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# Emby
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Homepage: [https://emby.media/](https://emby.media/)
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Emby is a mostly open-source media server with a client-server model. This
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install for Ansible-NAS provides a server, which various clients can then
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connect to from platforms such as other computers, smartphones and smart TVs.
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Note that [Plex](https://www.plex.tv/), also included in Ansible-NAS, has a very
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similar functionality.
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## Usage
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Set `emby_enabled: true` in your `group_vars/all.yml` file. There are further
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parameters you can edit such as `movies_root` and `tv_root` lower down.
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## Specific Configuration
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The emby web interface can be found at port 8096 (http) or 8920 (https, if
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configured) of your NAS. Heimdall has a dedicated icon for emby.
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By default, Ansible-NAS gives emby read/write access to the folders where your
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movies and TV shows are stored. To change this to read-only, edit the following
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lines in `all.yml`:
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```
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emby_movies_permissions: "rw"
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emby_tv_permissions: "rw"
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```
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so that they end in `ro` instead of `rw`. Note that emby will not be able to
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delete files then, which might be exactly what you want. However, you will not
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have the option to store cover art in the related folders. Always leave the
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configuration directory read/write.
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## File system considerations
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Movie and TV show files are almost alway very large and pre-compressed. If you
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are using a specialized filesystem such as ZFS for bulk storage, you'll want to
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set the parameters accordingly. The [ZFS configuration
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documentation](../zfs/zfs_configuration.md) has an example of this.
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## Naming movies and TV shows
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Emby is very fussy about how movies and TV shows must be named to enable
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automatic downloads of cover art and metadata. In short, movie files should
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follow how movies are listed in the [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/), including the
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year of publication:
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```
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movies/Bride of Frankenstein (1935).mp4
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```
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Note the spaces. You should probably remove colons and other special characters.
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TV shows require a folder structure with the name of the series - again if
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possible with the year of publication - followed by sub-folders for the
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individual seasons. For example, the first episode of the first season of
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the original "Doctor Who" could be stored as:
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```
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tv/Doctor Who (1963)/Season 1/Doctor Who - s01e01.mp4
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```
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The [TVDB](https://www.thetvdb.com/) is one source for the exact names of TV
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shows.
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Unfortunately, there are number of special cases, especially related to split
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movies and older series. See the [movie
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naming](https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Movie%20naming) and [TV
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naming](https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/TV-naming) guides for further
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information.
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