Emby Server Update & Changelog-Thread

Zitat von Emby

• Resolve slow scans for movie libraries
• Various fixes for mixed content detection
• Fix multi-version movie support for mixed content libraries
• Fix season shuffle
• Fix hevc main 10 stream copying not happening
• Fix continue watching not respecting sub-folder access
• Fix shared user data for duplicated movies
• Improve image language prioritization
• Fix live tv recordings tab pulling media from wrong folders
• Fix playlists and collections being case sensitive
• Fix next episode autoplay in Firefox
• Update Omdb to ignore #DUPE# results.
• Fix forgot pin redirect
• Fix continue listening header text
• Fix alpha picker overlapping now playing bar
• Fix favorite movies getting collection setting
• Remove unnecessary conversion of .smi subtitles causing failures
• Improve support for OpenSubtitles VIP status
• Add folder views to Dlna
• Add type icons to metadata manager sidebar
• Prevent movies from inheriting images from parent folders
• Improve dynamic probing of media with multiple media sources
• Add workaround for image related crashing

Zitat von Emby

• Resolve parent folder deletion with dvd and bluray folder rips

Zitat von Emby

• Merge chapters and Roku images into one common thumbnail feature
• Improve in-browser rendering of ASS/SSA subtitles
• Improve live stream resiliency
• Hauppauge tuner fixes
• Fix MacOS shutdown hang
• Add d3d11 video acceleration codecs and detection
• Improve Nvidia hardware transcoding features
• Fix Nvidia graphical subtitle burn-in (video partially appearing green)
• Improve VAAPI hardware transcoding features
• Improve AMF hardware transcoding features
• Improve QuickSync hardware transcoding features
• Support QuickSync in headless windows environments
• Improve DXVA feature detection
• Improve transcoding throttle feature
• Improve Live TV streaming with MS Edge
• Support parental ratings with spaces
• Fix loss of time data when using metadata editor
• Add 512k music quality option
• Fix left menu scrollbar on second showing
• Fix sporadic logger related crashes
• Don't save episode images with dvr
• Sort active devices to order playing devices first
• Add shuffle buttons to more list screens
• Support graceful service shutdown in Linux
• Improve support for 4k file naming
• Improve series folder detection
• Add date last episode added sort order for tv series
• Make multi-select feature easier to discover
• Fix m4b playback in Firefox
• Rename perfect match to hash match
• Show series title in DLNA episode lists
• Deprecate m3u tuner stream looping option (now automatic)
• Fix Swagger API docs on certain platforms
• Update mjpeg video stream detection
• Horizontally center graphical subtitles when transcoding
• Various fixes for convert media feature
• Add hevc encoders (not used yet)
• Fix QSV encoder resolution detection
• Add forced indicator to manual subtitle downloading
• Android: Fix network write access on Nvidia Shield
• Add forced subtitle option to manual subtitle downloader
• Move Dlna features to pre-installed plugin
• Move automatic port mapper feature to pre-installed plugin
• Improve start time of HLS streams
• Prevent accidental creation of duplicate libraries
• Fix rare case of album artists not showing in search results
• Collapse single item folders for new libraries going forward
• Various transcoding throttler fixes
• Improve audio and subtitle stream display titles
• Fix album image inheritance
• Improve library monitor with seasons and series
• Support api query by path
• Show all artists on artists tab
• Improve handling of duplicate people
• Support live tag for xmltv
• Improve delete feature safeguards
• Improve streaming from rtsp sources
• Fix erroneous params occasionally used with VAAPI
• Enable DX11 detection for AMF (will fallback to DX9)
• Add DX11 based QuickSync support
• Fix rare crash caused by dlna search responses
• Fix trailer user data being shared with movies
• Fix oversized home button in web app
• Add es-US language option
• Support MacOS safari picture in picture
• Improve Emby Server startup performance
• Resolve image extraction errors with m4b and m4a files
• Fix search database updates following metadata updates
• Improve image processing performance
• Fix erroneous ffmpeg param with rtmp protocol
• Add Norwegian parental ratings
• Keep server awake during recordings (Windows only)
• Fix sort options not working for live tv recordings
• Improve item display name for notifications
• Split hide user setting into two - local network, remote connection
• Encode custom device names
• Fix folder rips being created with invalid date added values
• Delete files to native recycle bin (currently Windows only)
• Require initial password in setup wizard
• Simplify add user process
• Don't fail [definition='1','0']log[/definition] file task on single delete failure
• Fix duplicate artists in certain situations
• MusicBrainz metadata download fixes
• Fix Identify layout with Tvdb searches
• Support albumartists tag
• Improve web app image quality
• Fix poster text genre links
• Support TPA as disc number tag
• Add option to force original track labels
• Add workaround for Loona 1/3 artist
• Improve dynamic library images

Zitat von Emby

• Fix dlna crashes due to invalid xml characters
• Fix Firefox playback when h264 support is not available in the browser
• Fix Chromecast getting closed when opening server dashboard
• Fix seeing in Safari 12.1+
• Various cinema mode fixes
• Revert trailers being displayed under extras

Zitat von Emby

• Update GCC compiler for improved ffmpeg performance
• Support OMX hardware encoding for Raspberry Pi
• Fix conflicts with other Dlna apps on Linux
• Update to Sqlite 3.29.0
• Add timestamp correction for live streams and recordings
• Improve database performance
• Improve performance by eliminating unneeded messaging between Emby Server and Emby apps.
• Improve search performance
• Support delete to recycle bin on MacOS
• Improve transcoding for interlaced video
• Add image download language library setting
• Freshen up themes to utilize new browser features (chrome 76, Edge insider)
• Fix incorrect next up entries
• Fix live streams occasionally being left open
• Fix dynamic images not being replaced periodically
• Fix some videos stopping early in the web app
• Show all next up on series detail screen
• Improve next up performance
• Fix seasons being incorrectly renamed when using Identify feature on Series
• Fix live tv channel block via tags
• Fix lan ip being lost after a period of time on Windows
• Improve performance of serving tbn image files
• Improve Upcoming on TV section
• Add Play Next Up button to series detail screen
• Make tags on the detail screen clickable
• Expand Chinese metadata language options
• Redesign local network password configuration
• Enable support for nef photos
• Display zxx language code as No linguistic content
• Fix filtering with multi-version videos
• Fix multi-version videos not showing in collections
• Fix xmltv quality tag parsing
• Add parental control tag restriction mode option
• Improve release notes display
• Add subtitle color settings to the web app
• Work around chrome 74 subtitle position problems
• Improve image processing error handling
• Improve Cover Art plugin error handling
• Fix sample files not being ignored in certain situations
• Fix live tv channel search
• Fix for QSV encoding errors with HDR video sources
• Disable cuda filters on 32bit Windows
• Fix multi-select requiring extra click to close
• Supports subs and subtitles sub-folders for videos
• Support file: prefix in m3u playlists
• Fix failures when attempting to convert empty subtitle files
• Fix add to playlist not showing consistent results as other playlist views
• Delete failed subtitle file downloads
• Fix convert deleting original files of same name as new file
• Fix genre image aspect ratio detection
• Fix Nvidia green video issues
• Fix image extraction for 3D videos
• Add DfsrPrivate to ignored folder list
• Add .thumb to ignored folder list
• Add iPod Photo Cache to ignored folder list
• Implement MacOS prevent system sleep
• Various cinema mode fixes
• Fix web page title during video playback
• Show channel name in dvr schedule
• Improve cleanup of missing episodes
• Fix AC/DC adding artist with |
• Fix old guests not being able to change password
• Improve track display titles for mobile downloaded media
• Preserve original file names when downloading [definition='1','0']log[/definition] files
• Improve refreshing of backdrop images
• Reduce sync related database queries
• Fix duplicate movies/trailers in similar items
• Improve Czech subtitle encoding handling
• Add app info to ffmpeg logs
• Support customizing referrer for m3u tuners
• Android: Ignore incompatible RockChip OMX decoders
• Improve performance of live tv guide refresh
• Move Dvd folder support to pre-installed plugin
• Various throttle feature fixes
• Improve ignore rules for WMC temp folders
• Try to improve shuffle sorting
• Fix + in artist name causing A-Z prefixes to not appear
• Add additional filters to list screens
• Add hidden config switch to vacuum databases
• Fix subtitle failure with unrecognized language in file name

Zitat von Emby

• Fix guide tab button colors on light themes
• Fix refresh progress display of individual libraries
• Fix collections not getting an image when locked
• Fix sync using path substitution when it should not be
• Fix crashes on Linux due to network event binding
• Fix more button on live tv setup page
• Fix erroneous constraint on sync table for new installations
• Fix ffprobe crashes on Android
• Various Firefox scrolling fixes
• CinemaMode 1.0.22
• Dlna 1.0.23
• MovieDb 1.1.9
• NfoMetadata 1.0.18
• Tvdb 1.0.17

Zitat von Emby

• Update to ffmpeg 4.3
• Build Windows & MacOS with .NET Core 3.0
• Utilize ReadyToRun feature with .NET Core 3.0 for faster startup time
• Support TLS 1.3 with .NET Core 3.0
• Redesign video OSD
• Redesign remote control OSD
• Redesign audio OSD
• Add web app splash screen to provide user feedback in case of long loading times
• Fix embyserver.exe file icon for Windows
• VAAPI: Fix data twist in HEVC profile map
• DXVA: Fix 10bit profile detection
• Expand media conversion feature to allow selection of containers, video codecs, and audio codecs
• Support converting to HEVC/H265 with media conversion feature
• Add screen saver options to web app
• Improve video start time when resuming
• Fix mpeg4/divx/xvid transcoding with Android server
• Add global and per-user limits for simultaneous video streams
• Fix very rare hang when recording Live TV
• Fix download transcoding of audio files with embedded images
• Allow plugins to have translation files
• Add new Webhooks plugin
• Restore counts on list screens
• Add "Are you still watching?" feature to web app
• Fix subtitle file names with convert feature
• Fix occasional hangs in media conversion feature
• Add separate server dashboard screen to manage conversion queue
• Adjust live stream automatic re-connection
• Subtitle transcoding fixes
• Improve handling of UTF-8 null chars in ass/ssa subs
• Fix sync features using path substitution when it should not be
• Fix multi-version grouping in mixed content libraries
• Fix display of quote characters in device names
• Fix ServerWMC recording playback
• Add additional image processing error handling
• Fix playlists folder always showing up for brand new server installations
• Fix collections not generating an image when locked
• Scrolling fixes for older versions of Firefox
• Fix delete error response codes
• Fix delete recordings from live tv plugins
• Fix now playing bar transparency on dark green and dark red themes
• Move up subtitles in Chrome
• Fix occasional live tv or recording server crash
• Fix GPU to CPU automatic fallback when transcoding to Chromecast
• Fix user data restore with backup plugin
• Improve browser rendering of ASS/SSA subtitles
• Add Collections to search results
• Move Bluray folder support to plugin
• Support .pef images
• Improve detection of HEVC REXT profiles
• Fix detection of DirectX 11.1 availability
• Improve MacOS file deletion
• Read artist tags from videos
• Added Swiss parental ratings
• Improve support for filenames starting with brackets
• Fix scroll position after editing images or metadata
• Fix saving playlist xml when playlist names end with a period
• Fix repeated scanning of external subtitles
• Fix latest trailers sort order
• Fix season counts being incorrect with multi-folder series
• Add filters for missing external Id's
• Improve transcoding reason display after direct play error
• Fix audio stream copy with multiple audio streams
• Reduce dlna and scheduled task [definition=12,9]logging[/definition] to prevent keeping Synology systems awake
• Fix date last episode added sorting to not be affected by dates of seasons
• Fix error in ffmpeg filter string when burning in subtitles
• Support aspect ratio adjustment in web app video player
• Handle urls with double encoding caused by old Dlna devices
• Display Chinese subtitles display language as just Chinese
• Reduce excess [definition=12,9]logging[/definition]
• Fix manual ungrouping of merged episodes
• Fix extras with multi-version videos
• Fix QSV DirectX initialization
• Fix Failed to create Direct3D device Error creating a QSV device
• Fix updating user images not immediately reflecting
• Improve Android Server native UI
• Fix renaming library requiring full library scan
• Allow multiple libraries using the same name

Zitat von Emby

• Update to ffmpeg 4.3
• Build Windows & MacOS with .NET Core 3.0
• Utilize ReadyToRun feature with .NET Core 3.0 for faster startup time
• Support TLS 1.3 with .NET Core 3.0
• Redesign video OSD
• Redesign remote control OSD
• Redesign audio OSD
• Add web app splash screen to provide user feedback in case of long loading times
• Fix embyserver.exe file icon for Windows
• VAAPI: Fix data twist in HEVC profile map
• DXVA: Fix 10bit profile detection
• Expand media conversion feature to allow selection of containers, video codecs, and audio codecs
• Support converting to HEVC/H265 with media conversion feature
• Add screen saver options to web app
• Improve video start time when resuming
• Fix mpeg4/divx/xvid transcoding with Android server
• Add global and per-user limits for simultaneous video streams
• Fix very rare hang when recording Live TV
• Fix download transcoding of audio files with embedded images
• Allow plugins to have translation files
• Add new Webhooks plugin
• Restore counts on list screens
• Add "Are you still watching?" feature to web app
• Fix subtitle file names with convert feature
• Fix occasional hangs in media conversion feature
• Add separate server dashboard screen to manage conversion queue
• Adjust live stream automatic re-connection
• Subtitle transcoding fixes
• Improve handling of UTF-8 null chars in ass/ssa subs
• Fix sync features using path substitution when it should not be
• Fix multi-version grouping in mixed content libraries
• Fix display of quote characters in device names
• Fix ServerWMC recording playback
• Add additional image processing error handling
• Fix playlists folder always showing up for brand new server installations
• Fix collections not generating an image when locked
• Scrolling fixes for older versions of Firefox
• Fix delete error response codes
• Fix delete recordings from live tv plugins
• Fix now playing bar transparency on dark green and dark red themes
• Move up subtitles in Chrome
• Fix occasional live tv or recording server crash
• Fix GPU to CPU automatic fallback when transcoding to Chromecast
• Fix user data restore with backup plugin
• Improve browser rendering of ASS/SSA subtitles
• Add Collections to search results
• Move Bluray folder support to plugin
• Support .pef images
• Improve detection of HEVC REXT profiles
• Fix detection of DirectX 11.1 availability
• Improve MacOS file deletion
• Read artist tags from videos
• Added Swiss parental ratings
• Improve support for filenames starting with brackets
• Fix scroll position after editing images or metadata
• Fix saving playlist xml when playlist names end with a period
• Fix repeated scanning of external subtitles
• Fix latest trailers sort order
• Fix season counts being incorrect with multi-folder series
• Add filters for missing external Id's
• Improve transcoding reason display after direct play error
• Fix audio stream copy with multiple audio streams
• Reduce dlna and scheduled task [definition=12,9]logging[/definition] to prevent keeping Synology systems awake
• Fix date last episode added sorting to not be affected by dates of seasons
• Fix error in ffmpeg filter string when burning in subtitles
• Support aspect ratio adjustment in web app video player
• Handle urls with double encoding caused by old Dlna devices
• Display Chinese subtitles display language as just Chinese
• Reduce excess [definition=12,9]logging[/definition]
• Fix manual ungrouping of merged episodes
• Fix extras with multi-version videos
• Fix QSV DirectX initialization
• Fix Failed to create Direct3D device Error creating a QSV device
• Fix updating user images not immediately reflecting
• Improve Android Server native UI
• Fix renaming library requiring full library scan
• Allow multiple libraries using the same name

Zitat von Emby

• Fix library scan not normalizing library paths with trailing slash
• Don't try to install Windows visual c++ updates when running as a Windows service
• Fix missing Dlna response headers
• Fix dlna responses with older LG netcast devices
• Fix white bottom border on light themes

Cumulative changes since 4.2:

• Update to ffmpeg 4.3
• Build Windows & MacOS with .NET Core 3.0
• Utilize ReadyToRun feature with .NET Core 3.0 for faster startup time
• Support TLS 1.3 with .NET Core 3.0
• Redesign video OSD
• Redesign remote control OSD
• Redesign audio OSD
• Add web app splash screen to provide user feedback in case of long loading times
• Fix embyserver.exe file icon for Windows
• VAAPI: Fix data twist in HEVC profile map
• DXVA: Fix 10bit profile detection
• Expand media conversion feature to allow selection of containers, video codecs, and audio codecs
• Support converting to HEVC/H265 with media conversion feature
• Add screen saver options to web app
• Improve video start time when resuming
• Fix mpeg4/divx/xvid transcoding with Android server
• Add global and per-user limits for simultaneous video streams
• Fix very rare hang when recording Live TV
• Fix download transcoding of audio files with embedded images
• Allow plugins to have translation files
• Add new Webhooks plugin
• Restore counts on list screens
• Add "Are you still watching?" feature to web app
• Fix subtitle file names with convert feature
• Fix occasional hangs in media conversion feature
• Add separate server dashboard screen to manage conversion queue
• Adjust live stream automatic re-connection
• Subtitle transcoding fixes
• Improve handling of UTF-8 null chars in ass/ssa subs
• Fix sync features using path substitution when it should not be
• Fix multi-version grouping in mixed content libraries
• Fix display of quote characters in device names
• Fix ServerWMC recording playback
• Add additional image processing error handling
• Fix playlists folder always showing up for brand new server installations
• Fix collections not generating an image when locked
• Scrolling fixes for older versions of Firefox
• Fix delete error response codes
• Fix delete recordings from live tv plugins
• Fix now playing bar transparency on dark green and dark red themes
• Move up subtitles in Chrome
• Fix occasional live tv or recording server crash
• Fix GPU to CPU automatic fallback when transcoding to Chromecast
• Fix user data restore with backup plugin
• Improve browser rendering of ASS/SSA subtitles
• Add Collections to search results
• Move Bluray folder support to plugin
• Support .pef images
• Improve detection of HEVC REXT profiles
• Fix detection of DirectX 11.1 availability
• Improve MacOS file deletion
• Read artist tags from videos
• Added Swiss parental ratings
• Improve support for filenames starting with brackets
• Fix scroll position after editing images or metadata
• Fix saving playlist xml when playlist names end with a period
• Fix repeated scanning of external subtitles
• Fix latest trailers sort order
• Fix season counts being incorrect with multi-folder series
• Add filters for missing external Id's
• Improve transcoding reason display after direct play error
• Fix audio stream copy with multiple audio streams
• Reduce dlna and scheduled task [definition=12,9]logging[/definition] to prevent keeping Synology systems awake
• Fix date last episode added sorting to not be affected by dates of seasons
• Fix error in ffmpeg filter string when burning in subtitles
• Support aspect ratio adjustment in web app video player
• Handle urls with double encoding caused by old Dlna devices
• Display Chinese subtitles display language as just Chinese
• Reduce excess [definition=12,9]logging[/definition]
• Fix manual ungrouping of merged episodes
• Fix extras with multi-version videos
• Fix QSV DirectX initialization
• Fix Failed to create Direct3D device Error creating a QSV device
• Fix updating user images not immediately reflecting
• Improve Android Server native UI
• Fix renaming library requiring full library scan
• Allow multiple libraries using the same name

Zitat von Emby

• Fix arm64 transcoding crashes
• Fix stopping live streams killing recordings
• Fix m3u tuners with m3u8 sources
• Fix photo downloads
• Fix missing PlaybackPositionTicks in PlaybackStart event - Trakt
• Fix server uninstaller
• Fix changing audio tracks when remote controlling another app
• Add black theme option
• Improve light theme