Emby Server for FreeBSD

Install

pkg install emby-server

Configure FFMpeg

# Update FreeBSD ports tree portsnap fetch update


                                            
                                                # Remove default FFMpeg package

                                                pkg delete -f ffmpeg

# Reinstall FFMpeg from ports with lame option enabled cd /usr/ports/multimedia/ffmpeg make config # enable the lame option # enable the ass subtitles option # enable the opus subtitles option # enable the x265 subtitles option make install clean

Run

service emby-server start

To enable Emby service (will automatically run at boot):
sysrc emby_server_enable="YES"

Resources

Community

Wiki

                                Additional Notes
                                Emby Server uses FFmpeg for transcoding and ImageMagick for
                                generating thumbnails. The default ports/pkg builds of FFmpeg
                                and ImageMagick on FreeBSD have a number of options which
                                could be SET/UNSET to improve your Emby Server experience.

                                It is recommended to recompile the multimedia/ffmpeg package
                                from ports with the following options ENABLED (SET):
                                - ASS (required for subtitle rendering)
                                - LAME (required for mp3 audio transcoding, disabled by default due to mp3 licensing restrictions)
                                - OPUS (required for opus audio codec support)
                                - X265 (required for H.265 video codec support

                                It is recommended to recompile the graphics/ImageMagick package
                                from ports with the following options DISABLED (UNSET):
                                - 16BIT_PIXEL (to increase thumbnail generation performance)

                                If you had mediabrowser installed before the project was
                                renamed to emby-server, you may want to rename the user and
                                group (note that moving the database is not supported):
                                # pw groupmod 989 -n mediabrowser -l emby
                                # pw usermod 989 -n mediabrowser -l emby -g emby -c Emby\ Server

                                To automatically start Emby Server at boot time:
                                # echo 'emby_server_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

                                To then manually start Emby Server without rebooting:
                                # service emby-server start

                                Once started, visit the following webpage to configure:
                                http://localhost:8096/
                            