Emby is an application useful to set up and manage your own media center, and connecting several devices within your network (or outside of it) to your home server, to stream media and enjoy your content wherever you are. In this regard it is similar to Plex, and you could compare both to find out their strong and weak points against each other. [Read:Plex vs Emby: A Comprehensive Comparison]
Emby lets you install plugins, in order for you to be able to get interesting content. You can also enjoy your media library collection, and there are options to do it even if you are not at home. Some of the plugins let you listen to radio stations around the world, such as the TuneIn Radio Emby Plugin. Others let you look at videos in popular sites; this is the case of the Vimeo Emby Plugin. You can control Emby through a variety of devices, including your Kodi HTPC, with the Emby addon for Kodi.
The Emby Server 3.0.5986 release aims to resolve a few issues that were present in the Emby Server 3.0.5972 release. Furthermore, it introduces new features, such as the advent of XML TV support as an additional option for guide data. A new channel mapping feature is also introduced, which is directed towards correcting mismatches of guide data and the channels picked by the TV tuner. Besides all of this, hardware transcoding has also been implemented, and can now be done via Nvidia NVENC and Open MAX (OMX). In regards to this last one, it is still experimental, so the Emby team is asking users to help them polish it, by providing feedback. You can see the complete list of new features and bugfixes below.
New Features in Emby Server 3.0.5986 release
Update live tv suggestions to incorporate frequently watched channels
Add setting to configure local IP address to bind http server with
Add visual time indicator in tv guide
Improve real-time monitor change management
Support season and episode trailers from MovieDb
Support flat tv libraries without series or season folders
Adjust bitrate when converting between h264 and h265
Add clickable tvdb episode urls
Add clickable trakt links for movies and series
Improve display of active recordings
Improve generated subtitle display names
Improve generated playlist images
Improve error handling when transcode fails to start
Avoid auto-restarting during recordings
Add list view to several item list screens
Update HLS subtitle display name
Continue jQuery removal in mobile web app
Utilize css containment
Deprecate X-Frame-Options
Sign out all active user sessions after password change
Fix incorrect item index after playlist drag & drop
Fix MovieDb image language parameters (thanks softworkz and anderbytes)
Fix windows network browser within directory pickers
Fix Dlna subtitles
Fix Dlna music artists
Add native syscall error handling
You can read more about these changes in the Emby Blog website. If you're interested in finding out the best Emby client device, you could take a look at the best Plex client devices to get an idea of what to look for in an Emby client device.
Install or upgrade Emby Server
You can follow the instructions in our guide to install Emby Server on Windows, if you use that operating system. Alternatively, stay tuned for more guides to install Emby in other operating systems: it can be installed on Linux, NAS Devices, MacOS or freeBSD.
Enjoy managing and streaming your media with Emby Server!
Alejandro is an electrical engineer, working as a software developer and part-time writer. He has a passion for technology, languages and games, and has been around the web since 2004.
