Continued Development of Emby

[XFactor502 0]

Are you guys going to to add the feature where we can have one emby server installed on one device and have our own media on it while other devices can connect to it and watch it 

[Abobader 3464]

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[Luke 42078]

Hi, isn't that what Emby Server already does? Can you please clarify what you're asking for? Thanks.

[XFactor502 0]

I have emby server installed on my phone and the app (emby android/ emby theater) installed on both my phone and computer but with the emby theater app on my computer Its asking me to get emby premiere whenever I watch one of my media I loaded with the emby server on my phone

Edited December 28, 2024 by XFactor502

[Luke 42078]

10 minutes ago, XFactor502 said:

I have emby server installed on my phone and the app (emby android/ emby theater) installed on both my phone and computer but with the emby theater app on my computer Its asking me to get emby premiere whenever I watch one of my media I loaded with the emby server on my phone

HI, if you use the Emby web app this won't happen, but installed Emby apps require Emby Premiere. We work very hard on Emby and we thank you for your support.

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

7 minutes ago, XFactor502 said:

I have emby server installed on my phone and the app (emby android/ emby theater) installed on both my phone and computer but with the emby theater app on my computer Its asking me to get emby premiere whenever I watch one of my media I loaded with the emby server on my phone

Having an Emby server on a phone makes zero sense. While it could work, as there is an Emby Android server, but the lack of storage makes it problematic, at best. 

Emby is designed to be installed on a computer or a very few Android devices like a Shield TV. Then clients like Rokus or Fire TVs or many Android devices connect to the server. 
Emby is a client/server system where the server is what controls the content and the client is what displays the content. 

[XFactor502 0]

Nevermind when are you going to make it free for emby apps from Microsoft store have offline media and full playback free

[Luke 42078]

1 minute ago, XFactor502 said:

Nevermind when are you going to make it free for emby apps from Microsoft store have offline media and full playback free

The software is our business. It's how we pay our employees. We thank you for supporting Emby.

[XFactor502 0]

I'll only buy the lifetime license if you lower to anywhere under $50

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

4 minutes ago, XFactor502 said:

I'll only buy the lifetime license if you lower to anywhere under $50

Then Emby is NOT for you. The price for a lifetime premier license is tiny compared to the value you get.

[XFactor502 0]

How is $119 tiny 

[XFactor502 0]

I only have the media I loaded into the server is in my phone and I am trying to personally stream it to other apps on my other 2 devices that don't have that media but obviously that's gonna cost me '$119'. That's rip off unless you emby people lower down to around below $50

Edited December 28, 2024 by XFactor502

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

Just now, XFactor502 said:

How is $119 tiny 

Because the value you receive for many years is very high. 
I have had Emby for 8-10 years and i love it. However i recommend people initially sub monthly and then, after testing Emby for a month or three, make the decision to get lifetime or to not get it as your value perception becomes clear. 

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

1 minute ago, XFactor502 said:

I only have the media I loaded into the server is in my phone and I am trying to personally stream it to other apps on my other 2 devices but obviously that's gonna cost me '$119'. That's rip off unless you emby people lower down to around below $50

Don't use your phone as a server. While it may work it is not how it is designed. Use a dedicated computer for a server and make everything else a client. That is how Emby is designed and the way you are doing it just makes it harder.  

[Clackdor 109]

8 hours ago, XFactor502 said:

How is $119 tiny

For a perpetual software license in a world where perpetual software licenses are becoming increasingly rare $119 is a good value. $119 is a significant amount of money to a lot of people, but the value of being in control of your own media library is well worth the upfront cost.

Most people are hosting their own media servers to do away with/limit use of the growing number of streaming services that are constantly shuffling/removing content and increasing their monthly subscription prices. The ability to do away with most streaming services offsets the license cost, and eventually it could work out to basically pay for itself over time depending on circumstances and usage.

8 hours ago, XFactor502 said:

I only have the media I loaded into the server is in my phone and I am trying to personally stream it to other apps on my other 2 devices that don't have that media but obviously that's gonna cost me '$119'. That's rip off unless you emby people lower down to around below $50

Keep in mind that most of us have a dedicated computer/NAS for our emby servers. The cost of hardware, storage, electricity, time to perform maintenance on the whole thing, etc. can quickly dwarf the one time $119 cost of an emby license by several orders of magnitude.

[MrAudio 22]

On 12/28/2024 at 10:37 AM, XFactor502 said:

How is $119 tiny 

For what you are trying to do, it's not. It's like buying $100,000 of mechanics tools and tool-chests just to check your oil level and top it off. It's WAY overkill, which is why it's probably not the right solution for you.

If you were a person who made your living as a mechanic, that $100,000 investment would likely make all the difference whether you were profitable or lost money as a mechanic, because those tools would allow you to do jobs far faster and with much less chance of doing accidental damage, because you'd have the right tools for the job almost every time. That's why mechanics spend so much on their tools.

Emby is designed for people who need to share LARGE collections of media to many devices. It assumes that you've probably already spent many hundreds or thousands of dollars on hardware to do this job, and the $119 for a lifetime license is the smallest expense you'll have. And for this kind of person, Emby is an absolute bargain - but that doesn't sound like it's you. That's okay. It just means you probably need to keep looking for a FREE solution, even if it isn't as elegant as Emby can be, because COST is your biggest concern. For most Emby users, the cost of Emby is a very small concern. Not because we're rich or anything, but because we make our media servers a high priority, and are willing to invest some real money to make it powerful and user-friendly. It's okay if you don't want to do that - there are other solutions you can use to get the job done, they're just not going to be as slick and pretty.

[dcook 299]

On 28/12/2024 at 13:41, XFactor502 said:

I only have the media I loaded into the server is in my phone and I am trying to personally stream it to other apps on my other 2 devices that don't have that media but obviously that's gonna cost me '$119'. That's rip off unless you emby people lower down to around below $50

I don't think you understand what Emby does and now to use it properly

Premiere is well worth the cost to support a great product.