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  • Jul 17, 2026, 8:27 AM

    I've installed the "official Jellyfin Media Player". This is just a browser embed, i.e. not better at all. In fact, it's worse, because it embeds Chromium which supports even less media types than Firefox. Through "Flatpak", I've installed the old QT Jellyfin Desktop, Delfin, Fladder and Switchfin. All have native players, good. Two of them don't even start. The two other crash after playing thirty seconds of video. Great, exactly what I expected from a monster like "Flatpak". Thread continues.

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  • Jul 17, 2026, 8:27 AM

    The best option so far seems to be "Jellyfin MPV Shim". This simply launches an external MPV instance to play the media natively. Requires some configuration and IT understanding which not every user in the family may have. If I just set it up and leave it on, could work. Though still looking for a better alternative. Suggestions welcome!

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