Flatsonar

Jellyfin MPV Shim

by Izzie Walton

MPV-Based Jellyfin Client with Offline Sync

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0 v3.0.0
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About

Jellyfin MPV Shim is a fully featured Jellyfin client built on top of MPV with support for offline sync, media browsing, background casting, syncplay, music, live TV, books, and photos. It does not depend on or use a webview and doesn't mess with MPV's video output pipeline, allowing for HDR and tone mapping support.

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • unknown device if:all:!has-input-device
    --device=if:all:!has-input-device
  • raw input devices (keyboards, mice, gamepads)
    --device=input
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to xdg-run/pipewire-0
    --filesystem=xdg-run/pipewire-0:ro
  • session inhibit
    --talk-name=org.gnome.SessionManager

Who publishes this

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  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

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