From 91657aad566f52ed9a74bb8b1548cb45113af2dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bart <bart@reprapworld.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 22:14:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(jellyfin): support Jellyfin 12.x authentication headers
 and capabilities schema

---
 src/jellyfin/client.py | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jellyfin/client.py b/src/jellyfin/client.py
index f343941..478e6d2 100644
--- a/src/jellyfin/client.py
+++ b/src/jellyfin/client.py
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ class JellyfinClient:
 
     def _get_headers(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         headers = {
+            "Authorization": self.auth_header,
             "X-Emby-Authorization": self.auth_header,
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "Accept": "application/json",
         }
         if self.auth_token:
             headers["X-Emby-Token"] = self.auth_token
+            headers["Authorization"] = f'{self.auth_header}, Token="{self.auth_token}"'
         return headers
 
     async def start(self) -> None:
@@ -64,7 +67,6 @@ class JellyfinClient:
         self._ws_task = asyncio.create_task(self._connection_manager())
         self._report_task = asyncio.create_task(self._progress_reporter())
 
-
     async def _connection_manager(self) -> None:
         """Keeps the connection and WebSocket session alive with auto-reconnect."""
         while self._running:
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ class JellyfinClient:
             "Pw": self.config.password or "",
         }
         logger.info("Authenticating to Jellyfin server: %s as %s", self.config.server_url, self.config.username)
-        async with self.session.post(url, json=payload) as resp:
+        async with self.session.post(url, json=payload, headers=self._get_headers()) as resp:
             if resp.status != 200:
                 err_text = await resp.text()
                 raise RuntimeError(f"Authentication failed ({resp.status}): {err_text}")
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ class JellyfinClient:
             self.auth_token = data.get("AccessToken")
             self.user_id = data.get("User", {}).get("Id")
             self.session.headers["X-Emby-Token"] = self.auth_token
+            self.session.headers["Authorization"] = f'{self.auth_header}, Token="{self.auth_token}"'
             logger.info("Authenticated successfully with Jellyfin (UserId: %s)", self.user_id)
 
     async def _report_capabilities(self) -> None:
@@ -106,19 +109,18 @@ class JellyfinClient:
         capabilities = {
             "PlayableMediaTypes": ["Video", "Audio"],
             "SupportedCommands": [
-                "Play",
-                "Playstate",
-                "PlayNext",
-                "SetVolume",
+                "VolumeUp",
+                "VolumeDown",
                 "Mute",
                 "Unmute",
                 "ToggleMute",
+                "SetVolume",
                 "SetAudioStreamIndex",
                 "SetSubtitleStreamIndex",
-                "Seek",
                 "DisplayMessage",
             ],
-            "SupportsMediaControl": true if True else True,
+            "SupportsMediaControl": True,
+            "SupportsPersistentIdentifier": True,
             "DeviceProfile": {
                 "Name": "HTPC MPV Player",
                 "DirectPlayProfiles": [
@@ -139,8 +141,13 @@ class JellyfinClient:
             f"{self.config.server_url.replace('http://', 'ws://').replace('https://', 'wss://')}"
             f"/socket?api_key={self.auth_token}&deviceId={self.config.device_id}"
         )
+        ws_headers = {
+            "Authorization": f'MediaBrowser Token="{self.auth_token}"',
+            "X-Emby-Token": self.auth_token,
+        }
         logger.info("Connecting to Jellyfin WebSocket: %s", ws_url)
-        async with self.session.ws_connect(ws_url) as ws:
+        async with self.session.ws_connect(ws_url, headers=ws_headers) as ws:
+
             self.ws = ws
             logger.info("Jellyfin WebSocket connected; waiting for remote control commands")
             async for msg in ws: