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Abs2Emby — AudioBookShelf Local Metadata Plugin for Emby I wrote a server plugin that lets Emby read metadata and cover art directly from AudioBookShelf's sidecar files — no internet, no API keys, just the metadata.json and cover.jpg that ABS already generates beside your audiobook files. GitHub: https://github.com/Jdiesel87/Abs2Emby What it does Drop the plugin DLL into your Emby plugins folder, enable the providers in your library settings, and on the next library scan Emby reads the ABS sidecar files and populates your audiobooks with metadata and covers. It works with both library types: Books library → Book entity (authors as people credits, narrators as actors) Audio Books library → MusicAlbum + Audio (authors map to Artists/AlbumArtists, narrators map to Composers) Field mapping highlights ABS field Maps to title Name + Album subtitle Tagline description Overview authors[] PersonInfo{Writer} (Book) or Artists/AlbumArtists (MusicAlbum/Audio) narrators[] PersonInfo{Actor} (Book) or Composers (MusicAlbum/Audio) series[]/seriesName Appended to Name as " - Series Name #N" publishedYear ProductionYear isbn/asin ProviderId publisher Studio genres[]/tags[] Genres/Tags cover files Primary image When a series is present, Name becomes something like "The Fellowship of the Ring - The Lord of the Rings #1". The Album field always holds the raw title. Config toggles Three settings in Dashboard → Plugins → ABS Import → Settings, all default on: MapAuthorsAsAlbumArtists — write authors to Artists/AlbumArtists on album/audio items MapNarratorsAsComposers — write narrators to Composers on album/audio items EnableNfoFallback — try .nfo/desc.txt/reader.txt if metadata.json is absent Expected file layout Author Name/ Book Title (1994)/ metadata.json ← generated by AudioBookShelf cover.jpg ← optional, used as primary art audiobook.m4b Why I use AudioBookShelf to manage my audiobooks, but also want them in Emby for the wider media experience. ABS already writes sidecar files — this plugin just picks them up so I don't have to maintain metadata in two places. Looking for testers This is early but functional. If you use both ABS and Emby, I'd appreciate any feedback: Does metadata apply correctly for your library type (Books vs Audio Books)? Any issues with the sidecar file format (older ABS versions use different JSON shapes — I've tried to handle the variants but there may be edge cases) Cover art showing up as expected? Settings page working in the dashboard? Open an issue on GitHub or reply here. Thanks for taking a look. ABS_Import.dll

Hi Emby team, Problem: When iPad is connected to an external monitor, the Emby iOS app forces video into fullscreen on the external display. The iPad screen shows only playback controls. There is no option for windowed playback. Steps to reproduce: 1. Connect iPad Pro to external monitor via USB-C 2. Open Emby iOS app, play any video 3. Video takes over the entire external display; iPad shows only controls Expected: An option to play video in a resizable window on the external display, allowing multitasking (Stage Manager, other apps alongside video). Why: The forced fullscreen limits multitasking on iPadOS. Environment: • iPadOS 26.5.2 • Emby App latest Thank you.

Awesome!! I'm getting concerned for you @RanmaCanadadid AI take your job or something? You seem to have some major issues? Perhaps a cup of tea and a wee lie down? [reply provided by ChatGPT]

Hm Are there any news on this? It is still a real pain in the you know what to scroll through already now more then 4200 titles within the media library to select a specifig title from it. Are there any plans on adding a navigation with letters on the right side instead of dots?

This is excellent news. I can't see the option in the beta app though. Running 3.5.36 Edit - NVM, it's not on Android app, only Android TV

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I already have a workaround so we dont consider emby randomly generated imdb, see https://github.com/arabcoders/watchstate/blob/master/src/Libs/Guid.php#L66 My question is, why do you not want to fix a simple bug? i am quite puzzled its not like i am asking for new feature or massive change if the code was open i would happily send PR alas its not. If you dont want to fix it thats fine, i'll just point the people this thread when they complain about about incorrect matching. i just want confirmation from you that you marked this `WONTFIX`

I recommend the latest beta version.

If you haven't already, reboot the server.

When it said no season match before the log made it sound like some kind of error where it couldn't find the episode on trakt. But all it was trying to say was that it wasn't in your trakt watched list.

I did not offer any as Frostbyte told you exactly what to do, and you did not want to listen to them at first, which was all I needed to know. Anything I would have said you would have refused to do. That's it, that's all. The fact that this is your take away, just cements the fact that fewer and fewer people will be answering the questions here as the masses are so ignorant that they are no longer worth our time. Enjoy listening to your AI masters. You're now ignored.

The log mentions two thundercat shows. this one: 2026-07-21 13:38:50.059 Debug Trakt: Match found for local series 13382558 ThunderCats {"Tvdb":"70355","Imdb":"tt0088631","Tmdb":"1988","TvMaze":"4476","reddit":"Thundercats","fan site":"https://thundercats.org/original-series/"} found in trakt watched list. Trakt series: {"plays":2,"last_watched_at":"2026-05-31T04:36:00.000Z","show":{"title":"ThunderCats","year":1985,"ids":{"trakt":1975,"slug":"thundercats","imdb":"tt0088631","tmdb":1988,"tvdb":70355}},"seasons":[{"number":1,"episodes":[{"number":1,"plays":1},{"number":2,"plays":1}]}]} The trakt data is at the end and it says you've watched 1x01 and 1x02. 2026-07-21 13:38:50.067 Debug Trakt: Match found for local series 15268140 ThunderCats (2011) {"Tvdb":"241431","Imdb":"tt1666278","Tmdb":"38165","TvMaze":"1134"} found in trakt watched list. Trakt series: {"plays":2,"last_watched_at":"2026-05-26T03:38:00.000Z","show":{"title":"ThunderCats","year":2011,"ids":{"trakt":38006,"slug":"thundercats-2011","imdb":"tt1666278","tmdb":38165,"tvdb":241431}},"seasons":[{"number":1,"episodes":[{"number":1,"plays":1},{"number":2,"plays":1}]}]} The trakt data is at the end and it says you've watched 1x01 and 1x02. Are those right?

The previous logs showed it. Please review previous posts, it was there. as I said, you're killing me. What you changed each time is not clear, but I've continued to give examples of various shows with issues. The issues are real. Perhaps there is different reasons for the issues. I'm open minded to it. I'll repeat myself again. This latest log does not seem to contain ANY of the "failed" episodes that I previousy noted. .... Most recently I noted Thudercats, I corrected my error about Berbils and I pasted the ENTIRE list of ThunderCats that followed. It right up there, YOU EVEN QUOTED IT. Today, with 3.8.6, IT DIDNT LIST ANY OF THESE SHOWS OR EPISODES. >.. So, similiarly to "if a tree falls in the forest, did it make a noise?" Because those episodes arent watched, what should I see in the log? Should I see anything? I have up until 3.8.6!!!!!!! So..... since I have no idea what you did to 3.8.6, and it appears all 1997 failed entries vanished. I picked one that I knew had a problem. One we discussed, to see if it was in the log, and if it was marked watched on Emby, whilst I knew it was watched on Trakt.... Which is, V: The Final Battle. Why did I pick this? Because of the S00E01 vs S01E01 we discussed a few posts back, *I EXPECTED TO SEE AN ERROR* .... but its not there now! So... I concluded, you removed ***ALL ERROR REPORTS*** for the shows it cant match. If you intended not to, then you goofed. Yes it has plenty of information around it, including all the content that was in the log file I posted with 3.8.5: 2026-07-20 10:56:25.168 Debug Trakt: No Season match for {"title":"V","year":1984,"ids":{"trakt":14080,"slug":"v","imdb":"tt0086822","tmdb":75893,"tvdb":76354}} in Watched shows list Episode: 0x3 'The Final Battle (1)' Series: 'V' But I'm fine sticking with ThunderCats. Where did that full list of shows go? The log now says nothing. (The very list you quoted me posting 4 posts back). This list is now missing.

HI, we plan to support multiple language options in future updates. Thanks.

IMO, avoid Samsung TVs as they don't support Dolby Vision. Just my opinion ofc.

I also uploaded my Emby log, which mirrors yours, and Luke pretty much brushed it off, not having an issue with his testing. Hopefully the emby team can resolve this bug soon.

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to add images to fairly new shows, anime for example have missing banners/posters first months once aired, but if you manually toggle all language there are some. My library doesn't even have a default language and thought that would fix it, but it's not, i have to manually go in to refresh metadata if anything is available later on. OR just as a feature add so there is more images available in general Thanks !

Almost any Android or Roku box will give you better codec support than an app run directly on a Samsung or LG TV. My recommendation is to buy the TV you want/can afford, but run Emby on something else meant to stream your personal media. These TVs are really designed to stream movies from services like Netflix, etc which is why they don't support DTS, TrueHD, PGS, etc.

Noted, I'll work on that soon

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Will add, mine also stopped updating sometime last week (12-13th). No changes in sign-in on my end. Both Jellyfin and PlexTraktSync appear to be updating without any intervention on my part. 2026-07-17 00:01:43.500 Info HttpClient: Http response 400 from https://api.trakt.tv/oauth/token after 84ms 2026-07-17 00:01:43.503 Error Trakt: Exception handled sending status update *** Error Report *** Version: 4.9.5.0 Command line: /opt/emby-server/system/EmbyServer.dll -programdata /var/lib/emby -ffdetect /opt/emby-server/bin/ffdetect -ffmpeg /opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -restartexitcode 3 -updatepackage emby-server-deb_{version}_amd64.deb Operating system: Linux version 7.0.0-27-generic (buildd@lcy02-amd64-114) (x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc (Ubuntu 15.2.0-16ubuntu1) 15.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.46) OS/Process: x64/x64 Framework: .NET 8.0.25 Runtime: opt/emby-server/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll Processor count: 28 Data path: /var/lib/emby Application path: /opt/emby-server/system MediaBrowser.Model.Net.HttpException: MediaBrowser.Model.Net.HttpException: BadRequest at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager.CoreHttpClientManager.SendAsyncInternal(HttpRequestOptions options, String httpMethod) at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager.CoreHttpClientManager.SendAsync(HttpRequestOptions options, String httpMethod) at Trakt.Api.TraktApi.GetResponseFromTrakt(HttpRequestOptions options, String method, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Trakt.Api.TraktApi.PostToTrakt(String url, Object data, TraktUser traktUser, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Trakt.Api.TraktApi.RefreshUserAuth(TraktUser traktUser, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Trakt.Api.TraktApi.SetRequestHeaders(HttpRequestOptions options, TraktUser traktUser, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Trakt.Api.TraktApi.PostToTrakt(String url, Object data, TraktUser traktUser, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Trakt.Api.TraktApi.SendEpisodeStatusUpdateAsyncInternal(List`1 episodeDatas, MediaStatus status, TraktUser traktUser, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Trakt.Api.TraktApi.SendEpisodeStatusUpdateAsync(Episode episode, MediaStatus status, TraktUser traktUser, Single progressPercent, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Trakt.ServerMediator._sessionManager_PlaybackProgress(Object sender, PlaybackProgressEventArgs e) Source: Emby.Server.Implementations TargetSite: Void MoveNext()

My child uses an Android device, while my friend has an iPhone. They both encounter the same issue when trying to stream movies or TV shows; they receive an error message that prevents them from accessing the content. On the other hand, my wife and I both use Android phones, and we don't experience any of those streaming problems on our devices. In fact, our TVs and computers play the content without any issues at all. It’s interesting to see the contrast between our experiences, especially since my kid and my friend are facing similar difficulties with their devices. What do you think it is? hardware_detection-63920228202.txt

Their end goal is to eventually consolidate to the standard Android app on all Android devices which shares an appearance and code with a lot of other apps of theirs. Which is why that thread you linked to was created to bring some of the features of the old AndroidTV app to the new one before they totally do away with the AndroidTV app. However, ebr is still maintaining the AndroidTV app and if nothing else at least keep it functional though maybe not spending as much time and adding new functions like he used to.