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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using Jellyfin.Api.Attributes;
+using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Drawing;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Net;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Querying;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Splashscreen controller.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Route("Splashscreen")]
+    public class SplashscreenController : BaseJellyfinApiController
+    {
+        private readonly IImageEncoder _imageEncoder;
+        private readonly IItemRepository _itemRepository;
+        private readonly IApplicationPaths _appPaths;
+        private readonly ILogger _logger;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SplashscreenController"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="imageEncoder">Instance of the <see cref="IImageEncoder"/> interface.</param>
+        /// <param name="itemRepository">Instance of the <see cref="IItemRepository"/> interface.</param>
+        /// <param name="applicationPaths">Instance of the <see cref="IApplicationPaths"/> interface.</param>
+        /// <param name="logger">Instance of the <see cref="ILogger"/> interface.</param>
+        public SplashscreenController(
+            IImageEncoder imageEncoder,
+            IItemRepository itemRepository,
+            IApplicationPaths applicationPaths,
+            ILogger<SplashscreenController> logger)
+        {
+            _imageEncoder = imageEncoder;
+            _itemRepository = itemRepository;
+            _appPaths = applicationPaths;
+            _logger = logger;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates or gets the splashscreen.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="darken">Darken the generated image.</param>
+        /// <param name="width">The image width.</param>
+        /// <param name="height">The image height.</param>
+        /// <param name="regenerate">Whether to regenerate the image, regardless if one already exists.</param>
+        /// <returns>The splashscreen.</returns>
+        [HttpGet]
+        [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
+        [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status500InternalServerError)]
+        [ProducesImageFile]
+        public ActionResult GetSplashscreen(
+            [FromQuery] bool? darken = false,
+            [FromQuery] int? width = 1920,
+            [FromQuery] int? height = 1080,
+            [FromQuery] bool? regenerate = false)
+        {
+            var outputPath = Path.Combine(_appPaths.DataPath, $"splashscreen-{width}x{height}-{darken}.jpg");
+
+            if (!System.IO.File.Exists(outputPath) || (regenerate ?? false))
+            {
+                var posters = GetItemsWithImageType(ImageType.Primary).Select(x => x.GetImages(ImageType.Primary).First().Path).ToList();
+                var landscape = GetItemsWithImageType(ImageType.Thumb).Select(x => x.GetImages(ImageType.Thumb).First().Path).ToList();
+                if (landscape.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogDebug("No thumb images found. Using backdrops to generate splashscreen.");
+                    landscape = GetItemsWithImageType(ImageType.Backdrop).Select(x => x.GetImages(ImageType.Backdrop).First().Path).ToList();
+                }
+
+                _imageEncoder.CreateSplashscreen(new SplashscreenOptions(posters, landscape, outputPath, width!.Value, height!.Value, darken!.Value));
+            }
+
+            return PhysicalFile(outputPath, MimeTypes.GetMimeType(outputPath));
+        }
+
+        private IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> GetItemsWithImageType(ImageType imageType)
+        {
+            return _itemRepository.GetItemList(new InternalItemsQuery
+            {
+                CollapseBoxSetItems = false,
+                Recursive = true,
+                DtoOptions = new DtoOptions(false),
+                ImageTypes = new ImageType[] { imageType },
+                Limit = 8,
+                OrderBy = new ValueTuple<string, SortOrder>[]
+                {
+                    new ValueTuple<string, SortOrder>(ItemSortBy.Random, SortOrder.Ascending)
+                },
+                IncludeItemTypes = new string[] { "Movie", "Series" }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}