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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Extensions.Json.Converters
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Convert delimited string to array of type.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">Type to convert to.</typeparam>
+    public abstract class JsonDelimitedCollectionConverter<T> : JsonConverter<IReadOnlyCollection<T>>
+    {
+        private readonly TypeConverter _typeConverter;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="JsonDelimitedCollectionConverter{T}"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected JsonDelimitedCollectionConverter()
+        {
+            _typeConverter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(T));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the array delimiter.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected virtual char Delimiter { get; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override IReadOnlyCollection<T>? Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.String)
+            {
+                // null got handled higher up the call stack
+                var stringEntries = reader.GetString()!.Split(Delimiter, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+                if (stringEntries.Length == 0)
+                {
+                    return [];
+                }
+
+                var typedValues = new List<T>();
+                for (var i = 0; i < stringEntries.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        var parsedValue = _typeConverter.ConvertFromInvariantString(stringEntries[i].Trim());
+                        if (parsedValue is not null)
+                        {
+                            typedValues.Add((T)parsedValue);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (FormatException)
+                    {
+                        // Ignore unconvertible inputs
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (typeToConvert.IsArray)
+                {
+                    return typedValues.ToArray();
+                }
+
+                return typedValues;
+            }
+
+            return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T[]>(ref reader, options);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, IReadOnlyCollection<T>? value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, value, options);
+        }
+    }
+}