jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim v3.2.0

v3.2: Bug Fixes, IME, External Audio & Bitmap Subtitles, MPRIS

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This release adds input method support, external bitmap subtitle and audio support, MPRIS (media key) support on Linux, fixes a possible crash when scrolling the library, and makes library filters persistent. Transcoding media with PGS/VOB subtitles doesn't require burning those subtitles in anymore, making transcoded subtitles easier to read. There's also a new theme "Elegance" inspired by the ElegantFin custom CSS theme.

Changes:

• Add MPRIS media controls support for Linux (#129)
  • Full support including next/prev and cover art. Confirmed working with playerctl and KDE connect.
• IME input now works in text fields on Windows and Wayland (#798). X11 is not supported.
• External subtitles and audio
  • External PGS and VobSub (as *.mks) files are now playable.
  • Transcodes can extract bitmap subtitles now, making subtitles significantly easier to read on transcodes.
  • Transcode subtitle extraction can be slow, it is done async to avoid hanging the player. If you have problems, either install Subtitle Extract or disable via the extract_image_subtitles setting.
  • External audio tracks are supported, this still requires a remux at a minimum.
• Fixed possible app crash during library scrolling (#800)
• Added Elegance theme, inspired by ElegantFin (#805)
• Library
  • Library filters are now remembered by default. You can disable this via a setting.
  • Collections have been added to the Favorites page (#816).
  • HTML and BBCode in descriptions are now removed if your metadata provider adds them.
• Playback
  • Audiobooks are now resumable from tile play button/menus.
  • Music queues now support shuffle.
  • Play queues now update more reliably when updated by a phone or Syncplay.
  • The music volume slider now shows the actual volume not 100%.
  • Trickplay images towards the end of the video now load.
  • Fixed external MPV sometimes hanging on shutdown.
  • Fixed possible race condition from Syncplay queue updates.
  • stop_cmd runs when playback ends for any reason now, and is skipped by default when casting over an already playing queue (configurable).
• Images
  • Added support for EXIF rotation and ICC colour profiles.
  • Excessively large images are now refused instead of using up large amounts of RAM.
  • The thumbnail cache doesn't remember broken images anymore.
  • Downloaded images are fully cleaned up when removing media.
  • Fixed issue where trickplay spams duplicate requests.
  • Missing chapter images are now handled.
  • Fix handling of corrupted images in comic/epub readers.
• Platform-specific
  • Updated mpv version on Windows.
  • Updated flatpak runtime to GNOME 51.

When upgrading/installing on Linux via PyPI, use:

pip install --upgrade "jellyfin-mpv-shim[all]"

You can also install on Linux via Flathub.

About testing: The end-to-end test suite now has a faster light tier for use during development, and the release gate still runs the full suite on both mpv backends on Linux and Windows.

About Windows Downloads:

• If your CPU is older than roughly 2013 or you get a 0xc0000142 error you need to use the LEGACY64 build.
• You do not need administrator rights to install the software.
• You can avoid warnings on files by unblocking the file in the properties dialog.
• You may need to disable Smart App Control if unblocking via Properties does not work.

Development was assisted using AI.