Movie page
| Element | What it does |
|---|---|
| Play / Resume | Starts or resumes playback |
| Play from beginning | Asks Restart from beginning? because your progress will be lost |
| Version | Pick which file to play when a movie has several versions, for example 1080p or 4K. The choice is remembered until you close the app. |
| Trailer | Opens the trailer in YouTube or your browser. A sheet lists the trailers when there are several. |
| Mark as watched / unwatched, favorite | Updates your state on the server |
| Download (phone and tablet) | Saves the movie for offline playback. See Downloads. |
| Report | Reports a video, audio or subtitle problem to your admin. Needs Watch Pass and a title known to Seerr. |
Further down you find the synopsis, genres, studios, directors and writers, Cast and Crew with photos, Collection (other films in the same collection), Extras, More like this, and file details (container, bitrate, aspect ratio, size, path) plus IMDb, TMDB and TVDB links.
The page also shows the SocialWatch like button, popcorn rating and community reviews.
Trailers and theme songs
- The Trailer button opens remote trailers (usually YouTube) outside the app.
- Trailer autoplay is a different feature. It plays a trailer file stored on your server, muted or at a chosen volume, in place of the backdrop. Name the file
Movie-trailer.mkvorMovie-trailer.mp4and put it next to the movie, then scan the library. Turn it on in Settings → Appearance. - Theme songs play music behind movie and series pages (Jellyfin 10.9 or later). Set the volume in Settings → Appearance. Theme and trailer order chooses between a random pick and playing everything in order by filename.
Language flags
Turn on Language flags in Settings → Appearance to see small flags on posters for the audio languages of a title. Up to three flags are shown. If there are more, a +N badge shows how many are hidden.
Series, season and episode pages
- The series page shows seasons, the Next up episode, and shuffle options (Shuffle all episodes or Shuffle unplayed episodes).
- A season page lists its episodes with synopsis, air date, runtime and watched state.
- An episode page has Play or Resume, and links to the previous and next episodes.
- With Anti-spoilers on, unwatched episodes show a blurred thumbnail, a generic title and no summary.
Collection and person pages
- A collection page shows the artwork, the description and every movie in it.
- A person page shows the photo, biography and filmography.
Navigating detail pages (TV)
| Action | Button |
|---|---|
| Scroll down | D-pad Down |
| Move between cast cards | D-pad Left / Right |
| Play | Select on Play |
| Go back | Back |
