Google tv and emby app

[skank 85]

I just installed emby app on new google chromecast (google.tv)

 

However, when trying to play, it it says playback is not supported

I have to sign in at ... euro per month or unlock app

I chose unlock app but then it wants me to add payment method..

 

What?

I dont want premiere yet, i just want direct play?

Why isnt this working?

[skank 85]

Any idea?

[CBers 7450]

Do you have your own Emby server running? 

 

[skank 85]

Yes

No problems connecting to it when i use kodi for emby , or the emby app on lg tv

So not sure why this comes up on google tv

Maybe its a setting but i cant find it

Do i truly need to unlock or pay for it?

[vdatanet 1617]

5 minutes ago, skank said:

Yes

No problems connecting to it when i use kodi for emby , or the emby app on lg tv

So not sure why this comes up on google tv

Maybe its a setting but i cant find it

Do i truly need to unlock or pay for it?

You have two options:

1. Buy Emby Premiere
2. Purchase an app unlock

Emby Premiere Feature Matrix : Emby

[CBers 7450]

27 minutes ago, skank said:

So not sure why this comes up on google tv

I have the Emby Android TV app running on the new Chromecast TV device without any issues. 

Are you logged into the device with the same email address that your Premier is associated with? 

 

[skank 85]

33 minutes ago, vdatanet said:

You have two options:

1. Buy Emby Premiere
2. Purchase an app unlock

Emby Premiere Feature Matrix : Emby

Are you sure about thatµ?

Why we have to pay on android and on kodig and lg tv or windows not?

Even i see "free" should give me playback no?

Even that doesnt work...

Edited December 29, 2020 by skank

[skank 85]

10 minutes ago, CBers said:

I have the Emby Android TV app running on the new Chromecast TV device without any issues. 

Are you logged into the device with the same email address that your Premier is associated with? 

 

The google device has differtent mailadres, but that shouldnt be the issue if i log into the emby app with correct account, no.

I don't have premiere account

i dont need live tv

I just want local playback like in kodi

[CBers 7450]

Have a read through the Emby Premier Matrix.

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001173099-emby-premiere-feature-matrix

Looks like you just need to UNLOCK (pay for) the app.

 

Edited December 29, 2020 by CBers

[skank 85]

Damn,

 

how much is it? to unlock?

its just to test here.. pity i have to pay to test

[vdatanet 1617]

8 minutes ago, skank said:

Damn,

 

how much is it? to unlock?

its just to test here.. pity i have to pay to test

In Spain it's about 4.99 €. One time payment and you can unlock as many devices as you want, as long as you are logged to the same store and the same account.

[skank 85]

Mmm 

Pity

i would want to know first if it works or not.

The free account gives 1 minute playback, but even that doesnt works..

Any idea how i can test to be sure it works? Then i would hapily pay

[vdatanet 1617]

10 minutes ago, skank said:

Mmm 

Pity

i would want to know first if it works or not.

The free account gives 1 minute playback, but even that doesnt works..

Any idea how i can test to be sure it works? Then i would hapily pay

In apps you have two hours to get a refund (any reason, no questions asked), I don't know if this also applies to app unlock purchases. @ebr can you confirm that?

Edited December 29, 2020 by vdatanet

[CBers 7450]

24 minutes ago, skank said:

Any idea how i can test to be sure it works? Then i would hapily pay

As I said above, I have a Chromecast with Google TV running the Emby ATV app and it works fine.

All depends on your content whether it can direct play it or not, but I haven't found anything it can't/won't play.
 

[ebr 16172]

2 hours ago, vdatanet said:

can you confirm that?

I cannot confirm as this is Google's policy.  When you purchase an app unlock, you are actually purchasing from Google, not us.  Then (at a point a long time in the future) they give us a piece of what they got  .  I imagine that they will refund a recent purchase though.

I also imagine it will work well for you.  The app does have a two week trial but you must have installed it at some point in the past so the trial has expired.

[CBers 7450]

@ebr On SFNs, what does "Software Decode" signify please?

At my in-law's and getting this in a Direct Playing movie, but not sure what it means in the latest beta (63).

Just sent in-app logs (user=Media), as it was Direct Playing but then dropped through to a Remux, with SFNs showing a Direct Play error. 

Any advice would be appreciated. 

Thanks. 

 

[ebr 16172]

19 minutes ago, CBers said:

what does "Software Decode" signify please?

That means we are decoding the audio with ffmpeg in the app instead of passing it through to the built-in media decoders on the device.  It is roughly equivalent to "Local Downmix" before except that it won't always be downmixed (it can output LPCM). 

[CBers 7450]

1 hour ago, ebr said:

That means we are decoding the audio with ffmpeg in the app instead of passing it through to the built-in media decoders on the device.  It is roughly equivalent to "Local Downmix" before except that it won't always be downmixed (it can output LPCM). 

Thanks. So not on the server? 

Sorry, I posted in the wrong thread

Will move later. 

 

Edited December 29, 2020 by CBers

[ebr 16172]

24 minutes ago, CBers said:

Thanks. So not on the server?

Correct.  The player is decoding it.

[CBers 7450]

30 minutes ago, ebr said:

Correct.  The player is decoding it.

Won't that slow down an already slow device ?

My in-laws only have a Nexus Player and there was quite a bit of stop/start during playback, which then, I think, caused the transcoding due to a Direct Play error.

Thanks.
 

[ebr 16172]

52 minutes ago, CBers said:

Won't that slow down an already slow device ?

Highly doubtful for decoding audio.  Again, this isn't doing anything really any different than the previous version.  It is just labeled more accurately.