Configuration

Open Dashboard → Advanced → Library Hub in Emby's web interface.

Use Save after editing settings. A server restart is not needed.

Catalog browsing

Choose the libraries offered to members. Each member sees only those their Emby permissions allow.

All libraries are offered initially. Saving settings records the checked libraries; uncheck all to offer none.

After saving a selection, newly created libraries must be checked here to become available.

Members can choose a smaller selection. With no filters, Browse opens their full selected catalog.

This setting is included in JSON export and restore. It affects browsing only, not archives or emails.

The settings page follows Emby's active display language, including the user's display preference.

French and its regional variants are supported. Other languages fall back to English.

Labels, help text, buttons, messages, and subscriber statuses are translated.

This does not change the archive language or each subscriber's chosen email language.

Setting	Purpose
Daily subscriber emails	Enables scheduled reports to confirmed subscribers.
Community subscriptions	Enables new signups and subscriber delivery.
Delivery time	Earliest local time at which the scheduled task sends a report.
Time zone	Calendar-day boundary, for example `Europe/Paris` or `Etc/UTC`.
Report and preview language	French or English for generated HTML and the administrator preview.

Subscribers choose their own email language independently of the archive language.

Both switches must be on for daily subscriber reports. Signup confirmations can be sent while daily delivery is off.

Turning subscriptions off pauses signup and subscriber reports. Existing unsubscribe links continue to work.

Enter the externally reachable base URL, such as https://media.example.com.

Do not append /web/index.html, credentials, a query string, or an item link.

Include a reverse-proxy base path only if it is part of the server's actual public address.

Open the archive link outside your home network before sharing it.

Include links to added videos controls playback links. Removed items do not receive playback links.

Setting	Example
Server	`smtp.example.com`
Sender	`library@example.com`
Port	`465` for implicit TLS; often `587` for STARTTLS
Username	The SMTP account identifier
Password	The account's SMTP password or provider-issued app password

Port 465 always starts with TLS. For other ports, enable STARTTLS when supported by your provider.

Authenticated SMTP without TLS is rejected. Certificate validation stays enabled.

The sender address must be accepted by your SMTP provider. Subscriber addresses are individual destinations.

Preview today's report refreshes tracking and displays content without emailing anyone.

The date fields display YYYY/MM/DD. The Calendar button opens the browser's date picker when supported.

Generate HTML accepts inclusive From/To dates and rejects dates later than today in the saved time zone.

Export JSON downloads the saved configuration, not unsaved edits.

The export contains the SMTP password. Keep it private and out of Git repositories and support tickets.

Restore from JSON validates and saves the settings immediately. Invalid files leave the configuration unchanged.

Subscriber data and tracked history are separate files; see backup and recovery.

Replacing the DLL preserves settings. Restore JSON only when you deliberately want to replace the saved configuration.