# 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](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iwalton3/mpv-shim-misc-docs/master/images/jmp-player-win.png) Downloads: - [Windows, Mac, and Linux Releases](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/releases) - Note for Mac users: builds for Intel require macOS 12+ and Apple Silicon builds requires macOS 14+ - [Flathub (Linux)](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.jellyfin.JellyfinDesktop) Related Documents: - Web client: Application uses server-provided web client. - Web client integration documentation: [for-web-developers.md](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/blob/master/for-web-developers.md) - API Docs in [client-api.md](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/blob/master/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](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/releases/latest) and append the following to your pull command during the build phase for JMP "--branch $VERSIONTAG --single-branch" Example: ```bash git clone --recursive https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop.git --branch v1.9.1 --single-branch ``` ### Ubuntu based systems Install dependencies: ```bash sudo apt install autoconf automake build-essential cmake curl g++ git libasound2-dev libcec-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libfribidi-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libgnutls28-dev libharfbuzz-dev libpulse-dev libsdl2-dev libtool libuchardet-dev libva-dev libvdpau-dev libx11-dev libxrandr-dev mesa-common-dev meson qml6-module-qtqml-workerscript qml6-module-qtquick-controls qml6-module-qtquick-templates qml6-module-qtquick-window qml6-module-qtwebchannel qml6-module-qtwebengine qml6-module-qtwebengine-controlsdelegates qml6-module-qtwebview qt6-base-private-dev qt6-webengine-private-dev unzip wget yasm zlib1g-dev mkdir ~/jmp; cd ~/jmp git clone https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv-build.git cd mpv-build ./use-mpv-release ./update echo -Dlibmpv=true > mpv_options ./rebuild -j$(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: ```bash 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. ```bash 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](https://cmake.org/download/) - cmake-3.20.0-windows-x86_64.msi - Add cmake to the path. - [ninja](https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases) - Place this in the build directory. - [QT](https://www.qt.io/download-thank-you?hsLang=en) - 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](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2019) - Again this will use a lot of disk space. The installer is small though. - [libmpv1](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpv-player-windows/files/libmpv/) - 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](https://wixtoolset.org/releases/v3.11.2/stable) You need to run these commands in git bash. ```bash 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: ``` 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](https://www.qt.io/download-thank-you?hsLang=en), remember to check `Qt WebEngine`. Then run the following commands (replace with your QT installation location): ```bash 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.