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linuxserver/emby
Emby organizes video, music, live TV, and photos from personal media libraries and streams them to smart TVs, streaming boxes and mobile devices. This container is packaged as a standalone emby Media Server.
Supported Architectures
Our images support multiple architectures such as x86-64, arm64 and armhf. We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker here and our announcement here.
Simply pulling linuxserver/emby should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.
The architectures supported by this image are:
| Architecture | Tag |
|---|---|
| x86-64 | amd64-latest |
| arm64 | arm64v8-latest |
| armhf | arm32v7-latest |
Version Tags
This image provides various versions that are available via tags. latest tag usually provides the latest stable version. Others are considered under development and caution must be exercised when using them.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| latest | Stable emby releases |
| beta | Beta emby releases |
Usage
Here are some example snippets to help you get started creating a container from this image.
docker-compose (recommended)
Compatible with docker-compose v2 schemas.
---
version: "2.1"
services:
emby:
image: linuxserver/emby
container_name: emby
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Europe/London
- UMASK_SET=<022> #optional
volumes:
- /path/to/library:/config
- /path/to/tvshows:/data/tvshows
- /path/to/movies:/data/movies
- /path/for/transcoding:/transcode #optional
- /opt/vc/lib:/opt/vc/lib #optional
ports:
- 8096:8096
- 8920:8920 #optional
devices:
- /dev/dri:/dev/dri #optional
- /dev/vchiq:/dev/vchiq #optional
- /dev/video10:/dev/video10 #optional
- /dev/video11:/dev/video11 #optional
- /dev/video12:/dev/video12 #optional
restart: unless-stopped
docker cli
docker run -d \
--name=emby \
-e PUID=1000 \
-e PGID=1000 \
-e TZ=Europe/London \
-e UMASK_SET=<022> `#optional` \
-p 8096:8096 \
-p 8920:8920 `#optional` \
-v /path/to/library:/config \
-v /path/to/tvshows:/data/tvshows \
-v /path/to/movies:/data/movies \
-v /path/for/transcoding:/transcode `#optional` \
-v /opt/vc/lib:/opt/vc/lib `#optional` \
--device /dev/dri:/dev/dri `#optional` \
--device /dev/vchiq:/dev/vchiq `#optional` \
--device /dev/video10:/dev/video10 `#optional` \
--device /dev/video11:/dev/video11 `#optional` \
--device /dev/video12:/dev/video12 `#optional` \
--restart unless-stopped \
linuxserver/emby
Parameters
Docker images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <external>:<internal> respectively. For example, -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 outside the container.
Ports (-p)
| Parameter | Function |
|---|---|
8096 |
Http webUI. |
8920 |
Https webUI (you need to setup your own certificate). |
Environment Variables (-e)
| Env | Function |
|---|---|
PUID=1000 |
for UserID - see below for explanation |
PGID=1000 |
for GroupID - see below for explanation |
TZ=Europe/London |
Specify a timezone to use EG Europe/London |
UMASK_SET=<022> |
for umask setting of Emby, default if left unset is 022. |
Volume Mappings (-v)
| Volume | Function |
|---|---|
/config |
Emby data storage location. This can grow very large, 50gb+ is likely for a large collection. |
/data/tvshows |
Media goes here. Add as many as needed e.g. /data/movies, /data/tv, etc. |
/data/movies |
Media goes here. Add as many as needed e.g. /data/movies, /data/tv, etc. |
/transcode |
Path for transcoding folder, optional. |
/opt/vc/lib |
Path for Raspberry Pi OpenMAX libs optional. |
Device Mappings (--device)
| Parameter | Function |
|---|---|
/dev/dri |
Only needed if you want to use your Intel or AMD GPU for hardware accelerated video encoding (vaapi). |
/dev/vchiq |
Only needed if you want to use your Raspberry Pi OpenMax video encoding (Bellagio). |
/dev/video10 |
Only needed if you want to use your Raspberry Pi V4L2 video encoding. |
/dev/video11 |
Only needed if you want to use your Raspberry Pi V4L2 video encoding. |
/dev/video12 |
Only needed if you want to use your Raspberry Pi V4L2 video encoding. |
Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)
You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend FILE__.
As an example:
-e FILE__PASSWORD=/run/secrets/mysecretpassword
Will set the environment variable PASSWORD based on the contents of the /run/secrets/mysecretpassword file.
Umask for running applications
For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional -e UMASK=022 setting.
Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up here before asking for support.
User / Group Identifiers
When using volumes (-v flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID.
Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.
In this instance PUID=1000 and PGID=1000, to find yours use id user as below:
$ id username
uid=1000(dockeruser) gid=1000(dockergroup) groups=1000(dockergroup)
Application Setup
Webui can be found at http://<your-ip>:8096
Emby has very complete and verbose documentation located here .
Hardware acceleration users for Intel Quicksync and AMD VAAPI will need to mount their /dev/dri video device inside of the container by passing the following command when running or creating the container:
--device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri
We will automatically ensure the abc user inside of the container has the proper permissions to access this device.
Hardware acceleration users for Nvidia will need to install the container runtime provided by Nvidia on their host, instructions can be found here:
https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker
We automatically add the necessary environment variable that will utilise all the features available on a GPU on the host. Once nvidia-docker is installed on your host you will need to re/create the docker container with the nvidia container runtime --runtime=nvidia and add an environment variable -e NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all (can also be set to a specific gpu's UUID, this can be discovered by running nvidia-smi --query-gpu=gpu_name,gpu_uuid --format=csv ). NVIDIA automatically mounts the GPU and drivers from your host into the emby docker.
OpenMAX (Raspberry Pi)
Hardware acceleration users for Raspberry Pi OpenMAX will need to mount their /dev/vchiq video device inside of the container and their system OpenMax libs by passing the following options when running or creating the container:
--device=/dev/vchiq:/dev/vchiq
-v /opt/vc/lib:/opt/vc/lib
V4L2 (Raspberry Pi)
Hardware acceleration users for Raspberry Pi V4L2 will need to mount their /dev/video1X devices inside of the container by passing the following options when running or creating the container:
--device=/dev/video10:/dev/video10
--device=/dev/video11:/dev/video11
--device=/dev/video12:/dev/video12
Docker Mods
We publish various Docker Mods to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above.
Support Info
- Shell access whilst the container is running:
docker exec -it emby /bin/bash
- To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:
docker logs -f emby
- Container version number
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' emby
- Image version number
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' linuxserver/emby
Versions
- 03.07.20: - Add support for amd vaapi hw transcode.
- 29.02.20: - Add v4l2 support on Raspberry Pi.
- 26.02.20: - Add openmax support on Raspberry Pi.
- 15.02.20: - Allow restarting emby from the gui (also allows for auto restarts after addon updates).
- 02.10.19: - Improve permission fixing for render and dvb devices.
- 13.08.19: - Add umask environment variable.
- 24.06.19: - Fix typos in readme.
- 30.05.19: - Initial release.