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


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Liami10
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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 by Liami10
Neminem
Posted

Did you install the server on your own hardware?

Liami10
Posted

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

Neminem
Posted

Did you read the "how to" ?

Liami10
Posted

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

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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.

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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.

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

Neminem
Posted

Hmm is you router also you mobil device?

Shared via hotspot?

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

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