New Emby Server Release: 4.9.5.0

[elfco 1]

Same isue here, tmdb not fetching any data.

System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: Type definitions should start with a '{', expecting serialized type 'CompleteMovieData', got string starting with: ��}Ko�J��_a�u/������ۖ��eK��.A2(���|H�

at ServiceStack.Text.Common.DeserializeTypeRefJson.StringToType(ReadOnlySpan`1 strType, TypeConfig typeConfig, EmptyCtorDelegate ctorFn, KeyValuePair`2[] typeAccessors) in /home/runner/work/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Text/src/ServiceStack.Text/Common/DeserializeTypeRefJson.cs:line 28

at ServiceStack.Text.JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromSpan(Type type, ReadOnlySpan`1 value) in /home/runner/work/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Text/src/ServiceStack.Text/JsonSerializer.cs:line 61

at ServiceStack.Text.NetCoreMemory.Deserialize(MemoryStream memoryStream, Boolean fromPool, Type type, DeserializeStringSpanDelegate deserializer) in /home/runner/work/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Text/src/ServiceStack.Text/NetCoreMemory.cs:line 184

at ServiceStack.Text.NetCoreMemory.DeserializeAsync(Stream stream, Type type, DeserializeStringSpanDelegate deserializer) in /home/runner/work/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Text/src/ServiceStack.Text/NetCoreMemory.cs:line 173

at ServiceStack.Text.JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromStreamAsync[T](Stream stream) in /home/runner/work/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Text/src/ServiceStack.Text/JsonSerializer.cs:line 238

at Emby.Common.Implementations.Serialization.JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromStreamAsync[T](Stream stream)

at MovieDb.MovieDbProvider.FetchMainResult(String id, Boolean isTmdbId, String language, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

at MovieDb.MovieDbImageProvider.GetMovieInfo(BaseItem item, String language, IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

at MovieDb.MovieDbImageProvider.GetImages(RemoteImageFetchOptions options, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

at Emby.Providers.Manager.ProviderManager.GetImages(RemoteImageFetchOptions options, CancellationToken cancellationToken, IRemoteImageProvider provider, Int32 providerIndex)

[tenchiowo 7]

Also can confirm after upgrading to Windows Server 4.9.5.0 I cannot Identify any new Movie or TV Show. I tried through IMDB and TMDB with correct paths that should have easily identified the Movie and or Television Show. 

[Vidmo232 9]

Just for fun, I rolled back to 4.9.3.0 and still see the same TMDB issue. I think their API key is no longer valid. If you take the exact GET URL and test it in your browser, you'll get a "Invalid API key" as a response.

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/person/886?api_key=‌f6bd687ffa63cd282b6ff2c6877f2669‌&append_to_response=credits,images,external_ids&language=en-US

{"status_code":7,"status_message":"Invalid API key: You must be granted a valid key.","success":false}

 

Edited May 20 by Vidmo232

[Vidmo232 9]

Looks like the root cause was/is at TMDB itself.
API returning corrupted data instead of JSON - Talk — The Movie Database (TMDB)

[kandiman 15]

Scanned Movies library everything is fine now definitely the issue was on TMDB side.

[pdufho 0]

18 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, try shutting the server and then installing the update from the website.

Tried that, I would then get the error that it doesn't have access to the system.old directory, this folder is set read-only. The installation then fails.

Installation works fine after deleting this folder.

Had to do this for the previous version as well.

[AHrubik 2]

After updating my Emby Premier key is not registering and I get a spinning wheel on the admin page trying to save it. I've restarted and reinstalled. Blanked it out, shutdown and resaved it. All results in the spinning wheel and the "get emby premier" button at the top of the page. 

Edit: This seems to be resolved after I cleared the mb3 domain through noscript. This is something I have not had to do before so I'm not sure what's changed in the code. 

Edited May 21 by AHrubik
Resolved.

[Suliamu 50]

4 hours ago, AHrubik said:

Edit: This seems to be resolved after I cleared the mb3 domain through noscript. This is something I have not had to do before so I'm not sure what's changed in the code. 

Same here. 
And i haven't even updated. 
Still on 4.9.1.90.

[DrQuinn69 5]

I am also having the issue of "In the server dashboard. It also keeps saying to restart the server to apply updates, but whenever I do the same thing happens - It tells me (in the Alerts section on dashboard page) the server has updated to 4.9.5.0 but the version is definitely still 4.9.3.0"

I am using the portable version rather than the Installed version and don't want to loose my library using the suggestion  to update from the Website which would overwrite my files.

Is a hotfix for this going to be released as multiple people have reported and are experiencing the same issue?

Thank you.

 

[rekit 18]

18 hours ago, DrQuinn69 said:

I am also having the issue of "In the server dashboard. It also keeps saying to restart the server to apply updates, but whenever I do the same thing happens - It tells me (in the Alerts section on dashboard page) the server has updated to 4.9.5.0 but the version is definitely still 4.9.3.0"

I am using the portable version rather than the Installed version and don't want to loose my library using the suggestion  to update from the Website which would overwrite my files.

Is a hotfix for this going to be released as multiple people have reported and are experiencing the same issue?

Thank you.

 

did you reboot the server? not the emby server but the actual server machine

[AngelSing 50]

On 5/18/2026 at 2:40 PM, Emby Releases said:

 

• Add new spotlight home screen section option (requires Emby Server 4.10+)

 

I'm excited to see this feature in the stable release. Does anyone know when it will actually be released in the stable version? 

[Luke 42555]

33 minutes ago, AngelSing said:

I'm excited to see this feature in the stable release. Does anyone know when it will actually be released in the stable version? 

It will be part of the 4.10 release.

[AngelSing 50]

59 minutes ago, Luke said:

It will be part of the 4.10 release.

Hello, when do you expect to release the stable version 4.10?

[kingom 9]

does this release fix problems with search?

[Luke 42555]

On 5/22/2026 at 3:33 PM, AngelSing said:

Hello, when do you expect to release the stable version 4.10?

HI, I don't have an ETA but we are working hard on it. Thanks.

[DrQuinn69 5]

On 5/22/2026 at 11:34 AM, rekit said:

did you reboot the server? not the emby server but the actual server machine

Apologies for the late reply, business travel overseas. Yes, it eventually worked after rebooting the server a couple of times. Thank you for your help.

[kandiman 15]

What's the reason why after this server update all the movies re-scrapes all images? and refreshes all movie metadata?

[Luke 42555]

5 hours ago, kandiman said:

What's the reason why after this server update all the movies re-scrapes all images? and refreshes all movie metadata?

HI there, can you please provide a specific example?

How to Report a Problem

Thanks !

 

[kandiman 15]

On 19/05/2026 at 15:47, jankete said:

Hi. I just updated from 4.9.3.0 (using the docker from linuxserver on my synology nas). Now the reugular "Scan media library" ran for the fist time and nearly any movie in my libray is reported as "new". But they where present before and also aleredy watched. 

 

41 minutes ago, Luke said:

HI there, can you please provide a specific example?

How to Report a Problem

Thanks !

 

After the update. I have a TV Shows library when I add a new episode/show this scraped fine. I have a Movies library I added a movie, when I clicked on "Scan Library Files" the whole Movies library re-scraped all metadata and images for all the movies in the Movies Library. Similar to what jankete experienced.

[Lostboy66 6]

I don't see an upgrade recommended on the Server Dashboard, and currently showing up to date with 4.9.3.    Is this release not being recommended at this time?

[mike3821 67]

Issues with updating posters etc after upgrade too...

 

[mike3821 67]

Anyway to get my system backup and running for now?

[Dont1982 8]

This may be a dumb question, but I am going to ask anyway.  Does this new update support multiple m3u or hdhomerun with the same channel number and only display 1 channel versus showing multiples of that samechannel and automatically go to the next supplier if one supplier connections are maxed out?  Not sure how to actually word it.

Thank you

Edited May 30 by Dont1982
adding context

[Luke 42555]

3 hours ago, Dont1982 said:

This may be a dumb question, but I am going to ask anyway.  Does this new update support multiple m3u or hdhomerun with the same channel number and only display 1 channel versus showing multiples of that samechannel and automatically go to the next supplier if one supplier connections are maxed out?  Not sure how to actually word it.

Thank you

Hi, for now they are still multiples.

[tedfroop21 97]

When will the flatpak be available? Seems to be taking it's time.