Emby Server (FKA Media Browser) 3.0.5607 released, live TV coming soon

Emby server (what was called Media Browser Server) has been updated to version 3.0.5607. The main changes in this release are improvements to the DLNA stack. The Play To issue with the Xbox One have been fixed, transcoding issues with Sony Bravia’s has been fixed and there are new DLNA profiles added for VLC and Bubble UPnP.

Other changes include a new Now Playing Bar on the web interface and improvements when watching transcoded content on an Android TV & Fire TV.

The Emby team are teasing that “unmatched multi-device Live TV experience” will be coming soon which could be great alternative to Windows Media Center which would be good timing considering Microsoft will not be including Windows Media Center in Windows 10.

Full release notes:

Dlna Improvements

Thanks to the help of a few community members, the following Dlna improvements have been made:

Resolved Play To issue with Xbox One that would revert to the default Dlna profile if using a custom device name

Resolved transcoding failures with Sony Bravia’s

Resolved missing images with Sony Bravia’s

Resolved transcoding failures with Panasonic Viera

Significantly reduced network footprint when discovering devices on the network

New DLNA profiles added for VLC and Bubble UPnp, to direct stream all content (subject to bitrate setting)

Xbox One Improvements

Resolved Play To issue with Xbox One that would revert to the default Dlna profile if using a custom device name

Resolved issue of missing header when using the web client on Xbox One

Material Design Coming

Others

Resolved incorrect aspect ratio when transcoding anamorphic content with Android TV & Fire TV

Resolved issue of file handles being left open in Linux when extracting chapter images. This was the primary cause of the Unbutu crashing being reported.

Resolved issue of backdrop images not being downloaded in certain situations

Reduced CPU usage caused by dynamically created images