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jellyfin-media-player was renamed to jellyfin-desktop and updated so it's no longer marked as insecure
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Adding in warning information about current issues with the jellyfin-desktop package as well as some easy fixes
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If you would like to install the desktop application, use the following:
If you would like to install the desktop application, use the following:
{{Warning|1=Currently in NixOS 25.11, jellyfin-desktop 2.0 on nixpkgs is unsupported (and no longer available on their [https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/releases release page]) as it relies on an out-of-date QT engine. This can cause '''rapid, bright flashes''' when playing video on Wayland, which is a '''serious seizure risk''' (see [https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-desktop/issues/127 this issue]).
The easiest fixes are:
* Use the web player.
* Run from the CLI with: `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb jellyfin-desktop > /dev/null 2>&1 & disown`
* Create a launch script your app launcher can find [https://docs.vicinae.com/install/script as explained for vicinae here].}}


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