# Emby changelog

> A personal media server for your own content.

- Vendor: Emby
- Category: Media
- Official site: https://emby.media
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby)
- Harvested from: GitHub (MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### 4.10.0.22 — 4.10.0.22-beta

- Date: 2026-08-01
- Version: 4.10.0.22
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.10.0.22
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.10.0.22
- Labels: Pre-release

- **changed** — Improve search performance
- **fixed** — Wake on lan fixes
- **fixed** — Fix favorite live tv channels still showing after removing live tv access
- **added** — Add retry for failed conversions
- **added** — Add subtitles to stats for nerds
- **fixed** — Fix media probe regression
- **fixed** — Fix trailer support in season folders
- **fixed** — Fix ass/ssa rendering regression
- **changed** — Update to sqlite 3.53.3
- **changed** — Update ffmpeg build to disable magicyuv decoder
- **fixed** — Fix genre screens showing empty genres
- **fixed** — Fix empty results on some screens when filtering by genres and studios together
- **fixed** — Resolve issue of copying user settings requiring server restart to take effect
- **fixed** — Fix regression when marking certain items as favorites
- **fixed** — Fix recently searched showing incorrect data
- **fixed** — Subtitle rendering fixes
- **fixed** — Fix live tv content being included in search in Emby for Roku
- **added** — Support played filter with more home screen sections
- **changed** — Refresh metadata on all versions of a video when refreshing metadata manually

##### Changes



###### 4.10.0.22

- improve search performance



###### Cumulative Changes Since Stable Release

- wake on lan fixes
- improve search performance
- fix favorite live tv channels still showing after removing live tv access
- wake on lan fixes
- add retry for failed conversions
- add subtitles to stats for nerds
- Fix media probe regression
- Fix trailer support in season folders
- Fix ass/ssa rendering regression
- Update to sqlite 3.53.3
- Update ffmpeg build to disable magicyuv decoder
- Fix genre screens showing emptry genres
- Fix empty results on some screens when filtering by genres and studios together
- Resolve issue of copying user settings requiring server restart to take effect
- Fix regression when marking certain items as favorites
- Fix recently searched showing incorrect data
- Subtitle rendering Fixes
- Fix live tv content being included in search in Emby for Roku
- Support played filter with more home screen sections
- Fixes for played filter with new home screen settings
- Refresh metadata on all versions of a video when refresing metadata manually
- Fix detail screen regression with previous build
- Update to sqlite 3.51.3
- Add played filter to home screen sections
- Add display mode option to home screen sections
- Fix realtime monitor not working in some cases for directories with periods in the name
- Update to sqlite 3.51.3
- Add played filter to home screen sections
- Add display mode option to home screen sections
- Track date last searched of items
- Fixes for youtube urls inside strm files
- Fix queries for some home screen sections returning wrong items
- Add new spotlight home screen section option
- Add new home screen section type called dynamic media with sorting and filtering functions
- Update to sqlite 3.51.2
- Fix regression with hiding users from login screens on remote connections
- Add sorting options to new home screen editor
- Add Copy Data to Users context menu command
- Fixes with home screen sections migration
- Revamp home screen section options with new section editor
- Add banner text option to server settings
- Support person credits at the bottom of person detail screens
- Playback fixes for Chromecast
- Fix subtitle encoding regression with LG TV's
- Fix Hardware Transcoding for HDR Video when Tone Mapping is enabled

### 4.10.0.21 — 4.10.0.21-beta

- Date: 2026-07-29
- Version: 4.10.0.21
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.10.0.21
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.10.0.21
- Labels: Pre-release

- **fixed** — wake on lan fixes
- **changed** — improve search performance
- **fixed** — fix favorite live tv channels still showing after removing live tv access
- **added** — add retry for failed conversions
- **added** — add subtitles to stats for nerds
- **fixed** — fix media probe regression
- **fixed** — fix trailer support in season folders
- **fixed** — fix ass/ssa rendering regression
- **changed** — update to sqlite 3.53.3
- **changed** — update ffmpeg build to disable magicyuv decoder
- **fixed** — fix genre screens showing empty genres
- **fixed** — fix empty results on some screens when filtering by genres and studios together
- **fixed** — resolve issue of copying user settings requiring server restart to take effect
- **fixed** — fix regression when marking certain items as favorites
- **fixed** — fix recently searched showing incorrect data
- **fixed** — fix subtitle rendering regressions
- **fixed** — fix live tv content being included in search in Emby for Roku
- **added** — support played filter with more home screen sections
- **fixed** — fix realtime monitor not working in some cases for directories with periods in the name
- **added** — add played filter to home screen sections

##### Changes



###### 4.10.0.21

- wake on lan fixes
- improve search performance
- fix favorite live tv channels still showing after removing live tv access



###### Cumulative Changes Since Stable Release

- wake on lan fixes
- add retry for failed conversions
- add subtitles to stats for nerds
- Fix media probe regression
- Fix trailer support in season folders
- Fix ass/ssa rendering regression
- Update to sqlite 3.53.3
- Update ffmpeg build to disable magicyuv decoder
- Fix genre screens showing emptry genres
- Fix empty results on some screens when filtering by genres and studios together
- Resolve issue of copying user settings requiring server restart to take effect
- Fix regression when marking certain items as favorites
- Fix recently searched showing incorrect data
- Subtitle rendering Fixes
- Fix live tv content being included in search in Emby for Roku
- Support played filter with more home screen sections
- Fixes for played filter with new home screen settings
- Refresh metadata on all versions of a video when refresing metadata manually
- Fix detail screen regression with previous build
- Update to sqlite 3.51.3
- Add played filter to home screen sections
- Add display mode option to home screen sections
- Fix realtime monitor not working in some cases for directories with periods in the name
- Update to sqlite 3.51.3
- Add played filter to home screen sections
- Add display mode option to home screen sections
- Track date last searched of items
- Fixes for youtube urls inside strm files
- Fix queries for some home screen sections returning wrong items
- Add new spotlight home screen section option
- Add new home screen section type called dynamic media with sorting and filtering functions
- Update to sqlite 3.51.2
- Fix regression with hiding users from login screens on remote connections
- Add sorting options to new home screen editor
- Add Copy Data to Users context menu command
- Fixes with home screen sections migration
- Revamp home screen section options with new section editor
- Add banner text option to server settings
- Support person credits at the bottom of person detail screens
- Playback fixes for Chromecast
- Fix subtitle encoding regression with LG TV's
- Fix Hardware Transcoding for HDR Video when Tone Mapping is enabled

### 4.9.5.0

- Date: 2026-05-18
- Version: 4.9.5.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.9.5.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.9.5.0

- **fixed** — Fix sporadic cases of wrong subtitle encoding
- **fixed** — Fix sporadic cases of subtitles not showing
- **fixed** — Fix strm files containing youtube urls
- **added** — Add additional Estonian language codes
- **fixed** — Fix realtime monitor ignoring folders with a dot in the name
- **added** — Add new spotlight home screen section option

##### Changes



###### 4.9.5.0

- Fix sporadic cases of wrong subtitle encoding
- Fix sporadic cases of subtitles not showing
- Fix strm files containing youtbue urls
- Add additional Estonian language codes
- Fix realtime monitor ignoring folders with a dot in the name
- Add new spotlight home screen section option (requires Emby Server 4.10+)

### 4.9.3.0

- Date: 2026-01-08
- Version: 4.9.3.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.9.3.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.9.3.0

- **added** — Add user option to set user's auto remote quality
- **added** — Add library option to use legacy folder scanning method
- **added** — Add landing tab option for book libraries
- **added** — Support volume control with youtube trailer player
- **changed** — Update mixed content tabs to combine Movies & Shows
- **changed** — Music transcoding fixes
- **fixed** — Fix maintenance mode blocking some settings screens
- **fixed** — Fix embedded audio fields not getting rescanned on file changes
- **fixed** — Fix loss of genre and collection images after deleting a movie

- Add user option to set user's auto remote quality
- Add library option to use legacy folder scanning method
- Music transcoding fixes
- Add landing tab option for book libraries
- Support volume control with youtube trailer player
- Update mixed content tabs to combine Movies & Shows
- Fix maintenance mode blocking some settings screens
- Fix embedded audio fields not getting rescanned on file changes
- Fix loss of genre and collection images after deleting a movie

### 4.9.1.90

- Date: 2025-11-11
- Version: 4.9.1.90
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.9.1.90
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.9.1.90

* Fix lists scrolling back up to top after editing metadata
* Improve music now playing background blur
* Update recordings display
* DVR - don't save series image if there already is one
* Support quoted search queries
* Improve search performance
* Fixes for multi-part detection
* Fixes for external subtitles encoded in ansi
* Fixes for external .sup subtitles
* Fixes for subtitle font extraction
* Fix redirect for windows start menu option

### 4.9.1.80

- Date: 2025-09-30
- Version: 4.9.1.80
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.9.1.80
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.9.1.80

* Improve library scan performance
* Improve live tv guide refresh performance
* Improve database performance
* Update to .NET 8
* Update to sqlite 3.49.2
* Support macOS on all betas going forward
* Support viewing books in the web app in pdf, epub, mobi, cbz, fb2 and other formats.
* Add new maintenance mode feature
* Add up key action option to video player
* Add tv mode display setting to show remote control functions
* Add network request protocol option to server network settings
* Update ffmpeg with fixes related to image extraction and OpenCL
* Improve performance of the realtime monitor
* Increase remote quality default value
* Fix collection content restrictions with search
* Fix video rotation when transcoding
* Debut of new WebStreams plugin
* Add library option to merge contents of top level folders in folder view
* Fix year being doubled in recording folder names
* Fix trailer metadata being lost on refresh channels scheduled task
* Improve results of multi-word searches
* Add user option to hide spoiler information from unwatched episodes
* Split remote quality setting into two, remote and cellular
* Support changing subtitle appearance settings during video playback
* Add Video codec, audio codec and framerate selectable and sortable fields
* Reorganize user and app settings
* Add experimental hevc transcoding option
* Add option to limit resolution of all transcoding to conserve server resources
* Add user preference to exclude libraries from search
* Fix special episodes affecting unplayed episode counts
* Improve hevc bitrate with conversion feature
* Show three recent items in add to collection and add to playlist
* Add copy user data as an option when creating a new user and initializing with data from another user
* Add option for folder view to auto open single items in folders
* Support fb2 book extension
* Shorten display name for episode extras
* Support external audio tracks for movies and episodes
* Add Duplicates library filter
* Add library options to control whether multi-part detection is enabled
* Add library options to control whether multi-version detection is enabled
* Support playback correction in the web app
* Add a sleep timer menu option in the web app audio player
* Improve title for external SDH subtitles
* Add A-Z picker to add to collection/playlist
* Support date played as a selectable field in poster view
* Add library options to control generation of chapters when none are embedded within video files
* Improve usage of embedded .ass fonts in the web app
* Separate specials from episodes on series detail screen
* Improve title for external subtitles
* Artist sorting fixes
* Improve camera upload error handling
* Fix people search not respecting library access
* Sorting fixes for items with long digits in name
* Add episode title to recording notifications
* Fix person sort order
* macOS networking fixes
* Smb file system fixes
* Support locking artists
* Rtsp protocol fixes
* Improve separation of music and audiobook content in favorites
* Remove songs section from audiobook author screen
* Support setting shuffle state in audio player
* Add Polish ratings
* Fixes for sorting multi-part files
* Improve titles and descriptions for numerous notifications
* Fix scanning quirks with season scanning without season folders
* Fix 3D flag being lost in some cases on initial import
* Add Group By option on collection screens to choose between grouping collection items by media type or displaying all items in a single list
* Transcoding fixes for audio only strm files
* Increase image extraction timeout
* Show ratings from all libraries on user config screen
* Improve played filter for series in folder view
* Improve searching for titles with dots in the name
* Improve Emby Connect address reporting after network changes
* Fix incorrect number of tracks displayed for a music artist
* Run database integrity checks bef

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### 4.9.1.0 — 4.9.1.0-beta

- Date: 2025-05-26
- Version: 4.9.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.9.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.9.1.0
- Labels: Pre-release

* Treat "other" folder as extras for episodes

Cumulative changes since stable release:
* Improve library scan performance
* Improve live tv guide refresh performance
* Improve database performance
* Update to .NET 8
* Update to sqlite 3.49.2
* Support macOS on all betas going forward
* Add up key action option to video player
* Add tv mode display setting to show remote control functions
* Add network request protocol option to server network settings
* Update ffmpeg with fixes related to image extraction and OpenCL
* Increase remote quality default value
* Split remote quality setting into two, remote and cellular
* Reorganize user and app settings
* Add experimental hevc transcoding option
* Add option to limit resolution of all transcoding to conserve server resources
* Fix special episodes affecting unplayed episode counts
* Add copy user data as an option when creating a new user and initializing with data from another user
* Add option for folder view to auto open single items in folders
* Support fb2 book extension
* Shorten display name for episode extras
* Support external audio tracks for movies and episodes
* Add Duplicates library filter
* Add library options to control whether multi-part detection is enabled
* Add library options to control whether multi-version detection is enabled
* Support playback correction in the web app
* Add a sleep timer menu option in the web app audio player
* Improve title for external SDH subtitles
* Add A-Z picker to add to collection/playlist
* Add library options to control generation of chapters when none are embedded within video files
* Improve usage of embedded .ass fonts in the web app
* Separate specials from episodes on series detail screen
* Improve title for external subtitles
* Artist sorting fixes
* Improve camera upload error handling
* Fix people search not respecting library access
* Add episode title to recording notifications
* Fix person sort order
* macOS networking fixes
* Smb file system fixes
* Support locking artists
* Rtsp protocol fixes
* Improve separation of music and audiobook content in favorites
* Remove songs section from audiobook author screen
* Support setting shuffle state in audio player
* Add Polish ratings
* Fixes for sorting multi-part files
* Improve titles and descriptions for numerous notifications
* Fix scanning quirks with season scanning without season folders
* Fix 3D flag being lost in some cases on initial import
* Add Group By option on collection screens to choose between grouping collection items by media type or displaying all items in a single list
* Transcoding fixes for audio only strm files
* Increase image extraction timeout
* Show ratings from all libraries on user config screen
* Improve played filter for series in folder view
* Improve searching for titles with dots in the name
* Improve Emby Connect address reporting after network changes
* Fix incorrect number of tracks displayed for a music artist
* Run database integrity checks before backups
* Add date to notification descriptions
* M3U Live TV regression fix
* Fix sorting by composers and artists when there are multiple values
* Add prompt for playback when a channel is recording
* Support incremental seek speed using arrow keys
* Show more rows in video OSD guide
* Support launching videos from photo slideshow
* Auto-scroll the guide to the last played channel
* Factor in disc number to audio image uniqueness when extracting images from audio files
* Fix import collection options not showing in Emby library setup
* Fix error after adding a new person using the metadata editor
* Improve chapter support with multi-version videos
* Fix series scanning regression related to year in folder name
* Improve camera upload error handling
* Support alternative encodings of playlist files
* Improve photo scanning error handling
* Support multiple episodedetails nodes in nfo files
* Add workaround for

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### 4.8.11.0

- Date: 2025-03-10
- Version: 4.8.11.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.8.11.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.8.11.0

* Fix sporadic macOS crash caused by network change listener in dotnet runtime
* Fix sporadic cases of playlist files not being written when changes are made
* Fix sporadic no compatible streams error when playing a multi-version episode from continue watching
* Improve server network change detection
* Add more data to recording events
* Fixes for m3u's with rtsp url's
* Various fixes with transcoding disk space cleanup
* Various fixes with SMB folder access on Linux, macOS and Android servers
* Various fixes for DVR checks if episode is already in the library
* Save converted subtitles using two-character language code
* Support HEAD requests with system/ping
* Minor re-organization of user and app settings
* Add startup behavior option to app settings
* Add tabbed view for book libraries
* Fix users not being able to edit image of their own playlist

### 4.8.10.0

- Date: 2024-09-30
- Version: 4.8.10.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.8.10.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.8.10.0

* Fix hardware transcoding regression on some Linux platforms

### 4.8.9.0

- Date: 2024-09-24
- Version: 4.8.9.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.8.9.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.8.9.0

* Improve camera upload error handling
* Fix libvips image conversion with smb paths
* Fix automatic reconnect of live tv m3u
* Fixes related to matching recordings with episode files already in the library
* Improve multi-version default selection
* Improve remote image content-type detection
* Fix database error when removing libraries with overlapping paths with other libraries