jellyfin-mpv-shim VS plex-mpv-shim

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/issues/154#issuecomment-808887313

For a standalone player, you can try Jellyfin Desktop or Jellyfin Media Player.

I have Ubuntu 18.04 and Jellyfin Desktop installed using the instructions. When I run shim, I was able to connect to my server by adding my ip address and admin login credentials for Jellyfin.

You can use MPV.

I have no idea, no one has had this issue before. You could try sending logs: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/wiki/Sending-Logs

Please send logs: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/wiki/Sending-Logs

Please try this release, as it solved the "Failed to execute script run-desktop" for another user: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/releases/tag/v1.10.3

jellyfin-desktop or jellyfin-kodi

You could also use something like https://github.com/iwalton3/plex-mpv-shim

My best client experience is nvidia shield, and using plex-shim-mpv. It uses mpv as the client and supports every format I watch, specifically ASS subtitles for anime get direct played.

I found this thread: https://github.com/iwalton3/plex-mpv-shim/issues/31 It seems that changing the config to use http (insecured connection) may solve this issue. I have remote access enabled and I'm signed in to the Plex server, so maybe that's why I didn't have those issues.

I just don't worry about it until I try and watch the movie and it has black bars, then I just use plex-mpv-shim to watch it, and handbrake it after.

Have you tried this? I use it all the time when watching stuff on Plex. It direct plays every thing I have minus 4K. Note it doesn’t offer the Plex gui. Instead I used my phone to find what I wanted using the Plex app and then cast it to the player

The plex experience in a browser was never great for me, whether it was transcoding or subtitles. Once I started using plex-mpv-shim, all those problems went away and it's a fast and seamless experience with directplay every time.