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Jellyfin Compatibility

Prismedia speaks a Jellyfin-compatible API so third-party Jellyfin client apps can discover your server, sign in, browse, and play your library — without Prismedia being a Jellyfin server or storing a Jellyfin schema.

Experimental

This is an experimental compatibility layer, not a full Jellyfin implementation. It is built and tested against specific clients (below). Other Jellyfin apps may work partially or not at all, and behavior can change between releases.

Tested clients​

ClientVideoAudio
Infuse✅✅
Manet—✅
Finamp—✅
Symfonium—✅

Video playback is tested through Infuse (direct play of compatible files, on-demand HLS otherwise). Music plays through Infuse and dedicated music clients (Manet, Finamp, Symfonium, and the official Jellyfin apps).

What works​

  • Discovery & sign-in — clients find the server and authenticate with a Jellyfin profile (a "fake user") plus the app API key. See Profiles, API Key & NSFW Servers.
  • Browsing — Movies, Series (with seasons/episodes), Videos, and a Music library of artists, albums, and tracks; collections and "Next Up"/resume shelves; poster, backdrop, logo, and thumbnail artwork.
  • Video playback — direct play for files the client can decode, transcoded HLS otherwise, with rich media-source/codec metadata so capable clients (e.g. Infuse) direct-play 4K HEVC / Dolby Vision.
  • Audio playback — direct for common formats, transcoded on the fly otherwise.
  • Progress sync — resume position, completion, and play counts sync both ways with Prismedia's native player, so where you stop in Infuse is where you resume in the browser.
  • NSFW filtering — each profile independently shows or hides NSFW content, so you can run separate SFW and NSFW "servers" in your client. See Profiles, API Key & NSFW Servers.

How it fits together​

Jellyfin client (Infuse / Manet)
    │  Jellyfin API + token
    ▼
.NET API  ── /System  /Users  /Items  /Videos  /Audio  /Sessions  /Library  …
    │
    ├─ authenticates the token to a Jellyfin profile
    ├─ filters NSFW per the profile's setting
    └─ streams from Prismedia's existing video/audio pipeline

The Jellyfin routes are protected by Prismedia's own token auth — they are not part of the /api/* surface. If you put Prismedia behind a reverse-proxy/SSO middleware, those routes must bypass the proxy's login so clients can authenticate. See Reverse Proxy & Auth Middleware.

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