Running EMBY as a service

[Sgjumper82 2]

Emby Users,

I have been searching for a way to enable Emby to run as a service, and today I found the answer.

It's actually very simple.

Command: Replace YourServiceName with the name of your service. (As seen below I named mine EMBY)
sc create "YourServiceName" binPath= "C:\Path\To\YourApp.exe"

PATH: Replace USERNAME with your username (If the default Installation folder was changed, you will need to locate the correct path)
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\EmbyServer.exe

CREATING THE SERVICE
Run Command prompt as administrator
Run these 2 commands in order.
1) sc create "Emby" binPath= "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\EmbyServer.exe"
2) sc config "Emby" start= auto

Restart your computer

DO NOT LOGIN

Wait a few minutes after the login prompt appears and test access from another device.

Edited 8 hours ago by Sgjumper82
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[RanmaCanada 576]

uh pretty sure it does this by default, and has for years. There is even official documentation on this.

https://emby.media/support/articles/Run-as-Windows-Service.html

 

[Sgjumper82 2]

@RanmaCanadaThank you for your reply, 

Unfortunately this is not the case.  

In the windows world, a service will run regardless of if a user is signed in.

An app listed for startup the other hand, is user specific and won’t run until the user signs in.

This article demonstrates installing and utilizing a 3^rd party application to setup the service, whereas these 2 simple commands turn the Emby executable into a service utilizing inherent windows functions. Aka, No additional Application needed.

A good example would be, after initial installation, Emby runs under the specific user profile, let’s say User0. If User1 is watching a movie and windows decides to perform a forced update. Emby is no longer available upon system reboot, until User0 who performed the installation signs in and the application starts.

 To check this:

Run Startup apps on your system, and you will see that “EmbyServer” is listed. This is just for your user profile.

Now run services, and see if Emby is listed.

[RanmaCanada 576]

1 hour ago, Sgjumper82 said:

@RanmaCanadaThank you for your reply, 

Unfortunately this is not the case.  

In the windows world, a service will run regardless of if a user is signed in.

An app listed for startup the other hand, is user specific and won’t run until the user signs in.

This article demonstrates installing and utilizing a 3^rd party application to setup the service, whereas these 2 simple commands turn the Emby executable into a service utilizing inherent windows functions. Aka, No additional Application needed.

A good example would be, after initial installation, Emby runs under the specific user profile, let’s say User0. If User1 is watching a movie and windows decides to perform a forced update. Emby is no longer available upon system reboot, until User0 who performed the installation signs in and the application starts.

 To check this:

Run Startup apps on your system, and you will see that “EmbyServer” is listed. This is just for your user profile.

Now run services, and see if Emby is listed.

I've had zero issues running Emby as a service, as well as thousands of other users. If you're having problems, then it's a you problem, not Emby. Anyone using Emby server on a non dedicated machine, is asking for a really bad time.

Edited 3 hours ago by RanmaCanada

[justinrh 285]

Emby doesn't run as a service OOTB, thus the KB gives a 3rd-party solution.  I kinda do the same thing using the Windows 'restart apps' sign-in option, which works in most scenarios, and only the admin ever logs into the server box.