intro-skipper/README.md

Intro Skipper (beta)

Analyzes the audio of television episodes to detect and skip over intros.

System requirements

• Jellyfin 10.8.4 (or newer)
• Jellyfin's fork of ffmpeg must be installed, version 5.0.1-5 or newer
  • jellyfin/jellyfin 10.8.z container: preinstalled
  • linuxserver/jellyfin 10.8.z container: preinstalled
  • Debian Linux based native installs: provided by the jellyfin-ffmpeg5 package
  • MacOS native installs: build ffmpeg with chromaprint support (instructions)

Detection parameters

Show introductions will be detected if they are:

• Located within the first 25% of an episode or the first 10 minutes, whichever is smaller
• Between 15 seconds and 2 minutes long

Ending credits will be detected if they are shorter than 4 minutes.

These parameters can be configured by opening the plugin settings

Installation

• Install the plugin

• Configure the plugin

• Custom FFMPEG (MacOS)

Troubleshooting

• Scheduled tasks fail instantly

• Skip button is not visible

API Documentation

Documentation about how the API works can be found in api.md.