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Jellyfin MPV Shim vs Jellyfin Media Player: catalog facts
Jellyfin MPV Shim	Jellyfin Media Player
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Plays Jellyfin media through MPV Offline sync for watching without the server	libmpv playback with hardware decoding and audio passthrough, unlike a browser Direct plays formats a browser would force the server to transcode
Requires a Jellyfin server Not a full library browser on its own	Requires a Jellyfin server; it is not a general media player The last tagged release is from March 2025
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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