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Emby Server (Beta)

Emby Server is a self-hosted personal media server that organizes and streams your videos, music, photos, and live TV to any connected device.

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  • Tools & Utilities
Emby Server is a self-hosted personal media server that organizes and streams your videos, music, photos, and live TV to any connected device. This beta release is for testing upcoming features before they reach the stable channel.

Platform availability

Available on 5 of 9 platforms

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

39/100 Low

Maintained
0last commit 2947 days ago
Popular
744,984 GitHub stars
Easy to install
302 install platforms, Docker image
Light to run
95512 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 18 days ago

GitHub stars
4,984
Open issues
146
Last commit
2018-09-20
Latest release
3.5.2.0
License
GPL-2.0
Activity
stale

Checked 9 days ago - source: GitHub (MediaBrowser/Emby)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 512 MB RAM. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 17 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Container Paths Mount /config for Emby configuration and /mnt to add media library locations. source

Fetched today - each note links to its source

Alternatives

No alternatives collected yet.

Common questions

Does hardware accelerated transcoding require Emby Premiere?

Emby lists hardware accelerated transcoding as a feature included with Emby Premiere.

Can a beta Emby update affect the TrueNAS Docker app?

A TrueNAS forum discussion says the beta 4.9.1.0 version number may complicate the Docker app until a stable 4.9 release.

What can cause Emby to fail to connect or load?

Common causes include a stalled Emby service, high load, a slow upstream, or network-route problems. Wait 2-3 minutes before retrying and report persistent failures.

Can I manage user access and parental controls in Emby?

Emby lets you create individual users, set parental controls, manage access, and decide exactly who sees what.

Answers sourced from emby.media, emby.wiki, forums.truenas.com

Community

Collected 17 days ago - public community threads