intro-skipper project dead?

[pavichokche]

same im not sure whats up with the android client, it also doesnt show the bif previews in the app anymore

If you switch in Client settings to the 'Web player' then the new trickplay-based images work (the jellyscrub bif-based images are replaced in 10.9+). Who knows, the intro skip might work on that player too, but it's kind of a worse player than the 'Integrated player' because it has no background playback (screen off) and it needs transcoding/remuxing on many formats. Also I think it doesn't have gesture support. So if you're not using these features of the integrated player, switching to the web player might unlock all the missing functionality (trickplay scrub images and intro skipping).

[pcm]

https://github.com/jumoog/intro-skipper

Does this work with southpark episodes ? I can see it working with other TVshows... but it does not seem to be working for southpark for whatever reason ... Is it just me or have others had this problem too ?

EDIT: I take that back... It does not work with any tv-show on AppleTV's Swiftfin app...

[podonnell]

Where do I look for support on this plugin? I have it completely working but just had an instance where a skip segment was wrong, and the manage fingerprints appeared correct (blue during the actual intro).

[Efficient_Good_5784]

Where do I look for support on this plugin? I have it completely working but just had an instance where a skip segment was wrong, and the manage fingerprints appeared correct (blue during the actual intro).

For the intro skipper plugin that's still being maintained, they have a discord chat linked on the about section in the github page: https://github.com/jumoog/intro-skipper

I would try asking there for help.

[gaming09]

attempted to put a request into the githubs for the android apks and was told they will not support 3rd party plugins. not sure why, this seems liek a basic function that works and can be folded into the main app

[pavichokche]

attempted to put a request into the githubs for the android apks and was told they will not support 3rd party plugins. not sure why, this seems liek a basic function that works and can be folded into the main app

That is their usual stance on most things, and I kind of understand it. However, in this case they don't need to do much. The plugin is already supported and working on the SERVER, and it just sends control commands to the clients that are playing content. The client PLAYER just needs to support receiving "skip to" commands from the server.
For example, the Android TV client, which is worked on by many of the same people, built-in player does support intro/credits skipping.

[B C]

attempted to put a request into the githubs for the android apks and was told they will not support 3rd party plugins. not sure why, this seems liek a basic function that works and can be folded into the main app

That is their usual stance on most things, and I kind of understand it. However, in this case they don't need to do much. The plugin is already supported and working on the SERVER, and it just sends control commands to the clients that are playing content. The client PLAYER just needs to support receiving "skip to" commands from the server.
For example, the Android TV client, which is worked on by many of the same people, built-in player does support intro/credits skipping.

Was looking to switch to Jellyfin, but from what you're saying, intro skip doesn't work on certain clients?

[TheDreadPirate]

Intro skipper injects modifications into Jellyfin-web. Because of this, the only clients that can use intro skipper are those that are based on jellyfin-web. "Native" clients need to add intro skipper support separately. Since it isn't an official plugin nor integrated into Jellyfin, I don't foresee our native clients supporting it.

Web based clients:
Jellyfin Media Player
Jellyfin for Android
Jellyfin Mobile (iOS)
WebOS
Tizen (not sure if this uses local copy of web or server provided web)

Native clients:
Android TV
Swiftfin
Roku

[B C]

Ok thanks for the info. Any reason this is not getting baked into Jellyfin? I think it was in Emby and Plex.

[TheDreadPirate]

The way the intro skipper plugin worked is by analyzing and "fingerprinting" the video looking for where there are repeats between episodes (intros/outros). But that is computationally expensive, in additional to all the other features in Jellyfin that are computationally expensive. In 10.10, there will be a feature called "media segments" that may enable a built-in intro skipper at a future time in a much less computationally expensive manner.