Emby

Not to be confused with Enby.

Emby
Developer(s)Emby Team
Stable release
4.8.10.0 / 30 September 2024; 57 days ago (2024-09-30)[1]
Preview release
4.9.0.30-beta / 25 August 2024; 3 months ago (2024-08-25)[1]
Repositorygithub.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases
Written inC#
Operating systemCross platform
Platform
Available inMulti Language
TypeMedia server
LicenseProprietary
Websiteemby.media embybeta.scipenplus.com

Emby (formerly Media Browser)[2] is a media server designed to organize, play, and stream audio and video to a variety of devices.[3] Emby's source code was mostly open with some closed-source components as of August 2017,[4] releases of the software published via the Emby website are however proprietary[5] and cannot be replicated from source due to the build scripts also being proprietary. As of version 3.5.3 Emby has been relicensed and is now closed-source, while open source components will be moved to plugins.[6] Due to this, a free open source fork of Emby was created called Jellyfin.[7] Emby uses a client–server model.

Emby Server has been developed for Windows, Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD. Users can connect to the server from a compatible client, available on a wide variety of platforms including HTML5, mobile platforms such as Android and iOS, streaming devices such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, and Apple TV, smart TV platforms such as Android TV, LG Smart TV and Samsung Smart TV, and video game consoles including the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.[8][9]

Emby Premiere

While watching and streaming media with Emby server is free, a number of features of its clients require an active Emby Premiere subscription. As of March 23, 2021, Emby Premiere is $4.99 monthly, $54 yearly, or a $119 "lifetime" license. For example, users can watch content using the HTML5, Roku OS, Apple TV, iOS, macOS, Samsung Smart TV and LG Smart TV clients without a subscription, but if they wish to do so on any other platform, they must have Emby Premiere or a one-time app unlock purchase available in some apps. Live TV and DVR functionality is only included for Premiere users.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Releases". Github. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  2. ^ Callaham, John (3 April 2015). "Media Browser for Windows 8.1 gets rebranded as Emby with new features". Windows Central. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Introducing Emby". Emby Community Blog. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Source Code & License". Emby Community Blog. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  5. ^ "[Request] GPL Violation". Emby Community Blog. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Beta source code missing #3479". GitHub. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Home". jellyfin.org.
  8. ^ "Download Emby - Emby". emby.media. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  9. ^ Bhartiya, Swapnil (28 September 2015). "Exclusive Interview: Emby Founder Luke Pulverenti". Linux.com. Linux Foundation. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Emby Premiere Feature Matrix". Emby GitHub. Retrieved 2 April 2018.