Pittro 7 Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 I set my default player in settings but when i play video from my playlist it doesnt play from my default player ..all video's play fine from my media folders with my default player set at "Mx player pro" but not in playlist 1
ebr 16178 Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Hi. Where did you set a "default player"? This app doesn't have a setting for that as it has its own built-in player.
FrostByte 5392 Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Hi. Where did you set a "default player"? This app doesn't have a setting for that as it has its own built-in player. Under playback settings. When I click on that it uses VLC to play videos
Pittro 7 Posted February 1, 2020 Author Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) in android tv app..yes... i scroll to bottom to options...then app settings..then playback..then i scroll to bottom and click "use external player for videos" which i set to mx pro player when video comes on... but for some reason when that same video is in my playlist & i try to play it ...it uses its own original player which is green screen..does anyone have an answer to that.. I know when i use the emby mobile app on android box the videos work fine from playlist but its a pain to use with a remote..need external keyboard to function..but after 4-5 videos starts to buffer. Edited February 1, 2020 by Pittro
CBers 7450 Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 I think the external player is only for Live TV. Seems to be a duplicated option on both the PLAYBACK and LIVE TV sections.
Pittro 7 Posted February 1, 2020 Author Posted February 1, 2020 No..the external player works for my media videos..I know because when they play its using a external player..but in playlist that video is using emby player but green screen.its not taking the setting 1
FrostByte 5392 Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) Yep, works with all video here too. I just watch Spectre using VLC as my external player. Though the description makes it sound like it's for LiveTV Edited February 1, 2020 by FrostByte 1
Pittro 7 Posted February 1, 2020 Author Posted February 1, 2020 Frostbyte..did you play the video from your playlist..and did it use vlc with the emby tv android app
FrostByte 5392 Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Frostbyte..did you play the video from your playlist..and did it use vlc with the emby tv android app No, it doesn't work with movies from playlists just like you said. It only works with video from my library
Pittro 7 Posted February 1, 2020 Author Posted February 1, 2020 Will there be a fix or update on this emby app....because I like using my playlists..I use plex (which this option works) but I will not keep both..emby is good in other ways
ebr 16178 Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Yep, works with all video here too. I just watch Spectre using VLC as my external player. Though the description makes it sound like it's for LiveTV They are two different options - one for video and one for Live TV.
Solution ebr 16178 Posted February 1, 2020 Solution Posted February 1, 2020 Will there be a fix or update on this emby app....because I like using my playlists..I use plex (which this option works) but I will not keep both..emby is good in other ways Okay, you said "default" player but you meant the external player option. External players are not supported for lists of items. Why do you feel you need to use the external player?
FrostByte 5392 Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) They are two different options - one for video and one for Live TV. Ok, the box I clicked says "Use External Player for Videos" and "Requires a capable app to play live streams" in the description. That one will allow you to play all video externally except playlists. Live streams makes it sound like live tv, but it's not I guess Edited February 1, 2020 by FrostByte 1
ebr 16178 Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Perhaps both options are sharing the same description accidentally... 1
Pittro 7 Posted February 1, 2020 Author Posted February 1, 2020 Ebr...sorry your right I meant external..the player emby uses gives me problems...like pixelation and green screen..while the external player runs smooth...maybe something to do with video codecs .. like I said earlier...the mobile app runs smooth on android tv box but is a pain too function
Snowman100 0 Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 I downloaded the VLC player to my Fire TV Stick, changed the Live TV setting to use an external player and when the list came I chose VLC always, but I receive an error when trying to play. How do I reset that "always" so I can select another player? I am trying this because my Live TV is looping back often. Thanks.
ebr 16178 Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 I downloaded the VLC player to my Fire TV Stick, changed the Live TV setting to use an external player and when the list came I chose VLC always, but I receive an error when trying to play. How do I reset that "always" so I can select another player? I am trying this because my Live TV is looping back often. Thanks. You need to look in the Android settings on the device to change that option. We should investigate your looping problem though so that we could solve that.
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