Emby stops playing video when AR glasses are connected

[Pyaray 0]

I have a pair of Rokid XR AR glasses, they play videos just fine from every other app (Apple TV app, VLC app, Safari), and as of last February worked fine with Emby.  I haven't used them for a few months, but when I tried to use them today, I get the audio, and I can see the controls on the screen.  But the moment I plug them in the video goes black.  Unplugging them does not make the video return, stopping the playback and restarting it without them plugged in makes the video work again.  But either plugging them in while playing, or plugging them in before playing, the video playback is just black.  I see the on screen controls fine, and the audio playback is fine.  Since I see the on screen controls in the glasses, I know the video is working.

The glasses are treated by iOS as an external video.  They connect via USB-C.  And as I said before, everything else displays fine on them, and Emby used to work on them as recently as February.

This is the playback info from the server while the movie is playing:

Emby for iOS 2.2.53

iPhone

10.0.0.110 http/1.1

Stream

MP4 (787 kbps)

Direct Play

Video

480p HEVC

Direct Play

Audio

English AAC 6 ch (Default)

Direct Play

The activity log just says:

emby is playing <movie name redacted> on iPhone

6/20/26, 1:25 AM

Server Info:

Version 4.9.5.0

Emby Server is up to date

Running on http port 8096

I'm fairly sure this is a bug in the Emby iOS app, since #1) it used to work.  #2) all other apps still work  #3) I see the Emby controls, and when it's not trying to play a movie, I see all the UI and everything.  Also, when I play Emby from within Safari it works fine, it's just not as convenient.