CinemaBox - A Simple Movie Importer Plugin

[faeran]

CinemaBox - A Simple Movie Importer Plugin

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I had a day to spare on the weekend and wanted to try my hand at a LaunchBox plugin. This is the result.
I don't plan to actively develop it too much moving forward, as this was very much a weekend hobby experiment project. Still, it works, and I figured I would share it in case it is useful to someone.

Requirement: LaunchBox 13.26 or higher

 

What does this do?

It's currently a movie importer plus metadata and artwork scraper. It is designed for people who already have a local movie collection organized for apps like Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby. It imports that folder into LaunchBox with minimal fuss.
It also downloads and configures MPV so movies can launch cleanly as an "emulator", and be used with a controller.

Metadata and artwork provided by TheTVDB.

 

Installation

1. Close LaunchBox

2. Download the 7z archive

3. Unblock the archive in Windows if needed (Right click > Properties > Unblock)

4. Extract it into your LaunchBox Plugins folder

Your structure should end up like this:

LaunchBox\Plugins\CinemaBox\CinemaBox.dll
LaunchBox\Plugins\CinemaBox\CinemaBox.deps.json

 

How to use
Tools > CinemaBox
Runs the import and downloads and configures MPV.

Right click a movie > CinemaBox > Change Match (TVDB)
Rematch the movie and re download metadata and artwork.

Right click a movie > CinemaBox > Media Download (Replace Artwork)
Grab alternate artwork.

 

A few things to be aware of:

• Matching is based on folder and file names. If your naming is messy, results may be messy.
• If TheTVDB changes their API, this plugin can break.
• Heavy scraping could potentially hit API rate limits.
• MPV configuration is basic and meant to “just work”.

If something breaks, feel free to post about it. I'll be checking in every now and then, and may be able to fix it.

 

Uninstall

1. Close LaunchBox

2. Delete the folder:

LaunchBox\Plugins\CinemaBox

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• Submitter
  faeran
• Submitted
  03/02/2026
• Category
  Third-party Apps and Plugins