Hello everyone. Effective yesterday, Anthony and I decided to depart from the project, myself as Project Leader, and he as a core team member. This is in addition to the resignation of Andrew on Frida
I never understood why they don’t support the subsonic protocol.
Also, there’s no native Jellyfin app for my phone.
In the end I changed to Navidrome and use it with a subsonic-compatible app.
Also, my server is still PHP-free and I’d like to keep it that way.
I never understood why they don’t support the subsonic protocol.
I mean… you might as well ask why the DLNA plugin has been broken for years. Or why they don’t add a custom HTTP header to the client app so people can lock access in their reverse proxy.
As usual it’s a mix of not enough developer manpower and “I don’t use that so it’s not a priority” i.e. the whimsies of FOSS.
I’m guessing you’re not on Android or iOS since Jellyfin has apps on those platforms - but you should be able to use any Subsonic/OpenSubsonic app once set up with the plugin.
So to answer your question: OpenSubsonic is only for music, and Jellyfin does much more than music. Adopting OpenSubsonic would mean maintaining two APIs, which doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Meanwhile Navidrome is adding Jellyfin API compatibility to get access to more clients :P
I never understood why they don’t support the subsonic protocol.
Also, there’s no native Jellyfin app for my phone.
In the end I changed to Navidrome and use it with a subsonic-compatible app.
Also, my server is still PHP-free and I’d like to keep it that way.I mean… you might as well ask why the DLNA plugin has been broken for years. Or why they don’t add a custom HTTP header to the client app so people can lock access in their reverse proxy.
As usual it’s a mix of not enough developer manpower and “I don’t use that so it’s not a priority” i.e. the whimsies of FOSS.
Jelllyfin + Subfin (https://github.com/williamkray/subfin-plugin) works well, I’ve been using it with the OpenSubsonic Android apps listed in https://www.navidrome.org/apps/?platform=android&api=opensubsonic without issue. e.g. Substreamer, Tempus, Airdrome, etc. all work fine with Jellyfin + Subfin.
I’m guessing you’re not on Android or iOS since Jellyfin has apps on those platforms - but you should be able to use any Subsonic/OpenSubsonic app once set up with the plugin.
Thanks, it’s good to know that this exists as a plugin.
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So to answer your question: OpenSubsonic is only for music, and Jellyfin does much more than music. Adopting OpenSubsonic would mean maintaining two APIs, which doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Meanwhile Navidrome is adding Jellyfin API compatibility to get access to more clients :P