[vonson]

Hello,

I am sorry if this is obvious information, but I am confused and simply do not understand. I read quite some pages on the topic, but I still do not really understand.

First of all, I love Kodi, have been using it for years now, have my local files optimized for use with it, run Kodi on several devices with a centralized MySQL-DB.

Now I am looking into buying a new TV, and unfortunately I learn that on quite some of those devices Kodi won't be an option, at least it seems to cannot be installed on the device, I'd have to run a Raspi or Fire Stick or something similar. Now while this is an option, I try to understand my options without extra devices, and I learn that there is Emby.

However, I do not really understand how this works. Do i understand correctly: Emby will scan my files and create it's own database, independently of Kodi? It is not possible to have it use my existing Kodi-DB? I learn that using an addon Kodi can use the Emby-DB? Can I then centralize an Emby-DB and have all my Kodi devices use this to have a synchronized DB? Is there a danger of this messing up my existing Kodi-DB?

Or did I get anything wrong about this? Is there anything else I should consider? Are there any general advantages or disadvantages in changing over to Emby?

Thanks,
vonson

[emdubya77]

There are two Kodi add-ons suitable for use with an emby server. If you use embycon it will not intrude on your existing kodi database.

[LongMan]

This should help

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/...i-add-ons/

[vonson]

so there is no way to keep my kodi database to be used by my various kodi clients and have a single emby client access that data instead of vice versa?

[FXB78]

Kodi and Emby are two completely different software packages, they can't read each other's db. If you can install trakt on emby perhaps you could use trakt to sync, but all this seems too convoluted when a simple device connected to your TV would let you run Kodi. Or buy an Android Smart TV which can run Kodi natively if you don't want an external device.

[vonson]

That is what i thought. I would like to avoid a fire stick, seems redundant on a modern tv, but it seems that is what i will use.
Thanks everyone for the help.

Best wishes,
vonson

[scott967]

Have you looked at using Chorus2 on Chrome for the TV?

scott s.
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[vonson]

I did not konw about Chorus2. So i would use chrome on the tv to access another kodi but playback on the tv inside the browser? Sounds like an option...