Cross-platform support by implementing something like jellyfin-mpv-shim

[ezzah 3]

Since there has been no development for other clients (such as macOS), which causes issues with playback as it requires reliance on the web app, I was wondering if it would be easier to adapt an existing project to allow direct play.

 

I am referring to this project: https://github.com/iwalton3/jellyfin-mpv-shim

 

It uses mpv and python3 to 'shim' or effectively create a device instance to allow a web app or other castable app client to direct the direct url of the playback to mpv. I think many would find this useful for very lightweight cross-platform support and eliminate the need for complex GUIs or the like by relying on the web app or other device to cast to the mpv shim.

 

Any thoughts?

[Luke 37064]

There's already one here in the community for mpc-hc although I imagine it would only work on windows.

[ezzah 3]

Yeah I think the main attraction for a solution like this is that it would be easy to port across platforms and also possibly requires less of a development effort. I dislike using Kodi so on macOS I am stuck with the web app. It's generally fine but due to ASS subtitles not being supported by browsers burn-in becomes a massive pain even on a sufficient server.

[Luke 37064]

 

 

I dislike using Kodi so on macOS I am stuck with the web app.

 

Well since you're on MacOS, stay tuned

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/80376-19x-testing/?p=859503

[ezzah 3]

Well since you're on MacOS, stay tuned

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/80376-19x-testing/?p=859503

 

That's fantastic to hear, thank you!