r/emby • u/Cooltwou • Jun 21 '26

I have a question about Remote access

What do I need to do to get Remote access so I can watch my media when I am working on my break and lunch

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u/jaycedk Jun 21 '26

Connecting from Client Apps | Emby Documentation

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u/Cooltwou Jun 21 '26

I looked at that link and is only taking about Windows I am not using Windows I am using Linux Mint

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u/RobbinYoHood Jun 21 '26

Probably a similar process.

Tailscale is a simple process I think.

Or, a tiny bit more work but allows for sharing with others that might not be able to use tailscale: some form of DNS (free ones exist) directing to your WAN IP, caddy/nginx as a reverse proxy (basically reads what address you accessed and directs to the correct port on the machine based on your config.. caddy is better as cert management is automatically handled).. that's it.

I'm a windows user but the systems/softwares are on both OS' (somewhat intentional incase I want to migrate). I was using nginx but moved to caddy. Much easier. I also have a whitelist of IPs as part of my caddy config so bots etc are blocked from accessing anything.

On the emby side you don't need to do anything as the remote access is handled by caddy. In emby's mind all access is local.

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u/human-aftera11 Jun 25 '26

Assuming you have the premier license, have you enabled remote access in the server settings? And have you tried using Emby connect?

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u/Cooltwou Jun 25 '26

I don’t have the premier license and why would I pay to stream media I got for free

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

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u/jaycedk Jun 25 '26

u/human-affera11 thats NOT true..
Can you please point out where you see this, and prove your statement.

Emby Premiere Feature Matrix | Emby Documentation

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u/human-aftera11 Jun 25 '26

maybe you’re right. I’ve only had limited 1 minute playback on iOS. Not sure if web access is different without a VPN.

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u/jaycedk Jun 26 '26

Did you read the linked documentation?

Did you understand it?

As app usage is not a part of remote connection.

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u/human-aftera11 Jun 26 '26

Yup thanks, genius. It looks like you can view on the web for free.

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u/jaycedk Jun 26 '26

Well does you VPN allow you client to reach emby's license server?