Jellyfin for iOS 1.6.0

[thornbill]

Version 1.6.0 of Jellyfin for iOS has been published to the App Store! 🚀

This marks the first release of the app since 2022! Read more about the update and obstacles we overcame to make this happen in the blog post.

https://jellyfin.org/posts/ios-v1.6.0

[Goby]

Thanks for all the job done. The app is amazing.

One little question though :
I saw on the GitHub :
🔧 Additional changes

Add experimental video download support by @thornbill in #366

but couldn't find how to download the video.

[TheDreadPirate]

Did you enable the feature in the developer options in the app?

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-expo/pull/366

[theguymadmax]

It actually took me a little while to figure this one out. In the settings page you need to scroll down to the bottom page and press and hold down on (Jellyfin Mobile (iOS)) and that will pop open the super secret developer options screen. I'm not sure if this is documented anywhere so don't tell anyone.

[Goby]

Thanks for the tip, I spent long minutes to look for the dev option thinking "I won't ask to the forum or I'd look like a stupid".

The download works pretty much well. My only issue when I play the video downloaded, the video player with which I cannot choose the audio track and subtitles.
Is there a way to choose alternative video player like VLC? Is there any way to find the file downloaded in the apple "file" app?

Thanks for your help.

[thornbill]

It’s not documented anywhere because it’s not in a state that is ready for general use and I don’t plan to accept issue reports until it is. 😉

Subtitle support is listed in this issue: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-expo/issues/372

[Goby]

I totally understand and be patient. Thanks again for the great job. Looking forward to seeing the 1.7.0 (according to the roadmap)

[awake]

First of all: thanks for taking care of the iDevices-crowd with Jellyfin. It's, in my opinion, the best way to consume my media and I've fiddled around with other solutions a lot.

However, I have a question regarding Swiftfin and Jellyfin. As I understand, Swiftfin is a native Swift rewrite of Jellyfin that is lacking behind when it comes to functionality (updating metadata as an example). Is there a plan to merge Jellyfin into Swiftfin somewhere on the roadmap? I'd be absolutely fine if you could point me into a longread about the development of both apps as well, I'm kind of not able to find the right source it seems.

[TheDreadPirate]

First of all: thanks for taking care of the iDevices-crowd with Jellyfin. It's, in my opinion, the best way to consume my media and I've fiddled around with other solutions a lot.

However, I have a question regarding Swiftfin and Jellyfin. As I understand, Swiftfin is a native Swift rewrite of Jellyfin that is lacking behind when it comes to functionality (updating metadata as an example). Is there a plan to merge Jellyfin into Swiftfin somewhere on the roadmap? I'd be absolutely fine if you could point me into a longread about the development of both apps as well, I'm kind of not able to find the right source it seems.

https://github.com/jellyfin/Swiftfin/discussions/1294

[thornbill]

Given they are written using different technologies, different individuals are developing them, and they have different objectives, I think they will always remain independent projects.

Here is a high level overview of some of the differences between the apps... really we should find a permanent place to document this. I'm happy to answer any specific questions also.

Swiftfin

• Written in Swift + SwiftUI
  
• Better codec support for direct play
  
• Only supports very recent iOS versions (uses latest SwiftUI features)
  
• Supports Apple TV
  
• No current plans for supporting other media types or functionality like the admin dashboard (some admin functionality has been added recently)
  

Jellyfin

• Written in Expo/React Native + webview for main UI
  
• Supports all media types and features
  
• Supports iOS 12.4+ (will likely be 15+ later this year as dependencies are updated)
  
• Limited codec support (only codecs natively supported by iOS)
  
• Cannot support Apple TV (webviews are not allowed by Apple)