jellyfin-playback

MPV

Download MPV https://mpv.io/installation/
To configure MPV on Windows, the mpv.conf is located in %appdata%/mpv

HDR

vo=gpu-next
gpu-api=vulkan #or gpu-api=d3d11
fullscreen=yes
target-colorspace-hint=yes

Native Jellyfin player has some oddities

• vo=gpu-next doesn’t work, when these configuration are added, everytime it plays, it spawns a new MPV window with no option to control it

Jellyfin MPV Shim

winget install ianwalton.jellyfinmpvshim

The configuration files are located in %appdata%\jellyfin-mpv-shim
Change the following lines in config.json

    "mpv_ext": true,
    "mpv_ext_ipc": "mpv",
    "mpv_ext_no_ovr": true,
    "mpv_ext_path": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\mpv\\mpv.exe",
    "mpv_ext_start": true,
    "mpv_log_level": "info",

• this will use MPV installed in the system with HDR support
  However, subtitle options in mpv.conf does not work, it has to be configured in Shim

    "subtitle_color": "#FF808080",
    "subtitle_position": "bottom",
    "subtitle_size": 75,

	"transcode_dolby_vision": false,
	"allow_transcode_to_h265": true,
	"prefer_transcode_to_h265": true,

• these will allow H265 transcoding to the client

etlp

https://github.com/kjtsune/embyToLocalPlayer
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/448648-embytolocalplayer
This script allows playback of jellyfin content in any local players.