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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon jellyfin

Easier Server Choice in Android Play Mobile or tv app

Open qwksilver opened this issue 2 years ago • 4 comments

The first thing i get when not logged into a server is Log on to Server. This is the same menu that comes up when you hit select server under the hamburger menu.

It would be nice to maintain a list of favorite servers for this. then perhaps add a button that says favorites with add favorite as button.

this list would be per device, not account.

so yes you might have to manually setup your list with each device, but right now i have to type in the whole url, each time i switch. Thanks,

qwksilver avatar Aug 27 '23 21:08 qwksilver

Your previously connected servers will be shown in the "Choose Server" section in the upcoming version, you might want to give the current beta (2.6.0-beta.1) a try.

Maxr1998 avatar Aug 27 '23 23:08 Maxr1998

I have checked out the beta, and while this is better than in 2.5, wouldn't it be better to always show that list below the connect-button instead of hiding it behind another button?

My usecase is that i have to switch between my vpn and my home-address, so having direct access to both addresses quickly is very useful.

newhinton avatar Oct 09 '23 20:10 newhinton

Hi there. @newhinton you might be interested in THIS feature request: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-android/issues/348 Jellyfin supports configuring a local and external adress. This request is for the mobile app to respect that and automatically retry with the other. That way no manual server switching would have to be done.

In general about this issue @qwksilver Have you checked the latest UI for server selection?

It will now keep all previously connected servers in a List. And allows you to reconnect with the last active server by default.

Do you still want a feature for "favourite servers"?

BotBlake avatar May 14 '25 06:05 BotBlake

Since i commented i have implemented a bit of dns-shenanigans that make "changing servers" unnessessary for me, so i don't personally have a pressing need. But i guess others might benefit from an improvement!

#348 also seems a very reasonable fix for this kind of setup, maybe even better because it actually solves the underlying 'issue' seamlessly.

newhinton avatar May 14 '25 07:05 newhinton