Plugin: TheIntroDB – Emby Plugin

[horstepipe 430]

On 8/9/2026 at 1:34 AM, Pasithea said:

Make sure to include the total duration when submitting. Different film versions are differentiated based on the duration, which allows you to submit multiple times.

thanks @Pasithea
but how / when will the plugin request the runtime if needed?

[Pasithea 23]

On 8/13/2026 at 2:10 AM, horstepipe said:

thanks @Pasithea
but how / when will the plugin request the runtime if needed?

Good question, the plugin reads it automatically. Emby stores each item's runtime (RunTimeTicks), and the plugin sends it as duration_ms on every lookup.

For STRM files Emby can't probe the actual file, but it usually still has a runtime from the metadata providers (TMDB/TVDB), so the plugin uses that the same way. There's also a tolerance of about 2 minutes on matching, so small differences between the metadata runtime and the real stream don't cause a mismatch.

This could cause issues for extended cuts, but if you’re using strm files, it’s likely you’re using the theatrical cut anyway.

[VirulentPip 96]

I don't know if I am reading correctly, but when it comes to recaps there's no button overlay on the app or does it just automatically skip these ? Does the button appear for Intro's and Outros (credits) ? 

 

[Kyouma 36]

9 minutes ago, VirulentPip said:

I don't know if I am reading correctly, but when it comes to recaps there's no button overlay on the app or does it just automatically skip these ? Does the button appear for Intro's and Outros (credits) ? 

 

Emby only supports Intro and Credits. To be more precise, Emby only has IntroStart, IntroEnd and CreditsStart. So only these will get a skip button.

Somewhat related:

 

You could ask for more support in this area.

Edited Monday at 04:10 PM by Kyouma

[horstepipe 430]

anybody else has problems with this plugin and Emby dockerized? I am in the process of moving emby to Docker. Plugin works fine locally. In Emby docker, the scan stops after some seconds. Log is very quiet unfortunately.

[horstepipe 430]

looks like the cause are seasons like that:
"Staffel 2003"
Staffel "2004"

That's not uncommon in Germany. 

Because of that I see
 

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TheIntroDB scan aborting: 20 consecutive failures (API may be down). Skipping remaining 47331 items.