JasonNalley 37 Posted March 16, 2020 Author Posted March 16, 2020 Can you spin up a temporary no license, no media Emby server that they can use to purchase the unlock? Then you wouldn't have to alter your full-time server. I'm not sure, I haven't attempted to run a secondary Emby Server from the same machine. With Plex it wasn't possible, is it possible with Emby? at the moment, I am doing as ebr requested and just seeing where the chips land. I have about 1/3 of them added and still no warning. The rest of them are moving slowly. Coronavirus has shifted some priorities for people (oddly enough), so I imagine over the next 2 weeks I'll get the rest of them added.
Q-Droid 989 Posted March 16, 2020 Posted March 16, 2020 I'm not sure, I haven't attempted to run a secondary Emby Server from the same machine. With Plex it wasn't possible, is it possible with Emby? at the moment, I am doing as ebr requested and just seeing where the chips land. I have about 1/3 of them added and still no warning. The rest of them are moving slowly. Coronavirus has shifted some priorities for people (oddly enough), so I imagine over the next 2 weeks I'll get the rest of them added. Should be able to run more than one if using VM or containers without too much effort. I don't know what kind of contortions you need for running multiple Emby servers in a single OS image but if you already have a 1/3 of your users handled then you might as well continue with your current plan.
rbjtech 5282 Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 Just run the 'portable version' in a separate directory each time and use a different port and you can run as many instances as your hardware allows - no need for VM's or containers.
neik 873 Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 Just run the 'portable version' in a separate directory each time and use a different port and you can run as many instances as your hardware allows - no need for VM's or containers. Ohh interesting, didn't know that. I'm running a Linux machine and if I got you right it would be able to run two different versions (stable & beta) of Emby, correct?
Happy2Play 9780 Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 Ohh interesting, didn't know that. I'm running a Linux machine and if I got you right it would be able to run two different versions (stable & beta) of Emby, correct? I could be wrong but I believe only Windows has portable version. 1
neik 873 Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 @@Luke, is it possible to run two versions (stable / beta) of Emby on Linux in parallel?
Luke 42077 Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 @@Luke, is it possible to run two versions (stable / beta) of Emby on Linux in parallel? Not currently. no. Well actually yes, if one of them is with Docker. 1
horstepipe 422 Posted January 2 Posted January 2 On 3/11/2020 at 3:02 PM, ebr said: Any app that uses a Premiere feature other than the web app does count towards the limit. Hello @ebr Is this still true? I need the web app just to open magazines on IOS - so this won't burn a license? Maybe you should clarify that on the feature matrix site? BR
ebr 16168 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 On 1/2/2026 at 9:56 AM, horstepipe said: I need the web app just to open magazines on IOS - so this won't burn a license? Maybe you should clarify that on the feature matrix site? Using the web app on a mobile device will probably be seen as a Premiere device. The web exclusions are intended for desktop use.
horstepipe 422 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 30 minutes ago, ebr said: Using the web app on a mobile device will probably be seen as a Premiere device. The web exclusions are intended for desktop use. Ok but you see the obvious problem here? it will use two licenses if you want to use all Emby features on IOS…?
horstepipe 422 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Also, sorry I don’t want to be harsh, the word “probably” is a little disturbing. If not even you fully understands the licensing system how shall we users do? if I will tell my users to only use the web app for reading pdf files, no live tv etc., will that change anything? BR 1
clarkss12 304 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 (edited) Bout time to renew!!! I have had my life time subscription for about 10 years now, and have gotten moneys worth. Think it is time to go for another 10 years (I'm 78) with a new subscription, just to show my support. I wish to create a new subscription that is not tied to my existing sub., cause I have changed email address a couple of times and it causes me issues. Anything I need to do, other than just paying for a new subscription?? Edit: IF my calculations are correct, that is about ONE DOLLAR ($1.00) a month........ That is about THREE CENTS ($0.03) a day.. Edited January 4 by clarkss12 1
horstepipe 422 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 I don’t get the connection to the topic, please don’t hijack this thread @clarkss12 I am already on the biggest plan (80 devices) so I need to know how this exactly works.
ebr 16168 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 22 hours ago, horstepipe said: the word “probably” is a little disturbing. If not even you fully understands the licensing system Web devices are difficult to track because they are virtual and on a mobile platform such as iOS could end up looking identical to our app. In any case, the spirit of the device policy is that it should count on mobile devices. The web exclusion is for desktop type platforms. The web interface isn't intended to be a loophole to get out of that policy.
horstepipe 422 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 1 hour ago, ebr said: Web devices are difficult to track because they are virtual and on a mobile platform such as iOS could end up looking identical to our app. In any case, the spirit of the device policy is that it should count on mobile devices. The web exclusion is for desktop type platforms. The web interface isn't intended to be a loophole to get out of that policy. So adding pdf support to the IOS app is a high priority task?
ebr 16168 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 On 1/3/2026 at 11:37 AM, horstepipe said: Ok but you see the obvious problem here? it will use two licenses if you want to use all Emby features on IOS…? I don't believe this will be a problem because the device ID should be the same. 1
horstepipe 422 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 On 1/2/2026 at 3:56 PM, horstepipe said: Hello @ebr Is this still true? I need the web app just to open magazines on IOS - so this won't burn a license? Maybe you should clarify that on the feature matrix site? BR 7 hours ago, horstepipe said: I don’t get the connection to the topic, please don’t hijack this thread @clarkss12 I am already on the biggest plan (80 devices) so I need to know how this exactly works. Oh sorry just realized that I did non open a new thread so it was basically me who was hijacking
horstepipe 422 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 2 hours ago, ebr said: I don't believe this will be a problem because the device ID should be the same. Thanks! 1
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