Switchfin

Switchfin
General
Author	dragonflylee
Type	Media players
Version	0.4.5
License	Apache-2.0
Last Updated	2024/04/12
Links
Stable - Nightly Download
Website
Source

Switchfin is third-party PC player for Jellyfin that provides a native user interface to browse and play movies and series.

This project is in its early stages so expect bugs.

Features

• Completely native interface.
• Supported media items: movies, series, seasons, episodes.
  • Direct play and transcoding.
• Base on MPV Player.
  • Container formats: mkv, mov, mp4, avi.
  • Video codecs: H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, AV1.
  • Audio codecs: Opus, FLAC, MP3, AAC, AC-3, E-AC-3, TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD.
  • Subtitle codecs: SRT, VTT, SSA/ASS, DVDSUB
  • Optionally force software decoding when hardware decoding has issues.

Controls

During playback:

A - Play/Pause

B - Stop during

Y - Toggle OSD

X - Show Menu

R/L - Seek +/-

L - Stick Button Toggle Speed Select

R - Stick Button Toggle Video Quality Select

Plus - Show video profile

Screenshots

Changelog

v0.4.5 2024/04/12

• Added
  • add chapter point on progress bar
  • touch gesture for volume/brightness
• Fixed
  • collection display on new created user
  • Scroll performance improvement @xfangfang

v0.4.4 2023/01/28

• Added:
  • Proxy option for http request.
  • Sync filter setting with official media player.
  • Setting entry from server add tab.
• Fixed:
  • osd lock touch gesture.
  • Crash when open media filter of collection tab.
  • Wrong toggle icon after seek when paused.

v0.4.3 2023/01/19

• Added:
  • Add logout from setting tab.
  • Player view add touch gesture.
  • Upgrade ffmpeg 6.1.1.
• Fixed:
  • Series tab: viewd badge.
  • Device name under macOS.

v0.4.2 2023/01/09

• Added:
  • Add close button for series/collection.
  • Add lock button for player view.
  • Add close button for player view.
• Fixed:
  • Auto hide osd on loading end.
  • Fix login disclaimer after switch server.
  • Fix cannot trigger loading next page after refresh.

v0.4.1 2023/11/26

• What's Changed:
  • Add tap control for progress slider.
  • Add volume control for video.
  • Add play progress on more page.
  • Add login disclaimer display.
• Bug fixed.
  • Server selection by joystick.
  • Fix home tab auto refresh.

v0.4.0 2023/11/16

• What's Changed:
  • Add music album support.
  • Save video quality to config.
  • Add option of player_inmemory_cache.
  • Improve password input.
  • Update ffmpeg to 6.1.
  • Add experimental support for deko3d backend.
• Bug fixed.
  • Option for speed control.
  • osd show timeout.

v0.3.4 2023/11/10

• What's Changed:
  • Add option for open debug layer.
  • Add support of clear search history.
• Bug fixed.
  • Improve url check for server add.
  • Fix osd navigate with dpad/analog stick.

v0.3.3 2023/11/08

• What's Changed:
  • Movie collection support.
  • Add filter for media collection.
  • Add speed up feature when pressed on.
  • Add play/stop action when double click.
  • Upgrade ffmpeg to release/6.1.
  • ci: add d3d11 backend for win32.
• Bug fixed:
  • Fix server list focus route.

v0.3.2 2023/09/27

• Add new option forceDirectPlay.
• Support chapter select.
• Support subtitle/audio track selection on transcode play.
• ci: add mingw64 workflow.
• Fix trancode codec type.
• Fix crash on exit when playing media.
• Switch: sub fallback font.

v0.3.1 2023/09/18

• Switch: FFmpeg: support vp9 hwdec.
• Server list support user selection.
• Login quick connect support.
• Crash when http exception.
• Flac audio direct play.

v0.3.0 2023/09/08

• Switch: FFmpeg: Update to 6.0 with hwaccel backend, Thanks to averne.
• Set mpv option subs-fallback to yes.
• Complete server list selector.
• Fix searies tab layout.
• curl enable ipv6 support.
• Search result not update when delete charactor.
• Fix: setting selection which required restart.

v0.2.0 2023/08/27

• Feat: Add german by @Sorunome.
• Change max password length to 256 by @Sorunome.
• Feats: add search tab by @dragonflylee.
• Feats: resume card add progress bar by @dragonflylee.
• Feats: media series add overview by @dragonflylee.
• Fix: nx self upgrade by @dragonflylee.

v0.1.1 2023/08/14

• Fix subtitle track selection (@dragonflylee).
• Fix unable to pause with JoyCon by @dic1911.
• Typo fix and add zh-Hant translation by @dic1911.
• Remove highlight border in video view by @dic1911.
• More options for playback by @dic1911.

Credits

Thanks to:

• @xfangfang for wiliwili.
• @devkitpro and switchbrew for libnx.
• @natinusala and XITRIX for borealis.
• @proconsule for nxmp.
• @averne for great work of FFmpeg hwaccel backend.

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/dragonflylee/switchfin
• GBAtemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/switchfin-jellyfin-client-for-nintendo-switch.639930/