While I don’t frequently listen to my music library on the go, those without a music service sub will find it indispensable. Which makes the latest feature addtion to Emby’s Amazon and Google Android flavors quite welcome. Features include: Smart-screen interface with latest albums, last played, favorites, playlists etc. Two grid-views – browse albums or album artists Full audio queuing […]
Read moreTwenty years ia a long time, especially in the computing world. While I think it’s quite likely that hard drives will still be around, I’m not convinced that no matter how hard companies like Seagate push the envelop that it will be a mainstream consumer technology that far in the future. If I had to guess it will be primarily […]
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If you’re a PlayStation 3/4 or Xbox One PLEX aficionado, you will be pleased to learn that according to Neowin all three apps have been freed from the shackles of service fees. The Plex system of apps and services is fast becoming the most popular way to organise and view extensive home media collections. Yesterday the team announced that the […]
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For many, a fully* wireless multi-channel home audio solution is the perfect solution. There are a few players in the market, but I’ve never run across axiim before. Now obviously we can’t be covering every bit player that happens to put out a some home audio kit, but there’s something really interesting about the set of people who are following […]
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It is beta only currently, but it’s great that Emby is expanding to more platforms. We’ll have a separate post about this, but our linux packages are seeing a lot of improvements as well. Notably: Added support for openSUSE Tumbleweed and Leap Beta and Dev releases are now using the package embymagick for ImageMagick libraries. embymagick does not get installed […]
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When I started building my first real audio system, many (many) years ago, funds were well short of what I would have liked, so hunting for a good value proposition was essential. I ended up with a great (for the $) set of Pioneer mains that I absolutely loved, but it took a lot of time and a lot of […]
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I’m not in love with the SFF-dissing intro, but this Be Quiet! cooler looks nice and comes from a proven brand in um… quiet computing. I may not enjoy using small PC systems mainly because I’ve gotten used to working with the largest towers available in the market for as far back as i can remember but most people i […]
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It’s been a while since I’ve overclocked my PC, and it’s generally frowned upon to even think about overclocking a HTPC (with which I wholeheartedly agree), but this is newsworthy stuff. The concept is essentially the same as the last time I cranked my Pentium 733s up, have a mess with the bus clock because the multiplier is locked, but […]
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With the explosion in the use mobile devices for storing and playing content it is important to pick the right technology to push your media to the big screen when sharing the experience with multiple people. Whether it is photos, family videos, or Netflix choosing an endpoint which meets all your needs is essential. It is not hard to find […]
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I’ve been really impressed with the pace of improvement with the Emby media server and companion apps, but there was one thing that really stopped me from embracing the suite – automated mobile photo backup. As it turns out, the problem was ignorance instead of a feature gap versus competitive software like Plex. As it turns out, enabling the […]
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