diff --git a/lib/media/media_part.dart b/lib/media/media_part.dart
index 6e28d386..f764e6ff 100644
--- a/lib/media/media_part.dart
+++ b/lib/media/media_part.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ part 'media_part.g.dart';
 @JsonSerializable(includeIfNull: false)
 class MediaPart {
   /// Backend-opaque part identifier.
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _stringFromJson)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: stringOrEmpty)
   final String id;
 
   /// Backend-specific path used to construct a direct stream URL — e.g. Plex's
@@ -58,5 +58,3 @@ class MediaPart {
   /// metadata request includes `checkFiles=1`.
   bool get isPlayable => accessible != false && exists != false;
 }
-
-String _stringFromJson(Object? raw) => (raw ?? '').toString();
diff --git a/lib/media/media_part.g.dart b/lib/media/media_part.g.dart
index f154d6e5..42a2cf5f 100644
--- a/lib/media/media_part.g.dart
+++ b/lib/media/media_part.g.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ part of 'media_part.dart';
 // **************************************************************************
 
 MediaPart _$MediaPartFromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => MediaPart(
-  id: _stringFromJson(json['id']),
+  id: stringOrEmpty(json['id']),
   streamPath: json['streamPath'] as String?,
   file: json['file'] as String?,
   sizeBytes: flexibleInt(json['sizeBytes']),
diff --git a/lib/media/media_role.dart b/lib/media/media_role.dart
index 7e0ec8a2..57b27d48 100644
--- a/lib/media/media_role.dart
+++ b/lib/media/media_role.dart
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import 'package:json_annotation/json_annotation.dart';
 
+import '../utils/json_utils.dart';
+
 part 'media_role.g.dart';
 
 /// A cast or crew member attached to a media item.
 @JsonSerializable(includeIfNull: false)
 class MediaRole {
   final String? id;
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _stringFromJson)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: stringOrEmpty)
   final String tag;
   final String? role;
   final String? thumbPath;
@@ -17,5 +19,3 @@ class MediaRole {
 
   Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => _$MediaRoleToJson(this);
 }
-
-String _stringFromJson(Object? raw) => (raw ?? '').toString();
diff --git a/lib/media/media_role.g.dart b/lib/media/media_role.g.dart
index 8a87d731..42a0d8e5 100644
--- a/lib/media/media_role.g.dart
+++ b/lib/media/media_role.g.dart
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ part of 'media_role.dart';
 
 MediaRole _$MediaRoleFromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => MediaRole(
   id: json['id'] as String?,
-  tag: _stringFromJson(json['tag']),
+  tag: stringOrEmpty(json['tag']),
   role: json['role'] as String?,
   thumbPath: json['thumbPath'] as String?,
 );
diff --git a/lib/media/media_version.dart b/lib/media/media_version.dart
index e035bf47..844a97ff 100644
--- a/lib/media/media_version.dart
+++ b/lib/media/media_version.dart
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ String _videoResolutionDisplayLabel(String resolution) {
 @JsonSerializable(includeIfNull: false, explicitToJson: true)
 class MediaVersion {
   /// Backend-opaque version identifier.
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _stringFromJson)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: stringOrEmpty)
   final String id;
   @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleInt)
   final int? width;
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ class MediaVersion {
   }
 }
 
-String _stringFromJson(Object? raw) => (raw ?? '').toString();
 
 List<MediaPart> _partsFromJson(Object? raw) {
   return raw is List
diff --git a/lib/media/media_version.g.dart b/lib/media/media_version.g.dart
index d09885d2..cc686d16 100644
--- a/lib/media/media_version.g.dart
+++ b/lib/media/media_version.g.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ part of 'media_version.dart';
 // **************************************************************************
 
 MediaVersion _$MediaVersionFromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => MediaVersion(
-  id: _stringFromJson(json['id']),
+  id: stringOrEmpty(json['id']),
   width: flexibleInt(json['width']),
   height: flexibleInt(json['height']),
   videoResolution: json['videoResolution'] as String?,
diff --git a/lib/models/plex/plex_home.dart b/lib/models/plex/plex_home.dart
index dcccfb8f..69924b7b 100644
--- a/lib/models/plex/plex_home.dart
+++ b/lib/models/plex/plex_home.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ part 'plex_home.g.dart';
 
 @JsonSerializable()
 class PlexHome {
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _intOr0)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleIntOrZero)
   final int id;
   @JsonKey(readValue: readStringField, defaultValue: '')
   final String name;
@@ -52,5 +52,3 @@ class PlexHome {
 
   bool get hasMultipleUsers => users.length > 1;
 }
-
-int _intOr0(Object? value) => flexibleInt(value) ?? 0;
diff --git a/lib/models/plex/plex_home.g.dart b/lib/models/plex/plex_home.g.dart
index 8bad821b..79b24f08 100644
--- a/lib/models/plex/plex_home.g.dart
+++ b/lib/models/plex/plex_home.g.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ part of 'plex_home.dart';
 // **************************************************************************
 
 PlexHome _$PlexHomeFromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => PlexHome(
-  id: _intOr0(json['id']),
+  id: flexibleIntOrZero(json['id']),
   name: readStringField(json, 'name') as String? ?? '',
   guestUserID: flexibleInt(json['guestUserID']),
   guestUserUUID: readStringField(json, 'guestUserUUID') as String? ?? '',
diff --git a/lib/models/plex/plex_home_user.dart b/lib/models/plex/plex_home_user.dart
index 89d7cc14..80d0ebfb 100644
--- a/lib/models/plex/plex_home_user.dart
+++ b/lib/models/plex/plex_home_user.dart
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ part 'plex_home_user.g.dart';
 /// coerce tolerantly instead of hard-casting.
 @JsonSerializable()
 class PlexHomeUser {
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _intOr0)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleIntOrZero)
   final int id;
   @JsonKey(readValue: readStringField, defaultValue: '')
   final String uuid;
@@ -63,5 +63,3 @@ class PlexHomeUser {
   bool get isGuestUser => guest;
   bool get requiresPassword => protected;
 }
-
-int _intOr0(Object? v) => flexibleInt(v) ?? 0;
diff --git a/lib/models/plex/plex_home_user.g.dart b/lib/models/plex/plex_home_user.g.dart
index 94a011ac..7994c978 100644
--- a/lib/models/plex/plex_home_user.g.dart
+++ b/lib/models/plex/plex_home_user.g.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ part of 'plex_home_user.dart';
 // **************************************************************************
 
 PlexHomeUser _$PlexHomeUserFromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => PlexHomeUser(
-  id: _intOr0(json['id']),
+  id: flexibleIntOrZero(json['id']),
   uuid: readStringField(json, 'uuid') as String? ?? '',
   title: readStringField(json, 'title') as String? ?? 'Unknown',
   username: readStringField(json, 'username') as String?,
diff --git a/lib/models/plex/plex_subtitle_search_result.dart b/lib/models/plex/plex_subtitle_search_result.dart
index a7d4ab85..e653070e 100644
--- a/lib/models/plex/plex_subtitle_search_result.dart
+++ b/lib/models/plex/plex_subtitle_search_result.dart
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ import '../../utils/json_utils.dart';
 
 part 'plex_subtitle_search_result.g.dart';
 
-int _flexibleIntOrZero(Object? v) => flexibleInt(v) ?? 0;
-
 @JsonSerializable()
 class PlexSubtitleSearchResult {
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _flexibleIntOrZero)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleIntOrZero)
   final int id;
   @JsonKey(readValue: readStringField, defaultValue: '')
   final String key;
diff --git a/lib/models/plex/plex_subtitle_search_result.g.dart b/lib/models/plex/plex_subtitle_search_result.g.dart
index 20fd2b45..81a89216 100644
--- a/lib/models/plex/plex_subtitle_search_result.g.dart
+++ b/lib/models/plex/plex_subtitle_search_result.g.dart
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ part of 'plex_subtitle_search_result.dart';
 PlexSubtitleSearchResult _$PlexSubtitleSearchResultFromJson(
   Map<String, dynamic> json,
 ) => PlexSubtitleSearchResult(
-  id: _flexibleIntOrZero(json['id']),
+  id: flexibleIntOrZero(json['id']),
   key: readStringField(json, 'key') as String? ?? '',
   codec: readStringField(json, 'codec') as String?,
   language: readStringField(json, 'language') as String?,
diff --git a/lib/models/plex/plex_user_profile.dart b/lib/models/plex/plex_user_profile.dart
index 1487d1a2..9e19b3da 100644
--- a/lib/models/plex/plex_user_profile.dart
+++ b/lib/models/plex/plex_user_profile.dart
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class PlexUserProfile implements MediaServerUserProfile {
   @JsonKey(fromJson: _boolOrTrue)
   @override
   final bool autoSelectAudio;
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _intOr0)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleIntOrZero)
   final int defaultAudioAccessibility;
   @JsonKey(fromJson: _flexibleLanguage)
   @override
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ class PlexUserProfile implements MediaServerUserProfile {
   @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleCsvStringList)
   @override
   final List<String>? defaultSubtitleLanguages;
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _intOr0)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleIntOrZero)
   final int autoSelectSubtitle;
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _intOr0)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleIntOrZero)
   final int defaultSubtitleAccessibility;
   @JsonKey(fromJson: _intOr1)
   final int defaultSubtitleForced;
   @JsonKey(fromJson: _intOr1)
   final int watchedIndicator;
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _intOr0)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleIntOrZero)
   final int mediaReviewsVisibility;
   @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleCsvStringList)
   final List<String>? mediaReviewsLanguages;
@@ -88,5 +88,4 @@ class PlexUserProfile implements MediaServerUserProfile {
 String? _flexibleLanguage(Object? v) => flexibleCsvStringList(v)?.first;
 
 bool _boolOrTrue(Object? v) => flexibleBoolNullable(v) ?? true;
-int _intOr0(Object? v) => flexibleInt(v) ?? 0;
 int _intOr1(Object? v) => flexibleInt(v) ?? 1;
diff --git a/lib/models/plex/plex_user_profile.g.dart b/lib/models/plex/plex_user_profile.g.dart
index fafe0f7d..f309a78b 100644
--- a/lib/models/plex/plex_user_profile.g.dart
+++ b/lib/models/plex/plex_user_profile.g.dart
@@ -10,18 +10,22 @@ PlexUserProfile _$PlexUserProfileFromJson(
   Map<String, dynamic> json,
 ) => PlexUserProfile(
   autoSelectAudio: _boolOrTrue(json['autoSelectAudio']),
-  defaultAudioAccessibility: _intOr0(json['defaultAudioAccessibility']),
+  defaultAudioAccessibility: flexibleIntOrZero(
+    json['defaultAudioAccessibility'],
+  ),
   defaultAudioLanguage: _flexibleLanguage(json['defaultAudioLanguage']),
   defaultAudioLanguages: flexibleCsvStringList(json['defaultAudioLanguages']),
   defaultSubtitleLanguage: _flexibleLanguage(json['defaultSubtitleLanguage']),
   defaultSubtitleLanguages: flexibleCsvStringList(
     json['defaultSubtitleLanguages'],
   ),
-  autoSelectSubtitle: _intOr0(json['autoSelectSubtitle']),
-  defaultSubtitleAccessibility: _intOr0(json['defaultSubtitleAccessibility']),
+  autoSelectSubtitle: flexibleIntOrZero(json['autoSelectSubtitle']),
+  defaultSubtitleAccessibility: flexibleIntOrZero(
+    json['defaultSubtitleAccessibility'],
+  ),
   defaultSubtitleForced: _intOr1(json['defaultSubtitleForced']),
   watchedIndicator: _intOr1(json['watchedIndicator']),
-  mediaReviewsVisibility: _intOr0(json['mediaReviewsVisibility']),
+  mediaReviewsVisibility: flexibleIntOrZero(json['mediaReviewsVisibility']),
   mediaReviewsLanguages: flexibleCsvStringList(json['mediaReviewsLanguages']),
 );
 
diff --git a/lib/services/plex_mappers.dart b/lib/services/plex_mappers.dart
index 8d59ba6c..233519ef 100644
--- a/lib/services/plex_mappers.dart
+++ b/lib/services/plex_mappers.dart
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ Map<String, dynamic> _obfuscatePlaylistJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
   return copy;
 }
 
-int _flexibleIntOrZero(Object? v) => flexibleInt(v) ?? 0;
-
 Map? _firstPartMap(Object? raw) {
   final parts = _partMaps(raw);
   return parts.isEmpty ? null : parts.first;
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@ class PlexRoleDto {
 
 @JsonSerializable(createToJson: false)
 class PlexMediaVersionDto {
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _flexibleIntOrZero)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleIntOrZero)
   final int id;
   @JsonKey(readValue: readStringField)
   final String? videoResolution;
@@ -506,7 +504,7 @@ class PlexHubDto {
   @JsonKey(defaultValue: 'hub')
   final String type;
   final String? hubIdentifier;
-  @JsonKey(fromJson: _flexibleIntOrZero)
+  @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleIntOrZero)
   final int size;
   @JsonKey(fromJson: flexibleBool)
   final bool more;
diff --git a/lib/services/plex_mappers.g.dart b/lib/services/plex_mappers.g.dart
index 7495e63e..ca421f38 100644
--- a/lib/services/plex_mappers.g.dart
+++ b/lib/services/plex_mappers.g.dart
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PlexRoleDto _$PlexRoleDtoFromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => PlexRoleDto(
 
 PlexMediaVersionDto _$PlexMediaVersionDtoFromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) =>
     PlexMediaVersionDto(
-      id: _flexibleIntOrZero(json['id']),
+      id: flexibleIntOrZero(json['id']),
       videoResolution: readStringField(json, 'videoResolution') as String?,
       videoCodec: readStringField(json, 'videoCodec') as String?,
       bitrate: flexibleInt(json['bitrate']),
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ PlexHubDto _$PlexHubDtoFromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => PlexHubDto(
   title: _hubTitleFromJson(json['title']),
   type: json['type'] as String? ?? 'hub',
   hubIdentifier: json['hubIdentifier'] as String?,
-  size: _flexibleIntOrZero(json['size']),
+  size: flexibleIntOrZero(json['size']),
   more: flexibleBool(json['more']),
   items: _hubItemsFromJson(_readHubItems(json, 'items')),
 );
diff --git a/lib/utils/json_utils.dart b/lib/utils/json_utils.dart
index 76e835e6..476c0226 100644
--- a/lib/utils/json_utils.dart
+++ b/lib/utils/json_utils.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ int? flexibleInt(Object? v) => switch (v) {
   _ => null,
 };
 
+int flexibleIntOrZero(Object? v) => flexibleInt(v) ?? 0;
+
+String stringOrEmpty(Object? v) => (v ?? '').toString();
+
 /// Parse a value that may be [bool], [int] (0/1), or [String] ('1'/'true'/'false') to [bool].
 /// Returns `false` for `null` or unrecognised values.
 /// Handles Plex API responses where boolean fields may arrive as integers.
diff --git a/test/utils/json_utils_test.dart b/test/utils/json_utils_test.dart
index 4d67bad4..ba2e8b2d 100644
--- a/test/utils/json_utils_test.dart
+++ b/test/utils/json_utils_test.dart
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ void main() {
     });
   });
 
+  test('flexibleIntOrZero defaults unsupported values to zero', () {
+    expect(flexibleIntOrZero(3.9), 3);
+    expect(flexibleIntOrZero('42'), 42);
+    expect(flexibleIntOrZero(null), 0);
+    expect(flexibleIntOrZero('bad'), 0);
+    expect(flexibleIntOrZero(true), 0);
+  });
+
+  test('stringOrEmpty stringifies values and defaults null', () {
+    expect(stringOrEmpty('value'), 'value');
+    expect(stringOrEmpty(42), '42');
+    expect(stringOrEmpty(true), 'true');
+    expect(stringOrEmpty(null), '');
+  });
+
   group('flexibleBool', () {
     test('returns bool as-is', () {
       expect(flexibleBool(true), isTrue);