Arch Linux User Repository

The only option for now is to use https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/jellyfin-desktop-git

I'm open to a patch for the 2.0 PKGBUILD, but someone would need to create one and paste it in a comment / email me.

@nvllsvm ping

Here is a patch file:

diff --git a/src/player/PlayerComponent.cpp b/src/player/PlayerComponent.cpp
index b53e684..403c38c 100644
--- a/src/player/PlayerComponent.cpp
+++ b/src/player/PlayerComponent.cpp
@@ -313,15 +313,15 @@ void PlayerComponent::queueMedia(const QString& url, const QVariantMap& options,
   QUrl qurl = url;
   QString host = qurl.host();

-  QVariantList command;
+  QStringList command;
   command << "loadfile" << qurl.toString(QUrl::FullyEncoded);
   command << "append-play"; // if nothing is playing, play it now, otherwise just enqueue it

 #if MPV_CLIENT_API_VERSION >= MPV_MAKE_VERSION(2, 3)
-  command << -1; // insert_at_idx
+  command << QString::number(-1); // insert_at_idx
 #endif

-  QVariantMap extraArgs;
+  QMap<QString, QString> extraArgs;

   quint64 startMilliseconds = options["startMilliseconds"].toLongLong();
   if (startMilliseconds != 0)
@@ -347,7 +347,9 @@ void PlayerComponent::queueMedia(const QString& url, const QVariantMap& options,
   extraArgs.insert("ad", "");
   extraArgs.insert("vd", "");

-  command << extraArgs;
+  for(const auto& key: extraArgs.keys()) {
+    command << key << extraArgs[key];
+  }

   m_mpv->command( command);

@@ -851,7 +853,7 @@ void PlayerComponent::seekTo(qint64 ms)
     return;
   }
   double timeSecs = ms / 1000.0;
-  QVariantList args = (QVariantList() << "seek" << timeSecs << "absolute+exact");
+  QStringList args = (QStringList() << "seek" << QString::number(timeSecs) << "absolute+exact");
   m_mpv->command( args);
 }

How to use it:

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index afa0967..33dc8e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 !.gitignore
 !PKGBUILD
 !/.nvchecker.toml
+!fix_mpvqt.patch
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index ef3e152..275557e 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ license=('GPL')
 url='https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop'
 depends=('mpv' 'mpvqt' 'libcec' 'sdl2' 'p8-platform' 'protobuf' 'qt6-webengine' 'qt6-declarative')
 makedepends=('cmake' 'git' 'ninja' 'python')
-source=("https://github.com/jellyfin-archive/jellyfin-desktop-qt/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('11ba0a7f4f344dc076b9f234193f93684a5621a100607298dfc2d14092b525d5')
+source=("https://github.com/jellyfin-archive/jellyfin-desktop-qt/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
+        "fix_mpvqt.patch")
+sha256sums=('11ba0a7f4f344dc076b9f234193f93684a5621a100607298dfc2d14092b525d5'
+            'c9f7db5e4e1ff59b16306fe33ec18a6bbb21bf9a8a346672dcff22093ada48c2')

 build() {
     cd "${srcdir}/jellyfin-desktop-qt-${pkgver}"
+    patch -Np1 -i ../fix_mpvqt.patch
     rm -rf build
     mkdir build
     cmake \

The only option for now is to use https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/jellyfin-desktop-git

I'm open to a patch for the 2.0 PKGBUILD, but someone would need to create one and paste it in a comment / email me.

Also confirming the issue with mpvqt incompatibility. I am currently using yay to prevent the update of mpvqt until this is rectified, but if this could be solved soon that would be ideal. Thanks.

is broken rn

jellyfin-desktop currently appears broken on up-to-date Arch systems due to an mpvqt API/SONAME change.

Runtime issue after recent updates:

jellyfin-desktop: error while loading shared libraries: libMpvQt.so.2: cannot open shared object file

Current Arch mpvqt now provides:

libMpvQt.so.3

Attempting a rebuild against current packages then fails with:

error: cannot convert ‘QVariantList’ to ‘const QStringList&’

in PlayerComponent.cpp, e.g.:

m_mpv->command(command);

because the current mpvqt API now expects:

QVariant command(const QStringList &params);

instead of the older QVariantList usage.

Environment:

Arch Linux gcc 16.1.1 Qt 6.11.1 mpvqt 1.2.0-1

Looks like the package needs patching for newer mpvqt compatibility, or alternatively a dependency/version pin.

Thanks.

Keyboard shortcuts in Plasma Wayland arent working for me, and it doesnt appear inside the 'Media Player' applet in the system tray like spotify and firefox do. When troubleshooting i found playerctl lists it as JellyfinDesktop.profile_3f213055b47549cf940444ecc098d1dc but cant control it either.

The upstream qtwebengine issue is: https://qt-project.atlassian.net/browse/QTBUG-145344

Possible WIP fix: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtwebengine/+/732747

When I run Jellyfin Desktop on my Hyprland setup, it flickers with a white screen and a loader that also keeps on flickering when I try to play any movie or episode. I can hear the sound in the background playing fine.

The issue seems to stem from qt6-webengine. Apparently downgrading to 6.10.2-2 solves it. Right now I'm running 6.11.0-5.

Another way I found that gets past this issue is to run this command in my terminal: QTWEBENGINE_FORCE_USE_GBM=0 jellyfin-desktop

That also gets past the issue even when using qt6-webengine 6.11.0-5.

Nevermind - uninstalling and installing the flatpak version works just great :)