The Jellyfin app on my Android phone runs normally when not connected to Android Auto.
But when AA takes over, and I run Jellyfin on AA’s dashboard app list, it shows the screen below:
Doesn’t seem like it is accepting any input. Is this an issue or have I missed a step?
Edit: problem solved. Or I should say there is no problem in the first place. Jellyfin AA simply only plays audio, and it doesn’t support video playback period. My Jellyfin only has videos hence “no item” (no audio item).
IIRC it only works for music, and I believe only the most recent 100 items.
We haven’t had any other contributors come in with any more work for it, and even what exists was just from one person about a year or two ago.
To be honest, the 1-2 maintainers we have working on it have been mainly improving video playback.
Oh that would explain it then. I use Jellyfin only for videos, it has zero music content as of now.
Maybe I will try adding a music file or two to see if the mp3’s will show up.
I’m planning on spinning up a Jellyfin server, and this is really concerning. Please keep this post updated if you find a solution.
Is there a particular reason this is concerning? I’m all ears and can pass along any feedback.
First of all, thank you so much for being part of Jellyfin, I paid the Plex Pass lifetime thing a few years ago, and Plex has turned into the exact opposite of what I want. I’m going all-in into Jellyfin.
But regarding music:
I listen to music every day on my car, if I can’t use Jellyfin with Android auto, I’ll have to chose another app for the job. I’ve found it to be really convenient and safer.
Edit: If there was an equally convenient FOSS alternative to Android Auto I would switch to it in a heartbeat.
OP here. I am only using Jellyfin only for videos, and for that, Fermata is actually a pretty good app to let you access Jellyfin via Android Auto to watch videos.
I am pretty sure Jellyfin AA works as it should (for audio only, which I did not know about) otherwise there would have been lots of posts on Reddit prior to the exodus…
I shouldn’t watch videos on my car dashboard. But regarding audio… Jellyfin should work out of the box, why is it not working for you? have you found out the reason why that is happening ?
Because I have no audio content in my Jellyfin server.
Well. That clears things up. Thank you.
