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+using System;
+using System.Buffers;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Extensions.Json.Converters
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converter to allow the serializer to read strings.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class JsonStringConverter : JsonConverter<string?>
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override string? Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+            => reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.String ? reader.GetString() : GetRawValue(reader);
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, string? value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+            => writer.WriteStringValue(value);
+
+        private static string GetRawValue(Utf8JsonReader reader)
+        {
+            var utf8Bytes = reader.HasValueSequence
+                ? reader.ValueSequence.ToArray()
+                : reader.ValueSpan;
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(utf8Bytes);
+        }
+    }
+}