README.md

Node Emby Trailer Downloader

A simple node project that uses the Emby API with TMDB API to download trailers for your media collection.

Installation

Download the source using Git.

git clone https://github.com/AdamKearn/node-emby-trailer-downloader.git
cd node-emby-trailer-downloader

Usage

Before you can use the program you will need to set you API details as environment variables or in the .env file.

node .

Requirements

As this project uses the Emby API and TMDB to get the trailers you will need to make an API key. See the below steps to signup/create a key.

1. How to get an Emby API key:

1. Open the Emby Settings
2. Click on "API Keys"
3. Click on "New API Key"
4. Enter a name to call your key. e.g. TrailerDownloader

2. How to get an TMDB API key:

1. Sign up for an TMDB account here
2. Click on your avatar or initials in the main navigation
3. Click the "Settings" link
4. Click the "API" link in the left sidebar
5. Click "Create" or "click here" on the API page

3. Install FFMPEG

For Windows users download FFMPEG here

sudo apt-get install FFmpeg

Contributing

Pull requests are more than welcome. :)

Thanks for checking out my little project.
I will continue to update this in my spare time.