Kodi and Jellyfin Intro Skipper

 I wanted to be able to skip the longer intro sequences like you can on many streaming services. In my search, I found a plugin and addon to accomplish the task.

Installation

• Add Intro-Skip Plugin to Jellyfin
• Add the Repository
• Jellyfin Web Interface -> Hamburger menu -> Dashboard
• Click on "Catalog" under Plugins
• Click on the settings wheel at the top
• Click on the "+"
• https://intro-skipper.org/manifest.json
• Install the Addon
• On the Catalog page scroll down to the Intro-Skipper section and install "Intro Skipper"
• Restart Jellyfin to finish the installation
• Add the Jellyskip Addon to Kodi
• Download https://github.com/SgtJalau/service.jellyskip/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
• Copy to Kodi
• adb connect <IP of your Kodi box>
• adb push service.jellyfin-main.zip /sdcard/Download
• Install From zipfile
• Settings -> Addons -> Install from zip file -> Download
• Select service.jellyfin-main.zip

Appendix

Sources

• https://github.com/intro-skipper/intro-skipper/wiki/Installation
• https://github.com/SgtJalau/service.jellyskip/

Reverse Proxy for Jellyfin

 As I wanted to be able to access Jellyfin on the go, I needed to put it behind my reverse proxy.

Jellyfin Changes

Tell Jellyfin that it is behind a proxy so it will ignore the proxy ip and log the correct ip

• https://jellyfin.home.arpa:8920
• hamburger menu -> Networking
• Add the IP of your reverse proxy to "Known Proxies"
• Restart Jellyfin

Reverse Proxy

• Add the below to your NGINX config:

    location = /jellyfin {

        return 301 $scheme://$http_host/jellyfin/ ;

    }

    location /jellyfin/ {

        auth_basic off;

        proxy_pass https://jellyfin.home.arpa:8920/;

        proxy_buffering off;

        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;

        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $http_host;

        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $server_port;

    }

    location /jellyfin/socket {

        # Proxy Jellyfin Websockets traffic

        auth_basic off;

        proxy_pass https://jellyfin.home.arpa:8920/socket;

        proxy_http_version 1.1;

        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;

        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";

        # proxy_set_header Host $host;

        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;

        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Protocol $scheme;

        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $http_host;

        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $server_port;

    }

• Restart NGINX

Appendix

Sources

• https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/post-install/networking/advanced/nginx/
• https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/post-install/networking/#known-proxies

Setting up a Jellyfin media server

I wanted to install a media server to help manage my growing library. The top two options that I found are Plex and Jellyfin. I have used Plex in the past, but disliked when they started requiring an account so I went with Jellyfin.

Create the container

• bash -c "$(wget -qLO - https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox/raw/main/ct/jellyfin.sh)"

Set Static IP and hostname

• Proxmox -> jellyfin -> Network -> net0 -> Edit
• set static ip
• Restart the container
• Proxmox -> jellyfin -> Console
• ping 192.168.1.1
• this ensures that the container will show up on Unifi's list of clients
• Unifi -> Clients -> Select the jellyfin -> Settings
• give it a memorable name
• check "Fixed IP Address"
• it should auto-populate with current IP
• check "Local DNS Record"
• jellyfin.home.arpa

Setup Jellyfin

• Self signed SSL certificate:
• https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/networking/
• jellyfin -> Console
• mkdir -p /home/jellyfin
• cd /home/jellyfin
• openssl req -x509 -days 3650 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout ./privkey.pem -out cert.pem -nodes -subj '/CN=jellyfin.home.arpa'
• -subj '/' can work if you can override ssl verification on the client, but Kodi doesn't have that option
• -subj '/CN=localhost' was causing jellyfin to crash here are some keywords from the crash:
• Error occurred during a cryptographic operation
  
• MapOpenSsl30Code
  
• openssl pkcs12 -export -out jellyfin.pfx -inkey privkey.pem -in cert.pem -passout pass:
• chown -R jellyfin /home/jellyfin
• chgrp -R jellyfin /home/jellyfin
• http://jellyfin.home.arpa:8096
• create user/pass
• hamburger menu -> Dashboard -> Networking
• Check "Enable HTTPS"
• Check "Require HTTPS"
  
• Custom SSL certificate path -> /home/jellyfin/jellyfin.pfx
• Save
• Restart the jellyfin container
• Test the self-signed certificate
• curl --cacert cert.pem https://jellyfin.home.arpa:8920
• https://jellyfin.home.arpa:8920
• hamburger menu -> Dashboard -> Users
• Add User
• Name
• Password
• Check "Enable access to all libraries"
• hamburger menu -> Dashboard -> Plugin -> Catalog -> Kodi Sync Queue
• Install
• Restart jellyfin
  

Add to Kodi on Google TV

• Have Kodi trust the self signed certificate
  
• Enable adb (Android Debug Bridge)
• Determine IP of the Google TV
• Settings -> System -> About -> Status
• Enable Developer mode
• Settings -> System -> About -> Build Number -> Click 10 times or until developer mode is unlocked
• Enable USB debugging (also enables remote debugging)
• install adb onto a computer to be able to modify the Google TV remotely
  
• sudo apt install android-tools-adb
• Used adb to add new certs file to existing
• adb pull /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.module.certifi/lib/certifi/cacert.pem
• cat cacert.pem cert.pem > updatedcacert.pem
• adb push updatedcacert.pem /sdcard/Download/
• echo -e '<advancedsettings version="1.0">\n<network>\n<catrustfile>special://masterprofile/updatedcacert.pem</catrustfile>\n</network>\n</advancedsettings>' >advancedsettings.xml
• adb push advancedsettings.xml /sdcard/Download/
• Have Kodi use the new certs
• Google TV -> Settings -> Apps -> Kodi -> Permissions -> Files and Media -> Allow management of all files
• Kodi -> Settings -> File Manager
• Left Side
• Add Source -> Browse -> External Storage -> Download -> OK
• Open Download
• Right Side
• Profile directory
• Long press the files one at a time in the Left pane and select copy
• Restart Kodi
• Install Jellyfin on Kodi
• Kodi -> Settings -> File Manager -> Add Source
• https://kodi.jellyfin.org
• Kodi -> Settings -> AddOn Browser
• Allow install from unknown sources when prompted
• Install from zipfile -> jellyfin -> repository.jellyfin.kodi.zip
• Install from Repository -> Kodi Jellyfin Add-ons -> Video Add-ons
• Select Jellyfin add-on and install
• Cancel adding the server
• Disable "Verifiy connection" -> OK
• Restart Kodi
• Select Manual server add (as auto does it by IP)
• https://jellyfin.home.arpa:8920
• sign in using user/pass
• Playback -> Addon (default)
• Choose which libraries you want to sync
• click "All"
• click "OK"
• After Syncing is complete restart Kodi
• Settings -> Add-ons -> My add-ons -> Video add-ons -> Jellyfin
• Configure -> Sync -> Enable Kodi Sync Queue -> OK

Appendix

Sources

• samba
• https://timlehr.com/2018/01/auto-mount-samba-cifs-shares-via-fstab-on-linux/index.html
• https://community.netcup.com/en/tutorials/setup-smb-autoconnect
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/890579/cifs-mounting-all-files-as-root-owner?newreg=f95aebcffc2345959664201a2156fe8a
• Jellyfin
• https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows/
• https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/networking/#self-signed-certificate
• kodi
• https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/kodi/
• https://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file
• https://kodi.wiki/view/Advancedsettings.xml
• https://kodi.wiki/view/Special_protocol
• https://kodi.wiki/view/File_manager
• https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=368841
• adb
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-install-android-tools-adb-on-ubuntu/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/onzqhx/how_to_activate_adb_on_onn_tv/
• curl
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9879688/difference-between-cacert-and-capath-in-curl
• ssl certificate
• https://ruk.ca/content/setting-self-signed-certificate-expiration-date