A new release of Emby Server is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights.

Faster Live TV Start Time

Enjoy faster than ever live tv start time in this new release !

Support Hauppauge Tuners for Windows

Emby Server for Windows now has native support for Hauppauge TV tuners. Make sure to install the latest Hauppauge software from the Hauppauge website. Happy tuning.

Bug Fixes

• Fix Dlna crash
• Fix moviedb urls
• Fix subtitle saving
• Fix manual cancellations within a series recording
• Fix tvshow.nfo saving error

Other Improvements

• Improve library scan performance
• Support additional multi-version naming conventions
• Move folder.xml support to XmlMetadata plugin
• Add active program shading to tv guide
• Reduce dlna traffic
• Handle nfo saver errors with custom provider names
• Add setting to enable or disable remote access
• Update startup wizard with remote access settings
• Add m3u tuner setting to define custom user agent
• Support custom user agent for xmltv

A new release of Emby Server is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights.

Bug Fixes

• Resolve occasional error with dynamic image generation
• Fix music albums getting release year of 9999
• Resolve Chromecast timeout when network disconnected
• Fix user data not showing in playlist items
• Resolve issues when deleting live tv recordings from plugins
• Fix audio image extraction
• Fix accent quotes in search
• Fix external subtitles causing longer library scans and repeat kodi syncing
• Fix music transcoding not respecting requested bitrate

Other Improvements

• Reduce dlna play to traffic
• Display default directory in directory browser for QNAP & Terramaster
• Update design of Play On menu
• Show photos in search results
• Improve automatic refreshing on secondary list screens
• Revamp sorting and view settings on secondary list screens
• Improve offloading of transcoding to HDHR
• Add SubDB subtitle provider
• Update HLS manifests to include framerate information
• Add new lan networks setting to configure local network addresses
• Support codec folders with cinema mode, see wiki: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Cinema-Mode

A new update to the Emby Apple TV app has rolled out with several enhancements and fixes. They include:

Home Screen Layout

The app now follows the home screen settings you setup in user settings on the web or mobile apps. You cannot change these settings from this app yet so just use the web interface to set these how you wish. User Icon -> Home Screen

New Theme Setting

The app now follows the Apple TV Light/Dark/Automatic theme settings. The internal setting has been removed. To change the Apple TV system theme go to Settings -> General -> Appearance.

New Collections Tab

A Collections tab was added to the Movies view.

Detail Screen Updates

• You can now mark a series as watched / unwatched.
• IMDB ratings have also been added to detail screens where appropriate.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the black icons on the playback overlay
• The playback overlay missing overview bug has been fixed
• In certain circumstances external subtitles could be skipped and this has been resolved
• The issue of external subtitles showing formatting characters such as <i> has been resolved
• Addressed views being updated when items are deleted

Emby Server can now be installed on TerraMaster NAS devices. To install, simply browse the TerraMaster app store on your NAS and install Emby Server.

Please note the version in the TerraMaster app store may run a little behind the latest due to delays involved with the TerraMaster review process.

A new release of Emby for LG is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights:

• Improved direct play of 4K, HDR and HEVC media
• Improved subtitle support
• Improved navigation performance
• Sorting, filtering, and view settings added to list screens

Sorting, Filtering and View Settings

Improved Live TV & DVR Layouts

A new version of the Fire TV and Android TV apps is rolling out to a device near you now. This new version has several improvements so be sure to update as soon as it is available for your device.

Common Home Screen Layout

The app now follows the same home screen layout as the web, mobile and Theater apps. Each user can define the order of and what appears in each home screen section and these settings will carry across all of these apps. You can access these settings from any of the supported apps (including this one).

Playback Improvements

The internal Google player used by the app has been updated and improved to provide an even better playback experience and require even less transcoding on the server than before. For stereo setups, the app can now downmix internally so it doesn't have to ask the server to transcode or remux to do this conversion - freeing up your server resources for other tasks.

Stats For Nerds

The popular "stats for nerds" feature is now available in this app. To activate it, use the option in the playback OSD settings menu or long-press the "select" button on your remote. You can also turn it off in the same manner. Display of stats for nerds will be remembered for an entire login session.

Improved Seeking Behavior

It is now much easier to seek further into content quickly. By holding down the seek buttons on your remote, the app will progressively seek faster and faster - allowing you to jump hours ahead if necessary much quicker and easier than before

New Season View

The app now has an improved TV Season view that matches the other apps and provides easier access to information for each of the episodes within the season.

Other Fixes and Enhancements

• Refresh rate switching will now do a better job of matching rates that are "close"
• Organize settings into logical sections
• Include photos and photo albums in search results
• Update language translations (thanks for community contributions!)
• Shuffle play entire libraries - you can now use the play button on your remote to shuffle play at the library level
• Include TV channels in search results
• Stability improvements

I'm so glad you asked. Why 'Emby' is the coolest personal media server on the planet and I can now control it for you. What would you like to do...?

Your Emby system is now available to control with your Google Home device. Just install the Emby for Google Home app, link it to your Emby Connect account and then here are just a few of the things you can do with your voice:

Okay Google...Ask Emby Home to

Play the next episode of The Walking Dead on Emby Theater

Suggest something to watch

Play a few episodes of The Big Bang Theory

Play songs by Adele

Bring up Deadpool

And after something is playing, you can do things like:

Change the audio to English

What's playing?

The invocation phrase for the app is "Emby Home" so be sure to use that key phrase when trying to talk to your Emby system. Try it out now on your Google Home device. It is available worldwide. Complete instructions are here.

A new release of Emby Server is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights.

New Convert Media Feature

Want to reduce on the fly transcoding? We now have a feature that can help you convert your library into streaming-friendly formats. It's easy, just right click or tap on a video and select Convert in the menu.

Then specify the options you want:

The media will then be converted and stored in the original media folder with the original item.

Want to convert new content automatically as it gets added to your library? It's simple, just convert a folder such as a TV series, and then enable the option to automatically convert new content.

Collection Changes

The Collections folder has become a regular Emby library, which means that it now works nicely with all Emby features, including:

• Customizing the library image
• User permissions for the library
• All other per-library settings

• Run a library scan
• Check your Emby user permissions for each user and make sure they are granted access to the Collections library

New Per-Library Settings

You can now control just about everything on a per-library basis. This includes:

• Preferred metadata providers
• Preferred metadata savers
• Subtitle downloading
• Image downloading

Support for DVD & Absolute Episode Ordering Per Series

To use this, use the metadata editor to edit a series and specify the ordering that you prefer.

Important: Tvdb will need to be your highest priority Series metadata provider (which it is by default).

Import Music Playlists

Emby Server now supports wpl, zpl, m3u and pls playlist files, even with relative paths !

Wake For Recordings

On Windows, Emby Server can now automatically wake the machine for a scheduled recording. You no longer need to worry about your server going to sleep and missing a recording !

We hope to support this on more platforms in the future.

NVENC Transcoding Improvements

We've improved the performance of our NVENC hardware transcoding support. Additionally, our Linux x64 releases now include NVENC libraries, which means all you need to do is enable the feature in Emby Server transcoding settings.

Important: We include NVENC libraries but not the hardware drivers. Please refer to your Linux distro for instructions on how to install NVENC hardware drivers.

Improved Strm File Playback

In most cases, you'll notice you can now resume video playback from .strm files, and subtitle and audio track switching should be fully supported now.

Individual User Remote Access Control

You can now grant or deny remote access on a per-user basis.

New Remote IP Filter

In advanced server settings, you can now configure remote ip filters to better control who can access your server.

Improved Offline Media Support

We've resolved various issues with the library scan removing offline media. If you're someone who frequently takes your storage offline, you'll appreciate these improvements.

IMVDb Metadata Support

We've added IMVDb support for music videos.

Changes to Existing Features

Cinema Mode, IMVDb, and Open Subtitles are now pre-installed plugins.

As a plugin we're now able to update them in-between server releases, and you can also uninstall them completely if you don't intend to use them.

SubDb Subtitle Downloader Moved to Plugin

This has been moved to a plugin and is available in the Emby plugin catalog. Please make sure to install this if you wish to download subtitles from SubDb.

Bug Fixes

• Fix https client certificate requirement
• Fix various quirks when renaming libraries
• Fix local port configuration in the web interface
• Fix mouse cursor not hiding during video playback
• Fix android m3u playback in certain situations
• Fix SubDb download issue with very small video files
• Fix occasional error with https redirect
• Add samsung dlna fix

• Adopt linux log file rotation patterns
• Support nested collections
• Update multi-version display names
• Expand user home screen settings
• Improve library scan performance
• Add default live tv screen setting
• Add play/shuffle on photo albums
• Display HDR info on detail screens
• Add play all & shuffle to list screens
• Include series year in recording folder name
• Support relative paths in playlists
• Support version selection when playing to dlna
• Enable Chromecast for Opera
• Improve series recordings for sports
• Improve series recording images
• Update Identify feature to respect per library metadata settings
• Add music videos to Identify feature
• Improve parsing of CIDR notation
• Add amf to hardware transcoding menu
• Fix multiple ffmpeg instances spawning in safari when changing audio tracks
• Reduce frequency of image encoding
• Exclude default.ext from photo libraries
• use wmc naming conventions for recordings with dates in file names
• Improve performance of grouping movies into collections
• Add new secure connections mode setting to hosting page
• Handle videos with invalid framerate metadata
• Support windows media center episode file naming
• Add photo albums to search results
• Update to sqlite 3.23.1
• Improve add user workflow

Another update to our Apple TV app is rolling out and should be on a device near you soon.

New Features / Improvements

The Favorites and Trailers tabs are now available in the Movies library:

The Genres tab in the Movie library has been reworked to allow you to more easily navigate between genres with the Siri remote.

The All, Trailers and Collections tabs have brand new sorting and filtering options.

You can now shuffle a movie collection and it has been updated to provide details about a movie in the collection without having to go into its detail view:

We have also made a few under the hood improvements that should make navigating between screens in the app a bit snappier.

Enjoy!

We're pleased to announce LDAP support for Emby Server, now supported by all Emby apps!

Installation

To setup LDAP, simply install the LDAP plugin from the Emby plugin catalog. This feature requires an active Emby Premiere subscription.

Then head over to your LDAP plugin configuration and setup the plugin to connect to your LDAP server:

Users are imported from LDAP as they sign into Emby. You can even set the default permissions for imported users:

Important: Users marked as administrators in Emby will always sign into Emby using Emby authentication, not LDAP. This policy is designed to avoid situations where you could potentially become locked out of your Emby Server due to an LDAP problem.

Let us know what you think and what improvements you'd like to see !

Version 1.5.1 is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights:

New Video Player

The app can now direct play quite a few formats thanks to the new video player. This results in less transcoding on your Emby Server and a better playback experience.

Wake On Lan

The app can now send wake on lan signals to your Emby Server. To send a wake on lan signal, select the "Wake Server" option on the app's server connection screen.

Other Improvements

• Add photo albums to search results
• Add playlists to search results
• Add aspect ratio control to video player

Bug Fixes

• Fix Chromecast disconnect not terminating Chromecast session
• Fix intermittent video crashes
• Fix iPhone X display issues

Version 1.2.09 of the Apple TV app is rolling out now with some more fixes and enhancements:

Bug fixes:

• Fixed remote play/pause
• Fixed resuming a movie
• Fixed delete button not working on detail views
• Fixed collection view with items other than movies showing an error
• Fixed item unwatched counts not displaying with some server platforms (an empty green circle was shown)
• Removed budget from sorting in the movie library as it's no longer supported

• Image quality has been increased across the app, particularly for Apple TV 4K users
• Live TV Channels are now available in search
• App will start up faster
• Updated app icon
• Added Dolby+ icon to items that have Dolby+ audio tracks
• Replaced the default image used when a person image does not exist which matches the Apple theme
• Changed the background color when Apple TV is set to dark appearance to align with Apple TV colors
• Improved the user experience when sorting / filtering a large movie library. An activity icon will now display after 1 second if the sorting / filtering action is still in progress

Your app should prompt you to update automatically, or you can just force-restart it to get it right away.

Enjoy!

Android 8 (Oreo) is in the process of being rolled out on the Nvidia Shield and the Emby for Android TV app now goes with it like a tall glass of milk .

New Launcher

Oreo brings with it a new launcher on Android TV which allows each individual app to have its own entire row(s) on the device home screen. Emby for Android TV will automatically add one of these rows (called "channels" in Android) to your device home screen the first time it runs under Oreo.

This new channel can be moved to where you want it on the home screen or hidden entirely if you don't want it via the "Customize Channels" button on the device home. It will contain in-progress items, next up TV episodes, latest unwatched movies and other suggestions that allow you to directly get to this content from the Android TV launcher.

Additionally, the app will add two more optional channels that you can enable if you wish (more may come in the future).

These optional channels are:

Next Up TV - If you enable this channel, then your Next Up TV row that usually appears on the Emby home screen will be presented right on the device launcher. Enabling you to quickly get to and watch the next episode in the series you are following. If this channel is enabled on the device, then the default "Suggested" channel will not show next up TV. Instead it will just show other suggested content.

Live TV Shortcuts - If you enable this channel it will give you quick ways to enter your Live TV library for On Now, the Guide and your recordings.

Finally, the new Android TV launcher also provides a special channel called "Play Next". The user can add content from any of the other channels on the device home to this special channel in order to make a kind of "next up queue" across all apps on the device. In addition to being able to add items from the Emby channels, you can also add any video from within the Emby app by using the long-press context menu and selecting "Add to Play Next". Then that item will have a direct shortcut in your Play Next row on the device home.

Other Improvements

In addition to the Oreo updates, other fixes and enhancements included in this release are:

• Improved playback by updating the internal Google player
• Support for Theme Songs while browsing (turn on the option under Display Settings)
• Improved app display when deleting items
• Faster app start up
• Improved layout on non-standard Android boxes
• Support for direct playing Opus audio in mkv
• Fix selecting wrong resolution on some content with auto refresh rate switching

We hope you enjoy these enhancements and we are already working on the next batch. Thanks!

We're pleased to announce availability of a new package for Emby Server for Western Digital NAS. To learn how to install it, head over to the download page of our website:

https://emby.media/download

Enjoy !

A new release of Emby for LG is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights:

• Resolves defect of app menus being rendered at 720p on all devices
• Update filters and sorting options on all list screens
• Improved direct play of 4K, HDR and HEVC media
• Improve Live TV recording layouts
• ​Various subtitle fixes
• Improve navigation performance
• Expose context menu options on media detail screens

Version 1.5.3 is currently rolling out to address a few issues. Here are the highlights:

• Improve audio track switching
• Fix crash when using sharing feature
• Resolve intermittent video crashes

Emby Server 3.5.2 is now available. Here are the highlights.

New Blue Radiance Theme

This is a new theme option and has quickly become one of our favorites. We think you'll agree.

New Artist Appears On Section
Look for this on artist detail screens

Search Improvements

• Can now search by original title metadata field
• Improved search performance

• Use DXVA2 decoding on Windows when AMF is selected
• Add automatic fallback from GPU to CPU with sync transcoding

• Improved general library browsing performance
• Improved search performance

• Update to .NET Core 2.1.2
• Update to ffmpeg 4.0.1
• Update to SkiaSharp 1.60
• Update to sqlite 3.24.0
• Support Emby Server for Western Digital NAS
• Improved reliability of Roku remote control
• Mono-based releases now require mono 5.4+ to run
• Improve live tv recording process from m3u
• Improve tvdb series queries
• Improve musicbrainz artist queries
• Add playlists to search results
• Add convert option to replace original files
• Rework devices display
• Update albums per artist to be based on album artist only
• Update more from albums to be based on album artist only
• Add force_idr for NVENC
• Improve M3U stream loop support
• Rework hover menus
• Virtualize persisted metadata paths
• Update collection visibility per user
• Update default audio track selection
• Update date in recording file names
• Restore features of Google Drive and Dropbox plugins
• Improve support for resuming and seeking podcasts
• Adjust keyframe interval for Roku transcoding
• Improve audio and subtitle track switching support for live tv plugins
• Linux & Mac: Ensure all folders beginning with a dot are ignored
• Localize notification texts
• Increase max time allowed for image extractions from video files
• Restore swagger parameters
• Restore swagger authentication
• Update Denon dlna profile to transcode high res flac files
• Disable older ssl protocols
• Update naming for next up sync jobs

• Fix season level shuffling support
• Fix click destination on photo albums in search results
• Fix sporadic issue of not being able to start live tv
• Fix dlna server availability in mono releases
• Fix xmltv support in mono releases
• Fix Romanian text encoding
• Fix Thai text encoding
• Fix playlist queries
• Fix issues parsing season folders with years, e.g. Season 2011
• Fix issue when attempting to sign into local server using Emby Connect credentials
• Fix m2ts files not showing up in DLNA
• Fix subtitle resizing on window resize in firefox
• Fix erroneous Emby Connect invitation error messages
• Fix recognition of episode numbers greater than 365
• Fix pagination when using library grouping features
• Fix play all from here with large lists
• Fix playback issues with .strm audio
• Fix saving of image fetcher settings for new libraries
• Fix theme songs not stopping
• Fix convert feature re-converting when not necessary
• Fix dlna photo support for Samsung smart TV's
• Improve hauppauge error handling

A new release of Emby for LG is currently rolling out. Here are the highlights:

• Improved direct play of 4K, HDR and HEVC media
• Resolves issue of audio track switching causing unneeded transcoding
• Update filters and sorting options on all list screens
• Improve Live TV recording layouts
• Improve navigation performance

We're pleased to announce a brand new FreeBSD package for Emby Server. Here are the highlights and advantages over the previous installation process:

• Fewer install steps required
• New releases will be immediately available
• Beta builds will now also be immediately available just like other platforms !
• Currently based on mono, but we'll be switching to .NET Core as soon as it's available for FreeBSD. Keep an eye on: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/1626

See https://emby.media/download

Version 1.5.7 is currently rolling out to address a few issues. Here are the highlights:

• Resolve occasional black screen on app wake up
• Improve error handling within the download feature
• Make deletion of downloaded content easier