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Emby is not a democracy, its a commercial entity. We can provide feedback but ultimately its their decision how to package software and we can choose whether or not to purchase their products.

I’d love to see an option to stop Emby from emptying the trash automatically after every library scan. This would be super useful when editing or moving files around because it prevents the server from treating those files as gone before they’re actually back in place. Once the edits or moves are finished, we could just run a rescan to update everything without causing unnecessary changes in the meantime. It’s definitely more of a quality of life type setting, but for those of us who like things tidy or are a bit OCD about our setups, this would be a really helpful addition. Keen to see what the Emby community has to say.

Moving existing media entries from Folder A (D:/Media/Movies) to Folder B (E:/Media/Movies) belonging to the same library, causes these items to be considered "new" within this library. For example I have a Movies library: E:/Media/Movies/ D:/Media/Movies/ If I move the folder "E:/Media/Movies/Apocalypse Now (1979)/" to "D:/Media/Movies/Apocalypse Now (1979)/", the entry for "Apocalypse Now (1979)" is added to the "Latest Movies" section and the "Date Added" is also changed to the moment of the move. I find it hard to believe this is intentional design. Am I doing something wrong or missing a step perhaps?

Way better for sure, I can confirm that is 30-40% faster in general.

I'm actually against this feature, much like the custom CSS implementation. It would be cool to be able to "theme" Emby more than just light/dark mode but have settings with color pickers, font selection etc. I find that the ecommerce platforms do this pretty well. Being able to change colors and visual things is something other than completely changing the look and feel of a product. In this case it might even allow some users to take advantage of being able to do that and pretend it's a completely "new" system. I'd suggest moving away from fixed themes, but being able to change colors. An example of theming would be: Theme colors Theme fonts (a dropdown/select would be more applicable for Emby) I would like to say again, that the Emby logo is there, because you're using Emby software. Much like you have an Apple logo on your Apple device, a Windows logo in your start button, etc. If you were to change that or remove it, you're basically "hiding" the product people worked on which is incredible misleading.

I agree with this post. Within ecommerce platforms I've also seen the transition from "custom settings" towards standardised configurations at the same place in stead of being accessible (or exclusively) accessed from multiple places. Eventhough a dev might want something, it's Emby platform "responsibility" in the end and Emby is (held) responsible for usability by its users like in this case, causing confusing on where to find something like settings. I would personally prefer settings ONLY to be ALWAYS accessible via the plugins overview (i.e. rightclick) which is where I would expect them. I want to do a plugin thing, so I have to navigate to the plugin to do the thing. It also separates the plugin functionality / configuration from native Emby settings. The same goes for other platforms, nowadays "apps" can mostly/only be managed via a dedicated "apps"-listing, which is always centralized within that platform. Having one way to do one thing is usually the best way. Having multiple ways to do one things is usually confusing.

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I agree, absolutely! I think we can't expect Emby to support all the hundreds of different micro-os structures and applets that are associated with them. It's pretty cool Emby supports multiple platforms as-is already in my opinion, mucht better than other platforms. I would really suggest diving a little bit into Linux though if you have a ugreen (or other type) of Linux server at home. Fortunately I use Linux regularly, almost exclusively, for my daytime job and I find that it really helps getting to know both Windows and Linux. Linux is mainly used for (dedicated)servers so you'll be able to use other aspects of your server like hosting a website, micro-services, domotica etc, if you wanted to. It's a wise investment to learn a little more about it, because Linux isn't going anywhere soon.

What I mean is that setting up an Emby server on Linux seems less user-friendly on Linux than on Windows. I'm not a Linux expert, and that definitely influences my opinion. However, first of all, there isn't a native Ugreen app for the Emby server, and secondly, it will run on Docker. I really appreciate the posts here and people sharing their opinions.

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We work very hard on Emby. We'd kinda like people to know what it is...

Hey everyone, I recently encountered a small yet frustrating issue while managing my Emby library: finding duplicate movies. There were two types of duplicates I was dealing with: Two files of the same movie. Emby identifies one movie as another. To solve this, I decided to create a simple web project that works in any environment. All you need to do is provide your Emby server URL and API key—no need to dive into complex setups or configurations. The tool will scan your libraries for duplicates, and if any are found, it allows you to download a list showing the movie names and their file paths organized by the library. If you're facing a similar issue, you can try out the tool here: https://imahmud1.github.io/emby-dupe-finder/ For those interested in tinkering with the code or contributing, the project is open-source, and you can find the repo here: https://github.com/imahmud1/emby-dupe-finder I hope this helps anyone else dealing with duplicate movies in their Emby setup! Cheers!

I'd really like to have 2 Factor Authentication added to the login screen. It's just this (optional) extra layer of security to help secure the server (which, especially if people use camera uploads) contains pretty private data. There are for every type of programming language quite a few libraries available, so implementation on a server shouldn't be too hard to realise

I have searched the Feature Requests thread, and I know similar requests have been made, but only for general karaoke support with people requesting support for old depreciated formats as .mid and .kar. CDG+MP3 is by far the most common file format in Karaoke, and also the format used by most professionals. The sound and music quality is by far superior to the midi based file formats. CDG+MP3 is also directly supported in Ffmpeg, and can be transcoded on the fly using a simple command. The video format is only 300x216 (304x224 buffer dimension) so transcoding it would be very cpu friendly. The Ffmpeg command to convert the file is as follows: ffmpeg -copyts -i "01 - Rihanna - Russian Roulette.cdg" -i "01 - Rihanna - Russian Roulette.mp3" -b:v 1M -y "01 - Rihanna - Russian Roulette.MP4" This will force a 1meg video.. I don't know if that is a necessity, as it will produce a larger file than if you omit the -b:v 1M -y option.. The -copyts is there to ignore timestamps in the files, as sometimes this will induce a sync issue with the lyrics shown. Works flawlessly. Now, cdg+mp3 files are normally stored in .zip files to keep them together and for easy management. If there is a problem unzipping and using the files then deleting them after use, I see no problem unzipping the files and leaving them as pairs on the server.. The zipping is purely for ease of use and does not offer much of a space requirement reduction. Please consider this, as a Karaoke Jockey as a side gig, I know a lot of people enjoy this, and in these covid times, no shows are held, and people need entertaining. I serve my immediate family and friends with content, and to be able to add karaoke singing on the fly with emby would be a valuable addition. Best regards, dexus.

100% Agree!

That means they're downloaded like that since Transmission is a torrent client.

When creating a user, we have the option to copy the settings from another existing user. After the user has been created, we can't do that again. It would be nice to "reapply" the settings from (for example a template user) to other users so that their settings are copied again. On servers with multiple users this saves up having to manually compare each field when something changes, for example transcoding settings, bandwidth, etc. This would also be useful to copy the settings from (amonth other things) the homescreen or display settings. They're a different section within Emby (I think) but it would be nice to also copy these settings from other users as (I personally) tend to shift the home sections around every now and then to make Emby feel a little more lively.

HI, yes I've been meaning to add this. Thanks.

Shooting for any day now.

Want this to be a democracy? Gazillions(*) of users have installed the app meanwhile, so their vote is clear. Less than a dozen of users have complained about it so far. So, as for a democracy - the votes are very clear. (*) replace by a very large number with lots of zeros

4.9 should perform better, yes.

Thank for that. I get; Folders Programme Data /var/lib/emby Cache /data/2tbnvme/cache Metadata /var/lib/emby/metadata Logs /var/lib/emby/logs Transcoding Temporary Files /data/2tbnvme/transcoding-temp in the /var/lib/emby/plugins/configurations I can delete the VirtualTV.xml Thanks

Many many thanks!!

So, again today we get to have fun by breaking this forum? The hits just keep coming.

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Many thanks, appreciate the kind words and happy i could help. A thanks to you as well for testing and reporting! I have a buy me a coffee here https://buymeacoffee.com/yockser But you absolutely don't have to, i'm happy as long as i can make something people like to use.

Resolution blocking and message test, all working fine Thank you very much for this @yockerthis 4k transcode blocking feature is missing from emby for years, i m pretty sure a lot of users will use this. Cheers man ! Shoot me some address so i can send some money for few beers.

I didn't realise until googling something else that plugin settings can either be along the left side under advanced OR by right-clicking on installed plugins. Can all plugin settings locations be consistent so that any plugin that can be tweaked has its settings in the lefthand pane?

Turning off the frame rate match stops the stutter

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I have referred it to Gracenote - it is also wrong here https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/ntd-america-w34eyd2-huntsville-al/36307/2025-09-24 The schedule appears to have valid movie data starting from 04:52 am 25 September

Ahh. ok I figured it out. I uploaded all the gif art via the web interface but emby converted it to png. Going into the metadata folder and replacing the images with gif worked!

This would be great!!!!

I'm very keen on having an Album sub-category of Release Type (have posted ideas previously so won't repeat everything here). I think this "other" method suggested by Luke would be the best approach for implementing anything. "Albums" should stay as the combined top-level, otherwise the Songs, Albums, Appears On, etc. pages could become unwieldy (especially for casual users) with perhaps too much information to scroll through. There would also be inconsistent hierarchical navigation flow of the whole UI (if that makes any kinda weird sense???) Album Release Types such as "Studio", "Live" etc. should ideally be the next-level down and viewed on the Albums detail page for an Artist. Splitting the top-level Albums into further top-level categories does not make sense to me. I would prefer having the overview of all Artist Albums (and item count) and then a sub-level of Album Types. Group By could then be used to split into the Release Types or not, as required.

I would throw in a message like "Delete Collections? No actual video files on disk will be deleted." Etc.

Using the multi-select on collections says it will delete them from my file system? Uhhhhh, no? Why would I want that? Is the wording bad, meaning it will just delete the pointers to the collection, or will it delete the underlying movies, which would be a BAD thing? At the least, the wording is not optimal.

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Yeah I can't do this right now after I get debian installed on the living room pc tower I'm going to bed I need to be up early for work. I own the one time pay for emby so I can do this another time thank you fella. I will try this again another day maybe sometime on the weekend thank you but I'm just beat burning the candle at both ends trying to keep up.

Appreciate it Luke!

Being able to pin a playlist of collection to the homescreen and turn it into a section is something we plan to do.

Great news guys. We think this is resolved for the next update to Emby for iOS.

Hi, please try again with the next update to the Emby Apple TV app. Thanks.

HI, yes this is certainly doable.

Should be fixed now, i missed something when i made it. EmbyIcons.dll

The new version is up. Added: Support for videos in "Home Videos and Photos" type libraries. Clear icon cache button for when icons have changed in the icons folder - It should now work correctly, last time it didn't work when changing to a different image format, for example from jpg to png. Changed: Made the settings page preview dynamic and random, giving a better representation of the icons. Download here or at Github - EmbyIcons Edit: Forgot to say, the whole code is available on the Github. Do with it what you want, even make it your own, just please keep it open source! EmbyIcons.zip

Thanks to both of you for your replies. @Luke, I can't wait to see this new update!!

Hi, yes that is correct. We will be adding an additional option to it. Thanks.

That particular option will always ask for the user to re-authenticate (as you're seeing). @Lukehas already stated that there needs to be an additional option that remembers logged in users. Any update on this Luke? Android app remains the same also.

Its simple, using tailscale app on your shield and mobile. Copy the ip address of tailscale app for your shield its will be available in tailscale app and paste that ip address when emby asks to add server manually.

Hi would it be possible to update the ratings part in the .nfo files so Kodi can scan ratings better? At the moment Emby seems to store the rating like this <rating>6.4</rating> When Emby for Kodi adds info to Kodi it uses the nfo files to populate the database at the moment it enters default for rating_type, so skins have no idea which rating is actually stored in the ratings field. Could be IMDB, TMDB,... Kodi suggests the following layout for ratings: <rating name="imdb" max="10" default="true"> <value>6.200000</value> <votes>4718</votes> </rating> This way multiple ratings can be stored for one movie/tv show in the nfo file and the Kodi DB gets populated properly as well. Edit: When i wrote this feature request it was with my limited understanding that Kodi simply used the .nfo files that Emby makes for importing data. Since then i've learned there is actually way more going on in the background, as explained below. With that in mind i would like to change/upgrade my request: Can Emby update it's internal way of storing ratings so that it can store IMDB/TMDB/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritics?