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

[yocker 1247]

1 hour ago, IAmHugh said:

You mean like this?

 

No, just no...

[KobayashiM 27]

@IAmHughResistance is futile

[IAmHugh 63]

1 hour ago, yocker said:

No, just no...

YES YES YES to ending the ENTIRE U.S. government.

35 minutes ago, KobayashiM said:

@IAmHughResistance is futile

RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE!!!!!!!!!!

[Oratorian 41]

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

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!

I am genuinely interested in what you try to achieve here?
I am not against it, and if you get a local LLM to make a quick sweep like "Show me my most recent shows" I am all in for some testing.

Maybe a Model Context Protocol server that works with Claude and LmStudio and any instruction based LLM works great.

[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.  

EXACTLY this NO ONE WANTS AI. 

[Oratorian 41]

1 minute ago, IAmHugh said:

EXACTLY this NO ONE WANTS AI. 

I am not talking about integrated into emby, but a separate tool, and if you don't like it, don't use it.

[IAmHugh 63]

On 12/9/2025 at 1:07 PM, 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.

You do not need AI for that. Just like you don't need AI to create subtitles or an alternate audio track.

[Oratorian 41]

Just now, IAmHugh said:

You do not need AI for that. Just like you don't need AI to create subtitles or an alternate audio track.

And you get to decide that for the whole world?

[IAmHugh 63]

3 hours ago, Oratorian said:

And you get to decide that for the whole world?

You do know how ridiculous your comment looks and sounds, right? I stated that AI isn't needed for either of those features. Not making a decision for anyone including myself just stating the facts. It's like a thread on another forum claiming they need AI to create a English audio track for a movie that's in another language. Not even remotely true. They may want to us AI to create that audio track, but they do not need to use AI to create it. I have over 250 TV series and movies that someone took the time to create English audio tracks for and not one of them was done using AI.

[BillOatman 596]

9 hours ago, IAmHugh said:

You do know how ridiculous your comment looks and sounds, right? I stated that AI isn't needed for either of those features. Not making a decision for anyone including myself just stating the facts. It's like a thread on another forum claiming they need AI to create a English audio track for a movie that's in another language. Not even remotely true. They may want to us AI to create that audio track, but they do not need to use AI to create it. I have over 250 TV series and movies that someone took the time to create English audio tracks for and not one of them was done using AI.

Honestly it is no more ridiculous than your earlier comment ...
 

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EXACTLY this NO ONE WANTS AI. 

 

[Oratorian 41]

11 hours ago, IAmHugh said:

You do know how ridiculous your comment looks and sounds, right? I stated that AI isn't needed for either of those features. Not making a decision for anyone including myself just stating the facts. It's like a thread on another forum claiming they need AI to create a English audio track for a movie that's in another language. Not even remotely true. They may want to us AI to create that audio track, but they do not need to use AI to create it. I have over 250 TV series and movies that someone took the time to create English audio tracks for and not one of them was done using AI.

So your point is what?

Because that person didn't use AI, nobody else should?

I believe AI can be used, if used responsibly. If AI is able to help a disabled to achieve something, they can not otherwise, no matter the reason. I am willing to sacrifice every last second of free time to improve upon that.

Your distrust in AI because big techs shove it down our throats is understandable, but misplaced. 

[yocker 1247]

EmbyCredits can use Tesseract for detecting end credits.
While not an AI per say it kinda works like one for images.

I would say that's one good use.  

[yocker 1247]

1 hour ago, Oratorian said:

Your distrust in AI because big techs shove it down our throats is understandable, but misplaced. 

I understand what you mean but shoved down out throats is an understatement (to say the least).
Just a quick example would be fridges with screens and built in AI.. I mean,, What the actual f...

That said, AI's used as a tool and in the right way can do wonders. Your example of AI for disabled people is a good example, imaging people controlling everything with voice when they have no working arms.
I was just at the hospital today and "donated" pictures of my eyes for AI training to detect and treat eye deceases, something they have showed very good results in.

For Emby some thing like auto tagging videos without any tags or missing descriptions could maybe be useful.
I use a Tesseract (a form of AI) for one of my plugins my self.

I get the hate for AI and am sort of onboard with it, but as you said, it's not all bad if used right.

[yocker 1247]

16 hours ago, IAmHugh said:

You do not need AI for that. Just like you don't need AI to create subtitles or an alternate audio track.

I would rather have an AI create subtitles than painstakingly making them my self.
In fact i often have to using Bazarr and whisper because subtitles in Danish can be very hard to find.

[Oratorian 41]

7 minutes ago, yocker said:

I would rather have an AI create subtitles than painstakingly making them my self.
In fact i often have to using Bazarr and whisper because subtitles in Danish can be very hard to find.

That's a prime example of what I mean.

[IAmHugh 63]

8 hours ago, Oratorian said:

So your point is what?

Because that person didn't use AI, nobody else should?

I believe AI can be used, if used responsibly. If AI is able to help a disabled to achieve something, they can not otherwise, no matter the reason. I am willing to sacrifice every last second of free time to improve upon that.

Your distrust in AI because big techs shove it down our throats is understandable, but misplaced. 

Not even close to what I said and you damn well know it.

 

10 hours ago, BillOatman said:

Honestly it is no more ridiculous than your earlier comment ...

Not even remotely true, but you know that before you posted.

[Neminem 1515]

12 hours ago, yocker said:

In fact i often have to using Bazarr and whisper because subtitles in Danish can be very hard to find.

I use Bazarr and Lingarr for translations.

[KobayashiM 27]

Maybe ai can help resolve this argument...

[yocker 1247]

On 2/4/2026 at 4:17 PM, Neminem said:

I use Bazarr and Lingarr for translations.

Lingarr any good for translations?

[Neminem 1515]

4 hours ago, yocker said:

Lingarr any good for translations?

Yes its really good, but like any translation tool, its has its quirks.

I have Bazarr put embedded english subs beside media, en.srt or da.srt.

If da.srt is missing when Lingarr scans for new missing, it will take the en.srt and translate it to da.srt.  

[yocker 1247]

50 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Yes its really good, but like any translation tool, its has its quirks.

I have Bazarr put embedded english subs beside media, en.srt or da.srt.

If da.srt is missing when Lingarr scans for new missing, it will take the en.srt and translate it to da.srt.  

Sounds good, i will look into it!
Bazarr is sadly missing automatic whisper support.  

[Neminem 1515]

12 minutes ago, yocker said:

Bazarr is sadly missing automatic whisper support.

It should according to Bazarr wiki.

Whisper Provider Setup - Bazarr Wiki

[yocker 1247]

25 minutes ago, Neminem said:

It should according to Bazarr wiki.

Whisper Provider Setup - Bazarr Wiki

Meant, it can't do danish so have to go whisper -> google translate.
That amount of work causes some.. Strange translations some times.  
 

[rbjtech 5282]

21 minutes ago, yocker said:

Meant, it can't do danish so have to go whisper -> google translate.
That amount of work causes some.. Strange translations some times.  
 

At the rate you develop @yocker- I'd imagine you'll crack that automation in minutes .... 

[yocker 1247]

6 minutes ago, rbjtech said:

At the rate you develop @yocker- I'd imagine you'll crack that automation in minutes .... 

Could most likely be fixed with some simple automation but can't be arsed.. Not me using danish subtitles.