Request to Customize the Default Trailer Link

[AngelSing 49]

Hello,

I would like to request the ability to change the default trailer link assigned when adding a movie. Often, the selected trailer is in low quality or in another language, which is not ideal. It would be great to have an option to add a custom YouTube link, such as a button or a feature labeled "Change Trailer" or something similar. This would significantly enhance the user experience.

Thank you!

[Luke 42077]

HI, yes we need to get this into the metadata editor. Thanks.

[Mibok 158]

15 hours ago, AngelSing said:

Hello,

I would like to request the ability to change the default trailer link assigned when adding a movie. Often, the selected trailer is in low quality or in another language, which is not ideal. It would be great to have an option to add a custom YouTube link, such as a button or a feature labeled "Change Trailer" or something similar. This would significantly enhance the user experience.

Thank you!

 

 Si tu proveedor de metadatos es TMDB el enlace para el trailer se descarga dependiendo de la configuración para idioma. Si consideras que el trailer es de baja calidad o con idioma incorrecto puedes editarlo en la pagina de themoviedb.org aunque la propagación del cambio puede tardar unas horas en estar disponible para la API es una buena manera de contribuir a la comunidad y ademas es como tener un respaldo en la nube de esa información. Obviamente tendrías que actualizar los metadatos una vez que el cambio este disponible para la API.

[AngelSing 49]

6 hours ago, Mibok said:

 

 Si tu proveedor de metadatos es TMDB el enlace para el trailer se descarga dependiendo de la configuración para idioma. Si consideras que el trailer es de baja calidad o con idioma incorrecto puedes editarlo en la pagina de themoviedb.org aunque la propagación del cambio puede tardar unas horas en estar disponible para la API es una buena manera de contribuir a la comunidad y ademas es como tener un respaldo en la nube de esa información. Obviamente tendrías que actualizar los metadatos una vez que el cambio este disponible para la API.

Sounds good, but for regular users, it would be much more practical if editing and changing the default trailer could be done instantly and directly within Emby.

[Mibok 158]

 LOL answered in spanish without thinking after seeing the screen cap hahaha.

 Well is easier for regular users to having the right trailer downloaded in the first place that's why i try to contribute every time i can, adding missing metadata in my language or helping in the translation of emby interface to give back a little to the community and make others work easier.

 I mean having the option to edit the trailer url within the metadata editor is a good idea, but i think that give back is also important since we all benefit from the contribution that many other have done.

[redaktorn 23]

Hi,

I would also like to have this possibilety.
Pretty many times the "default/original" trailer is not working or has a bad quality. "Not allowed in your country" also happens.
My suggestion is to include the trailer url in "Edit Metadata" and also make it possible to have more than one trailer added there.

All the Best

Thanks for all the good job you do 

[Asazen 8]

I just created a request of this type and was directed to this thread.

This is a fundamental issue; I don't understand why it's not already implemented. I think the best solution is to add a small icon like the one in the image so we can add any video we want, either via a link or a button to upload it to a custom folder on our server.

 

 

Edited December 29, 2025 by Asazen

[visproduction 315]

Improving trailer quality can also be done by adding an extra parameter to exisiting .nfo files in media directories.  This will turn most recent youtube trailers into high definition.  With a good text editor, you could do 500 media files at a time using search / replace.

 

Edited December 29, 2025 by visproduction

[Luke 42077]

5 hours ago, Asazen said:

I just created a request of this type and was directed to this thread.

This is a fundamental issue; I don't understand why it's not already implemented. I think the best solution is to add a small icon like the one in the image so we can add any video we want, either via a link or a button to upload it to a custom folder on our server.

 

 

Hi, are you aware that you can add your own local trailer files?

Trailer Naming

[Asazen 8]

Yes, I know, but I think that's a "dirty" option since you have to put the trailers along with the media. Ideally, everything should be located in a separate folder from the server, or even better, nothing should be hosted locally but rather with a YouTube link chosen by the server administrator. We don't even have the option to modify the current one that Emby extracts (I imagine it extracts it from TMDB).

[ebr 16169]

6 hours ago, Asazen said:

Ideally, everything should be located in a separate folder from the server

Hi.  Just curious why you think that's ideal?  Why are trailers different from other related content like extras?

[AngelSing 49]

On 12/30/2025 at 8:50 AM, ebr said:

Hi.  Just curious why you think that's ideal?  Why are trailers different from other related content like extras?

Hi, I think the ideal solution would be to be able to add the trailer manually. The automatic option almost always chooses the worst trailer and, what's more, it's often in another language. It would be great to be able to add it manually using a YouTube link or similar, and even have the option of adding a local file.

[Neminem 1518]

@AngelSingLocal trailers work

Trailer Naming | Emby Documentation

Edited January 3 by Neminem

[redaktorn 23]

Just my opinion - but I think this problem can be easily solved.

If you save .nfo files in your library settings, you can see in them that there is one or more lines for trailers.
  <trailer>plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=ZkEjle729tI</trailer>
  <trailer>plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=M7QhCm98eIQ</trailer>
It works the same way as example the ID:s from TMDB/TVDB/IMDB:
  <imdbid>tt1210027</imdbid>
  <tvdbid>356661</tvdbid>
  <tmdbid>507244</tmdbid>

When it comes to ID:s those can already be modified in the EMBY interface:

 

I believe it would be pretty easy to make a similar options to put Youtube ID numbers for trailers into the interface?
Maybe our clever developers can look into it?

Myself, I sometimes edit the .nfo files when a trailer is "dead", has a strange language, is not relevant or has a very low quality.
Only in very few cases I need to download a file and add it next to the movie file. 
(Downloading from Youtube with good quality can be very tricky, even if it is possible).

Here is how it looks in the .nfo file:

[Luke 42077]

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I believe it would be pretty easy to make a similar options to put Youtube ID numbers for trailers into the interface?

Hi, yes this is what I think we should do.

[ebr 16169]

22 hours ago, AngelSing said:

Hi, I think the ideal solution would be to be able to add the trailer manually. The automatic option almost always chooses the worst trailer and, what's more, it's often in another language. It would be great to be able to add it manually using a YouTube link or similar, and even have the option of adding a local file.

Okay, but you said it would be ideal for the trailer to NOT be alongside the media.  That's what I was asking about...

[AngelSing 49]

On 1/4/2026 at 10:01 AM, ebr said:

Okay, but you said it would be ideal for the trailer to NOT be alongside the media.  That's what I was asking about...

No, no, that wasn't me, it was: @Asazen