From b2aa80ce5c1af2a4478d13b50c0961e11a6f5e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Joshua M. Boniface" <joshua@boniface.me>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:59:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix invalid regex comparison

---
 Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs
index 6d73b52ae2..e17468cfae 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Api.Extensions;
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
                     request.StartTimeTicks = long.Parse(val, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
                     break;
                 case 15:
-                    if (videoRequest is not null && EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr().IsMatch(val))
+                    if (videoRequest is not null && Regex.IsMatch(val, EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr))
                     {
                         videoRequest.Level = val;
                     }