Android client unable to display music symbol

[Deihmos 173]

Subtitles on the Android client fails to display certain symbols like music symbol. See below example. They show fine on the web client. 

 

 

 

Edited September 11, 2025 by Deihmos

[Luke 42505]

Hi, what version number of the app is it?

[FrostByte 5479]

Most likely the same problem described here which I'm still seeing it with 3.5.02.  

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/124431-3357-musical-notes-in-subtitles-being-wrongly-displayed/

[Deihmos 173]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, what version number of the app is it?

Version 3.5.02. I noticed it previous versions.  

[Luke 42505]

Right the symbol is just not currently in the app's subtitle font, so that will have to be added. Thanks.

[DerekWilliamsUK 3]

And when might that be? This default font 'bug' is really annoying.

[seehazy 0]

This is beyond annoying and a basic subtitling prerequisite that should "just work".

A font issue that breaks immersion during the viewing experience is not a trivial concern. Can this PLEASE be fixed with the next update? Or a hotfix or something?

At a bare minimum (there may be others), these two Unicode characters need to display properly: ♪♫

Side note: I love the minor UI changes, additional features, and especially the collapsible sidebar menu of the new/standard Android app. It addresses one of my core issues with the old Android TV app that effectively forces you to have library tiles pinned to the home screen. But this sort of thing keeps me coming back to the old, reliable Android TV app. Sigh... one day I hope to be able to uninstall it.

[Luke 42505]

Hi, this is resolved in the next update to Emby for Android. Thanks.

[FrostByte 5479]

9 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, this is resolved in the next update to Emby for Android. Thanks.

Working for me in version .34

[seehazy 0]

11 hours ago, FrostByte said:

Working for me in version .34

Thanks for confirming. Google Play reports version 3.5.32 as the current version on my NVIDIA Shield. Should I sideload the apk or wait for the update to roll out?

I checked the release notes in the forum and both versions .32 and .34 are listed as being released on April 10. Is that an error? If not, I'm curious why .34 wouldn't have been rolled out by now.

Regardless, issue seems resolved. Awesome! Thanks dev team

[FrostByte 5479]

37 minutes ago, seehazy said:

Thanks for confirming. Google Play reports version 3.5.32 as the current version on my NVIDIA Shield. Should I sideload the apk or wait for the update to roll out?

I checked the release notes in the forum and both versions .32 and .34 are listed as being released on April 10. Is that an error? If not, I'm curious why .34 wouldn't have been rolled out by now.

Regardless, issue seems resolved. Awesome! Thanks dev team

I sideloaded because I have a lot of subtitles with the music symbol and didn't want to wait.  Sometimes it can take a while for Google to review an update.  The only issue with sideloading is that it sometimes breaks the auto update in the Google store and you will have to update again from the store to restart that.

Luke and ebr may have a better gauge on how long they think it may take for .34 to hit the store though.