Jellyfin AndroidTV Client Thread

I've been having the same issues with this since upgrading to v16+ and i'm on regular Z9X (non pro). something definitely broke on "next up" in that version and has persisted through all the recent versions. i'm thinking seriously about going back to 0.15.12 as the problem is quite annoying IMO.

***EDIT*** 16.6 was released a couple days ago and i tested it out and the issue is still there, so i rolled back to 0.15.12 and it's working correctly again. something else that was broken since v16 was if you have your zidoo set to show time remaining, once the next episode started to play it would bug out and just go back to the regular clock.

 

Is there a problem with certain characters in the filename when using Direct Path Play on the Zidoo?
I use local paths and network share substitution in my libraries.

This file does not play:
"smb://user: password@192.168.178.37/share/Video_1-4/Filme_1-4/100% Wolf (2020)/100% Wolf (2020).mp4"

But i i change it to "smb://user: password@192.168.178.37/share/Video_1-4/Filme_1-4/100 Prozent Wolf (2020)/100 Prozent Wolf (2020).mp4" then it plays without problems.
I have a UHD3000 with firmware 6.4.65.
Jellyfin server: jellyfin_10.8.13_windows-x64.exe
Jellyfin Client: jellyfin-androidtv-v0.14.10-zidoo_edition-Android6-9.beta-release.apk

 

I've had problems with chinese and/or japanese characters in the filename/path. I would advise to take out any other special characters just to be safe.

 

Hey @andy22 were you be able to have a look at your changes and incorporating them upstream?
I'm afraid that the upcoming 10.9 Jellyfin version might break compatibility with your current version.

 

Hiho, @Sledgehamma, no upstream changes yet.
Still working on a "clean" base-version pull-requests, yet dev-time is still a issue. Main problem is that upstream and my org. changes did drift quite a bit, so getting them together is kinda rough and more work than i anticipated. Yet i daily drive the setup and in the worst case if 10.9 is incompatible, i'm forced to update either the old version or get my shit together for the "mini" version at least.

 

Thanks for the update! No worries mate, just glad you are still working on it

 

Yes, thanks for the update Andy. I'm still rocking your version and use it nightly. Don't know what I'd do without it lol.

 

Ok so I have tried searching for this issue, but haven't been able to find anything concrete.

When attempting to play 96KHz FLAC files on my Jellyfin server I noticed every single output regardless of media defaulting to 48KHz. The only thing I could find online was some speculation that AndroidTV resamples everything to 48KHz, but that some external players are able to bypass this. I tested that theory by using MP7 to play a couple files I loaded up onto a USB drive. It worked! But I still want to use the Jellyfin client to interact with my media...

This is where it gets weird. If I play a file using MP7 that is a higher sample rate FIRST then go into Jellyfin and play something of the same higher sample rate, it passes the 96KHz via HDMI just fine. Then as soon as you play something lower, it'll go back to resampling to 48KHz...

Does anyone know of a way for the Jellyfin client to play native sample rates without the fuss OR somehow use MP7 for playback similar to an external player?

 

First of all, thank you very much, it works like a charm.
The scraper is awesome and it uses the zidoo player perfectly.
My set up consists in a local unraid server, a zidoo z9x pro.

One question though, the home menu is not displayed properly, I can’t see the edges of the menu meaning I can’t see the first letter of the menu texts and also the last letter when some texts is at the far right of the screen.
I’ve been everywhere in the app and can’t find where I can fix this

If you could point me in the right direction.
Thank you for your work. It is a relief I don’t have to do manual scraping with ht4.0…

edit : my bad, resolution was not set to auto in the zidoo menu, now everything is ok

 

Seems that 10.9 didn't break anything

 

So, i'm rocking andy's version of the jellyfin client for zidoo players (Z9X PRO), but it want to see how is the official version faring right now with the latest two or so updates but i don't want to lose my configuration on andy's client. Is there a way to backup my settings so i can go and try the official version and come back if i find it lacking?
Or is there a way to have both versions installed as this was not possible back in december 2023?

I've been testing server v 10.9 for a couple of days now and found out that it plays mostly fine with andy's version of the client, only failing to find files once in a while. Backing out and trying to play the file again usually fixes the error.

 

I just updated my docker to 10.9.3
Not tested with Andy's client yet, but one thing I noticed right away is that there is no way now to add or edit the direct network path for a library folder. For my existing library folders it shows the path under manage library - but I could not edit it without likely removing it I reckon (not even going to try!)... so hoping it still works for now with the existing paths.
Wondering if it might be better to revert to the last 10.8... but I also have to then downgrade my other clients as they are warning the server needs to be 10.9 as of the next update.
So what is going to happen going forward here... we need that direct path for best playback in the Zidoo using the native player; Andy's app will be broken for me without it as far as I'm concerned.
@andy22 do you have any initial input on this?

 

I did a little digging into my appdata, and found that the library options are an xml file, and in there I can see my network path still. So as long as the server keeps reading that and serving it to Andy's app now and going forward, then direct path should continue to work. I'd feel happier if Jellyfin were not deprecating the option though... as they might totally remove support for it one day???

for example this is in my appdata\jellyfin\data\root\default\3D Legacy Movies\options.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LibraryOptions xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<EnablePhotos>true</EnablePhotos>
<EnableRealtimeMonitor>false</EnableRealtimeMonitor>
<EnableChapterImageExtraction>false</EnableChapterImageExtraction>
<ExtractChapterImagesDuringLibraryScan>false</ExtractChapterImagesDuringLibraryScan>
<PathInfos>
<MediaPathInfo>
<Path>/data/3dmovies</Path>
<NetworkPath>smb://USERNAME|PASSWORD@IP/Video/3D</NetworkPath>
</MediaPathInfo>
</PathInfos>

 

I did a quick test creating a new library. I edited the options.xml for it to add a network path. This did not show initially in Jellyfin under Manage Library... and in fact would get deleted from the xml file if I clicked 'OK' on that dialog. So I added it back and then restarted my JF server. THEN it shows in the library options... and stays there if I change some other option and save it. So seems for now we can use this to set the network path, and hoping it works OK in Andy's app.
Someone should contact the JF team and make sure they keep it in the library schema, and let us keep using it with Andy's app so we can support Direct path on the zidoo
EDIT: Can confirm that server 10.9.3 works fine with direct path with Andy's app, with the above proviso on setting it.

 

Other quirk i've found lately is that running Jellyfin Server 10.9.3, the search feature on Andy's Jelyfin client doesn't work anymore. I have the 1.0.86_G version of the Zidoo Z9X PRO firmware.

Dunno if anyone has the same problem or maybe i'm doing something wrong here.

 

I find the same... not the end of the World but does make me wonder how long it'll keep working for. I guess I could side load a version of Jellyfin Android on my alternative TV setup to avoid being forced to update my server.... Hoping Andy has the time to produce the slim version of his app he mentioned

 

This bug keeps on happening onto Jellyfin Server 10.9.7.
I dunno if having updated my Z9 PRO to 1.0.86_G (from 1.0.75_G) has anything to do with it, also i'm having some hard time "waking" the HDDs when trying to play anything for the first time after turning on the player. Sometimes it can take up to 6-10 times trying to hit the play button.

 

Not the Zidoo firmware. I have a Z9x with the last non beta version... same issue. I don't use the search... I user the letter view instead and can quickly find what I need

 

Damn no search function!?!? That's too bad.

I'm still on an older JF server version and use the search quite a bit with thousands of titles. My Shield has been telling me to update it, but I usually use Plex on that. This makes me not want to update until I have no choice.

 

Yes, with jellyfin 10.9.0 they removed that direct path mode (PR). There a several dicussions about it (e.g. #1, #2, #3). There's also a warning in the official docs. So I'll stay on 10.8.13 for best compatibility with Andys version as of now.

And does anyone use the a recent Jellyfin Server (>=10.9.0) and the official Android TV Client (not from Zidoo and not Andys version) and can share how well it works atm? Does it playback BDMV, VIDEO_TS folders? iso files? DVD/Blu-Ray menus? Is the "watched" state of a movie updated in Jellyfin?