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Implementation Details
Andrew Rabert edited this page Jun 27, 2026
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| Name | When | Description |
|---|---|---|
| about | On-Demand | A centered "About" dialog box with Jellyfin Desktop version information. Appears only when explicitly navigating to it via the context menu |
| overlay | Startup-Only | Jellyfin Desktop's server connect UI and loading spinner |
| web | Indefinite | The connected Jellyfin server's web UI |
| Name | When | Description |
|---|---|---|
| about | On-Demand | A centered "About" dialog box with Jellyfin Desktop version information. Appears only when explicitly navigating to it via the context menu |
| overlay | Startup-Only | Jellyfin Desktop's server connect UI and loading spinner |
| web | Indefinite | The connected Jellyfin server's web UI |
MPV's libmpv render API lacks many important features that the standalone MPV player window supports (gpu-next, HDR, etc). Jellyfin Desktop works around that by essentially starting and wrapping a standalone MPV window. Implementation varies by platform.
| Platform | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Wayland | Use wl-proxy to intercept MPV's Wayland connection and reparent the video surface to a subsurface of Jellyfin Desktop. |
MPV's libmpv render API lacks many important features that the standalone MPV player window supports (gpu-next, HDR, etc). Jellyfin Desktop works around that by essentially starting and wrapping a standalone MPV window. Implementation varies by platform.
Use wl-proxy to intercept MPV's Wayland connection and reparent the video surface to a subsurface of Jellyfin Desktop.