Manage your media library with Emby
1 Tweak user settings
The Users section of the Emby dashboard is where you manage user profiles – including your own. If you plan to share your server with other users ( seep37formoredetails), start by password-protecting your own user account from here: to do so, click your user profile badge and click ‘Edit this user’s profile…’ followed by Profile (you can also upload a photo of yourself if you wish).
2 Add more libraries
Switch to Libraries in the dashboard and click ‘Add media folder’ to add other media to your collection. The process is identical to the one you encountered during the setup wizard: choose type and name, select a folder (or folders), then save your library and create more as needed. Emby will start scanning for content based on your chosen criteria – this can take some time with large libraries.
3 Edit libraries
Click the ‘+’ sign next to an existing library to make changes to it: add more folders, change its media type, rename it or even remove it completely. Switch to the Path Substitution tab if your media is stored on auto-mounted network drives and you want clients to direct play it rather than force the server to transcode – configure it to point directly to the file on your network.
4 Configure metadata
Next, select ‘Metadata’ in the left-hand pane. Switch to the Services tab to see what online scrapers Emby employs. In most cases these can be left alone. Next, switch to the Subtitles tab if you want to download subtitles for movies and TV shows (either for hearingimpaired users or to provide subtitles for different languages). Use the Advanced tab for downloading extra info.
5 Set up playback
The Playback section contains useful settings for optimising how your server performs. Cinema Mode allows you to play trailers for supported shows and movies, while the Streaming tab allows you to set a bitrate limit for clients – most useful for slower connections. Finally, select ‘Transcoding’ if you’ve got a low-powered PC and can’t afford to dedicate all of its resources to streaming.
6 Set up auto-organise
Simplify adding new TV episode files to your library by switching on Auto-Organise from its own section in the dashboard. Switch to the TV tab and tick ‘Enable new episode organisation’. Pick a folder into which all new TV episodes will be dropped and tweak the ‘Episode file pattern’ to match your current naming convention. Other settings are self-explanatory. Click ‘Save’ when done.