Jellyfin PS2 1.0.0

Jellyfin PS2 1.0.0

The first release of Jellyfin PS2: a native Jellyfin client for the PlayStation 2.
Browse your library, watch films and series, and listen to music on real PS2
hardware, launched from a USB stick.

Features

• Users: "Who is watching?" with your server's users. Sign in once; each
  signed-in user is remembered. "Other user" covers hidden accounts.
• HOME: Continue Watching, with progress, and Next Up.
• Library: Movies, Series (seasons and episodes), Music (artists and
  albums) and Search, with posters and descriptions.
• Video: up to 640x480, sound in sync, pause, -10 s / +20 s, a time bar,
  and Resume from where you stopped (saved in Jellyfin, shared with your
  other devices).
• Subtitles: text subtitles (SRT, ASS, WebVTT) drawn by the PS2 itself,
  as quick to start and seek as no subtitles. Picture-based ones (PGS,
  VobSub) are burned in by the server. Accented letters are supported
  (French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese).
• Series: the next episode plays automatically after a 5-second
  countdown, with the same audio and subtitle choice.
• Music: album playback with play, pause, stop and track skipping.
• One settings file: settings.txt next to the ELF holds the server,
  the network setup and signed-in users. It is optional: without it, the PS2
  asks your router for an address and you type the server address once.

Requirements

• A PS2 with network access: a slim, a fat console with the official
  Network Adaptor, or a PSX.
• A FAT32 USB stick (small and old sticks work best; use the front port).
• A way to launch an ELF: uLaunchELF/wLaunchELF, FreeMcBoot, PS2BBL or OPL.
• A Jellyfin server on the same network, reachable over plain HTTP, with
  transcoding available.

Installation

1. Copy jellyfin-ps2.elf to a folder on the USB stick.
2. Optionally add settings.txt next to it: start from settings.txt.example,
   and see tuto.txt for every setting.
3. Launch the ELF, enter your server address (for example
   http://192.168.0.20:8096), press START, then choose your user.

Good to know

• Video output is 480i for now; 480p is planned.
• Picture-based subtitles take longer to start, since the server has to burn
  them into the video.
• Sign-ins are stored in settings.txt on the stick. If the stick is lost,
  end the sign-in in Jellyfin's dashboard (Devices).
• After signing in, give the console a couple of seconds before switching it
  off, while the sign-in is saved to the stick.
• If playback ever stops with "Playback stopped unexpectedly" and a letter,
  or the screen turns solid yellow or white during a film, please
  open an issue with
  the letter or colour and what you were doing.

Files

• jellyfin-ps2.elf: the application.
• tuto.txt: how to set up settings.txt.
• settings.txt.example: an example to copy and edit.

To build from source, see the README.