Luke 42077 Posted October 13, 2023 Posted October 13, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 1:47 PM, crazy4emby said: Hi Team. Was this ever addressed again? I think and easy solution was to allow the lifetime license to not phone home at all until it has been registered 25 times on 25 different installations. All kinds of inconvenience is being caused for a case that effects very few people. The Theater app also craps out for no apparent reason when using a pi or nuc type of computer in the car on localhost with HDMI. Emby is such an incredible machine. This really needs to be fixed. HI, we are looking into improving it .Thanks for the feedback.
crazy4emby 1 Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 It's really not that difficult Luke. You could even put a selection in the admin interface for "Use this server offline." Until there are 25 of them on an account, it wouldn't be an issue. And if someone is setting them up for family and friends on their own account, they just don't check that box. If the idiots insist on keeping netflix and don't use emby, it will just fall off. Maybe you even only allow that setting for people with life accounts. That way they can't come in for a month and check the box and drop out. To me it's a no brainer. The Theater on Linux boxes is a whole other issue. I had to switch my car server to the blue alternative because I could not reliably use your client. Its a shame. Emby is really the best machine out there and this hole does not need to exist.
crazy4emby 1 Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 We have spoken from another account here btw. I don't know why it logged me in under this. I am the guy doing the media server book. I thought I had bought the life subscription twice lol.
ebr 16169 Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 Hi. I'm afraid it isn't quite that simple and, for the vast majority of people, it isn't really a problem either since almost all modern devices work on the assumption of being connected and many of them really don't function much at all when not. We still allow a fairly high level of disconnected operation but still will require some periodic connectivity.
DevoteeOfEmby 4 Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) It is actually that simple. I've built web applications most of my adult life, and wrote a book onit for John Wiley in 1996 when it wasn't even a thing (look up website automation toolkit on amazon). And I don't know what you mean by modern devices, but the server goes on a regular old computer. And with the vast deployment of Pi computers, which are very suited to remote offline use on a budget, you are drastically underestimating the impact. For every person who asks a question on these boards, there are thousands who had the same question before it was asked and never bothered, and probably tens of thousands who see the answers and end up using JF or the one that makes me throw up in my mouth a little when I type it so I won't. The client issue is silly. There are few pieces of software, especially old software like Emby, that can't be set to not fail when an update check fails. Silly is really the perfect word. Like what are you thinking. On a linux client it actually hangs it. This computer has this account logged in lol. Edited October 17, 2023 by DevoteeOfEmby
Jack13590 0 Posted March 17, 2025 Posted March 17, 2025 (edited) On 8/19/2019 at 4:35 PM, Luke said: Thanks for the feedback. So if I understood correctly, there is no way, even if you are premium, to use emby if you don't have an Internet connection at all. Because that's precisely my problem, after a separation, I'm in misery and I can't pay for an internet service anymore, but nothing prevents me from downloading movies at my work and putting them on my emby server so that the children can listen to them on weekend. So the upnp server is the only way? Edited March 17, 2025 by Jack13590 Traduction in English people to understand
Happy2Play 9780 Posted March 17, 2025 Posted March 17, 2025 18 minutes ago, Jack13590 said: So if I understood correctly, there is no way, even if you are premium, to use emby if you don't have an Internet connection at all. Because that's precisely my problem, after a separation, I'm in misery and I can't pay for an internet service anymore, but nothing prevents me from downloading movies at my work and putting them on my emby server so that the children can listen to them on weekend. So the upnp server is the only way? Sort of yes unless you are using a device client that does not require premiere. PC or Mobile Browser Roku, Apple TV, Smart TV (LG and Samsung) https://emby.media/support/articles/Premiere-Feature-Matrix.html
Luke 42077 Posted March 17, 2025 Posted March 17, 2025 @Jack13590please let us know if this helps. Thanks !
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