Fix invalid regex comparison

Fix GHSA-8fw7-f233-ffr8 with improved sanitization

.config/dotnet-tools.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "isRoot": true,
   "tools": {
     "dotnet-ef": {
-      "version": "9.0.10",
+      "version": "9.0.11",
       "commands": [
         "dotnet-ef"
       ]

.github/workflows/ci-codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@2016bd2012dba4e32de620c46fe006a3ac9f0602 # v5.0.1
       with:
         dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
 
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@16140ae1a102900babc80a33c44059580f687047 # v4.30.9
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@fe4161a26a8629af62121b670040955b330f9af2 # v4.31.6
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         queries: +security-extended
     - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@16140ae1a102900babc80a33c44059580f687047 # v4.30.9
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@fe4161a26a8629af62121b670040955b330f9af2 # v4.31.6
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@16140ae1a102900babc80a33c44059580f687047 # v4.30.9
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@fe4161a26a8629af62121b670040955b330f9af2 # v4.31.6

.github/workflows/ci-compat.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: ABI Compatibility
 on:
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
 
 permissions: {}
 
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ jobs:
     permissions: read-all
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
 
       - name: Setup .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@2016bd2012dba4e32de620c46fe006a3ac9f0602 # v5.0.1
         with:
           dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           dotnet build Jellyfin.Server -o ./out
 
       - name: Upload Head
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: abi-head
           retention-days: 14
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ jobs:
     permissions: read-all
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@2016bd2012dba4e32de620c46fe006a3ac9f0602 # v5.0.1
         with:
           dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           dotnet build Jellyfin.Server -o ./out
 
       - name: Upload Head
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: abi-base
           retention-days: 14
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write  #  to create or update comment (peter-evans/create-or-update-comment)
 
     name: ABI - Difference
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' }}
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - abi-head
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Download abi-head
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
         with:
           name: abi-head
           path: abi-head
 
       - name: Download abi-base
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
         with:
           name: abi-base
           path: abi-base

.github/workflows/ci-openapi.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
       - master
     tags:
       - 'v*'
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
 
 permissions: {}
 
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ jobs:
     permissions: read-all
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
       - name: Setup .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@2016bd2012dba4e32de620c46fe006a3ac9f0602 # v5.0.1
         with:
           dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
       - name: Generate openapi.json
         run: dotnet test tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests.csproj -c Release --filter "Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests.OpenApiSpecTests"
       - name: Upload openapi.json
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: openapi-head
           retention-days: 14
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions: read-all
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ jobs:
           ANCESTOR_REF=$(git merge-base upstream/${{ github.base_ref }} origin/$HEAD_REF)
           git checkout --progress --force $ANCESTOR_REF
       - name: Setup .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@2016bd2012dba4e32de620c46fe006a3ac9f0602 # v5.0.1
         with:
           dotnet-version: '9.0.x'
       - name: Generate openapi.json
         run: dotnet test tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests.csproj -c Release --filter "Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests.OpenApiSpecTests"
       - name: Upload openapi.json
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: openapi-base
           retention-days: 14
@@ -73,19 +73,19 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write  #  to create or update comment (peter-evans/create-or-update-comment)
 
     name: OpenAPI - Difference
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' }}
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - openapi-head
       - openapi-base
     steps:
       - name: Download openapi-head
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
         with:
           name: openapi-head
           path: openapi-head
       - name: Download openapi-base
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
         with:
           name: openapi-base
           path: openapi-base
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish-unstable:
     name: OpenAPI - Publish Unstable Spec
-    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request_target' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && contains(github.repository_owner, 'jellyfin') }}
+    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && contains(github.repository_owner, 'jellyfin') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - openapi-head
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |-
           echo "JELLYFIN_VERSION=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Download openapi-head
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
         with:
           name: openapi-head
           path: openapi-head
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
           strip_components: 1
           target: "/srv/incoming/openapi/unstable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}"
       - name: Move openapi.json (unstable) into place
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@2ead5e36573f08b82fbfce1504f1a4b05a647c6f # v1.2.2
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@823bd89e131d8d508129f9443cad5855e9ba96f0 # v1.2.4
         with:
           host: "${{ secrets.REPO_HOST }}"
           username: "${{ secrets.REPO_USER }}"
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |-
           echo "JELLYFIN_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Download openapi-head
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
         with:
           name: openapi-head
           path: openapi-head
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ jobs:
           strip_components: 1
           target: "/srv/incoming/openapi/stable/jellyfin-openapi-${{ env.JELLYFIN_VERSION }}"
       - name: Move openapi.json (stable) into place
-        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@2ead5e36573f08b82fbfce1504f1a4b05a647c6f # v1.2.2
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@823bd89e131d8d508129f9443cad5855e9ba96f0 # v1.2.4
         with:
           host: "${{ secrets.REPO_HOST }}"
           username: "${{ secrets.REPO_USER }}"

.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: "${{ matrix.os }}"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@d4c94342e560b34958eacfc5d055d21461ed1c5d # v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@2016bd2012dba4e32de620c46fe006a3ac9f0602 # v5.0.1
         with:
           dotnet-version: ${{ env.SDK_VERSION }}
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           --verbosity minimal
 
       - name: Merge code coverage results
-        uses: danielpalme/ReportGenerator-GitHub-Action@9870ed167742d546b99962ff815fcc1098355ed8 # v5.4.17
+        uses: danielpalme/ReportGenerator-GitHub-Action@ee0ae774f6d3afedcbd1683c1ab21b83670bdf8e # v5.5.1
         with:
           reports: "**/coverage.cobertura.xml"
           targetdir: "merged/"

.github/workflows/commands.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
     types:
       - created
       - edited
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
     types:
       - labeled
       - synchronize
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           reactions: '+1'
 
       - name: Checkout the latest code
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: pull in script
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
           repository: jellyfin/jellyfin-triage-script
       - name: install python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6.1.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.14'
           cache: 'pip'

.github/workflows/issue-stale.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ contains(github.repository, 'jellyfin/') }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 # v10.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@997185467fa4f803885201cee163a9f38240193d # v10.1.1
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
           ascending: true

.github/workflows/issue-template-check.yml

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
     steps:
       - name: pull in script
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
           repository: jellyfin/jellyfin-triage-script
       - name: install python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6.1.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.14'
           cache: 'pip'

.github/workflows/project-automation.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
   issue_comment:
 
 permissions: {}

.github/workflows/pull-request-conflict.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
   issue_comment:
 
 permissions: {}
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Apply label
         uses: eps1lon/actions-label-merge-conflict@1df065ebe6e3310545d4f4c4e862e43bdca146f0 # v3.0.3
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'}}
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'}}
         with:
           dirtyLabel: 'merge conflict'
           commentOnDirty: 'This pull request has merge conflicts. Please resolve the conflicts so the PR can be successfully reviewed and merged.'

.github/workflows/pull-request-stale.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ contains(github.repository, 'jellyfin/') }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 # v10.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@997185467fa4f803885201cee163a9f38240193d # v10.1.1
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.JF_BOT_TOKEN }}
           ascending: true

.github/workflows/release-bump-version.yaml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           yq-version: v4.9.8
 
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.TAG_BRANCH }}
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       NEXT_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.NEXT_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.TAG_BRANCH }}
 

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
  - [sachk](https://github.com/sachk)
  - [sammyrc34](https://github.com/sammyrc34)
  - [samuel9554](https://github.com/samuel9554)
+ - [SapientGuardian](https://github.com/SapientGuardian)
  - [scheidleon](https://github.com/scheidleon)
  - [sebPomme](https://github.com/sebPomme)
  - [SegiH](https://github.com/SegiH)
@@ -205,6 +206,8 @@
  - [theshoeshiner](https://github.com/theshoeshiner)
  - [TokerX](https://github.com/TokerX)
  - [GeneMarks](https://github.com/GeneMarks)
+ - [martenumberto](https://github.com/martenumberto)
+ - [MarcoCoreDuo](https://github.com/MarcoCoreDuo)
 
 # Emby Contributors
 

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- Run "dotnet list package (dash,dash)outdated" to see the latest versions of each package.-->
   <ItemGroup Label="Package Dependencies">
-    <PackageVersion Include="AsyncKeyedLock" Version="7.1.7" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="AsyncKeyedLock" Version="7.1.8" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AutoFixture.AutoMoq" Version="4.18.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AutoFixture.Xunit2" Version="4.18.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AutoFixture" Version="4.18.1" />
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Diacritics" Version="4.0.17" />
     <PackageVersion Include="DiscUtils.Udf" Version="0.16.13" />
     <PackageVersion Include="DotNet.Glob" Version="3.1.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="FsCheck.Xunit" Version="3.3.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="FsCheck.Xunit" Version="3.3.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="HarfBuzzSharp.NativeAssets.Linux" Version="8.3.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="ICU4N.Transliterator" Version="60.1.0-alpha.356" />
     <PackageVersion Include="IDisposableAnalyzers" Version="4.0.8" />
@@ -26,33 +26,33 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="libse" Version="4.0.12" />
     <PackageVersion Include="LrcParser" Version="2025.623.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MetaBrainz.MusicBrainz" Version="6.1.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="9.0.11" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BannedApiAnalyzers" Version="4.14.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common" Version="4.14.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp" Version="4.14.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="3.11.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MimeTypes" Version="2.5.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Morestachio" Version="5.0.1.631" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.18.4" />
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="prometheus-net.AspNetCore" Version="8.2.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="prometheus-net.DotNetRuntime" Version="4.4.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="prometheus-net" Version="8.2.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Polly" Version="8.6.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Polly" Version="8.6.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="9.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Enrichers.Thread" Version="4.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Expressions" Version="5.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="9.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Async" Version="2.1.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="6.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="7.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Graylog" Version="3.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SerilogAnalyzer" Version="0.15.0" />
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.2.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Globalization" Version="4.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="9.0.11" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow" Version="9.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow" Version="9.0.11" />
     <PackageVersion Include="TagLibSharp" Version="2.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="z440.atl.core" Version="7.5.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="z440.atl.core" Version="7.9.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="TMDbLib" Version="2.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="UTF.Unknown" Version="2.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Xunit.Priority" Version="1.1.6" />

Emby.Naming/Emby.Naming.csproj

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Authors>Jellyfin Contributors</Authors>
     <PackageId>Jellyfin.Naming</PackageId>
-    <VersionPrefix>10.11.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>10.11.7</VersionPrefix>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin</RepositoryUrl>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>GPL-3.0-only</PackageLicenseExpression>
   </PropertyGroup>

Emby.Naming/TV/SeasonPathParser.cs

@@ -10,12 +10,17 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
     /// </summary>
     public static partial class SeasonPathParser
     {
-        [GeneratedRegex(@"^\s*((?<seasonnumber>(?>\d+))(?:st|nd|rd|th|\.)*(?!\s*[Ee]\d+))\s*(?:[[시즌]*|[シーズン]*|[sS](?:eason|æson|aison|taffel|eries|tagione|äsong|eizoen|easong|ezon|ezona|ezóna|ezonul)*|[tT](?:emporada)*|[kK](?:ausi)*|[Сс](?:езон)*)\s*(?<rightpart>.*)$")]
+        private static readonly Regex CleanNameRegex = new(@"[ ._\-\[\]]", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+        [GeneratedRegex(@"^\s*((?<seasonnumber>(?>\d+))(?:st|nd|rd|th|\.)*(?!\s*[Ee]\d+))\s*(?:[[시즌]*|[シーズン]*|[sS](?:eason|æson|aison|taffel|eries|tagione|äsong|eizoen|easong|ezon|ezona|ezóna|ezonul)*|[tT](?:emporada)*|[kK](?:ausi)*|[Сс](?:езон)*)\s*(?<rightpart>.*)$", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)]
         private static partial Regex ProcessPre();
 
-        [GeneratedRegex(@"^\s*(?:[[시즌]*|[シーズン]*|[sS](?:eason|æson|aison|taffel|eries|tagione|äsong|eizoen|easong|ezon|ezona|ezóna|ezonul)*|[tT](?:emporada)*|[kK](?:ausi)*|[Сс](?:езон)*)\s*(?<seasonnumber>(?>\d+)(?!\s*[Ee]\d+))(?<rightpart>.*)$")]
+        [GeneratedRegex(@"^\s*(?:[[시즌]*|[シーズン]*|[sS](?:eason|æson|aison|taffel|eries|tagione|äsong|eizoen|easong|ezon|ezona|ezóna|ezonul)*|[tT](?:emporada)*|[kK](?:ausi)*|[Сс](?:езон)*)\s*(?<seasonnumber>\d+?)(?=\d{3,4}p|[^\d]|$)(?!\s*[Ee]\d)(?<rightpart>.*)$", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)]
         private static partial Regex ProcessPost();
 
+        [GeneratedRegex(@"[sS](\d{1,4})(?!\d|[eE]\d)(?=\.|_|-|\[|\]|\s|$)", RegexOptions.None)]
+        private static partial Regex SeasonPrefix();
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Attempts to parse season number from path.
         /// </summary>
@@ -56,45 +61,35 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
             bool supportSpecialAliases,
             bool supportNumericSeasonFolders)
         {
-            string filename = Path.GetFileName(path);
+            var fileName = Path.GetFileName(path);
-            filename = Regex.Replace(filename, "[ ._-]", string.Empty);
+
+            var seasonPrefixMatch = SeasonPrefix().Match(fileName);
+            if (seasonPrefixMatch.Success &&
+                int.TryParse(seasonPrefixMatch.Groups[1].Value, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var val))
+            {
+                return (val, true);
+            }
+
+            string filename = CleanNameRegex.Replace(fileName, string.Empty);
 
             if (parentFolderName is not null)
             {
-                parentFolderName = Regex.Replace(parentFolderName, "[ ._-]", string.Empty);
+                var cleanParent = CleanNameRegex.Replace(parentFolderName, string.Empty);
-                filename = filename.Replace(parentFolderName, string.Empty, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                filename = filename.Replace(cleanParent, string.Empty, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             }
 
-            if (supportSpecialAliases)
+            if (supportSpecialAliases &&
-            {
+                (filename.Equals("specials", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
-                if (string.Equals(filename, "specials", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                 filename.Equals("extras", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
             {
                 return (0, true);
             }
 
-                if (string.Equals(filename, "extras", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (supportNumericSeasonFolders &&
-                {
+                int.TryParse(filename, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out val))
-                    return (0, true);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (supportNumericSeasonFolders)
-            {
-                if (int.TryParse(filename, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var val))
             {
                 return (val, true);
             }
-            }
-
-            if (filename.StartsWith('s'))
-            {
-                var testFilename = filename.AsSpan()[1..];
-
-                if (int.TryParse(testFilename, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var val))
-                {
-                    return (val, true);
-                }
-            }
 
             var preMatch = ProcessPre().Match(filename);
             if (preMatch.Success)
@@ -113,9 +108,11 @@ namespace Emby.Naming.TV
             var numberString = match.Groups["seasonnumber"];
             if (numberString.Success)
             {
-                var seasonNumber = int.Parse(numberString.Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+                if (int.TryParse(numberString.Value, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var seasonNumber))
+                {
                     return (seasonNumber, true);
                 }
+            }
 
             return (null, false);
         }

Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseApplicationPaths.cs

@@ -107,10 +107,20 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
 
         private void CheckOrCreateMarker(string path, string markerName, bool recursive = false)
         {
-            var otherMarkers = GetMarkers(path, recursive).FirstOrDefault(e => Path.GetFileName(e) != markerName);
+            string? otherMarkers = null;
+            try
+            {
+                otherMarkers = GetMarkers(path, recursive).FirstOrDefault(e => !Path.GetFileName(e.AsSpan()).Equals(markerName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Error while checking for marker files, assume none exist and keep going
+                // TODO: add some logging
+            }
+
             if (otherMarkers is not null)
             {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Exepected to find only {markerName} but found marker for {otherMarkers}.");
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Expected to find only {markerName} but found marker for {otherMarkers}.");
             }
 
             var markerPath = Path.Combine(path, markerName);

Emby.Server.Implementations/Chapters/ChapterManager.cs

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class ChapterManager : IChapterManager
 
         if (saveChapters && changesMade)
         {
-            _chapterRepository.SaveChapters(video.Id, chapters);
+            SaveChapters(video, chapters);
         }
 
         DeleteDeadImages(currentImages, chapters);
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ public class ChapterManager : IChapterManager
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public void SaveChapters(Video video, IReadOnlyList<ChapterInfo> chapters)
     {
-        _chapterRepository.SaveChapters(video.Id, chapters);
+        // Remove any chapters that are outside of the runtime of the video
+        var validChapters = chapters.Where(c => c.StartPositionTicks < video.RunTimeTicks).ToList();
+        _chapterRepository.SaveChapters(video.Id, validChapters);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />

Emby.Server.Implementations/Dto/DtoService.cs

@@ -1051,16 +1051,16 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
 
                 // Include artists that are not in the database yet, e.g., just added via metadata editor
                 // var foundArtists = artistItems.Items.Select(i => i.Item1.Name).ToList();
-                dto.ArtistItems = _libraryManager.GetArtists([.. hasArtist.Artists.Where(e => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(e))])
+                var artistsLookup = _libraryManager.GetArtists([.. hasArtist.Artists.Where(e => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(e))]);
-                    .Where(e => e.Value.Length > 0)
+
-                    .Select(i =>
+                dto.ArtistItems = hasArtist.Artists
-                    {
+                    .Where(name => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
-                        return new NameGuidPair
+                    .Distinct()
-                        {
+                    .Select(name => artistsLookup.TryGetValue(name, out var artists) && artists.Length > 0
-                            Name = i.Key,
+                        ? new NameGuidPair { Name = name, Id = artists[0].Id }
-                            Id = i.Value.First().Id
+                        : null)
-                        };
+                    .Where(item => item is not null)
-                    }).Where(i => i is not null).ToArray();
+                    .ToArray();
             }
 
             if (item is IHasAlbumArtist hasAlbumArtist)
@@ -1085,31 +1085,16 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Dto
                 //    })
                 //    .ToList();
 
+                var albumArtistsLookup = _libraryManager.GetArtists([.. hasAlbumArtist.AlbumArtists.Where(e => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(e))]);
+
                 dto.AlbumArtists = hasAlbumArtist.AlbumArtists
-                    // .Except(foundArtists, new DistinctNameComparer())
+                    .Where(name => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
-                    .Select(i =>
+                    .Distinct()
-                    {
+                    .Select(name => albumArtistsLookup.TryGetValue(name, out var albumArtists) && albumArtists.Length > 0
-                        // This should not be necessary but we're seeing some cases of it
+                        ? new NameGuidPair { Name = name, Id = albumArtists[0].Id }
-                        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(i))
+                        : null)
-                        {
+                    .Where(item => item is not null)
-                            return null;
+                    .ToArray();
-                        }
-
-                        var artist = _libraryManager.GetArtist(i, new DtoOptions(false)
-                        {
-                            EnableImages = false
-                        });
-                        if (artist is not null)
-                        {
-                            return new NameGuidPair
-                            {
-                                Name = artist.Name,
-                                Id = artist.Id
-                            };
-                        }
-
-                        return null;
-                    }).Where(i => i is not null).ToArray();
             }
 
             // Add video info

Emby.Server.Implementations/IO/LibraryMonitor.cs

@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
                 return;
             }
 
+            var fileInfo = _fileSystem.GetFileSystemInfo(path);
+            if (DotIgnoreIgnoreRule.IsIgnored(fileInfo, null))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             // Ignore certain files, If the parent of an ignored path has a change event, ignore that too
             foreach (var i in _tempIgnoredPaths.Keys)
             {

Emby.Server.Implementations/IO/ManagedFileSystem.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Security;
 using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public void MoveDirectory(string source, string destination)
         {
+            // Make sure parent directory of target exists
+            var parent = Directory.GetParent(destination);
+            parent?.Create();
+
             try
             {
                 Directory.Move(source, destination);
@@ -248,48 +253,41 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
             {
                 result.IsDirectory = info is DirectoryInfo || (info.Attributes & FileAttributes.Directory) == FileAttributes.Directory;
 
-                // if (!result.IsDirectory)
-                // {
-                //    result.IsHidden = (info.Attributes & FileAttributes.Hidden) == FileAttributes.Hidden;
-                // }
-
                 if (info is FileInfo fileInfo)
                 {
-                    result.Length = fileInfo.Length;
+                    result.CreationTimeUtc = GetCreationTimeUtc(info);
-
+                    result.LastWriteTimeUtc = GetLastWriteTimeUtc(info);
-                    // Issue #2354 get the size of files behind symbolic links. Also Enum.HasFlag is bad as it boxes!
+                    if (fileInfo.LinkTarget is not null)
-                    if ((fileInfo.Attributes & FileAttributes.ReparsePoint) == FileAttributes.ReparsePoint)
                     {
                         try
                         {
-                            using (var fileHandle = File.OpenHandle(fileInfo.FullName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
+                            var targetFileInfo = FileSystemHelper.ResolveLinkTarget(fileInfo, returnFinalTarget: true);
+                            if (targetFileInfo is not null)
                             {
-                                result.Length = RandomAccess.GetLength(fileHandle);
+                                result.Exists = targetFileInfo.Exists;
+                                if (result.Exists)
+                                {
+                                    result.Length = targetFileInfo.Length;
+                                    result.CreationTimeUtc = GetCreationTimeUtc(targetFileInfo);
+                                    result.LastWriteTimeUtc = GetLastWriteTimeUtc(targetFileInfo);
                                 }
                             }
-                        catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
+                            else
                             {
-                            // Dangling symlinks cannot be detected before opening the file unfortunately...
-                            _logger.LogError(ex, "Reading the file size of the symlink at {Path} failed. Marking the file as not existing.", fileInfo.FullName);
                                 result.Exists = false;
                             }
+                        }
                         catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
                         {
                             _logger.LogError(ex, "Reading the file at {Path} failed due to a permissions exception.", fileInfo.FullName);
                         }
-                        catch (IOException ex)
+                    }
+                    else
                     {
-                            // IOException generally means the file is not accessible due to filesystem issues
+                        result.Length = fileInfo.Length;
-                            // Catch this exception and mark the file as not exist to ignore it
-                            _logger.LogError(ex, "Reading the file at {Path} failed due to an IO Exception. Marking the file as not existing", fileInfo.FullName);
-                            result.Exists = false;
                     }
                 }
             }
-
-                result.CreationTimeUtc = GetCreationTimeUtc(info);
-                result.LastWriteTimeUtc = GetLastWriteTimeUtc(info);
-            }
             else
             {
                 result.IsDirectory = info is DirectoryInfo;
@@ -499,8 +497,17 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.IO
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public virtual bool AreEqual(string path1, string path2)
         {
-            return Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(path1).Equals(
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path1) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path2))
-                Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(path2),
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var normalized1 = Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(path1);
+            var normalized2 = Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(path2);
+
+            return string.Equals(
+                normalized1,
+                normalized2,
                 _isEnvironmentCaseInsensitive ? StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase : StringComparison.Ordinal);
         }
 

Emby.Server.Implementations/Images/BaseDynamicImageProvider.cs

@@ -267,8 +267,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Images
         {
             var image = item.GetImageInfo(type, 0);
 
-            if (image is not null)
+            if (image is null)
             {
+                return GetItemsWithImages(item).Count is not 0;
+            }
+
             if (!image.IsLocalFile)
             {
                 return false;
@@ -283,7 +286,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Images
             {
                 return false;
             }
-            }
 
             return true;
         }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Images/CollectionFolderImageProvider.cs

@@ -98,5 +98,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Images
 
             return base.CreateImage(item, itemsWithImages, outputPath, imageType, imageIndex);
         }
+
+        protected override bool HasChangedByDate(BaseItem item, ItemImageInfo image)
+        {
+            var age = DateTime.UtcNow - image.DateModified;
+            return age.TotalDays > 7;
+        }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/DotIgnoreIgnoreRule.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Resolvers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 
@@ -11,28 +13,24 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library;
 /// </summary>
 public class DotIgnoreIgnoreRule : IResolverIgnoreRule
 {
+    private static readonly bool IsWindows = OperatingSystem.IsWindows();
+
     private static FileInfo? FindIgnoreFile(DirectoryInfo directory)
     {
-        var ignoreFile = new FileInfo(Path.Join(directory.FullName, ".ignore"));
+        for (var current = directory; current is not null; current = current.Parent)
-        if (ignoreFile.Exists)
         {
-            return ignoreFile;
+            var ignorePath = Path.Join(current.FullName, ".ignore");
+            if (File.Exists(ignorePath))
+            {
+                return new FileInfo(ignorePath);
+            }
         }
 
-        var parentDir = directory.Parent;
-        if (parentDir is null)
-        {
         return null;
     }
 
-        return FindIgnoreFile(parentDir);
-    }
-
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public bool ShouldIgnore(FileSystemMetadata fileInfo, BaseItem? parent)
+    public bool ShouldIgnore(FileSystemMetadata fileInfo, BaseItem? parent) => IsIgnored(fileInfo, parent);
-    {
-        return IsIgnored(fileInfo, parent);
-    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Checks whether or not the file is ignored.
@@ -42,60 +40,101 @@ public class DotIgnoreIgnoreRule : IResolverIgnoreRule
     /// <returns>True if the file should be ignored.</returns>
     public static bool IsIgnored(FileSystemMetadata fileInfo, BaseItem? parent)
     {
-        if (fileInfo.IsDirectory)
+        var searchDirectory = fileInfo.IsDirectory
-        {
+            ? new DirectoryInfo(fileInfo.FullName)
-            var dirIgnoreFile = FindIgnoreFile(new DirectoryInfo(fileInfo.FullName));
+            : new DirectoryInfo(Path.GetDirectoryName(fileInfo.FullName) ?? string.Empty);
-            if (dirIgnoreFile is null)
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(searchDirectory.FullName))
         {
             return false;
         }
 
-            // Fast path in case the ignore files isn't a symlink and is empty
+        var ignoreFile = FindIgnoreFile(searchDirectory);
-            if ((dirIgnoreFile.Attributes & FileAttributes.ReparsePoint) == 0
-                && dirIgnoreFile.Length == 0)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            // ignore the directory only if the .ignore file is empty
-            // evaluate individual files otherwise
-            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(GetFileContent(dirIgnoreFile));
-        }
-
-        var parentDirPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(fileInfo.FullName);
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(parentDirPath))
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        var folder = new DirectoryInfo(parentDirPath);
-        var ignoreFile = FindIgnoreFile(folder);
         if (ignoreFile is null)
         {
             return false;
         }
 
-        string ignoreFileString = GetFileContent(ignoreFile);
+        // Fast path in case the ignore files isn't a symlink and is empty
-
+        if (ignoreFile.LinkTarget is null && ignoreFile.Length == 0)
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ignoreFileString))
         {
             // Ignore directory if we just have the file
             return true;
         }
 
+        var content = GetFileContent(ignoreFile);
+        return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(content)
+            || CheckIgnoreRules(fileInfo.FullName, content, fileInfo.IsDirectory);
+    }
+
+    private static bool CheckIgnoreRules(string path, string ignoreFileContent, bool isDirectory)
+    {
         // If file has content, base ignoring off the content .gitignore-style rules
-        var ignoreRules = ignoreFileString.Split('\n', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+        var rules = ignoreFileContent.Split('\n', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
+        return CheckIgnoreRules(path, rules, isDirectory);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Checks whether a path should be ignored based on an array of ignore rules.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="path">The path to check.</param>
+    /// <param name="rules">The array of ignore rules.</param>
+    /// <param name="isDirectory">Whether the path is a directory.</param>
+    /// <returns>True if the path should be ignored.</returns>
+    internal static bool CheckIgnoreRules(string path, string[] rules, bool isDirectory)
+        => CheckIgnoreRules(path, rules, isDirectory, IsWindows);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Checks whether a path should be ignored based on an array of ignore rules.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="path">The path to check.</param>
+    /// <param name="rules">The array of ignore rules.</param>
+    /// <param name="isDirectory">Whether the path is a directory.</param>
+    /// <param name="normalizePath">Whether to normalize backslashes to forward slashes (for Windows paths).</param>
+    /// <returns>True if the path should be ignored.</returns>
+    internal static bool CheckIgnoreRules(string path, string[] rules, bool isDirectory, bool normalizePath)
+    {
         var ignore = new Ignore.Ignore();
-        ignore.Add(ignoreRules);
 
-        return ignore.IsIgnored(fileInfo.FullName);
+        // Add each rule individually to catch and skip invalid patterns
+        var validRulesAdded = 0;
+        foreach (var rule in rules)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                ignore.Add(rule);
+                validRulesAdded++;
+            }
+            catch (RegexParseException)
+            {
+                // Ignore invalid patterns
+            }
         }
 
-    private static string GetFileContent(FileInfo dirIgnoreFile)
+        // If no valid rules were added, fall back to ignoring everything (like an empty .ignore file)
+        if (validRulesAdded == 0)
         {
-        using (var reader = dirIgnoreFile.OpenText())
+            return true;
+        }
+
+         // Mitigate the problem of the Ignore library not handling Windows paths correctly.
+         // See https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/15484
+        var pathToCheck = normalizePath ? path.NormalizePath('/') : path;
+
+        // Add trailing slash for directories to match "folder/"
+        if (isDirectory)
         {
-            return reader.ReadToEnd();
+            pathToCheck = string.Concat(pathToCheck.AsSpan().TrimEnd('/'), "/");
-        }
+        }
+
+        return ignore.IsIgnored(pathToCheck);
+    }
+
+    private static string GetFileContent(FileInfo ignoreFile)
+    {
+        ignoreFile = FileSystemHelper.ResolveLinkTarget(ignoreFile, returnFinalTarget: true) ?? ignoreFile;
+        return ignoreFile.Exists
+            ? File.ReadAllText(ignoreFile.FullName)
+            : string.Empty;
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/IgnorePatterns.cs

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             "**/lost+found",
             "**/subs/**",
             "**/subs",
+            "**/.snapshots/**",
+            "**/.snapshots",
+            "**/.snapshot/**",
+            "**/.snapshot",
 
             // Trickplay files
             "**/*.trickplay",

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs

@@ -457,6 +457,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 _cache.TryRemove(child.Id, out _);
             }
 
+            if (parent is Folder folder)
+            {
+                folder.Children = null;
+                folder.UserData = null;
+            }
+
             ReportItemRemoved(item, parent);
         }
 
@@ -1052,6 +1058,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 {
                     IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.MusicArtist],
                     Name = name,
+                    UseRawName = true,
                     DtoOptions = options
                 }).Cast<MusicArtist>()
                 .OrderBy(i => i.IsAccessedByName ? 1 : 0)
@@ -1993,6 +2000,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
                 RegisterItem(item);
             }
 
+            if (parent is Folder folder)
+            {
+                folder.Children = null;
+                folder.UserData = null;
+            }
+
             if (ItemAdded is not null)
             {
                 foreach (var item in items)
@@ -2150,6 +2163,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
 
             _itemRepository.SaveItems(items, cancellationToken);
 
+            if (parent is Folder folder)
+            {
+                folder.Children = null;
+                folder.UserData = null;
+            }
+
             if (ItemUpdated is not null)
             {
                 foreach (var item in items)
@@ -2183,6 +2202,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
         public Task UpdateItemAsync(BaseItem item, BaseItem parent, ItemUpdateType updateReason, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
             => UpdateItemsAsync([item], parent, updateReason, cancellationToken);
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public async Task ReattachUserDataAsync(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            await _itemRepository.ReattachUserDataAsync(item, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+
         public async Task RunMetadataSavers(BaseItem item, ItemUpdateType updateReason)
         {
             if (item.IsFileProtocol)
@@ -3176,19 +3201,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             var rootFolderPath = _configurationManager.ApplicationPaths.DefaultUserViewsPath;
             var virtualFolderPath = Path.Combine(rootFolderPath, virtualFolderName);
 
-            var shortcutFilename = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path);
+            CreateShortcut(virtualFolderPath, pathInfo);
-
-            var lnk = Path.Combine(virtualFolderPath, shortcutFilename + ShortcutFileExtension);
-
-            while (File.Exists(lnk))
-            {
-                shortcutFilename += "1";
-                lnk = Path.Combine(virtualFolderPath, shortcutFilename + ShortcutFileExtension);
-            }
-
-            _fileSystem.CreateShortcut(lnk, _appHost.ReverseVirtualPath(path));
-
-            RemoveContentTypeOverrides(path);
 
             if (saveLibraryOptions)
             {
@@ -3353,5 +3366,24 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
 
             return item is UserRootFolder || item.IsVisibleStandalone(user);
         }
+
+        public void CreateShortcut(string virtualFolderPath, MediaPathInfo pathInfo)
+        {
+            var path = pathInfo.Path;
+            var rootFolderPath = _configurationManager.ApplicationPaths.DefaultUserViewsPath;
+
+            var shortcutFilename = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path);
+
+            var lnk = Path.Combine(virtualFolderPath, shortcutFilename + ShortcutFileExtension);
+
+            while (File.Exists(lnk))
+            {
+                shortcutFilename += "1";
+                lnk = Path.Combine(virtualFolderPath, shortcutFilename + ShortcutFileExtension);
+            }
+
+            _fileSystem.CreateShortcut(lnk, _appHost.ReverseVirtualPath(path));
+            RemoveContentTypeOverrides(path);
+        }
     }
 }

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/MediaSourceManager.cs

@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
         /// <inheritdoc />>
         public MediaProtocol GetPathProtocol(string path)
         {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
+            {
+                return MediaProtocol.File;
+            }
+
             if (path.StartsWith("Rtsp", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 return MediaProtocol.Rtsp;

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/MusicManager.cs

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
 
         public IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> GetInstantMixFromSong(Audio item, User? user, DtoOptions dtoOptions)
         {
-            return GetInstantMixFromGenres(item.Genres, user, dtoOptions);
+            var instantMixItems = GetInstantMixFromGenres(item.Genres, user, dtoOptions);
+
+            return [item, .. instantMixItems.Where(i => !i.Id.Equals(item.Id))];
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />

Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Resolvers/Movies/MovieResolver.cs

@@ -369,13 +369,16 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.Resolvers.Movies
                 // We need to only look at the name of this actual item (not parents)
                 var justName = item.IsInMixedFolder ? Path.GetFileName(item.Path.AsSpan()) : Path.GetFileName(item.ContainingFolderPath.AsSpan());
 
-                if (!justName.IsEmpty)
-                {
-                    // Check for TMDb id
                 var tmdbid = justName.GetAttributeValue("tmdbid");
-                    item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, tmdbid);
+
+                // If not in a mixed folder and ID not found in folder path, check filename
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(tmdbid) && !item.IsInMixedFolder)
+                {
+                    tmdbid = Path.GetFileName(item.Path.AsSpan()).GetAttributeValue("tmdbid");
                 }
 
+                item.TrySetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Tmdb, tmdbid);
+
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Path))
                 {
                     // Check for IMDb id - we use full media path, as we can assume that this will match in any use case (whether  id in parent dir or in file name)

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/LocalizationManager.cs

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization
 
         private readonly JsonSerializerOptions _jsonOptions = JsonDefaults.Options;
 
+        private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, CultureDto?> _cultureCache = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
         private List<CultureDto> _cultures = [];
 
         private FrozenDictionary<string, string> _iso6392BtoT = null!;
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization
                     list.Add(new CultureDto(name, displayname, twoCharName, threeLetterNames));
                 }
 
+                _cultureCache.Clear();
                 _cultures = list;
                 _iso6392BtoT = iso6392BtoTdict.ToFrozenDictionary(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             }
@@ -169,20 +171,31 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public CultureDto? FindLanguageInfo(string language)
         {
-            // TODO language should ideally be a ReadOnlySpan but moq cannot mock ref structs
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(language))
-            for (var i = 0; i < _cultures.Count; i++)
             {
-                var culture = _cultures[i];
+                return null;
-                if (language.Equals(culture.DisplayName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            }
-                    || language.Equals(culture.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+
-                    || culture.ThreeLetterISOLanguageNames.Contains(language, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            return _cultureCache.GetOrAdd(
-                    || language.Equals(culture.TwoLetterISOLanguageName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                language,
+                static (lang, cultures) =>
+                {
+                    // TODO language should ideally be a ReadOnlySpan but moq cannot mock ref structs
+                    for (var i = 0; i < cultures.Count; i++)
+                    {
+                        var culture = cultures[i];
+                        if (lang.Equals(culture.DisplayName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                            || lang.Equals(culture.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                            || culture.ThreeLetterISOLanguageNames.Contains(lang, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                            || lang.Equals(culture.TwoLetterISOLanguageName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                         {
                             return culture;
                         }
                     }
 
-            return default;
+                    return null;
+                },
+                _cultures);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -311,15 +324,19 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Localization
             else
             {
                 // Fall back to server default language for ratings check
-                // If it has no ratings, use the US ratings
+                var ratingsDictionary = GetParentalRatingsDictionary();
-                var ratingsDictionary = GetParentalRatingsDictionary() ?? GetParentalRatingsDictionary("us");
                 if (ratingsDictionary is not null && ratingsDictionary.TryGetValue(rating, out ParentalRatingScore? value))
                 {
                     return value;
                 }
             }
 
-            // If we don't find anything, check all ratings systems
+            // If we don't find anything, check all ratings systems, starting with US
+            if (_allParentalRatings.TryGetValue("us", out var usRatings) && usRatings.TryGetValue(rating, out var usValue))
+            {
+                return usValue;
+            }
+
             foreach (var dictionary in _allParentalRatings.Values)
             {
                 if (dictionary.TryGetValue(rating, out var value))

Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/iso6392.txt

@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ pli||pi|Pali|pali
 pol||pl|Polish|polonais
 pon|||Pohnpeian|pohnpei
 por||pt|Portuguese|portugais
-por||pt-pt|Portuguese (Portugal)|portugais (pt-pt)
+pop||pt-pt|Portuguese (Portugal)|portugais (pt-pt)
-por||pt-br|Portuguese (Brazil)|portugais (pt-br)
+pob||pt-br|Portuguese (Brazil)|portugais (pt-br)
 pra|||Prakrit languages|prâkrit, langues
 pro|||Provençal, Old (to 1500)|provençal ancien (jusqu'à 1500)
 pus||ps|Pushto; Pashto|pachto

Emby.Server.Implementations/Playlists/PlaylistManager.cs

@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Playlists
 
             // Update the playlist in the repository
             playlist.LinkedChildren = [.. playlist.LinkedChildren, .. childrenToAdd];
+            playlist.DateLastMediaAdded = DateTime.UtcNow;
 
             await UpdatePlaylistInternal(playlist).ConfigureAwait(false);
 

Emby.Server.Implementations/Session/SessionManager.cs

@@ -1175,7 +1175,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Session
             return session;
         }
 
-        private SessionInfoDto ToSessionInfoDto(SessionInfo sessionInfo)
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public SessionInfoDto ToSessionInfoDto(SessionInfo sessionInfo)
         {
             return new SessionInfoDto
             {

Emby.Server.Implementations/Updates/InstallationManager.cs

@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Updates
                 _logger.LogError(ex, "The URL configured for the plugin repository manifest URL is not valid: {Manifest}", manifest);
                 return Array.Empty<PackageInfo>();
             }
+            catch (NotSupportedException ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "The URL scheme configured for the plugin repository is not supported: {Manifest}", manifest);
+                return Array.Empty<PackageInfo>();
+            }
             catch (HttpRequestException ex)
             {
                 _logger.LogError(ex, "An error occurred while accessing the plugin manifest: {Manifest}", manifest);
@@ -223,15 +228,14 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Updates
             Guid id = default,
             Version? specificVersion = null)
         {
-            if (name is not null)
-            {
-                availablePackages = availablePackages.Where(x => x.Name.Equals(name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
-            }
-
             if (!id.IsEmpty())
             {
                 availablePackages = availablePackages.Where(x => x.Id.Equals(id));
             }
+            else if (name is not null)
+            {
+                availablePackages = availablePackages.Where(x => x.Name.Equals(name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            }
 
             if (specificVersion is not null)
             {

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/AudioController.cs

@@ -92,18 +92,18 @@ public class AudioController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     [ProducesAudioFile]
     public async Task<ActionResult> GetAudioStream(
         [FromRoute, Required] Guid itemId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? container,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? container,
         [FromQuery] bool? @static,
         [FromQuery] string? @params,
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery, ParameterObsolete] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery] string? mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class AudioController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ public class AudioController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
@@ -259,18 +259,18 @@ public class AudioController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     [ProducesAudioFile]
     public async Task<ActionResult> GetAudioStreamByContainer(
         [FromRoute, Required] Guid itemId,
-        [FromRoute, Required] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string container,
+        [FromRoute, Required] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string container,
         [FromQuery] bool? @static,
         [FromQuery] string? @params,
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery, ParameterObsolete] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery] string? mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public class AudioController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ public class AudioController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs

@@ -167,18 +167,18 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     [ProducesPlaylistFile]
     public async Task<ActionResult> GetLiveHlsStream(
         [FromRoute, Required] Guid itemId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? container,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? container,
         [FromQuery] bool? @static,
         [FromQuery] string? @params,
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery, ParameterObsolete] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery] string? mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
@@ -416,12 +416,12 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery, ParameterObsolete] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery, Required] string mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
@@ -592,12 +592,12 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery, ParameterObsolete] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery, Required] string mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -628,8 +628,8 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
@@ -762,12 +762,12 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery, ParameterObsolete] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery] string? mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -799,8 +799,8 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
@@ -934,12 +934,12 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery, ParameterObsolete] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery] string? mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -970,8 +970,8 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromRoute, Required] Guid itemId,
         [FromRoute, Required] string playlistId,
         [FromRoute, Required] int segmentId,
-        [FromRoute, Required] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string container,
+        [FromRoute, Required] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string container,
         [FromQuery, Required] long runtimeTicks,
         [FromQuery, Required] long actualSegmentLengthTicks,
         [FromQuery] bool? @static,
@@ -1115,12 +1115,12 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery, ParameterObsolete] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery] string? mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -1152,8 +1152,8 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromRoute, Required] Guid itemId,
         [FromRoute, Required] string playlistId,
         [FromRoute, Required] int segmentId,
-        [FromRoute, Required] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string container,
+        [FromRoute, Required] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string container,
         [FromQuery, Required] long runtimeTicks,
         [FromQuery, Required] long actualSegmentLengthTicks,
         [FromQuery] bool? @static,
@@ -1300,12 +1300,12 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery, ParameterObsolete] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery] string? mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -1336,8 +1336,8 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
@@ -1421,10 +1421,20 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
                 cancellationTokenSource.Token)
             .ConfigureAwait(false);
         var mediaSourceId = state.BaseRequest.MediaSourceId;
+        double fps = state.TargetFramerate ?? 0.0f;
+        int segmentLength = state.SegmentLength * 1000;
+
+        // If video is transcoded and framerate is fractional (i.e. 23.976), we need to slightly adjust segment length
+        if (!EncodingHelper.IsCopyCodec(state.OutputVideoCodec) && Math.Abs(fps - Math.Floor(fps + 0.001f)) > 0.001)
+        {
+            double nearestIntFramerate = Math.Ceiling(fps);
+            segmentLength = (int)Math.Ceiling(segmentLength * (nearestIntFramerate / fps));
+        }
+
         var request = new CreateMainPlaylistRequest(
             mediaSourceId is null ? null : Guid.Parse(mediaSourceId),
             state.MediaPath,
-            state.SegmentLength * 1000,
+            segmentLength,
             state.RunTimeTicks ?? 0,
             state.Request.SegmentContainer ?? string.Empty,
             "hls1/main/",
@@ -1625,8 +1635,11 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
 
             var useLegacySegmentOption = _mediaEncoder.EncoderVersion < _minFFmpegHlsSegmentOptions;
 
+            if (state.VideoStream is not null && state.IsOutputVideo)
+            {
                 // fMP4 needs this flag to write the audio packet DTS/PTS including the initial delay into MOOF::TRAF::TFDT
                 hlsArguments += $" {(useLegacySegmentOption ? "-hls_ts_options" : "-hls_segment_options")} movflags=+frag_discont";
+            }
 
             segmentFormat = "fmp4" + outputFmp4HeaderArg;
         }
@@ -1836,8 +1849,9 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             {
                 if (isActualOutputVideoCodecHevc)
                 {
-                    // Prefer dvh1 to dvhe
+                    // Use hvc1 for 8.4. This is what Dolby uses for its official sample streams. Tagging with dvh1 would break some players with strict tag checking like Apple Safari.
-                    args += " -tag:v:0 dvh1 -strict -2";
+                    var codecTag = state.VideoStream.VideoRangeType == VideoRangeType.DOVIWithHLG ? "hvc1" : "dvh1";
+                    args += $" -tag:v:0 {codecTag} -strict -2";
                 }
                 else if (isActualOutputVideoCodecAv1)
                 {

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ItemUpdateController.cs

@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ public class ItemUpdateController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         {
             if (item is IHasAlbumArtist hasAlbumArtists)
             {
-                hasAlbumArtists.AlbumArtists = Array.ConvertAll(request.AlbumArtists, i => i.Name);
+                hasAlbumArtists.AlbumArtists = Array.ConvertAll(request.AlbumArtists, i => i.Name.Trim());
             }
         }
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ public class ItemUpdateController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         {
             if (item is IHasArtist hasArtists)
             {
-                hasArtists.Artists = Array.ConvertAll(request.ArtistItems, i => i.Name);
+                hasArtists.Artists = Array.ConvertAll(request.ArtistItems, i => i.Name.Trim());
             }
         }
 

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Movies;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Activity;
@@ -700,7 +701,18 @@ public class LibraryController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         // Quotes are valid in linux. They'll possibly cause issues here.
         var filename = Path.GetFileName(item.Path)?.Replace("\"", string.Empty, StringComparison.Ordinal);
 
-        return PhysicalFile(item.Path, MimeTypes.GetMimeType(item.Path), filename, true);
+        var filePath = item.Path;
+        if (item.IsFileProtocol)
+        {
+            // PhysicalFile does not work well with symlinks at the moment.
+            var resolved = FileSystemHelper.ResolveLinkTarget(filePath, returnFinalTarget: true);
+            if (resolved is not null && resolved.Exists)
+            {
+                filePath = resolved.FullName;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return PhysicalFile(filePath, MimeTypes.GetMimeType(filePath), filename, true);
     }
 
     /// <summary>

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryStructureController.cs

@@ -342,6 +342,17 @@ public class LibraryStructureController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             return NotFound();
         }
 
+        LibraryOptions options = item.GetLibraryOptions();
+        foreach (var mediaPath in request.LibraryOptions!.PathInfos)
+        {
+            if (options.PathInfos.Any(i => i.Path == mediaPath.Path))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            _libraryManager.CreateShortcut(item.Path, mediaPath);
+        }
+
         item.UpdateLibraryOptions(request.LibraryOptions);
         return NoContent();
     }

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LiveTvController.cs

@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <returns>A <see cref="NoContentResult"/>.</returns>
     [HttpPost("Tuners/{tunerId}/Reset")]
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status204NoContent)]
-    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.LiveTvManagement)]
+    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.RequiresElevation)]
     public async Task<ActionResult> ResetTuner([FromRoute, Required] string tunerId)
     {
         await _liveTvManager.ResetTuner(tunerId, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <response code="200">Created tuner host returned.</response>
     /// <returns>A <see cref="OkResult"/> containing the created tuner host.</returns>
     [HttpPost("TunerHosts")]
-    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.LiveTvManagement)]
+    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.RequiresElevation)]
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
     public async Task<ActionResult<TunerHostInfo>> AddTunerHost([FromBody] TunerHostInfo tunerHostInfo)
         => await _tunerHostManager.SaveTunerHost(tunerHostInfo).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <response code="204">Tuner host deleted.</response>
     /// <returns>A <see cref="NoContentResult"/>.</returns>
     [HttpDelete("TunerHosts")]
-    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.LiveTvManagement)]
+    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.RequiresElevation)]
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status204NoContent)]
     public ActionResult DeleteTunerHost([FromQuery] string? id)
     {
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <response code="200">Created listings provider returned.</response>
     /// <returns>A <see cref="OkResult"/> containing the created listings provider.</returns>
     [HttpPost("ListingProviders")]
-    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.LiveTvManagement)]
+    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.RequiresElevation)]
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
     [SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance", "CA5350:RemoveSha1", MessageId = "AddListingProvider", Justification = "Imported from ServiceStack")]
     public async Task<ActionResult<ListingsProviderInfo>> AddListingProvider(
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <response code="204">Listing provider deleted.</response>
     /// <returns>A <see cref="NoContentResult"/>.</returns>
     [HttpDelete("ListingProviders")]
-    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.LiveTvManagement)]
+    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.RequiresElevation)]
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status204NoContent)]
     public ActionResult DeleteListingProvider([FromQuery] string? id)
     {
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <response code="200">Available countries returned.</response>
     /// <returns>A <see cref="FileResult"/> containing the available countries.</returns>
     [HttpGet("ListingProviders/SchedulesDirect/Countries")]
-    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.LiveTvAccess)]
+    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.RequiresElevation)]
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
     [ProducesFile(MediaTypeNames.Application.Json)]
     public async Task<ActionResult> GetSchedulesDirectCountries()
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <response code="200">Channel mapping options returned.</response>
     /// <returns>An <see cref="OkResult"/> containing the channel mapping options.</returns>
     [HttpGet("ChannelMappingOptions")]
-    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.LiveTvAccess)]
+    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.RequiresElevation)]
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
     public Task<ChannelMappingOptionsDto> GetChannelMappingOptions([FromQuery] string? providerId)
         => _listingsManager.GetChannelMappingOptions(providerId);
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <response code="200">Created channel mapping returned.</response>
     /// <returns>An <see cref="OkResult"/> containing the created channel mapping.</returns>
     [HttpPost("ChannelMappings")]
-    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.LiveTvManagement)]
+    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.RequiresElevation)]
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
     public Task<TunerChannelMapping> SetChannelMapping([FromBody, Required] SetChannelMappingDto dto)
         => _listingsManager.SetChannelMapping(dto.ProviderId, dto.TunerChannelId, dto.ProviderChannelId);
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     /// <returns>An <see cref="OkResult"/> containing the tuners.</returns>
     [HttpGet("Tuners/Discvover", Name = "DiscvoverTuners")]
     [HttpGet("Tuners/Discover")]
-    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.LiveTvManagement)]
+    [Authorize(Policy = Policies.RequiresElevation)]
     [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
     public IAsyncEnumerable<TunerHostInfo> DiscoverTuners([FromQuery] bool newDevicesOnly = false)
         => _tunerHostManager.DiscoverTuners(newDevicesOnly);
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ public class LiveTvController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     [ProducesVideoFile]
     public ActionResult GetLiveStreamFile(
         [FromRoute, Required] string streamId,
-        [FromRoute, Required] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string container)
+        [FromRoute, Required] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string container)
     {
         var liveStreamInfo = _mediaSourceManager.GetLiveStreamInfoByUniqueId(streamId);
         if (liveStreamInfo is null)

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/SyncPlayController.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class SyncPlayController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromBody, Required] NewGroupRequestDto requestData)
     {
         var currentSession = await RequestHelpers.GetSession(_sessionManager, _userManager, HttpContext).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        var syncPlayRequest = new NewGroupRequest(requestData.GroupName);
+        var syncPlayRequest = new NewGroupRequest(requestData.GroupName.Trim());
         return Ok(_syncPlayManager.NewGroup(currentSession, syncPlayRequest, CancellationToken.None));
     }
 

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/TrickplayController.cs

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class TrickplayController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromRoute, Required] int index,
         [FromQuery] Guid? mediaSourceId)
     {
-        var item = _libraryManager.GetItemById<BaseItem>(itemId, User.GetUserId());
+        var item = _libraryManager.GetItemById<BaseItem>(mediaSourceId ?? itemId, User.GetUserId());
         if (item is null)
         {
             return NotFound();

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/UniversalAudioController.cs

@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ public class UniversalAudioController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] string? mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
         [FromQuery] Guid? userId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? transcodingAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxStreamingBitrate,
         [FromQuery] int? audioBitRate,
         [FromQuery] long? startTimeTicks,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? transcodingContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? transcodingContainer,
         [FromQuery] MediaStreamProtocol? transcodingProtocol,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioSampleRate,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioBitDepth,

Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/VideosController.cs

@@ -315,18 +315,18 @@ public class VideosController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     [ProducesVideoFile]
     public async Task<ActionResult> GetVideoStream(
         [FromRoute, Required] Guid itemId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? container,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? container,
         [FromQuery] bool? @static,
         [FromQuery] string? @params,
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery, ParameterObsolete] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery] string? mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public class VideosController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ public class VideosController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
@@ -556,18 +556,18 @@ public class VideosController : BaseJellyfinApiController
     [ProducesVideoFile]
     public Task<ActionResult> GetVideoStreamByContainer(
         [FromRoute, Required] Guid itemId,
-        [FromRoute, Required] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string container,
+        [FromRoute, Required] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string container,
         [FromQuery] bool? @static,
         [FromQuery] string? @params,
         [FromQuery] string? tag,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceProfileId,
         [FromQuery] string? playSessionId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? segmentContainer,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? segmentContainer,
         [FromQuery] int? segmentLength,
         [FromQuery] int? minSegments,
         [FromQuery] string? mediaSourceId,
         [FromQuery] string? deviceId,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? audioCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? audioCodec,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableAutoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowVideoStreamCopy,
         [FromQuery] bool? allowAudioStreamCopy,
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ public class VideosController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? audioChannels,
         [FromQuery] int? maxAudioChannels,
         [FromQuery] string? profile,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegex)] string? level,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr)] string? level,
         [FromQuery] float? framerate,
         [FromQuery] float? maxFramerate,
         [FromQuery] bool? copyTimestamps,
@@ -599,8 +599,8 @@ public class VideosController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? cpuCoreLimit,
         [FromQuery] string? liveStreamId,
         [FromQuery] bool? enableMpegtsM2TsMode,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? videoCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? videoCodec,
-        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex)] string? subtitleCodec,
+        [FromQuery] [RegularExpression(EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegexStr)] string? subtitleCodec,
         [FromQuery] string? transcodeReasons,
         [FromQuery] int? audioStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,

Jellyfin.Api/Formatters/XmlOutputFormatter.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+using System;
 using System.Net.Mime;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters;
 
 namespace Jellyfin.Api.Formatters;
@@ -6,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Formatters;
 /// <summary>
 /// Xml output formatter.
 /// </summary>
-public sealed class XmlOutputFormatter : StringOutputFormatter
+public sealed class XmlOutputFormatter : TextOutputFormatter
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="XmlOutputFormatter"/> class.
@@ -15,5 +19,24 @@ public sealed class XmlOutputFormatter : StringOutputFormatter
     {
         SupportedMediaTypes.Clear();
         SupportedMediaTypes.Add(MediaTypeNames.Text.Xml);
+
+        SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.UTF8);
+        SupportedEncodings.Add(Encoding.Unicode);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override async Task WriteResponseBodyAsync(OutputFormatterWriteContext context, Encoding selectedEncoding)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(context);
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(selectedEncoding);
+
+        var valueAsString = context.Object?.ToString();
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(valueAsString))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var response = context.HttpContext.Response;
+        await response.WriteAsync(valueAsString, selectedEncoding).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 }

Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/DynamicHlsHelper.cs

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsHelper
         // from universal audio service, need to override the AudioCodec when the actual request differs from original query
         if (!string.Equals(state.OutputAudioCodec, _httpContextAccessor.HttpContext.Request.Query["AudioCodec"].ToString(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
-            var newQuery = Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities.QueryHelpers.ParseQuery(_httpContextAccessor.HttpContext.Request.QueryString.ToString());
+            var newQuery = Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities.QueryHelpers.ParseQuery(queryString);
             newQuery["AudioCodec"] = state.OutputAudioCodec;
             queryString = Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities.QueryHelpers.AddQueryString(string.Empty, newQuery);
         }
@@ -173,10 +173,21 @@ public class DynamicHlsHelper
             queryString += "&TranscodeReasons=" + state.Request.TranscodeReasons;
         }
 
-        // Main stream
+        // Video rotation metadata is only supported in fMP4 remuxing
-        var playlistUrl = isLiveStream ? "live.m3u8" : "main.m3u8";
+        if (state.VideoStream is not null
+            && state.VideoRequest is not null
+            && (state.VideoStream?.Rotation ?? 0) != 0
+            && EncodingHelper.IsCopyCodec(state.OutputVideoCodec)
+            && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(state.Request.SegmentContainer)
+            && !string.Equals(state.Request.SegmentContainer, "mp4", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            queryString += "&AllowVideoStreamCopy=false";
+        }
 
-        playlistUrl += queryString;
+        // Main stream
+        var baseUrl = isLiveStream ? "live.m3u8" : "main.m3u8";
+        var playlistUrl = baseUrl + queryString;
+        var playlistQuery = Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities.QueryHelpers.ParseQuery(queryString);
 
         var subtitleStreams = state.MediaSource
             .MediaStreams
@@ -198,37 +209,36 @@ public class DynamicHlsHelper
             AddSubtitles(state, subtitleStreams, builder, _httpContextAccessor.HttpContext.User);
         }
 
-        // Video rotation metadata is only supported in fMP4 remuxing
-        if (state.VideoStream is not null
-            && state.VideoRequest is not null
-            && (state.VideoStream?.Rotation ?? 0) != 0
-            && EncodingHelper.IsCopyCodec(state.OutputVideoCodec)
-            && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(state.Request.SegmentContainer)
-            && !string.Equals(state.Request.SegmentContainer, "mp4", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-        {
-            playlistUrl += "&AllowVideoStreamCopy=false";
-        }
-
         var basicPlaylist = AppendPlaylist(builder, state, playlistUrl, totalBitrate, subtitleGroup);
 
         if (state.VideoStream is not null && state.VideoRequest is not null)
         {
             var encodingOptions = _serverConfigurationManager.GetEncodingOptions();
 
-            // Provide SDR HEVC entrance for backward compatibility.
+            // Provide AV1 and HEVC SDR entrances for backward compatibility.
-            if (encodingOptions.AllowHevcEncoding
+            foreach (var sdrVideoCodec in new[] { "av1", "hevc" })
-                && !encodingOptions.AllowAv1Encoding
+            {
+                var isAv1EncodingAllowed = encodingOptions.AllowAv1Encoding
+                    && string.Equals(sdrVideoCodec, "av1", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    && string.Equals(state.ActualOutputVideoCodec, "av1", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                var isHevcEncodingAllowed = encodingOptions.AllowHevcEncoding
+                    && string.Equals(sdrVideoCodec, "hevc", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    && string.Equals(state.ActualOutputVideoCodec, "hevc", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                var isEncodingAllowed = isAv1EncodingAllowed || isHevcEncodingAllowed;
+
+                if (isEncodingAllowed
                     && EncodingHelper.IsCopyCodec(state.OutputVideoCodec)
-                && state.VideoStream.VideoRange == VideoRange.HDR
+                    && state.VideoStream.VideoRange == VideoRange.HDR)
-                && string.Equals(state.ActualOutputVideoCodec, "hevc", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                var requestedVideoProfiles = state.GetRequestedProfiles("hevc");
+                    // Force AV1 and HEVC Main Profile and disable video stream copy.
-                if (requestedVideoProfiles is not null && requestedVideoProfiles.Length > 0)
+                    state.OutputVideoCodec = sdrVideoCodec;
-                {
+
-                    // Force HEVC Main Profile and disable video stream copy.
+                    var sdrPlaylistQuery = playlistQuery;
-                    state.OutputVideoCodec = "hevc";
+                    sdrPlaylistQuery["VideoCodec"] = sdrVideoCodec;
-                    var sdrVideoUrl = ReplaceProfile(playlistUrl, "hevc", string.Join(',', requestedVideoProfiles), "main");
+                    sdrPlaylistQuery[sdrVideoCodec + "-profile"] = "main";
-                    sdrVideoUrl += "&AllowVideoStreamCopy=false";
+                    sdrPlaylistQuery["AllowVideoStreamCopy"] = "false";
+
+                    var sdrVideoUrl = Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities.QueryHelpers.AddQueryString(baseUrl, sdrPlaylistQuery);
 
                     // HACK: Use the same bitrate so that the client can choose by other attributes, such as color range.
                     AppendPlaylist(builder, state, sdrVideoUrl, totalBitrate, subtitleGroup);
@@ -238,12 +248,30 @@ public class DynamicHlsHelper
                 }
             }
 
+            // Provide H.264 SDR entrance for backward compatibility.
+            if (EncodingHelper.IsCopyCodec(state.OutputVideoCodec)
+                && state.VideoStream.VideoRange == VideoRange.HDR)
+            {
+                // Force H.264 and disable video stream copy.
+                state.OutputVideoCodec = "h264";
+
+                var sdrPlaylistQuery = playlistQuery;
+                sdrPlaylistQuery["VideoCodec"] = "h264";
+                sdrPlaylistQuery["AllowVideoStreamCopy"] = "false";
+
+                var sdrVideoUrl = Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities.QueryHelpers.AddQueryString(baseUrl, sdrPlaylistQuery);
+
+                // HACK: Use the same bitrate so that the client can choose by other attributes, such as color range.
+                AppendPlaylist(builder, state, sdrVideoUrl, totalBitrate, subtitleGroup);
+
+                // Restore the video codec
+                state.OutputVideoCodec = "copy";
+            }
+
             // Provide Level 5.0 entrance for backward compatibility.
             // e.g. Apple A10 chips refuse the master playlist containing SDR HEVC Main Level 5.1 video,
             // but in fact it is capable of playing videos up to Level 6.1.
-            if (encodingOptions.AllowHevcEncoding
+            if (EncodingHelper.IsCopyCodec(state.OutputVideoCodec)
-                && !encodingOptions.AllowAv1Encoding
-                && EncodingHelper.IsCopyCodec(state.OutputVideoCodec)
                 && state.VideoStream.Level.HasValue
                 && state.VideoStream.Level > 150
                 && state.VideoStream.VideoRange == VideoRange.SDR
@@ -273,12 +301,15 @@ public class DynamicHlsHelper
             var variation = GetBitrateVariation(totalBitrate);
 
             var newBitrate = totalBitrate - variation;
-            var variantUrl = ReplaceVideoBitrate(playlistUrl, requestedVideoBitrate, requestedVideoBitrate - variation);
+            var variantQuery = playlistQuery;
+            variantQuery["VideoBitrate"] = (requestedVideoBitrate - variation).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            var variantUrl = Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities.QueryHelpers.AddQueryString(baseUrl, variantQuery);
             AppendPlaylist(builder, state, variantUrl, newBitrate, subtitleGroup);
 
             variation *= 2;
             newBitrate = totalBitrate - variation;
-            variantUrl = ReplaceVideoBitrate(playlistUrl, requestedVideoBitrate, requestedVideoBitrate - variation);
+            variantQuery["VideoBitrate"] = (requestedVideoBitrate - variation).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            variantUrl = Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities.QueryHelpers.AddQueryString(baseUrl, variantQuery);
             AppendPlaylist(builder, state, variantUrl, newBitrate, subtitleGroup);
         }
 
@@ -863,23 +894,6 @@ public class DynamicHlsHelper
         return variation;
     }
 
-    private string ReplaceVideoBitrate(string url, int oldValue, int newValue)
-    {
-        return url.Replace(
-            "videobitrate=" + oldValue.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
-            "videobitrate=" + newValue.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
-            StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-    }
-
-    private string ReplaceProfile(string url, string codec, string oldValue, string newValue)
-    {
-        string profileStr = codec + "-profile=";
-        return url.Replace(
-            profileStr + oldValue,
-            profileStr + newValue,
-            StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-    }
-
     private string ReplacePlaylistCodecsField(StringBuilder playlist, StringBuilder oldValue, StringBuilder newValue)
     {
         var oldPlaylist = playlist.ToString();

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;
@@ -17,9 +18,7 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Streaming;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Dlna;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Dto;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 
 namespace Jellyfin.Api.Helpers;
@@ -159,6 +158,13 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
 
         string? containerInternal = Path.GetExtension(state.RequestedUrl);
 
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(containerInternal)
+            && (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(streamingRequest.LiveStreamId)
+                || (mediaSource != null && mediaSource.IsInfiniteStream)))
+        {
+            containerInternal = ".ts";
+        }
+
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(streamingRequest.Container))
         {
             containerInternal = streamingRequest.Container;
@@ -415,14 +421,18 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
                     request.Static = string.Equals("true", val, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                     break;
                 case 4:
-                    if (videoRequest is not null)
+                    if (videoRequest is not null && IsValidCodecName(val))
                     {
                         videoRequest.VideoCodec = val;
                     }
 
                     break;
                 case 5:
+                    if (IsValidCodecName(val))
+                    {
                         request.AudioCodec = val;
+                    }
+
                     break;
                 case 6:
                     if (videoRequest is not null)
@@ -476,7 +486,7 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
                     request.StartTimeTicks = long.Parse(val, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
                     break;
                 case 15:
-                    if (videoRequest is not null)
+                    if (videoRequest is not null && Regex.IsMatch(val, EncodingHelper.LevelValidationRegexStr))
                     {
                         videoRequest.Level = val;
                     }
@@ -497,7 +507,7 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
 
                     break;
                 case 18:
-                    if (videoRequest is not null)
+                    if (videoRequest is not null && IsValidCodecName(val))
                     {
                         videoRequest.Profile = val;
                     }
@@ -556,7 +566,11 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
 
                     break;
                 case 30:
+                    if (IsValidCodecName(val))
+                    {
                         request.SubtitleCodec = val;
+                    }
+
                     break;
                 case 31:
                     if (videoRequest is not null)
@@ -579,6 +593,11 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
         }
     }
 
+    private static bool IsValidCodecName(string val)
+    {
+        return EncodingHelper.ContainerValidationRegex().IsMatch(val);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Parses the container into its file extension.
     /// </summary>

Jellyfin.Api/Models/SyncPlayDtos/NewGroupRequestDto.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+
 namespace Jellyfin.Api.Models.SyncPlayDtos;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -17,5 +19,6 @@ public class NewGroupRequestDto
     /// Gets or sets the group name.
     /// </summary>
     /// <value>The name of the new group.</value>
+    [StringLength(200, ErrorMessage = "Group name must not exceed 200 characters.")]
     public string GroupName { get; set; }
 }

Jellyfin.Api/WebSocketListeners/SessionInfoWebSocketListener.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Authentication;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Session;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Dto;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Session;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.WebSocketListeners;
 /// <summary>
 /// Class SessionInfoWebSocketListener.
 /// </summary>
-public class SessionInfoWebSocketListener : BasePeriodicWebSocketListener<IEnumerable<SessionInfo>, WebSocketListenerState>
+public class SessionInfoWebSocketListener : BasePeriodicWebSocketListener<IEnumerable<SessionInfoDto>, WebSocketListenerState>
 {
     private readonly ISessionManager _sessionManager;
     private bool _disposed;
@@ -52,24 +53,26 @@ public class SessionInfoWebSocketListener : BasePeriodicWebSocketListener<IEnume
     /// Gets the data to send.
     /// </summary>
     /// <returns>Task{SystemInfo}.</returns>
-    protected override Task<IEnumerable<SessionInfo>> GetDataToSend()
+    protected override Task<IEnumerable<SessionInfoDto>> GetDataToSend()
     {
-        return Task.FromResult(_sessionManager.Sessions);
+        return Task.FromResult(_sessionManager.Sessions.Select(_sessionManager.ToSessionInfoDto));
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    protected override Task<IEnumerable<SessionInfo>> GetDataToSendForConnection(IWebSocketConnection connection)
+    protected override Task<IEnumerable<SessionInfoDto>> GetDataToSendForConnection(IWebSocketConnection connection)
     {
+        var sessions = _sessionManager.Sessions;
+
         // For non-admin users, filter the sessions to only include their own sessions
         if (connection.AuthorizationInfo?.User is not null &&
             !connection.AuthorizationInfo.IsApiKey &&
             !connection.AuthorizationInfo.User.HasPermission(PermissionKind.IsAdministrator))
         {
             var userId = connection.AuthorizationInfo.User.Id;
-            return Task.FromResult(_sessionManager.Sessions.Where(s => s.UserId.Equals(userId) || s.ContainsUser(userId)));
+            sessions = sessions.Where(s => s.UserId.Equals(userId) || s.ContainsUser(userId));
         }
 
-        return Task.FromResult(_sessionManager.Sessions);
+        return Task.FromResult(sessions.Select(_sessionManager.ToSessionInfoDto));
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />

Jellyfin.Data/Jellyfin.Data.csproj

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Authors>Jellyfin Contributors</Authors>
     <PackageId>Jellyfin.Data</PackageId>
-    <VersionPrefix>10.11.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>10.11.7</VersionPrefix>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin</RepositoryUrl>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>GPL-3.0-only</PackageLicenseExpression>
   </PropertyGroup>

Jellyfin.Data/UserEntityExtensions.cs

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public static class UserEntityExtensions
         entity.Permissions.Add(new Permission(PermissionKind.EnableSyncTranscoding, true));
         entity.Permissions.Add(new Permission(PermissionKind.EnableAudioPlaybackTranscoding, true));
         entity.Permissions.Add(new Permission(PermissionKind.EnableLiveTvAccess, true));
-        entity.Permissions.Add(new Permission(PermissionKind.EnableLiveTvManagement, true));
+        entity.Permissions.Add(new Permission(PermissionKind.EnableLiveTvManagement, false));
         entity.Permissions.Add(new Permission(PermissionKind.EnableSharedDeviceControl, true));
         entity.Permissions.Add(new Permission(PermissionKind.EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding, true));
         entity.Permissions.Add(new Permission(PermissionKind.ForceRemoteSourceTranscoding, false));

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/FullSystemBackup/BackupService.cs

@@ -118,17 +118,24 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
                 throw new NotSupportedException($"The loaded archive '{archivePath}' is made for a newer version of Jellyfin ({manifest.ServerVersion}) and cannot be loaded in this version.");
             }
 
-            void CopyDirectory(string source, string target)
+            void CopyDirectory(string source, string target, string[]? exclude = null)
             {
                 var fullSourcePath = NormalizePathSeparator(Path.GetFullPath(source) + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
                 var fullTargetRoot = Path.GetFullPath(target) + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+                var excludePaths = exclude?.Select(e => $"{source}/{e}/").ToArray();
                 foreach (var item in zipArchive.Entries)
                 {
                     var sourcePath = NormalizePathSeparator(Path.GetFullPath(item.FullName));
                     var targetPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(target, Path.GetRelativePath(source, item.FullName)));
 
+                    if (excludePaths is not null && excludePaths.Any(e => item.FullName.StartsWith(e, StringComparison.Ordinal)))
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     if (!sourcePath.StartsWith(fullSourcePath, StringComparison.Ordinal)
-                        || !targetPath.StartsWith(fullTargetRoot, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                        || !targetPath.StartsWith(fullTargetRoot, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+                        || Path.EndsInDirectorySeparator(item.FullName))
                     {
                         continue;
                     }
@@ -141,8 +148,10 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
             }
 
             CopyDirectory("Config", _applicationPaths.ConfigurationDirectoryPath);
-            CopyDirectory("Data", _applicationPaths.DataPath);
+            CopyDirectory("Data", _applicationPaths.DataPath, exclude: ["metadata", "metadata-default"]);
             CopyDirectory("Root", _applicationPaths.RootFolderPath);
+            CopyDirectory("Data/metadata", _applicationPaths.InternalMetadataPath);
+            CopyDirectory("Data/metadata-default", _applicationPaths.DefaultInternalMetadataPath);
 
             if (manifest.Options.Database)
             {
@@ -199,7 +208,7 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
                         var zipEntry = zipArchive.GetEntry(NormalizePathSeparator(Path.Combine("Database", $"{entityType.Type.Name}.json")));
                         if (zipEntry is null)
                         {
-                            _logger.LogInformation("No backup of expected table {Table} is present in backup. Continue anyway.", entityType.Type.Name);
+                            _logger.LogInformation("No backup of expected table {Table} is present in backup, continuing anyway", entityType.Type.Name);
                             continue;
                         }
 
@@ -223,7 +232,7 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
                                 }
                                 catch (Exception ex)
                                 {
-                                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Could not store entity {Entity} continue anyway.", item);
+                                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Could not store entity {Entity}, continuing anyway", item);
                                 }
                             }
 
@@ -233,11 +242,11 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
 
                     _logger.LogInformation("Try restore Database");
                     await dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    _logger.LogInformation("Restored database.");
+                    _logger.LogInformation("Restored database");
                 }
             }
 
-            _logger.LogInformation("Restored Jellyfin system from {Date}.", manifest.DateCreated);
+            _logger.LogInformation("Restored Jellyfin system from {Date}", manifest.DateCreated);
         }
     }
 
@@ -263,6 +272,8 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
             Options = Map(backupOptions)
         };
 
+        _logger.LogInformation("Running database optimization before backup");
+
         await _jellyfinDatabaseProvider.RunScheduledOptimisation(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         var backupFolder = Path.Combine(_applicationPaths.BackupPath);
@@ -281,16 +292,20 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
         }
 
         var backupPath = Path.Combine(backupFolder, $"jellyfin-backup-{manifest.DateCreated.ToLocalTime():yyyyMMddHHmmss}.zip");
-        _logger.LogInformation("Attempt to create a new backup at {BackupPath}", backupPath);
+
+        try
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation("Attempting to create a new backup at {BackupPath}", backupPath);
             var fileStream = File.OpenWrite(backupPath);
             await using (fileStream.ConfigureAwait(false))
             using (var zipArchive = new ZipArchive(fileStream, ZipArchiveMode.Create, false))
             {
-            _logger.LogInformation("Start backup process.");
+                _logger.LogInformation("Starting backup process");
                 var dbContext = await _dbProvider.CreateDbContextAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                 await using (dbContext.ConfigureAwait(false))
                 {
                     dbContext.ChangeTracker.QueryTrackingBehavior = QueryTrackingBehavior.NoTracking;
+
                     static IAsyncEnumerable<object> GetValues(IQueryable dbSet)
                     {
                         var method = dbSet.GetType().GetMethod(nameof(DbSet<object>.AsAsyncEnumerable))!;
@@ -302,7 +317,8 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
                     var historyRepository = dbContext.GetService<IHistoryRepository>();
                     var migrations = await historyRepository.GetAppliedMigrationsAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                ICollection<(Type Type, string SourceName, Func<IAsyncEnumerable<object>> ValueFactory)> entityTypes = [
+                    ICollection<(Type Type, string SourceName, Func<IAsyncEnumerable<object>> ValueFactory)> entityTypes =
+                    [
                         .. typeof(JellyfinDbContext)
                             .GetProperties(System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance)
                             .Where(e => e.PropertyType.IsAssignableTo(typeof(IQueryable)))
@@ -335,7 +351,8 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
                                         entities++;
                                         try
                                         {
-                                        JsonSerializer.SerializeToDocument(item, _serializerSettings).WriteTo(jsonSerializer);
+                                            using var document = JsonSerializer.SerializeToDocument(item, _serializerSettings);
+                                            document.WriteTo(jsonSerializer);
                                         }
                                         catch (Exception ex)
                                         {
@@ -348,7 +365,7 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
                                 }
                             }
 
-                        _logger.LogInformation("backup of entity {Table} with {Number} created", entityType.Type.Name, entities);
+                            _logger.LogInformation("Backup of entity {Table} with {Number} created", entityType.SourceName, entities);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -394,6 +411,15 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
                 if (backupOptions.Metadata)
                 {
                     CopyDirectory(Path.Combine(_applicationPaths.InternalMetadataPath), Path.Combine("Data", "metadata"));
+
+                    // If a custom metadata path is configured, the default location may still contain data.
+                    if (!string.Equals(
+                            Path.GetFullPath(_applicationPaths.DefaultInternalMetadataPath),
+                            Path.GetFullPath(_applicationPaths.InternalMetadataPath),
+                            StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        CopyDirectory(Path.Combine(_applicationPaths.DefaultInternalMetadataPath), Path.Combine("Data", "metadata-default"));
+                    }
                 }
 
                 var manifestStream = zipArchive.CreateEntry(ManifestEntryName).Open();
@@ -406,6 +432,24 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
             _logger.LogInformation("Backup created");
             return Map(manifest, backupPath);
         }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Failed to create backup, removing {BackupPath}", backupPath);
+            try
+            {
+                if (File.Exists(backupPath))
+                {
+                    File.Delete(backupPath);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception innerEx)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(innerEx, "Unable to remove failed backup");
+            }
+
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public async Task<BackupManifestDto?> GetBackupManifest(string archivePath)
@@ -422,7 +466,7 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            _logger.LogError(ex, "Tried to load archive from {Path} but failed.", archivePath);
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Tried to load manifest from archive {Path} but failed", archivePath);
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -459,7 +503,7 @@ public class BackupService : IBackupService
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.LogError(ex, "Could not load {BackupArchive} path.", item);
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Tried to load manifest from archive {Path} but failed", item);
             }
         }
 

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.cs

@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
         }
 
         dbQuery = ApplyQueryPaging(dbQuery, filter);
+        dbQuery = ApplyNavigations(dbQuery, filter);
 
         result.Items = dbQuery.AsEnumerable().Where(e => e is not null).Select(w => DeserializeBaseItem(w, filter.SkipDeserialization)).ToArray();
         result.StartIndex = filter.StartIndex ?? 0;
@@ -295,6 +296,26 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
         dbQuery = ApplyGroupingFilter(context, dbQuery, filter);
         dbQuery = ApplyQueryPaging(dbQuery, filter);
 
+        var hasRandomSort = filter.OrderBy.Any(e => e.OrderBy == ItemSortBy.Random);
+        if (hasRandomSort)
+        {
+            var orderedIds = dbQuery.Select(e => e.Id).ToList();
+            if (orderedIds.Count == 0)
+            {
+                return Array.Empty<BaseItemDto>();
+            }
+
+            var itemsById = ApplyNavigations(context.BaseItems.Where(e => orderedIds.Contains(e.Id)), filter)
+                .AsEnumerable()
+                .Select(w => DeserializeBaseItem(w, filter.SkipDeserialization))
+                .Where(dto => dto is not null)
+                .ToDictionary(i => i!.Id);
+
+            return orderedIds.Where(itemsById.ContainsKey).Select(id => itemsById[id]).ToArray()!;
+        }
+
+        dbQuery = ApplyNavigations(dbQuery, filter);
+
         return dbQuery.AsEnumerable().Where(e => e is not null).Select(w => DeserializeBaseItem(w, filter.SkipDeserialization)).ToArray();
     }
 
@@ -337,6 +358,8 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
         mainquery = ApplyGroupingFilter(context, mainquery, filter);
         mainquery = ApplyQueryPaging(mainquery, filter);
 
+        mainquery = ApplyNavigations(mainquery, filter);
+
         return mainquery.AsEnumerable().Where(e => e is not null).Select(w => DeserializeBaseItem(w, filter.SkipDeserialization)).ToArray();
     }
 
@@ -399,19 +422,32 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
             dbQuery = dbQuery.Distinct();
         }
 
-        dbQuery = ApplyOrder(dbQuery, filter);
+        dbQuery = ApplyOrder(dbQuery, filter, context);
-
-        dbQuery = ApplyNavigations(dbQuery, filter);
 
         return dbQuery;
     }
 
     private static IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> ApplyNavigations(IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> dbQuery, InternalItemsQuery filter)
     {
-        dbQuery = dbQuery.Include(e => e.TrailerTypes)
+        if (filter.TrailerTypes.Length > 0 || filter.IncludeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Trailer))
-           .Include(e => e.Provider)
+        {
-           .Include(e => e.LockedFields)
+            dbQuery = dbQuery.Include(e => e.TrailerTypes);
-           .Include(e => e.UserData);
+        }
+
+        if (filter.DtoOptions.ContainsField(ItemFields.ProviderIds))
+        {
+            dbQuery = dbQuery.Include(e => e.Provider);
+        }
+
+        if (filter.DtoOptions.ContainsField(ItemFields.Settings))
+        {
+            dbQuery = dbQuery.Include(e => e.LockedFields);
+        }
+
+        if (filter.DtoOptions.EnableUserData)
+        {
+            dbQuery = dbQuery.Include(e => e.UserData);
+        }
 
         if (filter.DtoOptions.EnableImages)
         {
@@ -446,6 +482,7 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
         dbQuery = TranslateQuery(dbQuery, context, filter);
         dbQuery = ApplyGroupingFilter(context, dbQuery, filter);
         dbQuery = ApplyQueryPaging(dbQuery, filter);
+        dbQuery = ApplyNavigations(dbQuery, filter);
         return dbQuery;
     }
 
@@ -599,7 +636,6 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
 
         var ids = tuples.Select(f => f.Item.Id).ToArray();
         var existingItems = context.BaseItems.Where(e => ids.Contains(e.Id)).Select(f => f.Id).ToArray();
-        var newItems = tuples.Where(e => !existingItems.Contains(e.Item.Id)).ToArray();
 
         foreach (var item in tuples)
         {
@@ -614,25 +650,25 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
             else
             {
                 context.BaseItemProviders.Where(e => e.ItemId == entity.Id).ExecuteDelete();
+                context.BaseItemImageInfos.Where(e => e.ItemId == entity.Id).ExecuteDelete();
+                context.BaseItemMetadataFields.Where(e => e.ItemId == entity.Id).ExecuteDelete();
+
+                if (entity.Images is { Count: > 0 })
+                {
+                    context.BaseItemImageInfos.AddRange(entity.Images);
+                }
+
+                if (entity.LockedFields is { Count: > 0 })
+                {
+                    context.BaseItemMetadataFields.AddRange(entity.LockedFields);
+                }
+
                 context.BaseItems.Attach(entity).State = EntityState.Modified;
             }
         }
 
         context.SaveChanges();
 
-        foreach (var item in newItems)
-        {
-            // reattach old userData entries
-            var userKeys = item.UserDataKey.ToArray();
-            var retentionDate = (DateTime?)null;
-            context.UserData
-                .Where(e => e.ItemId == PlaceholderId)
-                .Where(e => userKeys.Contains(e.CustomDataKey))
-                .ExecuteUpdate(e => e
-                    .SetProperty(f => f.ItemId, item.Item.Id)
-                    .SetProperty(f => f.RetentionDate, retentionDate));
-        }
-
         var itemValueMaps = tuples
             .Select(e => (e.Item, Values: GetItemValuesToSave(e.Item, e.InheritedTags)))
             .ToArray();
@@ -728,6 +764,43 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
         transaction.Commit();
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc  />
+    public async Task ReattachUserDataAsync(BaseItemDto item, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(item);
+        cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+        var dbContext = await _dbProvider.CreateDbContextAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        await using (dbContext.ConfigureAwait(false))
+        {
+            var transaction = await dbContext.Database.BeginTransactionAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await using (transaction.ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                var userKeys = item.GetUserDataKeys().ToArray();
+                var retentionDate = (DateTime?)null;
+
+                await dbContext.UserData
+                    .Where(e => e.ItemId == PlaceholderId)
+                    .Where(e => userKeys.Contains(e.CustomDataKey))
+                    .ExecuteUpdateAsync(
+                        e => e
+                            .SetProperty(f => f.ItemId, item.Id)
+                            .SetProperty(f => f.RetentionDate, retentionDate),
+                        cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                // Rehydrate the cached userdata
+                item.UserData = await dbContext.UserData
+                    .AsNoTracking()
+                    .Where(e => e.ItemId == item.Id)
+                    .ToArrayAsync(cancellationToken)
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                await transaction.CommitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <inheritdoc  />
     public BaseItemDto? RetrieveItem(Guid id)
     {
@@ -835,7 +908,7 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
         }
 
         dto.ExtraIds = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(entity.ExtraIds) ? [] : entity.ExtraIds.Split('|').Select(e => Guid.Parse(e)).ToArray();
-        dto.ProductionLocations = entity.ProductionLocations?.Split('|') ?? [];
+        dto.ProductionLocations = entity.ProductionLocations?.Split('|', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries) ?? [];
         dto.Studios = entity.Studios?.Split('|') ?? [];
         dto.Tags = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(entity.Tags) ? [] : entity.Tags.Split('|');
 
@@ -997,7 +1070,7 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
         }
 
         entity.ExtraIds = dto.ExtraIds is not null ? string.Join('|', dto.ExtraIds) : null;
-        entity.ProductionLocations = dto.ProductionLocations is not null ? string.Join('|', dto.ProductionLocations) : null;
+        entity.ProductionLocations = dto.ProductionLocations is not null ? string.Join('|', dto.ProductionLocations.Where(p => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(p))) : null;
         entity.Studios = dto.Studios is not null ? string.Join('|', dto.Studios) : null;
         entity.Tags = dto.Tags is not null ? string.Join('|', dto.Tags) : null;
         entity.LockedFields = dto.LockedFields is not null ? dto.LockedFields
@@ -1245,7 +1318,7 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
             .AsSingleQuery()
             .Where(e => masterQuery.Contains(e.Id));
 
-        query = ApplyOrder(query, filter);
+        query = ApplyOrder(query, filter, context);
 
         var result = new QueryResult<(BaseItemDto, ItemCounts?)>();
         if (filter.EnableTotalRecordCount)
@@ -1511,51 +1584,58 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
             || query.IncludeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Season);
     }
 
-    private IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> ApplyOrder(IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> query, InternalItemsQuery filter)
+    private IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> ApplyOrder(IQueryable<BaseItemEntity> query, InternalItemsQuery filter, JellyfinDbContext context)
     {
-        var orderBy = filter.OrderBy;
+        var orderBy = filter.OrderBy.Where(e => e.OrderBy != ItemSortBy.Default).ToArray();
         var hasSearch = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(filter.SearchTerm);
 
         if (hasSearch)
         {
-            orderBy = filter.OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending), .. orderBy];
+            orderBy = [(ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending), .. orderBy];
         }
-        else if (orderBy.Count == 0)
+        else if (orderBy.Length == 0)
         {
             return query.OrderBy(e => e.SortName);
         }
 
         IOrderedQueryable<BaseItemEntity>? orderedQuery = null;
 
+        // When searching, prioritize by match quality: exact match > prefix match > contains
+        if (hasSearch)
+        {
+            orderedQuery = query.OrderBy(OrderMapper.MapSearchRelevanceOrder(filter.SearchTerm!));
+        }
+
         var firstOrdering = orderBy.FirstOrDefault();
         if (firstOrdering != default)
         {
-            var expression = OrderMapper.MapOrderByField(firstOrdering.OrderBy, filter);
+            var expression = OrderMapper.MapOrderByField(firstOrdering.OrderBy, filter, context);
-            if (firstOrdering.SortOrder == SortOrder.Ascending)
+            if (orderedQuery is null)
             {
-                orderedQuery = query.OrderBy(expression);
+                // No search relevance ordering, start fresh
+                orderedQuery = firstOrdering.SortOrder == SortOrder.Ascending
+                    ? query.OrderBy(expression)
+                    : query.OrderByDescending(expression);
             }
             else
             {
-                orderedQuery = query.OrderByDescending(expression);
+                // Search relevance ordering already applied, chain with ThenBy
+                orderedQuery = firstOrdering.SortOrder == SortOrder.Ascending
+                    ? orderedQuery.ThenBy(expression)
+                    : orderedQuery.ThenByDescending(expression);
             }
 
             if (firstOrdering.OrderBy is ItemSortBy.Default or ItemSortBy.SortName)
             {
-                if (firstOrdering.SortOrder is SortOrder.Ascending)
+                orderedQuery = firstOrdering.SortOrder is SortOrder.Ascending
-                {
+                    ? orderedQuery.ThenBy(e => e.Name)
-                    orderedQuery = orderedQuery.ThenBy(e => e.Name);
+                    : orderedQuery.ThenByDescending(e => e.Name);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    orderedQuery = orderedQuery.ThenByDescending(e => e.Name);
-                }
             }
         }
 
         foreach (var item in orderBy.Skip(1))
         {
-            var expression = OrderMapper.MapOrderByField(item.OrderBy, filter);
+            var expression = OrderMapper.MapOrderByField(item.OrderBy, filter, context);
             if (item.SortOrder == SortOrder.Ascending)
             {
                 orderedQuery = orderedQuery!.ThenBy(expression);
@@ -1637,19 +1717,18 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
         var tags = filter.Tags.ToList();
         var excludeTags = filter.ExcludeTags.ToList();
 
-        if (filter.IsMovie == true)
+        if (filter.IsMovie.HasValue)
         {
-            if (filter.IncludeItemTypes.Length == 0
+            var shouldIncludeAllMovieTypes = filter.IsMovie.Value
+                && (filter.IncludeItemTypes.Length == 0
                     || filter.IncludeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Movie)
-                || filter.IncludeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Trailer))
+                    || filter.IncludeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Trailer));
+
+            if (!shouldIncludeAllMovieTypes)
             {
-                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.IsMovie);
+                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.IsMovie == filter.IsMovie.Value);
             }
         }
-        else if (filter.IsMovie.HasValue)
-        {
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.IsMovie == filter.IsMovie);
-        }
 
         if (filter.IsSeries.HasValue)
         {
@@ -1694,15 +1773,16 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(filter.SearchTerm))
         {
-            var searchTerm = filter.SearchTerm.ToLower();
+            var cleanedSearchTerm = GetCleanValue(filter.SearchTerm);
-            if (SearchWildcardTerms.Any(f => searchTerm.Contains(f)))
+            var originalSearchTerm = filter.SearchTerm.ToLower();
+            if (SearchWildcardTerms.Any(f => cleanedSearchTerm.Contains(f)))
             {
-                searchTerm = $"%{searchTerm.Trim('%')}%";
+                cleanedSearchTerm = $"%{cleanedSearchTerm.Trim('%')}%";
-                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => EF.Functions.Like(e.CleanName!.ToLower(), searchTerm) || (e.OriginalTitle != null && EF.Functions.Like(e.OriginalTitle.ToLower(), searchTerm)));
+                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => EF.Functions.Like(e.CleanName!, cleanedSearchTerm) || (e.OriginalTitle != null && EF.Functions.Like(e.OriginalTitle.ToLower(), originalSearchTerm)));
             }
             else
             {
-                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.CleanName!.ToLower().Contains(searchTerm) || (e.OriginalTitle != null && e.OriginalTitle.ToLower().Contains(searchTerm)));
+                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.CleanName!.Contains(cleanedSearchTerm) || (e.OriginalTitle != null && e.OriginalTitle.ToLower().Contains(originalSearchTerm)));
             }
         }
 
@@ -1756,7 +1836,8 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filter.Path))
         {
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.Path == filter.Path);
+            var pathToQuery = GetPathToSave(filter.Path);
+            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.Path == pathToQuery);
         }
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filter.PresentationUniqueKey))
@@ -1912,10 +1993,17 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
         }
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filter.Name))
+        {
+            if (filter.UseRawName == true)
+            {
+                baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.Name == filter.Name);
+            }
+            else
             {
                 var cleanName = GetCleanValue(filter.Name);
                 baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.CleanName == cleanName);
             }
+        }
 
         // These are the same, for now
         var nameContains = filter.NameContains;
@@ -1936,19 +2024,20 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filter.NameStartsWith))
         {
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.SortName!.StartsWith(filter.NameStartsWith));
+            var startsWithLower = filter.NameStartsWith.ToLowerInvariant();
+            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.SortName!.StartsWith(startsWithLower));
         }
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filter.NameStartsWithOrGreater))
         {
-            // i hate this
+            var startsOrGreaterLower = filter.NameStartsWithOrGreater.ToLowerInvariant();
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.SortName!.FirstOrDefault() > filter.NameStartsWithOrGreater[0] || e.Name!.FirstOrDefault() > filter.NameStartsWithOrGreater[0]);
+            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.SortName!.CompareTo(startsOrGreaterLower) >= 0);
         }
 
         if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filter.NameLessThan))
         {
-            // i hate this
+            var lessThanLower = filter.NameLessThan.ToLowerInvariant();
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.SortName!.FirstOrDefault() < filter.NameLessThan[0] || e.Name!.FirstOrDefault() < filter.NameLessThan[0]);
+            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.SortName!.CompareTo(lessThanLower ) < 0);
         }
 
         if (filter.ImageTypes.Length > 0)
@@ -2046,7 +2135,7 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
 
         if (filter.ExcludeArtistIds.Length > 0)
         {
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.WhereReferencedItem(context, ItemValueType.Artist, filter.ExcludeArtistIds, true);
+            baseQuery = baseQuery.WhereReferencedItemMultipleTypes(context, [ItemValueType.Artist, ItemValueType.AlbumArtist], filter.ExcludeArtistIds, true);
         }
 
         if (filter.GenreIds.Count > 0)
@@ -2353,17 +2442,23 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
 
         if (filter.HasImdbId.HasValue)
         {
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.Provider!.Any(f => f.ProviderId == "imdb"));
+            baseQuery = filter.HasImdbId.Value
+                ? baseQuery.Where(e => e.Provider!.Any(f => f.ProviderId.ToLower() == MetadataProvider.Imdb.ToString().ToLower()))
+                : baseQuery.Where(e => e.Provider!.All(f => f.ProviderId.ToLower() != MetadataProvider.Imdb.ToString().ToLower()));
         }
 
         if (filter.HasTmdbId.HasValue)
         {
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.Provider!.Any(f => f.ProviderId == "tmdb"));
+            baseQuery = filter.HasTmdbId.Value
+                ? baseQuery.Where(e => e.Provider!.Any(f => f.ProviderId.ToLower() == MetadataProvider.Tmdb.ToString().ToLower()))
+                : baseQuery.Where(e => e.Provider!.All(f => f.ProviderId.ToLower() != MetadataProvider.Tmdb.ToString().ToLower()));
         }
 
         if (filter.HasTvdbId.HasValue)
         {
-            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e => e.Provider!.Any(f => f.ProviderId == "tvdb"));
+            baseQuery = filter.HasTvdbId.Value
+                ? baseQuery.Where(e => e.Provider!.Any(f => f.ProviderId.ToLower() == MetadataProvider.Tvdb.ToString().ToLower()))
+                : baseQuery.Where(e => e.Provider!.All(f => f.ProviderId.ToLower() != MetadataProvider.Tvdb.ToString().ToLower()));
         }
 
         var queryTopParentIds = filter.TopParentIds;
@@ -2401,40 +2496,24 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
 
         if (filter.ExcludeInheritedTags.Length > 0)
         {
-            baseQuery = baseQuery
+            var excludedTags = filter.ExcludeInheritedTags;
-                .Where(e => !e.ItemValues!.Where(w => w.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.InheritedTags || w.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags)
+            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e =>
-                .Any(f => filter.ExcludeInheritedTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue)));
+                !e.ItemValues!.Any(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags && excludedTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue))
+                && (!e.SeriesId.HasValue || !context.ItemValuesMap.Any(f => f.ItemId == e.SeriesId.Value && f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags && excludedTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue))));
         }
 
         if (filter.IncludeInheritedTags.Length > 0)
         {
-            // Episodes do not store inherit tags from their parents in the database, and the tag may be still required by the client.
+            var includeTags = filter.IncludeInheritedTags;
-            // In addition to the tags for the episodes themselves, we need to manually query its parent (the season)'s tags as well.
+            var isPlaylistOnlyQuery = includeTypes.Length == 1 && includeTypes.FirstOrDefault() == BaseItemKind.Playlist;
-            if (includeTypes.Length == 1 && includeTypes.FirstOrDefault() is BaseItemKind.Episode)
+            baseQuery = baseQuery.Where(e =>
-            {
+                e.ItemValues!.Any(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags && includeTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue))
-                baseQuery = baseQuery
-                    .Where(e => e.ItemValues!.Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.InheritedTags || f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags)
-                        .Any(f => filter.IncludeInheritedTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue))
-                        ||
-                        (e.ParentId.HasValue && context.ItemValuesMap.Where(w => w.ItemId == e.ParentId.Value && (w.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.InheritedTags || w.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags))
-                        .Any(f => filter.IncludeInheritedTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue))));
-            }
 
-            // A playlist should be accessible to its owner regardless of allowed tags.
+                // For seasons and episodes, we also need to check the parent series' tags.
-            else if (includeTypes.Length == 1 && includeTypes.FirstOrDefault() is BaseItemKind.Playlist)
+                || (e.SeriesId.HasValue && context.ItemValuesMap.Any(f => f.ItemId == e.SeriesId.Value && f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags && includeTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue)))
-            {
+
-                baseQuery = baseQuery
+                // A playlist should be accessible to its owner regardless of allowed tags
-                    .Where(e => e.ItemValues!.Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.InheritedTags || f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags)
+                || (isPlaylistOnlyQuery && e.Data!.Contains($"OwnerUserId\":\"{filter.User!.Id:N}\"")));
-                        .Any(f => filter.IncludeInheritedTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue))
-                        || e.Data!.Contains($"OwnerUserId\":\"{filter.User!.Id:N}\""));
-                // d        ^^ this is stupid it hate this.
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                baseQuery = baseQuery
-                    .Where(e => e.ItemValues!.Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.InheritedTags || f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Tags)
-                        .Any(f => filter.IncludeInheritedTags.Contains(f.ItemValue.CleanValue)));
-            }
         }
 
         if (filter.SeriesStatuses.Length > 0)
@@ -2588,6 +2667,21 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
             .Where(e => artistNames.Contains(e.Name))
             .ToArray();
 
-        return artists.GroupBy(e => e.Name).ToDictionary(e => e.Key!, e => e.Select(f => DeserializeBaseItem(f)).Cast<MusicArtist>().ToArray());
+        var lookup = artists
+            .GroupBy(e => e.Name!)
+            .ToDictionary(
+                g => g.Key,
+                g => g.Select(f => DeserializeBaseItem(f)).Where(dto => dto is not null).Cast<MusicArtist>().ToArray());
+
+        var result = new Dictionary<string, MusicArtist[]>(artistNames.Count);
+        foreach (var name in artistNames)
+        {
+            if (lookup.TryGetValue(name, out var artistArray))
+            {
+                result[name] = artistArray;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
     }
 }

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/OrderMapper.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+#pragma warning disable RS0030 // Do not use banned APIs
+
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Linq.Expressions;
 using Jellyfin.Data.Enums;
+using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations;
 using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
+using Jellyfin.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 
@@ -18,40 +22,77 @@ public static class OrderMapper
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="sortBy">Item property to sort by.</param>
     /// <param name="query">Context Query.</param>
+    /// <param name="jellyfinDbContext">Context.</param>
     /// <returns>Func to be executed later for sorting query.</returns>
-    public static Expression<Func<BaseItemEntity, object?>> MapOrderByField(ItemSortBy sortBy, InternalItemsQuery query)
+    public static Expression<Func<BaseItemEntity, object?>> MapOrderByField(ItemSortBy sortBy, InternalItemsQuery query, JellyfinDbContext jellyfinDbContext)
     {
-        return sortBy switch
+        return (sortBy, query.User) switch
         {
-            ItemSortBy.AirTime => e => e.SortName, // TODO
+            (ItemSortBy.AirTime, _) => e => e.SortName, // TODO
-            ItemSortBy.Runtime => e => e.RunTimeTicks,
+            (ItemSortBy.Runtime, _) => e => e.RunTimeTicks,
-            ItemSortBy.Random => e => EF.Functions.Random(),
+            (ItemSortBy.Random, _) => e => EF.Functions.Random(),
-            ItemSortBy.DatePlayed => e => e.UserData!.FirstOrDefault(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id))!.LastPlayedDate,
+            (ItemSortBy.DatePlayed, _) => e => e.UserData!.FirstOrDefault(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id))!.LastPlayedDate,
-            ItemSortBy.PlayCount => e => e.UserData!.FirstOrDefault(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id))!.PlayCount,
+            (ItemSortBy.PlayCount, _) => e => e.UserData!.FirstOrDefault(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id))!.PlayCount,
-            ItemSortBy.IsFavoriteOrLiked => e => e.UserData!.FirstOrDefault(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id))!.IsFavorite,
+            (ItemSortBy.IsFavoriteOrLiked, _) => e => e.UserData!.FirstOrDefault(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id))!.IsFavorite,
-            ItemSortBy.IsFolder => e => e.IsFolder,
+            (ItemSortBy.IsFolder, _) => e => e.IsFolder,
-            ItemSortBy.IsPlayed => e => e.UserData!.FirstOrDefault(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id))!.Played,
+            (ItemSortBy.IsPlayed, _) => e => e.UserData!.FirstOrDefault(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id))!.Played,
-            ItemSortBy.IsUnplayed => e => !e.UserData!.FirstOrDefault(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id))!.Played,
+            (ItemSortBy.IsUnplayed, _) => e => !e.UserData!.FirstOrDefault(f => f.UserId.Equals(query.User!.Id))!.Played,
-            ItemSortBy.DateLastContentAdded => e => e.DateLastMediaAdded,
+            (ItemSortBy.DateLastContentAdded, _) => e => e.DateLastMediaAdded,
-            ItemSortBy.Artist => e => e.ItemValues!.Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Artist).Select(f => f.ItemValue.CleanValue).FirstOrDefault(),
+            (ItemSortBy.Artist, _) => e => e.ItemValues!.Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Artist).Select(f => f.ItemValue.CleanValue).FirstOrDefault(),
-            ItemSortBy.AlbumArtist => e => e.ItemValues!.Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.AlbumArtist).Select(f => f.ItemValue.CleanValue).FirstOrDefault(),
+            (ItemSortBy.AlbumArtist, _) => e => e.ItemValues!.Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.AlbumArtist).Select(f => f.ItemValue.CleanValue).FirstOrDefault(),
-            ItemSortBy.Studio => e => e.ItemValues!.Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Studios).Select(f => f.ItemValue.CleanValue).FirstOrDefault(),
+            (ItemSortBy.Studio, _) => e => e.ItemValues!.Where(f => f.ItemValue.Type == ItemValueType.Studios).Select(f => f.ItemValue.CleanValue).FirstOrDefault(),
-            ItemSortBy.OfficialRating => e => e.InheritedParentalRatingValue,
+            (ItemSortBy.OfficialRating, _) => e => e.InheritedParentalRatingValue,
-            // ItemSortBy.SeriesDatePlayed => "(Select MAX(LastPlayedDate) from TypedBaseItems B" + GetJoinUserDataText(query) + " where Played=1 and B.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey=A.PresentationUniqueKey)",
+            (ItemSortBy.SeriesSortName, _) => e => e.SeriesName,
-            ItemSortBy.SeriesSortName => e => e.SeriesName,
+            (ItemSortBy.Album, _) => e => e.Album,
+            (ItemSortBy.DateCreated, _) => e => e.DateCreated,
+            (ItemSortBy.PremiereDate, _) => e => (e.PremiereDate ?? (e.ProductionYear.HasValue ? DateTime.MinValue.AddYears(e.ProductionYear.Value - 1) : null)),
+            (ItemSortBy.StartDate, _) => e => e.StartDate,
+            (ItemSortBy.Name, _) => e => e.CleanName,
+            (ItemSortBy.CommunityRating, _) => e => e.CommunityRating,
+            (ItemSortBy.ProductionYear, _) => e => e.ProductionYear,
+            (ItemSortBy.CriticRating, _) => e => e.CriticRating,
+            (ItemSortBy.VideoBitRate, _) => e => e.TotalBitrate,
+            (ItemSortBy.ParentIndexNumber, _) => e => e.ParentIndexNumber,
+            (ItemSortBy.IndexNumber, _) => e => e.IndexNumber,
+            (ItemSortBy.SeriesDatePlayed, not null) => e =>
+                            jellyfinDbContext.BaseItems
+                                .Where(w => w.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey == e.PresentationUniqueKey)
+                                .Join(jellyfinDbContext.UserData.Where(w => w.UserId == query.User.Id && w.Played), f => f.Id, f => f.ItemId, (item, userData) => userData.LastPlayedDate)
+                                .Max(f => f),
+            (ItemSortBy.SeriesDatePlayed, null) => e => jellyfinDbContext.BaseItems.Where(w => w.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey == e.PresentationUniqueKey)
+                                .Join(jellyfinDbContext.UserData.Where(w => w.Played), f => f.Id, f => f.ItemId, (item, userData) => userData.LastPlayedDate)
+                                .Max(f => f),
+            // ItemSortBy.SeriesDatePlayed => e => jellyfinDbContext.UserData
+            //     .Where(u => u.Item!.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey == e.PresentationUniqueKey && u.Played)
+            //     .Max(f => f.LastPlayedDate),
             // ItemSortBy.AiredEpisodeOrder => "AiredEpisodeOrder",
-            ItemSortBy.Album => e => e.Album,
-            ItemSortBy.DateCreated => e => e.DateCreated,
-            ItemSortBy.PremiereDate => e => (e.PremiereDate ?? (e.ProductionYear.HasValue ? DateTime.MinValue.AddYears(e.ProductionYear.Value - 1) : null)),
-            ItemSortBy.StartDate => e => e.StartDate,
-            ItemSortBy.Name => e => e.CleanName,
-            ItemSortBy.CommunityRating => e => e.CommunityRating,
-            ItemSortBy.ProductionYear => e => e.ProductionYear,
-            ItemSortBy.CriticRating => e => e.CriticRating,
-            ItemSortBy.VideoBitRate => e => e.TotalBitrate,
-            ItemSortBy.ParentIndexNumber => e => e.ParentIndexNumber,
-            ItemSortBy.IndexNumber => e => e.IndexNumber,
             _ => e => e.SortName
         };
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates an expression to order search results by match quality.
+    /// Prioritizes: exact match (0) > prefix match with word boundary (1) > prefix match (2) > contains (3).
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="searchTerm">The search term to match against.</param>
+    /// <returns>An expression that returns an integer representing match quality (lower is better).</returns>
+    public static Expression<Func<BaseItemEntity, int>> MapSearchRelevanceOrder(string searchTerm)
+    {
+        var cleanSearchTerm = GetCleanValue(searchTerm);
+        var searchPrefix = cleanSearchTerm + " ";
+        return e =>
+            e.CleanName == cleanSearchTerm ? 0 :
+            e.CleanName!.StartsWith(searchPrefix) ? 1 :
+            e.CleanName!.StartsWith(cleanSearchTerm) ? 2 : 3;
+    }
+
+    private static string GetCleanValue(string value)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+        {
+            return value;
+        }
+
+        return value.RemoveDiacritics().ToLowerInvariant();
+    }
 }

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/StorageHelpers/StorageHelper.cs

@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.StorageHelpers;
 public static class StorageHelper
 {
     private const long TwoGigabyte = 2_147_483_647L;
-    private const long FiveHundredAndTwelveMegaByte = 536_870_911L;
+    private static readonly string[] _byteHumanizedSuffixes = ["B", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB", "EiB"];
-    private static readonly string[] _byteHumanizedSuffixes = ["B", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB"];
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Tests the available storage capacity on the jellyfin paths with estimated minimum values.
@@ -24,10 +23,8 @@ public static class StorageHelper
     public static void TestCommonPathsForStorageCapacity(IApplicationPaths applicationPaths, ILogger logger)
     {
         TestDataDirectorySize(applicationPaths.DataPath, logger, TwoGigabyte);
-        TestDataDirectorySize(applicationPaths.LogDirectoryPath, logger, FiveHundredAndTwelveMegaByte);
         TestDataDirectorySize(applicationPaths.CachePath, logger, TwoGigabyte);
         TestDataDirectorySize(applicationPaths.ProgramDataPath, logger, TwoGigabyte);
-        TestDataDirectorySize(applicationPaths.TempDirectory, logger, TwoGigabyte);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ public static class StorageHelper
         var drive = new DriveInfo(path);
         if (threshold != -1 && drive.AvailableFreeSpace < threshold)
         {
-            throw new InvalidOperationException($"The path `{path}` has insufficient free space. Required: at least {HumanizeStorageSize(threshold)}.");
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"The path `{path}` has insufficient free space. Available: {HumanizeStorageSize(drive.AvailableFreeSpace)}, Required: {HumanizeStorageSize(threshold)}.");
         }
 
         logger.LogInformation(

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Trickplay/TrickplayManager.cs

@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ public class TrickplayManager : ITrickplayManager
                 }
 
                 // We support video backdrops, but we should not generate trickplay images for them
-                var parentDirectory = Directory.GetParent(mediaPath);
+                var parentDirectory = Directory.GetParent(video.Path);
                 if (parentDirectory is not null && string.Equals(parentDirectory.Name, "backdrops", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    _logger.LogDebug("Ignoring backdrop media found at {Path} for item {ItemID}", mediaPath, video.Id);
+                    _logger.LogDebug("Ignoring backdrop media found at {Path} for item {ItemID}", video.Path, video.Id);
                     return;
                 }
 

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Users/DefaultPasswordResetProvider.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text.Json;
@@ -92,33 +93,38 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Users
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public async Task<ForgotPasswordResult> StartForgotPasswordProcess(User user, bool isInNetwork)
+        public async Task<ForgotPasswordResult> StartForgotPasswordProcess(User? user, string enteredUsername, bool isInNetwork)
+        {
+            DateTime expireTime = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(30);
+            var usernameHash = enteredUsername.ToUpperInvariant().GetMD5().ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            var pinFile = _passwordResetFileBase + usernameHash + ".json";
+
+            if (user is not null && isInNetwork)
             {
                 byte[] bytes = new byte[4];
                 RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(bytes);
                 string pin = BitConverter.ToString(bytes);
 
-            DateTime expireTime = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(30);
-            string filePath = _passwordResetFileBase + user.Id + ".json";
                 SerializablePasswordReset spr = new SerializablePasswordReset
                 {
                     ExpirationDate = expireTime,
                     Pin = pin,
-                PinFile = filePath,
+                    PinFile = pinFile,
                     UserName = user.Username
                 };
 
-            FileStream fileStream = AsyncFile.Create(filePath);
+                FileStream fileStream = AsyncFile.Create(pinFile);
                 await using (fileStream.ConfigureAwait(false))
                 {
                     await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(fileStream, spr).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
+            }
 
             return new ForgotPasswordResult
             {
                 Action = ForgotPasswordAction.PinCode,
                 PinExpirationDate = expireTime,
-                PinFile = filePath
+                PinFile = pinFile
             };
         }
 

Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Users/UserManager.cs

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Users
 
             ThrowIfInvalidUsername(newName);
 
-            if (user.Username.Equals(newName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (user.Username.Equals(newName, StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
                 throw new ArgumentException("The new and old names must be different.");
             }
@@ -508,23 +508,18 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Users
         public async Task<ForgotPasswordResult> StartForgotPasswordProcess(string enteredUsername, bool isInNetwork)
         {
             var user = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(enteredUsername) ? null : GetUserByName(enteredUsername);
+            var passwordResetProvider = GetPasswordResetProvider(user);
+
+            var result = await passwordResetProvider
+                .StartForgotPasswordProcess(user, enteredUsername, isInNetwork)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (user is not null && isInNetwork)
             {
-                var passwordResetProvider = GetPasswordResetProvider(user);
-                var result = await passwordResetProvider
-                    .StartForgotPasswordProcess(user, isInNetwork)
-                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
-
                 await UpdateUserAsync(user).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                return result;
             }
 
-            return new ForgotPasswordResult
+            return result;
-            {
-                Action = ForgotPasswordAction.InNetworkRequired,
-                PinFile = string.Empty
-            };
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -760,8 +755,13 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Users
             return GetAuthenticationProviders(user)[0];
         }
 
-        private IPasswordResetProvider GetPasswordResetProvider(User user)
+        private IPasswordResetProvider GetPasswordResetProvider(User? user)
         {
+            if (user is null)
+            {
+                return _defaultPasswordResetProvider;
+            }
+
             return GetPasswordResetProviders(user)[0];
         }
 

Jellyfin.Server/Extensions/ApiServiceCollectionExtensions.cs

@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Any;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Interfaces;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
+using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Swagger;
 using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen;
 using AuthenticationSchemes = Jellyfin.Api.Constants.AuthenticationSchemes;
 
@@ -259,7 +261,8 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Extensions
                 c.OperationFilter<FileRequestFilter>();
                 c.OperationFilter<ParameterObsoleteFilter>();
                 c.DocumentFilter<AdditionalModelFilter>();
-            });
+            })
+            .Replace(ServiceDescriptor.Transient<ISwaggerProvider, CachingOpenApiProvider>());
         }
 
         private static void AddPolicy(this AuthorizationOptions authorizationOptions, string policyName, IAuthorizationRequirement authorizationRequirement)

Jellyfin.Server/Filters/CachingOpenApiProvider.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
+using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Swagger;
+using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Server.Filters;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// OpenApi provider with caching.
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class CachingOpenApiProvider : ISwaggerProvider
+{
+    private const string CacheKey = "openapi.json";
+
+    private static readonly MemoryCacheEntryOptions _cacheOptions = new() { SlidingExpiration = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5) };
+    private static readonly SemaphoreSlim _lock = new(1, 1);
+    private static readonly TimeSpan _lockTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+
+    private readonly IMemoryCache _memoryCache;
+    private readonly SwaggerGenerator _swaggerGenerator;
+    private readonly SwaggerGeneratorOptions _swaggerGeneratorOptions;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CachingOpenApiProvider"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="optionsAccessor">The options accessor.</param>
+    /// <param name="apiDescriptionsProvider">The api descriptions provider.</param>
+    /// <param name="schemaGenerator">The schema generator.</param>
+    /// <param name="memoryCache">The memory cache.</param>
+    public CachingOpenApiProvider(
+        IOptions<SwaggerGeneratorOptions> optionsAccessor,
+        IApiDescriptionGroupCollectionProvider apiDescriptionsProvider,
+        ISchemaGenerator schemaGenerator,
+        IMemoryCache memoryCache)
+    {
+        _swaggerGeneratorOptions = optionsAccessor.Value;
+        _swaggerGenerator = new SwaggerGenerator(_swaggerGeneratorOptions, apiDescriptionsProvider, schemaGenerator);
+        _memoryCache = memoryCache;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public OpenApiDocument GetSwagger(string documentName, string? host = null, string? basePath = null)
+    {
+        if (_memoryCache.TryGetValue(CacheKey, out OpenApiDocument? openApiDocument) && openApiDocument is not null)
+        {
+            return AdjustDocument(openApiDocument, host, basePath);
+        }
+
+        var acquired = _lock.Wait(_lockTimeout);
+        try
+        {
+            if (_memoryCache.TryGetValue(CacheKey, out openApiDocument) && openApiDocument is not null)
+            {
+                return AdjustDocument(openApiDocument, host, basePath);
+            }
+
+            if (!acquired)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("OpenApi document is generating");
+            }
+
+            openApiDocument = _swaggerGenerator.GetSwagger(documentName);
+            _memoryCache.Set(CacheKey, openApiDocument, _cacheOptions);
+            return AdjustDocument(openApiDocument, host, basePath);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if (acquired)
+            {
+                _lock.Release();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private OpenApiDocument AdjustDocument(OpenApiDocument document, string? host, string? basePath)
+    {
+        document.Servers = _swaggerGeneratorOptions.Servers.Count != 0
+            ? _swaggerGeneratorOptions.Servers
+            : string.IsNullOrEmpty(host) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(basePath)
+                ? []
+                : [new OpenApiServer { Url = $"{host}{basePath}" }];
+
+        return document;
+    }
+}

Jellyfin.Server/Infrastructure/SymlinkFollowingPhysicalFileResultExecutor.cs

@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
-// The MIT License (MIT)
-//
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and Contributors
-//
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-//
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-// copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-//
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-// SOFTWARE.
-
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
-
-namespace Jellyfin.Server.Infrastructure
-{
-    /// <inheritdoc />
-    public class SymlinkFollowingPhysicalFileResultExecutor : PhysicalFileResultExecutor
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SymlinkFollowingPhysicalFileResultExecutor"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="loggerFactory">An instance of the <see cref="ILoggerFactory"/> interface.</param>
-        public SymlinkFollowingPhysicalFileResultExecutor(ILoggerFactory loggerFactory) : base(loggerFactory)
-        {
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override FileMetadata GetFileInfo(string path)
-        {
-            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(path);
-            var length = fileInfo.Length;
-            // This may or may not be fixed in .NET 6, but looks like it will not https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/34371
-            if ((fileInfo.Attributes & FileAttributes.ReparsePoint) == FileAttributes.ReparsePoint)
-            {
-                using var fileHandle = File.OpenHandle(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
-                length = RandomAccess.GetLength(fileHandle);
-            }
-
-            return new FileMetadata
-            {
-                Exists = fileInfo.Exists,
-                Length = length,
-                LastModified = fileInfo.LastWriteTimeUtc
-            };
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override async Task WriteFileAsync(ActionContext context, PhysicalFileResult result, RangeItemHeaderValue? range, long rangeLength)
-        {
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(context);
-            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(result);
-
-            if (range is not null && rangeLength == 0)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // It's a bit of wasted IO to perform this check again, but non-symlinks shouldn't use this code
-            if (!IsSymLink(result.FileName))
-            {
-                await base.WriteFileAsync(context, result, range, rangeLength).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            var response = context.HttpContext.Response;
-
-            if (range is not null)
-            {
-                await SendFileAsync(
-                    result.FileName,
-                    response,
-                    offset: range.From ?? 0L,
-                    count: rangeLength).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            await SendFileAsync(
-                result.FileName,
-                response,
-                offset: 0,
-                count: null).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        }
-
-        private async Task SendFileAsync(string filePath, HttpResponse response, long offset, long? count, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
-        {
-            var fileInfo = GetFileInfo(filePath);
-            if (offset < 0 || offset > fileInfo.Length)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(offset), offset, string.Empty);
-            }
-
-            if (count.HasValue
-                && (count.Value < 0 || count.Value > fileInfo.Length - offset))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(count), count, string.Empty);
-            }
-
-            // Copied from SendFileFallback.SendFileAsync
-            const int BufferSize = 1024 * 16;
-
-            var useRequestAborted = !cancellationToken.CanBeCanceled;
-            var localCancel = useRequestAborted ? response.HttpContext.RequestAborted : cancellationToken;
-
-            var fileStream = new FileStream(
-                filePath,
-                FileMode.Open,
-                FileAccess.Read,
-                FileShare.ReadWrite,
-                bufferSize: BufferSize,
-                options: FileOptions.Asynchronous | FileOptions.SequentialScan);
-            await using (fileStream.ConfigureAwait(false))
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    localCancel.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-                    fileStream.Seek(offset, SeekOrigin.Begin);
-                    await StreamCopyOperation
-                        .CopyToAsync(fileStream, response.Body, count, BufferSize, localCancel)
-                        .ConfigureAwait(true);
-                }
-                catch (OperationCanceledException) when (useRequestAborted)
-                {
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static bool IsSymLink(string path) => (File.GetAttributes(path) & FileAttributes.ReparsePoint) == FileAttributes.ReparsePoint;
-    }
-}

Jellyfin.Server/Jellyfin.Server.csproj

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <None Update="wwwroot\api-docs\swagger\custom.css">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
-    <None Update="wwwroot\api-docs\banner-dark.svg">
+    <None Update="wwwroot\api-docs\jellyfin.svg">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
     <None Update="ServerSetupApp/index.mstemplate.html">

Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/FixLibrarySubtitleDownloadLanguages.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Jellyfin.Server.ServerSetupApp;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Globalization;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.Routines;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Migration to fix broken library subtitle download languages.
+/// </summary>
+[JellyfinMigration("2026-02-06T20:00:00", nameof(FixLibrarySubtitleDownloadLanguages))]
+internal class FixLibrarySubtitleDownloadLanguages : IAsyncMigrationRoutine
+{
+    private readonly ILocalizationManager _localizationManager;
+    private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
+    private readonly ILogger _logger;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="FixLibrarySubtitleDownloadLanguages"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="localizationManager">The Localization manager.</param>
+    /// <param name="startupLogger">The startup logger for Startup UI integration.</param>
+    /// <param name="libraryManager">The Library manager.</param>
+    /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
+    public FixLibrarySubtitleDownloadLanguages(
+        ILocalizationManager localizationManager,
+        IStartupLogger<FixLibrarySubtitleDownloadLanguages> startupLogger,
+        ILibraryManager libraryManager,
+        ILogger<FixLibrarySubtitleDownloadLanguages> logger)
+    {
+        _localizationManager = localizationManager;
+        _libraryManager = libraryManager;
+        _logger = startupLogger.With(logger);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Task PerformAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        _logger.LogInformation("Starting to fix library subtitle download languages.");
+
+        var virtualFolders = _libraryManager.GetVirtualFolders(false);
+
+        foreach (var virtualFolder in virtualFolders)
+        {
+            var options = virtualFolder.LibraryOptions;
+            if (options.SubtitleDownloadLanguages is null || options.SubtitleDownloadLanguages.Length == 0)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Some virtual folders don't have a proper item id.
+            if (!Guid.TryParse(virtualFolder.ItemId, out var folderId))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var collectionFolder = _libraryManager.GetItemById<CollectionFolder>(folderId);
+            if (collectionFolder is null)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("Could not find collection folder for virtual folder '{LibraryName}' with id '{FolderId}'. Skipping.", virtualFolder.Name, folderId);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var fixedLanguages = new List<string>();
+
+            foreach (var language in options.SubtitleDownloadLanguages)
+            {
+                var foundLanguage = _localizationManager.FindLanguageInfo(language)?.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName;
+                if (foundLanguage is not null)
+                {
+                    // Converted ISO 639-2/B to T (ger to deu)
+                    if (!string.Equals(foundLanguage, language, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        _logger.LogInformation("Converted '{Language}' to '{ResolvedLanguage}' in library '{LibraryName}'.", language, foundLanguage, virtualFolder.Name);
+                    }
+
+                    if (fixedLanguages.Contains(foundLanguage, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        _logger.LogInformation("Language '{Language}' already exists for library '{LibraryName}'. Skipping duplicate.", foundLanguage, virtualFolder.Name);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    fixedLanguages.Add(foundLanguage);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _logger.LogInformation("Could not resolve language '{Language}' in library '{LibraryName}'. Skipping.", language, virtualFolder.Name);
+                }
+            }
+
+            options.SubtitleDownloadLanguages = [.. fixedLanguages];
+            collectionFolder.UpdateLibraryOptions(options);
+        }
+
+        _logger.LogInformation("Library subtitle download languages fixed.");
+
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+}

Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateActivityLogDb.cs

@@ -55,9 +55,25 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.Routines
             };
 
             var dataPath = _paths.DataPath;
-            using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={Path.Combine(dataPath, DbFilename)}"))
+            var activityLogPath = Path.Combine(dataPath, DbFilename);
+            if (!File.Exists(activityLogPath))
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("{ActivityLogDb} doesn't exist, nothing to migrate", activityLogPath);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={activityLogPath}"))
             {
                 connection.Open();
+                var tableQuery = connection.Query("SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='ActivityLog';");
+                foreach (var row in tableQuery)
+                {
+                    if (row.GetInt32(0) == 0)
+                    {
+                        _logger.LogWarning("Table 'ActivityLog' doesn't exist in {ActivityLogPath}, nothing to migrate", activityLogPath);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
 
                 using var userDbConnection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={Path.Combine(dataPath, "users.db")}");
                 userDbConnection.Open();

Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateAuthenticationDb.cs

@@ -50,9 +50,28 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.Routines
         public void Perform()
         {
             var dataPath = _appPaths.DataPath;
-            using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={Path.Combine(dataPath, DbFilename)}"))
+            var dbFilePath = Path.Combine(dataPath, DbFilename);
+
+            if (!File.Exists(dbFilePath))
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("{Path} doesn't exist, nothing to migrate", dbFilePath);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={dbFilePath}"))
             {
                 connection.Open();
+
+                var tableQuery = connection.Query("SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='Tokens';");
+                foreach (var row in tableQuery)
+                {
+                    if (row.GetInt32(0) == 0)
+                    {
+                        _logger.LogWarning("Table 'Tokens' doesn't exist in {Path}, nothing to migrate", dbFilePath);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 using var dbContext = _dbProvider.CreateDbContext();
 
                 var authenticatedDevices = connection.Query("SELECT * FROM Tokens");

Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateDisplayPreferencesDb.cs

@@ -78,9 +78,27 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.Routines
             var displayPrefs = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             var customDisplayPrefs = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             var dbFilePath = Path.Combine(_paths.DataPath, DbFilename);
+
+            if (!File.Exists(dbFilePath))
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("{Path} doesn't exist, nothing to migrate", dbFilePath);
+                return;
+            }
+
             using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={dbFilePath}"))
             {
                 connection.Open();
+
+                var tableQuery = connection.Query("SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='userdisplaypreferences';");
+                foreach (var row in tableQuery)
+                {
+                    if (row.GetInt32(0) == 0)
+                    {
+                        _logger.LogWarning("Table 'userdisplaypreferences' doesn't exist in {Path}, nothing to migrate", dbFilePath);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 using var dbContext = _provider.CreateDbContext();
 
                 var results = connection.Query("SELECT * FROM userdisplaypreferences");

Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateKeyframeData.cs

@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ public class MigrateKeyframeData : IDatabaseMigrationRoutine
         {
             lastWriteTimeUtc = File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(filePath);
         }
+        catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException e)
+        {
+            _logger.LogDebug("Skipping {Path}: {Exception}", filePath, e.Message);
+            return null;
+        }
+        catch (UnauthorizedAccessException e)
+        {
+            _logger.LogDebug("Skipping {Path}: {Exception}", filePath, e.Message);
+            return null;
+        }
         catch (IOException e)
         {
             _logger.LogDebug("Skipping {Path}: {Exception}", filePath, e.Message);
@@ -135,15 +145,22 @@ public class MigrateKeyframeData : IDatabaseMigrationRoutine
         return Path.Join(keyframeCachePath, prefix, filename);
     }
 
-    private static bool TryReadFromCache(string? cachePath, [NotNullWhen(true)] out MediaEncoding.Keyframes.KeyframeData? cachedResult)
+    private bool TryReadFromCache(string? cachePath, [NotNullWhen(true)] out MediaEncoding.Keyframes.KeyframeData? cachedResult)
     {
         if (File.Exists(cachePath))
+        {
+            try
             {
                 var bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(cachePath);
                 cachedResult = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MediaEncoding.Keyframes.KeyframeData>(bytes, _jsonOptions);
 
                 return cachedResult is not null;
             }
+            catch (JsonException jsonException)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(jsonException, "Failed to read {Path}", cachePath);
+            }
+        }
 
         cachedResult = null;
 

Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateLibraryDb.cs

@@ -383,8 +383,6 @@ internal class MigrateLibraryDb : IDatabaseMigrationRoutine
                     });
                 }
 
-                baseItemIds.Clear();
-
                 foreach (var item in peopleCache)
                 {
                     operation.JellyfinDbContext.Peoples.Add(item.Value.Person);
@@ -466,6 +464,16 @@ internal class MigrateLibraryDb : IDatabaseMigrationRoutine
 
         SqliteConnection.ClearAllPools();
 
+        using (var checkpointConnection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={libraryDbPath}"))
+        {
+            checkpointConnection.Open();
+            using var cmd = checkpointConnection.CreateCommand();
+            cmd.CommandText = "PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE);";
+            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
+        }
+
+        SqliteConnection.ClearAllPools();
+
         _logger.LogInformation("Move {0} to {1}.", libraryDbPath, libraryDbPath + ".old");
         File.Move(libraryDbPath, libraryDbPath + ".old", true);
     }
@@ -1165,7 +1173,9 @@ internal class MigrateLibraryDb : IDatabaseMigrationRoutine
                 Item = null!,
                 ProviderId = e[0],
                 ProviderValue = string.Join('|', e.Skip(1))
-            }).ToArray();
+            })
+            .DistinctBy(e => e.ProviderId)
+            .ToArray();
         }
 
         if (reader.TryGetString(index++, out var imageInfos))

Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateUserDb.cs

@@ -57,11 +57,28 @@ public class MigrateUserDb : IMigrationRoutine
     public void Perform()
     {
         var dataPath = _paths.DataPath;
+        var userDbPath = Path.Combine(dataPath, DbFilename);
+        if (!File.Exists(userDbPath))
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("{UserDbPath} doesn't exist, nothing to migrate", userDbPath);
+            return;
+        }
+
         _logger.LogInformation("Migrating the user database may take a while, do not stop Jellyfin.");
 
-        using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={Path.Combine(dataPath, DbFilename)}"))
+        using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={userDbPath}"))
         {
             connection.Open();
+            var tableQuery = connection.Query("SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='LocalUsersv2';");
+            foreach (var row in tableQuery)
+            {
+                if (row.GetInt32(0) == 0)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogWarning("Table 'LocalUsersv2' doesn't exist in {UserDbPath}, nothing to migrate", userDbPath);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
             using var dbContext = _provider.CreateDbContext();
 
             var queryResult = connection.Query("SELECT * FROM LocalUsersv2");

Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MoveExtractedFiles.cs

@@ -224,6 +224,18 @@ public class MoveExtractedFiles : IAsyncMigrationRoutine
 
                 return null;
             }
+            catch (UnauthorizedAccessException e)
+            {
+                _logger.LogDebug("Skipping subtitle at index {Index} for {Path}: {Exception}", attachmentStreamIndex, mediaPath, e.Message);
+
+                return null;
+            }
+            catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException e)
+            {
+                _logger.LogDebug("Skipping attachment at index {Index} for {Path}: {Exception}", attachmentStreamIndex, mediaPath, e.Message);
+
+                return null;
+            }
 
             filename = (mediaPath + attachmentStreamIndex.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + "_" + date.Value.Ticks.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)).GetMD5().ToString("D", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
         }
@@ -263,6 +275,18 @@ public class MoveExtractedFiles : IAsyncMigrationRoutine
         {
             date = File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(path);
         }
+        catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException e)
+        {
+            _logger.LogDebug("Skipping subtitle at index {Index} for {Path}: {Exception}", streamIndex, path, e.Message);
+
+            return null;
+        }
+        catch (UnauthorizedAccessException e)
+        {
+            _logger.LogDebug("Skipping subtitle at index {Index} for {Path}: {Exception}", streamIndex, path, e.Message);
+
+            return null;
+        }
         catch (IOException e)
         {
             _logger.LogDebug("Skipping subtitle at index {Index} for {Path}: {Exception}", streamIndex, path, e.Message);

Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs

@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server
                         .AddSingleton<IServiceCollection>(e))
                     .Build();
 
+                /*
+                 * Initialize the transcode path marker so we avoid starting Jellyfin in a broken state.
+                 * This should really be a part of IApplicationPaths but this path is configured differently.
+                 */
+                _ = appHost.ConfigurationManager.GetTranscodePath();
+
                 // Re-use the host service provider in the app host since ASP.NET doesn't allow a custom service collection.
                 appHost.ServiceProvider = _jellyfinHost.Services;
                 PrepareDatabaseProvider(appHost.ServiceProvider);

Jellyfin.Server/ServerSetupApp/SetupServer.cs

@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ public sealed class SetupServer : IDisposable
                                                 { "isInReportingMode", _isUnhealthy },
                                                 { "retryValue", retryAfterValue },
                                                 { "logs", startupLogEntries },
+                                                { "networkManagerReady", networkManager is not null },
                                                 { "localNetworkRequest", networkManager is not null && context.Connection.RemoteIpAddress is not null && networkManager.IsInLocalNetwork(context.Connection.RemoteIpAddress) }
                                             },
                                             new ByteCounterStream(context.Response.BodyWriter.AsStream(), IODefaults.FileStreamBufferSize, true, _startupUiRenderer.ParserOptions))

Jellyfin.Server/ServerSetupApp/index.mstemplate.html

@@ -213,7 +213,12 @@
             </ol>
         </div>
         {{#ELSE}}
+        {{#IF networkManagerReady}}
         <p>Please visit this page from your local network to view detailed startup logs.</p>
+        {{#ELSE}}
+        <p>Initializing network settings. Please wait.</p>
+        {{/ELSE}}
+        {{/IF}}
         {{/ELSE}}
         {{/IF}}
     </div>

Jellyfin.Server/Startup.cs

@@ -16,15 +16,12 @@ using Jellyfin.Networking.HappyEyeballs;
 using Jellyfin.Server.Extensions;
 using Jellyfin.Server.HealthChecks;
 using Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Extensions;
-using Jellyfin.Server.Infrastructure;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.XbmcMetadata;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -69,8 +66,6 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server
                 options.HttpsPort = _serverApplicationHost.HttpsPort;
             });
 
-            // TODO remove once this is fixed upstream https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/34371
-            services.AddSingleton<IActionResultExecutor<PhysicalFileResult>, SymlinkFollowingPhysicalFileResultExecutor>();
             services.AddJellyfinApi(_serverApplicationHost.GetApiPluginAssemblies(), _serverConfigurationManager.GetNetworkConfiguration());
             services.AddJellyfinDbContext(_serverApplicationHost.ConfigurationManager, _configuration);
             services.AddJellyfinApiSwagger();

Jellyfin.Server/wwwroot/api-docs/banner-dark.svg

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
-  - Part of the Jellyfin project (https://jellyfin.media)
-  - 
-  - All copyright belongs to the Jellyfin contributors; a full list can
-  - be found in the file CONTRIBUTORS.md
-  - 
-  - This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
-  - To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
-- ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** -->
-<svg id="banner-dark" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 1536 512">
-    <defs>
-        <linearGradient id="linear-gradient" x1="110.25" y1="213.3" x2="496.14" y2="436.09" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
-            <stop offset="0" stop-color="#aa5cc3"/>
-            <stop offset="1" stop-color="#00a4dc"/>
-        </linearGradient>
-    </defs>
-    <title>banner-dark</title>
-    <g id="banner-dark">
-        <g id="banner-dark-icon">
-            <path id="inner-shape" d="M261.42,201.62c-20.44,0-86.24,119.29-76.2,139.43s142.48,19.92,152.4,0S281.86,201.63,261.42,201.62Z" fill="url(#linear-gradient)"/>
-            <path id="outer-shape" d="M261.42,23.3C199.83,23.3,1.57,382.73,31.8,443.43s429.34,60,459.24,0S323,23.3,261.42,23.3ZM411.9,390.76c-19.59,39.33-281.08,39.77-300.9,0S221.1,115.48,261.45,115.48,431.49,351.42,411.9,390.76Z" fill="url(#linear-gradient)"/>
-        </g>
-        <g id="jellyfin-light-outlines" style="isolation:isolate" transform="translate(43.8)">
-            <path d="M556.64,350.75a67,67,0,0,1-22.87-27.47,8.91,8.91,0,0,1-1.49-4.75,7.42,7.42,0,0,1,2.83-5.94,9.25,9.25,0,0,1,6.09-2.38c3.16,0,5.94,1.69,8.31,5.05a48.09,48.09,0,0,0,16.34,20.34,40.59,40.59,0,0,0,24,7.58q20.51,0,33.27-12.62t12.77-33.12V159a8.44,8.44,0,0,1,2.67-6.39,9.56,9.56,0,0,1,6.83-2.52,9,9,0,0,1,6.68,2.52,8.7,8.7,0,0,1,2.53,6.39v138.4a64.7,64.7,0,0,1-8.32,32.67,59,59,0,0,1-23,22.72Q608.62,361,589.9,361A57.21,57.21,0,0,1,556.64,350.75Z" fill="#fff"/>
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Jellyfin.Server/wwwroot/api-docs/jellyfin.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="251" height="72" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 251 72">
+	<g clip-path="url(#a)">
+		<path fill="url(#b)"
+			d="M24.212 49.158C22.66 46.042 32.838 27.588 36 27.588c3.167.002 13.323 18.488 11.788 21.57-1.534 3.082-22.025 3.116-23.576 0" />
+		<path fill="url(#c)" fill-rule="evenodd"
+			d="M.482 64.995C-4.195 55.605 26.477 0 36 0c9.533 0 40.153 55.713 35.527 64.995s-66.368 9.39-71.045 0m12.254-8.148c3.064 6.152 43.518 6.084 46.548 0 3.03-6.086-17.032-42.586-23.275-42.586S9.671 50.694 12.736 56.847"
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+			gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+			<stop stop-color="#aa5cc3" />
+			<stop offset="1" stop-color="#00a4dc" />
+		</linearGradient>
+		<linearGradient id="c" x1="12" x2="71.999" y1="29.999" y2="63.001"
+			gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+			<stop stop-color="#aa5cc3" />
+			<stop offset="1" stop-color="#00a4dc" />
+		</linearGradient>
+		<clipPath id="a">
+			<path fill="#fff" d="M0 0h251v72H0z" />
+		</clipPath>
+	</defs>
+</svg>

Jellyfin.Server/wwwroot/api-docs/swagger/custom.css

@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 }
 
 .topbar-wrapper .link:after {
-    content: url(../banner-dark.svg);
+    content: '';
     display: block;
-    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
+    background-image: url(../jellyfin.svg);
+    background-position: center;
+    background-repeat: no-repeat;
+    background-size: contain;
     box-sizing: border-box;
-    max-width: 100%;
+    width: 220px;
-    max-height: 100%;
+    height: 40px;
-    width: 150px;
 }
 /* end logo */

MediaBrowser.Common/Configuration/IApplicationPaths.cs

@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration
         void MakeSanityCheckOrThrow();
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Checks and creates the given path and adds it with a marker file if non existant.
+        /// Checks and creates the given path and adds it with a marker file if non existent.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="path">The path to check.</param>
         /// <param name="markerName">The common marker file name.</param>
-        /// <param name="recursive">Check for other settings paths recursivly.</param>
+        /// <param name="recursive">Check for other settings paths recursively.</param>
         void CreateAndCheckMarker(string path, string markerName, bool recursive = false);
     }
 }

MediaBrowser.Common/MediaBrowser.Common.csproj

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Authors>Jellyfin Contributors</Authors>
     <PackageId>Jellyfin.Common</PackageId>
-    <VersionPrefix>10.11.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>10.11.7</VersionPrefix>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin</RepositoryUrl>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>GPL-3.0-only</PackageLicenseExpression>
   </PropertyGroup>

MediaBrowser.Controller/Authentication/IPasswordResetProvider.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#nullable disable
-
 #pragma warning disable CS1591
 
 using System;
@@ -15,11 +13,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Authentication
 
         bool IsEnabled { get; }
 
-        Task<ForgotPasswordResult> StartForgotPasswordProcess(User user, bool isInNetwork);
+        Task<ForgotPasswordResult> StartForgotPasswordProcess(User? user, string enteredUsername, bool isInNetwork);
 
         Task<PinRedeemResult> RedeemPasswordResetPin(string pin);
     }
 
+#nullable disable
     public class PasswordPinCreationResult
     {
         public string PinFile { get; set; }

MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaSegments;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
@@ -1127,6 +1128,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
 
             var protocol = item.PathProtocol;
 
+            // Resolve the item path so everywhere we use the media source it will always point to
+            // the correct path even if symlinks are in use. Calling ResolveLinkTarget on a non-link
+            // path will return null, so it's safe to check for all paths.
+            var itemPath = item.Path;
+            if (protocol is MediaProtocol.File && FileSystemHelper.ResolveLinkTarget(itemPath, returnFinalTarget: true) is { Exists: true } linkInfo)
+            {
+                itemPath = linkInfo.FullName;
+            }
+
             var info = new MediaSourceInfo
             {
                 Id = item.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
@@ -1134,7 +1144,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 MediaStreams = MediaSourceManager.GetMediaStreams(item.Id),
                 MediaAttachments = MediaSourceManager.GetMediaAttachments(item.Id),
                 Name = GetMediaSourceName(item),
-                Path = enablePathSubstitution ? GetMappedPath(item, item.Path, protocol) : item.Path,
+                Path = enablePathSubstitution ? GetMappedPath(item, itemPath, protocol) : itemPath,
                 RunTimeTicks = item.RunTimeTicks,
                 Container = item.Container,
                 Size = item.Size,
@@ -1162,11 +1172,18 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 info.Video3DFormat = video.Video3DFormat;
                 info.Timestamp = video.Timestamp;
 
-                if (video.IsShortcut)
+                if (video.IsShortcut && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(video.ShortcutPath))
+                {
+                    var shortcutProtocol = MediaSourceManager.GetPathProtocol(video.ShortcutPath);
+
+                    // Only allow remote shortcut paths — local file paths in .strm files
+                    // could be used to read arbitrary files from the server.
+                    if (shortcutProtocol != MediaProtocol.File)
                     {
                         info.IsRemote = true;
                         info.Path = video.ShortcutPath;
-                    info.Protocol = MediaSourceManager.GetPathProtocol(info.Path);
+                        info.Protocol = shortcutProtocol;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(info.Container))
@@ -1610,12 +1627,17 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 return isAllowed;
             }
 
-            if (maxAllowedSubRating is not null)
+            if (!maxAllowedRating.HasValue)
             {
-                return (ratingScore.SubScore ?? 0) <= maxAllowedSubRating && ratingScore.Score <= maxAllowedRating.Value;
+                return true;
             }
 
-            return !maxAllowedRating.HasValue || ratingScore.Score <= maxAllowedRating.Value;
+            if (ratingScore.Score != maxAllowedRating.Value)
+            {
+                return ratingScore.Score < maxAllowedRating.Value;
+            }
+
+            return !maxAllowedSubRating.HasValue || (ratingScore.SubScore ?? 0) <= maxAllowedSubRating.Value;
         }
 
         public ParentalRatingScore GetParentalRatingScore()
@@ -2038,6 +2060,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
         public virtual async Task UpdateToRepositoryAsync(ItemUpdateType updateReason, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
          => await LibraryManager.UpdateItemAsync(this, GetParent(), updateReason, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
+        public async Task ReattachUserDataAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+            await LibraryManager.ReattachUserDataAsync(this, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Validates that images within the item are still on the filesystem.
         /// </summary>

MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs

@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 // That's all the new and changed ones - now see if any have been removed and need cleanup
                 var itemsRemoved = currentChildren.Values.Except(validChildren).ToList();
                 var shouldRemove = !IsRoot || allowRemoveRoot;
+                var actuallyRemoved = new List<BaseItem>();
                 // If it's an AggregateFolder, don't remove
                 if (shouldRemove && itemsRemoved.Count > 0)
                 {
@@ -467,6 +468,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                         {
                             Logger.LogDebug("Removed item: {Path}", item.Path);
 
+                            actuallyRemoved.Add(item);
                             item.SetParent(null);
                             LibraryManager.DeleteItem(item, new DeleteOptions { DeleteFileLocation = false }, this, false);
                         }
@@ -477,6 +479,20 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 {
                     LibraryManager.CreateItems(newItems, this, cancellationToken);
                 }
+
+                // After removing items, reattach any detached user data to remaining children
+                // that share the same user data keys (eg. same episode replaced with a new file).
+                if (actuallyRemoved.Count > 0)
+                {
+                    var removedKeys = actuallyRemoved.SelectMany(i => i.GetUserDataKeys()).ToHashSet();
+                    foreach (var child in validChildren)
+                    {
+                        if (child.GetUserDataKeys().Any(removedKeys.Contains))
+                        {
+                            await child.ReattachUserDataAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -715,14 +731,21 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    items = GetRecursiveChildren(user, query, out totalCount);
+                    // Save pagination params before clearing them to prevent pagination from happening
+                    // before sorting. PostFilterAndSort will apply pagination after sorting.
+                    var limit = query.Limit;
+                    var startIndex = query.StartIndex;
                     query.Limit = null;
-                    query.StartIndex = null; // override these here as they have already been applied
+                    query.StartIndex = null;
+
+                    items = GetRecursiveChildren(user, query, out totalCount);
+
+                    // Restore pagination params so PostFilterAndSort can apply them after sorting
+                    query.Limit = limit;
+                    query.StartIndex = startIndex;
                 }
 
-                var result = PostFilterAndSort(items, query);
+                return PostFilterAndSort(items, query);
-                result.TotalRecordCount = totalCount;
-                return result;
             }
 
             if (this is not UserRootFolder
@@ -980,25 +1003,19 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
             else
             {
                 // need to pass this param to the children.
+                // Note: Don't pass Limit/StartIndex here as pagination should happen after sorting in PostFilterAndSort
                 var childQuery = new InternalItemsQuery
                 {
                     DisplayAlbumFolders = query.DisplayAlbumFolders,
-                    Limit = query.Limit,
-                    StartIndex = query.StartIndex,
                     NameStartsWith = query.NameStartsWith,
                     NameStartsWithOrGreater = query.NameStartsWithOrGreater,
                     NameLessThan = query.NameLessThan
                 };
 
                 items = GetChildren(user, true, out totalItemCount, childQuery).Where(filter);
-
-                query.Limit = null;
-                query.StartIndex = null;
             }
 
-            var result = PostFilterAndSort(items, query);
+            return PostFilterAndSort(items, query);
-            result.TotalRecordCount = totalItemCount;
-            return result;
         }
 
         protected QueryResult<BaseItem> PostFilterAndSort(IEnumerable<BaseItem> items, InternalItemsQuery query)
@@ -1034,7 +1051,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 items = UserViewBuilder.FilterForAdjacency(items.ToList(), query.AdjacentTo.Value);
             }
 
-            return UserViewBuilder.SortAndPage(items, null, query, LibraryManager);
+            var filteredItems = items as IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> ?? items.ToList();
+            var result = UserViewBuilder.SortAndPage(filteredItems, null, query, LibraryManager);
+
+            if (query.EnableTotalRecordCount)
+            {
+                result.TotalRecordCount = filteredItems.Count;
+            }
+
+            return result;
         }
 
         private static IEnumerable<BaseItem> CollapseBoxSetItemsIfNeeded(
@@ -1047,14 +1072,51 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
         {
             ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(items);
 
-            if (CollapseBoxSetItems(query, queryParent, user, configurationManager))
+            if (!CollapseBoxSetItems(query, queryParent, user, configurationManager))
             {
-                items = collectionManager.CollapseItemsWithinBoxSets(items, user);
+                return items;
             }
 
+            var config = configurationManager.Configuration;
+
+            bool collapseMovies = config.EnableGroupingMoviesIntoCollections;
+            bool collapseSeries = config.EnableGroupingShowsIntoCollections;
+
+            if (user is null || (collapseMovies && collapseSeries))
+            {
+                return collectionManager.CollapseItemsWithinBoxSets(items, user);
+            }
+
+            if (!collapseMovies && !collapseSeries)
+            {
                 return items;
             }
 
+            var collapsibleItems = new List<BaseItem>();
+            var remainingItems = new List<BaseItem>();
+
+            foreach (var item in items)
+            {
+                if ((collapseMovies && item is Movie) || (collapseSeries && item is Series))
+                {
+                    collapsibleItems.Add(item);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    remainingItems.Add(item);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (collapsibleItems.Count == 0)
+            {
+                return remainingItems;
+            }
+
+            var collapsedItems = collectionManager.CollapseItemsWithinBoxSets(collapsibleItems, user);
+
+            return collapsedItems.Concat(remainingItems);
+        }
+
         private static bool CollapseBoxSetItems(
             InternalItemsQuery query,
             BaseItem queryParent,
@@ -1083,24 +1145,26 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
             }
 
             var param = query.CollapseBoxSetItems;
-
+            if (param.HasValue)
-            if (!param.HasValue)
             {
-                if (user is not null && query.IncludeItemTypes.Any(type =>
+                return param.Value && AllowBoxSetCollapsing(query);
-                    (type == BaseItemKind.Movie && !configurationManager.Configuration.EnableGroupingMoviesIntoCollections) ||
-                    (type == BaseItemKind.Series && !configurationManager.Configuration.EnableGroupingShowsIntoCollections)))
-                {
-                    return false;
             }
 
-                if (query.IncludeItemTypes.Length == 0
+            var config = configurationManager.Configuration;
-                    || query.IncludeItemTypes.Any(type => type == BaseItemKind.Movie || type == BaseItemKind.Series))
+
+            bool queryHasMovies = query.IncludeItemTypes.Length == 0 || query.IncludeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Movie);
+            bool queryHasSeries = query.IncludeItemTypes.Length == 0 || query.IncludeItemTypes.Contains(BaseItemKind.Series);
+
+            bool collapseMovies = config.EnableGroupingMoviesIntoCollections;
+            bool collapseSeries = config.EnableGroupingShowsIntoCollections;
+
+            if (user is not null)
             {
-                    param = true;
+                bool canCollapse = (queryHasMovies && collapseMovies) || (queryHasSeries && collapseSeries);
-                }
+                return canCollapse && AllowBoxSetCollapsing(query);
             }
 
-            return param.HasValue && param.Value && AllowBoxSetCollapsing(query);
+            return (queryHasMovies || queryHasSeries) && AllowBoxSetCollapsing(query);
         }
 
         private static bool AllowBoxSetCollapsing(InternalItemsQuery request)
@@ -1358,13 +1422,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                 .Where(e => query is null || UserViewBuilder.FilterItem(e, query))
                 .ToArray();
 
-            if (this is BoxSet && (query.OrderBy is null || query.OrderBy.Count == 0))
-            {
-                realChildren = realChildren
-                    .OrderBy(e => e.ProductionYear ?? int.MaxValue)
-                    .ToArray();
-            }
-
             var childCount = realChildren.Length;
             if (result.Count < limit)
             {

MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/InternalItemsQuery.cs

@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
 
         public string? Name { get; set; }
 
+        public bool? UseRawName { get; set; }
+
         public string? Person { get; set; }
 
         public Guid[] PersonIds { get; set; }

MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Movies/BoxSet.cs

@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Movies
             return Sort(children, user).ToArray();
         }
 
+        public override IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> GetChildren(User user, bool includeLinkedChildren, out int totalItemCount, InternalItemsQuery query = null)
+        {
+            var children = base.GetChildren(user, includeLinkedChildren, out totalItemCount, query);
+            return Sort(children, user).ToArray();
+        }
+
         public override IReadOnlyList<BaseItem> GetRecursiveChildren(User user, InternalItemsQuery query, out int totalCount)
         {
             var children = base.GetRecursiveChildren(user, query, out totalCount);

MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Season.cs

@@ -201,12 +201,17 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
 
         public List<BaseItem> GetEpisodes(Series series, User user, IEnumerable<Episode> allSeriesEpisodes, DtoOptions options, bool shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes)
         {
+            if (series is null)
+            {
+                return [];
+            }
+
             return series.GetSeasonEpisodes(this, user, allSeriesEpisodes, options, shouldIncludeMissingEpisodes);
         }
 
         public List<BaseItem> GetEpisodes()
         {
-            return Series.GetSeasonEpisodes(this, null, null, new DtoOptions(true), true);
+            return GetEpisodes(Series, null, null, new DtoOptions(true), true);
         }
 
         public override List<BaseItem> GetChildren(User user, bool includeLinkedChildren, InternalItemsQuery query)

MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/TV/Series.cs

@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
             query.AncestorWithPresentationUniqueKey = null;
             query.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey = seriesKey;
             query.IncludeItemTypes = new[] { BaseItemKind.Season };
-            query.OrderBy = new[] { (ItemSortBy.IndexNumber, SortOrder.Ascending) };
+            query.OrderBy = new[] { (ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending) };
 
             if (user is not null && !user.DisplayMissingEpisodes)
             {
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV
 
                 query.AncestorWithPresentationUniqueKey = null;
                 query.SeriesPresentationUniqueKey = seriesKey;
+                if (query.OrderBy.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    query.OrderBy = new[] { (ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending) };
+                }
 
                 if (query.IncludeItemTypes.Length == 0)
                 {

MediaBrowser.Controller/IO/FileSystemHelper.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
@@ -61,4 +62,108 @@ public static class FileSystemHelper
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resolves a single link hop for the specified path.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Returns <c>null</c> if the path is not a symbolic link or the filesystem does not support link resolution (e.g., exFAT).
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="path">The file path to resolve.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// A <see cref="FileInfo"/> representing the next link target if the path is a link; otherwise, <c>null</c>.
+    /// </returns>
+    private static FileInfo? Resolve(string path)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return File.ResolveLinkTarget(path, returnFinalTarget: false) as FileInfo;
+        }
+        catch (IOException)
+        {
+            // Filesystem doesn't support links (e.g., exFAT).
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the target of the specified file link.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// This helper exists because of this upstream runtime issue; https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/92128.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="linkPath">The path of the file link.</param>
+    /// <param name="returnFinalTarget">true to follow links to the final target; false to return the immediate next link.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// A <see cref="FileInfo"/> if the <paramref name="linkPath"/> is a link, regardless of if the target exists; otherwise, <c>null</c>.
+    /// </returns>
+    public static FileInfo? ResolveLinkTarget(string linkPath, bool returnFinalTarget = false)
+    {
+        // Check if the file exists so the native resolve handler won't throw at us.
+        if (!File.Exists(linkPath))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (!returnFinalTarget)
+        {
+            return Resolve(linkPath);
+        }
+
+        var targetInfo = Resolve(linkPath);
+        if (targetInfo is null || !targetInfo.Exists)
+        {
+            return targetInfo;
+        }
+
+        var currentPath = targetInfo.FullName;
+        var visited = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal) { linkPath, currentPath };
+
+        while (true)
+        {
+            var linkInfo = Resolve(currentPath);
+            if (linkInfo is null)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            var targetPath = linkInfo.FullName;
+
+            // If an infinite loop is detected, return the file info for the
+            // first link in the loop we encountered.
+            if (!visited.Add(targetPath))
+            {
+                return new FileInfo(targetPath);
+            }
+
+            targetInfo = linkInfo;
+            currentPath = targetPath;
+
+            // Exit if the target doesn't exist, so the native resolve handler won't throw at us.
+            if (!targetInfo.Exists)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return targetInfo;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the target of the specified file link.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// This helper exists because of this upstream runtime issue; https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/92128.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="fileInfo">The file info of the file link.</param>
+    /// <param name="returnFinalTarget">true to follow links to the final target; false to return the immediate next link.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// A <see cref="FileInfo"/> if the <paramref name="fileInfo"/> is a link, regardless of if the target exists; otherwise, <c>null</c>.
+    /// </returns>
+    public static FileInfo? ResolveLinkTarget(FileInfo fileInfo, bool returnFinalTarget = false)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(fileInfo);
+
+        return ResolveLinkTarget(fileInfo.FullName, returnFinalTarget);
+    }
 }

MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibraryManager.cs

@@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library
         /// <returns>Returns a Task that can be awaited.</returns>
         Task UpdateItemAsync(BaseItem item, BaseItem parent, ItemUpdateType updateReason, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reattaches the user data to the item.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+        /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous reattachment operation.</returns>
+        Task ReattachUserDataAsync(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Retrieves the item.
         /// </summary>
@@ -652,5 +660,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library
         /// This exists so plugins can trigger a library scan.
         /// </remarks>
         void QueueLibraryScan();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add mblink file for a media path.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="virtualFolderPath">The path to the virtualfolder.</param>
+        /// <param name="pathInfo">The new virtualfolder.</param>
+        public void CreateShortcut(string virtualFolderPath, MediaPathInfo pathInfo);
     }
 }

MediaBrowser.Controller/LibraryTaskScheduler/LimitedConcurrencyLibraryScheduler.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Channels;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public sealed class LimitedConcurrencyLibraryScheduler : ILimitedConcurrencyLibr
     /// </summary>
     private readonly Lock _taskLock = new();
 
-    private readonly BlockingCollection<TaskQueueItem> _tasks = new();
+    private readonly Channel<TaskQueueItem> _tasks = Channel.CreateUnbounded<TaskQueueItem>();
 
     private volatile int _workCounter;
     private Task? _cleanupTask;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public sealed class LimitedConcurrencyLibraryScheduler : ILimitedConcurrencyLibr
 
             lock (_taskLock)
             {
-                if (_tasks.Count > 0 || _workCounter > 0)
+                if (_tasks.Reader.Count > 0 || _workCounter > 0)
                 {
                     _logger.LogDebug("Delay cleanup task, operations still running.");
                     // tasks are still there so its still in use. Reschedule cleanup task.
@@ -144,9 +145,9 @@ public sealed class LimitedConcurrencyLibraryScheduler : ILimitedConcurrencyLibr
         _deadlockDetector.Value = stopToken.TaskStop;
         try
         {
-            foreach (var item in _tasks.GetConsumingEnumerable(stopToken.GlobalStop.Token))
+            while (!stopToken.GlobalStop.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
-                stopToken.GlobalStop.Token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+                var item = await _tasks.Reader.ReadAsync(stopToken.GlobalStop.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 try
                 {
                     var newWorkerLimit = Interlocked.Increment(ref _workCounter) > 0;
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ public sealed class LimitedConcurrencyLibraryScheduler : ILimitedConcurrencyLibr
             };
         }).ToArray();
 
-        if (ShouldForceSequentialOperation())
+        if (ShouldForceSequentialOperation() || _deadlockDetector.Value is not null)
         {
             _logger.LogDebug("Process sequentially.");
             try
@@ -264,36 +265,15 @@ public sealed class LimitedConcurrencyLibraryScheduler : ILimitedConcurrencyLibr
         for (var i = 0; i < workItems.Length; i++)
         {
             var item = workItems[i]!;
-            _tasks.Add(item, CancellationToken.None);
+            await _tasks.Writer.WriteAsync(item, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
-        if (_deadlockDetector.Value is not null)
-        {
-            _logger.LogDebug("Nested invocation detected, process in-place.");
-            try
-            {
-                // we are in a nested loop. There is no reason to spawn a task here as that would just lead to deadlocks and no additional concurrency is achieved
-                while (workItems.Any(e => !e.Done.Task.IsCompleted) && _tasks.TryTake(out var item, 200, _deadlockDetector.Value.Token))
-                {
-                    await ProcessItem(item).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                }
-            }
-            catch (OperationCanceledException) when (_deadlockDetector.Value.IsCancellationRequested)
-            {
-                // operation is cancelled. Do nothing.
-            }
-
-            _logger.LogDebug("process in-place done.");
-        }
-        else
-        {
         Worker();
         _logger.LogDebug("Wait for {NoWorkers} to complete.", workItems.Length);
         await Task.WhenAll([.. workItems.Select(f => f.Done.Task)]).ConfigureAwait(false);
         _logger.LogDebug("{NoWorkers} completed.", workItems.Length);
         ScheduleTaskCleanup();
     }
-    }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
@@ -304,13 +284,12 @@ public sealed class LimitedConcurrencyLibraryScheduler : ILimitedConcurrencyLibr
         }
 
         _disposed = true;
-        _tasks.CompleteAdding();
+        _tasks.Writer.Complete();
         foreach (var item in _taskRunners)
         {
             await item.Key.CancelAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
-        _tasks.Dispose();
         if (_cleanupTask is not null)
         {
             await _cleanupTask.ConfigureAwait(false);

MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaBrowser.Controller.csproj

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Authors>Jellyfin Contributors</Authors>
     <PackageId>Jellyfin.Controller</PackageId>
-    <VersionPrefix>10.11.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>10.11.7</VersionPrefix>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin</RepositoryUrl>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>GPL-3.0-only</PackageLicenseExpression>
   </PropertyGroup>

MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs

@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
     public partial class EncodingHelper
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// The codec validation regex.
+        /// The codec validation regex string.
         /// This regular expression matches strings that consist of alphanumeric characters, hyphens,
         /// periods, underscores, commas, and vertical bars, with a length between 0 and 40 characters.
         /// This should matches all common valid codecs.
         /// </summary>
-        public const string ContainerValidationRegex = @"^[a-zA-Z0-9\-\._,|]{0,40}$";
+        public const string ContainerValidationRegexStr = @"^[a-zA-Z0-9\-\._,|]{0,40}$";
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The level validation regex.
+        /// The level validation regex string.
         /// This regular expression matches strings representing a double.
         /// </summary>
-        public const string LevelValidationRegex = @"-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?";
+        public const string LevelValidationRegexStr = @"-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?";
 
         private const string _defaultMjpegEncoder = "mjpeg";
 
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
         private readonly Version _minFFmpegVaapiDeviceVendorId = new Version(7, 0, 1);
         private readonly Version _minFFmpegQsvVppScaleModeOption = new Version(6, 0);
         private readonly Version _minFFmpegRkmppHevcDecDoviRpu = new Version(7, 1, 1);
-
+        private readonly Version _minFFmpegReadrateCatchupOption = new Version(8, 0);
-        private static readonly Regex _containerValidationRegex = new(ContainerValidationRegex, RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
         private static readonly string[] _videoProfilesH264 =
         [
@@ -180,6 +179,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             RemoveHdr10Plus,
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The codec validation regex.
+        /// This regular expression matches strings that consist of alphanumeric characters, hyphens,
+        /// periods, underscores, commas, and vertical bars, with a length between 0 and 40 characters.
+        /// This should matches all common valid codecs.
+        /// </summary>
+        [GeneratedRegex(@"^[a-zA-Z0-9\-\._,|]{0,40}$")]
+        public static partial Regex ContainerValidationRegex();
+
         [GeneratedRegex(@"\s+")]
         private static partial Regex WhiteSpaceRegex();
 
@@ -476,7 +484,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                     return GetMjpegEncoder(state, encodingOptions);
                 }
 
-                if (_containerValidationRegex.IsMatch(codec))
+                if (ContainerValidationRegex().IsMatch(codec))
                 {
                     return codec.ToLowerInvariant();
                 }
@@ -517,7 +525,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
         public static string GetInputFormat(string container)
         {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(container) || !_containerValidationRegex.IsMatch(container))
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(container) || !ContainerValidationRegex().IsMatch(container))
             {
                 return null;
             }
@@ -735,7 +743,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
         {
             var codec = state.OutputAudioCodec;
 
-            if (!_containerValidationRegex.IsMatch(codec))
+            if (!ContainerValidationRegex().IsMatch(codec))
             {
                 codec = "aac";
             }
@@ -1267,6 +1275,20 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                     }
                 }
 
+                // Use analyzeduration also for subtitle streams to improve resolution detection  with streams inside MKS files
+                var analyzeDurationArgument = GetFfmpegAnalyzeDurationArg(state);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(analyzeDurationArgument))
+                {
+                    arg.Append(' ').Append(analyzeDurationArgument);
+                }
+
+                // Apply probesize, too, if configured
+                var ffmpegProbeSizeArgument = GetFfmpegProbesizeArg();
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ffmpegProbeSizeArgument))
+                {
+                    arg.Append(' ').Append(ffmpegProbeSizeArgument);
+                }
+
                 // Also seek the external subtitles stream.
                 var seekSubParam = GetFastSeekCommandLineParameter(state, options, segmentContainer);
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(seekSubParam))
@@ -1768,8 +1790,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
         public static string NormalizeTranscodingLevel(EncodingJobInfo state, string level)
         {
-            if (double.TryParse(level, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out double requestLevel))
+            if (!double.TryParse(level, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out double requestLevel))
             {
+                return null;
+            }
+
             if (string.Equals(state.ActualOutputVideoCodec, "av1", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 // Transcode to level 5.3 (15) and lower for maximum compatibility.
@@ -1801,7 +1826,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                     return "51";
                 }
             }
-            }
 
             return level;
         }
@@ -2189,12 +2213,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 }
             }
 
-            var level = state.GetRequestedLevel(targetVideoCodec);
+            var level = NormalizeTranscodingLevel(state, state.GetRequestedLevel(targetVideoCodec));
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(level))
             {
-                level = NormalizeTranscodingLevel(state, level);
-
                 // libx264, QSV, AMF can adjust the given level to match the output.
                 if (string.Equals(videoEncoder, "h264_qsv", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                     || string.Equals(videoEncoder, "libx264", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
@@ -2378,6 +2400,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 var requestHasSDR = requestedRangeTypes.Contains(VideoRangeType.SDR.ToString(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                 var requestHasDOVI = requestedRangeTypes.Contains(VideoRangeType.DOVI.ToString(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
+                // If SDR is the only supported range, we should not copy any of the HDR streams.
+                // All the following copy check assumes at least one HDR format is supported.
+                if (requestedRangeTypes.Length == 1 && requestHasSDR && videoStream.VideoRangeType != VideoRangeType.SDR)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
                 // If the client does not support DOVI and the video stream is DOVI without fallback, we should not copy it.
                 if (!requestHasDOVI && videoStream.VideoRangeType == VideoRangeType.DOVI)
                 {
@@ -2390,8 +2419,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                             || (requestHasSDR && videoStream.VideoRangeType == VideoRangeType.DOVIWithSDR)
                             || (requestHasHDR10 && videoStream.VideoRangeType == VideoRangeType.HDR10Plus)))
                 {
-                    // If the video stream is in a static HDR format, don't allow copy if the client does not support HDR10 or HLG.
+                    // If the video stream is in HDR10+ or a static HDR format, don't allow copy if the client does not support HDR10 or HLG.
-                    if (videoStream.VideoRangeType is VideoRangeType.HDR10 or VideoRangeType.HLG)
+                    if (videoStream.VideoRangeType is VideoRangeType.HDR10Plus or VideoRangeType.HDR10 or VideoRangeType.HLG)
                     {
                         return false;
                     }
@@ -5942,28 +5971,37 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
                 var isFullAfbcPipeline = isEncoderSupportAfbc && isDrmInDrmOut && !doOclTonemap;
                 var swapOutputWandH = doRkVppTranspose && swapWAndH;
-                var outFormat = doOclTonemap ? "p010" : (isMjpegEncoder ? "bgra" : "nv12"); // RGA only support full range in rgb fmts
+                var outFormat = doOclTonemap ? "p010" : "nv12";
                 var hwScaleFilter = GetHwScaleFilter("vpp", "rkrga", outFormat, swapOutputWandH, swpInW, swpInH, reqW, reqH, reqMaxW, reqMaxH);
-                var doScaling = GetHwScaleFilter("vpp", "rkrga", string.Empty, swapOutputWandH, swpInW, swpInH, reqW, reqH, reqMaxW, reqMaxH);
+                var doScaling = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(GetHwScaleFilter("vpp", "rkrga", string.Empty, swapOutputWandH, swpInW, swpInH, reqW, reqH, reqMaxW, reqMaxH));
 
                 if (!hasSubs
                      || doRkVppTranspose
                      || !isFullAfbcPipeline
-                     || !string.IsNullOrEmpty(doScaling))
+                     || doScaling)
                 {
+                    var isScaleRatioSupported = IsScaleRatioSupported(inW, inH, reqW, reqH, reqMaxW, reqMaxH, 8.0f);
+
                     // RGA3 hardware only support (1/8 ~ 8) scaling in each blit operation,
                     // but in Trickplay there's a case: (3840/320 == 12), enable 2pass for it
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(doScaling)
+                    if (doScaling && !isScaleRatioSupported)
-                        && !IsScaleRatioSupported(inW, inH, reqW, reqH, reqMaxW, reqMaxH, 8.0f))
                     {
                         // Vendor provided BSP kernel has an RGA driver bug that causes the output to be corrupted for P010 format.
                         // Use NV15 instead of P010 to avoid the issue.
                         // SDR inputs are using BGRA formats already which is not affected.
-                        var intermediateFormat = string.Equals(outFormat, "p010", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ? "nv15" : outFormat;
+                        var intermediateFormat = doOclTonemap ? "nv15" : (isMjpegEncoder ? "bgra" : outFormat);
                         var hwScaleFilterFirstPass = $"scale_rkrga=w=iw/7.9:h=ih/7.9:format={intermediateFormat}:force_original_aspect_ratio=increase:force_divisible_by=4:afbc=1";
                         mainFilters.Add(hwScaleFilterFirstPass);
                     }
 
+                    // The RKMPP MJPEG encoder on some newer chip models no longer supports RGB input.
+                    // Use 2pass here to enable RGA output of full-range YUV in the 2nd pass.
+                    if (isMjpegEncoder && !doOclTonemap && ((doScaling && isScaleRatioSupported) || !doScaling))
+                    {
+                        var hwScaleFilterFirstPass = "vpp_rkrga=format=bgra:afbc=1";
+                        mainFilters.Add(hwScaleFilterFirstPass);
+                    }
+
                     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(hwScaleFilter) && doRkVppTranspose)
                     {
                         hwScaleFilter += $":transpose={transposeDir}";
@@ -6343,6 +6381,19 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                     }
                 }
 
+                // Block unsupported H.264 Hi422P and Hi444PP profiles, which can be encoded with 4:2:0 pixel format
+                if (string.Equals(videoStream.Codec, "h264", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                    && ((videoStream.Profile?.Contains("4:2:2", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ?? false)
+                        || (videoStream.Profile?.Contains("4:4:4", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ?? false)))
+                {
+                    // VideoToolbox on Apple Silicon has H.264 Hi444PP and theoretically also has Hi422P
+                    if (!(hardwareAccelerationType == HardwareAccelerationType.videotoolbox
+                          && RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture.Equals(Architecture.Arm64)))
+                    {
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 var decoder = hardwareAccelerationType switch
                 {
                     HardwareAccelerationType.vaapi => GetVaapiVidDecoder(state, options, videoStream, bitDepth),
@@ -7023,8 +7074,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
                 if (string.Equals(videoStream.Codec, "av1", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    var accelType = GetHwaccelType(state, options, "av1", bitDepth, hwSurface);
+                    // there's an issue about AV1 AFBC on RK3588, disable it for now until it's fixed upstream
-                    return accelType + ((!string.IsNullOrEmpty(accelType) && isAfbcSupported) ? " -afbc rga" : string.Empty);
+                    return GetHwaccelType(state, options, "av1", bitDepth, hwSurface);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -7087,9 +7138,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             }
         }
 
-        public string GetInputModifier(EncodingJobInfo state, EncodingOptions encodingOptions, string segmentContainer)
+        private string GetFfmpegAnalyzeDurationArg(EncodingJobInfo state)
         {
-            var inputModifier = string.Empty;
             var analyzeDurationArgument = string.Empty;
 
             // Apply -analyzeduration as per the environment variable,
@@ -7105,6 +7155,26 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 analyzeDurationArgument = "-analyzeduration " + ffmpegAnalyzeDuration;
             }
 
+            return analyzeDurationArgument;
+        }
+
+        private string GetFfmpegProbesizeArg()
+        {
+            var ffmpegProbeSize = _config.GetFFmpegProbeSize();
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ffmpegProbeSize))
+            {
+                return $"-probesize {ffmpegProbeSize}";
+            }
+
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        public string GetInputModifier(EncodingJobInfo state, EncodingOptions encodingOptions, string segmentContainer)
+        {
+            var inputModifier = string.Empty;
+            var analyzeDurationArgument = GetFfmpegAnalyzeDurationArg(state);
+
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(analyzeDurationArgument))
             {
                 inputModifier += " " + analyzeDurationArgument;
@@ -7113,11 +7183,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             inputModifier = inputModifier.Trim();
 
             // Apply -probesize if configured
-            var ffmpegProbeSize = _config.GetFFmpegProbeSize();
+            var ffmpegProbeSizeArgument = GetFfmpegProbesizeArg();
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ffmpegProbeSize))
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ffmpegProbeSizeArgument))
             {
-                inputModifier += $" -probesize {ffmpegProbeSize}";
+                inputModifier += " " + ffmpegProbeSizeArgument;
             }
 
             var userAgentParam = GetUserAgentParam(state);
@@ -7157,8 +7227,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 inputModifier += GetVideoSyncOption(state.InputVideoSync, _mediaEncoder.EncoderVersion);
             }
 
+            int readrate = 0;
             if (state.ReadInputAtNativeFramerate && state.InputProtocol != MediaProtocol.Rtsp)
             {
+                readrate = 1;
                 inputModifier += " -re";
             }
             else if (encodingOptions.EnableSegmentDeletion
@@ -7169,7 +7241,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             {
                 // Set an input read rate limit 10x for using SegmentDeletion with stream-copy
                 // to prevent ffmpeg from exiting prematurely (due to fast drive)
-                inputModifier += " -readrate 10";
+                readrate = 10;
+                inputModifier += $" -readrate {readrate}";
+            }
+
+            // Set a larger catchup value to revert to the old behavior,
+            // otherwise, remuxing might stall due to this new option
+            if (readrate > 0 && _mediaEncoder.EncoderVersion >= _minFFmpegReadrateCatchupOption)
+            {
+                inputModifier += $" -readrate_catchup {readrate * 100}";
             }
 
             var flags = new List<string>();

MediaBrowser.Controller/Persistence/IItemRepository.cs

@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ public interface IItemRepository
 
     void SaveImages(BaseItem item);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reattaches the user data to the item.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous reattachment operation.</returns>
+    Task ReattachUserDataAsync(BaseItem item, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Retrieves the item.
     /// </summary>

MediaBrowser.Controller/Session/ISessionManager.cs

@@ -350,5 +350,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Session
         /// <param name="sessionIdOrPlaySessionId">The session id or playsession id.</param>
         /// <returns>Task.</returns>
         Task CloseLiveStreamIfNeededAsync(string liveStreamId, string sessionIdOrPlaySessionId);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the dto for session info.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sessionInfo">The session info.</param>
+        /// <returns><see cref="SessionInfoDto"/> of the session.</returns>
+        SessionInfoDto ToSessionInfoDto(SessionInfo sessionInfo);
     }
 }

MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/BdInfo/BdInfoDirectoryInfo.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using BDInfo.IO;
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ public class BdInfoDirectoryInfo : IDirectoryInfo
         }
     }
 
+    private static bool IsHidden(ReadOnlySpan<char> name) => name.StartsWith('.');
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the directories.
     /// </summary>
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ public class BdInfoDirectoryInfo : IDirectoryInfo
     public IDirectoryInfo[] GetDirectories()
     {
         return _fileSystem.GetDirectories(_impl.FullName)
+            .Where(d => !IsHidden(d.Name))
             .Select(x => new BdInfoDirectoryInfo(_fileSystem, x))
             .ToArray();
     }
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ public class BdInfoDirectoryInfo : IDirectoryInfo
     public IFileInfo[] GetFiles()
     {
         return _fileSystem.GetFiles(_impl.FullName)
+            .Where(d => !IsHidden(d.Name))
             .Select(x => new BdInfoFileInfo(x))
             .ToArray();
     }
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ public class BdInfoDirectoryInfo : IDirectoryInfo
     public IFileInfo[] GetFiles(string searchPattern)
     {
         return _fileSystem.GetFiles(_impl.FullName, new[] { searchPattern }, false, false)
+            .Where(d => !IsHidden(d.Name))
             .Select(x => new BdInfoFileInfo(x))
             .ToArray();
     }
@@ -105,6 +111,7 @@ public class BdInfoDirectoryInfo : IDirectoryInfo
                 new[] { searchPattern },
                 false,
                 searchOption == SearchOption.AllDirectories)
+            .Where(d => !IsHidden(d.Name))
             .Select(x => new BdInfoFileInfo(x))
             .ToArray();
     }

MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncoderValidator.cs

@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
         [GeneratedRegex("^\\s\\S{6}\\s(?<codec>[\\w|-]+)\\s+.+$", RegexOptions.Multiline)]
         private static partial Regex CodecRegex();
 
-        [GeneratedRegex("^\\s\\S{3}\\s(?<filter>[\\w|-]+)\\s+.+$", RegexOptions.Multiline)]
+        [GeneratedRegex("^\\s\\S{2,3}\\s(?<filter>[\\w|-]+)\\s+.+$", RegexOptions.Multiline)]
         private static partial Regex FilterRegex();
     }
 }

MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs

@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                 ? "{0} -i {1} -threads {2} -v warning -print_format json -show_streams -show_chapters -show_format"
                 : "{0} -i {1} -threads {2} -v warning -print_format json -show_streams -show_format";
 
-            if (!isAudio && _proberSupportsFirstVideoFrame)
+            if (protocol == MediaProtocol.File && !isAudio && _proberSupportsFirstVideoFrame)
             {
                 args += " -show_frames -only_first_vframe";
             }
@@ -1122,7 +1122,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
         private void StartProcess(ProcessWrapper process)
         {
             process.Process.Start();
+
+            try
+            {
                 process.Process.PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.BelowNormal;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Unable to set process priority to BelowNormal for {ProcessFileName}", process.Process.StartInfo.FileName);
+            }
 
             lock (_runningProcessesLock)
             {

MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Probing/ProbeResultNormalizer.cs

@@ -299,8 +299,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Probing
                 // Handle WebM
                 else if (string.Equals(splitFormat[i], "webm", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    // Limit WebM to supported codecs
+                    // Limit WebM to supported stream types and codecs.
-                    if (mediaStreams.Any(stream => (stream.Type == MediaStreamType.Video && !_webmVideoCodecs.Contains(stream.Codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    // FFprobe can report "matroska,webm" for Matroska-like containers, so only keep "webm" if all streams are WebM-compatible.
+                    // Any stream that is not video nor audio is not supported in WebM and should disqualify the webm container probe result.
+                    if (mediaStreams.Any(stream => stream.Type is not MediaStreamType.Video and not MediaStreamType.Audio)
+                        || mediaStreams.Any(stream => (stream.Type == MediaStreamType.Video && !_webmVideoCodecs.Contains(stream.Codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                             || (stream.Type == MediaStreamType.Audio && !_webmAudioCodecs.Contains(stream.Codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))))
                     {
                         splitFormat[i] = string.Empty;
@@ -853,7 +856,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Probing
                 }
 
                 // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17353387/how-to-detect-anamorphic-video-with-ffprobe
-                if (string.Equals(streamInfo.SampleAspectRatio, "1:1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(streamInfo.SampleAspectRatio)
+                    && string.IsNullOrEmpty(streamInfo.DisplayAspectRatio))
+                {
+                    stream.IsAnamorphic = false;
+                }
+                else if (string.Equals(streamInfo.SampleAspectRatio, "1:1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
                 {
                     stream.IsAnamorphic = false;
                 }
@@ -930,6 +938,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Probing
                         {
                             stream.Rotation = data.Rotation;
                         }
+
+                        // Parse video frame cropping metadata from side_data
+                        // TODO: save them and make HW filters to apply them in HWA pipelines
+                        else if (string.Equals(data.SideDataType, "Frame Cropping", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            // Streams containing artificially added frame cropping
+                            // metadata should not be marked as anamorphic.
+                            stream.IsAnamorphic = false;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 

MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Subtitles/SubtitleEncoder.cs

@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
         {
             using (await _semaphoreLocks.LockAsync(outputPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                if (!File.Exists(outputPath))
+                if (!File.Exists(outputPath) || _fileSystem.GetFileInfo(outputPath).Length == 0)
                 {
                     await ConvertTextSubtitleToSrtInternal(subtitleStream, mediaSource, outputPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
@@ -423,9 +423,22 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
                     }
                 }
             }
-            else if (!File.Exists(outputPath))
+            else if (!File.Exists(outputPath) || _fileSystem.GetFileInfo(outputPath).Length == 0)
             {
                 failed = true;
+
+                try
+                {
+                    _logger.LogWarning("Deleting converted subtitle due to failure: {Path}", outputPath);
+                    _fileSystem.DeleteFile(outputPath);
+                }
+                catch (FileNotFoundException)
+                {
+                }
+                catch (IOException ex)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Error deleting converted subtitle {Path}", outputPath);
+                }
             }
 
             if (failed)
@@ -499,7 +512,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
 
                     var releaser = await _semaphoreLocks.LockAsync(outputPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                    if (File.Exists(outputPath))
+                    if (File.Exists(outputPath) && _fileSystem.GetFileInfo(outputPath).Length > 0)
                     {
                         releaser.Dispose();
                         continue;
@@ -556,7 +569,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
                 var outputPaths = new List<string>();
                 var args = string.Format(
                     CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
-                    "-i {0} -copyts",
+                    "-i {0}",
                     inputPath);
 
                 foreach (var subtitleStream in subtitleStreams)
@@ -581,7 +594,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
                     outputPaths.Add(outputPath);
                     args += string.Format(
                         CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
-                        " -map 0:{0} -an -vn -c:s {1} \"{2}\"",
+                        " -map 0:{0} -an -vn -c:s {1} -flush_packets 1 \"{2}\"",
                         streamIndex,
                         outputCodec,
                         outputPath);
@@ -600,7 +613,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
             var outputPaths = new List<string>();
             var args = string.Format(
                 CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
-                "-i {0} -copyts",
+                "-i {0}",
                 inputPath);
 
             foreach (var subtitleStream in subtitleStreams)
@@ -626,7 +639,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
                 outputPaths.Add(outputPath);
                 args += string.Format(
                     CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
-                    " -map 0:{0} -an -vn -c:s {1} \"{2}\"",
+                    " -map 0:{0} -an -vn -c:s {1} -flush_packets 1 \"{2}\"",
                     streamIndex,
                     outputCodec,
                     outputPath);
@@ -713,10 +726,24 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
             {
                 foreach (var outputPath in outputPaths)
                 {
-                    if (!File.Exists(outputPath))
+                    if (!File.Exists(outputPath) || _fileSystem.GetFileInfo(outputPath).Length == 0)
                     {
                         _logger.LogError("ffmpeg subtitle extraction failed for {InputPath} to {OutputPath}", inputPath, outputPath);
                         failed = true;
+
+                        try
+                        {
+                            _logger.LogWarning("Deleting extracted subtitle due to failure: {Path}", outputPath);
+                            _fileSystem.DeleteFile(outputPath);
+                        }
+                        catch (FileNotFoundException)
+                        {
+                        }
+                        catch (IOException ex)
+                        {
+                            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error deleting extracted subtitle {Path}", outputPath);
+                        }
+
                         continue;
                     }
 
@@ -755,7 +782,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
         {
             using (await _semaphoreLocks.LockAsync(outputPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                if (!File.Exists(outputPath))
+                if (!File.Exists(outputPath) || _fileSystem.GetFileInfo(outputPath).Length == 0)
                 {
                     var subtitleStreamIndex = EncodingHelper.FindIndex(mediaSource.MediaStreams, subtitleStream);
 
@@ -857,9 +884,22 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Subtitles
                     _logger.LogError(ex, "Error deleting extracted subtitle {Path}", outputPath);
                 }
             }
-            else if (!File.Exists(outputPath))
+            else if (!File.Exists(outputPath) || _fileSystem.GetFileInfo(outputPath).Length == 0)
             {
                 failed = true;
+
+                try
+                {
+                    _logger.LogWarning("Deleting extracted subtitle due to failure: {Path}", outputPath);
+                    _fileSystem.DeleteFile(outputPath);
+                }
+                catch (FileNotFoundException)
+                {
+                }
+                catch (IOException ex)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Error deleting extracted subtitle {Path}", outputPath);
+                }
             }
 
             if (failed)

MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Transcoding/TranscodeManager.cs

@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ public sealed class TranscodeManager : ITranscodeManager, IDisposable
         ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty(_mediaEncoder.EncoderPath);
 
         // If subtitles get burned in fonts may need to be extracted from the media file
-        if (state.SubtitleStream is not null && state.SubtitleDeliveryMethod == SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Encode)
+        if (state.SubtitleStream is not null && (state.SubtitleDeliveryMethod == SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Encode || state.BaseRequest.AlwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding))
         {
             if (state.MediaSource.VideoType == VideoType.Dvd || state.MediaSource.VideoType == VideoType.BluRay)
             {

MediaBrowser.Model/MediaBrowser.Model.csproj

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Authors>Jellyfin Contributors</Authors>
     <PackageId>Jellyfin.Model</PackageId>
-    <VersionPrefix>10.11.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>10.11.7</VersionPrefix>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin</RepositoryUrl>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>GPL-3.0-only</PackageLicenseExpression>
   </PropertyGroup>