Item Types
Media Browser has a number of core library item types. Api consumers can detect these types to customize their displays and/or query for these types individually to create virtual views.
The following core types are available:
This is an audio file.
This is a generic video file.
This is a generic folder.
These are specialized representations of Video.
These are specialized representations of Folder.
Plugins are able to register their own custom types as well. When this happens the plugin developer will publish information to help you customize your display for them. Or you can simply ignore them and treat them generically.
The following are some known plugin types. Plugin developers are free to add theirs to this wiki page, along with links to their documentation.
These types are added by GameBrowser to represent a game system folder, and a Game, respectively.
- Locating the Server
- Emby Connect
- Browsing the Library
- Latest Items
- Item Information
- Item Types
- Images
- Items by Name
- Web Socket
- Remote Control
- Live TV
- Playlists
- Parental Control
- Filtering
- Sync
- Playback Guidelines
- Audio Streaming
- Video Streaming
- HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
- Subtitles
- Playback Check-ins