

Then go up to Audio and select it, ensure those settings match your receiver (mine is an Atmos receiver)Įnsure passthrough is enabled (it isn't by default) and turn on the capabilities for your receiver In the left list go down to Basic and enter until it changes to Expert Now you need to configure the player on the TV to ensure that audio passthrough works properly because none of that is set as defaultįrom the Kodi home screen select and enter Settings in the left list There's a video walkthrough of this you can view here The skin even supports fast user switching for multiple Emby profiles Switch to the new cloned skin from the popup dialog that appears by selecting Yes > Then confirm to keep skin To integrate Emby in the Kodi homescreen so it looks a little more like Plex or Emby when launching Kodi:įrom Kodi home screen, in the left list go down to and select Add-onsįrom the screen go down to Video add-ons and select and enter Emb圜onįrom that list select and enter Add-on actionsįrom that list select and enter Clone default skin There is a video walkthrough for this as well that you can view below You have now installed the Emby add-on for Kodi for the metadata/subtitle management
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When you see it is installed, then select Install from repository > Kodi Emby Add-ons > Video add-ons > Emb圜on > Install (it may require Python libraries, allow it)Īfter installation it will now scan for your Emby server which you installed on your NAS/Media server > Select it and login Select -1.0.6.zip (the version and name may differ)
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Select Install from zip file and select :443 as the source Then select Install from zip file > Hit Settings and allow installation from unknown sources In the left list scroll down and select Add-onsįrom the left list go up to the box icon (package installer) In the file manager you will see emby repo you can select it and see the remote file listing You will now see :443 in the Browse for new share list > select it > then OK > click Protocol until it changes to Web Server Directory (HTTPS) In Kodi go to Settings > File Manager > Add Source Installing Emb圜on for Kodi (for metadata) On your media player (Android TV or in my case Nvidia Shield) install Kodi I highly recommend setting an external or different disk for Transcode jobs (found in Emby Server Settings > Transcoding) On your router ensure TCP port 8096 is open locally (this is HTTP) Install Emby Server on the NAS/Media serverīe sure to use the walk-through wizard and install the Open Subtitles/Addicted plugin after Emby Server installation My Nas is Qnap TS-253Be which is the Intel variantĢ56GB Sandisk USB3 flashdrive for temporary Transcoding folder (this avoid writing to the same disk as the source video content) Onkyo HT-S5805 receiver Dolby Atmos HDMI® 4 In / 1 Out (4K UltraHD / HDCP 2.2 / 4:4:4) passthrough

Hooked up to my 4K Philips 55OLED803 Android TV (no Dolby Vision tho)

I have a Nvidia Shield 2019 tube media player
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I don't know what it is with Plex and HDR content, but it is not quite there, even 10-bit 1080p content struggles with external subtitles (which is the suggested method to avoid transcoding).
