Yonto Player: an Emby client for Android TV, with the server set up from your phone

[yonto 0]

Hi all,

 

I made an Android TV player called Yonto Player, and I'm putting it out to some real Emby users for feedback.

 

What pushed me to build it: typing a server address, username and password one letter at a time with a remote. So the TV shows a QR code, you fill the form on your phone's keyboard, and it comes across encrypted - the relay only passes it on, and nothing is saved until you confirm with the remote.

For Emby I've tested it against my own server: browse, play, resume, and the phone version of the same. Live TV I have not tried, so take it as untested there.

The rest: D-pad first with focus where you'd expect, Back returns to the exact card, Continue playing and a Watch Next row in the launcher, and the phone/tablet app has picture-in-picture and double-tap seeking. It also does Jellyfin and Plex, and on Android, files from a NAS over WebDAV or SMB. No account, no ads, no analytics.

 

 

 

Free with one source; Pro (more sources, plugins) is a one-off payment, no subscription. It provides no content - you bring your own server.

 

Keen to hear what's missing for your Emby setup, especially anything that would stop you trying it.

 

https://player.yonto.app/?ref=embyforum-202610 · Pricing: https://player.yonto.app/pricing/?ref=embyforum-202610

 

Thanks folks.

 

*Emby, Jellyfin and Plex are trademarks of their owners. Yonto Player is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.*

Edited October 15 by yonto

[yonto 0]

A quick update since I posted this, in case it's useful to anyone running Emby.

Version 5.4 is out and a few bits are Emby-specific now:

- It tells your Emby server what the device can play, so the server converts what it can't (like 4K HDR on a 1080p box) instead of the player stuttering. It's on by default and you can turn it off per source. HDR to SDR conversion needs Premiere on the server side.

- Skip intro and credits uses your server's own markers first, and looks up the ones it hasn't marked.

- Casting from Emby asks the server for what the TV you're casting to can play. There's DLNA casting now too, so Kodi boxes and AV receivers show up under Play on.

- On the phone app you can download from your Emby server to watch offline (that one's Pro, the 7-day trial covers it).

- Blu-ray and DVD ISOs play their main title, no menus.

Still haven't tested Live TV properly, so same caveat as before. If something doesn't work with your setup I'd really like to know, good or bad.

Thanks!