Based on our record, Emby seems to be a lot more popular than Android-x86. While we know about 58 links to Emby, we've tracked only 3 mentions of Android-x86. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
If you go to the https://android-x86.org website and scroll down a bit one of the tasks they've been working on has been to upgrade to a newer (though still not the newest) kernel. This will have a profound effect on hardware support, but in the meantime many PCs with parts released in the last five years don't work as expected unfortunately. Source: over 1 year ago
The only way to see if Android will run is to try and run it. Start with the newest release from https://android-x86.org, write it to a flash drive with Etcher and try booting it - like GNU/Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Android-x86 has a live mode in which you can test it to see if it boots, and if it does test to see if your hardware all works. You can ignore the Google sign in here, just connect to... Source: almost 2 years ago
Can you try this on regular Android-x86 from https://android-x86.org? Source: almost 2 years ago
I used to use Plex until I found Emby. I find Emby easier to use and it does the same thing. Just putting this here as a fourth option for OP. :). Source: 7 months ago
I use https://emby.media along with private trackers and Usenet. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago
You can find it here! I have both installed, but I generally keep EMBY turned off until I want to play around with it. You can have both running at once and both accessing the same folders. You can check it out for free. Source: 12 months ago
Emby: Offers premium features with some behind a membership. Source: almost 1 year ago
I went with Emby, personally. Plex, Jellyfin, etc are all good choices too! :). Source: about 1 year ago
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