Remove/disable casting button?

[ckelly 1]

Is there a way to remove the casting or "play on" button on my server?  

Thanks.

[Carlo 4561]

Hi,

Try looking at user settings

 

[Luke 42085]

That won't make the button go away, it will only shorten the list of options.

[Carlo 4561]

Yes that's true. Things like Chromecast will still appear.

Really no way to remove this at least not in the apps.  Might be able to remove the button in web views with CSS. I've not tried that as I want casting!

@ckelly What reason do you have to want to remove casting?

[ckelly 1]

6 minutes ago, cayars said:

Yes that's true. Things like Chromecast will still appear.

Really no way to remove this at least not in the apps.  Might be able to remove the button in web views with CSS. I've not tried that as I want casting!

@ckelly What reason do you have to want to remove casting?

We are using one "user" with multiple actual users.  Our main use for emby is to show company provided videos to employees without ever leaving our network.  So we might have 100 connected users all sharing one "user" on the server.  If you click that button, you can see every browser that is connected  and cast to them (or it at least appears that way). 

Edited September 17, 2020 by ckelly

[Carlo 4561]

Try making sure both of those options are not checked and see how much this improves things for you.

What client are you using to access the Emby Server?

[ckelly 1]

15 minutes ago, cayars said:

Hi,

Try looking at user settings

 

Yeah those are unchecked, I'm thinking it wouldn't matter though, since we are using one user. 

[ckelly 1]

Just now, cayars said:

Try making sure both of those options are not checked and see how much this improves things for you.

What client are you using to access the Emby Server?

They are unchecked.  

We are only using browsers to connect to the server.    Chrome, IE, Edge, New Edge, Firefox. 

[Carlo 4561]

OK try this.  From your web admin panel go to the settings menu option and select it.

Now scroll down on the right side to your get to the custom CSS box.  Enter this:

.headerCastButton {
display:none!important }

That will remove the option from the top of the screen in the web pages which should help.

[ckelly 1]

2 minutes ago, cayars said:

OK try this.  From your web admin panel go to the settings menu option and select it.

Now scroll down on the right side to your get to the custom CSS box.  Enter this:

.headerCastButton {
display:none!important }

That will remove the option from the top of the screen in the web pages which should help.

Perfect!  That seems to have done it.  

Thanks!

[Carlo 4561]

Glad that will work for you!

I don't know what type of media you're using Emby for or what type of environment you have setup at the office but Emby does have an LDAP plugin.   So with a bit of setup you could tie Emby into your Active Directory or other LDAP directories.

That would allow each user to login with their company credentials.  So if someone was let go they would have no access to the Emby server assuming change their status in your directory.

That could open up additional functionality like reports and statistics plugins so you could see who is and isn't using Emby in your company.  I know some companies use Emby for sales videos and also HR videos.  So you would then have control over the library the user can access and could run reports to see who has viewed X HR video, etc...

Just I thought I wanted to pass on to you in case you weren't aware of the LDAP plugin or would it could do for you.