Emby

Take your home videos, music, and photos with you wherever you go, even offline with Emby Mobile Sync. Emby mobile apps are available for Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone and Windows Tablets.

Or sit back and enjoy Emby from the living room. Emby apps are available for Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox, Home Theater Computers, and more.

Initial Setup

Installing emby is easy. Simply issue the following command from SSH:

sudo box install emby

This command will configure an emby docker container for your user.

How to Access

Emby can be accessed from your browser at https://<hostname.ltd>/emby/

Service Management

The systemd service file for Emby is the default file. No modifications have been made to change its arguments.

Status

sudo systemctl status emby-server

Start

sudo systemctl start emby-server

Stop

sudo systemctl stop emby-server

Restart

sudo systemctl restart emby-server

Enable

sudo systemctl enable emby-server

Disable

sudo systemctl disable emby-server

Configuration

When you load up Emby for the first time, you'll be greeted by the setup wizard. Setup is fairly straightforward.

Further setup

While not covered in this documentation, there are further guides and documentations on the Emby Forum

Troubleshooting

tip

You can always also try the general troubleshooting tips written in our guide. They might or might not apply, but asking these questions can often make you understand what is under the hood better and help you find what needs to be fixed. It's always worth a shot!

Full Removal

If you need to remove Emby completely, alongside all configurations please sudo box remove emby, then sudo apt purge emby-server.