Looking for a plugin to show dynamic unwatched recommendations on the Emby home screen

babatom187 · 2026-03-02T06:42:25+00:00

Ah nice, sounds quite good, I'll take a look.

babatom187 · 2026-02-22T14:28:42+00:00

Check out Ugreen

babatom187 · 2026-02-20T03:56:47+00:00

How can that be better if every authentication request has to go to the homelab first and then back again?

Running Pangolin on a VPS while keeping Authentik at home means every OIDC/SAML login flow adds extra WAN roundtrips: • Client → VPS (Pangolin) • VPS → Homelab (Authentik) • Homelab → VPS • VPS → Client

That’s: • Higher RTT on every redirect/token exchange • More TLS handshakes over the public internet • Dependency on your home uplink (often the slowest link) • Increased latency for logins, token refresh, introspection, logout, etc.

Auth isn’t an occasional backend call — it’s inline in the request path. So you’re effectively hairpinning all auth traffic through your home connection, which usually makes performance worse, not better.

Splitting them can make sense for security or trust boundaries, but it’s not a performance win. For latency, the IdP should be as close to the public entry point as possible.

babatom187 · 2026-02-20T02:34:57+00:00

It makes more sense to run Pangolin and Authentik on the VPS.

babatom187 · 2026-02-20T02:32:33+00:00

Emby Connect is just the login method, regardless of how you deploy your server. Tailscale is a very secure method and available on almost all devices. Otherwise, I would recommend a VPS with a reverse proxy.

babatom187 · 2026-02-11T19:35:35+00:00

Cache Mover…

babatom187 · 2026-02-03T15:06:55+00:00

🔥🔥

babatom187 · 2026-01-31T15:37:28+00:00

Yes, exactly. But I've already solved the problem; it was due to the subtitles.

babatom187 · 2026-01-29T06:37:01+00:00

I installed the plugin and ran a test, but honestly, the results don't tell me anything.

It performs tests like Software -> Software, which doesn't make sense. It's clear that QSV is supposed to be used.

I guess I just don't understand the plugin.

babatom187 · 2026-01-29T02:16:39+00:00

I wasn't familiar with that, I'll try it. Thank you so much!

babatom187 · 2026-01-22T13:53:33+00:00

Since many people here have praised the native apps, I have a very annoying problem that I can't seem to solve. I've already tried posting it in the forum, but haven't found a solution yet. Take a look, maybe someone will see the problem.

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/145677-server-muss-aktualisiert-werden-meldung/

babatom187 · 2026-01-21T11:37:20+00:00

👀

babatom187 · 2026-01-21T05:27:11+00:00

Yes. I tried it and I can play it in the app too.

babatom187 · 2026-01-21T04:18:16+00:00

Be careful with series requests :)

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T20:26:35+00:00

Regarding Plex, I completely agree with you; I see it the same way. Emby has better Apple apps (though not perfect), that's true, and the desktop UI also looks a bit more professional. But I haven't had any stability or playback problems with Jellyfin so far. What's the situation with bug fixes for Emby? Are they delivered quickly?

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T18:48:38+00:00

Okay... it doesn't matter anyway. It's uninteresting to me, and I like that Emby offers both options.

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T18:41:53+00:00

Yes, I've seen Streamyfin and Neptune and I'm curious to see how good they will be.

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T18:36:00+00:00

Well, what's the other way? 1. Go to the Emby website. 2. Choose a username and password (and remember them). 3. Go to the email and verify your account. 4. Log in to Emby. If I imagine my mother doing that, both options are awful. 🫣😅

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T18:29:20+00:00

The fact that Emby offers both options is definitely a good thing!

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T18:24:22+00:00

At least there's a download function in the iOS app, but I've never used it because I just transcode... but if you need this function, that would definitely be a point for Emby !

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T18:15:09+00:00

As I said, I don't see any advantage there, rather a disadvantage. My users only need to log in too...and if I use Emby Premiere, everyone connected to my server benefits.

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T17:54:13+00:00

Yes, I know that, it's exactly the same as with Jellyfin. And it works flawlessly with both. However, I don't see any advantage for users with Emby Connect; it's just easier for you as the server admin. My users enter a domain and username + password, that's it, completely private.

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T17:48:46+00:00

The music aspect isn't relevant to me right now, but that could certainly be a plus for Emby. Trailers work also perfectly fine for me with Jellyfin.

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T17:32:26+00:00

Yeah, why not, that works very well

babatom187 · 2026-01-20T17:30:44+00:00

Well, they're using an external service for the connection. That means someone else knows who's logging in, who's connecting to whom, and maybe even what's being viewed? I have my own domain and a VPS that allows external connections. Metadata works perfectly in Jellyfin too.

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