2023-06-30, 14:40
Hi there,
I've been using Jellyfin for a while and have been impressed with how well it works. However, of late i've found a need to look at creating different profiles on some of my Kodi boxes and in doing so it's flagged a question about the best way to approach this. I'd therefore like to ask here if people have any suggestions to make on how to best tackle it.
For me the requirements are as follows:
1. Signing in as a specific Kodi profile should also log a specific user into Jellyfin so that it can track viewing progress and they can resume from the specific point if needed.
2. Some of the profiles will link to Jellyfin accounts which are restricted so they can only view specific content based on the certification (i'm pretty sure this is handled entirely by Jellyfin so I just need to make sure the users are configured correctly).
3. When you create a new user profile in Kodi it prompts about the library type and i'm not sure what to choose here. I don't believe a library is really used with Jellyfin because it actually communicates directly with the server, but I do use a helper script which pulls down the metadata and images and inserts them into the database. Not sure how this works in a multi profile set.
Grateful for any pointers people might have on how to best approach this. Not sure I need to use the Jellyfin add-on in native or add-on more either, so it'd be useful to know which way to go there too.
I have limited storage on the Kodi boxes themselves - most are running with 32GB flash cards.
Thanks in advance for any help offered
.
I've been using Jellyfin for a while and have been impressed with how well it works. However, of late i've found a need to look at creating different profiles on some of my Kodi boxes and in doing so it's flagged a question about the best way to approach this. I'd therefore like to ask here if people have any suggestions to make on how to best tackle it.
For me the requirements are as follows:
1. Signing in as a specific Kodi profile should also log a specific user into Jellyfin so that it can track viewing progress and they can resume from the specific point if needed.
2. Some of the profiles will link to Jellyfin accounts which are restricted so they can only view specific content based on the certification (i'm pretty sure this is handled entirely by Jellyfin so I just need to make sure the users are configured correctly).
3. When you create a new user profile in Kodi it prompts about the library type and i'm not sure what to choose here. I don't believe a library is really used with Jellyfin because it actually communicates directly with the server, but I do use a helper script which pulls down the metadata and images and inserts them into the database. Not sure how this works in a multi profile set.
Grateful for any pointers people might have on how to best approach this. Not sure I need to use the Jellyfin add-on in native or add-on more either, so it'd be useful to know which way to go there too.
I have limited storage on the Kodi boxes themselves - most are running with 32GB flash cards.
Thanks in advance for any help offered
.
