Merge pull request #1017 from jellyfin/settings_mpv_toggle

Add toggle to enable/disable mpv

Author: iwalton3

native/nativeshell.js

@@ -16,12 +16,25 @@ const features = [
     "fileinput"
 ];
 
-const plugins = [
-    'mpvVideoPlayer',
-    'mpvAudioPlayer',
-    'jmpInputPlugin',
-    'jmpUpdatePlugin'
-];
+const getPlugins = () => {
+    const basePlugins = [
+        'jmpInputPlugin',
+        'jmpUpdatePlugin'
+    ];
+
+    const mpvEnabled = jmpInfo.settings?.main?.enableMPV !== false;
+    if (mpvEnabled) {
+        return [
+            'mpvVideoPlayer',
+            'mpvAudioPlayer',
+            ...basePlugins
+        ];
+    }
+
+    return basePlugins;
+};
+
+const plugins = getPlugins();
 
 // Plugins are bundled, return class directly
 for (const plugin of plugins) {

resources/settings/settings_description.json

@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@
         "display_name": "Enable Windows Taskbar Integration",
         "default": true,
         "platforms": [ "windows" ]
+      },
+      {
+        "value": "enableMPV",
+        "display_name": "Enable MPV Player",
+        "help": "Enables MPV player for video and audio playback. When disabled, Jellyfin Media Player will fall back to the browser's built-in HTML5 player. This setting requires an application restart to take effect.\n\nNote: Disabling MPV will lose advanced features like audio passthrough, hardware decoding options, and codec-specific settings.",
+        "default": true
       }
     ]
   },