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Switchfin

From GameBrew
Switchfin
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General
Authordragonflylee
TypeMedia Players
Version0.5.3
LicenseApache-2.0
Last Updated2024/10/27
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.
  • Remote browser for Webdav/Apache/Nginx server.
  • 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.

User guide

If subtitles didn't display, try putting any ttf file at /switch/Switchfin/subfont.ttf.

To play media files on webdav server, edit config file config.json:

{
  "remotes": [
    {
      "name": "local",
      "url": "file:///switch"
    },
    {
      "name": "xiaoya",
      "passwd": "guest_Api789",
      "url": "webdav://192.168.1.5:5678/dav",
      "user": "guest"
    },
    {
      "name": "rclone",
      "url": "http://192.168.1.5:8000"
    }
  ]
}

example for using rClone setup HTTP server

rclone serve http --addr :8000 --read-only /media/downloads

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

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Changelog

v0.5.3 2024/10/27

  • Add:
    • Save windows state when exit.
    • Support touch input on linux (@xfangfang).
    • Support paste text to search input (@xfangfang).
    • New option low quality.
    • New option subtitle fallback.
    • Support custom user-agent in webdav browser.
    • apache/nginx/rclone http server support for remote.
  • Fixed:
    • Support loading custom emoji font.
    • Empty tab when search failed.

v0.5.2 Hotfix 2024/09/01

  • Disable update notify when user canceled.
  • Decode danmaku failed.
  • Filter missing when sync option off.
  • Auto selected external subtitles.

v0.5.1 2024/07/30

  • Add:
    • Upgrade ffmpeg 7.0.1.
    • Add highlight for current play track.
    • Add live tv support.
    • Add webdav file browser.
  • Fixed:
    • Network timeout for load video.
    • Panic after cancel login.
    • Abnormal focus when login after add server.
    • Server list url display.

v0.5.0 2024/05/22

  • Added:
    • danmu plugin integration.
    • Video flip and subtitle sync support for player.
    • Video equalizer setting.
    • Add episode selector on player view.
    • Add new option Always on top for desktop platform.
    • Czech localization.
  • Fixed:
    • Support MusicView and PlayList.
    • Forward nsp add startup logo.

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.

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