Media & entertainment
Jellyfin
jellyfin
Built inLocal polling
The Jellyfin integration exposes a Jellyfin server as a media source in Home Assistant. This integration has been tested with Jellyfin server version 10.6.4 and later.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
media_player | Media player (as switches) | Only TVs and receivers get a TV tile; other players show as power and play switches; Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
remote | TV remote (activities) | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 8,636 (1.22%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 2021.12 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @RunC0deRun, @ctalkington |
Limitations from the docs
- Support is currently limited to music, movie, and TV show libraries only. Other libraries do not appear in the media browser.
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
