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1. #Access emby server directly from chromecast install#
2. #Access emby server directly from chromecast professional#

#Access emby server directly from chromecast install#

Download and Install Emby Server Download and install Emby on your server or workstation. It indexes them and provides an easy-to-use web interface as well as mobile apps. Your Media on Any Device Emby Server automatically converts and streams your personal media on the fly to play on any device. When I open a second Chrome for the same Cast Device My current Play state is reset. Emby supports a wide range of video and audio formats. The problem is that I (seemingly?) cannot gracefully take over control over a chromecast with emby. If you leave a browser idle on a machine for long periods of time, the browser will close the socket connection eventually and then it won't be remote controllably anymore. Remote control of another emby app is accomplished via a web socket connection from browser to server. This app allows you to simply connect to the web client locally or from anywhere with internet access (proper router configuration will be required). Embedded within the Emby server is a full-featured HTML5 client that will allow you to access your library. Ideally you would use a browser that allows you to control the Chromecast directly rather than go through the layer on controlling the remote control app. This app is a wrapper for the Emby web client. I hope you can see why I would find a feature useful where the Server is streaming centrally and controlled by all the clients.īut I can understand, that is not how emby usually operates, but then proper remote controlling of a Casting Browser instance would be nice (and achieve the same effect) Edited Octoby Qowy

#Access emby server directly from chromecast professional#

So to clarify what seems to missing is the functionality to remote control a chromecasting Browser. Your personal Emby Server automatically converts and streams your media on-the-fly to play on any device. Website Builders professional confidence. (I can see my kodi etc devices just fine in all of them of course) What I can do is connect to the browser EmbyWeb instance and remotecontrol it, right? But this seems to be very inconsistent.Ĭurrently I have open: Firefox Chrome Edge with emby web each.Īndroid only sees the Chrome instance to controlĪnd if I use Remote control nothing is displayed but play pause works I cannot use my phone connect to the chromecast and adjust something since this will stop playback. I can open edge on it and stream music to a Chromecast group.Īfter minutes/hours I want to pickup any device/phone on the Home and skip a song. Lets say I have a server (not neccesarily the emby server just some permanentely active client)

Then maybe I need to rephrase the question: