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​

0.4.4 (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

 

[TheStonedModder]

This is the best thing ever! Great work

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

 

[Gaara4]

I got this error message "SSL connect error"
I just put in the server ip "https://192.168.178.xx:8096" like i do it in my browser
The server runs on an rapsberry pi 4

 

[dragonflylee]

I got this error message "SSL connect error"
I just put in the server ip "https://192.168.178.xx:8096" like i do it in my browser
The server runs on an rapsberry pi 4

maybe your server url is http://192.168.178.xx:8096
not https

 

[Gaara4]

Ok shame on me. Of course thats was the problem. Thanks

I also have the problem that on some videos i can not select the audi or subtitle. I know that the file does have multiple languages but i can not change it. I only appers on some shows. It might be the container but i dont know. It works on my firestick with the jellyfin app.

 

[dragonflylee]

Ok shame on me. Of course thats was the problem. Thanks

I also have the problem that on some videos i can not select the audi or subtitle. I know that the file does have multiple languages but i can not change it. I only appers on some shows. It might be the container but i dont know. It works on my firestick with the jellyfin app.

switchfin has some issue in transcode mode for now, such as audio/sub selection ,
you can confirm video profile by press `minus` button.

can you take screenshot of video profile?

 

[linuxares]

Holy cow! I remember talking about Jellyfin and it might be possible for Switch. Seems like you proved me to be right

Great job!

EDIT: ooh frontpaged :3

 

[proconsule54]

Very very good! Fresh air for the scene

 

[ostebob]

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

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

 

[Gaara4]

switchfin has some issue in transcode mode for now, such as audio/sub selection ,
you can confirm video profile by press `minus` button.

can you take screenshot of video profile?

Sure. Here a two examples.

 

[proconsule54]

OSD File Stats output if terrific! Nice job!

 

[wiiu20603]

I got this error message "SSL connect error"
I just put in the server ip "https://192.168.178.xx:8096" like i do it in my browser
The server runs on an rapsberry pi 4

You really don't need to hide local IP addresses.
If somebody's in your network, you're screwed. An attacker can find the local IP address of everything on the network.

My locally hosted server with every file and photo from the past 20 years is located at 192.168.1.134.

 

[octopus]

Sick homebrew, thank you.
Subtitles do not seem to work, using DirectPlay.

 

[linuxares]

Sick homebrew, thank you.
Subtitles do not seem to work, using DirectPlay.

Did you try the suggestion?

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

 

[VashTS]

can Jellyfin connect to my existing plex server?

 

[linuxares]

can Jellyfin connect to my existing plex server?

Jellyfin isn't Plex.

Jellyfin is based on Emby.

 

[Psycho]

this is so fkin clean!! i like clean

great work!

 

[jomaper]

This is the best thing ever! Great work

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

what's wrong with plex?

 

[BaamAlex]

Nxmp is my favorite, but I will definitely test this too. Looks great. Thanks for this.

 

[TobiasAmaranth]

Nxmp is my favorite, but I will definitely test this too. Looks great. Thanks for this.

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.