Running Jellyfin with MPC-HC

[agiz10]

Can anyone help me with playback on MPC-HC (Windows) with Jellyfin MPV Shim, so i can use MPC-HC instead of integrated mpv?
I think i need to change conf.json, but it is not working yet.

    "mpv_ext": true,
    "mpv_ext_ipc": null,
    "mpv_ext_no_ovr": false,
    "mpv_ext_path": "C:\\Program Files\\MPC-HC\\mpc-hc64.exe",
    "mpv_ext_start": true,

When i start Jellyfin MPV Shim, it says:

Unrecognized switch(es) found in command line string: 
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\mpc-hc64.exe --input-default-bindings=yes --input-vo-keyboard=yes --input-media-keys=yes --player-operation-mode=cplayer --osc=no --script=C:\Program Files (x86)\Jellyfin MPV Shim\jellyfin_mpv_shim\mouse.lua --script=C:\Program Files (x86)\Jellyfin MPV Shim\jellyfin_mpv_shim\thumbfast.lua --script=C:\Program Files (x86)\Jellyfin MPV Shim\jellyfin_mpv_shim\trickplay-osc.lua --config=yes --config-dir=C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\jellyfin-mpv-shim --idle=yes --input-ipc-server=mpv1111111111111111 --input-terminal=no --terminal=no
Usage: mpc-hc.exe "pathname" [switches]
...

Thank you

[iwalton3]

This isn't supported and I'm unlikely to add it because it requires major architrctural changes.

PRs are welcome but they must be maintainable.

[agiz10]

Pity and thanks for answering.

How i do it now: in Jellyfin i "Copy Stream URL", and paste it in MPC-HC.
I though i would be able to make it a bit more straightforward.

[zotabee]

I would die to have this too!

On Kodi it's super simple, just need to create and edit an xml file like this : https://kodi.wiki/view/External_players

<playercorefactory> <players> <player name="MPC-HC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true"> <filename>C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\mplayerc.exe</filename> <args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args> <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc> <hideconsole>false</hideconsole> <warpcursor>none</warpcursor> </player> </players> <rules action="prepend"> <rule filetypes="mkv" filename=".*720p.*" player="MPC-HC"/> </rules> </playercorefactory>

Pass the args there, MPC-HC doesn't need a lot, just the filename, fullscreen and the close at end args. That's it, pretty simple.

Also just found out : https://features.jellyfin.org/posts/227/external-player-support-desktop

There is a solution for Windows using TamperMonkey!!!

https://github.com/tccoin/Jellyfin-Potplayer