Emby
Emby, formerly Media Browser, is a media aggregator plugin for Media Center that takes your recorded, digital, or ripped media and presents it in a simple, easy to use interface. Emby prides itself on delivering a fast, intuitive, media rich experience for the whole family.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Apple TV
- Kindle Fire
- Cloudron
- Playstation
- Xbox
Features
- Media Streaming
- Media Server
- Media Center
- Optimized for Mobile
- Private gallery
- Browser Gallery
- Ad-free
- Chromecast Support
- Kids Mode
- Local server
- Remote Media Access
- Media Transcoding
- Asset Pipeline
- Remote playback
Tags
- htpc
- movie-library
Emby News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about Infuse
Infuse 8.1.9 brings skip credits for Emby and share managementInfuse 8.1.9 introduces support for skipping credits in Emby and allows users to disable automatic ...
Recent activities
- tehwabb1t liked Emby
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What is Emby?
Emby, formerly Media Browser, is a media aggregator plugin for Media Center that takes your recorded, digital, or ripped media and presents it in a simple, easy to use interface. Emby prides itself on delivering a fast, intuitive, media rich experience for the whole family.
The source code is available on GitHub, but Emby requires a subscription to use full functionality.
Emby information
Developed by
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Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
One time purchase that costs $119, and / or subscription that costs $5 per month + free version with limited functionality.Rating
Average rating of 3.4Alternatives
48 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
Allows Full Video and Audio Streaming anywhere in the world and setup is extremely easy.
I was slow to adopt Emby because it was complicated to set up with my particular network configuration.
The Good: it finally got me to wrap my head around nfs and deal with sharing my media using NFS. Also, the library management is miles ahead of, for example, Kodi.
The Bad: However, I had thought that it was a free solution for me to stream my owned content to myself on my own network. It seems that I have to pay them money to do that. I will be looking into Jellyfin, but in the meantime will continue to use Kodi, which just works, despite some of its drawbacks, and doesn't force me to pay again to use media I've purchased.
Dlna server on android
You need an Emby Premiere account even to watch media IN MY OWN PC (emby Windows Desktop version, server in the same computer). Waste of time configuring this thing.
Very easy to install on Raspberry. It is the only software that I was able to install on my Raspberry (with Plex but Plex is too cloud-oriented).
I really like the design.
Will see in the time how it goes.
Utilizo há mais de 5 anos e sempre me atendeu muito bem. Encontrei a ferramenta quando utilizava o Kodi e foi muito fácil trocar, pois o Emby é bem mais fácil de configurar. Hoje estou com a versão paga e muito contente com o resultado.
I've been using it for over 5 years and it's always been great. I found the tool when using Kodi and it was very easy to change, as Emby is much easier to configure. Today I have the paid version and very happy with the result.
Needed it for metadata, generating .nfo files on the fly for most shows. Can be integrated into Kodi for a very nice experience. You can add a season episode by episode and it gets updated each time. Will also try Jellyfin in the future. Plex (free) does not generate .nfo.