Fixes several issues and improves the casting player experience.
- Adds the ability to disable segment skipping options based on plugin settings.
- Improves Chromecast integration by:
- Adding PlaySessionId for better tracking.
- Improves audio track selection
- Uses mediaInfo builder for loading media.
- Adds support for loading next/previous episodes
- Translation support
- Updates progress reporting to Jellyfin to be more accurate and reliable.
- Fixes an error message in the direct player.
Implements trickplay functionality with preview images to improve the casting player's seeking experience.
Adds a progress slider with trickplay preview, allowing users to scrub through media with visual feedback. Integrates device volume control and mute functionality to the Chromecast device sheet. Also fixes minor bugs and improves UI.
Refactors the Chromecast casting player for better compatibility, UI improvements, and stability.
- Adds auto-selection of stereo audio tracks for improved Chromecast compatibility
- Refactors episode list to filter out virtual episodes and allow season selection
- Improves UI layout and styling
- Removes connection quality indicator
- Fixes progress reporting to Jellyfin
- Updates volume control to use CastSession for device volume
Enriches the casting player screen by fetching item details from the Jellyfin API for a more reliable and complete user experience.
The casting player now prioritizes item data fetched directly from the API, providing richer metadata and ensuring accurate information display.
- Fetches full item data based on content ID.
- Uses fetched data as the primary source of item information, falling back to customData or minimal info if unavailable.
- Improves UI by showing connection quality and bitrate.
- Enhances episode list display and scrolling.
- Adds a stop casting button.
- Minor UI adjustments for better readability and aesthetics.
This change enhances the accuracy and reliability of displayed information, improving the overall user experience of the casting player.
- Implemented a retry mechanism for Chromecast device discovery with a maximum of 3 attempts.
- Added logging for discovered devices to aid in debugging.
- Updated Chromecast button interactions to streamline navigation to the casting player.
- Changed the color scheme for Chromecast components to a consistent purple theme.
- Modified the ChromecastDeviceSheet to sync volume slider with prop changes.
- Improved the ChromecastSettingsMenu to conditionally render audio and subtitle tracks based on availability.
- Updated translations for the casting player to include new strings for better user experience.
Performance Optimizations:
- Add progress tracking to skip redundant Jellyfin API calls (< 5s changes)
- Debounce volume changes (300ms) to reduce API load
- Memoize expensive calculations (protocol colors, icons, progress percent)
- Remove dead useChromecastPlayer hook (redundant with useCasting)
Feature Integrations:
- Add ChromecastEpisodeList modal with Episodes button for TV shows
- Add ChromecastDeviceSheet modal accessible via device indicator
- Add ChromecastSettingsMenu modal with settings icon
- Integrate segment detection with Skip Intro/Credits/Recap buttons
- Add next episode countdown UI (30s before end)
AirPlay Support:
- Add comprehensive documentation for AirPlay detection approaches
- Document integration requirements with AVRoutePickerView
- Prepare infrastructure for native module or AVPlayer integration
UI Improvements:
- Make device indicator tappable to open device sheet
- Add settings icon in header
- Show segment skip buttons dynamically based on current playback
- Display next episode countdown with cancel option
- Optimize hook ordering to prevent conditional hook violations
TODOs for future work:
- Fetch actual episode list from Jellyfin API
- Wire media source/audio/subtitle track selectors to player
- Implement episode auto-play logic
- Create native module for AirPlay state detection
- Add RemoteMediaClient to segment skip functions
- Merge autoskip branch with segment detection
- Update useChromecastSegments to use real segment API
- Support intro, credits, recap, commercial, and preview segments
- Add auto-skip support based on user settings
- Ready for full testing
- Fix deviceName property to use friendlyName
- Update disconnect to use stop() instead of endSession()
- Fix null handling in getPosterUrl and useTrickplay
- Remove unused variables and imports
- Add proper null checks in segment skipping
- Disable auto-skip until settings are available
