AFAIK it simply downloads the files to your Download folder. Delete them from your file manager.
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2025
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Yes, OP you also need an external player like VLC to play them. Maybe that's why you say you couldn't play them?
I'd recommend Findroid as alternative app for Jellyfin on Android, it let's you download and watch content from within the app. Doesn't download the images of content though, so it is not perfect either.
I recommend Findroid as well! You can download and play within the app, much closer to a netflix experience.
Got any recommendations for a music player?
I've paid for symfonium and love it tbh, it works really well, has great customizability and the offlining of favourited albums is so so nice. It has an internal download cache, but it can also export files to your downloads folder the way jellyfin does at the moment. My only gripe is that it's not FOSS.
I am not using Jellyfin much for music, but Finamp worked relatively OK. However make sure you get the beta, the latest stable version is way behind and they started some major redesign in the beta program.
Yeah, install findroid and downloaded some stuff. I will try it out on this trip. Thanks
Just switch off WiFi and test it then, learned it myself the hard way! For findroid you will then need to manually switch the app into "offline" mode for it to work.
Testing it is how I found out it didn't work. Lol. Got findroid and it worked great on the plane.
Thanks. I didn't expect it to be in downloads, but sure enough, there it was. Lol
If you want a jellyfin app that actually manages the downloads, letting you both watch and delete the downloads in the same app, try Findroid.
Like already explained, the web-app based clients just download the media files. You can obviously watch them using any media player that way, and delete the files when you're done, but it makes things a bit clunky.
For music, there's Finamp (FOSS) and Symfonium (Paid, but really good, and with active dev).
Streamyfin is nice as well, and is open source
Cross-platform, too! Neat.
Now I have a new client to recommend to my dad. Findroid is android only. (As the name suggests)
Yes! It’s not perfect, but far better than the official apps. From my experience it still has some bugs here and there but still usable.
Just found Fladder, too. It's even better, imo.
Works on desktop operating systems, even.
Looks promising
Unfortunately, not a fan of the android feel it has, and the app isn't available on the apple app store yet
it if works well, I might consider it as a backup app
I'm mostly hyped to find something that can sync media to local storage on something like a laptop, without it just being a bunch of files in a folder you play in vlc.
It also runs in a browser. I'm testing replacing the default webUI with it.
Once it's on the app store, it'll basically be available on everything. The same UI everywhere, but with features like offline media, unlike the default webUI.
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I hope it works great then! Most free clients that support local download (or syncing as they call it) often have bugs
I use vlc, it scans the entire device and shows all downloaded media, after I watch something I just delete it using vlc.
Findroid works if you want it all integrated but I haven't tried it yet
~~I don’t know which versions are available on the play store, but f-droid only had the current official release, which is buggy and missing a lot. I had to go sideload the beta from GitHub and it has every feature I need including the one you’re after.~~
Oops, thought you were asking about Finamp for just music.