r/emby

I have all TV shows in one folder. I have Jriver MC and it scans all of them and assigns series, seasons, and album art. I don't have to use subfolders. Naming format of example, Castle.S01E03.

Plex scans these and behaves exactly as Jriver.

Emby can't, Jellyfin can't. Is there any tweaks or addon to make it work in Emby as I refuse to change them in order to get Emby to do what others do by default. I want to buy a lifetime of Emby but this one issue is paramount.

Please keep me from paying $250 for Plex.

Wenn ihr auf den gleichen Fehler wie ich stößt, geht wie folgt vor:

1. Rechtsklick auf die heruntergeladene setup.exe
2. „Als Administrator ausführen" wählen

Das war mein Fehlercode:

INFO ZUR PLATTFORMVERSION
Windows : 10.0.26200.0 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.42000
System.Deployment.dll : 4.8.9325.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_25H2_C
clr.dll : 4.8.9325.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_25H2_C
dfdll.dll : 4.8.9325.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_25H2_C
dfshim.dll : 10.0.26100.1882 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

QUELLEN
Bereitstellungs-URL: http://embydata.com/downloads/server/release10/MediaBrowser.Server.Installer.application
Server: cloudflare

IDENTITÄTEN
Bereitstellungsidentität: MediaBrowser.Server.Installer, Version=3.0.1.117, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=bcd52df891249251, processorArchitecture=msil

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG FÜR ANWENDUNG
* Reine Onlineanwendung.

FEHLERZUSAMMENFASSUNG
Es folgt eine Zusammenfassung der Fehler. Details zu diesen Fehlern werden später im Protokoll aufgelistet.
* Die Aktivierung von http://embydata.com/downloads/server/release10/MediaBrowser.Server.Installer.application führte zu einer Ausnahme. Folgende Fehlermeldungen wurden entdeckt:
+ Der angeforderte Vorgang erfordert erhöhte Rechte. (Ausnahme von HRESULT: 0x800702E4)

FEHLERZUSAMMENFASSUNG FÜR DIE SPEICHERTRANSAKTION DER KOMPONENTE
Es wurde kein Transaktionsfehler festgestellt.

WARNUNGEN
Während dieses Vorgangs gab es keine Warnungen.

FORTSCHRITTSSTATUS DES VORGANGS
* [21.05.2026 12:31:14] : Die Aktivierung von http://embydata.com/downloads/server/release10/MediaBrowser.Server.Installer.application wurde gestartet.
* [21.05.2026 12:31:14] : Das Verarbeiten des Bereitstellungsmanifestes wurde erfolgreich abgeschlossen.

FEHLERDETAILS
Folgende Fehler wurden bei diesem Vorgang entdeckt.
* [21.05.2026 12:31:14] System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
- Der angeforderte Vorgang erfordert erhöhte Rechte. (Ausnahme von HRESULT: 0x800702E4)
- Quelle: System.Deployment
- Stapelüberwachung:
bei System.Deployment.Application.NativeMethods.CorLaunchApplication(UInt32 hostType, String applicationFullName, Int32 manifestPathsCount, String[] manifestPaths, Int32 activationDataCount, String[] activationData, PROCESS_INFORMATION processInformation)
bei System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.ActivateApplication(DefinitionAppId appId, String activationParameter, Boolean useActivationParameter)
bei System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.ActivateApplication(DefinitionAppId appId, String activationParameter, Boolean useActivationParameter)
bei System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.Activate(DefinitionAppId appId, AssemblyManifest appManifest, String activationParameter, Boolean useActivationParameter)
bei System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl, Uri& deploymentUri)
bei System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetry(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
--- Ende der Stapelüberwachung vom vorhergehenden Ort, an dem die Ausnahme ausgelöst wurde ---
bei System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
bei System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetry(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
bei System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

DETAILS ZUR SPEICHERTRANSAKTION DER KOMPONENTE
* Transaktion auf [21.05.2026 12:31:14]
+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationSetDeploymentMetadata
- Status: Set
- HRESULT: 0x0
+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreTransactionOperationType (27)
- HRESULT: 0x0

Außerdem wäre es cool wenn das setup dann nicht einfach sagen würde, dass es ein Problem mit dem Programm gab und man sich an den Hersteller wenden soll, sondern, dass man es einfach als Admin ausführen soll.

Is there any way to switch to emby and import all of my settings from Jellyfin easily? I spent a while with my jellyfin config and to be honest this is the main thing holding me back (im lazy).

Anyone running this beta in docker, looking to potentially migrate my 4.9 instance to it?

Hi, long-time Plex user here, and almost all my media is either mp4, m4a (ALAC), or mp3 with embedded metadata (titles, covers, release dates, descriptions, genres, artists, actors, directors, etc.) and I have my Plex libraries set up to read local embedded metadata from files and preference it ahead of any online metadata sources. I've read through the Emby docs, and haven't found anything to indicate whether this is possible in Emby (I see there is support for local NFO files, but I don't have any of those). Does Emby read embedded metadata, and if it does, how is it prioritized as a metadata source?

Hi all.

My collection follows emby naming standards, but still sometimes I see weird issues.

For instance, season 5 of The Boys.

All my files in the season 5 folder is named in the same way

The.Boys.S05E01.1080p.x265-ELiTE.mkv etc

However.... The.Boys.S05E04.1080p.x265-ELiTE.mkv was combined with The.Boys.S05E06.1080p.x265-ELiTE.mkv as two different versions of episode 6.

When I realized it, I split the versions apart, but that just left me with two different episode 6s and refresh metadata on The.Boys.S05E04.1080p.x265-ELiTE.mkv didn't help.

Anybody run into this issue?

EDIT: I have obviously resorted to manually entering the metadata and locked the it3em, but I'd still like to know what's causing this issue.

I switched from plex and really miss being able to see a movie trailer or whatever, be able to search it and add it to plex then get notified when it's available through my emby server I sub to. Anything like that available as a plugin?

Hi everyone, we recently made some adjustments to the media server-related pages in VidHub, mainly including Emby library browsing, the home page layout, movie detail pages, TV show/season/episode pages, and server switching.

Since everyone’s Emby setup can be different, such as the server version, reverse proxy method, remote access setup, and media library structure, we’re hoping to find some Emby users to help test it and see whether the new pages display correctly in real-world environments.

We mainly want to check:

• Whether media library posters load properly
• Whether movie and TV show detail pages display correctly
• Whether seasons and episodes can be expanded normally
• Whether Continue Watching, watched status, and playback history work properly
• Whether there are any layout issues, loading failures, or sync problems under different Emby versions or reverse proxy setups

If you’re currently using Emby and would like to help take a look at the new UI, feel free to contact me to join the test.

If you run into any issues during testing, screenshots or screen recordings would be very helpful. It would also help if you could include your device model, system version, Emby version, and connection method, so we can locate the problem more easily.

Just as a quick note, VidHub is a personal media player that currently supports Emby, Jellyfin, Plex, SMB, WebDAV, and other media sources. It is available on iOS, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV.

Thanks to everyone who is willing to help test. We’ll continue making adjustments based on your feedback.

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I have the exact same library, with both Plex and Emby having thumbnails and audio analysis disabled. Even after completely resetting the Plex database recently, it just kept growing over the next few weeks. Now the cache folder is a massive 13GB. Why such a big difference?

Plex 15G

Emby 3G

Following my last post on the Emby subreddit about plugins, themes, and addons, I received a huge amount of messages from people looking for an up-to-date list, wanting to share their projects, discover new addons, etc.

So I decided to create a community HUB to gather and share all these projects in one place.
The HUB is still in testing phase, but it is already fully functional.

I hope the mods will allow me to share the HUB here (completely free of course).

Feel free to DM me if you want to:

• report bugs,
• suggest new features or improvements,
• share your own projects/plugins/themes.

Thanks everyone for the support!

Feel free to share so that we can have as many people as possible!

https://jellywatch.app/hub

You are free to share!

Hiii r/emby

I keep seeing a lot of great projects around Emby such as plugins, themes, companion apps, tools, dashboards, custom integrations, and more.

Instead of letting these creations disappear in random posts, I would love to gather and showcase them on our blog so the whole community can discover them more easily.

I am not sure if I am allowed to post the blog link here, so if you want to share your project or take a look, feel free to send me a private message.

Let’s help the Emby community grow together.

Lots of posts here are for people's individually developed addons and tools for emby. I do not think those posts belong in another subreddit though, as that would unnecessarily fracture the small community here.

Someone also mentioned earlier in another post here that these 'labours of love' mostly go unnoticed. They get lost in the discourse of other posts in the subreddit and fade away to obscurity.

Thinking about it, reddit's tag system is designed for this and is kind of inevitable for this subreddit eventually. Maybe we should get ahead of the curve and just get it over with and introduce the tag now, to help redditors categorize and find these posts in the future.

Thoughts? Tag name ideas? Tumbleweeds? I'm ready to be whelmed.

Hey Everyone!! I need some help. How do I share my server outside of my house?

Last week, I noticed a significant lag between the audio and video on all my files, even with files I had previously watched with no issues.

This was using the Emby app on my TV, which runs on GoogleTV/Android. I checked the same videos on my phone and tablet with the app, and there were no issues.

I'm running Emby on a Synology NAS, so I ran all the NAS firmware updates, then updated Emby to the latest version, but still getting lag.

Finally, I uninstalled Emby on the TV, then reinstalled it, but the lag issue persisted, which I guess means it's due to the TV hardware?

Anyone who wants to throw out suggestions to get it corrected without buying a new TV will live in my heart forever.

Hi, perhaps you saw my last post where I was commenting that my TV shows were showing up under Movies even though the TV shows were in "/tvshows" and categorized as such and my movies were in "/movies" and also categorized correctly.

I tried many, many things. Deleted the Movies and TV shows libraries, deleted files, dumped the emby docker container and finally uninstalled Docker and started from scratch. Nothing seemed to change the problem.

Here's what I did learn. I can create a library called "Movies" and store the file in "/movies" and things look like they should. However, if I create a folder called "/abc" and just stick some videos in there, emby will pick up that folder and display those videos in the 'movie' category. I don't even need to create a library or anyting. Apparently the native scanning that emby does is starting at the "/" folder to look for videos.

Is this an emby thing, or am I doing something wrong with my Docker container? I'm getting kind of desperate, and I'll admit I'm a Docker newbie, so any thoughts on which direction I should be looking would be most appreciative.

For completeness, here's my emby compose.yaml:

services:
  emby:
    image: emby/embyserver
    container_name: embyserver
    network_mode: host # Enable DLNA and Wake-on-Lan
    environment:
      - UID=1001 # The UID to run emby as (default: 2)
      - GID=1001 # The GID to run emby as (default 2)
      - GIDLIST=1001,44,992 # A comma-separated list of additional GIDs to run emby as (default: 2)
    volumes:
      - /home/emby:/config # Configuration directory
      - /home/emby:/movies    # Media directory
      - /home/emby:/tvshows   # Media directory
      - /home/emby:/Music     # Media directory
    ports:
      - 8096:8096 # HTTP port
      - 8920:8920 # HTTPS port
    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri # VAAPI/NVDEC/NVENC render nodes
    restart: on-failure

I created the "/movies" folder, but "/tvshows" and "/Music" don't currently exist.

I'll also admit that I'm not clear on what GIDLIST should be set to. Just the emby user/group?

Thanks!