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I've worked in IT for over 35 years. Getting it right is far more important than release dates. I've seen really bad releases. One major filesystem/ networking company, No I won't say who I don't want their lawyers after me, released a patch that disabled networking security. If you got the password wrong on login you still got in. It was out an hour before they pulled it and sent a new "critical" update out. Or another manufacturer that sent an update out that expired legitimate licenses after a few weeks. So I'd rather wait for the new release to be "right" and not hassle the developers. They want it right too. Don't get stressed, enjoy life, you only have one.

Would it not be a good idea to have a metadata option for music videos that is actually for music, so that if there's nothing available in a music video db it could be identified from a music db ?

Logging details from the active Emby sessions can help track server load, identify stability issues and let you better manage your server. The following instructions can help set up session logging and display in a Grafana dashboard. https://github.com/faush01/EmbySessionLogging Short Description: The logging script (python) logs the active sessions inclusing transcoding info once every 60 seconds into a SQlite file DB that can then be used as a data source in a Grafana Dashboard.

The admin could unplug it, and carry it out of the basement, so it does not get wet, or get a power surge.

This person is clearly on some type of drugs so I am not holding anything against them. We are here to help but from replies he doesn’t want to accept the help just wants to vent

Absolutely this! I have ~15 close friends and family who access my emby server. They accessed it when it was a Plex server, but I know none of them are still using the Plex client for the content they provide. Plex lost its way back in 2018 when it started making users connect to their services to access local content along with questionable privacy policies. I'm glad I jumped ship back then and have no regrets, although I'd love something like Tautulli on Emby.

We're not in the ideal world of your mind or mine. The fact is that the hack occurred during what was expected to be a late stage of the 4.8 beta, and it was necessary to do the additional work right away, however long that was going to take. To my mind, the crucial thing now is to watch how future developments after this beta are handled, to see if the lessons of this beta have been learnt; but repeatedly going back over the past doesn't help - we already know what needs changing. Paul

An updated version of the Emby Open Subtitles plugin is currently rolling out. We have switched from opensubtitles.org to the newer opensubtitles.com This means you will need to create an account on opensubtitles.com and configure that in Emby Server settings. Until you do that, you won't get any subtitle downloads. Stay tuned for more developments on subtitle downloading ! View the full article

I'd suggest not running the Emby client on the TV at all. Get a NVidia Shield and whatever TV's picture you think looks best.

Be able to create playlist based on a certain criteria, like genre and or year, in order to create a dynamic playlist that it refreshes automatically when new content is added. This way you can for example, create a tv comedy playlist from the 90's, or a new sci-fi Movies playlist. Some other criteria for rules could be the rating, watched/unwantched, score, tags, language, audio codec, etc The possibilities could be endless

Disclaimer: If you decide using the delete option, IT'S YOUR RISK! If you are using fileops on Kodi, LOOK and VERIFY what Kodi is about to delete or modify. The affected folder is clearly shown in a Kodi popup message. Release Notes: removed Kodi 19 support: ONLY FOR KODI 20 for Kodi 21 use public testing versions 10.X STABLE VERSION 9.4.21: Download Link: https://kodi.emby.tv/Public testing/plugin.video.emby-next-gen-9.4.21.zip fix multiversion episode delete issue fix strm file issue fix websocket close issue fix 'FreeTypeFont' object has no attribute 'getsize' -> python pillow api change fix playertracker issue fix library removal issue for edge case fix player crash fix Studio sync issue fix BoxSet sync issue backport MusicAlbum bugfix from 10.X fix extracted bluray and dvd playback fix sync issue for invalid episodes metadata fix nextepisodes synced node fix SesaonId detection by PresentationUniqueKey -> compatibility with 4.9.X Emby server exclude photos fix virtual tv fix books and games library issue fix stream sync issue fix invalid year values sync issue fix database option set fix favorites remove fix content date fix musicgenre removal fix dynamic node fix minor sync issue fix dynamic nodes folder selection, when folder has multiple content types included (e.g. pictures) fix delete after played option fix player crash when content was playerd from an external source (not Emby) fix nodes fix initial xmls configuration remove overlay from photos add bookmark workarounds for episode widgets fix cinemamode via widget playback fix native mode widget playback fix multiversion fix player issues fix upgrade issue from 8.X version fix boxset update issue fix favourites update fix artwork cache fix player issues fix minor player issue unified player code fix sources.xml fix artwork cache/remove fix player timing issues (stability) fix Boxsets synced via Emby server stable version fix livetv issues fix database vacuum fix MusicGenre updates fix playlists keep advancedsettings.xml on factory reset add options to adjust the context menu fix watched status fix context menu options remove (library) label extension from tags fix server busy notification when server is shutdown or restarting fix favorites issue added additional database consitency checks fix multipart content fix artwork caching fix delete downloaded content change downloaded content label from downloaded to download fix database I/O issue fix queue issue/hibernate issue support subscontent donwload (via season, tvshow) add support for season favorites fix favourites "remove" action via Kodi's default favourite view add translations fix numeric check (e.g. aspect ratio value was not detected) fix dynamic node subcontent issue (e.g. movies -> genre) make paging factors adjustable by content fix dynamic nodes content reports to Emby server fix native mode Windows path issue fix queue timing issue new tvtunes integration remove emby server -> clean content settings and nodes fix several minor issues unify code lower MusicAlbum paging value (Emby server > 4.8.0.58 (beta) has performacne issues with subcontent queries) fix Kodi nightly database issue fix file delete issue fix virtual content issue e.g. for upcoming episodes fix database reset for Windows Fix search cache issue Fix minor musicvideo issue Fix minor sync issue Block .tbn file queries in addon mode, if not a picture query Block invalid queries in addon mode Add Download option Fix player issues Fix remote mode issues Add additional caching for mixed content in dynamic mode Add search option in dynamic nodes Fix dynamic nodes issue add additional image fallbacks for landscape fix minor sync issue for BoxSet updates fix smb pathes (native mode) autoupdate Kodi settings for addon mode (myvideos.extractflags=disabled, myvideos.extractthumb=disabled, myvideos.usetags=disabled, musicfiles.findremotethumbs=disabled, musicfiles.usetags=disabled, myvideos.extractchapterthumbs=enabled (if path subsitution is enabled, otherwise myvideos.extractchapterthumbs=false) fix picture load issue fix realtime (library) update issue under for edge case fix favorites content playback use helper folder for dynacmic nodes including mixed content fix sync issue for mixed content libraries fix dynamic node for audio content fix music sync issue option to sync livetv channels on Kodi start fix delete option via context menu fix sort order for dynamic nodes fix sync issue for Videos fix kodi source -> http://kodi.emby.tv fix Kodi shutdown when Emby server connection was down fix dynamic node sort options code unification fix homevideo/photos dynamic node fix init sync crash option to disable favorites sync clean code fix crash on Kodi exit fix remote playback issues improve plugin startup fix BoxSet updates on Kodi startup add support for realtime updates of boxsets fix/support sync issue for virtual content like BoxSets, MusicAlbum, MusicArtist, Tags, Persons, Genres, MusicGenres etc. change Kodi events to a more reliable threading/queueing system fix issue with different actors but similar names support playlist sync added sync tag nodes for collections fix sync node issues support favorites for all sorts of Emby content support MusicGenres for Musicvideos less ram usage while sync in progress clean and restructure (code) modules Subcontent unification changed (Genre, MusicGenre, Tags, MusicArtist, Studios, MusicAlbum) Boxsets (Collections) to Tags as Option Fix Artwork issue for MusicAlbum xml python api plugin replaced by code. Plugin is a source of issues and not very stable. Some livetv sync fixes fix/improve cache for dynamic content updates fix timeouts (CCurlFile::Stat) new mixed in-progress node Patching requests python lib to disable Nagle add dynamic node links as xml fix release date information add continue-watching node change default sort option for Episodes fix folder playback

Hi, in light of the removed functionality to show missing episodes in the episode list in 4.8, I would like to request a feature that helps to prevent the user from accidentally skipping over missing episodes. Example: I have a series where episode 5 is missing and I just watched episode 4. At the moment, when playing the next episode, emby will silently skip over episode 5 and play episode 6 instead. I would like to be warned and asked to continue (with input required) when that happens. The warning should be shown not only if the next episode is started automatically after the last one but also if I start playing it manually, later. I think this would be very helpful to avoid confusion and it would probably be sufficient to compare the number of the current episode to the last played one and if it is not n_last + 1, ask the user to confirm.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Apparently it's an issue with AAC 7.1 on the Shield, and down-grading firmware version is the solution. The process doesn't look fun, so I'm just going to hope the issue is resolved in a future update.

EmbyCon is still supported, I maintain it and test it on all new releases of both the Emby Server and also Kodi version. True it has not had any new features for a long time now but it is fully functional and does what it intends to, lets you browse and play your Emby server content. @Teddyknuddel where did you get that info from?

OK scratch that. Ignore what I've said and just go back to what you've been doing. These errors should be gone in the next build.

and you repeat that process everytime the iptv provider updates the channel list (daily)? this is absolutely not the way to do it. @bruoruse iptvboss. its far quicker and easier than this convoluted manual process AND allows for updates to the provider m3u. you can still use the emby epg data if you want to tediously match the channels in emby, but i personally have a subscription for epg elsewhere and have it all handled in iptvboss.

Please keep me updated on what you hear, I have picked up one of LGs magic remotes to use with this monitor, it makes searching/typing so easy, since this monitor is 4K, has webOS built in, wifi and ethernet, USB-C video input and 2 HDMIs... built in speakers, can connect to bluetooth speakers, has airplay... it really feels like the ultimate Emby player... as long as 32" will do it for you.

Note that although Emby can try looking up media using the IMDB id as a key, it does not look up in IMDB itself (too expensive). Looking up of movies uses TMDB (The Movie Database) by default, and TV series are looked up in TVDB. In cases of difficulty it can be worth doing a manual lookup to check what the database actually used thinks the precise name and year is, for instance. Also, coming from Plex, you may also come across instances when the difference in recommended naming and folder structure conventions between the two products causes a problem; check with the Emby naming recommendations here and here. The Emby devs regularly improve the handling of a wider range of possibilities, though, commonly to help with libraries which Plex already handles! Paul

I still can't stop laughing at the "retired federal treasury agent" bit.

Hence you'll see some discrepancy, especially for the new movies and frequent changes in ratings/frequency of updates; over time, those ratings will stabilize and come closer/identical.

@TZTZoroI have tried all of my magic, and I still cannot get the "Test the Rules" button to display the underlying table correctly. What CSS should I use to make the image occupy only the space that it needs? The latest code is below. I added td img { max-width: 20em; } This had no effect. I assume something is overriding this directive, but it's avoiding my detection. Vic Success - I figured it out !!!!!

Yeah, there aren't many of these cases, items will typically be listed as either a TV show or a movie both on TVDB and TMDB - though some discrepancies do occasionally happen and you have to decide on your preferred scheme. FYI IMDbId is used only as a lookup reference for other provider's databases, meaning nothing is ever scraped from IMDB, it's just looking for an external link to an existing item with the providers, like:

You can't copy query link from the log as APIkey is linked to a program and is not exposed in the log entries. Your reply to OP made me think you cannot follow posted link.

Hi Can you share your file names ? And the full path (eg : /mnt/embymedia/Series/The Walking Dead/S01/The Walking Dead - S01E01 - 1080p.mkv or /mnt/embymedia/Series/The Walking Dead/S01/TWD-S01E01.strm that contains http://embydataserver/Series/The Walking Dead/S01/The Walking Dead - S01E01 - 1080p.mkv) I already noticed slight processing differences between real .mkv files and .strm ones (not with this plugin specificly). The only way to ensure accurate indexing is to include [tmdbid=xxx] or [tvdbid=xxxx] in the folder name. As a plus, the full path of your files are not the same between your 2 emby servers, unless you have an SMB share (or equivalent) and use this as a path in your libraries.

The intro restore process uses the Provider Id - if the source/destination files do not have valid/matching Provider Id's - then the restore is not going to work. Unfortunately I have not seen the 3rd party developer for months on these forums - so full support for this Plugin is going to be limited I'm afraid.

After doing a little research it seems MP3 is still the best choice over AAC strictly from a data usage perspective. Sound quality wise there is no difference. The only other alternative I have seen is OPUS, which would beat them both in terms of data usage but I have no experience using it myself as anything I play music on does not support the format. I recently upgraded my phone's data plan (it's a bit pricier in Canada compared to other countries), so I will be able to make use of 320kbps streaming. However, when I was minding my data I would have liked to have the option of 160kbps, but the Emby iOS app went from 192 to 128. And I ended up choosing 128.

Perfect, this is exactly what I was looking for,

Yes, the tag is missing in 9.X cause you assigned same content to different Emby libraries. That's a bug, will be fixed.

I'm a bit guessing here. I'll test something...

Based on you screenshot "Filme.Neue" is nothing else than an emby library correct? Did you sync this library to Kodi and was it successful? Do you have duplicate movies in "Filme.Neue" -> Are they assigned (on emby server) to a second library?

Hi, on each platform it depends on what we've found to be the most reliable. Are you seeing cases of mp3 that you think we should reevaluate?

For what it's worth, I would also like to see this improvement added to Emby.

Hi Luke, Happy New Year I did not do anything further since my last post, due to Christmas and new year. I will give feedback as soon as I'm able to continue working with it. Cheers

While it's not the very latest, the app on the TV finally updated on its own to a newer one that includes some of the features that have been missing. It's a 1.6.x version that's on there now. The USB install works but hitting that 30 days at the most inconvenient time (in bed ready to watch a movie/show) sucks lol.

This is not ture if you read above they have on in the works but its low prority as they are working on a other items. I using Jellyfin and Kavita but would love to dump them for emby solution for a one app experance and reduce my server overhead

Hiya, sorry for the rant, With the Android TV app for example, if I get a popup to tell me the screen needs a refresh (OLED Joy lol) it will close the app, and I reload it, that's fine, with the standard Android App it moves to a small window in the corner, I then tell it to go full screen and it will on occasion just load a black screen but the audio will continue playing. I generally find the app a little slow compared to the TV app. When launching the app, it loads a grey screen first, and a few seconds later will show the emby splash screen as it loads, other times it will just sit on the grey screen and then close. Just now it went to play the next episode of show and it was just running through app episodes saying "No compatible stream", if I tried to play something else after reloading the app it would just close the app rather than playing, rebooting the tv fixes this, the grey loading block, and the black/blank screen

Using the web app to remote play to Theater works just fine in my testing, so what I would suggest is opening the chrome debugger and then comparing the request that the web app sends to what you're saying. That should lead you to the answer.

Your comment made me realize that I was connected to the 2.4GHz network on my phone, while my TV is on the 5GHz one. I switched and will report back if the issue crops up again. The issue only started appearing a few months ago, before that I never had any stutter, and I always play high-bitrate files. I'm thinking maybe I switched to the 2.4GHz network at some point and that would have caused the stutters.

It's in the upcoming 4.8 release. Thanks.

Well, now thats sorted out - dunno really. I have an LG ns55 in one bay of the main PC and a Pioneer S12UHT in the other. I find the Pioneer is slower but generally more successful. So if a 4K gives errors on the LG, its OK on the Pioneer, not always, but enough to be useful. This info isn't much use considering Pioneers firmware issues, but just thought I'd mention it - faster isn't always better (for me). Might be worth getting one pre-flashed. I flashed one of my drives, easy, no problem, but was still freaking out over ruining a brand new drive.

Is "Filme.Neue" a tag? Who creates/adds the tags, you (manually)?

Could you pls tell me how to modify to solve this STRM file problem. I'd like to build my own plugin version.

I created an update. But... I had to let it run for a bit on my machine to make sure it didn't do broken things. Bear with me a little just a little longer, and I'll get it fixed.

Shamelessly bumping this to get more attention. I'm shocked this doesn't have more votes..

I use a Shield on a Samsung TV. Only use the Shield remote. Don't know where the TV one is...

You will want to use IPTVBOSS as suggested. Just a heads up, using your IPTV provider in Emby can be considered restreaming by your reseller and is a very quick way to have your account terminated and have you blacklisted.

this 100%. a firestick would wipe the floor with any tv app, but the shield is the best client device

That did seem to solve my issue! Thanks. I am noticing it takes some time before the .ASS subtitles end up showing, but I suspect that is just because they are .ASS subtitles?

@Dicken I just changed the gradient here

Yeah, right now for the most consistency across all clients you will probably need to use the number technique but it can be in the Sort Name field instead of the real name so you will never actually see it. Go to the Metadata Manager from the main hamburger menu and select each of your media folders and change their sort name and Save.