Stops playing sound when screen locks

[TheDreadPirate]

Give Finamp a try. Make sure you are using the TestFlight version.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/UqHTQTSs

[Steve Klett]

I'm pretty new to Jellyfin and just ran into the same issue with music stopping when the screen locks. At the start of this thread it sounds like there *was* a feature to mitigate this, but then the thread changed to using Finamp and a TestFlight version, at that. Does this mean the JellyFin app can't handle a locked screen on iOS and that the feature that was referenced is no longer available? I'd much rather not have to install different apps to use Jellyfin, if possible.

Anyone know if there is a way to make the iOS JellyFin app continue to play music with the locked screen? If not, is this an indication of the state of things with regards to the JellyFin iOS app?

[tabb]

Work perfectly with finamp (whitout testflight)

[Peter]

I tried to login several times without success, same error :-(.

Finally, I thought about the "Maximum number of simultaneous user sessions" (Edit User - Profile - Maximum number of simultaneous user sessions) setting, which was set to 1 and I had already a Jellyfin session open. Increased the "Maximum number of simultaneous user sessions" setting and I was able to login.
Now, when the screen locks or when using another app simultaneously, Finamp (mp3) keeps playing :-).

Thank you all for your suggestions, especially @theguymadmax !

I had my fingers crossed that this would work for me as well but it doesn't seem to have made a difference. I changed my 'Maximum number of simultaneous user sessions' parameter to 10, re-synced my Media files and reset my iOS Jellyfin app completely before re-logging and loading up a song.

My MP3s are still pausing as soon as I minimize the Jellyfin app or lock my phone. Do you think it could be a hardware limitation? I'm using an iPhone SE (2nd Gen) with iOS 18.1.1.

You need to install Finamp and use it instead of Jellyfin to play your MP3's.