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 Adds a setting to allow the user to choose between the current D-Pad skip functionality, and a new simple trickplay overlay. The setting is added in Advanced, under the Playback section, called "D-Pad seek mode". The options are "Skip time" and "Trickplay previews". I left the default as "Skip time" since that's how it operates now, and nothing would change for users after this option is added unless they go and set it. When "Trickplay previews" is enabled, it shows an simple overlay when using the D-Pad to seek (without the full overlay open). The new simple overlay is the same implementation of the components in the full overlay: seekbar, trickplay images, current playhead time, remaining time. The components were pulled from the full overlay's inline UI code into their own reusable components, now used in both the full overlay and the simple overlay. #### Notes I could see there being an adjustment for the overlay hide delay. It's currently hard coded to 1.5s. This could be the default method, but it seems like preference is split as to whether people want this, or the minimalistic skipped seconds only version. ### Related issues This is directly in response to this issue, as well as my own desire for the feature :) https://github.com/damontecres/Wholphin/discussions/1084 It's also loosely related to this issue, in that it would solve it since it shows the playhead and remaining times. https://github.com/damontecres/Wholphin/discussions/1122 ### Testing Built and tested on an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max. I wouldn't anticipate and compatibility or performance changes since it's a simple settings/UI change involving already-used UI components. ## Screenshots <img width="1920" height="1080" alt="wholphin-20260630-155708" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/52046cc2-7413-4f66-89dd-355464fa0f91" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" alt="wholphin-20260630-155723" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/57a4a271-9e44-4d2a-bea3-ce5c9cdc731a" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" alt="wholphin-20260630-153825" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2cf664ff-3db5-4a2e-8626-10219946669c" /> ## AI or LLM usage AI was used to generate the change, automate some testing, and provide information surrounding the change. I manually did some refactoring and cleanup to keep it clean and consistent with the rest of the code conventions. --------- Co-authored-by: Damontecres <damontecres@gmail.com> |
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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 tested with v3.3.0. Older versions may not work.
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