Install and set up

Now we get our media server started.

Your media is now, all being well, ready for action, so the next step is to install your media server. The step-by-step guide below reveals how to download and install Emby Media Server on your Windows 10 PC. It’s a straightforward enough process, and once complete, Emby will launch as a background service so you’ll barely notice it. When you come to set up and manage your server going forward, you’ll do so through your web browser.

By default, Emby won’t start with Windows, so if you’d like to have it launch automatically so your media is always accessible when your PC is switched on, navigate to the ‘Settings’ section of the Emby dashboard and tick the ‘Run server at startup’ box.

Once up and running, we recommend adding your media and giving your PC a few hours to process it all – particularly if it’s a large media library. Once it’s in place, turn the page to start watching it on other platforms.