TheIntroDB – Emby Plugin

This plugin provides TheIntroDB API configuration and a client for TheIntroDB (intro/recap/credits/preview timestamps by TMDB ID). Emby does not have a built-in Media Segments API like Jellyfin, so this plugin does not add skip buttons by itself; it stores settings and exposes an API client for custom integrations or future Emby features.

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Emby Plugin (Template)

Minimal Emby Server plugin skeleton. Built with .NET Standard 2.0 and MediaBrowser.Server.Core.

Requirements

• .NET SDK (6.0+ for building; plugin targets netstandard2.0)
• Emby Server for testing

Quick start

Option 1: Use this repo as-is

1. Customize TheIntroDB/Plugin.cs: set Name and a unique Id (GUID).
2. Build: dotnet build TheIntroDB.sln
3. Copy the built DLL (and PDB if debugging) to your Emby plugin folder (e.g. %AppData%\Emby-Server\programdata\plugins\ on Windows, or the plugins directory under your Emby data path).

Option 2: Create a new plugin with the CLI template

From this repo (or after cloning it):

# Install the dotnet template (path to the content folder)
dotnet new -i ./dotnet-template/content

# Create a new plugin (e.g. in a sibling directory or new folder)
dotnet new Emby-plugin -n MyPlugin -o ../MyEmbyPlugin

Then open the new project, set Name and Id in the Plugin class, and build.

Project layout

• TheIntroDB/ – Plugin project
  • Plugin.cs – Main plugin class (Name, Id, config page registration)
  • Configuration/PluginConfiguration.cs – Config model
  • Configuration/configPage.html – Dashboard config page (embedded)
• TheIntroDB.sln – Solution file
• Directory.Build.props – Shared version and MSBuild settings
• .editorconfig – Coding style and formatting
• .vscode/ – VS Code launch (run Emby with plugin), tasks (build-and-copy), settings (paths)
• .github/workflows/ – CI: build and test on push/PR
• dotnet-template/ – dotnet new Emby-plugin template

Debugging in VS Code

1. Set paths in .vscode/settings.json: embyDir (server install, e.g. .../Emby-Server/system), embyWindowsDataDir / embyLinuxDataDir / embyOsxDataDir (Emby data directory).
2. Use the Launch Emby Server configuration; it runs the build-and-copy task then starts Emby so you can attach breakpoints.

Docs

• Emby Plugin Development
• Plugin templates (Emby SDK)