automation

media_preview_generator

Name: media_preview_generator
Author: stevezau

Self-hosted previews, intro/credits detection and cross-server reuse for Plex, Emby and Jellyfin, with GPU acceleration and remote processing. Includes Plex chapter thumbnails and CPU loudness analysis; Sonarr/Radarr automation.

293 stars+2★ this week (early data)38 forksPythonUpdated 10/23/2026100% free · open source

About this skill

Self-hosted previews, intro/credits detection and cross-server reuse for Plex, Emby and Jellyfin, with GPU acceleration and remote processing. Includes Plex chapter thumbnails and CPU loudness analysis; Sonarr/Radarr automation.

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/media-preview-generator && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/media-preview-generator/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/media-preview-generator/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How media_preview_generator works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Media_preview_generator is a very large Python project (~194k lines across 311 code files, plus 572 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~194k lines · 311 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

Python · Docker

Needs API keys (.env)

Python 89%JavaScript 5%HTML 3%CSS 2%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
pyproject.toml
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
3
.env.example
The API keys and settings you must provide
4
media_preview_generator/__init__.py
Inside media_preview_generator/ — the main logic begins here

What's in each folder

media_preview_generator/Core code — the actual logic320 files

docs/Documentation73 files

tools/Helper scripts19 files

nodes/Folder15 files

jellyfin-plugin/Folder14 files

emby-plugin/Folder10 files

scripts/Helper scripts7 files

docker/Deployment / infrastructure4 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyMIT licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/media-preview-generator && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/media-preview-generator/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/media-preview-generator/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Creator

stevezau

Language

Python