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 24]

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 97]

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 38]

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 August 24 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
 

Quote

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

 

[Pasithea 24]

2 hours ago, horstepipe said:

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.

Are you deploying the Emby Docker image on an external VPS? It could be that its from a blocked ASN. We block heavily abused networks for security reasons, but I could take a closer look

You can try requesting the API from the same IP to test. 

curl https://api.theintrodb.org/v3

Edited August 26 by Pasithea

[horstepipe 430]

Hi Pasithea,

I‘d say my problem comes from some season naming I described in my

last post. Looks like that show is being scanned way earlier in my docker instance than in my local instance.

 

BR

[Mookdog 90]

Hey Guys

Just installed the introDB plugin and went to scan for intro markers but the scan is only going to 0.3% before it stops completely. Any idea what could be wrong. I whitelisted all my tv shows (About 2600 shows) and it seems the scan stops within 3 minutes of starting it. Attached is my log maybe someone could help

 

Thanks

Mook

embyserver.txt

[Pasithea 24]

On 8/26/2026 at 10:10 PM, horstepipe said:

Hi Pasithea,

I‘d say my problem comes from some season naming I described in my

last post. Looks like that show is being scanned way earlier in my docker instance than in my local instance.

 

BR

Should be fixed in v1.0.8.5!

@Mookdogalso check if this fixed it for you please!