Wolfskin: personal Android TV fork of Wholphin (damontecres/Wholphin), the Jellyfin client for the living-room TV. GPL-2.0.
https://github.com/damontecres/Wholphin
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## Description This PR overhauls how audio and subtitle track persistence works for series! Previously, when you chose an audio or subtitle track for an episode, only the language was saved and used for subsequent episodes. This meant aspects about why that choice were lost such as a forced or hearing impaired track. This PR changes the persistence to include more details about the chosen track. Additionally, the persistence is saved at both the season and series levels. ## How it works Selecting the track uses the first success option: 1. Episode specific - User has explicitly chosen an audio/subtitle track for this episode 2. Season specific - User has chosen the track for another episode in this season 3. Series specific - User has chosen the track for another episode in this series 4. User preferences - User has _not_ chosen a track for the episode, season, nor series, so determine track based on the preferred audio language, preferred subtitle language, and subtitle mode Additionally, the season or series specific choices use a scoring algorithm to find the best suited track. For example, if the chosen tracks for an episode in the season had the forced flag, this will be preferred for subsequent episodes. Same for SDH/hearing impaired or title, etc. This means that the common case, where a season has substantially identical tracks, will use the same ones across all episodes (after choosing for one, otherwise falling back to the series or user preferences). Finally, this also means that users that prefer SDH/hearing impaired subtitles can be prioritized now, though there is no global preference for this yet. The previous track language choices are migrated to the new algorithm. They lack the additional context, but this makes for a seamless transition. ## UI changes The context menu for choosing audio or subtitle tracks now displays why that track was chosen. ### Related issues Fixes #1795 Maybe fixes #1783 Related to #1136 & #1798 Closes #1470 ### Testing Previous unit tests for track selection all pass, plus there are a few additional unit tests. I've done some testing on the emulator and it seems to work well. But I think real world testing will be needed. ## AI or LLM usage None |
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Wholphin - an OSS Android TV client for Jellyfin
"Never half-phin two jellies. Always wholphin one jelly."
Wholphin is an open-source Android TV client for Jellyfin. It aims to provide a different app UI that's inspired by Plex for users interested in migrating to Jellyfin.
This is not a fork of the official client. Wholphin's user interface and controls have been written completely from scratch. Wholphin supports playing media using either ExoPlayer or MPV.
Features
User interface
- Customize the home page to see the content you are interested in
- Use poster or thumb images, show/hide titles, add/remove/re-order different types of rows!
- Option to combine the Continue Watching & Next Up into a single row
- Pin collections, playlists, favorites, genres, and studios
- Remove series from next up
- A navigation drawer for quick access to libraries, favorites, search, and settings from almost anywhere in the app
- Integration with Seerr to discover new movies and TV shows
- Note: only available when installed from GitHub or the Play store
- Customize library display
- Option to show Movie/TV Show titles
- Choose image types & size
- Choose from grid or list layouts
- Play theme music, if available
- Customize subtitle style for plain text subtitles with separate HDR settings
- Search & download subtitles (requires compatible server plugin such as OpenSubtitles)
- Multiple app color themes
- Protect user profile switches with PIN code or require server login
- Change the user interface language per user
- In-app & Android OS screensaver support
Playback
- Different media playback engines:
- ExoPlayer w/ optional extra audio, SSA/ASS, & AV1 software decoding
- MPV for direct playing anything with great SSA/ASS subtitle support
- Plex inspired playback controls:
- Using D-Pad left/right for seeking during playback
- Quickly access video chapters & queue during playback
- Optionally skip back a few seconds when resuming playback
- Live TV & DVR support
- Music & music video support
- Cinema mode/pre-roll intro support (requires compatible server plugin such as Intros)
- Auto play next episodes with pass out protection
- Option for automatic refresh rate & resolution switching on supported displays
- Trickplay (video preview) support
- Subtly show playback position along the bottom of the screen while seeking w/ D-Pad
Roadmap
Installation
Using Google Play or Amazon appstore are the fastest way to install. But you can follow these instructions to install without needing an app store
Downloader Code: 8668671
- Enable side-loading "unknown" apps
- https://androidtvnews.com/unknown-sources-chromecast-google-tv/
- https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-sideload-apps-android-tv/
- https://developer.android.com/distribute/marketing-tools/alternative-distribution#unknown-sources
- https://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-enable-apps-from-unknown-sources-on-an-amazon-fire-tv-or-fire-tv-stick/
- Install the APK on your Android TV device with one of these options:
- Install a browser program such as Downloader, use it to get the latest apk with short code
8668671or URL: http://aftv.news/8668671 - Download the latest APK release from the releases page or http://aftv.news/8668671
- Put the APK on an SD Card/USB stick/network share and use a file manager app from the Google Play Store / Amazon AppStore (e.g.
FX File Explorer). Android's preinstalled file manager probably will not work! - Use
Send files to TVfrom the Google Play Store on your phone & TV - (Expert) Use ADB to install the APK from your computer (guide)
- Put the APK on an SD Card/USB stick/network share and use a file manager app from the Google Play Store / Amazon AppStore (e.g.
- Install a browser program such as Downloader, use it to get the latest apk with short code
Upgrading the app
After the initial install above, the app will automatically check for updates. The updates can be installed in settings.
The first time you attempt an update, the OS should guide you through enabling the required additional permissions for the app to install updates.
Note: if installed via an app store, the app store will handle updates.
Compatibility
Requires Android 6+ (or Fire TV OS 6+) and Jellyfin server 10.10.x or 10.11.x (tested on primarily 10.11).
The app is tested on a variety of Android TV/Fire TV OS devices, but if you encounter issues, please file an issue!
Seerr integration is generally tested with the latest stable version. Older versions may not work as expected. The Seerr server should configured with integration to your Jellyfin server for full compatibility.
Contributions
Issues and pull requests are always welcome! Please check before submitting that your issue or pull request is not a duplicate.
If you plan to contribute, please read the contributing guide!
You can help translate Wholphin!
Acknowledgements
- Thanks to the Jellyfin team for creating and maintaining such a great open-source media server
- Thanks to the official Jellyfin Android TV client developers, some code for creating the device direct play profile is adapted from there
- Thanks to the Jellyfin Kotlin SDK developers for making it easier to interact with the Jellyfin server API
- Thanks to numerous other libraries that make app development even possible