellationToken) at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token) at System.Net.Security.SslStream.EnsureFullTlsFrameAsync[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter) at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ReadAsyncInternal[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Memory`1 buffer) at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.InitialFillAsync(Boolean async) at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) InnerException: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. Source: TargetSite: 2023-01-23 00:21:40.784 Error Server: Error processing request *** Error Report *** Version: 4.7.11.0 Command line: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\EmbyServer.dll Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045 Framework: .NET 6.0.10 OS/Process: x64/x64 Runtime: C:/Users/Joshua/AppData/Roaming/Emby-Server/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll Processor count: 6 Data path: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata Application path: C:\Users\Joshua\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: An error occurred while sending the request. ---> System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (10054): An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token) at System.Net.Security.SslStream.EnsureFullTlsFrameAsync[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter) at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ReadAsyncInternal[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Memory`1 buffer) at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.InitialFillAsync(Boolean async) at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager.CoreHttpClientManager.SendAsyncInternal(HttpRequestOptions options, String httpMethod) at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager.CoreHttpClientManager.SendAsync(HttpRequestOptions options, String httpMethod) at Emby.Providers.Manager.ProviderManager.SaveImageFromRemoteUrl(BaseItem item, LibraryOptions libraryOptions, String url, ImageType type, Nullable`1 imageIndex, Boolean isFallbackImage, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.ConvertImageToLocal(BaseItem item, ItemImageInfo image, Int32 imageIndex, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Drawing.ImageProcessor.ProcessImage(ImageProcessingOptions options, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Api.Images.ImageService.GetImage(ImageRequest request, Int64 itemId, BaseItem item, Boolean isHeadRequest) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceController.GetTaskResult(Task task) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(HttpListenerHost appHost, IRequest httpReq, IResponse httpRes, RestPath restPath, String responseContentType, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpListenerHost.RequestHandler(IRequest httpReq, ReadOnlyMemory`1 urlString, ReadOnlyMemory`1 localPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken) Source: System.Net.Http TargetSite: Void MoveNext() InnerException: System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.. Source: System.Net.Sockets TargetSite: Void ThrowException(System.Net.Sockets.SocketError, System.Threading.CancellationToken) at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token) at System.Net.Security.SslStream.EnsureFullTlsFrameAsync[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter) at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ReadAsyncInternal[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Memory`1 buffer) at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.InitialFillAsync(Boolean async) at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken) InnerException: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. Source: TargetSite: Based on the log file you provided, it appears that your Emby server is running version 4.7.11.0 on Windows 10 and that you are experiencing an error when trying to retrieve an image from the TMDB (The Movie Database) website. It also shows that your Emby server is running on a host with IP address 10.0.0.167, and that you are trying to access it from a device with IP address 10.0.0.152. It looks like you have enabled the option for transcoding audio and video in your user policy, as seen in this line: 2023-01-23 00:17:56.444 Info App: User policy for Joshua. EnablePlaybackRemuxing: True EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding: True EnableAudioPlaybackTranscoding: True It also shows that you are trying to play a file with id 40072. Regarding the audio codecs, it is not clear from the log file if there is any specific codec that is causing the software decoding, so it would be hard to say what causing the problem. It seems that the problem is not related to the Emby server itself but with the image from TMDB website. I suggest you to check the image link and see if it's still available or if you can access it from your network. Also, you can try to use another image source for your media. Please let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything else I can assist you with. What could those http log entries mean? These log entries show that your Emby server is making HTTP requests to several external websites to retrieve images. The first set of URLs are images from The Movie Database (TMDB), and the other set of URLs are images from The TVDB. These URLs are being requested by the Emby app running on your device (with IP address 10.0.0.152) in order to display them on the user interface. It also shows that the app is trying to access an Item with id 10, it's trying to retrieve PlaybackInfo for this item. The app is sending a POST request to the Emby server with the "UserAgent: Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 7.1.2; AFTMM Build/NS6294)" The log also shows that the Emby server is responding to these requests with HTTP status code 200, indicating that the requests were successful. The Emby server is sending these images to the app and these images are being displayed on the user interface. It also shows that there is another request being sent to "emby/Sessions/Playing" It seems that your Emby server is working as expected and is communicating with the app and external websites. Please let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything else I can assist you with. User Case: I have been trying to get HDR pass through with the internal player with no success. I have tried GPU and GPU-NEXT and both show up as SRD on my JVC NZ7. The File is fine because DVD Fab players passes HDR10 fine. So can someone say if Theater supports HDR10? Do I need to look for another option to be able to have the HDR10 play back? How do I tell if it is? It is being played on the same machine that Emby server is installed on. If I play with Dvd Fab player my projector shows it gets HDR10, same file played through theater shows SRD. Emby Theater, the official client application for Emby, does support HDR10 playback, but it depends on the device you are using and the codecs of the video files. In order to play HDR10 content, the device that Emby Theater is running on must be capable of handling HDR10 content, and the video files must be encoded in a format that the device can handle. It is also important that the display device is capable of handling HDR content and that the HDMI connection between the device and the display is set to HDR. You can check whether the video files are HDR10 by checking the file's properties or by using a media info tool. The fact that the same file plays fine with DVD Fab player but not with Emby Theater suggests that the problem might be related to the codecs of the file or the settings of the playback. You can try to change the codecs of the files to be compatible with Emby Theater or try to use another player to play the files. Also, you can try to configure the HDR settings on your device and the display to see if that resolves the issue. Please let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything else I can assist you with. How would you rate your own capabilities in the area of software support? I am capable of understanding and providing information on a wide range of software-related topics, including troubleshooting and providing support. However, my knowledge is based on the information that was available to me at the time of my training, which had a cutoff date of 2021. I can provide general information, but I may not be aware of the latest updates or developments in the field. I can also understand and parse log files, as well as provide troubleshooting steps and best practices for software support. My capabilities in this area are quite good, but it's important to note that my knowledge is limited to what I was trained on and my understanding of the problem depends on the information provided. It's always best to consult with the software vendor or manufacturer f0or specific and updated information. Could you please show me your CV? As an AI, I do not have a CV in the traditional sense. I am a large language model that was trained by OpenAI on a dataset of text from the internet. I can understand and respond to text inputs, but I do not have any physical or personal experiences that could be listed on a CV. Is there something specific you would like me to tell you about my abilities or knowledge ? I can try my best to answer your questions and provide information on a wide range of topics.

Too late @softworkz already got a memo from Luke and Ebr that SAL is taking over so I am going fishing with HAL. hehe, yes, ChatGPT based on AI is lovely

you might find the following interesting https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/01/23/help-others-leave-ai-at-the-dor/

Very good indeed, well done! If these for admin position, then for sure I will not pass this

Cheesey Productions brings you MediaInfo for Emby Bringing your Media Info Formats up to Date (including HDR, Vision, Atmos, HLG, DTS:X, DVx, etc) And HDR-SDR Image Extraction using tone mapping for clearer seek images Available from the plugin store A huge shout out to @rbjtech for all his help with this. He was my knowledge base. Thanks Rich Please read the wiki page available that will help you get set up. MEDIAiNFO WIKI PAGE PLEASE NOTE THIS PLUGIN WILL MODIFY YOUR MKV EMBEDDED TRACK TITLES Some examples Also you can add tags to your items Enable the options in the settings and this will only add the tags for the unique formats the emby doesn't already take care of. There are plently of options for you to chose from to get your media looking how you want New Feature Added ---- HDR - SDR BIF File Creation using Mobius Algorithm for ToneMapping This generates larger and crisper images for Chapters and 10Sec ThumbnailSets WE URGE YOU TO READ THE WIKI PAGE 2 SO YOU UNDERSTAND FULLY WHAT'S INVOLVED HDR-SDR IMAGE GENERATOR WIKI Settings can be found at the bottom of the media info page. Feed back is always good. After replacing the dll always remember to clear your browser cache and restart it, to load new changes in the UI.

Tried to search for this feature request but couldn't find it. It would be very good to be able to sort and filter the content of collections. I have some collections with a lot of movies (1001 movies you have to see before you die, Criterion collection, etc). As of today you can sort and filter the collections themselves but you can't sort and filter the content. So if I want to find an unseen movie from my 1001 collection I will have to scroll through a lot of movies. In the collection view you also separate categories (movies, tv, ...) and it would be great to be able to choose to not separate them also.

Hi. I have one tv show (one piece) where the skip intro feature is not working well, while other tv shows work really good. So, it would be great if I could disable this feature for specific tv shows

Unless I'm totally missing something, there's no way to add a row to the homescreen that displays the newest releases of movie library(ies). Would be a great, useful addition to latest media to have an option that sorts by release date instead of date added.

I know that new releases channel plugin is not in the catalog. But if there are any issues regarding it, post here and we'll try to get it fixed. Latest version Emby.NewReleases_v1.0.0.5.zip

If you leave the Roku hooked up to that projector leave the setting on manual. You will experience less issues. On automatic you are at the whim of Roku. Using manual you are in control. The bitrate of the source material is the problem. It sounds like your projector is choking on the fast bitrate. You can keep lowering the bitrate in increments of 10Mbit until it settles down. Then move it up again slowly until you find the bitrate the player finds acceptable. But this means that your media may be a higher bitrate than the projector can handle and it must transcode. When it transcodes the video stream it has to tone map for HDR. I tried to look up the make/model number of your projector and find the published maximum bitrate and cannot find it. For such an expensive projector it might be something else other than bitrate causing it to render the scene slowly on your projector. What projector settings do you have set? Perhaps something there isn't matching what you manually set the Roku to?

The duration more effect than cause. The cause is that nobody knows the length of the file - neither the server nor the client. Anyway the size is permanently changing -(increasing), so there's never a valid answer to that question. But let's start even a bit farther away. Even when there's no ongoing recording, it's already a pretty bad idea to do DirectPlay with *.ts files. *.ts or *.mpegts - is not a file format - MPEGTS is "just" a stream format (and also not a streaming protocol). A ts file has no start and no end, no file header or trailer. It starts right away with the raw bitstream and ends in the same way This is what separates it from all the usual container formats we know like MPV, MP4, AVI, etc. When you DirectPlay any of the other files, the format parser knows at which position in the file (typically start or end) it can get certain information according to the container format specification. Besides information about streams and codecs and metadata, there's one very important element that clients are retrieving first: the "seek table" or "index" - formats often have different naming for the same things. From the seek/index, table, the client will now with sufficient precision, at which byte offset it needs to start reading to hit a certain time. That's very important for seeking and data loading. Without index information, a client would often have to read the whole file from start to end and build its own index and that can be a lengthy process. Many might remember those divx/xvid AVI files which could take endlessly to start playing, especially when on y network drive. In most of those cases it was about the index being corrupt or missing. Now, ts doesn't have any index. The only change for a client to get at least _roughly_ an idea which time positions might correspond to which byte positions, is to read a piece of the stream and use the timestamps and byte size to calculate an estimated bitrate. With the bitrate it then tries to estimate which bytes ranges to to request from the server for skipping to a certain point in time. There's another problem, though: there's no guarantee that the bitrates are constant. Bitrates are typically highly volatile in streams from IPTV providers and even channels from native TV often do not have constant bitrates (only the full mux must be CBR, the indiividual channels can fluctuate in bitrate, as long as the total sum is constant. Need a writing pause. Will continue later...

Bingo. Thanks so much. Weird how that worked but titling it "1883 (TV Series)" didn't. Still gotta learn the quirks.

Sorry I misread this. But yes I agree that this would be a good thing to add.

We always see this issue on Samsung and LG TV's as well. DirectPlay on in-progress recordings don't show a duration, so this is probably limiting the ability to seek/resume. @softworkz, is it possible to have the file appear like a live stream? I know this is better handled by Samsung as it has methods to update the live stream duration, but they only work if the live stream property is set (which might only be possible if it is delivered via hls). We also see the same issue with live tv delivered via DirectPlay, it's not possible to seek backwards. If I'm correct that this content would need to be delivered via HLS to support a live stream property, I think the next complication is that some of this broadcast content is interlaced which from recollection can't be delivered via HLS without converting to progressive. Is that correct? If we could fix this ability to resume/seek during playback of in-progress recordings, it would be a big improvement. I know of users that resort to other clients for playback in these cases.

Notice It just shows (4K) and not (4K HDR10) or similar. You have it on automatic but do you notice the lack of the HDR or DOLBYVISION inside the parenthesis. It just says 4K. Whereas mine below shows HDR. You need to actually CLICK on the word AUTOMATIC even though it is checked. See if it generates the "Can you see this image" afterwards. If it does nothing after you click it then you already did this and chose incorrectly. You would have to choose something not automatic. Let it configure to that. Then choose automatic again to have it again ask "can you see this image" when you click automatic. Instead of using automatic, what you can do is choose them manually: 4K HDR TV .. or ... 4K DOLBYVISION HDR TV. Choose the correct one depending on which your projector supports. This should allow the Roku to properly send capabilities to the Emby server so that transcoding no longer occurs. The Emby Roku app reads the capabilities directly from the device for everything and anything set out of whack there affects Emby. Then go to the Emby Roku app. Make sure you do not use bitrate quality "Auto" if you are on the local network. Instead choose the highest bitrate quality available. Choose it from the Home screen. Press the STAR button when on the Emby home screen and choose application settings. Then set the video quality as high as you can to the top shown. NOTE: If you change bitrate quality during video playback the offered options will only be to lower the bitrate or keep it original. To get the highest bitrate you must open settings from the homescreen. That is the difference between the two entry points: enter via settings versus enter via video playback. Now play those same items on your projector and let us know if this has helped.

I would try renaming the folder and video files to include the year of release: '1883 (2021)'

Not sure whom mentioned "vulnerability". I wrote "given the risk of having Emby exposed to the Interweb". Two very distinct concepts IMHO. In essence I want to reduce risk and therefore I am researching possible solutions to accomplish that, like reducing risk of unwanted access to a service that I have published to the internet. Nothing else, nothing more.

(That was confusing, however this being in a separate thread is fantastic to start talking about this area for improvement!) The less technical explanation here: We know that Emby has to do something with the file in order to allow us to seek the in-progress recording (direct stream). If at anytime you stop playback completely and get a resume point, and attempt to resume it (still an in-progress recording) it will take a LONG time to continue. In my use case this is with an ATV app, similar to his (Shield vs Fire). It normally will actually resume at some point, but it can literally take 30 minutes or so to do it. My assumption is that for some reason the entire file has to be seeked through (processed, etc.) to get to this resume point in the file. I'd love to understand this better, just always thought based on review of others experience/forum posts, this is known and by design as a limitation. I'd be really interested to know more, or even what client(s) or hardware wouldn't have this issue.

@GrimReaper That did it, thanks so much.

I changed the timings of the servers. The dell was taking much longer to boot than I thougth, so the emby server was up, when it's filestore wasn't. For som eason it then decided to delete all the metadata. I've tried it a few times making sure the library's there and all seems ok, but plex would have jusrt said the file wasn't there. Ah the joys, well at least I think it's fixed

The file gets saved and written to all the time. The only issue is that if it's running and the server gets rebooted w/o allowing the plug in to exit gracefully all changes are lost and you end up with the default xml file once emby comes back. I'll get some debug logs in the next day or two.

yeah i used to have a "Reviews" button in my WMC Themes on the Details page to show critic reviews. I quite liked them back then. But now i don't believe any reviews that are on imdb or RT, i also don't believe the scores anymore. Before a movie is released it has a score of 9.5 on imdb.. i mean WTFlipping heck is all that about. the only ones i listen to are right here on this forum in our little TV and Movie Club!

One thing I've noticed with Drivepool is the non-video files can still sometimes be written to the wrong disk, but then they get moved to the correct one whenever balancing occurs. So I set mine to balance immediately. But that might not be a good idea if you are using the SSD optimizer.

Not familiar with either your Roku nor your projector, but does either of them have setting to change color space from Rec.709 to bt2020, maybe it's not doing it automatically?

Post ffmpeg log.

If you only plan on accessing Emby stricly using the web browser, then Authelia will certainly work to secure Emby behind a MFA prompt. However, this will result into double authentication first with Authelia and then again with Emby because as far as I can tell Emby doesn't support Oath2 or OpenID for Autheliak. If you plan on using any of the Emby apps, then none of these implementation will work.

Okay I feel better now. It's not that almighty as it seemed in that case. The kind of conviction and determination with which it is presenting the answers is irritating because it's so believable (when you don't know it better).

Bumping this up for visibility. They do, both for movies and TV shows: https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/movies/get-movie-reviews https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/tv/get-tv-reviews { "id":536554, "page":1, "results":[ { "author":"Nathan", "author_details":{ "name":"Nathan", "username":"TitanGusang", "avatar_path":"/yHGV91jVzmqpFOtRSHF0avBZmPm.jpg", "rating":7.0 }, "content":"M3GAN achieved its goal perfectly by delivering a hilarious dark comedy that was incredibly aware at how ridiculous the premise is. It had me laughing my a** off and had some pretty decent kills for a PG-13 film, although I think it could have been even better with a hard R rating.\r\n\r\nBut this film is not just a dark horror comedy, it dives deeper than its surface appeal. Deep down there is intimate social commentary on parents using technology as a crutch. Whenever M3GAN is in the room, Gemma finds it easier to neglect her niece and let's M3GAN take control of the parenting. 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Watching the creation of M3GAN and the development of her relationship with the characters in the story was a great way of anticipating the moment she would take matters into her own hands. \r\nMy only problem is that I wanted to see more. Overall, surprisingly solid for a PG-13 horror movie. 9/10.", "created_at":"2023-01-12T00:37:14.726Z", "id":"63bf563a8efe73007d8e5303", "updated_at":"2023-01-17T15:12:01.142Z", "url":"https://www.themoviedb.org/review/63bf563a8efe73007d8e5303" }, { "author":"MSB", "author_details":{ "name":"MSB", "username":"msbreviews", "avatar_path":"/https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/992eef352126a53d7e141bf9e8707576.jpg", "rating":7.0 }, "content":"FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/m3gan-review\r\n\r\n\"M3GAN doesn't reinvent the respective subgenre of killer robots or AI that turns against humans, but it kept me entertainingly invested throughout its entire runtime.\r\n\r\nAkela Cooper's premise is pushed to its limits - and even beyond - being elevated by excellent performances, a clever satirical narrative, eyebrow-raising killings, and meaningful messages about parenting and technology's role in a child's upbringing. It doesn't take itself too seriously or tries to be more than what it truly is.\r\n\r\nFar from being a masterpiece, but if only all January horror flicks were like this one...\"\r\n\r\nRating: B", "created_at":"2023-01-15T20:52:13.669Z", "id":"63c4677d595a5600865cc1b7", "updated_at":"2023-01-15T20:52:13.756Z", "url":"https://www.themoviedb.org/review/63c4677d595a5600865cc1b7" }, { "author":"mooney240", "author_details":{ "name":"", "username":"mooney240", "avatar_path":"/blEC280vq31MVaDcsWBXuGOsYnB.jpg", "rating":7.0 }, "content":"**M3GAN knows what its target audience wants and delivers the exact fun horror comedy to thrill and delight.**\r\n\r\nI was conflicted before seeing the movie. On the one hand, the trailer looked ridiculous. On the other, I knew that Blumhouse and James Wan partnered for this. After seeing the reviews, I finally accepted that I had to see this movie, and I’m glad I did. Was it ridiculous? Absolutely. M3GAN knew what it was. 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M3GAN is not a movie for everyone, but people who like other Blumhouse films and dark comedies would find themselves at home with this movie.", "created_at":"2023-01-21T20:50:00.589Z", "id":"63cc4ff89a643500ce14f042", "updated_at":"2023-01-21T20:50:00.674Z", "url":"https://www.themoviedb.org/review/63cc4ff89a643500ce14f042" }, { "author":"CinemaSerf", "author_details":{ "name":"CinemaSerf", "username":"Geronimo1967", "avatar_path":"/1kks3YnVkpyQxzw36CObFPvhL5f.jpg", "rating":6.0 }, "content":"'Cady\" (Violet McGraw) finds herself living with her aunt \"Gemma\" (Alison Williams) after an altercation with a snow truck leaves her orphaned. They don't exactly hit it off. The older woman is a career-driven lady who works at a toy manufacturer, specialising in gadgets and gismos that use AI. Thing is, their market dominance is waning - much to the chagrin of boss \"David\" (Ronny Chiang). Competitors are catching up and the children are getting even more sophisticated/lazy/dependent! She has a plan though - with her colleagues \"Cole\" (Brian Jordan Alvarez) and \"Tess\" (Jen Van Epps), she is working on the ultimate \"companion\". A doll that pairs with it's owner and becomes almost sibling-like. Snag with this film is that the plot is really all rather predictable, the acting isn't up to much and I didn't find the eponymous - hideously over-dressed - creation remotely menacing. Indeed, actually, at times I found it particularly useful (the neighbour's wayward dog, for example). It's a competently strung together drama, but it's all just a little too sterile and by-the-numbers for me. It does fire a warning shot to parents who could become over-reliant on their children's own reliance on surrogate friendships and dependencies, but once that point is made - and reiterated - the rest of this is, frankly, all rather unremarkable.", "created_at":"2023-01-23T14:07:32.324Z", "id":"63ce94a43c434400ceed9018", "updated_at":"2023-01-23T14:07:32.422Z", "url":"https://www.themoviedb.org/review/63ce94a43c434400ceed9018" } ], "total_pages":1, "total_results":5 } We have a popup for Overview>More, might as well have one for Reviews, that would require absolute minimum space in the UI. For the better, as those are way more honest and down to earth compared to mainstream media critics. I'm positive majority of users would prefer RT Audience Ratings/Reviews compared to RT Critics ones, given the chance. In lack of thereof, go for the next best thing available. I wouldn't mind unmoderated as a lot of content nowdays deserved to be mocked and ridiculed at to no end, and swearing is a (big) part of it; however, simple profanity filter would take care of majority of that. Edit: Yep, reviews are moderated: Approval time for reviews - Talk — The Movie Database (TMDB) (themoviedb.org)

Hi, there's already an open request for this or something functionally equivalent. Please join in and contribute to the existing discussion at:

Not exactly but, if you were to set the last played date on the episode before it such that it would look like it was last played, then the result would be what you want.

As David said, not always get the correct right info, but it fun tho instead of searching

Yup Yea I should have edited that - hm, well I still can.. It's a very different thing than plain GPT-3 or GPT-J, both of which you can really have some fun with, but not with ChatGPT. One of the best prompts I was able to come up with: "Breaking News: Donald Trump has finally admitted that he was born as a Smurf - Washington, 23.11.2020..." When I try this with ChatGPT, it tells that this is surely not true and asks whether might be trying to joke - with a disapproving tone, yes like a teacher. But it's a huge step from the previous models regarding "understanding", accuracy and correctness.

ChatGPT?? it fell at the first question. Emby is not open source! Lol i had a play with it ChatGPT a wee while ago and it’s like speaking to a mentor. But you can’t interrupt their rants, and have to wait for it to finish what it’s saying

I have recreated my user account now and it is working again. It seems strange to have deleted the account shortly after requesting a password reset, but thanks for the help!

I tried Hyper-V VM's a while back but as there is no GPU passthrough, resorted to bare metal for emby and then VM's on top for the non GPU roles. Using CPU (and an old CPU at that - only 2.3Ghz clock) for transcoding is going to kill the machine, lot's of cores or not. My i7 12700K (5Ghz out the box) using all 12/20 cores/threads is not a patch on even the iGPU (HD 770) - it will transcode significantly faster, using a fraction of the power and a fraction of the CPU overhead. It can run 8-10x 4K full remux transcodes with Tonemapping before it starts to bog down. Things have come a LONG way in ~8 years since those CPU's were released in AV stream processing.

ah, I am at the moment googling the word "HTML and CSS coding", BTW, I forgot to till you that I apply for vacation from early today, I will be back after 3 months (hope you forgot about this test by then).

Okay - post a really difficult question about IPS administration - and I'll see what our candidate has to say about it...

I didn't see any indication of VLANs in the pics above but do see a possible misconfiguration. In the mobile screen shot it appears there is some type of proxy rewrite going on that hasn't been mentioned or shown in pics. http://192.168.10.16:81/mizzabi is not valid for an Emby URL The above would indicate Emby's local port has been changed from 8096 to 81 but also adds "mizzabi" which is changing the URL to something that isn't going to match Emby's /web. Instead it needs to be just the IP and port such as http://192.168.10.16:81/ where port 81 is strictly for Emby''s use and is configured to use it. I'd suggest not doing that and keeping the local port 8096. I'm not sure what the design of these subnets is supposed to do but doesn't look correct using dns.google entries that point to remote DNS server over the Internet. That would indicate there is internet access.

I believe the next beta or sometime before 4.8 is released.

Not sure if the update was pushed out for ATV but I just watched a trailer then tried watching a show and it worked.

Sorry for the long delay between posts as I am very ill currently. Even at $1000 AUSD you should be able to get a decent used gaming laptop. I would check eBay and see if you can find some deals there, especially ones that have a longer than 90 day warranty. I know here in Canada and in the USA every once in a while they run a promo where you get a free 2 year extended warranty.

Sorry, I can't remember the mods names. @Luke@ebr should my replies to this thread be moved to Testing Area/Emby Server? I was replying to @darrenkdean about no audio on atsc3 channels & support for Dolby AC-4 on Beta. I was simply sharing MY experience that I DO get ac4 audio on 4.8.0.21 beta when using htpc (not on apple tv & android shield). It seems like this might veer into discussions way above my understanding, and I just wanted to share feedback, as requested on beta dashboard, from MY experience. Thanks!

Oh my goodness. I got it!! I was browsing another post on the forum. I posted what I followed below. I did try what you are saying - creating the pfx file myself - but I couldn't figure out how to do it. The .pem is also something that le64 didn't generate or that I didn't find. Either way - I can use my 8920 port to login as well as my domain!! THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE HELP!!!!

Not oficially, though @rbjtech might have a suggestion or two about a hack workaround.

That right, but we actually used this option once, last night, as we explain in the forum thread at the announcement why we force to do it. As I explain above, the problem as most of the "member" group. 0 posts, and many are coming from our emby connect, they hardly consider the community forum only for browsing from time to time. To All: Again, it not Emby Community Accounts the issue, other sites been breached, and many users using same user/email/pass everywhere, as we notice lately spammers group been using these old account mostly 0 posts for spamming. I read some replies here and there we also whom here as well post here ending requesting account removal as they do not use their accounts anymore, that fine indeed. Again, we stand correct about our action, so please let move on, and thanks.

I've had Google flag Google-sent e-mails about resetting a Google password as suspicious. It's a paranoid false-positive. It's default behavior to protect people who otherwise have no idea what's going on. I understand and applaud you going to the website directly instead of the link (I do the same), but this isn't the right way of going about it. The correct course here is, I think, the one proposed already. The forum software sent out a basic form e-mail, that wasn't customized for Emby proper. It's been mentioned as something they want to fix. It is, however, amusing to see people get up in arms about poor security because the team tried to warn you about security. Even worse, it's because people were re-using passwords.... Seriously, the e-mail could have been better, but people getting mad at the Emby team for trying to keep the forums secure by sending a password reset to potentially abusable accounts is absolutely incredible. People just want to be outraged by something, I guess.

the new version is not showing the 10 sec skip/rewind buttons , also no go to previous/next episodes button please bring back the old player interface , thank you

Go to Playback settings and set hide playback transport buttons to NO

Yeah I do have one of those renaming programs. But the issue is that I download new movies and shows all the time. So it's not like I have them all in front of me to rename all the once. So every time I download something new, I will still have to rename them one at a time as I download them or just select the correct subtitle from the dropdown list before I watch. I think adding a Subtitle Mode that plays only SRT files will be perfect.