External Player Removal

[EmbyLearner 3]

Luke,

Been a while my friend. You guys have been doing great so no need to contact you over the last several years.

However, this is too important not to speak up. 

Please make sure these guys know the gravity of the mistake they are making. There are thousands of us who have hundreds (some thousands) of DVD's and Blu-ray's in the libraries that Emby a fantastic product helped us create and enjoy. To leave us hanging and stuck with no external payer is UNACCEPTABLE. While using the "old" version is a workaround the new player must have it for many more years as these libraries will not transition overnight.

It was the height of "corporate" arrogance (not something we would expect from you guys as a team) to leave it out and release it in the first place. Hopefully this will be corrected soon. Please share this email with the team so they can show us that EMBY has not sold out to and "grown" into a cold corporate entity that does not care about the group that got them there. Congratulations on the growth and success we helped you create. Dance with the one who brought you though cause karma catches up with organizations that abandon their core values and core users. 

All the best

Kevin Easton

[Luke 42077]

Hi, it has not been removed. Please see my comment here for more detail:

Thanks.

[crusher11 1101]

"We didn't remove the feature, we just replaced the app with one that never had that feature"? That's your argument?

Maybe try achieving feature parity before replacing things? IntroSkip, ATV, now this...

[blei 7]

On 4/26/2025 at 9:53 PM, Luke said:

Hi, it has not been removed. Please see my comment here for more detail:

Thanks.

Is there a timeline for when this will be added in @Luke? It's one of the biggest reasons I bought Emby Premiere + am using it over Plex...

I'm using the older client at this point but if the future is for us to all use the Windows App version of it... I'd like to use the official client where I can get the latest updates

Edited May 18, 2025 by blei

[Luke 42077]

1 hour ago, blei said:

Is there a timeline for when this will be added in @Luke? It's one of the biggest reasons I bought Emby Premiere + am using it over Plex...

I'm using the older client at this point but if the future is for us to all use the Windows App version of it... I'd like to use the official client where I can get the latest updates

Hi, it's on our to do list for the near future. Thanks.

[KeithA 5]

Any update on this?

 

Thanks

[Luke 42077]

2 hours ago, KeithA said:

Any update on this?

 

Thanks

Hi, no update yet but it is still on our to do list. Thanks.