Free vs Premiere

[gberg 6]

Could anyone please explain the differense between Emby Free vs Premier.

 

According to this Feature Matrix: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Emby-Premiere-Feature-Matrix the android app is supposed to have playback limited to 1 minute, but that's not the case for me, I can watch entire movies using Android app on my cellphone, bot on it's own and if I stream from my cellphone to a Chromecast connected to my TV?

 

Will I also have unlimited playback if I use a Android mediabox directly connected to my TV?

Edited September 11, 2019 by gberg

[ebr 16169]

on my cellphone, bot on it's 

 

Does that mean you purchased the app unlock?  If so, you can see on that same matrix that also unlocks full playback in that app.

[gberg 6]

No, I have not purchased app unlock, at least not as far as I know of. Is it possible to see somewhere int the app if is unlocked?

If I look at my Google Play account purchase history I don't see any sings of Emby app unlock. 

I'm using Emby for Android Mobile 3.0.76

[ebr 16169]

Are you using your own server or someone else's?

[gberg 6]

It's my own server, version 4.2.1.0 running on a Ubuntu VM on a Proxmox host

[gberg 6]

Either it's a bug in my server/client, which I might regret reporting... 

Or perhaps the Feature Matrix is out of date, after all it's almost  a year old?

[gberg 6]

Any ideas?

[Luke 42077]

Any ideas?

 

Hi, not yet, but we are looking into this. Thanks for reporting.

[gberg 6]

Hi, not yet, but we are looking into this. Thanks for reporting.

 

Ouch, now everyone is gonna hate me... 

[Luke 42077]

Ouch, now everyone is gonna hate me... 

 

We already knew. It is not impacting everyone, only a specific set of devices for reasons we are still chasing down.

[gberg 6]

We already knew. It is not impacting everyone, only a specific set of devices for reasons we are still chasing down.

Ok, I can tell you I've tested on several Android mobile devices using different Emby server users, also tried apps on a Samsung TV and on a LG TV and they all work with unlimited playback time.

I also tried using the Android TV version on my cellphone, but then I it's only 14day trial.

[ebr 16169]

Hi.  The Samsung smart TV app is free for normal playback.

[gberg 6]

Hi.  The Samsung smart TV app is free for normal playback.

 

Ok, I guess it's the same for the LG smart TV app too then? 

This is what it looks like on the device page: LG Smart TV (43UH664V-ZC) Emby Theater 1.0.18

[crusher11 1101]

I believe the LG TV app is free, but will make you sit through a "subscribe to Premiere" message for about 20 seconds before playback begins.

[gberg 6]

I believe the LG TV app is free, but will make you sit through a "subscribe to Premiere" message for about 20 seconds before playback begins.

 

Hmm, I don't remember seeing anything like that, but maybe that's another bug in the limitations?

[crusher11 1101]

It doesn't display all the time. It used to pop up for me all the time before I got premiere.

[gberg 6]

It doesn't display all the time. It used to pop up for me all the time before I got premiere.

Ok, I'll have to test it some more then.