Has Anyone Integrated AI With Emby? Looking for Real-World Tools, Setups & Dev Plans

[Airbender 128]

Hey everyone,

 

I’m curious if anyone here has actively integrated AI tools with Emby (locally or cloud-based) and how your experience has been so far.

 

I run a fairly large setup and use the usual ARR tools, qBittorrent, and a mix of apps for library management. Most of the server administration and cleanup I still do manually, especially whenever something changes in the library — moving files, reorganizing drives, metadata fixes, failed downloads, duplicate checks, etc. It works, but some tasks get repetitive.

 

So I’m wondering:

 

1. Has anyone here connected any form of AI with Emby?

 

Local LLM running on the same machine?

 

Cloud AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.)?

 

Scripts or automations powered by AI?

 

Any plugins or custom workflows?

 

 

2. What tools or models did you use?

 

Self-hosted models?

 

API-based AI services?

 

Python scripts + AI?

 

ChatOps integrations?

 

 

3. How well does it work with Emby specifically?

 

Anything help with:

 

Organizing large libraries

 

Improving recommendations

 

Auto-cleanup tasks

 

Watchlist management

 

Suggesting movies/TV/anime based on viewing history

 

Detecting duplicates, missing episodes, wrong metadata, etc.

 

 

4. Question for the devs (if any are reading):

 

Is there any plan to implement AI-driven features natively into Emby?

Not just “Continue Watching,” but things like:

 

A smarter Watchlist assistant

 

Better personalized recommendations

 

AI-powered recently viewed suggestions

 

Enhanced metadata or tagging analysis

 

Automated library maintenance using AI logic

 

 

As AI tools become more capable, it feels like this could really enhance the Emby experience.

 

Would love to hear what setups people are using — or whether AI is already part of Emby’s long-term roadmap.

 

Thanks!

[Guest]

How large of a library are we talking about here 10 Petabytes?

Nothing about this hobby needs AI and certainly no one wants it incorporated into emby.  

 

Sounds like you need to figuring out the basics first.  

[yocker 1247]

18 minutes ago, embaaa said:

How large of a library are we talking about here 10 Petabytes?

Nothing about this hobby needs AI and certainly no one wants it incorporated into emby.  

 

Sounds like you need to figuring out the basics first.  

It could be sweet having a search function for videos you forgotten the name of.
For example, what is the name of the movie where such and such.
 

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, yocker said:

It could be sweet having a search function for videos you forgotten the name of.
For example, what is the name of the movie where such and such.
 

Sounds like a nightmare to me.  I would uninstall emby instantly if that was incorporated.  If you really need that hand holding just log into any AI service of your choosing and ask outside of emby.  

 

[yocker 1247]

4 hours ago, embaaa said:

Sounds like a nightmare to me.  I would uninstall emby instantly if that was incorporated.  If you really need that hand holding just log into any AI service of your choosing and ask outside of emby.  

 

Many would say the same about Emby instead of their DVD collection. It's a question about "taste" i guess.
I would bet any one not wanting it is safe as all AI companies harvest data like their life depended on it and Emby has stated they will never do that.

I would actually think a feature like it would be fun and useful to some as long as it could be done without using the big companies.
If it did get implemented i bet it would have an on/off button.

 

Edited December 10, 2025 by yocker

[Guest]

You sound like someone that enjoys talking to alexa. 

All of a sudden the minimum cost requirements to run emby goes 50x?  Do you know how much DDR5 ram costs right now?

Having an "off" option wouldn't be enough to satisfy those that don't want it incorporated. 

[Neminem 1515]

It's would be fun to see issues postes, when someone wants to try something like this on there RaspberryPI

[yocker 1247]

3 hours ago, embaaa said:

You sound like someone that enjoys talking to alexa. 

All of a sudden the minimum cost requirements to run emby goes 50x?  Do you know how much DDR5 ram costs right now?

Having an "off" option wouldn't be enough to satisfy those that don't want it incorporated. 

All I'm saying is that some could see it as a fun feature. 

Running it local wouldn't necessarily be the only option as long as it could be turned off to avoid data harvesting. 
I also think a feature like this would most likely be a plugin and not built into Emby.

I do agree that AI is unneeded in Emby but just because some don't want it shouldn't mean that others that do can't get it.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, yocker said:

 

I do agree that AI is unneeded in Emby but just because some don't want it shouldn't mean that others that do can't get it.

Emby devs can't even get basic video playback working on their standard android app.  There is major issues with the client software and the devs have spread themselves too thin with new features 2 people want. We can read an ebook in our living rooms but can't play a video without stuttering.  This has been confirmed may times by devs in the android app forum section so we don't need to go off topic here.  I'm just saying all these ridiculous feature requests are dangerous to the future of this company.   

[yocker 1247]

2 minutes ago, embaaa said:

Emby devs can't even get basic video playback working on their standard android app.  There is major issues with the client software and the devs have spread themselves too thin with new features 2 people want. We can read an ebook in our living rooms but can't play a video without stuttering.  This has been confirmed may times by devs in the android app forum section so we don't need to go off topic here.  I'm just saying all these ridiculous feature requests are dangerous to the future of this company.   

Bugs should always have highest priority ofc.
Doesn't mean new features can't be developed as well as there are usually more than one developer in a company.
 

[Guest]

Just now, yocker said:

Bugs should always have highest priority ofc.
Doesn't mean new features can't be developed as well as there are usually more than one developer in a company.
 

They have been working on this android app for 10 years now.  It's beyond just a bug. 

[BillOatman 596]

15 hours ago, embaaa said:

Having an "off" option wouldn't be enough to satisfy those that don't want it incorporated. 

I can't imagine any LLM or prediction AI features I would even want in Emby.  If one comes along, a plugin would suffice.  But if it were put into base Emby, having an "on" switch (anything like this should be opt-in IMO) would be fine with me.

[rbjtech 5282]

There was a plugin recently that created subtitles from the audio and then converted into multiple languages for you.    That may have you @BillOatman?

Yes it's not generative AI, but it's pretty smart use of LLM's - I believe is was Whisper ?

edit -

ah yes - it's here - it's VERY impressive - 

 

Edited December 11, 2025 by rbjtech

[BillOatman 596]

9 hours ago, rbjtech said:

There was a plugin recently that created subtitles from the audio and then converted into multiple languages for you.    That may have you @BillOatman?

Yes it's not generative AI, but it's pretty smart use of LLM's - I believe is was Whisper ?

edit -

ah yes - it's here - it's VERY impressive - 

 

Yup thats me and it does use whisper.  I did see someone had a real time app using whisper that created subs for live tv on the fly.  That would count as "in Emby" I suppose.

[KobayashiM 27]

On 12/11/2025 at 9:56 PM, BillOatman said:

Yup thats me and it does use whisper.  I did see someone had a real time app using whisper that created subs for live tv on the fly.  That would count as "in Emby" I suppose.

I'm not a fan of everything-AI but I've been looking for a workflow for translating subtitles based on existing subtitles and/or media audio track. My understanding is that Whisper can translate to english but not to other languages as of yet. Unfortunate deal breaker for me but I assume that will come eventually.

I would personally hate it if Emby were AI-ified but I do see usefulness in tools and plugins. 

[BillOatman 596]

9 minutes ago, KobayashiM said:

My understanding is that Whisper can translate to english but not to other languages as of yet

Yes that is correct. It also has a feature to tell you what the language being spoken is.  But I have not had any luck with the identification or translation to date.

[GrimReaper 4739]

On 12/9/2025 at 9:02 PM, Airbender said:

I’m curious if anyone here has actively integrated AI tools with Emby (locally or cloud-based) and how your experience has been so far.

Another example:

 

[yocker 1247]

I've been toying with the idea of intercepting searches in Emby and have an AI do stuff based on that.
Think along the way of "Hey, Google" so that if people write "AI: Download last episode for <insert name of show"" it would do it, the trigger being"AI:"
Maybe some other funny functions could be added that way, could open for some interesting plugins.

That said, i don't think it is something i will ever make, it's just a fun little idea i'm toying with.

[Neminem 1515]

@KobayashiMI use this tool to translate subs.

lingarr-translate/lingarr: Lingarr is an application that supports both local and SaaS translation services to translate subtitle files into a specified target language. With automated translation options, Lingarr simplifies translating subtitles.

It does require Sonarr and Radarr to work.

[KobayashiM 27]

@NeminemI didn't know about Lingarr, thanks! Looks like Bazarr supports it as a translation service too.

[IAmHugh 63]

"Has Anyone Integrated AI With Emby?" I can't think of a quicker way to cause a mass defection from emby. Well over half of people HATE AI, myself included.

[IAmHugh 63]

On 12/9/2025 at 12:46 PM, Guest said:

How large of a library are we talking about here 10 Petabytes?

Nothing about this hobby needs AI and certainly no one wants it incorporated into emby.  

 

Sounds like you need to figuring out the basics first.  

A huge thumbs up on this. 

[KobayashiM 27]

31 minutes ago, IAmHugh said:

"Has Anyone Integrated AI With Emby?" I can't think of a quicker way to cause a mass defection from emby. Well over half of people HATE AI, myself included.

Tbh that's my knee-jerk reaction as well. I prefer to keep AI integration out of Emby and most things in fact. I have a general distaste for the way AI has been pushed on us. But there are  valid use-cases for it if wielded responsibly, some of which have been discussed in this thread.

[IAmHugh 63]

3 hours ago, KobayashiM said:

But there are  valid use-cases for it if wielded responsible

You mean like this?

 

Edited January 16 by IAmHugh

[yocker 1247]

5 hours ago, IAmHugh said:

"Has Anyone Integrated AI With Emby?" I can't think of a quicker way to cause a mass defection from emby. Well over half of people HATE AI, myself included.

There are ways around it.
One way is to make the AI work with a plugin made to do the stuff. That way the AI can't do anything else than what the plugin can.