What protocols does emby use to share media

[Mohammednt0 1]

Good Day,

 

Q.1 What protocols does Emby use to share media? is it samba if so, which version of samba?

Q.2 Does Emby use samba protocol to stream media over the internet?

Q.3 I have disabled SMB v1 does that affect emby to to stream content properly?

 

Regards,

Mohammednt0

Edited June 11, 2020 by Mohammednt0

[Carlo 4561]

No Emby doesn't use samba to stream files.  It using modern bitstreaming protocols made for streaming media.   Same is for file sharing on local networks where you have access to the whole file and can randomly access it.  Media files over the internet work a bit differently then that.

Need more specifics or did this answer your question good enough?

[Mohammednt0 1]

4 hours ago, cayars said:

No Emby doesn't use samba to stream files.  It using modern bitstreaming protocols made for streaming media.   Same is for file sharing on local networks where you have access to the whole file and can randomly access it.  Media files over the internet work a bit differently then that.

Need more specifics or did this answer your question good enough?

thanks for your reply,

i would like to know more, & what are the names of these protocols? i tried to search the wiki it says nothing about how emby actually work!? 

Regards,

Mohammednt0

[Carlo 4561]

Not a problem but this can go in many different ways.

So let me back up and ask you what is the format of your media you store on your hard drives?

Maybe you can just "watch" what Emby is doing with your media via the the Server or any client itself.  On a client you can pull up "Nerds" and see the format being delivered and it's bitrate as well as more info.

You can also look at the server dashboard and see if files are delivered as is or being transcoded or convered and why.

Do you mind me asking why you are asking about this?  What is your worry or nature of asking about this?  Is there something you are trying to avoid or work around?  Give us some additional info to work on to know how to answer your question.

Carlo

[Mohammednt0 1]

37 minutes ago, cayars said:

So let me back up and ask you what is the format of your media you store on your hard drives?

Maybe you can just "watch" what Emby is doing with your media via the the Server or any client itself.  On a client you can pull up "Nerds" and see the format being delivered and it's bitrate as well as more info.

You can also look at the server dashboard and see if files are delivered as is or being transcoded or convered and why.

emby can almost play all of my media, so there is no problem here, even if there is a problem, emby provide option to play the videos by using another video player

 

37 minutes ago, cayars said:

Do you mind me asking why you are asking about this?  What is your worry or nature of asking about this?  Is there something you are trying to avoid or work around?  Give us some additional info to work on to know how to answer your question.

Carlo

I'm using SMB file sharing Server to share my media & files, so i have been using video players that can play media via SMB servers for many years,

I discovered Emby and i noticed that Emby does not say anywhere that its using SMB to stream media ! so i got Curious and i wanted to know more, That's pretty much it, 

If Emby doesn't use SMB!  then what does it use ? what are these "modern protocols"?

 

Regards,

Mohammednt0

Edited June 12, 2020 by Mohammednt0

[rechigo 364]

These "modern protocols", most notably, are HTTP and HLS (http live streaming) that are used by Emby to stream content

Unless you're direct streaming or transcoding, the protocol will most likely be HTTP, otherwise it'll be HLS

[Mohammednt0 1]

8 hours ago, rechigo said:

These "modern protocols", most notably, are HTTP and HLS (http live streaming) that are used by Emby to stream content

Unless you're direct streaming or transcoding, the protocol will most likely be HTTP, otherwise it'll be HLS

thanks that was very helpful, thanks again