diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 06659768a6..0f2420a648 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
  - [Rob Farraher](https://github.com/farraherbg)
  - [Pier-Luc Ducharme](https://github.com/pl-ducharme)
  - [Anantharaju S](https://github.com/Anantharajus)
+ - [Merlin Sievers](https://github.com/dann-merlin)
 
 # Emby Contributors
 
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.js b/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
index 16c8312867..2d11691e95 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import serverNotifications from '../../scripts/serverNotifications';
 import { playbackManager } from '../playback/playbackmanager';
 import Events from '../../utils/events.ts';
 import globalize from '../../scripts/globalize';
+import { getItems } from '../../utils/jellyfin-apiclient/getItems.ts';
 
 import NotificationIcon from './notificationicon.png';
 
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ function onLibraryChanged(data, apiClient) {
         newItems.length = 12;
     }
 
-    apiClient.getItems(apiClient.getCurrentUserId(), {
+    getItems(apiClient, apiClient.getCurrentUserId(), {
 
         Recursive: true,
         Limit: 3,
diff --git a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
index 00030e3218..392c6ceafb 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import ServerConnections from '../ServerConnections';
 import alert from '../alert';
 import { PluginType } from '../../types/plugin.ts';
 import { includesAny } from '../../utils/container.ts';
+import { getItems } from '../../utils/jellyfin-apiclient/getItems.ts';
 
 const UNLIMITED_ITEMS = -1;
 
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ function getItemsForPlayback(serverId, query) {
         query.EnableTotalRecordCount = false;
         query.CollapseBoxSetItems = false;
 
-        return apiClient.getItems(apiClient.getCurrentUserId(), query);
+        return getItems(apiClient, apiClient.getCurrentUserId(), query);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/chromecastPlayer/plugin.js b/src/plugins/chromecastPlayer/plugin.js
index 95bee3838b..a656337d63 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chromecastPlayer/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/chromecastPlayer/plugin.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import ServerConnections from '../../components/ServerConnections';
 import alert from '../../components/alert';
 import { PluginType } from '../../types/plugin.ts';
 import Events from '../../utils/events.ts';
+import { getItems } from '../../utils/jellyfin-apiclient/getItems.ts';
 
 // Based on https://github.com/googlecast/CastVideos-chrome/blob/master/CastVideos.js
 
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@ function getItemsForPlayback(apiClient, query) {
         query.ExcludeLocationTypes = 'Virtual';
         query.EnableTotalRecordCount = false;
 
-        return apiClient.getItems(userId, query);
+        return getItems(apiClient, userId, query);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/syncPlay/core/Helper.js b/src/plugins/syncPlay/core/Helper.js
index 38cdf179e8..47f25578a3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/syncPlay/core/Helper.js
+++ b/src/plugins/syncPlay/core/Helper.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import Events from '../../../utils/events.ts';
+import { getItems } from '../../../utils/jellyfin-apiclient/getItems.ts';
 
 /**
  * Constants
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ export function getItemsForPlayback(apiClient, query) {
         query.EnableTotalRecordCount = false;
         query.CollapseBoxSetItems = false;
 
-        return apiClient.getItems(apiClient.getCurrentUserId(), query);
+        return getItems(apiClient, apiClient.getCurrentUserId(), query);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/jellyfin-apiclient/getItems.ts b/src/utils/jellyfin-apiclient/getItems.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dee681a5d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/jellyfin-apiclient/getItems.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import type { BaseItemDtoQueryResult } from '@jellyfin/sdk/lib/generated-client';
+import { ApiClient } from 'jellyfin-apiclient';
+
+interface GetItemsRequest {
+    Ids?: string;
+    Limit?: number;
+}
+
+const ITEMS_PER_REQUEST_LIMIT = 40;
+
+function getItemsSplit(apiClient: ApiClient, userId: string, options: GetItemsRequest) {
+    const optionsTemplate = { ...options };
+    const ids = options.Ids?.split(',') || [];
+    const results = [];
+    const limit = options.Limit ?? Infinity;
+
+    let end;
+    for (let start = 0; start < ids.length && start < limit; start = end) {
+        end = start + ITEMS_PER_REQUEST_LIMIT;
+        if (end > limit) {
+            end = limit;
+        }
+        const idsSlice = ids.slice(start, end);
+        optionsTemplate.Ids = idsSlice.join(',');
+        results.push(apiClient.getItems(userId, optionsTemplate));
+    }
+
+    return results;
+}
+
+function mergeResults(results: BaseItemDtoQueryResult[]) {
+    const merged: BaseItemDtoQueryResult = {
+        Items: [],
+        TotalRecordCount: 0,
+        StartIndex: 0
+    };
+
+    for (const result of results) {
+        if (result.Items == null) {
+            console.log('[getItems] Retrieved Items array is invalid', result.Items);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (result.TotalRecordCount == null) {
+            console.log('[getItems] Retrieved TotalRecordCount is invalid', result.TotalRecordCount);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (result.StartIndex == null) {
+            console.log('[getItems] Retrieved StartIndex is invalid', result.StartIndex);
+            continue;
+        }
+        merged.Items = merged.Items?.concat(result.Items);
+        merged.TotalRecordCount! += result.TotalRecordCount;
+        merged.StartIndex = Math.min(merged.StartIndex || 0, result.StartIndex);
+    }
+    return merged;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Transparently handles the call to apiClient.getItems splitting the
+ * call into multiple ones if the URL might get too long.
+ * @param apiClient The ApiClient to use
+ * @param userId User id to pass to actual getItems call
+ * @param options Options object to specify getItems option. This includes a possibly long Items list that will be split up.
+ * @returns A promise that resolves to the merged result of all getItems calls
+ */
+export function getItems(apiClient: ApiClient, userId: string, options?: GetItemsRequest) {
+    const ids = options?.Ids?.split(',');
+    if (!options || !ids || ids.length <= ITEMS_PER_REQUEST_LIMIT) {
+        return apiClient.getItems(apiClient.getCurrentUserId(), options);
+    }
+    const results = getItemsSplit(apiClient, userId, options);
+
+    return Promise.all(results).then(mergeResults);
+}