Two Emby versions on Fire TV?

[Wysocki 2]

My Hisense Fire TV apps library shows two versions of Emby. One is titled "Emby for Fire TV" (about 6000 users) and the other is just "Emby" (about 200 users). What's the difference in these two versions and which one should I use?

[GrimReaper 4739]

You can still use either, though the latter is actively developed and recommended by the Dev team, going forward.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Wysocki said:

My Hisense Fire TV apps library shows two versions of Emby. One is titled "Emby for Fire TV" (about 6000 users) and the other is just "Emby" (about 200 users). What's the difference in these two versions and which one should I use?

pretty funny stats considering they want to get rid of the TV app.  

do yourself a favor and use the Emby for Fire TV app to avoid issues. The emby app sucks. 

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

3 minutes ago, embaaa said:

...do yourself a favor and use the Emby for Fire TV app to avoid issues. The emby app sucks. 

My experience is pretty much the opposite. That is the TV app has real issues on some playbacks while the regular app plays them just fine. Of course I mostly care about playback experience and not about the interface being "pretty."

Edited December 22, 2025 by Gilgamesh_48

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, Gilgamesh_48 said:

My experience is pretty much the opposite. That is the TV app has real issues on some playbacks while the regular app plays them just fine. Of course I mostly care about playback experience and not about the interface being "pretty."

I assure you the people complaining don't care about anything being pretty.  We don't have basic playback working on the standard app and the devs confirmed this.  

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

10 minutes ago, embaaa said:

I assure you the people complaining don't care about anything being pretty.  We don't have basic playback working on the standard app and the devs confirmed this.  

I also do not use fancy formats or subtitles or fancy audio or high bitrates. All my movies are under 3gb and most under 2. 

I notice that most playback issues result from high bitrates or other problems directly related to the nature or quality of the encode.
All of my 4500+ movies play fine with the standard app (because it uses a better playback engine) but many do not play with the TV app. 
The devs may well have confirmed your issue and I just hope they do not break my playback fixing yours. It has happened before.

Edited December 22, 2025 by Gilgamesh_48

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Gilgamesh_48 said:

 but many do not play with the TV app. 
 

What file format doesn't play correctly on the TV app?  You are the first I have seen say this.  

Also the numbers here speaks for themselves.  People not on these forums 6000 to 200 prefer the embyTV app.

Edited December 22, 2025 by embaaa
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[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

46 minutes ago, embaaa said:

What file format doesn't play correctly on the TV app?  You are the first I have seen say this.  

Also the numbers here speaks for themselves.  People not on these forums 6000 to 200 prefer the embyTV app.

I am done with this fight and your numbers are meaningless as I do not prefer the TV app and for me and my playback expectations and for me I am the only one that matters. If I don't like in then I will not use it. 

Also I have no idea where your numbers com from but if it is some kind of on line poll then it is as meaningless as all other online polls.

So I am outa here. 

[Wysocki 2]

So, per my original question, I still don't know what the differences are. Can I install both to try them out? Do they share settings or cause some other conflict?

[Guest]

20 minutes ago, Wysocki said:

So, per my original question, I still don't know what the differences are. Can I install both to try them out? Do they share settings or cause some other conflict?

Emby for Fire TV is designed for TVs. 

Emby is designed for phones and tablets. 

 

You can install them both. 

[Lessaj 467]

I would recommend using Emby for Android (or just Emby). It is actively being developed and recommended by the dev team as Grim said.