[SOLVED] Can't connect to jellyfin-media-player from android app - it was a proxy config issue (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml to c/jellyfin@lemmy.ml

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so, up until recently (week or two maybe?) I was able to connect to the jellyfin-media-player from the jellyfin android app and initiate and control playback, change subtitles, the works. well, it's not there any more, when I click on "Play On" I can only connect to the jellyfin-mpv-shim instance, which works same as before.

now before I start troubleshooting and pulling stuff apart, can anyone chime in if it works for them?

edit: same thing when using the web client in firefox, isn't detected.

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[-] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

found the culprit: I've connected my jellyfin-media-player apps to a CNAME alias provided by my Pi-hole (jellyfin.box) and a matching nginx proxy entry:

        listen 80;
        listen [::]:80;

        server_name jellyfin.box;

        location / {
                proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8096/;
       }

so when I disconnected the app from the jellyfin.box server and connected it to the "new" server at server.box:8096 it started working immediately. looks like I'm missing some headers in that proxy so I'll look into it.

edit: yepp, adding headers fixed it, I can connect to the jellyfin.box server and have it detected by all other devices on the network.

        location / {
                proxy_http_version 1.1;
                proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
                proxy_set_header Connection $http_connection;
                proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8096/;
        }