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CjTUI

Chris Jellyfin Terminal User Interface

This is the first actually useful programming project I have completed. I still can't write in rust because of generative AI. Maybe one day when I am better at programming I will refactor the codebase and figure out how to hand code a transcoding option that actually is compatible with Jellyfin API.

UNIX Program only currently. Should work with WSL on Windows.

Features

  • Blazingly Fast Speed
  • Online and Offline Playback
  • Robust Download Connectivity
  • Individual Download and Batch Download Support
  • Download Queue Management
  • Local Media Management
  • Autoplay and Resume functionality
  • Sends Current Watch Position to the Server
  • Playlist and Collection Support
  • Persistent Auth

System Dependencies on

MPV and ARIA2C

Persistent Storage

All application data is stored in: ~/.config/cjtui/

  • config.toml: Server URL and API key is stored.
  • downloads/: Local download data, used for local playback and offline navigation.
  • temp/: Temporary download data during ARIA2C functionality.

Controls

General Interface Controls
  • Up/K: Up
  • Right/L/Enter: Drilldown/Enter
  • Down/J: Down
  • Left/H/Backspace/Esc: Back
  • q: Return to the home screen or quit.
  • /: Search: Click once to search and clicking / multiple times cycles through search categories.
How to Watch Media
  • p: Play: Starts a show playing at the beginning and will use offline playback if available.
  • P: AutoPlay: Starts a show playing at the beginning and will use offline playback if available. Turns on auto play mode which will play the next episode in series or song in the playlist.
  • r: Resume: If there is a pause position online, it will stream beginning at the paused position.
  • R: AutoResume: Resume + Autoplay flag is on.
  • w: Watched: Marks as watched.
  • W: Not Watched: Marks as unwatched.
Media Player Control
  • Space: Pause
  • x: close mpv
  • f: full screen media player
  • a: cycle audio track
  • s: cycle subtitles
  • v: change subtitle visibility.
Local File Management
  • d: Queue file for download
  • D: Enter the download visual queue.
  • (d on an item in the queue): Remove item from queue.
  • X: Deletes the local file if the file exists.
  • o: Enter offline playback/Attempt to ping the server to join online mode. (Local downloaded database is available during this mode)