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title: Jellyfin and Navidrome
description: Connect media servers, browse remote libraries, and understand direct streaming and account behavior.
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mpvRx can use Jellyfin for video and music libraries and Navidrome or another compatible Subsonic server for music.

## Choose the integration

| Capability | Jellyfin | Navidrome / Subsonic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Movies and TV | Yes | No |
| Music library | Yes | Yes |
| Continue watching | Yes | Server-dependent music history only |
| Direct and transcoded video | Yes | No |
| Albums, artists, songs | Yes | Yes |
| Server playlists | Yes, where exposed | Yes |
| Server favorites | Jellyfin user favorites | Starred songs, albums, and artists |
| Multiple saved servers | Yes | Yes |

## Jellyfin

The Jellyfin client provides artwork-rich library browsing, continue-watching rows, filters for movies, shows, anime, music, and box sets, season and episode selection, and server-synchronized favorites.

Playback can use direct streams or server transcoding. The result depends on server configuration, exposed streams, selected audio/subtitle tracks, network bandwidth, and device decoder support.

1. **Add the server**

    Enter the reachable Jellyfin server URL and authenticate with your account.

2. **Choose a library**

    Browse the server's available libraries and open an item or episode.

3. **Check the playback path**

    If direct playback fails, verify the server can transcode the source and that its public URL is reachable from the device.

Favorites update the Jellyfin account's `UserData.IsFavorite` state. Continue
watching and recently watched depend on server progress updates, so clock,
account, and reverse-proxy problems can affect them even when direct streaming
works.

## Navidrome and Subsonic

Navidrome connections use the Subsonic API. mpvRx supports multiple named servers, token-and-salt authentication, music search, recently added albums, quick mixes, artists, albums, server playlists, and synchronized favorites.

Sign in with username/password or a supported app password/token. Select one
saved server as active for the Music tab. Starred songs appear in Favorites;
album and artist starring depends on server API support.

Some compatible Subsonic servers implement only part of the API. Missing discovery or favorite behavior may be a server capability difference rather than a playback failure.

## Connection checklist

- Use the base server URL reachable from the Android device, not a web-player subpage.
- Verify TLS certificates and reverse-proxy paths outside mpvRx.
- Confirm the account can browse and stream the same item in another client.
- Distinguish authentication, catalog, artwork, favorites, and playback failures.
- Test the local network URL before diagnosing remote-access or VPN behavior.

## Account safety

Credentials and tokens remain sensitive even on a local network. Do not paste them into issue reports. When reporting a problem, include the server product/version, whether the same item works in another client, and whether the problem affects browsing, authentication, artwork, direct playback, or transcoding.