# Emby 4.8.8.0

- Product: Emby (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby)
- Vendor: Emby
- Date: 2024-05-31
- Version: 4.8.8.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/tag/4.8.8.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/emby/releases/4.8.8.0

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- **added** — Support setting shuffle state in the audio player
- **added** — Add Group By option on collection screens to choose between grouping collection items by media type or displaying all items in a single list
- **added** — Add prompt for playback when a channel is recording
- **added** — Support incremental seek speed using arrow keys
- **added** — Support launching videos from photo slideshow
- **fixed** — Fix import collection options not showing in Emby library setup
- **fixed** — Fix error after adding a new person using the metadata editor
- **changed** — Show more rows in video OSD guide
- **changed** — Auto-scroll the guide to the last played channel
- **changed** — Improve log anonymization
- **changed** — Transcoding fixes for audio only strm files
- **changed** — Increase image extraction timeout
- **changed** — Factor in disc number to audio image uniqueness when extracting images from audio files

- Support setting shuffle state in the audio player
- Add Group By option on collection screens to choose between grouping collection items by media type or displaying all items in a single list
- Fix import collection options not showing in Emby library setup
- Fix error after adding a new person using the metadata editor
- 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
- Improve log anonymization
- Transcoding fixes for audio only strm files
- Increase image extraction timeout
- Factor in disc number to audio image uniqueness when extracting images from audio files