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.

Linux Only Curreently.

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)

Admin Controls

/\reset"Enter": Deletes the config file and exits the program. Reloading will prompt URL, Username, and Password Input.