Switchfin is third-party PC player for Jellyfin that provides a native user interface to browse and play movies and series.

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This project is in its early stages so expect bugs.

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Screenshots​

Home	Library
Search	Episode
Music

Features​

• Completely native interface
• Supported media items: movies, series, seasons, episodes
  • Direct play and transcoding
• Base on MPV Player
  • Container formats: mkv, mov, mp4, avi
  • Video codecs: H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, AV1
  • Audio codecs: Opus, FLAC, MP3, AAC, AC-3, E-AC-3, TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD
  • Subtitle codecs: SRT, VTT, SSA/ASS, DVDSUB
  • Optionally force software decoding when hardware decoding has issues.

Input mapping during playback​

• A Play/Pause
• B Stop during
• Y Toggle OSD
• X Show Menu
• R/L Seek +/-
• L Stick Button Toggle Speed Select
• R Stick Button Toggle Video Quality Select
• + Show video profile

ChangeLog​

0.5.0 (2024-5-22)
add danmu plugin integration
add video flip and subtitle sync support for player
add video equalizer setting
add episode selector on player view
add new option `Always on top` for desktop platform
add Czech localization
support `MusicView` and `PlayList`
forward nsp add startup logo

0.4.4 (2023-1-28)
add proxy option for http request
sync filter setting with official media player
add setting entry from server add tab
fix osd lock touch gesture
fix wrong toggle icon after seek when paused
fix crash when open filter

0.4.3 (2023-1-19)
add logout from setting tab
player view add touch gesture
upgrade ffmpeg 6.1.1
fix series tab viewed badge
fix device name under macOS

0.4.2 (2023-1-09)
add close button for series/collection
add lock button for player view
auto hide osd on loading end
fix login disclaimer after switch server
fix cannot trigger loading next page after refresh

0.4.1 (2023-11-26)
add tap control for progress slider
add volume control for video
add play progress on more page
add login disclaimer display
fixed server selection by joystick
fix home tab auto refresh

0.4.0 (2023-11-16)
add music album support*
save video quality to config
add option of player_inmemory_cache
improve password input
fix option for speed control
fix osd show timeout

0.3.4 (2023-11-10)
add option for open debug layer
add support of clear search history
improve url check for server add
fix osd navigate with dpad/analog stick

0.3.3 (2023-11-8)
movie collection support
add filter for media collection
add speed up feature when pressed on
add play/stop action when double click
upgrade ffmpeg to release/6.1

0.3.2 (2023-9-27)
add new option forceDirectPlay
support chapter select
support subtitle/audio track selection on transcode play
fix trancode codec type
fix crash on exit when playing media

0.3.1(2023-9-18)
switch: FFmpeg: support vp9 hwdec
server list support user selection
login quick connect support
fix crash when http exception

0.3.0 (2023-9-8)
switch: FFmpeg: Update to 6.0 with hwaccel backend, Thanks to averne
set mpv option subs-fallback to yes
complete server list selector
fix searies tab layout
fix search result not update when delete charactor
fix: setting selection which required restart

If external subtitle didn't display correctly, please put your font to /switch/Swichfin/subfont.ttf

Post here any kind of bug/suggestions.
Enjoy!

Thanks to​

• @xfangfang for wiliwili
• @devkitpro and switchbrew for libnx
• @natinusala and XITRIX for borealis
• @proconsule54 for nxmp
• @averne for great work of FFmpeg hwaccel backend

 

[dragonflylee]

I tested Nxmp recently, it's definitely decent. My problem is that I'm a networking dunce so I don't know how to set myself up a local file hosting from my non-Linux PC, heh.

rclone maybe one of the most easy way to host local file,

rclone serve webdav "D:\Video" --read-only

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alternatively alist is another powerful tools for file host https://alist.nn.ci/guide/install/manual.html

 

[ertaboy356b]

Great, what would be even greater is Streamio since I have a Debrid setup their.

 

[kidcharlemagne]

I tested Nxmp recently, it's definitely decent. My problem is that I'm a networking dunce so I don't know how to set myself up a local file hosting from my non-Linux PC, heh.

Over HTTP? Use simple HTTP server: https://github.com/TheWaWaR/simple-http-server

Drop it in a folder in run it. Ta-da, you are now serving every file in that folder and all subfolders.

 

[bowlofspiders]

This is the best thing ever! Great work

The more devices that support jellyfish the closer I can get to ditching plex for good

I'm getting closer to ditching Plex because the feature parity is almost there for Jellyfin. Guessing a swap within ~6 months myself.

 

[Thorhax]

awesome thx

 

[PoloNX]

Nice project. Love that

 

[driverdis]

With Plex trying to block users running on VPS solutions (Hetzner so far, more are likely to come), it is nice to see a client like this come out for those of us who want to ditch Plex.

 

[TheStonedModder]

what's wrong with plex?

Lots of things but my biggest gripe is that a lot of their stuff is getting locked behind their paywall(which is fine I have a lifetime license) but they are also pushing these features to the wayside in favor of things no one asks for (like live tv) while a lot of our paywalled features are bugged and don’t properly work most of the time

Try downloading a piece of your content through their plex app for offline use. It will likely get stuck as transcoding and never download

 

[dragonflylee]

Sure. Here a two examples.

try which add new option `force direct play`

 

[SimisFul]

This is the best thing ever! Great work

The more devices that support jellyfish the closer I can get to ditching plex for good

I'm curious, what are other devices where Plex is supported and not Jellyfin? I'm guessing PS3, I can't remember if Xbox has plex but Jellyfin works okay in Edge. Well playback is great, controls aren't of course.

 

[linuxares]

I'm curious, what are other devices where Plex is supported and not Jellyfin? I'm guessing PS3, I can't remember if Xbox has plex but Jellyfin works okay in Edge. Well playback is great, controls aren't of course.

Plex is a commercial application so they probably paid for a devkit and developed it to for example a PS4.

Jellyfin needs to be ported and since they have no monetary insensitive, I guess they won't "port it" to other platforms.

 

[TheStonedModder]

I'm curious, what are other devices where Plex is supported and not Jellyfin? I'm guessing PS3, I can't remember if Xbox has plex but Jellyfin works okay in Edge. Well playback is great, controls aren't of course.

The big difference between plex and jellyfin/emby

Is that plex has an app on damn near every device I’ve ever searched on. Even shitty smart TVs. Which is the biggest reason I still use plex myself

Jellyfin/emby are much more spread out with what devices have apps or not. Like for example PS4/5. Plex supports it but Jellyfin/emby does not

 

[Gaara4]

try which add new option `force direct play`

Does work. Now i have the otpion to choose the subtitle and audio track.

 

[linuxares]

The big difference between plex and jellyfin/emby

Is that plex has an app on damn near every device I’ve ever searched on. Even shitty smart TVs. Which is the biggest reason I still use plex myself

Jellyfin/emby are much more spread out with what devices have apps or not. Like for example PS4/5. Plex supports it but Jellyfin/emby does not

Emby works on a lot.

https://emby.media/download.html

Since it's also commercial

 

[TheStonedModder]

Emby works on a lot.

https://emby.media/download.html

Since it's also commercial

Wow emby supports a ton more than I remember! Maybe I wasnt a fan of the Ui or something else minor/dumb

Thanks for the correction. I’ll have to try them out tonight

 

[linuxares]

To bad they stopped being opensource 2018. That's the source code that Jellyfin adapted and continued working on.

 

[averne]

Might be off topic, but could the hw accel be used for moonlight?

Edit: github/XITRIX/Moonlight-Switch/pull/113

It already is, check out the last release
https://github.com/XITRIX/Moonlight-Switch/releases/latest

 

[SimisFul]

The big difference between plex and jellyfin/emby

Is that plex has an app on damn near every device I’ve ever searched on. Even shitty smart TVs. Which is the biggest reason I still use plex myself

Jellyfin/emby are much more spread out with what devices have apps or not. Like for example PS4/5. Plex supports it but Jellyfin/emby does not

I see, fair enough! Thanks for the details

 

[TobiasAmaranth]

Over HTTP? Use simple HTTP server: https://github.com/TheWaWaR/simple-http-server

Drop it in a folder in run it. Ta-da, you are now serving every file in that folder and all subfolders.

This looks like it may be a winner, but what's the way to get it working in NXMP? https://gbatemp.net/threads/nxmp-nintendo-switch-media-player.601868/post-10247780 (The Add Share thing is pretty buggy too so I'll just manually make it if there's something I can copy over..?)

 

[jomaper]

Lots of things but my biggest gripe is that a lot of their stuff is getting locked behind their paywall(which is fine I have a lifetime license) but they are also pushing these features to the wayside in favor of things no one asks for (like live tv) while a lot of our paywalled features are bugged and don’t properly work most of the time

Try downloading a piece of your content through their plex app for offline use. It will likely get stuck as transcoding and never download

I see, my use has been pretty limited so I guess that's why I haven't found any big issues. Thanks!