Jellyfin for iOS 1.7.0 Submitted to the App Store

Jellyfin for iOS 1.7.0 Submitted to the App Store (jellyfin.org)
from Untold1707@lemmy.zip to jellyfin@lemmy.ml on 30 Sep 20:46
https://lemmy.zip/post/49960416

Quote from #jellyfin-announce:matrix.org:

We are pleased to announce that Jellyfin for iOS 1.7.0 has been submitted to the App Store! 🚀
⏬️ Featuring download support!

Direct downloads for all media types

Files app integration

Share downloads to other apps

Transcoded downloads now in alpha

Read the blog post to learn more about the changes in this release.
jellyfin.org/posts/ios-v1.7.0

#jellyfin

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adonkeystomple@lemmy.ml on 30 Sep 21:26 next collapse

Man I’ve been waiting for Jellyfin to get Transcoded Downloads forever. This will get it so much closer to being completely viable as a replacement for Plex.

victorz@lemmy.world on 30 Sep 22:38 next collapse

I’m waiting on duplicate detection. It really sucks right now when I have three sets of different Bluey and The Last Airbender series on my home screen, when they’re all the same show but different quality/language.

Plex does this easily by just letting me pick the version. Come on, Jelleh!

kaki@sh.itjust.works on 30 Sep 22:53 next collapse

Have you tried the “Merge Versions” plugin?

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 06:46 collapse

I have not, and if this is a WontFix for Jellyfin I suppose I would have to. But this should come out of the box, honestly.

Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de on 02 Oct 03:31 collapse

It does work for movies if they’re in the same directory and have the same name before a -.

For shows there’s sadly now way iirc.

E.g. Movie Name (2025) - 1080p x264.mkv and Movie Name (2025) - UHD HEVC.mkv would make Jellyfin show a video selection in the same way they do for audio currently.

Jellyfin in general requires proper naming for media to get detected, which is not problem with automation but not that great for a collection grown over time.

victorz@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 06:36 collapse

if they’re in the same directory and have the same name before a -.

Okay yeah, I meant out of the box as in without the need to modify my entire library to accommodate Jellyfin’s particular naming scheme.

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 Sep 23:11 next collapse

Isnt that down to naming? Because they allow versions (at least for movies).
Is this a case of sonarr and sonarr 4K?

ryannathans@aussie.zone on 30 Sep 23:47 next collapse

Versions works for shows for me just fine

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 06:45 collapse

Without any renaming of files or plugins?

ryannathans@aussie.zone on 01 Oct 11:53 collapse

Yeah you can click two in the UI and merge but it’s clunky

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 14:32 collapse

Yeah that’s not feasible with the amount of media I have.

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 06:51 collapse

I don’t use any *arrs since a long time (rip rarbg), so I don’t know. And I don’t remember anything I put on my drives, Plex just recognizes everything on the first try, 99.99% of the time and detects duplicates. Jellyfin does not (the duplicates part).

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Oct 07:38 collapse

Well that is your problem. Jellyfin expects them properly named. Sure you can just dump your collection into a folder and call it a day but then you’ll have your described issue with duplicates.

Please read those:
jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows/#nam…
jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies#nam…

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 11:06 collapse

I guess Jellyfin just is inferior to Plex in this regard, then. It’s my problem, that Plex solves. 🙃👍

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Oct 11:21 collapse

Weird take.

But if it works for you, who am I to judge.

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 14:33 collapse

Take? What take? Plex handles it automatically, Jellyfin does not. That’s not an opinion of mine, it’s an objective fact. No take. I’ll stick to Plex because of this until I’m forced not to.

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Oct 18:37 collapse

No.
You are not sorting and naming your media properly. So it’s a problem you are causing.
This is like complaining that your music isnt tagged correctly because you just dump 300 untagged MP3s into a folder and ask picard to just pick whatever.

Easy solution:
Install the *arr program (or a suitable substitute program) and name your media correctly.
Then jellyfin will pick it up.
Same for versions.

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 20:23 next collapse

No need, because Plex handles it. 👍👍

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 22:39 collapse

By the way, the issue is not that the media is not tagged correctly. Jellyfin detects the media just fine, and identifies it correctly as the correct movie and TV show and whatnot. That isn’t the issue. The issue is only that of duplicate detection. So if Jellyfin can detect the shows and movies correctly, it should be a simple problem to solve that it just looks up those IDs in the database of content, and merges them.

The big problem is UI, and implementing a nice solution for that. Plex has done that part, but Jellyfin has not, without a plugin. That’s it, really.

adonkeystomple@lemmy.ml on 30 Sep 23:41 next collapse

Oh I didn’t even know it struggles with that. I haven’t used Jellyfin a whole lot but I think it’s good to always have a backup.

Hopefully they get that fixed as well.

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 06:46 collapse

I really hope they do. It’s bugging me a lot.

ryannathans@aussie.zone on 30 Sep 23:46 collapse

Merge them into the same title and use the versions feature. On disk it can be done with a hypen in the file name, or you can use a plugin

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 06:44 collapse

I refuse to use a plugin for this simple feature, honestly. (I know, then it’s a me-problem I guess, but Plex handles this without issue.) And I refuse to alter the file names for… solidarity purposes (ratio), and it’s cumbersome.

So I’m screwed, huh. This is a WontFix for Jellyfin?

ryannathans@aussie.zone on 01 Oct 11:54 collapse

Hardlink (or symlink) the files to another directory for jellyfin and rename them there

victorz@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 14:31 collapse

I’m not looking for workarounds which require work, in all honesty. That’s too much maintenance. I have a lot of new files coming in all the time. Manually renaming thousands of movies, hundreds of shows. It simply isn’t feasible. I need the system to handle it, like Plex does. Not anything to down vote, it’s just a requirement for me. 🤷‍♂️

Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de on 02 Oct 03:42 collapse

Well yes, it might be a simple feature, but it’s still work someone has to do, and there’s many requested features - as well as maintaining the current feature set. I do expect Jellyfin to get this feature at some point, but it might take another 5 years.

As we’re talking about existing/missing features: Sadly there’s an internet connection required to login to Plex, which is a no-go for me.

And I’d really love a feature to be able to share my library with someone while being logged in the same account. I.e. a kind of federation without duplicating content. Iirc Plex has something like this, by keeping the Plex server and user account separate.

victorz@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 06:34 collapse

but it’s still work someone has to do, and there’s many requested features - as well as maintaining the current feature set.

I mean, sure. It’s a community project too, right, so turnaround is even longer probably. I know it’s not going to happen at the flip of a switch, I’m a software engineer by trade. I’m just saying that Plex handles this while Jellyfin does not, so I’m going to use Plex until this works in Jellyfin.

I was looking into the Merge Versions plugin, but I’m hesitant to use it if it means that it’ll go into my library and rename all my files. I don’t want that. But I couldn’t find a description of how the plugin works, so I’m holding off for now.

Sadly there’s an internet connection required to login to Plex, which is a no-go for me.

I don’t think this is necessarily true? You can manually enter the server address without logging via plex.tv, I believe.

Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de on 02 Oct 13:04 collapse

Emby also seems to be able to automatically merge different versions of shows/movies.

I’ve asked someone and MergeVersions does not change the file/directory structure/naming.

Though the same person also mentioned issues with duplicates even after removing the second library with UHD.

In general plugins like IntroSkipper and PlaybackReporting work flawlessly but I’ll stay away from MergeVersions for now and handle movies with mergerfs for the moment.

You’re right, it’s possible to login without internet if local network access without login is enabled in settings beforehand.

victorz@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 17:58 collapse

Huh, that’s a curious fact about Emby. They must have added that after the fork, I suppose? Interesting.

Hey, thanks for checking that for me, and the advice!

😊👍

Supervisor194@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 02:50 collapse

Everything about Jellyfin is what I want that Plex isn’t. Except for one minor detail: I only ever watch Plex using my AppleTV. I don’t allow my server to be accessed via the Internet and I don’t watch movies on some tiny-ass phone screen when I’m at home with a 55" monster hanging on the wall.

Pacrat173@lemmy.ml on 30 Sep 22:08 next collapse

Can’t wait for the update and when I finally understand how to use my server(been a months long struggle)

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 Sep 23:10 collapse

Not a pro but need help? :)

Pacrat173@lemmy.ml on 30 Sep 23:34 collapse

Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve had trouble shooting help on here. Whenever I get a chance I’ll try and get my sever going again but thanks for the offer!

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Oct 06:37 collapse

Feel free to save my username and semd me a PM or tag me when posting on the jellyfin community :)

kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 Oct 01:24 next collapse

I don’t know if anyone is still running iOS 1.7, but I’m sure this good news for them!

AtariDump@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 02:17 collapse

I see what you did there.

floopus@lemmy.ml on 03 Oct 11:41 collapse

just setup Jellyfin today and it so cool

kennebel@noc.social on 03 Oct 12:00 collapse

@floopus @Untold1707 I’ve been running ours for a couple of months now, really enjoying the platform. :) Ping me if you want to chat at all!