The Nvidia Shield TV has had Plex server support for ages, so the news that Emby has added the fantastically flexible steamer to the list of supported sever platforms wasn’t entirely unexpected. It still came as a welcome surprise to me. Great news! We’re pleased to announce Emby Server is now available for NVIDIA Shield. Please see the Emby website […]
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Playing your content at its native refresh rate is generally key to getting the best experience from your viewing time, so I think it’s great that Emby has added this feature to the Android TV app. Automatic Refresh Rate Switching The Android TV app now (as of version 1.2.11g) supports automatic refresh rate switching on supported devices. This […]
Read moreThe biggest change looks to be improved support for multi-channel compressed audio CODECs like DD & DTS, but there are quite a few fixes and improvements listed in the update. The latest version of the Android TV and Fire TV Apps include several improvements centered around audio playback and stability. The highlights are: Framework Updates – The Android TV […]
Read moreSome good stuff, like support for external players, YouTube trailers, and a bit more… It’s been exactly a month since we first announced availability of Emby Theater for Windows and the Web. During that time, a lot of exciting, community-driven development has taken place and we’re pleased to announce new features that are available. Emby
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I’m a big fan of Emby. The server does a great job of cataloging my media, and exposing my TV content/EPG out to the web and every type of device (even Windows Phone/Mobile ;)). The team has been working really hard on a new version of Emby Theater that ditches the old WPF architechture going for a slick and modern […]
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Glad to see this one, well the wife will be :). Version 1.05 is in process of publishing to the app store. This version includes a fix for Live TV playback getting stuck on the first frame and then not recovering. Big thanks to everyone in the beta group who helped tested this issue.
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While I don’t frequently listen to my music library on the go, those without a music service sub will find it indispensable. Which makes the latest feature addtion to Emby’s Amazon and Google Android flavors quite welcome. Features include: Smart-screen interface with latest albums, last played, favorites, playlists etc. Two grid-views – browse albums or album artists Full audio queuing […]
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It is beta only currently, but it’s great that Emby is expanding to more platforms. We’ll have a separate post about this, but our linux packages are seeing a lot of improvements as well. Notably: Added support for openSUSE Tumbleweed and Leap Beta and Dev releases are now using the package embymagick for ImageMagick libraries. embymagick does not get installed […]
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I’ve been really impressed with the pace of improvement with the Emby media server and companion apps, but there was one thing that really stopped me from embracing the suite – automated mobile photo backup. As it turns out, the problem was ignorance instead of a feature gap versus competitive software like Plex. As it turns out, enabling the […]
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Looks like Emby made it to another NAS platform. Installation looks super easy too, so go ahead and give it a play.
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