Emby for iOS 2.2.52 no video via HDMI output

[Symen_4ab 4]

Hi there,
A friend is reporting a very recent issue with the emby app: She can't see the video when connected via hdmi to her video projector or tv. Sound works fine, and she can see emby's interface when clicking on the touch screen.

She's using Emby for iOS 2.2.52 on an iPad air 4th gen.

No transcoding on the server. (Big) log attached, user is host3.
Let me know if a cleaner log could be useful, I can restart the server and ask her to try and read a video again.

I did a server hardware upgrade at the beginning of the week, but did not change any setting in emby. I'd guess the issue comes from the emby 2.2.52 client update.

Thanks

embyserver.txt

[Symen_4ab 4]

Update: video works correctly when using the web app with safari on the same device. (Server has to remux the file, though)

[Luke 42598]

Hi, does it play when not connected to the projector ?

[Symen_4ab 4]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

Hi, does it play when not connected to the projector ?

Hi Luke, yeah, I should probably have mentioned that... It does play without an issue when not connected via hdmi

[Luke 42598]

Hi, this is resolved for the next update to the Emby iOS app. Thanks !

[Symen_4ab 4]

Thanks for the update and the fix!
To be clear, it is not fixed in 2.2.53, correct? According to the app store it was released during our messages exchange here.

I cannot test myself, but my friend reports the same issue on 2.2.53.

[Luke 42598]

Hi, right. it will be in the next one. Thanks.

[bradford 10]

Just ran into the same issue

 

[yikesezxd 3]

same issue here

[bcdwyer 0]

+1 also having this issue.

Is there an ETA on the next update for the iOS app?

[Luke 42598]

5 hours ago, bcdwyer said:

+1 also having this issue.

Is there an ETA on the next update for the iOS app?

Hi, shouldn't be too long.

[jamessouth 1]

It’s been a couple of weeks since the last post. Is there an eta on the fix? 

[Luke 42598]

12 hours ago, jamessouth said:

It’s been a couple of weeks since the last post. Is there an eta on the fix? 

We have some other changes in testing on the app beta channel, so we just need to get everything that we're working on wrapped up and then we can do a new release.

[Symen_4ab 4]

Hello, it's been a month since this bug is resolved for the next version, and a week since the last message in the 2.2.54 testing area thread.

Thanks.

[Luke 42598]

Hi, yes we should have it out soon. Thanks.

[80srule 33]

On 6/18/2026 at 6:54 PM, Luke said:

Hi, yes we should have it out soon. Thanks.

IF the app is waiting on an update is there a way to play emby to HDMI output in the mean time? I have a friend that uses emby in their RV and they connect the iPad to the TV to watch when traveling. They typically download some movies to watch when they dont have cell service.

[bcdwyer 0]

12 minutes ago, 80srule said:

IF the app is waiting on an update is there a way to play emby to HDMI output in the mean time? I have a friend that uses emby in their RV and they connect the iPad to the TV to watch when traveling. They typically download some movies to watch when they dont have cell service.

The way I’ve been doing it, is using an app called ‘FE File Explorer Pro’.

I can’t remember if it’s free or not, I’ve had it for several years.

This app connects to the SMB share directly and can download the files for offline use. So completely bypassing Emby.

Keep in mind that it’s not built for media use so there’s no fancy info or GUI and it won’t update Emby when you watch something. It’s purely for files but so far it’s played everything I’ve tried and works fine over HDMI.

As someone else mentioned earlier, you can play Emby from the web browser and mirror the screen but this requires remote access to your server.

Edited 44 minutes ago by bcdwyer
Add info about web browser