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App-level proxy setting to mitigate broken DLNA implementation on HiFi components

Open patrislav1 opened this issue 1 year ago • 0 comments

Describe the feature

Support using a proxy on application level (i.e. allow Jellyfin app to use a http proxy without having to use that proxy system-wide)

Additional context

Some DLNA players (like Yamaha MusicCast receivers) have a broken DLNA implementation which triggers exceptions in Jellyfin and make remote control non-functional. The issue is described in detail here: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-plugin-dlna/issues/7

There exists a workaround using a mitmproxy which fixes the DLNA responses from the DLNA player (https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-plugin-dlna/issues/7). When this proxy is used on the iOS device, then jellyfin's remote control will work. However the rest of the iOS system will complain about invalid certificate so it cannot establish any internet connection. Making one single app use the mitmproxy looks like a less invasive step than making the whole iOS device trust the mitmproxy CA and running all its traffic through it.

patrislav1 avatar Jan 15 '23 11:01 patrislav1