Sony Bravia TV with EMBY for Andoid TV fails to play

[Orionas21 4]

Hi All,

I have changed couple of weeks ago from Emby for AndroidTV to EMby for Android in my Sony Bravia in order to test the interface and the functionality of it.

I was a little bit disapointed so i decided to switch back and install 2.1.55 rel but then nothing was working. I was unable to play any movie from my internal LAN to Sony Bravia.

I rollback to 2.1.48g without success and then back to 2.1.23g to finally be able to play the content.

 

embyserver-63924257771.txt embyserver-63924336000.txt embyserver-63924173908.txt

[Luke 43051]

Hi.  Can you try searching for our standard android app (Just "Emby" on Amazon and "Emby for Android on Google) on the same device's app store and see how that compares?

Thanks.

 

[Orionas21 4]

Hi Luke, 

The EMBY for Android was working ok without any issue. In the uploaded files you may notice that it is ok 3.5.55 release. 

Yet the Android TV version has simpler interface in regards of settings and more robust user management especially for kids profiles. 

 

The internal storage is unfortunately limited on this TV so I can not maintain both apps. 

[Luke 43051]

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Yet the Android TV version has simpler interface in regards of settings

HI, what makes you think it's simpler?

[Luke 43051]

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more robust user management especially for kids profiles. 

Hi, what makes you think it's any different in this regard?

[Orionas21 4]

Look at those differences. 

To go to settings I push one button while in Android 2 and it opens also server settings...

The menu in kids movies is simple and neat.

 

Yet have you identify the issue? My TV auto update again the app and again I'm not able to play anything. 

Edited 12 hours ago by Orionas21

[Luke 43051]

The second screenshot is a left flyout menu to allow you to quickly reach any of the top level sections. A lot of apps do that nowadays.

We could add an option to allow you to hide all of the server settings.

[Luke 43051]

but they also wouldn't be there if your kids weren't using an administrator account. you'd be seeing far less in that situation.

[Orionas21 4]

Also the subtitle menu is different. 

It is huge and covers almost all the screen.

I want to change the position of the subs and the menu actually hides them. 

One more is the zoom. You have more options in ATv than auto,fill, cover...

Many more interface things that personally I  dislike.

In regards of the accounts I don't want to create multiple. I want to have as less as I can. I monitor my server real time so in case I see any abnormal behavior I stop the movie and pop-up a text. 

This is not the reason that i opened this issue, to debate about the interfaces. 

Do you have any update on the reported issue? Do you need additional logs?

I know that the team wants to promote the Android client but some off us still prefer the simple things in ATv and generally in life!!

 

Thank you for your effort!!

[ebr 16684]

Just one more slight de-rail of the topic...

May not be something you want to consider but Roku devices are known for their simple interfaces and our Roku app mirrors that.  It works much like the Android TV app but even simpler in some regards (there are no context menus for instance).  So, that could be something you want to consider for your kids.

Just a suggestion.