AIOStreams with Jellyfin apps

Yes, you can. The piece that does it is JellyStreams, an ElfHosted app that serves your AIOStreams library over the Jellyfin protocol. Point Odin, Infuse, Swiftfin, Strand or the official Jellyfin apps at it, sign in, and your addon results show up as a browsable library with posters, search, episode lists and resume.

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Why not use AIOStreams' own mode, or a fork?

Three options get raised whenever this comes up, so here they are honestly.

AIOStreams' own Jellyfin mode is here now, off by default and one variable away. It does users, each with its own watch history, an optional PIN and their own tracker account. What it has no way to do is treat a parent differently from a child: no per-person content limits, no screen time, no request when something is blocked. If you are one person, or a household where everybody can see everything, it is enough. If there are children involved, it will not get you the controls.

The community projects are good, and worth your time if you like being close to the code. What you take on alongside them is a server you now own: a cloud VM, Docker, a firewall rule, certificate renewal, and updates.

Remux is a full media server, with several addons at once, music, and libraries built from filter rules. If you like shaping your libraries, it is the better tool and we sell it for exactly that. Polyfin is another, with an account and limits per person.

JellyStreams arrives configured alongside the addon, the metadata layer and the provider accounts it works with, and it holds the household layer: profiles, kids' libraries, content limits a child can ask a parent to lift, screen time and push notifications. Those last two exist because it is a server that knows exactly which AIOStreams and AIOMetadata it is talking to, which is the advantage of shipping the pieces together rather than assembling them.

What problem does this solve?

Stremio doesn't ship for every device. The big one is Apple: no App Store build for tvOS or iOS, so the official route is an IPA you sideload yourself, which wants a Mac, a signing certificate, and a reinstall when the signature lapses. Roku has no app at all and no plans for one. Smart TVs are better served than they used to be (Samsung Tizen 2019+, LG webOS 2020+), but sets below those cutoffs are out, and the LG listing is not carried everywhere. The browser build is limited by what the browser will decode.

Jellyfin clients cover all of those cases, and every one of them installs from its platform's own store. JellyStreams sits in the middle: it speaks Jellyfin to the client and resolves streams through AIOStreams, so a device that has never heard of Stremio can play what your addons find.

Which apps work with it?

Built and tested against:

• Infuse (Apple TV, iOS, iPadOS, macOS)
• Swiftfin (Apple TV, iOS)
• Odin, Strand and Moonfin
• The official Jellyfin apps (Android, Android TV, Fire TV, web)

Other Jellyfin clients generally work, since this is the native Jellyfin protocol rather than a bespoke scheme. Not every client in the wild has been tested, so if you find one that misbehaves, tell us in #elf-aiostreams and we'll look at it.

Which app should I use it with?

There are two shapes of app that can play an AIOStreams library, and it is worth knowing which you are looking at, because the setup differs.

Jellyfin clients, pointed at JellyStreams

These speak the Jellyfin protocol. You add JellyStreams as a server, sign in, and everything after that is ordinary Jellyfin behaviour. This is the route that gets you profiles, kids' libraries, screen time and notices, and it works on every platform Jellyfin reaches.

AIOStreams with Infuse and AIOStreams with Swiftfin are the two most common pairings, because Apple TV is where Stremio has no App Store app of its own. Both connect the same way: add the server, sign in, browse.

Stremio addon clients, pointed at AIOStreams directly

These speak the Stremio addon API instead, so they take your AIOStreams manifest URL and need no Jellyfin server at all. If one of these covers your devices, you do not need JellyStreams for playback.

When would you still want JellyStreams? Three things these cannot give you, because they are addon clients and the Stremio addon protocol has no concept of a user:

• A household across every platform, not just Apple. Omni's profiles are per Apple TV user over iCloud; JellyStreams profiles are server-side, so the same person gets the same watch state on an Android TV, a browser or a phone.
• Kids' libraries filtered by certification, and daily screen-time caps, which need a server that can refuse a play.
• Playback notices, for the same reason.

If you are one person on Apple hardware, an addon client is a perfectly good answer and cheaper. If there is a family involved, or screens that are not Apple, that is what JellyStreams is for.

Odin, and what we know about it

Odin is the Apple player people keep asking about, so here is an accurate account rather than a guess.

It is built by Orbital Builds, native for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac, and free in TestFlight beta. It is a purist playback app:

• Direct play only. "Video and audio go straight through Apple's playback pipeline. Nothing re-encoded, nothing downmixed, nothing dropped." The same philosophy JellyStreams and Remux take, for the same reason.
• Continue Watching across devices, surfaced in the Apple TV Top Shelf.
• Profiles, with separate history, watchlist and Continue Watching per person, and an optional PIN.
• Subtitles embedded or external, translated on the fly, with timing offsets remembered per file.
• Private by default: no account, no analytics, and server details kept in the device Keychain.

Does it work with JellyStreams? Yes, and it is one of the clients we tune JellyStreams against, so it is a tested pairing rather than a hopeful one. Add JellyStreams as a server, sign in with your AIOStreams config credentials, and your library is there.

Its own site names no server type, which is why you will see Odin described elsewhere as an unknown quantity. It takes a Jellyfin server, and this is one.

One distinction worth holding onto. Odin's own profiles live on the device, which is the right design for a player: it is your phone deciding whose history to show. JellyStreams profiles live on the server, which is what lets the same person resume on an Android TV or in a browser, and what lets a screen-time cap actually refuse a play. The two are complementary rather than competing: signed in to JellyStreams, Odin gets the server-side history, so what you watch in Odin on the sofa is waiting for you in another app on the train.

Questions about Odin with JellyStreams go to #elf-aiostreams.

How does it work?

flowchart LR
    Client["Jellyfin app<br/>(Infuse / Swiftfin / Strand / official)"]
    JS["JellyStreams"]
    AIO["AIOStreams"]
    META["Metadata and catalogs<br/>(AIOMetadata, Cinemeta)"]
    SRC["Your configured addons<br/>and providers"]

    Client -->|"[1] Jellyfin API"| JS
    JS -->|"[2] catalogs, posters, episodes"| META
    JS -->|"[3] resolve streams"| AIO
    AIO --> SRC
    JS -->|"[4] redirect to the stream"| Client
    SRC -->|"[5] bytes, direct to your device"| Client

1. Your Jellyfin app connects to your JellyStreams URL and signs in. Credentials are checked against AIOStreams itself, so there is no second password store.
2. Browsing comes from your metadata layer, so the library is populated on day one whether or not you have catalog addons enabled. Catalogs your AIOStreams config exposes appear alongside it.
3. Pressing play resolves that title through your normal AIOStreams pipeline, honouring your filters, sort order, providers and proxy settings.
4. Your player is handed a redirect rather than having bytes proxied through us.
5. The stream flows straight from its source to your device.

Nothing is downloaded, nothing is imported, and there is no library scan to wait for.

What do I get beyond plain playback?

Full detail on the JellyStreams app page. The short list:

• Profiles, one per person, each a real Jellyfin user with its own watch history
• One watch history across every app. Start a film on your phone in Infuse, pick it up on the TV in Swiftfin that evening, and land in the same place. Progress is kept on the server against your profile rather than inside whichever app you opened, so changing app, device or platform never loses it
• Kids' libraries filtered by certification, through AIOMetadata
• Daily screen-time caps per profile, with a warning before they land
• Push notifications when somebody starts watching, delivered through Sam
• Device enrollment, so people tap their own profile instead of typing a password
• Search, resume, a version picker, skip intro, and real codec and audio-language data so your client picks the right track

Do I have to set up a server myself?

No. The pattern going round at the moment is to rent or claim a free cloud VM, install Docker, run an addon server on it, and point your apps at that. It works well, and it is a good weekend if you enjoy that sort of thing. What you take on alongside it is a machine you now own: SSH keys, firewall rules, port forwarding, container updates, and a free tier that may reclaim an idle instance.

Here, the server already exists, with a hostname, a TLS certificate and updates handled.

The same reasoning applies to running the addon itself, covered in self-host AIOStreams on a VPS or Oracle Free Tier vs ElfHosted.

Does every device share the same setup?

Yes, and this is the real benefit once you have more than one screen. Your addons, filters, providers and sort order are configured once, in AIOStreams. Every Jellyfin app you sign in on gets that same configuration, and watch state is kept on the server against your profile rather than in the app, so you can start something on the Apple TV in one app and pick it up on your phone in a different one.

What are the limits?

• No transcoding. Streams go direct to your player, so your device must decode the format natively. Native TV and mobile apps handle nearly everything; browsers need AVC/H.264.
• No local files, no WebDAV, no music. This serves your AIOStreams library and nothing else. A library of your own files beside your addons is a Jellyfin job.
• Not a general-purpose Jellyfin server. No plugins, no library of your own files.
• A few stream types are hidden, specifically those that need custom request headers to play. A client following a redirect can't send them, so those sources are excluded rather than offered as a choice that always fails.
• Multi-file library entries appear as folders, so a single-file entry costs one extra tap to open.

How do I set it up?

Frequently asked questions

Can I use AIOStreams with Jellyfin? Yes, through JellyStreams, which serves your AIOStreams library over the Jellyfin protocol. It is included with the AIOMagic Bundle.

Does AIOStreams support Jellyfin natively? Yes, now, in a simpler form: off by default on your instance and switched on with one variable. It serves several users with their own watch history; it does not do per-person content limits, screen time or requests to a parent.

Do I need to run a Jellyfin server? No. JellyStreams answers the Jellyfin API itself, so you add it as a server in your client and sign in.

What do I use as the username and password? Your AIOStreams config UUID is the username, and your config password is the password. Quick Connect works too, which is easier on a TV.

Can each person in the house have their own profile? Yes. Each profile is a real Jellyfin user with its own watch history, and kids' profiles can be filtered by certification.

Does AIOStreams work with Infuse? Yes. Add JellyStreams as a Jellyfin server in Infuse and your AIOStreams library appears, with the version picker for choosing a release.

Does AIOStreams work with Swiftfin? Yes, the same way, and Swiftfin is free on the App Store for both Apple TV and iPhone.

What about Odin, Strand and Moonfin? All work. Odin and Strand are free TestFlight betas on Apple platforms; Moonfin is the one to reach for on Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Android TV and Fire TV.

Does AIOStreams work with Omni? Yes, but differently: Omni is a Stremio addon client, so you give it your AIOStreams manifest URL rather than a Jellyfin server address. It is Apple-only and a one-off $6 on the App Store. What it cannot do is the household layer, since the addon protocol has no concept of a user.

Does Odin work with AIOStreams? Yes, through JellyStreams. Odin is a native player for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac from Orbital Builds, free in TestFlight beta, and one of the clients we specifically tune JellyStreams against.

Is Odin a Jellyfin client? Yes. Its own site describes pointing it at "your server" without naming a type, but it takes a Jellyfin server, and JellyStreams is a tested one.

Will it play on Apple TV? Yes, through Infuse or Swiftfin from the App Store, with no sideloading. See Stremio on Apple TV.

How does this compare to the other options?

Side by side, in Stremio addons in Jellyfin.

The one-line version: JellyStreams serves your AIOStreams library to a household, Remux adds several addons and rule-built libraries, Polyfin gives each person an account with its own limits, and Gelato inside Jellyfin gives you a real Jellyfin server (with transcoding on a Hobbit tier or above).

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