My Fire TV won't connect to my Emby Server running on my old phone.

[Liami10 2]

Hello,

I have a problem with my Emby Server. I installed it on my old Android device and everything worked fine. On my current mobile and on my PC I can connect without Problems using the Android client app or typing in the IP in the Browser. I can watch my shows and movies without any problems. Now I wanted to also be able to watch them on my fireTV. I firstly installed the Emby for FireTV App and connected the server manually by entering the IP. It worked fine except for some transcoding issues but that is a different topic. When I shut off the TV an turned it back on about an hour later, the server is still listet but when I click on it it says it is not able to connect at the moment and it can wake it but hitting the wake button doesn't do anything. I also tried installing the other Emby App on the FireTV store and connecting manually but no luck. It still works fine on Phone And Windows and I don't know what has changed since the first successful attempt.

Thank you all for responding in advance 

Edited March 30 by Liami10

[Neminem 1641]

Did you install the server on your own hardware?

[Liami10 2]

Yes I did, I had an old Samsung Galaxy a21s lying around and I decided to use it as a media server.

[Neminem 1641]

Did you read the "how to" ?

[Liami10 2]

What exactly do you mean by "how to". All I did was download the host APK from the website, install it to my device and add media through the browser. I'm sorry if I forgot any steps, I a newbie here . However I didn't find any instructions

[Neminem 1641]

Thats ok

Welcome

Quick Start

Connecting from Client Apps

[Liami10 2]

Thanks But I believe I have followed all of those steps and as I said it works perfectly fine on all of my other devices except for my Fire Stick.

[ebr 16377]

You may need to check your router for security settings.  We have had instances in the past where routers or other security software have blocked communications from devices like a Fire TV to other devices on your local network.

[Liami10 2]

How exactly would I do that, I need to log into my router settings, but what am I looking for once I logged in?

[visproduction 340]

Related?
https://citizenside.com/technology/how-to-change-firewall-settings-on-android-phone/#google_vignette

https://www.airdroid.com/mdm/android-firewall-settings/

[Neminem 1641]

Hmm is you router also you mobil device?

Shared via hotspot?

[Liami10 2]

I have a separate router to which the hosting phone and the firestick are connected, if you mean that 

[Neminem 1641]

Is the firestick connected to the same wifi ssid as all the rest?

[Liami10 2]

Yup

 

[Liami10 2]

Hello again, so I managed to fix my issue . I knew it was something really stupid. I had to turn off battery optimization for the server app on the host so that it can run in the background. Anyways thanks anyway for everyone helping and have a nice Easter

[justinrh 274]

Server on an Android tablet - I never would have thought it!  I wonder how well that sucker transcodes  

[Liami10 2]

I was unsure as well but it seems to work just fine, even with two streams running parallel