Options to enjoy Emby on a new Samsung TV

[CharleyVarrick 283]

Long story short: for many years, I've been using Emby web on an Intel NUC with Windows 10 on the living room TV.

This setup remains, but was moved out of the living room to the basement family room.

For the new living room setup. I have a new Samsung series 485 TV to start with.

What device should I be looking at to access my Emby media?

I have zero knowledge of any or all alternatives to running a Windows PC on the big TV.

A) just Tyzen and the TV remote

B ) Roku

C) Fire TV

D) Nvdia shield

E) htpc computer, although that's not really an option right now, $$ wise

F) anything I missed mentioning

My needs, in this order:

1) Dependable

2) User friendly

3) Fast

4) Not too expensive

 

Oh, and I live in Canada.

Edited December 17, 2022 by CharleyVarrick

[Luke 42078]

Hi, if hd audio pass through of all formats is important to you then I'd probably suggest the shield. Other than that the tizen app is a great choice.

[Junglejim 385]

First I'd try the Tizen app, got nothing to loose there. My brother in law uses it and seems happy with it. (Canada? You may have to side load from USB. Not that hard, same as Australia).

If that's not to your requirements then go for the shield.

If you want something cheaper the Xiaomi MI BOX S 4K is ok (Android TV device) but not as good as the shield.

I use the MI BOX on a couple of older TV's and I really like them. In some respects there are better than my Sony Android TV app.

Food for thought. Obviously do some research and find out what's best for your situation.

Edited December 17, 2022 by Junglejim

[CharleyVarrick 283]

It makes a lot of sense to start off with Tizen.

Its free and no new remote required

 

Are these instructions still current and up to date, 3 ½ years later ?

 

[CharleyVarrick 283]

9 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, if hd audio pass through of all formats is important to you then I'd probably suggest the shield.

Should hd audio pass through be important ? Does that refer to less trans-coding work for the server (or client).

[Junglejim 385]

7 minutes ago, CharleyVarrick said:

It makes a lot of sense to start off with Tizen.

Its free and no new remote required

 

Are these instructions still current and up to date, 3 ½ years later ?

 

I think that's what my brother in law used, you may have to jump through some hoops (firmware upgrades etc.) depending on your model of TV..

I think that's all you get if your not in the designated countries.

[crusher11 1101]

12 minutes ago, CharleyVarrick said:

Should hd audio pass through be important ? Does that refer to less trans-coding work for the server (or client).

Depends what your sources are.

[CharleyVarrick 283]

1 minute ago, crusher11 said:

Depends what your sources are.

If that's what you mean, mostly mp4 and mkv, 95% 1080p 720p.

 

[Junglejim 385]

10 minutes ago, CharleyVarrick said:

If that's what you mean, mostly mp4 and mkv, 95% 1080p 720p.

 

Should be all good with the Tizen app. Give it a go.

[crusher11 1101]

36 minutes ago, CharleyVarrick said:

If that's what you mean, mostly mp4 and mkv, 95% 1080p 720p.

 

None of those are audio formats.

[Junglejim 385]

17 hours ago, crusher11 said:

None of those are audio formats.

Did you describe the format?.... 'Depends what your sources are'....... video? Audio? LOL.

 

Edited December 18, 2022 by Abobader
No need for this type of talk

[CharleyVarrick 283]

2 minutes ago, crusher11 said:

None of those are audio formats.

For audio formats I can look them up one media at a time, but I wouldn't know how to get an overall view

[Junglejim 385]

Have you got a nice 5.1 - 7.1 audio system?  if not don't worry about it. If you have go for the shield!

[CharleyVarrick 283]

9 minutes ago, Junglejim said:

Have you got a nice 5.1 - 7.1 audio system?  if not don't worry about it. If you have go for the shield!

The previous setup included a  2.1 audio system, but wife wanted out those big loudspeakers / "million" wires.

The new system will only have a single portable Bose BT speaker... That's all the "clean look" can offer.

 

[Junglejim 385]

1 minute ago, CharleyVarrick said:

The previous setup included a  2.1 audio system, but wife wanted out those big loudspeakers / "million" wires.

The new system will only have a single portable Bose BT speaker... That's all the "clean look" can offer.

 

Yep i get where your coming from.  If you can get the Tizen app up and running I think you should be ok with that.

[crusher11 1101]

42 minutes ago, Junglejim said:

Have you got a nice 5.1 - 7.1 audio system?  if not don't worry about it. If you have go for the shield!

That has nothing to do with whether not having HD audio passthrough will require transcoding.

[CharleyVarrick 283]

15 minutes ago, Junglejim said:

Yep i get where your coming from.  If you can get the Tizen app up and running I think you should be ok with that.

I'll give it a shot asap and let you know.

Thanks!

[Junglejim 385]

16 hours ago, crusher11 said:

That has nothing to do with whether not having HD audio passthrough will require transcoding.

Are you even reading this topic? Mate he has a blue-tooth speaker..

All HD audio will get down mixed..   Nothing special.. LOL

 

 

 

Edited December 18, 2022 by Abobader
No need for this type of talk

[CharleyVarrick 283]

Come to think of it, bluetooth is not offered on the budget TV we just got.

It will work when watching actual tv signal from the provider's terminal, which is bluetooth capable.

But when I'll switch input from TV terminal to Emby Tizen, I'll lose sound to bt speaker.

Unless the speaker also work thru USB...

[Junglejim 385]

Hmm, strange. What if you plugin a USB bluetooth dongle into the TV?

Na that wont work..

Edited December 17, 2022 by Junglejim

[CharleyVarrick 283]

1 minute ago, Junglejim said:

Hmm, strange. What if you plugin a USB bluetooth dongle into the TV?

Good idea !

If it works, that's one less wire (WAF up) and the speaker remains portable.

 

[Junglejim 385]

8 minutes ago, CharleyVarrick said:

Good idea !

If it works, that's one less wire (WAF up) and the speaker remains portable.

 

Hope it works, it would be nice if the blue-tooth just worked.

My TV is the same, has blue-tooth for controllers but not much else.

Edited December 17, 2022 by Junglejim

[pwhodges 2012]

I use this device to transmit sound from the TV by Bluetooth (for my wife's hearing aids) - I've mounted it behind the TV on the bracket.  It can be fed from the headphone socket or the TOSlink, depending on whether you want to disable the built-in speakers.

Paul

[Junglejim 385]

11 minutes ago, pwhodges said:

I use this device to transmit sound from the TV by Bluetooth (for my wife's hearing aids) - I've mounted it behind the TV on the bracket.  It can be fed from the headphone socket or the TOSlink, depending on whether you want to disable the built-in speakers.

Paul

That's not a bad price actually. My TV has BT input but not output. Cheapo  

I have tried some BT dongles but this looks cool!

[CharleyVarrick 283]

5 minutes ago, Junglejim said:

Hope it works, it would be nice if the blue-tooth just worked.

I just read that the mini usb jack on the Bose speaker is just for charging purpose.

The dongle is now the only hope left.