Which app to use for Google TV?

[CBers 7660]

12 minutes ago, seanbuff said:

Just press down on the remote while something is playing, the OSD timeline will come up and you should see those grey text boxes, press down again to get that exact view.

Does it need to have the diagnostics option enabled?
 

[tattler 32]

38 minutes ago, seanbuff said:

Just press down on the remote while something is playing, the OSD timeline will come up and you should see those grey text boxes, press down again to get that exact view.

Is it the ATV version?

[CBers 7660]

10 minutes ago, tattler said:

Is it the ATV version?

Yes.
 

[seanbuff 1397]

50 minutes ago, CBers said:

Does it need to have the diagnostics option enabled?

No, not required.

[ebr 16573]

3 hours ago, CBers said:

Does it need to have the diagnostics option enabled?
 

To see the little "Trans" or "Direct" tag on the OSD, you do need to have "Display extra media Info" enabled.

[CBers 7660]

11 minutes ago, ebr said:

To see the little "Trans" or "Direct" tag on the OSD, you do need to have "Display extra media Info" enabled.

I was close

I knew something needed enabling.

Thanks Eric.
 

Edited yesterday at 01:40 PM by CBers

[FrostByte 5558]

4 hours ago, tattler said:

I would like to verify it as well on my end, how do you get this OSD while playing the media @FrostByte?

 

You can get both to show at the same time (until the OSD auto closes) to see the difference.

I'm running .53 now and almost 2 minutes into the video SFN still hasn't updated.

ffmpeg-remux-51bf48bb-cc19-465b-b42e-92a0fc84af72_1.txt

 

Edited yesterday at 02:06 PM by FrostByte
added remux log

[NeverReadyEddie 2]

So EMBY team. What have you changed in the Android TV app in July? Not the Emby for Android but the Android TV app.

No updates on this abandoned app since March 2025. I'm not complaining since it works well, don't break it! 

But now TWO updates to it in the Google Play Store in July to version 2.1.51g.

No change log so what have you changed?

Edited yesterday at 02:13 PM by NeverReadyEddie

[CBers 7660]

11 minutes ago, NeverReadyEddie said:

No updates on this abandoned app since March 2025. I'm not complaining since it works well, don't break it! 

But now TWO updates to it in the Google Play Store in July to version 2.1.51g

There have been multiple updates since then.

See here:
 

In fact v2.1.53 was released on the beta track yesterday.
 

[NeverReadyEddie 2]

Apologies. I was just going off the Play Store release history, not your internal docs.

I'll take a look at the above, thanks for the link. Do you have a location where old non beta APK versions can be downloaded for rolling back if needed?

Edited yesterday at 02:44 PM by NeverReadyEddie

[CBers 7660]

6 minutes ago, NeverReadyEddie said:

Apologies. I was just going off the Play Store release history, not your internal docs.

I'll take a look at the above, thanks for the link. Do you have a location where old non beta APK versions can be downloaded for rolling back if needed?

I don't think they're listed anywhere.
 

[ebr 16573]

36 minutes ago, NeverReadyEddie said:

No updates on this abandoned app since March 2025. I'm not complaining since it works well, don't break it! 

But now TWO updates to it in the Google Play Store in July to version 2.1.51g.

There were hurdles in the Google store that kept us from a new general release and we finally cleared them.

[FrostByte 5558]

1 hour ago, ebr said:

To see the little "Trans" or "Direct" tag on the OSD, you do need to have "Display extra media Info" enabled.

Actually, I think CBers was correct.  I turn debugging on and I see it, turn it off and I no longer see the Trans/Direct box when opening the OSD.

[tattler 32]

2 hours ago, ebr said:

There were hurdles in the Google store that kept us from a new general release and we finally cleared them.

Nice... but I still don't see the new update in Playstore?

[tattler 32]

If anything, I find the target bit rate is a bit low. MP3 is 192kbs, AAC is 192kbps, EAC3 is 384kbp. Is there any reason to keep it that low?

[ebr 16573]

6 hours ago, FrostByte said:

Actually, I think CBers was correct.  I turn debugging on and I see it, turn it off and I no longer see the Trans/Direct box when opening the OSD.

Sorry, I'm mixing up my settings/apps.

[ebr 16573]

4 hours ago, tattler said:

Nice... but I still don't see the new update in Playstore?

Exactly what new update are you looking for?

3 hours ago, tattler said:

If anything, I find the target bit rate is a bit low. MP3 is 192kbs, AAC is 192kbps, EAC3 is 384kbp. Is there any reason to keep it that low?

Target bitrate?  Where...?  In what context?

[tattler 32]

8 hours ago, ebr said:

Exactly what new update are you looking for?

Target bitrate?  Where...?  In what context?

- the new version in Play Store

- the transcoded target bit rate for audio

[ebr 16573]

7 hours ago, tattler said:

the new version in Play Store

I'm sorry, I still don't know what your question is.  There is a current release and a beta track in the store.  Both have been updated recently.

7 hours ago, tattler said:

the transcoded target bit rate for audio

In exactly what context?  Are you having a specific issue?

[tattler 32]

1 hour ago, ebr said:

I'm sorry, I still don't know what your question is.  There is a current release and a beta track in the store.  Both have been updated recently.

In exactly what context?  Are you having a specific issue?

Ah my bad, I thought version v2.1.53 is released but it is in beta.

When Emby server transcodes, the target audio bit rate is quite low. No I have no specific issue. Just curious why the target bit rate is set so low.

[FrostByte 5558]

22 minutes ago, tattler said:

When Emby server transcodes, the target audio bit rate is quite low. No I have no specific issue. Just curious why the target bit rate is set so low.

In the thread below Luke describes why they picked those bitrates.  FR is to give user some way to modify.  

You can use the diagnostics plug to modify the transcode parameters, but it's very limited.