Emby Reviews – Page 10

Not What I Expected

darmod

Apparently if I want to locally stream any of my personal videos I have to give you my money.

Great looking App but has issues and is not for pc novices

Mr B bones Jones

Pros- App is gorgeous both on iPhone and on home PC. It really is like having your own Netflix etc. It manages to pull images and info with ease and combines it into a lovely user friendly package that I use daily. Cons - iPhone app struggles at time to stay connected to Chromecast and the app’s ‘remote control’ function regularly fails to connect stopping the using from all forms of program control (skipping, pausing etc). Constant restarts needed over and over again. Don’t get this app if you your primary usage will be for music as it you will be very dissatisfied. It can’t manage music at all. Grouping, search and almost all features you get from programs like iTunes or any other similar products are missing or do not work. It’s simply bad. Connecting outside of your local network is very difficult and to date after many help articles, lots of reading and many attempts I have still been unable to get it to work. It’s a shame because it would be great to be able to use it away from home and would encourage me to recommend it to friends and family. I’m quite experienced with building pc’s, setting up home and office networks etc so for the average computer user I would foresee this being a very difficult solution to implement properly. Devs - Please keep up the improvements as I would love the above issues be resolved before another suitable solution comes along. Good luck!

This iPhone app is great!!

k1g_app

I mainly use the iPhone app to manage my server remotely. For instance, if I’m not at home and I want to add subtitles to a movie, or reset one of my user’s passwords I’ll use the iPhone app. The dashboard controls are implemented quite well for a mobile platform. A lot of time it’s easier for me to get out my phone to do some server management rather than sit down at my actual server or fire up my MacBook and use the web UI. So I was pleasantly surprised to find out there was an Emby iOS app. When I saw that it had all the same features available as the standard web UI, in a slick mobile package, I immediately purchased the app and have not regretted it. As far as streaming, I use Emby for tv shows and movies. I don’t really watch a lot of that type of content on my iPhone in general so I don’t use the mobile app very often for streaming. That being said, the occasional times I do use the mobile app for streaming, it has worked great. A typical situation where I’ll use the app to stream is during my commute to class or work. If I want to finish an episode of whatever show I’m watching, or the end of a movie, I’ll use the iPhone app. It has always been dependable in those instances. As far as the Emby service in general (not just the iOS app), I couldn’t be more pleased. When I first built my server I tried Plex and I was very unhappy with it. So within two days of building my media server I switched from Plex to Emby. To me it’s just not a comparison. The ability to make multiple accounts for free, the ability to connect directly, and all the tiny tweaks and customizations available. And for my less technical server users, I can just have them make an Emby Connect account and I’ll link it to my server. Emby might be a little bit more difficult to setup for a less technically inclined person but the trade-off is worth it. The trad-off means more freedom. For anybody who is thinking of using Emby and concerned about the technical aspects, just give it a try. There are plenty of guides, wiki articles, videos, and the community is pretty helpful. The devs themselves tend to reply to a lot of forum posts as well. They are pretty active. Plus it really isn’t much more difficult than other services. For the devs, keep up the great work! I’m so glad I found Emby and I always recommend it to everybody I know who is either running or thinking of setting up a media server (which is a lot of people in the circles I run in). For anybody reading this review, BUY THIS APP!! At the very least it supports the devs and they deserve it for providing such a great service on multiple platforms. I recently switched from Windows Server 2016 to Ubuntu 18.04 and it works just as well on both platforms. These devs are worth the few dollars they ask for this app for all the great work they do.

Emby is the best solution for building your own Netflix

Intertitalzone

Emby requires you to have a computer in your home that hosts the video files. And Then a client to play the files, which can run on windows, Apple TV, Android, roku, etc. it’s the best software for people who have a lot of different devices and OSs.

Doesn’t let you record remotely (zero stars)

motorcoach-R-us

This app doesn’t work and is very slow if it does. Remove the spinning wheel please! The app just sits and spins when trying to record a show. Please fix this app! Please

On iPhone this has never worked

T. Jinkinz

Not sure if it is an apple issue or an emby developer issue, but either way it just will not work; stuttering, lad in loading just all around weak app. You would think with them wanting you to subscribe they would at least offer an app that worked decently. Why is this such a hard thing? I mean, this is your gig, your thing. If you cant get it working smoothly on the iPhone, don’t sell an app that promises and promotes optimism of this actually working. If you look at your apps reviews (and seems you have) you’ll see it’s not just me having this problem;-)

Pay for what?

rythgim

Overall I’ve had a good experience with Emby until today. I tried to resume watching something and it wanted me to pay. For some reason the iOS app requires payment to do things the Android app will do for free. Feels like a cash grab to me.

App is NOT free

szalkerous

I remember when I first tried Emby that using the iOS app locally in-home didn’t force a ridiculous premiere subscription (seriously I’d just get Netflix for that price!) or an inflated priced app that’s good for ONE apple account. If I had to buy the app for every device in the house (multiple smart TVs, Android tablet, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, Roku Stick, just to name a few).... and I would STILL get subscription nagging! A real misstep by this team. This used to be a decent system. I’m extremely disappointed. I don’t expect things for free, but since much of this system is built on the backs of open source code other people wrote... If the server license was a one-time $39 charge for personal use in-home and the apps were free I’d bite on this. But not for the cash-grab pricing they’re asking for. Know your audience. A simple Google search for feedback and opinions isn’t looking good for you, Emby. VLC is free on iOS. Most NAS devices support DLNA for free. Guess I’m uninstalling.

support left me hanging

Steven Estrada

vpn stopped working a few updates ago. support asked some questions then disappeared. android app still works ok

Works great

godfather323

Running on unraid server with gpu transcoding for more than a month and everything is great so far. Sharing it with few coworkers and they enjoy my media collection. Once infinite scroll and movie counter is implemented it'll be perrect. Might not be the best UI but does the job. I'm sure it will be improved.