Jellyfin integration

If your anime lives on a Jellyfin server, SubMiner can appear as a cast target in any Jellyfin client. Cast an episode and it plays in SubMiner's mpv with the overlay and Yomitan lookup attached.

Setup

You need a Jellyfin server (Jellyfin 12 is supported) and your username and password.

1. Start SubMiner and leave it in the system tray.
2. Open the tray menu and click Configure Jellyfin. You can also run subminer jellyfin.
3. Enter the Server URL (for example http://127.0.0.1:8096), Username, and Password, then click Login.

SubMiner stores an encrypted session token, not your password, and turns the integration on. Reopen the same window to switch servers or log out.

Casting from Jellyfin

After you sign in, tick Jellyfin Discovery in the tray menu. SubMiner then shows up in the cast ("Play on") menu under your computer's hostname until it quits. To connect every time SubMiner starts, turn on startupWarmups.jellyfinRemoteSession and leave remoteControlAutoConnect on.

1. In the Jellyfin web or mobile app, start playing an episode.
2. Open the cast menu and pick your computer.

SubMiner starts mpv if it is not already running. Pause, seek, stop, and track changes in the Jellyfin app are mirrored in mpv, and watch progress syncs back to Jellyfin. Playback resumes from Jellyfin's saved position.

SubMiner selects a Japanese subtitle track automatically and resets mpv's subtitle delay to zero. It direct-plays files when it can and asks Jellyfin to transcode the rest.

If an episode has no Japanese subtitles, you can generate them with Whisper while it plays.

Casting finds mpv through mpv.executablePath, then SUBMINER_MPV_PATH, then PATH. On macOS it then checks /opt/homebrew/bin/mpv, /usr/local/bin/mpv, and /Applications/mpv.app, because an app opened from Finder, the Dock, or Spotlight does not get your shell's PATH. If mpv lives somewhere else, set mpv.executablePath to its full path (command -v mpv prints it). An invalid mpv.executablePath stops mpv from starting.

Playing from the terminal

The launcher can browse your libraries and play an item without a Jellyfin client:

subminer jellyfin -p       # fzf picker; `jf` is an alias for `jellyfin`
subminer -R jellyfin -p    # rofi picker

Sign in first. Playback resumes from Jellyfin's saved position, and watch progress syncs back the same way it does for casting, whether or not discovery is on. If SubMiner is already running, the picker uses it and leaves it running. Otherwise the launcher starts SubMiner and quits it when you close mpv, the same as playing a local file. See Launcher script for the other jellyfin subcommands.

Options

All options are under Settings > Integrations > Jellyfin, or jellyfin in config.jsonc. See Configuration for the full list and defaults.

Key	What it does
enabled	Turns the integration on. Set for you when you sign in.
serverUrl	Your Jellyfin server. Filled in when you sign in.
remoteControlEnabled	Lets SubMiner act as a cast target.
remoteControlAutoConnect	Connects at startup when startupWarmups.jellyfinRemoteSession is on.
autoAnnounce	Re-announces the device on connect. Try it if SubMiner appears late.
transcodeVideoCodec	Video codec requested when Jellyfin transcodes.

For headless setups, SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_ACCESS_TOKEN and SUBMINER_JELLYFIN_USER_ID supply a session without the sign-in window. Treat the token store and config.jsonc as secrets.

Troubleshooting

SubMiner is missing from the cast menu. Check that SubMiner is running, that you are signed in (log in again if the token expired), and that discovery is on. The Jellyfin client and SubMiner must use the same server.

Casting starts but nothing plays. Confirm the item plays in another Jellyfin client. If mpv was closed, give SubMiner a few seconds to start it.

Linux token storage fails. SubMiner stores the token with gnome-libsecret by default. Start your keyring, or pass --password-store=basic_text.