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jellyfin-desktop

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Jellyfin Desktop

Desktop client using jellyfin-web with embedded MPV player. Supports Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Media plays within the same window using the jellyfin-web interface unlike Jellyfin Desktop. Supports audio passthrough.

Screenshot of Jellyfin Desktop

Downloads:

Related Documents:

  • Web client: Application uses server-provided web client.
  • Web client integration documentation: for-web-developers.md
  • API Docs in client-api.md
  • Tip: For help building, look at the GitHub Actions file!

Building at a glance (Linux)

To download the latest stable release, get the latest version tag from the latest releases page and append the following to your pull command during the build phase for JMP “–branch $VERSIONTAG –single-branch”

Example:

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git clone --recursive https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop.git --branch v1.9.1 --single-branch

Ubuntu based systems

Install dependencies:

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sudo apt install  autoconf automake build-essential cmake curl g++ git libasound2-dev libcec-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libfribidi-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libgnutls28-dev libharfbuzz-dev libpulse-dev libsdl2-dev libtool libuchardet-dev libva-dev libvdpau-dev libx11-dev libxrandr-dev mesa-common-dev meson qml6-module-qtqml-workerscript qml6-module-qtquick-controls qml6-module-qtquick-templates qml6-module-qtquick-window qml6-module-qtwebchannel qml6-module-qtwebengine qml6-module-qtwebengine-controlsdelegates qml6-module-qtwebview qt6-base-private-dev qt6-webengine-private-dev unzip wget yasm zlib1g-dev
mkdir ~/jmp; cd ~/jmp
git clone https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv-build.git
cd mpv-build
./use-mpv-release
./update
echo -Dlibmpv=true > mpv_options
./rebuild -j$(nproc)
sudo ./install
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpv.so /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpv.so.1
sudo ln -sf /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpv.so /usr/local/lib/libmpv.so.2
sudo ldconfig
cd ~/jmp/
git clone --recursive https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop.git
cd jellyfin-desktop
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/ -G Ninja ..
ninja
sudo ninja install
rm -rf ~/jmp/

Fedora based systems

Install dependencies:

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sudo dnf install autoconf automake libtool freetype-devel libXrandr-devel libvdpau-devel libva-devel  mesa-libGL-devel libdrm-devel libX11-devel  mesa-libEGL-devel yasm  alsa-lib pulseaudio-libs-devel zlib-devel fribidi-devel git gnutls-devel mesa-libGLU-devel  SDL2-devel cmake wget g++ qt-devel libcec-devel qt6-qtbase-devel curl unzip qt6-qtwebchannel-devel qt6-qtwebengine-devel mpv.x86_64 qt6-qtbase.x86_64 meson.noarch ninja-build.x86_64 qt6-qtbase-private-devel mpv-libs.x86_64 mpv-devel qt6-qtdeclarative nasm libatomic libshaderc mpvqt-devel

Build commands for Fedora:

Note, the only real differences here is that libraries are in diffrent directories on Fedora systems.

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mkdir ~/jmp; cd ~/jmp
git clone https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv-build.git
cd mpv-build/
echo -Dlibmpv=true > mpv_options
echo -Dpipewire=disabled >> mpv_options # hopefully temporary
./rebuild -j`nproc`
sudo ./install
sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib64/libmpv.so /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpv.so.1
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib64/libmpv.so /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmpv.so
sudo ldconfig
cd ~/jmp/
git clone --recursive https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop.git
cd jellyfin-desktop/
mkdir build
cd build/
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/ ..
make -j`nproc`
sudo make install

Building for Windows

Please install:

  • cmake - cmake-3.20.0-windows-x86_64.msi
    • Add cmake to the path.
  • ninja
    • Place this in the build directory.
  • QT
    • This package is huge. You also need to make a QT account…
    • Check “MSVC 2019 64-bit” and “Qt WebEngine” under Qt 6.
  • VS2019 Build Tools
    • Again this will use a lot of disk space. The installer is small though.
  • libmpv1
    • Place the contents in the build directory, in a subfolder called mpv.
    • Move the contents of the include folder to an mpv folder inside the include folder.
    • Move the mpv-1.dll to mpv.dll.
  • WIX

You need to run these commands in git bash.

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git clone --recursive https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop
cd jellyfin-desktop
mkdir build
cd build

Open the “x86_x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019”. cd to the build directory. Run:

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set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.11\bin
cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=output -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=ninja.exe -DQTROOT=C:/Qt/6.x.x/msvc2019_64 -DMPV_INCLUDE_DIR=mpv/include -DMPV_LIBRARY=mpv/libmpv-2.dll -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=output ..
lib /def:mpv\mpv.def /out:mpv\mpv.dll.lib /MACHINE:X64
ninja
ninja windows_package

Building for MacOS

Install Qt 6, remember to check Qt WebEngine.

Then run the following commands (replace <QT_DIR> with your QT installation location):

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brew install mpv ninja qt

git clone --recursive https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop.git
cd jellyfin-desktop

cmake -B build -G Ninja -DUSE_STATIC_MPVQT=ON
cmake --build build

Log File Location

  • Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Jellyfin Desktop\logs
  • Linux: ~/.local/share/jellyfin-desktop/logs/
  • Linux (Flatpak): ~/.var/app/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop/data/jellyfin-desktop/logs/
  • macOS: ~/Library/Logs/Jellyfin Desktop/

Config File Location

The main configuration file is called jellyfin-desktop.conf. You can also add a mpv.conf to configure MPV directly.

  • Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Jellyfin Desktop\
  • Linux: ~/.local/share/jellyfin-desktop/
  • Linux (Flatpak): ~/.var/app/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop/data/jellyfin-desktop/
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Jellyfin Desktop/

Web Debugger

To get browser devtools, use remote debugging.

  • Run the application with the command argument --remote-debugging-port=9222.
  • Open Chromium or Google Chrome.
  • Navigate to chrome://inspect/#devices.
  • You can now access the developer tools.

If you have problems:

  • Make sure “Discover Network Targets” is checked.
  • Make sure localhost:9222 is in the list under “Configure…”.
  • Make sure --remote-debugging-port=9222 is specified correctly.

License

Jellyfin Desktop is licensed under GPL v2. See the LICENSE file. Licenses of dependencies are summarized under resources/misc/licenses.txt. This file can also be printed at runtime when using the --licenses option.

Known Issues

If you build MPV from source, you currently need to disable pipewire or else the client will segfault.

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