The Emby team has published another beta build, 4.11.0.13, dated October 31, 2026. It is a maintenance-style release: most of the notes are fixes and performance work rather than new headline features, which is a good sign if you have been holding off on the 4.11 line.
What changed
- Live TV: several regressions are fixed, guide refresh performance is improved, and keyword-based recording setup no longer hits the earlier regression. You can now change post-padding while a recording is still in progress.
- Database and search: database performance is improved, search is faster, and a few query problems around extras belonging to multi-version movies are corrected.
- Subtitles: you can render PGS, DVDSUB and DVBSUB subtitles directly in the browser without server-side burn-in. This needs Emby Server 4.11.0.10 or newer.
- Playback and transcoding: rotation during transcoding is improved, HDR10+ detection is better (including frame-level metadata in local files), HEVC high-tier bitrate limits are corrected when evaluating hardware codec capabilities, and BT.709 color information is preserved after software tone mapping. Intel Quick Sync filter-device selection is also fixed.
- Android server: the UI is reworked, and the shutdown notification that occasionally got stuck is fixed.
- Platform and library details: scheduled system wakes for recordings on Linux and macOS, deleting to the recycle bin on Linux, Czech parental ratings, dynamic series orders from Tvdb, SVG image processing, and an update to libvips 8.18. Combined season and episode numbers in file names (for example 408) are no longer scanned by default and require a library option.
Who it affects
Anyone running the 4.11 beta track, especially households with live TV and DVR workflows, hardware transcoding setups, or large libraries where database and search speed matter. The subtitle change is relevant to browser clients that previously depended on burn-in for image-based formats.
Why it matters
Beta testing is how regressions get caught before they reach everyone. If you rely on live TV recording or hardware acceleration, this build is worth checking against your own setup — but keep a backup and a known-good version on hand, as with any beta.
Commentary for self-hosters
My usual approach: snapshot the server (or at least back up the database and configuration), then test on a secondary instance before touching the family server. Focus your checks on the things you actually use — a guide refresh, one scheduled recording with padding changes, a hardware-transcoded file and a subtitle track in the browser. The direct browser rendering of image subtitles is the most interesting item here, since it can reduce server-side work on clients that support it. If you run Emby alongside plugins, see our Emby plugins for what we maintain.
Source: Emby.Releases 4.11.0.13-beta