The Emby Web Client is your gateway to your media library and your users. Browse your library, stream content to any device with a web browser, manage your users, monitor activity, and more.
The Emby Web App is the main interface between you and your Emby Server, allowing you to manage server settings, share content with friends and view media content.
Setup Guide
From the Emby developers I'd like to ask: From your perspective which 'box' is the best box to install and use the Emby client/app, has great user inaction, and great audio and video, etc. I need to start thinking about my future plans for my home theatre. Its variety of video files, mp4, mkv, avi, pretty much any video playback of any type is having the issue. Source for the files is a synology diskstation on 1gb network plugged into same switch as the NUC hosting emby server/client. Plex and Emby, on the other hand, are client-server media players to stream videos, music, photos to your client devices both locally and remotely (the Internet is required). BTW, Emby was developed from Plex when Plex decided to go closed-source.
The Emby Web App is included with your installation of Emby Server.
To access it just open a web browser and visit: http://{your server ip}:8086.
Server Management
The Emby Web App is a convenient place to manage all aspects of your Emby Server, including the Library Setup, Users, Plugins, and more.
Chromecast and Remote Control
The Emby Web App supports casting to Chromecast devices and other Emby apps. To connect to your Chromecast device, simply click the cast icon in the top right corner of the app. You'll then be asked which device you'd like to connect to. Once connected, any content you play will be sent to the Chromecast device. You're able to play individual files, entire folders, shuffle, instant mix, queue, and more. For more information, see Chromecast.
Direct Play Media Formats
The Emby Web app can direct play media to your browser when the browser supports the format natively. Please check your web browser of choice for it's supported media formats.
Best Practices for Direct Play
Leave the app's streaming bitrate setting on the default value of Auto, if possible. The app will perform bandwidth tests with your Emby Server to determine the maximum playable bitrate.
If you are customizing the bitrate setting, then you will need to compare the bitrate of your files to the bitrate setting in the app. You can find the bitrate of a file by checking the media info in the web interface. If the bitrate of a file is higher than the setting in the app, transcoding will be required. Increasing the bitrate setting in the app can help reduce transcoding, but may impact playback performance if your network connection is not fast enough to handle it.
Introduction
Emby provides a flexible and very powerful Live TV and DVR solution. With Emby’s TV you will be able to stream Live or Recorded TV content to any device you have with an Emby client or web browser.
You can use Emby to eliminate the need for cable STBs (Set Top Boxes) or you can eliminate your cable provider entirely by cutting the cord and switching to OTA (Over the Air) broadcasts for local channels.
Emby provides free guide data (US, UK & Canada) right out of the box at no additional cost.
Overview of Setup
Setup of Live TV can be broken down into a few steps:
- Configure your TV Tuner(s) or M3U based IPTV sources
- Add TV Guide Data Source(s)
- Match your Channel Lineup to Guide Data (Channel Mapping)
Configure Your TV Tuner
Out of the box, Emby Server currently supports the following TV Tuners:
- HDHomerun Network Tuner (Models available for both OTA and Cable)
- Hauppauge TV Tuners (on Emby Server for Windows - Requires Win TV 8.5 or greater to be installed)
- M3U files (or urls). See examples of m3u files at http://xmtvplayer.com/build-m3u-file
Support for additional tuners can be added by installing a Live TV Plugin.
In most cases, Emby Server will automatically discover your HDHomerun on your network with no configuration required. You can manually add a tuner as well. Simply open the server dashboard, navigate to Live TV, then click Add underneath tuner devices.
Add a TV Guide Data Source
Out of the box, Emby Server currently supports the following TV Guide data sources:
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- Emby Guide Data (United States, Canada and United Kingdom)
- Schedules Direct (Do not use on new setups. Will stop working June 1st, 2021)
Support for additional sources can be added by installing a Live TV Plugin.
Match your Channel Lineup to Guide Data
The final step of setting up Live TV is matching the tuner's stations to the Guide Data you have setup.
DVR Settings (optional)
You can optionally change a few options used for DVR purposes. These options include:
Amount of days of Guide Data loaded
Default recording pathes
Default Pre and Post recording padding times. This allows you set recording to start X minutes early and finish Y minutes late.
Emby Live TV & DVR is Ready to Use.
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Congratulations, your Emby Server should now be configured properly and ready to use for Live TV and DVR.
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