Can't find server Windows PC - thoroughly confused

[dobbsy 0]

I launched emby last night with no problems and could watch tv. Tonight It can't even find my server. I've tried to log in via emby connect (and I am logged into this forum) but keeps telling me "No servers are available to connect to. If you've been invited to share a server, make sure to accept it below or by clicking the link in the email." My phone sees my server but when I click the server option I get "connection failure. Please ensure it is running and try again."

 

Please help and talk in layman's terms, coz I am not a PC wizard.  

 

Where do I find my server - I thought this was installed last night and obviously was as I watched a file.

How do I "turn it on" (as mentioned in other posts on this forum)?

 

Thanks all in advance.
 

[sh0rty 717]

Is it running on the computer the installation? You should have a small Emby icon in the notification area bottom right. If not, start it from Program Start menu.

 

Try to connect in LAN by visiting "http://yourServerIp:8096"

 

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[Tur0k 148]

Are you connecting to an Emby Server in your home or across the Internet?  what Operating system are you running your instance of Emby Server on? 

 

1.  is the Emby Server Service running on the computer you have it installed on?  There should be a green icon on the taskbar near where the time is displayed on the computer you are running Emby Server from. 

2.  If you didn't setup a Static IP Address (this would be done on your Computer) or set a DHCP IP address reservation on your DHCP server (this would probably be done on your home router) for the computer running your Emby Server then your DHCP IP Address may have expired and you Emby Server computer may have been given a different IP Address.  have you setup a static IP address or DHCP IP Reservation for the computer you are running Emby Server from? 

[Koleckai Silvestri 1154]

See this thread - http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/4360-howto-runnning-server-and-app-on-the-same-machine/

 

It might help.

 

Other than that, make sure you have port 8096 open for both incoming and outgoing TCP and UDP.

Edited January 14, 2016 by Koleckai Silvestri

[dobbsy 0]

Unfortunately the windowsloop8 doesn't even show emby so I am totally lost.

 

How do I check if my 8096 port is open?

 

This thing is not user friendly if you aren't PC savvy

Edited January 15, 2016 by dobbsy

[Koleckai Silvestri 1154]

You would check in your firewall application. I use Windows Firewall. I don't really check to see if it is open, I just add rules for 8096 for TCP and UDP. You have to do incoming and outgoing so four rules total.

 

Normally, the system tries to add these automatically.

[Dread73 2]

I had this happen just now. I use Emby Theatre across 6 different devices (Windows PC's, laptop, iPad and iPhone, Android pad/phone ... and sometimes stream to my desktop PC at work)and the Emby server is on my main machine at home with all the media. Been working great for years (old Media Browser user here). After the server auto updated today none of the endpoints would connect to it, no matter how many reboots of all the devices. So I upgrade the Media Theatre on a laptop and my main HTPC the missus uses - bang all connecting fine BUT - now it wants me to pay to watch my media ... a message or prompt would have been nice instead of me swearing at the screens for 15 minutes trying to fix it ...

About to try the older version an admin linked in another post ... I'm happy to buy the software to use but I am not sure if I am supposed to buy a licence for each device that connects or just per server?!?! or what?? 

[ebr 16186]

Can I use my key on more than one server?

[Luke 42081]

Unfortunately the windowsloop8 doesn't even show emby so I am totally lost.

 

How do I check if my 8096 port is open?

 

This thing is not user friendly if you aren't PC savvy

 

HI, welcome. Sorry to hear about your troubles. Please take a look at our wiki article on Connectivity:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Connectivity

 

This article has some troubleshooting steps you can try out to test your connections. Please let us know if you're still having issues. Thanks!

[Tur0k 148]

Unfortunately the windowsloop8 doesn't even show emby so I am totally lost.

 

How do I check if my 8096 port is open?

 

This thing is not user friendly if you aren't PC savvy

To access your Windows Firewall Settings and you are running windows vista or newer you will have access to windows firewall with advanced security.  you can do this by opening "run" or a command prompt, then typing in "wf.msc" and pressing the enter key (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc947801(v=ws.10).aspx).  Then in the left navigation pane of the window under the heading "windows firewall with advanced security on local computer" find the "Inbound rules" subcategory.  Search for a rule with the name EMBY in it.  ensure that the rule is green.  if you do not see any rules with this in it you could run the following commands from an elevated command prompt:

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule dir=in name="EMBY Inbound 8096 TCP" action=allow enable=yes profile=any localport=8096 protocol=TCP

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule dir=in name="EMBY Inbound 8920 TCP" action=allow enable=yes profile=any localport=8920 protocol=TCP

 

The above code will create a separate inbound allow firewall rule for TCP protocols on the two Ports (8096 and 8920) that your emby server uses to receive requests.  It is important to note that this rule will be applied on network traffic of all network profile types (home, work, public, domain). so you may want to adjust that if the computer you have emby server connected to is ever used on networks where you don't want to share your emby service. 

 

it is important to note that if you are using Emby Connet or an iphone/ipad/appleTV/android based emby app you will need to:

1.  ensure that the computer that you have Emby server setup on always receives the same IP address from your home network Router/Gateway. 

     a.  Setup a Static IP address on the computer that you have the Emby Server setup on.

     b.  If your router supports it, setup a DHCP reservation on your home network router/gateway to ensure that your Emby server computer always receives the same IP address.

2.  setup the firewall settings on your router to allow TCP and UDP traffic on ports 8096 and 8920 to the IP address you assigned/reserved to the computer that Emby Server is installed on. 

Edited February 11, 2016 by Tur0k