Emby server fails to open webpage and times out.

[Woodlake 0]

I'm trying to get Emby server 4.5.4.0 up and running locally on my old HTPC running Windows 7 x86.
It has SP1 installed along with all security updates (installed manually)

When the the PC starts (or I run Emby server), the server starts (confirmed in task manager), the tray icon appears, and a blank browser tab opens.
This is as far as it gets, as it always times out after a minute or two with:

"The connection has timed out
The server at localhost is taking too long to respond."

The things I have tried:

Uninstalled and re-installed multiple times. Rebooting after each.
Ending the server and tray task in task manager and restarting the server.
Running from the portable version (same result).
Running in Firefox and IExplorer.
Net framework updated to 4.8.
Updated Net core 2.1.
Direct X updated to 11.1
Network card has had IPv6 disabled.
Firewall is disabled.

I've run out of ideas on what else to try.
If anyone has any other suggests, I'd love to hear them.
 

Thanks!

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[Abobader 3471]

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[Carlo 4561]

Hi, try checking and turning off (as a test) any firewall or browser extensions you might have that could be interfering with the connect.

Let us know if this helps or not.

[pwhodges 2014]

1 hour ago, Woodlake said:

It has SP1 installed along with all security updates (installed manually)

Have you installed all updates?  There are multiple threads in which people find this is what fixes it.

Paul

[Guest]

Copy this into Windows Explorer Location Bar...

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings

Press 'Enter'..

Try turning on File and Printer Sharing.. Some versions of Windows 7 have an issue with this.. and you may have to turn it on for both sections in order to get it to work.

[rbjtech 5285]

I would do some basic web server tests -

netstat -a | find "8096"

if anything is listed - then this shows the emby service is listening.

Pretty sure Win7 does not have curl - so you'll need to install it - but when you have then -

curl http://your_local_ip:8096/web/index.html

should being up some HTML for the index page - if it does, then emby is 'working' - and the issue is somewhere else in Windows or the Browsers which is blocking the connection for some reason.

 

[Woodlake 0]

No browser extensions (freshly installed and up to date) with firewall off/disabled.

As far as i can tell, all updates were installed. I followed the list on this page and updated everything manually to Dec 2019 (after installing SP1):
https://kb.plugable.com/general-support-articles/windows-7-wont-update-heres-what-to-do

File and print sharing were on...

I installed the server on another machine on the network to test and could see it just fine from the HTPC.
However, it appears that all my updating has now broken the HTPC.
Any attempt to open or play a movie now immediately crashes the machine and causes a restart...argh...

I'm going to restore the system back to using the "non server" version of WMC MediaBrowser.

Thanks very much for everyone resonses - it's much appreciated.

[Carlo 4561]

Keep us updated on your status!