fix(jellyfin): fix discovery loop, device identity, tray state, and Disc

- Derive device identity from OS hostname; remove legacy configurable client/device fields
- Prevent discovery playback from reloading active item, misreporting pause state, and duplicate overlay restores
- Restart stale tray discovery sessions without re-login when server drops SubMiner cast target
- Sync tray discovery checkbox state on Linux after CLI/startup/remote-session changes
- Stop Discord presence falling back to stream URLs; prime title before tokenized stream loads
- Fix picker library discovery when log level is above info
- Fix config.example.jsonc trailing commas and array formatting

changes/fix-discord-presence-jellyfin-title.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: integrations
+
+- Prevented Discord Rich Presence from falling back to Jellyfin stream URLs, and primed Jellyfin playback titles before loading tokenized streams so presence shows the show/episode title

changes/fix-jellyfin-discovery-playback-loop.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: jellyfin
+
+- Prevented Jellyfin discovery playback from reloading the active item, misreporting paused mpv playback as still playing, retrying startup unpause after playback is paused again, unpausing after a manual `y-t` overlay toggle during startup, repeatedly restoring the overlay from duplicate ready signals, missing delayed Japanese subtitle selection on startup, letting later German/Russian subtitle loads steal the selected Japanese track, and spawning long-lived sidebar ffmpeg extractors against Jellyfin stream URLs.

changes/fix-jellyfin-host-device-identity.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: jellyfin
+
+- Derived Jellyfin cast device identity from the OS hostname, always reports the client as SubMiner, and ignores legacy configurable Jellyfin client/device identity fields so multiple SubMiner installs no longer share the same remote-session identity.

changes/fix-jellyfin-tray-discovery-active-state.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: jellyfin
+
+- Keep the Jellyfin discovery tray checkbox in sync on Linux after tray, CLI, or startup remote-session changes, with a visible check mark when Linux tray hosts ignore native checkbox rendering.

changes/fix-jellyfin-tray-discovery-stale-session.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: jellyfin
+
+- Restarted stale Jellyfin tray discovery sessions when the server no longer lists the SubMiner cast target, avoiding a needless Jellyfin re-login.

changes/jellyfin-picker-log-level.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: jellyfin
+
+- Kept Jellyfin picker library discovery working when the running app log level is above info.

config.example.jsonc

@@ -644,14 +644,10 @@
     "serverUrl": "", // Base Jellyfin server URL (for example: http://localhost:8096).
     "recentServers": [], // Recently authenticated Jellyfin server URLs shown in setup.
     "username": "", // Default Jellyfin username used during CLI login.
-    "deviceId": "subminer", // Stable device identifier sent on the Jellyfin authentication handshake; primarily internal.
-    "clientName": "SubMiner", // Client name sent on the Jellyfin authentication handshake; primarily internal.
-    "clientVersion": "0.1.0", // Client version sent on the Jellyfin authentication handshake; primarily internal.
     "defaultLibraryId": "", // Optional default Jellyfin library ID for item listing.
     "remoteControlEnabled": true, // Enable Jellyfin remote cast control mode. Values: true | false
     "remoteControlAutoConnect": true, // Auto-connect to the configured remote control target. Values: true | false
     "autoAnnounce": false, // When enabled, automatically trigger remote announce/visibility check on websocket connect. Values: true | false
-    "remoteControlDeviceName": "SubMiner", // Device name reported for Jellyfin remote control sessions.
     "pullPictures": false, // Enable Jellyfin poster/icon fetching for launcher menus. Values: true | false
     "iconCacheDir": "/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-icons", // Directory used by launcher for cached Jellyfin poster icons.
     "directPlayPreferred": true, // Try direct play before server-managed transcoding when possible. Values: true | false

docs-site/configuration.md

@@ -1253,7 +1253,6 @@ Jellyfin integration is optional and disabled by default. When enabled, SubMiner
     "remoteControlEnabled": true,
     "remoteControlAutoConnect": true,
     "autoAnnounce": false,
-    "remoteControlDeviceName": "SubMiner",
     "defaultLibraryId": "",
     "directPlayPreferred": true,
     "directPlayContainers": ["mkv", "mp4", "webm", "mov", "flac", "mp3", "aac"],
@@ -1268,21 +1267,17 @@ Jellyfin integration is optional and disabled by default. When enabled, SubMiner
 | `serverUrl`                | string (URL)    | Jellyfin server base URL                                                                                     |
 | `recentServers`            | string[]        | Recent Jellyfin server URLs shown in setup; entries are trimmed, deduped, and capped at 5                    |
 | `username`                 | string          | Default username used by `--jellyfin-login`                                                                  |
-| `deviceId`                 | string          | Client device id sent in auth headers (default: `subminer`)                                                  |
-| `clientName`               | string          | Client name sent in auth headers (default: `SubMiner`)                                                       |
-| `clientVersion`            | string          | Client version sent in auth headers (default: `0.1.0`)                                                       |
 | `defaultLibraryId`         | string          | Default library id for `--jellyfin-items` when CLI value is omitted                                          |
 | `remoteControlEnabled`     | `true`, `false` | Enable Jellyfin cast/remote-control session support                                                          |
 | `remoteControlAutoConnect` | `true`, `false` | Auto-connect Jellyfin remote session on app startup (requires `jellyfin.enabled` and `remoteControlEnabled`) |
 | `autoAnnounce`             | `true`, `false` | Auto-run cast-target visibility announce check on connect (default: `false`)                                 |
-| `remoteControlDeviceName`  | string          | Device name shown in Jellyfin cast/device lists                                                              |
 | `pullPictures`             | `true`, `false` | Enable poster/icon fetching for launcher Jellyfin pickers                                                    |
 | `iconCacheDir`             | string          | Cache directory for launcher-fetched Jellyfin poster icons                                                   |
 | `directPlayPreferred`      | `true`, `false` | Prefer direct stream URLs before transcoding                                                                 |
 | `directPlayContainers`     | string[]        | Container allowlist for direct play decisions                                                                |
 | `transcodeVideoCodec`      | string          | Preferred transcode video codec fallback (default: `h264`)                                                   |
 
-Jellyfin auth session (`accessToken` + `userId`) is stored in local encrypted storage after login/setup. The legacy `jellyfin.accessToken` and `jellyfin.userId` config keys are not resolver-backed settings in the current runtime. The Settings window also hides low-level client identity and default library fields (`deviceId`, `clientName`, `clientVersion`, and `defaultLibraryId`) so normal setup stays focused on server, auth, playback, and remote-control behavior.
+Jellyfin auth session (`accessToken` + `userId`) is stored in local encrypted storage after login/setup. The legacy `jellyfin.accessToken`, `jellyfin.userId`, `jellyfin.clientName`, `jellyfin.deviceId`, `jellyfin.clientVersion`, and `jellyfin.remoteControlDeviceName` config keys are not resolver-backed settings in the current runtime. SubMiner reports the Jellyfin client as `SubMiner`, derives the Jellyfin device id and visible device name from the OS hostname, and owns the client version internally. The Settings window also hides low-level default library fields (`defaultLibraryId`) so normal setup stays focused on server, auth, playback, and remote-control behavior.
 
 - On Linux, token storage defaults to `gnome-libsecret` for `safeStorage`. Override with `--password-store=<backend>` on launcher/app invocations when needed.
 

docs-site/jellyfin-integration.md

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ SubMiner includes an optional Jellyfin CLI integration for:
     "remoteControlEnabled": true,
     "remoteControlAutoConnect": true,
     "autoAnnounce": false,
-    "remoteControlDeviceName": "SubMiner",
     "defaultLibraryId": "",
     "pullPictures": false,
     "iconCacheDir": "/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-icons",
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ subminer jellyfin -l \
   --password 'your-password'
 ```
 
-`subminer jellyfin` opens the setup window. It pre-fills the server URL from the configured server, a recent successful server, or the local default. Successful login keeps the window open, stores the Jellyfin session token in encrypted storage, updates the configured server/username/client metadata, and refreshes recent servers. Passwords are never stored.
+`subminer jellyfin` opens the setup window. It pre-fills the server URL from the configured server, a recent successful server, or the local default. Successful login keeps the window open, stores the Jellyfin session token in encrypted storage, updates the configured server/username, and refreshes recent servers. Passwords are never stored.
 
 3. List libraries:
 
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ Launcher wrapper for Jellyfin cast discovery mode (background app + tray):
 subminer jellyfin -d
 ```
 
-After Jellyfin is enabled with a server URL and SubMiner is already running, the tray menu shows `Jellyfin Discovery`. Use that checkbox to start or stop discovery for the current runtime session without changing config. If the stored login session is missing or expired, starting discovery shows a warning and setup remains the path to refresh credentials. It does not survive app restart.
+After Jellyfin is enabled with a server URL and SubMiner is already running, the tray menu shows `Jellyfin Discovery`. Use that checkbox to start or stop discovery for the current runtime session without changing config. By default, Jellyfin sees the cast target as the OS hostname (`uname -n` on Linux). If the stored login session is missing or expired, starting discovery shows a warning and setup remains the path to refresh credentials. It does not survive app restart.
 
 Stop discovery session/app:
 

docs-site/public/config.example.jsonc

@@ -644,14 +644,10 @@
     "serverUrl": "", // Base Jellyfin server URL (for example: http://localhost:8096).
     "recentServers": [], // Recently authenticated Jellyfin server URLs shown in setup.
     "username": "", // Default Jellyfin username used during CLI login.
-    "deviceId": "subminer", // Stable device identifier sent on the Jellyfin authentication handshake; primarily internal.
-    "clientName": "SubMiner", // Client name sent on the Jellyfin authentication handshake; primarily internal.
-    "clientVersion": "0.1.0", // Client version sent on the Jellyfin authentication handshake; primarily internal.
     "defaultLibraryId": "", // Optional default Jellyfin library ID for item listing.
     "remoteControlEnabled": true, // Enable Jellyfin remote cast control mode. Values: true | false
     "remoteControlAutoConnect": true, // Auto-connect to the configured remote control target. Values: true | false
     "autoAnnounce": false, // When enabled, automatically trigger remote announce/visibility check on websocket connect. Values: true | false
-    "remoteControlDeviceName": "SubMiner", // Device name reported for Jellyfin remote control sessions.
     "pullPictures": false, // Enable Jellyfin poster/icon fetching for launcher menus. Values: true | false
     "iconCacheDir": "/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-icons", // Directory used by launcher for cached Jellyfin poster icons.
     "directPlayPreferred": true, // Try direct play before server-managed transcoding when possible. Values: true | false

launcher/jellyfin.ts

@@ -361,6 +361,21 @@ export function classifyJellyfinChildSelection(
   fail('Selected Jellyfin item is not playable.');
 }
 
+export function buildForwardedJellyfinAppArgs(args: Args, appArgs: string[]): string[] {
+  const forwarded = [...appArgs];
+  const serverOverride = sanitizeServerUrl(args.jellyfinServer || '');
+  if (serverOverride) {
+    forwarded.push('--jellyfin-server', serverOverride);
+  }
+  if (args.passwordStore) {
+    forwarded.push('--password-store', args.passwordStore);
+  }
+  if (!forwarded.some((arg) => arg === '--log-level' || arg.startsWith('--log-level='))) {
+    forwarded.push('--log-level', args.logLevel);
+  }
+  return forwarded;
+}
+
 async function runAppJellyfinListCommand(
   appPath: string,
   args: Args,
@@ -384,14 +399,7 @@ async function runAppJellyfinCommand(
   appArgs: string[],
   label: string,
 ): Promise<{ status: number; output: string; error: string; logOffset: number }> {
-  const forwardedBase = [...appArgs];
+  const forwardedBase = buildForwardedJellyfinAppArgs(args, appArgs);
-  const serverOverride = sanitizeServerUrl(args.jellyfinServer || '');
-  if (serverOverride) {
-    forwardedBase.push('--jellyfin-server', serverOverride);
-  }
-  if (args.passwordStore) {
-    forwardedBase.push('--password-store', args.passwordStore);
-  }
 
   const readLogAppendedSince = (offset: number): string => {
     const logPath = getMpvLogPath();

launcher/main.test.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   parseEpisodePathFromDisplay,
   buildRootSearchGroups,
   classifyJellyfinChildSelection,
+  buildForwardedJellyfinAppArgs,
 } from './jellyfin.js';
 
 type RunResult = {
@@ -878,6 +879,27 @@ test('parseJellyfinItemsFromAppOutput parses item title/id/type tuples', () => {
   ]);
 });
 
+test('buildForwardedJellyfinAppArgs forces app log level for parseable list output', () => {
+  const forwarded = buildForwardedJellyfinAppArgs(
+    {
+      jellyfinServer: 'https://jf.example.test/',
+      passwordStore: 'gnome-libsecret',
+      logLevel: 'info',
+    } as never,
+    ['--jellyfin-libraries'],
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(forwarded, [
+    '--jellyfin-libraries',
+    '--jellyfin-server',
+    'https://jf.example.test',
+    '--password-store',
+    'gnome-libsecret',
+    '--log-level',
+    'info',
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('parseJellyfinErrorFromAppOutput extracts bracketed error lines', () => {
   const parsed = parseJellyfinErrorFromAppOutput(`
 [subminer] - 2026-03-01 13:10:34 - WARN - [main] test warning

plugin/subminer/lifecycle.lua

@@ -144,12 +144,21 @@ function M.create(ctx)
 			and previous_media_identity ~= nil
 			and media_identity == previous_media_identity
 		)
+		local new_media_loaded = media_identity ~= nil and not same_media_reload and not same_media_loaded
 		state.pending_reload_media_identity = nil
 		state.current_media_identity = media_identity
+		if new_media_loaded then
+			state.suppress_ready_overlay_restore = false
+		end
 
 		if same_media_reload then
 			subminer_log("debug", "lifecycle", "Skipping startup lifecycle for same-media mpv reload")
-			if state.overlay_running and resolve_auto_start_enabled() and process.has_matching_mpv_ipc_socket(opts.socket_path) then
+			if
+				state.overlay_running
+				and not state.suppress_ready_overlay_restore
+				and resolve_auto_start_enabled()
+				and process.has_matching_mpv_ipc_socket(opts.socket_path)
+			then
 				process.run_control_command_async("show-visible-overlay", {
 					socket_path = opts.socket_path,
 				})

plugin/subminer/process.lua

@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ function M.create(ctx)
 		return options_helper.coerce_bool(raw_visible_overlay, false)
 	end
 
+	local function resolve_auto_start_visibility_action()
+		if resolve_visible_overlay_startup() then
+			if state.suppress_ready_overlay_restore then
+				return nil
+			end
+			return "show-visible-overlay"
+		end
+		return "hide-visible-overlay"
+	end
+
 	local function resolve_pause_until_ready()
 		local raw_pause_until_ready = opts.auto_start_pause_until_ready
 		if raw_pause_until_ready == nil then
@@ -129,7 +139,7 @@ function M.create(ctx)
 
 	local function release_auto_play_ready_gate(reason)
 		if not state.auto_play_ready_gate_armed then
-			return
+			return false
 		end
 		local should_resume_playback = state.auto_play_ready_should_resume_playback == true
 		disarm_auto_play_ready_gate({ resume_playback = false })
@@ -140,6 +150,7 @@ function M.create(ctx)
 		else
 			subminer_log("info", "process", "Startup gate ready; leaving playback paused: " .. tostring(reason or "ready"))
 		end
+		return true
 	end
 
 	local function arm_auto_play_ready_gate()
@@ -179,9 +190,12 @@ function M.create(ctx)
 	end
 
 	local function notify_auto_play_ready()
-		release_auto_play_ready_gate("tokenization-ready")
+		local released_ready_gate = release_auto_play_ready_gate("tokenization-ready")
 		local force_ready_overlay_restore = state.force_ready_overlay_restore == true
 		state.force_ready_overlay_restore = false
+		if not released_ready_gate and not force_ready_overlay_restore then
+			return
+		end
 		if state.suppress_ready_overlay_restore and not force_ready_overlay_restore then
 			return
 		end
@@ -224,7 +238,7 @@ function M.create(ctx)
 
 			local should_show_visible = overrides.show_visible_overlay
 			if should_show_visible == nil then
-				should_show_visible = resolve_visible_overlay_startup()
+				should_show_visible = resolve_visible_overlay_startup() and not state.suppress_ready_overlay_restore
 			end
 			if should_show_visible then
 				table.insert(args, "--show-visible-overlay")
@@ -399,9 +413,6 @@ function M.create(ctx)
 
 	local function start_overlay(overrides)
 		overrides = overrides or {}
-		if overrides.auto_start_trigger == true then
-			state.suppress_ready_overlay_restore = false
-		end
 
 		if not binary.ensure_binary_available() then
 			subminer_log("error", "binary", "SubMiner binary not found")
@@ -424,13 +435,13 @@ function M.create(ctx)
 				elseif not state.auto_play_ready_gate_armed then
 					disarm_auto_play_ready_gate()
 				end
-				local visibility_action = resolve_visible_overlay_startup()
+				local visibility_action = resolve_auto_start_visibility_action()
-						and "show-visible-overlay"
+				if visibility_action ~= nil then
-					or "hide-visible-overlay"
+					run_control_command_async(visibility_action, {
-				run_control_command_async(visibility_action, {
+						socket_path = socket_path,
-					socket_path = socket_path,
+						log_level = overrides.log_level,
-					log_level = overrides.log_level,
+					})
-				})
+				end
 				return
 			end
 			subminer_log("info", "process", "Overlay already running")
@@ -495,13 +506,13 @@ function M.create(ctx)
 				end
 
 				if overrides.auto_start_trigger == true then
-					local visibility_action = resolve_visible_overlay_startup()
+					local visibility_action = resolve_auto_start_visibility_action()
-							and "show-visible-overlay"
+					if visibility_action ~= nil then
-						or "hide-visible-overlay"
 						run_control_command_async(visibility_action, {
 							socket_path = socket_path,
 							log_level = overrides.log_level,
 						})
+					end
 				end
 
 			end)
@@ -576,6 +587,7 @@ function M.create(ctx)
 			return
 		end
 		state.suppress_ready_overlay_restore = true
+		disarm_auto_play_ready_gate({ resume_playback = false })
 
 		run_control_command_async("toggle-visible-overlay", nil, function(ok)
 			if not ok then

scripts/test-plugin-start-gate.lua

@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ do
 		"duplicate pause-until-ready auto-start should not issue duplicate --start commands while overlay is already running"
 	)
 	assert_true(
-		count_control_calls(recorded.async_calls, "--show-visible-overlay") == 4,
+		count_control_calls(recorded.async_calls, "--show-visible-overlay") == 3,
 		"duplicate pause-until-ready auto-start should re-assert visible overlay on initial start, ready, and later file load"
 	)
 	assert_true(
@@ -1471,6 +1471,33 @@ do
 	)
 end
 
+do
+	local recorded, err = run_plugin_scenario({
+		process_list = "",
+		option_overrides = {
+			binary_path = binary_path,
+			auto_start = "yes",
+			auto_start_visible_overlay = "yes",
+			auto_start_pause_until_ready = "yes",
+			socket_path = "/tmp/subminer-socket",
+		},
+		input_ipc_server = "/tmp/subminer-socket",
+		media_title = "Random Movie",
+		files = {
+			[binary_path] = true,
+		},
+	})
+	assert_true(recorded ~= nil, "plugin failed to load for duplicate autoplay-ready scenario: " .. tostring(err))
+	fire_event(recorded, "file-loaded")
+	assert_true(recorded.script_messages["subminer-autoplay-ready"] ~= nil, "subminer-autoplay-ready script message not registered")
+	recorded.script_messages["subminer-autoplay-ready"]()
+	recorded.script_messages["subminer-autoplay-ready"]()
+	assert_true(
+		count_control_calls(recorded.async_calls, "--show-visible-overlay") == 2,
+		"duplicate autoplay-ready signals should not repeatedly spawn visible overlay restore commands"
+	)
+end
+
 do
 	local recorded, err = run_plugin_scenario({
 		process_list = "",
@@ -1531,6 +1558,10 @@ do
 		count_control_calls(recorded.async_calls, "--show-visible-overlay") == 1,
 		"manual toggle-off before readiness should suppress ready-time visible overlay restore"
 	)
+	assert_true(
+		count_property_set(recorded.property_sets, "pause", false) == 0,
+		"manual toggle-off before readiness should not resume playback when readiness arrives"
+	)
 end
 
 do
@@ -1564,6 +1595,75 @@ do
 	)
 end
 
+do
+	local recorded, err = run_plugin_scenario({
+		process_list = "",
+		option_overrides = {
+			binary_path = binary_path,
+			auto_start = "yes",
+			auto_start_visible_overlay = "yes",
+			auto_start_pause_until_ready = "yes",
+			socket_path = "/tmp/subminer-socket",
+		},
+		input_ipc_server = "/tmp/subminer-socket",
+		path = "/media/jellyfin-stream.m3u8",
+		media_title = "Jellyfin Episode",
+		paused = true,
+		files = {
+			[binary_path] = true,
+		},
+	})
+	assert_true(recorded ~= nil, "plugin failed to load for manual hide duplicate auto-start scenario: " .. tostring(err))
+	fire_event(recorded, "file-loaded")
+	assert_true(recorded.script_messages["subminer-toggle"] ~= nil, "subminer-toggle script message not registered")
+	recorded.script_messages["subminer-toggle"]()
+	fire_event(recorded, "file-loaded")
+	recorded.script_messages["subminer-autoplay-ready"]()
+	assert_true(
+		count_control_calls(recorded.async_calls, "--show-visible-overlay") == 1,
+		"manual toggle-off should suppress duplicate auto-start visible overlay reassertion"
+	)
+	assert_true(
+		count_property_set(recorded.property_sets, "pause", false) == 0,
+		"manual toggle-off followed by duplicate auto-start should keep paused playback paused"
+	)
+end
+
+do
+	local media_path = "/media/jellyfin-redirect.m3u8"
+	local recorded, err = run_plugin_scenario({
+		process_list = "",
+		option_overrides = {
+			binary_path = binary_path,
+			auto_start = "yes",
+			auto_start_visible_overlay = "yes",
+			auto_start_pause_until_ready = "yes",
+			socket_path = "/tmp/subminer-socket",
+		},
+		input_ipc_server = "/tmp/subminer-socket",
+		path = media_path,
+		media_title = "Jellyfin Redirect",
+		paused = true,
+		files = {
+			[binary_path] = true,
+		},
+	})
+	assert_true(recorded ~= nil, "plugin failed to load for manual hide same-media reload scenario: " .. tostring(err))
+	fire_event(recorded, "file-loaded")
+	recorded.script_messages["subminer-autoplay-ready"]()
+	recorded.script_messages["subminer-toggle"]()
+	fire_event(recorded, "end-file", { reason = "redirect" })
+	fire_event(recorded, "file-loaded")
+	assert_true(
+		count_control_calls(recorded.async_calls, "--show-visible-overlay") == 2,
+		"manual toggle-off should suppress same-media reload visible overlay reassertion"
+	)
+	assert_true(
+		count_property_set(recorded.property_sets, "pause", false) == 0,
+		"manual toggle-off followed by same-media reload should keep paused playback paused"
+	)
+end
+
 do
 	local recorded, err = run_plugin_scenario({
 		process_list = "",

src/config/config.test.ts

@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ test('loads defaults when config is missing', () => {
   assert.equal(config.jellyfin.remoteControlEnabled, true);
   assert.equal(config.jellyfin.remoteControlAutoConnect, true);
   assert.equal(config.jellyfin.autoAnnounce, false);
-  assert.equal(config.jellyfin.remoteControlDeviceName, 'SubMiner');
+  assert.equal('clientName' in config.jellyfin, false);
+  assert.equal('remoteControlDeviceName' in config.jellyfin, false);
+  assert.equal('deviceId' in config.jellyfin, false);
+  assert.equal('clientVersion' in config.jellyfin, false);
   assert.equal(config.ai.enabled, false);
   assert.equal(config.ai.apiKeyCommand, '');
   assert.equal(config.texthooker.openBrowser, false);
@@ -832,7 +835,7 @@ test('parses anilist.characterDictionary.collapsibleSections booleans and warns
   );
 });
 
-test('parses jellyfin remote control fields', () => {
+test('parses jellyfin remote control fields and ignores legacy identity fields', () => {
   const dir = makeTempDir();
   fs.writeFileSync(
     path.join(dir, 'config.jsonc'),
@@ -843,6 +846,7 @@ test('parses jellyfin remote control fields', () => {
         "remoteControlEnabled": true,
         "remoteControlAutoConnect": true,
         "autoAnnounce": true,
+        "clientName": "Custom Client",
         "remoteControlDeviceName": "SubMiner"
       }
     }`,
@@ -857,7 +861,8 @@ test('parses jellyfin remote control fields', () => {
   assert.equal(config.jellyfin.remoteControlEnabled, true);
   assert.equal(config.jellyfin.remoteControlAutoConnect, true);
   assert.equal(config.jellyfin.autoAnnounce, true);
-  assert.equal(config.jellyfin.remoteControlDeviceName, 'SubMiner');
+  assert.equal('clientName' in config.jellyfin, false);
+  assert.equal('remoteControlDeviceName' in config.jellyfin, false);
 });
 
 test('parses jellyfin.enabled and remoteControlEnabled disabled combinations', () => {
@@ -2469,6 +2474,8 @@ test('template generator includes known keys', () => {
   assert.match(output, /"startupWarmups":/);
   assert.match(output, /"updates":/);
   assert.match(output, /"youtube":/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(output, /"deviceId":/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(output, /"clientVersion":/);
   assert.doesNotMatch(output, /"youtubeSubgen":/);
   assert.match(output, /"characterDictionary":\s*\{/);
   assert.match(output, /"preserveLineBreaks": false/);

src/config/definitions/defaults-integrations.ts

@@ -130,14 +130,10 @@ export const INTEGRATIONS_DEFAULT_CONFIG: Pick<
     serverUrl: '',
     recentServers: [],
     username: '',
-    deviceId: 'subminer',
-    clientName: 'SubMiner',
-    clientVersion: '0.1.0',
     defaultLibraryId: '',
     remoteControlEnabled: true,
     remoteControlAutoConnect: true,
     autoAnnounce: false,
-    remoteControlDeviceName: 'SubMiner',
     pullPictures: false,
     iconCacheDir: '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-icons',
     directPlayPreferred: true,

src/config/definitions/options-integrations.ts

@@ -548,26 +548,6 @@ export function buildIntegrationConfigOptionRegistry(
       defaultValue: defaultConfig.jellyfin.username,
       description: 'Default Jellyfin username used during CLI login.',
     },
-    {
-      path: 'jellyfin.deviceId',
-      kind: 'string',
-      defaultValue: defaultConfig.jellyfin.deviceId,
-      description:
-        'Stable device identifier sent on the Jellyfin authentication handshake; primarily internal.',
-    },
-    {
-      path: 'jellyfin.clientName',
-      kind: 'string',
-      defaultValue: defaultConfig.jellyfin.clientName,
-      description: 'Client name sent on the Jellyfin authentication handshake; primarily internal.',
-    },
-    {
-      path: 'jellyfin.clientVersion',
-      kind: 'string',
-      defaultValue: defaultConfig.jellyfin.clientVersion,
-      description:
-        'Client version sent on the Jellyfin authentication handshake; primarily internal.',
-    },
     {
       path: 'jellyfin.defaultLibraryId',
       kind: 'string',
@@ -593,12 +573,6 @@ export function buildIntegrationConfigOptionRegistry(
       description:
         'When enabled, automatically trigger remote announce/visibility check on websocket connect.',
     },
-    {
-      path: 'jellyfin.remoteControlDeviceName',
-      kind: 'string',
-      defaultValue: defaultConfig.jellyfin.remoteControlDeviceName,
-      description: 'Device name reported for Jellyfin remote control sessions.',
-    },
     {
       path: 'jellyfin.pullPictures',
       kind: 'boolean',

src/config/resolve/integrations.ts

@@ -371,9 +371,6 @@ export function applyIntegrationConfig(context: ResolveContext): void {
     const stringKeys = [
       'serverUrl',
       'username',
-      'deviceId',
-      'clientName',
-      'clientVersion',
       'defaultLibraryId',
       'iconCacheDir',
       'transcodeVideoCodec',

src/config/settings/registry.test.ts

@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ test('settings registry hides removed modal-only fields', () => {
     'shortcuts.multiCopyTimeoutMs',
     'anilist.characterDictionary.profileScope',
     'jellyfin.directPlayContainers',
-    'jellyfin.remoteControlDeviceName',
   ]) {
     assert.equal(
       fields.some((candidate) => candidate.configPath === path),
@@ -246,10 +245,7 @@ test('settings registry hides app-managed and inactive config surfaces', () => {
     'controller.preferredGamepadLabel',
     'controller.profiles',
     'youtubeSubgen.whisperBin',
-    'jellyfin.clientVersion',
     'jellyfin.defaultLibraryId',
-    'jellyfin.deviceId',
-    'jellyfin.clientName',
     'subtitleSidebar.toggleKey',
     'jellyfin.recentServers',
   ]) {

src/config/settings/registry.ts

@@ -68,12 +68,8 @@ export const LEGACY_HIDDEN_CONFIG_PATHS = [
   'anilist.characterDictionary.profileScope',
   'jellyfin.accessToken',
   'jellyfin.userId',
-  'jellyfin.clientName',
-  'jellyfin.clientVersion',
   'jellyfin.defaultLibraryId',
-  'jellyfin.deviceId',
   'jellyfin.directPlayContainers',
-  'jellyfin.remoteControlDeviceName',
   'controller.buttonIndices',
   'shortcuts.multiCopyTimeoutMs',
   'subtitleSidebar.toggleKey',

src/core/services/discord-presence.test.ts

@@ -91,6 +91,22 @@ test('buildDiscordPresenceActivity shows media title regardless of style', () =>
   }
 });
 
+test('buildDiscordPresenceActivity never falls back to remote stream URLs', () => {
+  const payload = buildDiscordPresenceActivity(baseConfig, {
+    ...baseSnapshot,
+    mediaTitle: null,
+    mediaPath:
+      'http://jellyfin.local/Videos/item-1/stream?static=true&api_key=secret-token&MediaSourceId=ms-1',
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(payload.details, 'Unknown media');
+  assert.equal(payload.state, 'Playing 01:35 / 24:10');
+  const serialized = JSON.stringify(payload);
+  assert.equal(serialized.includes('api_key'), false);
+  assert.equal(serialized.includes('secret-token'), false);
+  assert.equal(serialized.includes('/Videos/item-1/stream'), false);
+});
+
 test('service deduplicates identical updates and sends changed timeline', async () => {
   const sent: DiscordActivityPayload[] = [];
   const timers = new Map<number, () => void>();

src/core/services/discord-presence.ts

@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ function basename(filePath: string | null): string {
   return parts[parts.length - 1] ?? '';
 }
 
+function fallbackTitleFromMediaPath(mediaPath: string | null): string {
+  const trimmed = mediaPath?.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) return '';
+  if (/^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:\/\//i.test(trimmed) && !trimmed.toLowerCase().startsWith('file://')) {
+    return '';
+  }
+  return basename(trimmed).split(/[?#]/)[0] ?? '';
+}
+
 function buildStatus(snapshot: DiscordPresenceSnapshot): string {
   if (!snapshot.connected || !snapshot.mediaPath) return 'Idle';
   if (snapshot.paused) return 'Paused';
@@ -130,7 +139,10 @@ export function buildDiscordPresenceActivity(
 ): DiscordActivityPayload {
   const style = resolvePresenceStyle(config.presenceStyle);
   const status = buildStatus(snapshot);
-  const title = sanitizeText(snapshot.mediaTitle, basename(snapshot.mediaPath) || 'Unknown media');
+  const title = sanitizeText(
+    snapshot.mediaTitle,
+    fallbackTitleFromMediaPath(snapshot.mediaPath) || 'Unknown media',
+  );
   const details =
     snapshot.connected && snapshot.mediaPath ? trimField(title) : style.fallbackDetails;
   const timeline = `${formatClock(snapshot.currentTimeSec)} / ${formatClock(snapshot.mediaDurationSec)}`;

src/main.ts

@@ -403,6 +403,11 @@ import {
   launchWindowsMpv,
 } from './main/runtime/windows-mpv-launch';
 import { createWaitForMpvConnectedHandler } from './main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-connection';
+import {
+  DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_NAME,
+  DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_VERSION,
+  createHostDerivedJellyfinDeviceId,
+} from './main/runtime/jellyfin-device-identity';
 import {
   clearJellyfinAuthSessionAndRefreshTray as clearJellyfinAuthSessionAndRefreshTrayRuntime,
   isJellyfinConfiguredForTray as isJellyfinConfiguredForTrayRuntime,
@@ -508,6 +513,7 @@ import { handleCharacterDictionaryAutoSyncComplete } from './main/runtime/charac
 import { notifyCharacterDictionaryAutoSyncStatus } from './main/runtime/character-dictionary-auto-sync-notifications';
 import { createCurrentMediaTokenizationGate } from './main/runtime/current-media-tokenization-gate';
 import { resolveCurrentSubtitleForRenderer } from './main/runtime/current-subtitle-snapshot';
+import { createJellyfinSubtitleCacheIo } from './main/runtime/jellyfin-subtitle-cache-io';
 import { createStartupOsdSequencer } from './main/runtime/startup-osd-sequencer';
 import {
   createElectronAppUpdater,
@@ -619,6 +625,15 @@ const DEFAULT_MPV_LOG_FILE = resolveDefaultLogFilePath({
   appDataDir: process.env.APPDATA,
 });
 const ANILIST_SETUP_CLIENT_ID_URL = 'https://anilist.co/api/v2/oauth/authorize';
+const jellyfinSubtitleCacheIo = createJellyfinSubtitleCacheIo({
+  tmpDir: () => os.tmpdir(),
+  makeTempDir: (prefix) => fs.promises.mkdtemp(prefix),
+  writeFile: (filePath, bytes) => fs.promises.writeFile(filePath, bytes),
+  removeDir: (dir, options) => {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, options);
+  },
+  fetch: (url) => fetch(url),
+});
 const ANILIST_SETUP_RESPONSE_TYPE = 'token';
 const ANILIST_DEFAULT_CLIENT_ID = '36084';
 const ANILIST_REDIRECT_URI = 'https://anilist.subminer.moe/';
@@ -2862,7 +2877,9 @@ const {
   },
   getJellyfinClientInfoMainDeps: {
     getResolvedJellyfinConfig: () => getResolvedJellyfinConfig(),
-    getDefaultJellyfinConfig: () => DEFAULT_CONFIG.jellyfin,
+    getHostName: () => os.hostname(),
+    defaultClientName: DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_NAME,
+    defaultClientVersion: DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_VERSION,
   },
   waitForMpvConnectedMainDeps: {
     getMpvClient: () => appState.mpvClient,
@@ -2918,41 +2935,8 @@ const {
       sendMpvCommandRuntime(appState.mpvClient, command);
     },
     wait: (ms) => new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms)),
-    cacheSubtitleTrack: async (track) => {
+    cacheSubtitleTrack: (track) => jellyfinSubtitleCacheIo.cacheSubtitleTrack(track),
-      if (!track.deliveryUrl) {
+    cleanupCachedSubtitles: (dirs) => jellyfinSubtitleCacheIo.cleanupCachedSubtitles(dirs),
-        throw new Error('Jellyfin subtitle track has no delivery URL');
-      }
-
-      const cacheDir = await fs.promises.mkdtemp(
-        path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-'),
-      );
-      const urlPath = (() => {
-        try {
-          return new URL(track.deliveryUrl).pathname;
-        } catch {
-          return track.deliveryUrl;
-        }
-      })();
-      const ext = path.extname(urlPath).slice(0, 16) || '.srt';
-      const subtitlePath = path.join(cacheDir, `track-${track.index}${ext}`);
-      try {
-        const response = await fetch(track.deliveryUrl);
-        if (!response.ok) {
-          throw new Error(`Failed to download Jellyfin subtitle (HTTP ${response.status})`);
-        }
-        const bytes = new Uint8Array(await response.arrayBuffer());
-        await fs.promises.writeFile(subtitlePath, bytes);
-      } catch (error) {
-        fs.rmSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-        throw error;
-      }
-      return { path: subtitlePath, cleanupDir: cacheDir };
-    },
-    cleanupCachedSubtitles: (dirs) => {
-      for (const dir of dirs) {
-        fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-      }
-    },
     logDebug: (message, error) => {
       logger.debug(message, error);
     },
@@ -2995,6 +2979,9 @@ const {
     showMpvOsd: (text) => {
       showMpvOsd(text);
     },
+    updateCurrentMediaTitle: (title) => {
+      mediaRuntime.updateCurrentMediaTitle(title);
+    },
     recordJellyfinPlaybackMetadata: (metadata) => {
       ensureImmersionTrackerStarted();
       appState.immersionTracker?.recordJellyfinPlaybackMetadata(metadata);
@@ -3059,11 +3046,13 @@ const {
       appState.jellyfinRemoteSession = session as typeof appState.jellyfinRemoteSession;
     },
     createRemoteSessionService: (options) => new JellyfinRemoteSessionService(options),
-    defaultDeviceId: DEFAULT_CONFIG.jellyfin.deviceId,
+    getHostName: () => os.hostname(),
-    defaultClientName: DEFAULT_CONFIG.jellyfin.clientName,
+    defaultDeviceId: createHostDerivedJellyfinDeviceId(os.hostname()),
-    defaultClientVersion: DEFAULT_CONFIG.jellyfin.clientVersion,
+    defaultClientName: DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_NAME,
+    defaultClientVersion: DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_VERSION,
     logInfo: (message) => logger.info(message),
     logWarn: (message, details) => logger.warn(message, details),
+    onSessionStateChanged: () => refreshTrayMenuIfPresent(),
   },
   stopJellyfinRemoteSessionMainDeps: {
     getCurrentSession: () => appState.jellyfinRemoteSession,
@@ -3073,6 +3062,7 @@ const {
     clearActivePlayback: () => {
       activeJellyfinRemotePlayback = null;
     },
+    onSessionStateChanged: () => refreshTrayMenuIfPresent(),
   },
   runJellyfinCommandMainDeps: {
     defaultServerUrl: DEFAULT_CONFIG.jellyfin.serverUrl,
@@ -3093,7 +3083,6 @@ const {
     clearStoredSession: () =>
       clearJellyfinAuthSessionAndRefreshTrayRuntime(getJellyfinTrayDiscoveryDeps()),
     patchJellyfinConfig: (session) => {
-      const clientInfo = getJellyfinClientInfo();
       const recentServers = mergeJellyfinRecentServers(
         session.serverUrl,
         getResolvedConfig().jellyfin.recentServers || [],
@@ -3103,9 +3092,6 @@ const {
           enabled: true,
           serverUrl: session.serverUrl,
           username: session.username,
-          deviceId: clientInfo.deviceId,
-          clientName: clientInfo.clientName,
-          clientVersion: clientInfo.clientVersion,
           recentServers,
         },
       });
@@ -4434,8 +4420,8 @@ const {
         broadcastToOverlayWindows('subtitle:set', resetSubtitlePayload);
         subtitleWsService.broadcast(resetSubtitlePayload, frequencyOptions);
         annotationSubtitleWsService.broadcast(resetSubtitlePayload, frequencyOptions);
+        autoplayReadyGate.invalidatePendingAutoplayReadyFallbacks();
       }
-      autoplayReadyGate.invalidatePendingAutoplayReadyFallbacks();
       currentMediaTokenizationGate.updateCurrentMediaPath(path);
       managedLocalSubtitleSelectionRuntime.handleMediaPathChange(path);
       startupOsdSequencer.reset();
@@ -6162,6 +6148,7 @@ const { ensureTray: ensureTrayHandler, destroyTray: destroyTrayHandler } =
     },
     buildTrayMenuTemplateDeps: {
       buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime,
+      platform: process.platform,
       initializeOverlayRuntime: () => initializeOverlayRuntime(),
       isOverlayRuntimeInitialized: () => appState.overlayRuntimeInitialized,
       openSessionHelpModal: () => openSessionHelpOverlay(),
@@ -6177,8 +6164,10 @@ const { ensureTray: ensureTrayHandler, destroyTray: destroyTrayHandler } =
       isJellyfinConfigured: () =>
         isJellyfinConfiguredForTrayRuntime(getJellyfinTrayDiscoveryDeps()),
       isJellyfinDiscoveryActive: () => Boolean(appState.jellyfinRemoteSession),
-      toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () =>
+      toggleJellyfinDiscovery: (checked: boolean) =>
-        toggleJellyfinDiscoveryFromTrayRuntime(getJellyfinTrayDiscoveryDeps()),
+        toggleJellyfinDiscoveryFromTrayRuntime(getJellyfinTrayDiscoveryDeps(), {
+          desiredActive: checked,
+        }),
       openAnilistSetupWindow: () => openAnilistSetupWindow(),
       checkForUpdates: () => {
         void getUpdateService().checkForUpdates({ source: 'manual' });
@@ -6410,6 +6399,7 @@ function ensureOverlayWindowsReadyForVisibilityActions(): void {
 function setVisibleOverlayVisible(visible: boolean): void {
   ensureOverlayWindowsReadyForVisibilityActions();
   if (!visible) {
+    autoplayReadyGate.markCurrentMediaAutoplayReady();
     cancelPendingLinuxMpvFullscreenOverlayRefreshBurst();
   }
   if (visible) {
@@ -6421,6 +6411,7 @@ function setVisibleOverlayVisible(visible: boolean): void {
 
 function toggleVisibleOverlay(): void {
   ensureOverlayWindowsReadyForVisibilityActions();
+  autoplayReadyGate.markCurrentMediaAutoplayReady();
   if (overlayManager.getVisibleOverlayVisible()) {
     cancelPendingLinuxMpvFullscreenOverlayRefreshBurst();
   } else {
@@ -6431,6 +6422,7 @@ function toggleVisibleOverlay(): void {
 }
 function setOverlayVisible(visible: boolean): void {
   if (!visible) {
+    autoplayReadyGate.markCurrentMediaAutoplayReady();
     cancelPendingLinuxMpvFullscreenOverlayRefreshBurst();
   }
   if (visible) {

src/main/main-wiring.test.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,33 @@ test('media path changes clear rendered subtitle state without clearing same-you
   );
 });
 
+test('same media path updates do not reset autoplay ready fallback state', () => {
+  const source = readMainSource();
+  const actionBlock = source.match(
+    /updateCurrentMediaPath:\s*\(path\)\s*=>\s*\{(?<body>[\s\S]*?)\n    restoreMpvSubVisibility:/,
+  )?.groups?.body;
+
+  assert.ok(actionBlock);
+  assert.match(
+    actionBlock,
+    /annotationSubtitleWsService\.broadcast\(resetSubtitlePayload, frequencyOptions\);\s+autoplayReadyGate\.invalidatePendingAutoplayReadyFallbacks\(\);\s+\}\s+currentMediaTokenizationGate\.updateCurrentMediaPath\(path\);/,
+  );
+});
+
+test('manual visible overlay toggles suppress current-media autoplay release', () => {
+  const source = readMainSource();
+  const actionBlock = source.match(
+    /function toggleVisibleOverlay\(\): void \{(?<body>[\s\S]*?)\n\}/,
+  )?.groups?.body;
+
+  assert.ok(actionBlock);
+  assert.match(actionBlock, /autoplayReadyGate\.markCurrentMediaAutoplayReady\(\);/);
+  assert.ok(
+    actionBlock.indexOf('autoplayReadyGate.markCurrentMediaAutoplayReady();') <
+      actionBlock.indexOf('toggleVisibleOverlayHandler();'),
+  );
+});
+
 test('main process uses one shared mpv plugin runtime config helper', () => {
   const source = readMainSource();
   assert.match(source, /function getMpvPluginRuntimeConfig\(\)/);

src/main/runtime/app-lifecycle-actions.test.ts

@@ -56,6 +56,50 @@ test('on will quit cleanup handler runs all cleanup steps', () => {
   assert.ok(calls.indexOf('flush-mpv-log') < calls.indexOf('destroy-socket'));
 });
 
+test('on will quit cleanup handler cleans jellyfin subtitle cache when stopping remote session fails', () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  const cleanup = createOnWillQuitCleanupHandler({
+    destroyTray: () => {},
+    stopConfigHotReload: () => {},
+    restorePreviousSecondarySubVisibility: () => {},
+    restoreMpvSubVisibility: () => {},
+    unregisterAllGlobalShortcuts: () => {},
+    stopSubtitleWebsocket: () => {},
+    stopTexthookerService: () => {},
+    clearWindowsVisibleOverlayForegroundPollLoop: () => {},
+    clearLinuxMpvFullscreenOverlayRefreshTimeouts: () => {},
+    destroyMainOverlayWindow: () => {},
+    destroyModalOverlayWindow: () => {},
+    destroyYomitanParserWindow: () => {},
+    clearYomitanParserState: () => {},
+    stopWindowTracker: () => {},
+    flushMpvLog: () => {},
+    destroyMpvSocket: () => {},
+    clearReconnectTimer: () => {},
+    destroySubtitleTimingTracker: () => {},
+    destroyImmersionTracker: () => {},
+    destroyAnkiIntegration: () => {},
+    destroyAnilistSetupWindow: () => {},
+    clearAnilistSetupWindow: () => {},
+    destroyJellyfinSetupWindow: () => {},
+    clearJellyfinSetupWindow: () => {},
+    destroyFirstRunSetupWindow: () => {},
+    clearFirstRunSetupWindow: () => {},
+    destroyYomitanSettingsWindow: () => {},
+    clearYomitanSettingsWindow: () => {},
+    stopJellyfinRemoteSession: () => {
+      calls.push('stop-jellyfin-remote');
+      throw new Error('stop failed');
+    },
+    cleanupYoutubeSubtitleTempDirs: () => calls.push('cleanup-youtube-subtitles'),
+    cleanupJellyfinSubtitleCache: () => calls.push('cleanup-jellyfin-subtitles'),
+    stopDiscordPresenceService: () => calls.push('stop-discord-presence'),
+  });
+
+  assert.throws(() => cleanup(), /stop failed/);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['stop-jellyfin-remote', 'cleanup-jellyfin-subtitles']);
+});
+
 test('should restore windows on activate requires initialized runtime and no windows', () => {
   let initialized = false;
   let windowCount = 1;

src/main/runtime/app-lifecycle-actions.ts

@@ -61,9 +61,12 @@ export function createOnWillQuitCleanupHandler(deps: {
     deps.clearFirstRunSetupWindow();
     deps.destroyYomitanSettingsWindow();
     deps.clearYomitanSettingsWindow();
-    deps.stopJellyfinRemoteSession();
+    try {
+      deps.stopJellyfinRemoteSession();
+    } finally {
+      deps.cleanupJellyfinSubtitleCache();
+    }
     deps.cleanupYoutubeSubtitleTempDirs();
-    deps.cleanupJellyfinSubtitleCache();
     deps.stopDiscordPresenceService();
   };
 }

src/main/runtime/autoplay-ready-gate.test.ts

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ test('autoplay ready gate suppresses duplicate media signals for the same media'
       (command) => command[0] === 'set_property' && command[1] === 'pause' && command[2] === false,
     ),
   );
-  assert.equal(scheduled.length > 0, true);
 });
 
 test('autoplay ready gate retry loop does not re-signal plugin readiness', async () => {
@@ -144,6 +143,86 @@ test('autoplay ready gate does not unpause again after a later manual pause on t
   );
 });
 
+test('autoplay ready gate cancels release retries after playback is paused again', async () => {
+  const commands: Array<Array<string | boolean>> = [];
+  const scheduled: Array<() => void> = [];
+  let playbackPaused = true;
+
+  const gate = createAutoplayReadyGate({
+    isAppOwnedFlowInFlight: () => false,
+    getCurrentMediaPath: () => '/media/video.mkv',
+    getCurrentVideoPath: () => null,
+    getPlaybackPaused: () => playbackPaused,
+    getMpvClient: () =>
+      ({
+        connected: true,
+        requestProperty: async () => playbackPaused,
+        send: ({ command }: { command: Array<string | boolean> }) => {
+          commands.push(command);
+          if (command[0] === 'set_property' && command[1] === 'pause' && command[2] === false) {
+            playbackPaused = false;
+          }
+        },
+      }) as never,
+    signalPluginAutoplayReady: () => {
+      commands.push(['script-message', 'subminer-autoplay-ready']);
+    },
+    schedule: (callback) => {
+      scheduled.push(callback);
+      return 1 as never;
+    },
+    logDebug: () => {},
+  });
+
+  gate.maybeSignalPluginAutoplayReady({ text: '字幕', tokens: null }, { forceWhilePaused: true });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+
+  playbackPaused = true;
+  const retry = scheduled.shift();
+  retry?.();
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+
+  assert.equal(
+    commands.filter(
+      (command) => command[0] === 'set_property' && command[1] === 'pause' && command[2] === false,
+    ).length,
+    1,
+  );
+});
+
+test('autoplay ready gate suppresses release after manual current-media dismissal', async () => {
+  const commands: Array<Array<string | boolean>> = [];
+
+  const gate = createAutoplayReadyGate({
+    isAppOwnedFlowInFlight: () => false,
+    getCurrentMediaPath: () => '/media/video.mkv',
+    getCurrentVideoPath: () => null,
+    getPlaybackPaused: () => true,
+    getMpvClient: () =>
+      ({
+        connected: true,
+        requestProperty: async () => true,
+        send: ({ command }: { command: Array<string | boolean> }) => {
+          commands.push(command);
+        },
+      }) as never,
+    signalPluginAutoplayReady: () => {
+      commands.push(['script-message', 'subminer-autoplay-ready']);
+    },
+    schedule: (callback) => {
+      queueMicrotask(callback);
+      return 1 as never;
+    },
+    logDebug: () => {},
+  });
+
+  gate.markCurrentMediaAutoplayReady();
+  gate.maybeSignalPluginAutoplayReady({ text: '字幕', tokens: null }, { forceWhilePaused: true });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+
+  assert.deepEqual(commands, []);
+});
+
 test('autoplay ready gate defers plugin readiness until the signal target is ready', async () => {
   const commands: Array<Array<string | boolean>> = [];
   let targetReady = false;

src/main/runtime/autoplay-ready-gate.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ export function createAutoplayReadyGate(deps: AutoplayReadyGateDeps) {
   const getSignalMediaPath = (): string =>
     deps.getCurrentMediaPath()?.trim() || deps.getCurrentVideoPath()?.trim() || '__unknown__';
 
+  const markCurrentMediaAutoplayReady = (): void => {
+    pendingAutoplayReadySignal = null;
+    autoPlayReadySignalMediaPath = getSignalMediaPath();
+    autoPlayReadySignalGeneration += 1;
+  };
+
   const maybeSignalPluginAutoplayReady = (
     payload: SubtitleData,
     options?: { forceWhilePaused?: boolean },
@@ -58,6 +64,7 @@ export function createAutoplayReadyGate(deps: AutoplayReadyGateDeps) {
       forceWhilePaused: options?.forceWhilePaused === true,
       retryDelayMs: releaseRetryDelayMs,
     });
+    let releaseUnpauseSent = false;
 
     const isPlaybackPaused = async (client: MpvClientLike): Promise<boolean> => {
       try {
@@ -102,12 +109,20 @@ export function createAutoplayReadyGate(deps: AutoplayReadyGateDeps) {
           return;
         }
 
+        if (releaseUnpauseSent && deps.getPlaybackPaused() === true) {
+          deps.logDebug(
+            `[autoplay-ready] stopped release retries after playback paused again for media ${mediaPath}`,
+          );
+          return;
+        }
+
         const shouldUnpause = await isPlaybackPaused(mpvClient);
         if (!shouldUnpause) {
           return;
         }
 
         mpvClient.send({ command: ['set_property', 'pause', false] });
+        releaseUnpauseSent = true;
         if (attempt < maxReleaseAttempts) {
           deps.schedule(() => attemptRelease(playbackGeneration, attempt + 1), releaseRetryDelayMs);
         }
@@ -153,6 +168,7 @@ export function createAutoplayReadyGate(deps: AutoplayReadyGateDeps) {
     flushPendingAutoplayReadySignal,
     getAutoPlayReadySignalMediaPath: (): string | null => autoPlayReadySignalMediaPath,
     invalidatePendingAutoplayReadyFallbacks,
+    markCurrentMediaAutoplayReady,
     maybeSignalPluginAutoplayReady,
   };
 }

src/main/runtime/composers/jellyfin-remote-composer.ts

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export function composeJellyfinRemoteHandlers(
       getConfiguredSession: options.getConfiguredSession,
       getClientInfo: options.getClientInfo,
       getJellyfinConfig: options.getJellyfinConfig,
+      getActivePlayback: options.getActivePlayback,
       playJellyfinItem: options.playJellyfinItem,
       logWarn: options.logWarn,
     });

src/main/runtime/composers/jellyfin-runtime-composer.test.ts

@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ test('composeJellyfinRuntimeHandlers returns callable jellyfin runtime handlers'
     },
     getJellyfinClientInfoMainDeps: {
       getResolvedJellyfinConfig: () => ({}) as never,
-      getDefaultJellyfinConfig: () => ({
+      getHostName: () => 'workstation',
-        clientName: 'SubMiner',
+      defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
-        clientVersion: 'test',
+      defaultClientVersion: 'test',
-        deviceId: 'dev',
-      }),
     },
     waitForMpvConnectedMainDeps: {
       getMpvClient: () => null,
@@ -140,6 +138,7 @@ test('composeJellyfinRuntimeHandlers returns callable jellyfin runtime handlers'
       defaultDeviceId: 'dev',
       defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
       defaultClientVersion: 'test',
+      getHostName: () => 'workstation',
       logInfo: () => {},
       logWarn: () => {},
     },

src/main/runtime/composers/jellyfin-runtime-composer.ts

@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ export type JellyfinRuntimeComposerOptions = ComposerInputs<{
   >;
   startJellyfinRemoteSessionMainDeps: Omit<
     StartRemoteSessionMainDeps,
-    'getJellyfinConfig' | 'handlePlay' | 'handlePlaystate' | 'handleGeneralCommand'
+    | 'getJellyfinConfig'
+    | 'getClientInfo'
+    | 'handlePlay'
+    | 'handlePlaystate'
+    | 'handleGeneralCommand'
   >;
   stopJellyfinRemoteSessionMainDeps: Parameters<
     typeof createBuildStopJellyfinRemoteSessionMainDepsHandler
@@ -236,6 +240,7 @@ export function composeJellyfinRuntimeHandlers(
     createBuildStartJellyfinRemoteSessionMainDepsHandler({
       ...options.startJellyfinRemoteSessionMainDeps,
       getJellyfinConfig: () => getResolvedJellyfinConfig(),
+      getClientInfo: () => getJellyfinClientInfo(),
       handlePlay: (payload) => handleJellyfinRemotePlay(payload),
       handlePlaystate: (payload) => handleJellyfinRemotePlaystate(payload),
       handleGeneralCommand: (payload) => handleJellyfinRemoteGeneralCommand(payload),

src/main/runtime/domains/jellyfin.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export * from '../jellyfin-client-info';
 export * from '../jellyfin-client-info-main-deps';
 export * from '../jellyfin-command-dispatch';
 export * from '../jellyfin-command-dispatch-main-deps';
+export * from '../jellyfin-device-identity';
 export * from '../jellyfin-playback-launch';
 export * from '../jellyfin-playback-launch-main-deps';
 export * from '../jellyfin-remote-commands';

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-cli-auth.test.ts

@@ -89,16 +89,13 @@ test('jellyfin auth handler processes login', async () => {
       enabled: true,
       serverUrl: 'http://localhost',
       username: 'user',
-      deviceId: 'd1',
-      clientName: 'SubMiner',
-      clientVersion: '1.0',
       recentServers: ['http://localhost'],
     },
   });
   assert.ok(calls.some((entry) => entry.includes('Jellyfin login succeeded')));
 });
 
-test('persistJellyfinAuthSession stores client metadata and recent servers', () => {
+test('persistJellyfinAuthSession stores session config and recent servers', () => {
   let patchPayload: unknown = null;
   let storedSession: unknown = null;
 
@@ -134,9 +131,6 @@ test('persistJellyfinAuthSession stores client metadata and recent servers', ()
       enabled: true,
       serverUrl: 'http://localhost:8096',
       username: 'alice',
-      deviceId: 'device-1',
-      clientName: 'SubMiner',
-      clientVersion: '1.0',
       recentServers: [
         'http://localhost:8096',
         'http://old.example:8096',
@@ -146,6 +140,38 @@ test('persistJellyfinAuthSession stores client metadata and recent servers', ()
   });
 });
 
+test('persistJellyfinAuthSession does not write generated local device id to config', () => {
+  let patchPayload: unknown = null;
+
+  persistJellyfinAuthSession({
+    session: {
+      serverUrl: 'http://localhost:8096',
+      username: 'alice',
+      accessToken: 'token',
+      userId: 'uid',
+    },
+    clientInfo: {
+      deviceId: 'subminer-local-pc',
+      clientName: 'SubMiner',
+      clientVersion: '1.0',
+    },
+    existingRecentServers: [],
+    saveStoredSession: () => {},
+    patchRawConfig: (patch) => {
+      patchPayload = patch;
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(patchPayload, {
+    jellyfin: {
+      enabled: true,
+      serverUrl: 'http://localhost:8096',
+      username: 'alice',
+      recentServers: ['http://localhost:8096'],
+    },
+  });
+});
+
 test('jellyfin auth handler no-ops when no auth command', async () => {
   const handleAuth = createHandleJellyfinAuthCommands({
     patchRawConfig: () => {},

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-cli-auth.ts

@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ export function persistJellyfinAuthSession(deps: {
       enabled: boolean;
       serverUrl: string;
       username: string;
-      deviceId: string;
-      clientName: string;
-      clientVersion: string;
       recentServers: string[];
     }>;
   }) => void;
@@ -69,9 +66,6 @@ export function persistJellyfinAuthSession(deps: {
       enabled: true,
       serverUrl: deps.session.serverUrl,
       username: deps.session.username,
-      deviceId: deps.clientInfo.deviceId,
-      clientName: deps.clientInfo.clientName,
-      clientVersion: deps.clientInfo.clientVersion,
       recentServers: mergeJellyfinRecentServers(
         deps.session.serverUrl,
         deps.existingRecentServers || [],
@@ -86,9 +80,6 @@ export function createHandleJellyfinAuthCommands(deps: {
       enabled: boolean;
       serverUrl: string;
       username: string;
-      deviceId: string;
-      clientName: string;
-      clientVersion: string;
     }>;
   }) => void;
   authenticateWithPassword: (

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-client-info-main-deps.test.ts

@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ test('get resolved jellyfin config main deps builder maps callbacks', () => {
 
 test('get jellyfin client info main deps builder maps callbacks', () => {
   const configured = { clientName: 'Configured' };
-  const defaults = { clientName: 'Default' };
   const deps = createBuildGetJellyfinClientInfoMainDepsHandler({
     getResolvedJellyfinConfig: () => configured as never,
-    getDefaultJellyfinConfig: () => defaults as never,
+    getHostName: () => 'workstation',
+    defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
+    defaultClientVersion: '1.0.0',
   })();
 
   assert.equal(deps.getResolvedJellyfinConfig(), configured);
-  assert.equal(deps.getDefaultJellyfinConfig(), defaults);
+  assert.equal(deps.getHostName?.(), 'workstation');
+  assert.equal(deps.defaultClientName, 'SubMiner');
+  assert.equal(deps.defaultClientVersion, '1.0.0');
 });

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-client-info-main-deps.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export function createBuildGetJellyfinClientInfoMainDepsHandler(
 ) {
   return (): GetJellyfinClientInfoMainDeps => ({
     getResolvedJellyfinConfig: () => deps.getResolvedJellyfinConfig(),
-    getDefaultJellyfinConfig: () => deps.getDefaultJellyfinConfig(),
+    getHostName: deps.getHostName ? () => deps.getHostName?.() || '' : undefined,
+    defaultClientName: deps.defaultClientName,
+    defaultClientVersion: deps.defaultClientVersion,
   });
 }

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-client-info.test.ts

@@ -80,23 +80,20 @@ test('get resolved jellyfin config uses stored user id when env token set withou
 
 test('jellyfin client info resolves defaults when fields are missing', () => {
   const getClientInfo = createGetJellyfinClientInfoHandler({
-    getResolvedJellyfinConfig: () => ({ clientName: '', clientVersion: '', deviceId: '' }) as never,
+    getResolvedJellyfinConfig: () => ({ clientName: '' }) as never,
-    getDefaultJellyfinConfig: () =>
+    getHostName: () => 'workstation',
-      ({
+    defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
-        clientName: 'SubMiner',
+    defaultClientVersion: '1.0.0',
-        clientVersion: '1.0.0',
-        deviceId: 'default-device',
-      }) as never,
   });
 
   assert.deepEqual(getClientInfo(), {
     clientName: 'SubMiner',
     clientVersion: '1.0.0',
-    deviceId: 'default-device',
+    deviceId: 'workstation',
   });
 });
 
-test('jellyfin client info keeps explicit config values', () => {
+test('jellyfin client info ignores legacy configured client name, device id, and version', () => {
   const getClientInfo = createGetJellyfinClientInfoHandler({
     getResolvedJellyfinConfig: () =>
       ({
@@ -104,17 +101,34 @@ test('jellyfin client info keeps explicit config values', () => {
         clientVersion: '2.3.4',
         deviceId: 'custom-device',
       }) as never,
-    getDefaultJellyfinConfig: () =>
+    getHostName: () => 'Kyle-PC',
-      ({
+    defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
-        clientName: 'SubMiner',
+    defaultClientVersion: '1.0.0',
-        clientVersion: '1.0.0',
-        deviceId: 'default-device',
-      }) as never,
   });
 
   assert.deepEqual(getClientInfo(), {
-    clientName: 'Custom',
+    clientName: 'SubMiner',
-    clientVersion: '2.3.4',
+    clientVersion: '1.0.0',
-    deviceId: 'custom-device',
+    deviceId: 'Kyle-PC',
+  });
+});
+
+test('jellyfin client info ignores legacy configured device id and client version', () => {
+  const getClientInfo = createGetJellyfinClientInfoHandler({
+    getResolvedJellyfinConfig: () =>
+      ({
+        clientName: 'SubMiner',
+        clientVersion: '9.9.9',
+        deviceId: 'custom-device',
+      }) as never,
+    getHostName: () => 'media-box',
+    defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
+    defaultClientVersion: '1.0.0',
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(getClientInfo(), {
+    clientName: 'SubMiner',
+    clientVersion: '1.0.0',
+    deviceId: 'media-box',
   });
 });

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-client-info.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import type { JellyfinStoredSession } from '../../core/services/jellyfin-token-store';
 import type { ResolvedConfig } from '../../types';
+import {
+  DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_NAME,
+  DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_VERSION,
+  createHostDerivedJellyfinDeviceId,
+} from './jellyfin-device-identity';
 
 type ResolvedJellyfinConfig = ResolvedConfig['jellyfin'];
 type ResolvedJellyfinConfigWithSession = ResolvedJellyfinConfig & {
@@ -42,25 +47,22 @@ export function createGetResolvedJellyfinConfigHandler(deps: {
 }
 
 export function createGetJellyfinClientInfoHandler(deps: {
-  getResolvedJellyfinConfig: () => Partial<
+  getResolvedJellyfinConfig: () => unknown;
-    Pick<ResolvedJellyfinConfig, 'clientName' | 'clientVersion' | 'deviceId'>
+  getHostName?: () => string;
-  >;
+  defaultClientName?: string;
-  getDefaultJellyfinConfig: () => Partial<
+  defaultClientVersion?: string;
-    Pick<ResolvedJellyfinConfig, 'clientName' | 'clientVersion' | 'deviceId'>
-  >;
 }) {
   return (
-    config = deps.getResolvedJellyfinConfig(),
+    _config = deps.getResolvedJellyfinConfig(),
   ): {
     clientName: string;
     clientVersion: string;
     deviceId: string;
   } => {
-    const defaults = deps.getDefaultJellyfinConfig();
     return {
-      clientName: config.clientName || defaults.clientName || '',
+      clientName: deps.defaultClientName || DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_NAME,
-      clientVersion: config.clientVersion || defaults.clientVersion || '',
+      clientVersion: deps.defaultClientVersion || DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_VERSION,
-      deviceId: config.deviceId || defaults.deviceId || '',
+      deviceId: createHostDerivedJellyfinDeviceId(deps.getHostName?.() || ''),
     };
   };
 }

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-device-identity.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import {
+  createHostDerivedJellyfinDeviceId,
+  resolveJellyfinRemoteDeviceName,
+} from './jellyfin-device-identity';
+
+test('createHostDerivedJellyfinDeviceId uses the hostname as the stable id', () => {
+  assert.equal(createHostDerivedJellyfinDeviceId('Kyle-PC.local'), 'Kyle-PC.local');
+  assert.equal(createHostDerivedJellyfinDeviceId(''), 'device');
+});
+
+test('resolveJellyfinRemoteDeviceName uses hostname by default', () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    resolveJellyfinRemoteDeviceName({
+      hostName: 'kyle-pc',
+    }),
+    'kyle-pc',
+  );
+});
+
+test('resolveJellyfinRemoteDeviceName falls back when hostname is empty', () => {
+  assert.equal(resolveJellyfinRemoteDeviceName({ hostName: '' }), 'device');
+});

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-device-identity.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+export const DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_VERSION = '0.1.0';
+export const DEFAULT_JELLYFIN_CLIENT_NAME = 'SubMiner';
+
+export function normalizeJellyfinHostName(value: string): string {
+  return value.trim();
+}
+
+export function createHostDerivedJellyfinDeviceId(hostName: string): string {
+  return normalizeJellyfinHostName(hostName) || 'device';
+}
+
+export function resolveJellyfinDeviceId(params: { hostName: string }): string {
+  return createHostDerivedJellyfinDeviceId(params.hostName);
+}
+
+export function resolveJellyfinRemoteDeviceName(params: { hostName: string }): string {
+  return normalizeJellyfinHostName(params.hostName) || 'device';
+}

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-playback-launch-main-deps.ts

@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@ export function createBuildPlayJellyfinItemInMpvMainDepsHandler(
     recordJellyfinPlaybackMetadata: deps.recordJellyfinPlaybackMetadata
       ? (metadata) => deps.recordJellyfinPlaybackMetadata!(metadata)
       : undefined,
+    updateCurrentMediaTitle: deps.updateCurrentMediaTitle
+      ? (title) => deps.updateCurrentMediaTitle!(title)
+      : undefined,
   });
 }

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-playback-launch.test.ts

@@ -100,10 +100,11 @@ test('playback handler drives mpv commands and playback state', async () => {
     ['set_property', 'sid', 'no'],
     ['seek', 1.2, 'absolute+exact'],
   ]);
-  assert.equal(scheduled.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(scheduled.length, 0);
-  assert.equal(scheduled[0]?.delay, 500);
+  assert.equal(
-  scheduled[0]?.callback();
+    commands.filter((command) => command[0] === 'set_property' && command[1] === 'sid').length,
-  assert.deepEqual(commands[commands.length - 1], ['set_property', 'sid', 'no']);
+    1,
+  );
 
   assert.ok(calls.includes('defaults'));
   assert.ok(calls.includes('visible-overlay'));
@@ -133,6 +134,52 @@ test('playback handler drives mpv commands and playback state', async () => {
   ]);
 });
 
+test('playback handler publishes Jellyfin title before loading tokenized stream url', async () => {
+  const timeline: string[] = [];
+  const handler = createPlayJellyfinItemInMpvHandler({
+    ensureMpvConnectedForPlayback: async () => true,
+    getMpvClient: () => ({ connected: true, send: () => {} }),
+    resolvePlaybackPlan: async () => ({
+      url: 'https://jellyfin.local/Videos/ep-1/stream?static=true&api_key=secret-token&MediaSourceId=ms-1',
+      mode: 'direct',
+      title: 'Galaxy Quest S02E07 A New Hope',
+      itemTitle: 'A New Hope',
+      seriesTitle: 'Galaxy Quest',
+      seasonNumber: 2,
+      episodeNumber: 7,
+      startTimeTicks: 0,
+      audioStreamIndex: null,
+      subtitleStreamIndex: null,
+    }),
+    applyJellyfinMpvDefaults: () => {},
+    showVisibleOverlay: () => {},
+    sendMpvCommand: (command) => timeline.push(`cmd:${command[0]}:${String(command[1] ?? '')}`),
+    armQuitOnDisconnect: () => {},
+    schedule: () => {},
+    convertTicksToSeconds: (ticks) => ticks / 10_000_000,
+    preloadExternalSubtitles: () => {},
+    setActivePlayback: () => {},
+    setLastProgressAtMs: () => {},
+    reportPlaying: () => {},
+    showMpvOsd: () => {},
+    updateCurrentMediaTitle: (title) => timeline.push(`title:${title}`),
+  });
+
+  await handler({
+    session: baseSession,
+    clientInfo: baseClientInfo,
+    jellyfinConfig: {},
+    itemId: 'ep-1',
+  });
+
+  const titleIndex = timeline.indexOf('title:Galaxy Quest S02E07 A New Hope');
+  const loadIndex = timeline.findIndex((entry) => entry.startsWith('cmd:loadfile:'));
+  assert.ok(titleIndex >= 0);
+  assert.ok(loadIndex >= 0);
+  assert.ok(titleIndex < loadIndex);
+  assert.equal(timeline[titleIndex]?.includes('api_key'), false);
+});
+
 test('playback handler applies start override to stream url for remote resume', async () => {
   const commands: Array<Array<string | number>> = [];
   const handler = createPlayJellyfinItemInMpvHandler({
@@ -177,3 +224,46 @@ test('playback handler applies start override to stream url for remote resume',
   assert.equal(parsed.searchParams.get('StartTimeTicks'), '55000000');
   assert.deepEqual(commands[4], ['seek', 5.5, 'absolute+exact']);
 });
+
+test('playback handler does not let stats metadata failures block playback startup', async () => {
+  const commands: Array<Array<string | number>> = [];
+  const handler = createPlayJellyfinItemInMpvHandler({
+    ensureMpvConnectedForPlayback: async () => true,
+    getMpvClient: () => ({ connected: true, send: () => {} }),
+    resolvePlaybackPlan: async () => ({
+      url: 'https://stream.example/video.m3u8',
+      mode: 'direct',
+      title: 'Episode 3',
+      itemTitle: 'Episode 3',
+      seriesTitle: null,
+      seasonNumber: null,
+      episodeNumber: null,
+      startTimeTicks: 0,
+      audioStreamIndex: null,
+      subtitleStreamIndex: null,
+    }),
+    applyJellyfinMpvDefaults: () => {},
+    showVisibleOverlay: () => {},
+    sendMpvCommand: (command) => commands.push(command),
+    armQuitOnDisconnect: () => {},
+    schedule: () => {},
+    convertTicksToSeconds: (ticks) => ticks / 10_000_000,
+    preloadExternalSubtitles: () => {},
+    setActivePlayback: () => {},
+    setLastProgressAtMs: () => {},
+    reportPlaying: () => {},
+    showMpvOsd: () => {},
+    recordJellyfinPlaybackMetadata: () => {
+      throw new Error('stats db unavailable');
+    },
+  });
+
+  await handler({
+    session: baseSession,
+    clientInfo: baseClientInfo,
+    jellyfinConfig: {},
+    itemId: 'item-3',
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(commands[1], ['loadfile', 'https://stream.example/video.m3u8', 'replace']);
+});

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-playback-launch.ts

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export function createPlayJellyfinItemInMpvHandler(deps: {
   }) => void;
   showMpvOsd: (text: string) => void;
   recordJellyfinPlaybackMetadata?: (metadata: JellyfinPlaybackStatsMetadata) => void;
+  updateCurrentMediaTitle?: (title: string) => void;
 }) {
   return async (params: {
     session: JellyfinAuthSession;
@@ -106,24 +107,26 @@ export function createPlayJellyfinItemInMpvHandler(deps: {
     deps.applyJellyfinMpvDefaults(mpvClient);
     deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'sub-auto', 'no']);
     const playbackUrl = applyStartTimeTicksToPlaybackUrl(plan.url, params.startTimeTicksOverride);
-    deps.recordJellyfinPlaybackMetadata?.({
+    deps.updateCurrentMediaTitle?.(plan.title);
-      mediaPath: playbackUrl,
+    try {
-      displayTitle: plan.title,
+      deps.recordJellyfinPlaybackMetadata?.({
-      itemTitle: plan.itemTitle,
+        mediaPath: playbackUrl,
-      seriesTitle: plan.seriesTitle,
+        displayTitle: plan.title,
-      seasonNumber: plan.seasonNumber,
+        itemTitle: plan.itemTitle,
-      episodeNumber: plan.episodeNumber,
+        seriesTitle: plan.seriesTitle,
-      itemId: params.itemId,
+        seasonNumber: plan.seasonNumber,
-    });
+        episodeNumber: plan.episodeNumber,
+        itemId: params.itemId,
+      });
+    } catch {
+      // Best-effort stats metadata must not block playback startup.
+    }
     deps.sendMpvCommand(['loadfile', playbackUrl, 'replace']);
     if (params.setQuitOnDisconnectArm !== false) {
       deps.armQuitOnDisconnect();
     }
     deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'force-media-title', plan.title]);
     deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'sid', 'no']);
-    deps.schedule(() => {
-      deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'sid', 'no']);
-    }, 500);
 
     const startTimeTicks =
       typeof params.startTimeTicksOverride === 'number'

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-commands.test.ts

@@ -101,6 +101,32 @@ test('createHandleJellyfinRemotePlay logs and skips payload without item id', as
   assert.deepEqual(warnings, ['Ignoring Jellyfin remote Play event without ItemIds.']);
 });
 
+test('createHandleJellyfinRemotePlay ignores duplicate play for active item', async () => {
+  let playCalls = 0;
+  const handlePlay = createHandleJellyfinRemotePlay({
+    getConfiguredSession: () => ({
+      serverUrl: 'https://jellyfin.local',
+      accessToken: 'token',
+      userId: 'user',
+      username: 'name',
+    }),
+    getClientInfo: () => ({ clientName: 'SubMiner', clientVersion: '1.0', deviceId: 'abc' }),
+    getJellyfinConfig: () => ({}),
+    getActivePlayback: () => ({
+      itemId: 'item-1',
+      playMethod: 'DirectPlay',
+    }),
+    playJellyfinItem: async () => {
+      playCalls += 1;
+    },
+    logWarn: () => {},
+  });
+
+  await handlePlay({ ItemIds: ['item-1'] });
+
+  assert.equal(playCalls, 0);
+});
+
 test('createHandleJellyfinRemotePlaystate dispatches pause/seek/stop flows', async () => {
   const mpvClient = {};
   const commands: Array<(string | number)[]> = [];

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-commands.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export type JellyfinRemotePlayHandlerDeps = {
   getConfiguredSession: () => JellyfinSession | null;
   getClientInfo: () => JellyfinClientInfo;
   getJellyfinConfig: () => unknown;
+  getActivePlayback?: () => ActiveJellyfinRemotePlaybackState | null;
   playJellyfinItem: (params: {
     session: JellyfinSession;
     clientInfo: JellyfinClientInfo;
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ export function createHandleJellyfinRemotePlay(deps: JellyfinRemotePlayHandlerDe
       deps.logWarn('Ignoring Jellyfin remote Play event without ItemIds.');
       return;
     }
+    if (deps.getActivePlayback?.()?.itemId === itemId) {
+      return;
+    }
     await deps.playJellyfinItem({
       session,
       clientInfo,

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-main-deps.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ export function createBuildHandleJellyfinRemotePlayMainDepsHandler(
     getConfiguredSession: () => deps.getConfiguredSession(),
     getClientInfo: () => deps.getClientInfo(),
     getJellyfinConfig: () => deps.getJellyfinConfig(),
+    ...(deps.getActivePlayback
+      ? { getActivePlayback: () => deps.getActivePlayback?.() ?? null }
+      : {}),
     playJellyfinItem: (params) => deps.playJellyfinItem(params),
     logWarn: (message: string) => deps.logWarn(message),
   });

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-playback.test.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,38 @@ test('createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler reports playback progress', asyn
   assert.equal(lastProgressAtMs, 5000);
 });
 
+test('createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler normalizes mpv pause strings', async () => {
+  const reportPayloads: Array<{ isPaused: boolean }> = [];
+
+  const reportProgress = createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler({
+    getActivePlayback: () => ({
+      itemId: 'item-1',
+      playMethod: 'DirectPlay',
+    }),
+    clearActivePlayback: () => {},
+    getSession: () => ({
+      isConnected: () => true,
+      reportProgress: async (payload) => {
+        reportPayloads.push({ isPaused: payload.isPaused });
+      },
+      reportStopped: async () => {},
+    }),
+    getMpvClient: () => ({
+      requestProperty: async (name: string) => (name === 'pause' ? 'yes' : 3),
+    }),
+    getNow: () => 5000,
+    getLastProgressAtMs: () => 0,
+    setLastProgressAtMs: () => {},
+    progressIntervalMs: 3000,
+    ticksPerSecond: 10_000_000,
+    logDebug: () => {},
+  });
+
+  await reportProgress(true);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(reportPayloads, [{ isPaused: true }]);
+});
+
 test('createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler respects debounce interval', async () => {
   let called = false;
   const reportProgress = createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler({

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-playback.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ export function secondsToJellyfinTicks(seconds: number, ticksPerSecond: number):
   return Math.max(0, Math.floor(seconds * ticksPerSecond));
 }
 
+function isMpvPauseEnabled(value: unknown): boolean {
+  if (typeof value === 'boolean') return value;
+  if (typeof value === 'number') return value !== 0;
+  if (typeof value === 'string') {
+    const normalized = value.trim().toLowerCase();
+    if (!normalized || normalized === 'no' || normalized === 'false' || normalized === '0') {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 export type JellyfinRemoteProgressReporterDeps = {
   getActivePlayback: () => ActiveJellyfinRemotePlaybackState | null;
   clearActivePlayback: () => void;
@@ -64,7 +77,7 @@ export function createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler(
         itemId: playback.itemId,
         mediaSourceId: playback.mediaSourceId,
         positionTicks: secondsToJellyfinTicks(Number(position) || 0, deps.ticksPerSecond),
-        isPaused: paused === true,
+        isPaused: isMpvPauseEnabled(paused),
         playMethod: playback.playMethod,
         audioStreamIndex: playback.audioStreamIndex,
         subtitleStreamIndex: playback.subtitleStreamIndex,

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-session-lifecycle.test.ts

@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ function createConfig(overrides?: Partial<Record<string, unknown>>) {
     serverUrl: 'http://localhost',
     accessToken: 'token',
     userId: 'user-id',
-    deviceId: '',
-    clientName: '',
-    clientVersion: '',
-    remoteControlDeviceName: '',
     autoAnnounce: false,
     ...(overrides || {}),
   } as never;
@@ -39,6 +35,12 @@ test('start handler no-ops when jellyfin integration is disabled', async () => {
     defaultDeviceId: 'default-device',
     defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
     defaultClientVersion: '1.0',
+    getClientInfo: () => ({
+      deviceId: 'workstation',
+      clientName: 'SubMiner',
+      clientVersion: '1.0',
+    }),
+    getHostName: () => 'workstation',
     handlePlay: async () => {},
     handlePlaystate: async () => {},
     handleGeneralCommand: async () => {},
@@ -67,6 +69,12 @@ test('start handler no-ops when remote control is disabled', async () => {
     defaultDeviceId: 'default-device',
     defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
     defaultClientVersion: '1.0',
+    getClientInfo: () => ({
+      deviceId: 'workstation',
+      clientName: 'SubMiner',
+      clientVersion: '1.0',
+    }),
+    getHostName: () => 'workstation',
     handlePlay: async () => {},
     handlePlaystate: async () => {},
     handleGeneralCommand: async () => {},
@@ -95,6 +103,12 @@ test('start handler respects auto-connect unless explicit start is requested', a
     defaultDeviceId: 'default-device',
     defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
     defaultClientVersion: '1.0',
+    getClientInfo: () => ({
+      deviceId: 'workstation',
+      clientName: 'SubMiner',
+      clientVersion: '1.0',
+    }),
+    getHostName: () => 'workstation',
     handlePlay: async () => {},
     handlePlaystate: async () => {},
     handleGeneralCommand: async () => {},
@@ -117,6 +131,7 @@ test('start handler creates, starts, and stores session', async () => {
   } | null = null;
   let started = false;
   const infos: string[] = [];
+  let stateChanges = 0;
   const startRemote = createStartJellyfinRemoteSessionHandler({
     getJellyfinConfig: () => createConfig({ clientName: 'Desk' }),
     getCurrentSession: () => null,
@@ -124,7 +139,7 @@ test('start handler creates, starts, and stores session', async () => {
       storedSession = session as never;
     },
     createRemoteSessionService: (options) => {
-      assert.equal(options.deviceName, 'Desk');
+      assert.equal(options.deviceName, 'workstation');
       return {
         start: () => {
           started = true;
@@ -136,18 +151,119 @@ test('start handler creates, starts, and stores session', async () => {
     defaultDeviceId: 'default-device',
     defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
     defaultClientVersion: '1.0',
+    getClientInfo: () => ({
+      deviceId: 'workstation',
+      clientName: 'SubMiner',
+      clientVersion: '1.0',
+    }),
+    getHostName: () => 'workstation',
     handlePlay: async () => {},
     handlePlaystate: async () => {},
     handleGeneralCommand: async () => {},
     logInfo: (message) => infos.push(message),
     logWarn: () => {},
+    onSessionStateChanged: () => {
+      stateChanges += 1;
+    },
   });
 
   await startRemote();
 
   assert.equal(started, true);
   assert.ok(storedSession);
-  assert.ok(infos.some((line) => line.includes('Jellyfin remote session enabled (Desk).')));
+  assert.equal(stateChanges, 1);
+  assert.ok(infos.some((line) => line.includes('Jellyfin remote session enabled (workstation).')));
+});
+
+test('start handler uses hostname-derived client info and visible device name', async () => {
+  let createdOptions: {
+    deviceId: string;
+    clientName: string;
+    clientVersion: string;
+    deviceName: string;
+  } | null = null;
+  const startRemote = createStartJellyfinRemoteSessionHandler({
+    getJellyfinConfig: () =>
+      createConfig({
+        clientName: 'SubMiner',
+      }),
+    getClientInfo: () => ({
+      deviceId: 'kyle-pc',
+      clientName: 'SubMiner',
+      clientVersion: '0.1.0',
+    }),
+    getHostName: () => 'kyle-pc',
+    getCurrentSession: () => null,
+    setCurrentSession: () => {},
+    createRemoteSessionService: (options) => {
+      createdOptions = {
+        deviceId: options.deviceId,
+        clientName: options.clientName,
+        clientVersion: options.clientVersion,
+        deviceName: options.deviceName,
+      };
+      return {
+        start: () => {},
+        stop: () => {},
+        advertiseNow: async () => true,
+      };
+    },
+    defaultDeviceId: 'subminer',
+    defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
+    defaultClientVersion: '0.1.0',
+    handlePlay: async () => {},
+    handlePlaystate: async () => {},
+    handleGeneralCommand: async () => {},
+    logInfo: () => {},
+    logWarn: () => {},
+  });
+
+  await startRemote({ explicit: true });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(createdOptions, {
+    deviceId: 'kyle-pc',
+    clientName: 'SubMiner',
+    clientVersion: '0.1.0',
+    deviceName: 'kyle-pc',
+  });
+});
+
+test('start handler ignores configured visible device name', async () => {
+  let createdDeviceName = '';
+  const startRemote = createStartJellyfinRemoteSessionHandler({
+    getJellyfinConfig: () =>
+      createConfig({
+        remoteControlDeviceName: 'SubMiner Cachy sudacode',
+      }),
+    getClientInfo: () => ({
+      deviceId: 'cachy',
+      clientName: 'SubMiner',
+      clientVersion: '0.1.0',
+    }),
+    getHostName: () => 'cachy',
+    getCurrentSession: () => null,
+    setCurrentSession: () => {},
+    createRemoteSessionService: (options) => {
+      createdDeviceName = options.deviceName;
+      return {
+        start: () => {},
+        stop: () => {},
+        advertiseNow: async () => true,
+      };
+    },
+    defaultDeviceId: 'subminer',
+    defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
+    defaultClientVersion: '0.1.0',
+    handlePlay: async () => {},
+    handlePlaystate: async () => {},
+    handleGeneralCommand: async () => {},
+    logInfo: () => {},
+    logWarn: () => {},
+  });
+
+  await startRemote({ explicit: true });
+
+  assert.equal(createdDeviceName, 'cachy');
 });
 
 test('start handler stops previous session before replacing', async () => {
@@ -175,6 +291,12 @@ test('start handler stops previous session before replacing', async () => {
     defaultDeviceId: 'default-device',
     defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
     defaultClientVersion: '1.0',
+    getClientInfo: () => ({
+      deviceId: 'workstation',
+      clientName: 'SubMiner',
+      clientVersion: '1.0',
+    }),
+    getHostName: () => 'workstation',
     handlePlay: async () => {},
     handlePlaystate: async () => {},
     handleGeneralCommand: async () => {},
@@ -189,6 +311,7 @@ test('start handler stops previous session before replacing', async () => {
 test('stop handler stops active session and clears playback', () => {
   let stopCalls = 0;
   let clearCalls = 0;
+  let stateChanges = 0;
   let currentSession: { stop: () => void } | null = {
     stop: () => {
       stopCalls += 1;
@@ -203,10 +326,14 @@ test('stop handler stops active session and clears playback', () => {
     clearActivePlayback: () => {
       clearCalls += 1;
     },
+    onSessionStateChanged: () => {
+      stateChanges += 1;
+    },
   });
 
   stopRemote();
   assert.equal(stopCalls, 1);
   assert.equal(clearCalls, 1);
   assert.equal(currentSession, null);
+  assert.equal(stateChanges, 1);
 });

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-session-lifecycle.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { resolveJellyfinRemoteDeviceName } from './jellyfin-device-identity';
+
 type JellyfinRemoteConfig = {
   enabled: boolean;
   remoteControlEnabled: boolean;
@@ -5,11 +7,13 @@ type JellyfinRemoteConfig = {
   serverUrl: string;
   accessToken?: string;
   userId?: string;
+  autoAnnounce: boolean;
+};
+
+type JellyfinClientInfo = {
   deviceId: string;
   clientName: string;
   clientVersion: string;
-  remoteControlDeviceName: string;
-  autoAnnounce: boolean;
 };
 
 type JellyfinRemoteService = {
@@ -44,6 +48,8 @@ export function createStartJellyfinRemoteSessionHandler(deps: {
   getCurrentSession: () => JellyfinRemoteService | null;
   setCurrentSession: (session: JellyfinRemoteService | null) => void;
   createRemoteSessionService: (options: JellyfinRemoteServiceOptions) => JellyfinRemoteService;
+  getClientInfo: () => JellyfinClientInfo;
+  getHostName: () => string;
   defaultDeviceId: string;
   defaultClientName: string;
   defaultClientVersion: string;
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ export function createStartJellyfinRemoteSessionHandler(deps: {
   handleGeneralCommand: (payload: JellyfinRemoteEventPayload) => Promise<void>;
   logInfo: (message: string) => void;
   logWarn: (message: string, details?: unknown) => void;
+  onSessionStateChanged?: () => void;
 }) {
   return async (options?: { explicit?: boolean }): Promise<void> => {
     const jellyfinConfig = deps.getJellyfinConfig();
@@ -60,6 +67,13 @@ export function createStartJellyfinRemoteSessionHandler(deps: {
     if (jellyfinConfig.remoteControlAutoConnect === false && options?.explicit !== true) return;
     if (!jellyfinConfig.serverUrl || !jellyfinConfig.accessToken || !jellyfinConfig.userId) return;
 
+    const clientInfo = deps.getClientInfo();
+    const clientName = clientInfo.clientName || deps.defaultClientName;
+    const clientVersion = clientInfo.clientVersion || deps.defaultClientVersion;
+    const deviceName = resolveJellyfinRemoteDeviceName({
+      hostName: deps.getHostName(),
+    });
+
     const existing = deps.getCurrentSession();
     if (existing) {
       existing.stop();
@@ -69,13 +83,10 @@ export function createStartJellyfinRemoteSessionHandler(deps: {
     const service = deps.createRemoteSessionService({
       serverUrl: jellyfinConfig.serverUrl,
       accessToken: jellyfinConfig.accessToken,
-      deviceId: jellyfinConfig.deviceId || deps.defaultDeviceId,
+      deviceId: clientInfo.deviceId || deps.defaultDeviceId,
-      clientName: jellyfinConfig.clientName || deps.defaultClientName,
+      clientName,
-      clientVersion: jellyfinConfig.clientVersion || deps.defaultClientVersion,
+      clientVersion,
-      deviceName:
+      deviceName,
-        jellyfinConfig.remoteControlDeviceName ||
-        jellyfinConfig.clientName ||
-        deps.defaultClientName,
       capabilities: {
         PlayableMediaTypes: 'Video,Audio',
         SupportedCommands:
@@ -118,9 +129,8 @@ export function createStartJellyfinRemoteSessionHandler(deps: {
 
     service.start();
     deps.setCurrentSession(service);
-    deps.logInfo(
+    deps.onSessionStateChanged?.();
-      `Jellyfin remote session enabled (${jellyfinConfig.remoteControlDeviceName || jellyfinConfig.clientName || 'SubMiner'}).`,
+    deps.logInfo(`Jellyfin remote session enabled (${deviceName}).`);
-    );
   };
 }
 
@@ -128,6 +138,7 @@ export function createStopJellyfinRemoteSessionHandler(deps: {
   getCurrentSession: () => JellyfinRemoteService | null;
   setCurrentSession: (session: JellyfinRemoteService | null) => void;
   clearActivePlayback: () => void;
+  onSessionStateChanged?: () => void;
 }) {
   return (): void => {
     const session = deps.getCurrentSession();
@@ -135,5 +146,6 @@ export function createStopJellyfinRemoteSessionHandler(deps: {
     session.stop();
     deps.setCurrentSession(null);
     deps.clearActivePlayback();
+    deps.onSessionStateChanged?.();
   };
 }

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-session-main-deps.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ test('start jellyfin remote session main deps builder maps callbacks', async ()
     getCurrentSession: () => null,
     setCurrentSession: () => calls.push('set-session'),
     createRemoteSessionService: () => session as never,
+    getClientInfo: () =>
+      ({
+        deviceId: 'workstation',
+        clientName: 'SubMiner',
+        clientVersion: '1.0',
+      }) as never,
+    getHostName: () => 'workstation',
     defaultDeviceId: 'device',
     defaultClientName: 'SubMiner',
     defaultClientVersion: '1.0',
@@ -27,19 +34,34 @@ test('start jellyfin remote session main deps builder maps callbacks', async ()
     },
     logInfo: (message) => calls.push(`info:${message}`),
     logWarn: (message) => calls.push(`warn:${message}`),
+    onSessionStateChanged: () => calls.push('state-changed'),
   })();
 
   assert.deepEqual(deps.getJellyfinConfig(), { serverUrl: 'http://localhost' });
   assert.equal(deps.defaultDeviceId, 'device');
   assert.equal(deps.defaultClientName, 'SubMiner');
   assert.equal(deps.defaultClientVersion, '1.0');
+  assert.equal(deps.getHostName(), 'workstation');
+  assert.deepEqual(deps.getClientInfo(), {
+    deviceId: 'workstation',
+    clientName: 'SubMiner',
+    clientVersion: '1.0',
+  });
   assert.equal(deps.createRemoteSessionService({} as never), session);
   await deps.handlePlay({});
   await deps.handlePlaystate({});
   await deps.handleGeneralCommand({});
   deps.logInfo('connected');
   deps.logWarn('missing');
-  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['play', 'playstate', 'general', 'info:connected', 'warn:missing']);
+  deps.onSessionStateChanged?.();
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    'play',
+    'playstate',
+    'general',
+    'info:connected',
+    'warn:missing',
+    'state-changed',
+  ]);
 });
 
 test('stop jellyfin remote session main deps builder maps callbacks', () => {
@@ -49,10 +71,12 @@ test('stop jellyfin remote session main deps builder maps callbacks', () => {
     getCurrentSession: () => session as never,
     setCurrentSession: () => calls.push('set-null'),
     clearActivePlayback: () => calls.push('clear'),
+    onSessionStateChanged: () => calls.push('state-changed'),
   })();
 
   assert.equal(deps.getCurrentSession(), session);
   deps.setCurrentSession(null);
   deps.clearActivePlayback();
-  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['set-null', 'clear']);
+  deps.onSessionStateChanged?.();
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['set-null', 'clear', 'state-changed']);
 });

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-session-main-deps.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export function createBuildStartJellyfinRemoteSessionMainDepsHandler(
     getCurrentSession: () => deps.getCurrentSession(),
     setCurrentSession: (session) => deps.setCurrentSession(session),
     createRemoteSessionService: (options) => deps.createRemoteSessionService(options),
+    getClientInfo: () => deps.getClientInfo(),
+    getHostName: () => deps.getHostName(),
     defaultDeviceId: deps.defaultDeviceId,
     defaultClientName: deps.defaultClientName,
     defaultClientVersion: deps.defaultClientVersion,
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ export function createBuildStartJellyfinRemoteSessionMainDepsHandler(
     handleGeneralCommand: (payload) => deps.handleGeneralCommand(payload),
     logInfo: (message: string) => deps.logInfo(message),
     logWarn: (message: string, details?: unknown) => deps.logWarn(message, details),
+    onSessionStateChanged: deps.onSessionStateChanged,
   });
 }
 
@@ -36,5 +39,6 @@ export function createBuildStopJellyfinRemoteSessionMainDepsHandler(
     getCurrentSession: () => deps.getCurrentSession(),
     setCurrentSession: (session) => deps.setCurrentSession(session),
     clearActivePlayback: () => deps.clearActivePlayback(),
+    onSessionStateChanged: deps.onSessionStateChanged,
   });
 }

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-subtitle-cache-io.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { createJellyfinSubtitleCacheIo } from './jellyfin-subtitle-cache-io';
+
+test('jellyfin subtitle cache io downloads tracks to temp files and cleans cache dirs', async () => {
+  const writes: Array<{ filePath: string; bytes: string }> = [];
+  const removed: Array<{ dir: string; recursive: boolean; force: boolean }> = [];
+  const cacheIo = createJellyfinSubtitleCacheIo({
+    tmpDir: () => '/tmp',
+    makeTempDir: async (prefix) => {
+      assert.equal(prefix, '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-');
+      return '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-abc';
+    },
+    writeFile: async (filePath, bytes) => {
+      writes.push({ filePath, bytes: new TextDecoder().decode(bytes) });
+    },
+    removeDir: (dir, options) => {
+      removed.push({ dir, ...options });
+    },
+    fetch: async () => ({
+      ok: true,
+      status: 200,
+      arrayBuffer: async () => new TextEncoder().encode('subtitle body').buffer as ArrayBuffer,
+    }),
+  });
+
+  const cached = await cacheIo.cacheSubtitleTrack({
+    index: 7,
+    deliveryUrl: 'https://example.test/Items/1/Subtitles/7/Stream.ass?api_key=secret',
+  });
+  cacheIo.cleanupCachedSubtitles([cached.cleanupDir]);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(cached, {
+    path: '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-abc/track-7.ass',
+    cleanupDir: '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-abc',
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(writes, [
+    {
+      filePath: '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-abc/track-7.ass',
+      bytes: 'subtitle body',
+    },
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(removed, [
+    { dir: '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-abc', recursive: true, force: true },
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('jellyfin subtitle cache io removes temp dir when download fails', async () => {
+  const removed: string[] = [];
+  const cacheIo = createJellyfinSubtitleCacheIo({
+    tmpDir: () => '/tmp',
+    makeTempDir: async () => '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-failed',
+    writeFile: async () => {},
+    removeDir: (dir) => {
+      removed.push(dir);
+    },
+    fetch: async () => ({
+      ok: false,
+      status: 500,
+      arrayBuffer: async () => new ArrayBuffer(0),
+    }),
+  });
+
+  await assert.rejects(
+    () => cacheIo.cacheSubtitleTrack({ index: 1, deliveryUrl: 'https://example.test/sub.srt' }),
+    /HTTP 500/,
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(removed, ['/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-failed']);
+});

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-subtitle-cache-io.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+type JellyfinSubtitleCacheTrack = {
+  index: number;
+  deliveryUrl?: string | null;
+};
+
+type JellyfinSubtitleCacheEntry = {
+  path: string;
+  cleanupDir: string;
+};
+
+type FetchResponseLike = {
+  ok: boolean;
+  status: number;
+  arrayBuffer: () => Promise<ArrayBuffer>;
+};
+
+type JellyfinSubtitleCacheIoDeps = {
+  tmpDir: () => string;
+  makeTempDir: (prefix: string) => Promise<string>;
+  writeFile: (filePath: string, bytes: Uint8Array) => Promise<void>;
+  removeDir: (dir: string, options: { recursive: true; force: true }) => void;
+  fetch: (url: string) => Promise<FetchResponseLike>;
+};
+
+function getSubtitleExtension(deliveryUrl: string): string {
+  const urlPath = (() => {
+    try {
+      return new URL(deliveryUrl).pathname;
+    } catch {
+      return deliveryUrl;
+    }
+  })();
+  return path.extname(urlPath).slice(0, 16) || '.srt';
+}
+
+export function createJellyfinSubtitleCacheIo(deps: JellyfinSubtitleCacheIoDeps) {
+  return {
+    async cacheSubtitleTrack(
+      track: JellyfinSubtitleCacheTrack,
+    ): Promise<JellyfinSubtitleCacheEntry> {
+      if (!track.deliveryUrl) {
+        throw new Error('Jellyfin subtitle track has no delivery URL');
+      }
+
+      const cacheDir = await deps.makeTempDir(
+        path.join(deps.tmpDir(), 'subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-'),
+      );
+      const subtitlePath = path.join(
+        cacheDir,
+        `track-${track.index}${getSubtitleExtension(track.deliveryUrl)}`,
+      );
+      try {
+        const response = await deps.fetch(track.deliveryUrl);
+        if (!response.ok) {
+          throw new Error(`Failed to download Jellyfin subtitle (HTTP ${response.status})`);
+        }
+        const bytes = new Uint8Array(await response.arrayBuffer());
+        await deps.writeFile(subtitlePath, bytes);
+      } catch (error) {
+        deps.removeDir(cacheDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        throw error;
+      }
+      return { path: subtitlePath, cleanupDir: cacheDir };
+    },
+    cleanupCachedSubtitles(dirs: string[]): void {
+      for (const dir of dirs) {
+        deps.removeDir(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-subtitle-preload.test.ts

@@ -61,8 +61,22 @@ test('preload jellyfin subtitles caches external tracks locally and chooses japa
       ],
       getMpvClient: () => ({
         requestProperty: async () => [
-          { type: 'sub', id: 5, lang: 'jpn', title: 'Japanese', external: true },
+          {
-          { type: 'sub', id: 6, lang: 'eng', title: 'English', external: true },
+            type: 'sub',
+            id: 5,
+            lang: 'jpn',
+            title: 'Japanese',
+            external: true,
+            'external-filename': '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/0.srt',
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'sub',
+            id: 6,
+            lang: 'eng',
+            title: 'English',
+            external: true,
+            'external-filename': '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/1.srt',
+          },
         ],
       }),
       sendMpvCommand: (command) => commands.push(command),
@@ -76,13 +90,225 @@ test('preload jellyfin subtitles caches external tracks locally and chooses japa
   await preload({ session, clientInfo, itemId: 'item-1' });
 
   assert.deepEqual(commands, [
-    ['sub-add', '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/0.srt', 'cached', 'Japanese', 'jpn'],
+    ['sub-add', '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/0.srt', 'auto', 'Japanese', 'jpn'],
-    ['sub-add', '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/1.srt', 'cached', 'English SDH', 'eng'],
+    ['sub-add', '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/1.srt', 'auto', 'English SDH', 'eng'],
     ['set_property', 'sid', 5],
     ['set_property', 'secondary-sid', 6],
   ]);
 });
 
+test('preload jellyfin subtitles waits for delayed cached japanese track before selecting', async () => {
+  const commands: Array<Array<string | number>> = [];
+  let requestCount = 0;
+  const preload = createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(
+    makeDeps({
+      listJellyfinSubtitleTracks: async () => [
+        { index: 0, language: 'jpn', title: 'Japanese', deliveryUrl: 'https://sub/a.srt' },
+        { index: 1, language: 'eng', title: 'English', deliveryUrl: 'https://sub/b.srt' },
+      ],
+      getMpvClient: () => ({
+        requestProperty: async () => {
+          requestCount += 1;
+          if (requestCount < 3) {
+            return [{ type: 'sub', id: 1, lang: 'eng', title: 'CR', external: false }];
+          }
+          return [
+            { type: 'sub', id: 1, lang: 'eng', title: 'CR', external: false },
+            {
+              type: 'sub',
+              id: 5,
+              lang: 'jpn',
+              title: 'Japanese',
+              external: true,
+              'external-filename': '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/0.srt',
+            },
+            {
+              type: 'sub',
+              id: 6,
+              lang: 'eng',
+              title: 'English',
+              external: true,
+              'external-filename': '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/1.srt',
+            },
+          ];
+        },
+      }),
+      sendMpvCommand: (command) => commands.push(command),
+    }),
+  );
+
+  await preload({ session, clientInfo, itemId: 'item-1' });
+
+  assert.equal(requestCount, 3);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    commands.filter((command) => command[0] === 'set_property'),
+    [
+      ['set_property', 'sid', 5],
+      ['set_property', 'secondary-sid', 6],
+    ],
+  );
+});
+
+test('preload jellyfin subtitles waits for delayed external japanese track instead of embedded japanese', async () => {
+  const commands: Array<Array<string | number>> = [];
+  let requestCount = 0;
+  const preload = createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(
+    makeDeps({
+      listJellyfinSubtitleTracks: async () => [
+        { index: 0, language: 'jpn', title: 'Japanese', deliveryUrl: 'https://sub/a.srt' },
+        { index: 1, language: 'eng', title: 'English', deliveryUrl: 'https://sub/b.srt' },
+      ],
+      getMpvClient: () => ({
+        requestProperty: async () => {
+          requestCount += 1;
+          if (requestCount < 3) {
+            return [{ type: 'sub', id: 2, lang: 'jpn', title: 'Embedded Japanese' }];
+          }
+          return [
+            { type: 'sub', id: 2, lang: 'jpn', title: 'Embedded Japanese' },
+            {
+              type: 'sub',
+              id: 42,
+              lang: 'jpn',
+              title: 'Japanese',
+              external: true,
+              'external-filename': '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/0.srt',
+            },
+            {
+              type: 'sub',
+              id: 43,
+              lang: 'eng',
+              title: 'English',
+              external: true,
+              'external-filename': '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/1.srt',
+            },
+          ];
+        },
+      }),
+      sendMpvCommand: (command) => commands.push(command),
+    }),
+  );
+
+  await preload({ session, clientInfo, itemId: 'item-1' });
+
+  assert.equal(requestCount, 3);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    commands.filter((command) => command[0] === 'set_property'),
+    [
+      ['set_property', 'sid', 42],
+      ['set_property', 'secondary-sid', 43],
+    ],
+  );
+});
+
+test('preload jellyfin subtitles does not let later subtitle adds steal japanese primary selection', async () => {
+  const commands: Array<Array<string | number>> = [];
+  let requestCount = 0;
+  const preload = createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(
+    makeDeps({
+      listJellyfinSubtitleTracks: async () => [
+        { index: 1, language: 'jpn', title: 'Japanese', deliveryUrl: 'https://sub/jpn.srt' },
+        { index: 10, language: 'deu', title: 'German', deliveryUrl: 'https://sub/deu.ass' },
+        { index: 12, language: 'rus', title: 'Russian', deliveryUrl: 'https://sub/rus.ass' },
+      ],
+      getMpvClient: () => ({
+        requestProperty: async () => {
+          requestCount += 1;
+          if (requestCount === 1) {
+            return [
+              {
+                type: 'sub',
+                id: 11,
+                lang: 'jpn',
+                title: 'Japanese',
+                external: true,
+                'external-filename': '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/1.srt',
+              },
+            ];
+          }
+          return [
+            {
+              type: 'sub',
+              id: 11,
+              lang: 'jpn',
+              title: 'Japanese',
+              external: true,
+              'external-filename': '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/1.srt',
+            },
+            {
+              type: 'sub',
+              id: 18,
+              lang: 'deu',
+              title: 'German',
+              external: true,
+              selected: true,
+              'external-filename': '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/10.srt',
+            },
+            {
+              type: 'sub',
+              id: 20,
+              lang: 'rus',
+              title: 'Russian',
+              external: true,
+              selected: true,
+              'external-filename': '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/12.srt',
+            },
+          ];
+        },
+      }),
+      sendMpvCommand: (command) => commands.push(command),
+    }),
+  );
+
+  await preload({ session, clientInfo, itemId: 'item-1' });
+
+  assert.equal(requestCount, 2);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    commands.filter((command) => command[0] === 'sub-add'),
+    [
+      ['sub-add', '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/1.srt', 'auto', 'Japanese', 'jpn'],
+      ['sub-add', '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/10.srt', 'auto', 'German', 'deu'],
+      ['sub-add', '/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles/12.srt', 'auto', 'Russian', 'rus'],
+    ],
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    commands.filter((command) => command[0] === 'set_property'),
+    [['set_property', 'sid', 11]],
+  );
+});
+
+test('preload jellyfin subtitles leaves current track alone when reported japanese track never appears', async () => {
+  const commands: Array<Array<string | number>> = [];
+  const logs: string[] = [];
+  let requestCount = 0;
+  const preload = createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(
+    makeDeps({
+      listJellyfinSubtitleTracks: async () => [
+        { index: 1, language: 'jpn', title: 'Japanese', deliveryUrl: 'https://sub/jpn.srt' },
+      ],
+      getMpvClient: () => ({
+        requestProperty: async () => {
+          requestCount += 1;
+          return [{ type: 'sub', id: 1, lang: 'eng', title: 'CR', external: false }];
+        },
+      }),
+      sendMpvCommand: (command) => commands.push(command),
+      logDebug: (message) => logs.push(message),
+    }),
+  );
+
+  await preload({ session, clientInfo, itemId: 'item-1' });
+
+  assert.equal(requestCount, 10);
+  assert.equal(
+    commands.some(
+      (command) => command[0] === 'set_property' && command[1] === 'sid' && command[2] === 'no',
+    ),
+    false,
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(logs, ['Timed out waiting for Jellyfin Japanese subtitle track']);
+});
+
 test('preload jellyfin subtitles cleans previous cached subtitles before a new preload', async () => {
   const cleanupCalls: string[][] = [];
   const preload = createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(
@@ -105,6 +331,34 @@ test('preload jellyfin subtitles cleans previous cached subtitles before a new p
   assert.deepEqual(cleanupCalls, [['/tmp/subminer-jellyfin-subtitles-0']]);
 });
 
+test('preload jellyfin subtitles serializes overlapping preload runs', async () => {
+  let releaseFirstList!: () => void;
+  const firstListBlocked = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    releaseFirstList = resolve;
+  });
+  const listCalls: string[] = [];
+  const preload = createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(
+    makeDeps({
+      listJellyfinSubtitleTracks: async (_session, _clientInfo, itemId) => {
+        listCalls.push(itemId);
+        if (itemId === 'item-1') {
+          await firstListBlocked;
+        }
+        return [];
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+
+  const first = preload({ session, clientInfo, itemId: 'item-1' });
+  const second = preload({ session, clientInfo, itemId: 'item-2' });
+  await Promise.resolve();
+
+  assert.deepEqual(listCalls, ['item-1']);
+  releaseFirstList();
+  await Promise.all([first, second]);
+  assert.deepEqual(listCalls, ['item-1', 'item-2']);
+});
+
 test('preload jellyfin subtitles exposes cleanup for active cached subtitles', async () => {
   const cleanupCalls: string[][] = [];
   const preload = createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-subtitle-preload.ts

@@ -23,10 +23,27 @@ type CachedSubtitleTrack = {
   cleanupDir: string;
 };
 
+type CachedExternalSubtitleTrack = CachedSubtitleTrack & {
+  source: JellyfinSubtitleTrack;
+};
+
+type MpvSubtitleTrack = {
+  id: number;
+  lang: string;
+  title: string;
+  external: boolean;
+  externalFilename: string;
+};
+
 type MpvClientLike = {
+  connected?: boolean;
   requestProperty: (name: string) => Promise<unknown>;
 };
 
+const TRACK_SELECTION_INITIAL_WAIT_MS = 250;
+const TRACK_SELECTION_RETRY_MS = 150;
+const TRACK_SELECTION_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 10;
+
 export type PreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler = ((params: {
   session: JellyfinSession;
   clientInfo: JellyfinClientInfo;
@@ -71,17 +88,12 @@ function isLikelyHearingImpaired(title: string): boolean {
 }
 
 function pickBestTrackId(
-  tracks: Array<{
+  tracks: MpvSubtitleTrack[],
-    id: number;
-    lang: string;
-    title: string;
-    external: boolean;
-  }>,
   languageMatcher: (value: string) => boolean,
   excludeId: number | null = null,
 ): number | null {
   const ranked = tracks
-    .filter((track) => languageMatcher(track.lang))
+    .filter((track) => languageMatcher(track.lang) || languageMatcher(track.title))
     .filter((track) => track.id !== excludeId)
     .map((track) => ({
       track,
@@ -94,6 +106,119 @@ function pickBestTrackId(
   return ranked[0]?.track.id ?? null;
 }
 
+function pickBestCachedTrackId(
+  tracks: MpvSubtitleTrack[],
+  cachedTracks: CachedExternalSubtitleTrack[],
+  sourceMatcher: (value: string) => boolean,
+  excludeId: number | null = null,
+): number | null {
+  const cachedByPath = new Map(cachedTracks.map((track) => [track.path, track]));
+  const ranked = tracks
+    .map((track) => ({
+      track,
+      cached: cachedByPath.get(track.externalFilename),
+    }))
+    .filter(({ cached }) =>
+      cached
+        ? sourceMatcher(cached.source.language || '') || sourceMatcher(cached.source.title || '')
+        : false,
+    )
+    .filter(({ track }) => track.id !== excludeId)
+    .map(({ track, cached }) => {
+      const title = cached?.source.title || track.title;
+      return {
+        track,
+        score:
+          (track.external ? 100 : 0) +
+          (isLikelyHearingImpaired(title) ? -10 : 10) +
+          (/\bdefault\b/i.test(title) ? 3 : 0),
+      };
+    })
+    .sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score);
+  return ranked[0]?.track.id ?? null;
+}
+
+function isJapaneseTrack(track: MpvSubtitleTrack): boolean {
+  return isJapanese(track.lang) || isJapanese(track.title);
+}
+
+function hasExternalJapaneseTrack(tracks: MpvSubtitleTrack[]): boolean {
+  return tracks.some((track) => track.external && isJapaneseTrack(track));
+}
+
+function parseMpvSubtitleTracks(trackListRaw: unknown): MpvSubtitleTrack[] {
+  return Array.isArray(trackListRaw)
+    ? trackListRaw
+        .filter(
+          (track): track is Record<string, unknown> =>
+            Boolean(track) &&
+            typeof track === 'object' &&
+            track.type === 'sub' &&
+            typeof track.id === 'number',
+        )
+        .map((track) => ({
+          id: track.id as number,
+          lang: String(track.lang || ''),
+          title: String(track.title || ''),
+          external: track.external === true,
+          externalFilename: String(track['external-filename'] || ''),
+        }))
+    : [];
+}
+
+function hasExpectedExternalSubtitleTracks(
+  tracks: MpvSubtitleTrack[],
+  expectedExternalFilenames: string[],
+): boolean {
+  if (expectedExternalFilenames.length === 0) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  const loadedExternalFilenames = new Set(
+    tracks
+      .filter((track) => track.externalFilename)
+      .map((track) => track.externalFilename),
+  );
+  return expectedExternalFilenames.every((filePath) => loadedExternalFilenames.has(filePath));
+}
+
+async function readMpvSubtitleTracks(deps: {
+  getMpvClient: () => MpvClientLike | null;
+}): Promise<MpvSubtitleTrack[] | null> {
+  const client = deps.getMpvClient();
+  if (!client || client.connected === false) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const trackListRaw = await client.requestProperty('track-list');
+  return parseMpvSubtitleTracks(trackListRaw);
+}
+
+async function waitForPreferredSubtitleTracks(
+  deps: {
+    getMpvClient: () => MpvClientLike | null;
+    wait: (ms: number) => Promise<void>;
+  },
+  shouldWaitForExternalJapanese: boolean,
+  expectedExternalFilenames: string[],
+): Promise<MpvSubtitleTrack[] | null> {
+  let subtitleTracks: MpvSubtitleTrack[] = [];
+  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= TRACK_SELECTION_MAX_ATTEMPTS; attempt += 1) {
+    const nextTracks = await readMpvSubtitleTracks(deps);
+    if (nextTracks !== null) {
+      subtitleTracks = nextTracks;
+      if (
+        (!shouldWaitForExternalJapanese || hasExternalJapaneseTrack(subtitleTracks)) &&
+        hasExpectedExternalSubtitleTracks(subtitleTracks, expectedExternalFilenames)
+      ) {
+        return subtitleTracks;
+      }
+    }
+    if (attempt < TRACK_SELECTION_MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
+      await deps.wait(TRACK_SELECTION_RETRY_MS);
+    }
+  }
+  return subtitleTracks;
+}
+
 export function createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(deps: {
   listJellyfinSubtitleTracks: (
     session: JellyfinSession,
@@ -108,6 +233,7 @@ export function createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(deps: {
   logDebug: (message: string, error: unknown) => void;
 }): PreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler {
   const activeCacheDirs = new Set<string>();
+  let preloadQueue: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
 
   function cleanupActiveCache(): void {
     const dirs = [...activeCacheDirs];
@@ -116,7 +242,7 @@ export function createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(deps: {
     deps.cleanupCachedSubtitles(dirs);
   }
 
-  const preload = async (params: {
+  const runPreload = async (params: {
     session: JellyfinSession;
     clientInfo: JellyfinClientInfo;
     itemId: string;
@@ -136,6 +262,7 @@ export function createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(deps: {
 
       await deps.wait(300);
       const seenUrls = new Set<string>();
+      const cachedTracks: CachedExternalSubtitleTrack[] = [];
       for (const track of externalTracks) {
         if (!track.deliveryUrl || seenUrls.has(track.deliveryUrl)) {
           continue;
@@ -145,36 +272,41 @@ export function createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(deps: {
         const label = labelBase || `Jellyfin Subtitle ${track.index}`;
         const cached = await deps.cacheSubtitleTrack(track);
         activeCacheDirs.add(cached.cleanupDir);
-        deps.sendMpvCommand(['sub-add', cached.path, 'cached', label, track.language || '']);
+        cachedTracks.push({ ...cached, source: track });
+        deps.sendMpvCommand(['sub-add', cached.path, 'auto', label, track.language || '']);
       }
 
-      await deps.wait(250);
+      await deps.wait(TRACK_SELECTION_INITIAL_WAIT_MS);
-      const trackListRaw = await deps.getMpvClient()?.requestProperty('track-list');
+      const shouldWaitForExternalJapanese = externalTracks.some(
-      const subtitleTracks = Array.isArray(trackListRaw)
+        (track) => isJapanese(track.language || '') || isJapanese(track.title || ''),
-        ? trackListRaw
+      );
-            .filter(
+      const subtitleTracks = await waitForPreferredSubtitleTracks(
-              (track): track is Record<string, unknown> =>
+        deps,
-                Boolean(track) &&
+        shouldWaitForExternalJapanese,
-                typeof track === 'object' &&
+        cachedTracks.map((track) => track.path),
-                track.type === 'sub' &&
+      );
-                typeof track.id === 'number',
+      if (
-            )
+        shouldWaitForExternalJapanese &&
-            .map((track) => ({
+        (!subtitleTracks || !hasExternalJapaneseTrack(subtitleTracks))
-              id: track.id as number,
+      ) {
-              lang: String(track.lang || ''),
+        deps.logDebug('Timed out waiting for Jellyfin Japanese subtitle track', {
-              title: String(track.title || ''),
+          itemId: params.itemId,
-              external: track.external === true,
+        });
-            }))
+        return;
-        : [];
+      }
 
-      const japanesePrimaryId = pickBestTrackId(subtitleTracks, isJapanese);
+      const japanesePrimaryId =
+        pickBestCachedTrackId(subtitleTracks ?? [], cachedTracks, isJapanese) ??
+        pickBestTrackId(subtitleTracks ?? [], isJapanese);
       if (japanesePrimaryId !== null) {
         deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'sid', japanesePrimaryId]);
       } else {
         deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'sid', 'no']);
       }
 
-      const englishSecondaryId = pickBestTrackId(subtitleTracks, isEnglish, japanesePrimaryId);
+      const englishSecondaryId =
+        pickBestCachedTrackId(subtitleTracks ?? [], cachedTracks, isEnglish, japanesePrimaryId) ??
+        pickBestTrackId(subtitleTracks ?? [], isEnglish, japanesePrimaryId);
       if (englishSecondaryId !== null) {
         deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'secondary-sid', englishSecondaryId]);
       }
@@ -183,6 +315,18 @@ export function createPreloadJellyfinExternalSubtitlesHandler(deps: {
     }
   };
 
+  const preload = (params: {
+    session: JellyfinSession;
+    clientInfo: JellyfinClientInfo;
+    itemId: string;
+  }): Promise<void> => {
+    preloadQueue = preloadQueue.then(
+      () => runPreload(params),
+      () => runPreload(params),
+    );
+    return preloadQueue;
+  };
+
   return Object.assign(preload, {
     cleanupCachedSubtitles: cleanupActiveCache,
   });

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-tray-discovery.test.ts

@@ -194,6 +194,124 @@ test('stops active discovery from tray', async () => {
   ]);
 });
 
+test('uses checked tray state to start discovery instead of blind toggling', async () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  let session: { advertiseNow: () => Promise<boolean> } | null = null;
+
+  await toggleJellyfinDiscoveryFromTray(
+    {
+      getRemoteSession: () => session,
+      stopRemoteSession: () => calls.push('stop'),
+      startRemoteSession: async (options) => {
+        assert.deepEqual(options, { explicit: true });
+        calls.push('start');
+        session = {
+          advertiseNow: async () => {
+            calls.push('advertise');
+            return true;
+          },
+        };
+      },
+      refreshTrayMenu: () => calls.push('refresh'),
+      logger: {
+        info: (message) => calls.push(`info:${message}`),
+        warn: (message) => calls.push(`warn:${message}`),
+        error: (message) => calls.push(`error:${message}`),
+      },
+      showMpvOsd: (message) => calls.push(`osd:${message}`),
+    },
+    { desiredActive: true },
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    'start',
+    'advertise',
+    'info:Jellyfin discovery started; cast target is visible in server sessions.',
+    'osd:Jellyfin discovery started',
+    'refresh',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('uses unchecked tray state to stop discovery without visibility probing', async () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+
+  await toggleJellyfinDiscoveryFromTray(
+    {
+      getRemoteSession: () => ({
+        advertiseNow: async () => {
+          calls.push('advertise');
+          return true;
+        },
+      }),
+      stopRemoteSession: () => calls.push('stop'),
+      startRemoteSession: async () => {
+        calls.push('start');
+      },
+      refreshTrayMenu: () => calls.push('refresh'),
+      logger: {
+        info: (message) => calls.push(`info:${message}`),
+        warn: (message) => calls.push(`warn:${message}`),
+        error: (message) => calls.push(`error:${message}`),
+      },
+      showMpvOsd: (message) => calls.push(`osd:${message}`),
+    },
+    { desiredActive: false },
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    'stop',
+    'info:Jellyfin discovery stopped.',
+    'osd:Jellyfin discovery stopped',
+    'refresh',
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('restarts active discovery when current session is not visible', async () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  let session: { advertiseNow: () => Promise<boolean> } | null = {
+    advertiseNow: async () => {
+      calls.push('advertise-stale');
+      return false;
+    },
+  };
+
+  await toggleJellyfinDiscoveryFromTray({
+    getRemoteSession: () => session,
+    stopRemoteSession: () => {
+      calls.push('stop');
+      session = null;
+    },
+    startRemoteSession: async (options) => {
+      assert.deepEqual(options, { explicit: true });
+      calls.push('start');
+      session = {
+        advertiseNow: async () => {
+          calls.push('advertise-fresh');
+          return true;
+        },
+      };
+    },
+    refreshTrayMenu: () => calls.push('refresh'),
+    logger: {
+      info: (message) => calls.push(`info:${message}`),
+      warn: (message) => calls.push(`warn:${message}`),
+      error: (message) => calls.push(`error:${message}`),
+    },
+    showMpvOsd: (message) => calls.push(`osd:${message}`),
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    'advertise-stale',
+    'warn:Jellyfin discovery was active but not visible; restarting.',
+    'stop',
+    'start',
+    'advertise-fresh',
+    'info:Jellyfin discovery started; cast target is visible in server sessions.',
+    'osd:Jellyfin discovery started',
+    'refresh',
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('warns and refreshes tray when explicit discovery cannot create a session', async () => {
   const calls: string[] = [];
 

src/main/runtime/jellyfin-tray-discovery.ts

@@ -66,16 +66,42 @@ export async function toggleJellyfinDiscoveryFromTray<TSession extends JellyfinT
     | 'logger'
     | 'showMpvOsd'
   >,
+  options: { desiredActive?: boolean } = {},
 ): Promise<void> {
   try {
     const activeSession = deps.getRemoteSession();
-    if (activeSession) {
+    if (options.desiredActive === false) {
-      deps.stopRemoteSession();
+      if (activeSession) {
-      deps.logger.info('Jellyfin discovery stopped.');
+        deps.stopRemoteSession();
-      deps.showMpvOsd('Jellyfin discovery stopped');
+        deps.logger.info('Jellyfin discovery stopped.');
+        deps.showMpvOsd('Jellyfin discovery stopped');
+      }
       return;
     }
 
+    if (activeSession) {
+      let visible = false;
+      try {
+        visible = await activeSession.advertiseNow();
+      } catch {
+        deps.logger.warn('Jellyfin discovery visibility check failed; restarting.');
+      }
+
+      if (visible) {
+        if (options.desiredActive === true) {
+          deps.logger.info('Jellyfin discovery already active.');
+        } else {
+          deps.stopRemoteSession();
+          deps.logger.info('Jellyfin discovery stopped.');
+          deps.showMpvOsd('Jellyfin discovery stopped');
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+
+      deps.logger.warn('Jellyfin discovery was active but not visible; restarting.');
+      deps.stopRemoteSession();
+    }
+
     await deps.startRemoteSession({ explicit: true });
     const remoteSession = deps.getRemoteSession();
     if (!remoteSession) {

src/main/runtime/subtitle-prefetch-runtime.test.ts

@@ -100,3 +100,33 @@ test('subtitle prefetch runtime preserves parsed cues when YouTube active track
 
   assert.deepEqual(calls, []);
 });
+
+test('subtitle prefetch runtime does not extract internal subtitle tracks from remote media urls', async () => {
+  let extracted = false;
+  const resolveSource = createResolveActiveSubtitleSidebarSourceHandler({
+    getFfmpegPath: () => 'ffmpeg-custom',
+    extractInternalSubtitleTrack: async () => {
+      extracted = true;
+      return {
+        path: '/tmp/subminer-sidebar-123/track_7.ass',
+        cleanup: async () => {},
+      };
+    },
+  });
+
+  const resolved = await resolveSource({
+    currentExternalFilenameRaw: null,
+    currentTrackRaw: {
+      type: 'sub',
+      id: 3,
+      'ff-index': 7,
+      codec: 'ass',
+    },
+    trackListRaw: [],
+    sidRaw: 3,
+    videoPath: 'http://jellyfin.local/Videos/movie/stream?static=true',
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(resolved, null);
+  assert.equal(extracted, false);
+});

src/main/runtime/subtitle-prefetch-runtime.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ function parseTrackId(value: unknown): number | null {
   return null;
 }
 
+function isRemoteMediaPath(value: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(value);
+    return url.protocol === 'http:' || url.protocol === 'https:';
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 function getActiveSubtitleTrack(
   currentTrackRaw: unknown,
   trackListRaw: unknown,
@@ -104,6 +113,10 @@ export function createResolveActiveSubtitleSidebarSourceHandler(deps: {
       return { path: externalFilename, sourceKey: externalFilename };
     }
 
+    if (isRemoteMediaPath(input.videoPath)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     const extracted = await deps.extractInternalSubtitleTrack(
       deps.getFfmpegPath(),
       input.videoPath,

src/main/runtime/tray-lifecycle.test.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,63 @@ test('ensure tray updates menu when tray already exists', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(calls, ['set-menu']);
 });
 
+test('ensure tray refreshes existing tray menu on linux with setContextMenu', () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  let trayRef: unknown = {
+    setContextMenu: () => calls.push('old-set-menu'),
+    setToolTip: () => calls.push('old-set-tooltip'),
+    on: () => calls.push('old-bind-click'),
+    destroy: () => calls.push('old-destroy'),
+  };
+
+  const ensureTray = createEnsureTrayHandler({
+    getTray: () => trayRef as never,
+    setTray: (tray) => {
+      trayRef = tray;
+      calls.push(tray ? 'set-new-tray' : 'clear-tray');
+    },
+    buildTrayMenu: () => ({ id: 'menu' }),
+    resolveTrayIconPath: () => '/tmp/icon.png',
+    createImageFromPath: () =>
+      ({
+        isEmpty: () => false,
+        resize: (options: { width: number; height: number }) => {
+          calls.push(`resize:${options.width}x${options.height}`);
+          return {
+            isEmpty: () => false,
+            resize: () => {
+              throw new Error('unexpected');
+            },
+            setTemplateImage: () => {},
+          };
+        },
+        setTemplateImage: () => {},
+      }) as never,
+    createEmptyImage: () =>
+      ({
+        isEmpty: () => true,
+        resize: () => {
+          throw new Error('unexpected');
+        },
+        setTemplateImage: () => {},
+      }) as never,
+    createTray: () =>
+      ({
+        setContextMenu: () => calls.push('new-set-menu'),
+        setToolTip: () => calls.push('new-set-tooltip'),
+        on: () => calls.push('new-bind-click'),
+        destroy: () => calls.push('new-destroy'),
+      }) as never,
+    trayTooltip: 'SubMiner',
+    platform: 'linux',
+    logWarn: () => calls.push('warn'),
+    ensureOverlayVisibleFromTrayClick: () => calls.push('show-overlay'),
+  });
+
+  ensureTray();
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['old-set-menu']);
+});
+
 test('ensure tray creates new tray and binds click handler', () => {
   const calls: string[] = [];
   let trayRef: unknown = null;

src/main/runtime/tray-main-actions.test.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ test('build tray template handler wires actions and init guards', () => {
   let initialized = false;
   const buildTemplate = createBuildTrayMenuTemplateHandler({
     buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime: (handlers) => {
+      calls.push(`platform:${handlers.platform}`);
       handlers.openSessionHelp();
       handlers.openTexthookerInBrowser();
       calls.push(`show-texthooker:${handlers.showTexthookerPage}`);
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ test('build tray template handler wires actions and init guards', () => {
       handlers.openYomitanSettings();
       handlers.openConfigSettings();
       handlers.openJellyfinSetup();
-      handlers.toggleJellyfinDiscovery();
+      handlers.toggleJellyfinDiscovery(true);
       handlers.openAnilistSetup();
       handlers.checkForUpdates();
       handlers.quitApp();
@@ -72,9 +73,10 @@ test('build tray template handler wires actions and init guards', () => {
     openJellyfinSetupWindow: () => calls.push('jellyfin'),
     isJellyfinConfigured: () => true,
     isJellyfinDiscoveryActive: () => false,
-    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: async () => {
+    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: async (checked) => {
-      calls.push('jellyfin-discovery');
+      calls.push(`jellyfin-discovery:${checked}`);
     },
+    platform: 'linux',
     openAnilistSetupWindow: () => calls.push('anilist'),
     checkForUpdates: () => calls.push('updates'),
     quitApp: () => calls.push('quit'),
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ test('build tray template handler wires actions and init guards', () => {
   const template = buildTemplate();
   assert.deepEqual(template, [{ label: 'ok' }]);
   assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    'platform:linux',
     'init',
     'help',
     'texthooker',
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ test('build tray template handler wires actions and init guards', () => {
     'yomitan',
     'configuration',
     'jellyfin',
-    'jellyfin-discovery',
+    'jellyfin-discovery:true',
     'anilist',
     'updates',
     'quit',

src/main/runtime/tray-main-actions.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export function shouldShowTexthookerTrayEntry(config: {
 
 export function createBuildTrayMenuTemplateHandler<TMenuItem>(deps: {
   buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime: (handlers: {
+    platform?: string;
     openSessionHelp: () => void;
     openTexthookerInBrowser: () => void;
     showTexthookerPage: boolean;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ export function createBuildTrayMenuTemplateHandler<TMenuItem>(deps: {
     openJellyfinSetup: () => void;
     showJellyfinDiscovery: boolean;
     jellyfinDiscoveryActive: boolean;
-    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () => void;
+    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: (checked: boolean) => void;
     openAnilistSetup: () => void;
     checkForUpdates: () => void;
     quitApp: () => void;
@@ -67,13 +68,15 @@ export function createBuildTrayMenuTemplateHandler<TMenuItem>(deps: {
   openJellyfinSetupWindow: () => void;
   isJellyfinConfigured: () => boolean;
   isJellyfinDiscoveryActive: () => boolean;
-  toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () => void | Promise<void>;
+  toggleJellyfinDiscovery: (checked: boolean) => void | Promise<void>;
+  platform?: string;
   openAnilistSetupWindow: () => void;
   checkForUpdates: () => void;
   quitApp: () => void;
 }) {
   return (): TMenuItem[] => {
     return deps.buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime({
+      platform: deps.platform,
       openSessionHelp: () => {
         if (!deps.isOverlayRuntimeInitialized()) {
           deps.initializeOverlayRuntime();
@@ -103,8 +106,8 @@ export function createBuildTrayMenuTemplateHandler<TMenuItem>(deps: {
       },
       showJellyfinDiscovery: deps.isJellyfinConfigured(),
       jellyfinDiscoveryActive: deps.isJellyfinDiscoveryActive(),
-      toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () => {
+      toggleJellyfinDiscovery: (checked) => {
-        void deps.toggleJellyfinDiscovery();
+        void deps.toggleJellyfinDiscovery(checked);
       },
       openAnilistSetup: () => {
         deps.openAnilistSetupWindow();

src/main/runtime/tray-main-deps.test.ts

@@ -35,15 +35,18 @@ test('tray main deps builders return mapped handlers', () => {
     openJellyfinSetupWindow: () => calls.push('jellyfin'),
     isJellyfinConfigured: () => true,
     isJellyfinDiscoveryActive: () => false,
-    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () => {
+    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: (checked) => {
-      calls.push('jellyfin-discovery');
+      calls.push(`jellyfin-discovery:${checked}`);
     },
+    platform: 'linux',
     openAnilistSetupWindow: () => calls.push('anilist'),
     checkForUpdates: () => calls.push('updates'),
     quitApp: () => calls.push('quit'),
   })();
 
+  assert.equal(menuDeps.platform, 'linux');
   const template = menuDeps.buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime({
+    platform: menuDeps.platform,
     openSessionHelp: () => calls.push('open-help'),
     openTexthookerInBrowser: () => calls.push('open-texthooker'),
     showTexthookerPage: true,
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ test('tray main deps builders return mapped handlers', () => {
     openJellyfinSetup: () => calls.push('open-jellyfin'),
     showJellyfinDiscovery: true,
     jellyfinDiscoveryActive: false,
-    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () => calls.push('open-jellyfin-discovery'),
+    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: (checked) => calls.push(`open-jellyfin-discovery:${checked}`),
     openAnilistSetup: () => calls.push('open-anilist'),
     checkForUpdates: () => calls.push('open-updates'),
     quitApp: () => calls.push('quit-app'),

src/main/runtime/tray-main-deps.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export function createBuildResolveTrayIconPathMainDepsHandler(deps: {
 
 export function createBuildTrayMenuTemplateMainDepsHandler<TMenuItem>(deps: {
   buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime: (handlers: {
+    platform?: string;
     openSessionHelp: () => void;
     openTexthookerInBrowser: () => void;
     showTexthookerPage: boolean;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export function createBuildTrayMenuTemplateMainDepsHandler<TMenuItem>(deps: {
     openJellyfinSetup: () => void;
     showJellyfinDiscovery: boolean;
     jellyfinDiscoveryActive: boolean;
-    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () => void;
+    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: (checked: boolean) => void;
     openAnilistSetup: () => void;
     checkForUpdates: () => void;
     quitApp: () => void;
@@ -57,13 +58,15 @@ export function createBuildTrayMenuTemplateMainDepsHandler<TMenuItem>(deps: {
   openJellyfinSetupWindow: () => void;
   isJellyfinConfigured: () => boolean;
   isJellyfinDiscoveryActive: () => boolean;
-  toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () => void | Promise<void>;
+  toggleJellyfinDiscovery: (checked: boolean) => void | Promise<void>;
+  platform?: string;
   openAnilistSetupWindow: () => void;
   checkForUpdates: () => void;
   quitApp: () => void;
 }) {
   return () => ({
     buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime: deps.buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime,
+    platform: deps.platform,
     initializeOverlayRuntime: deps.initializeOverlayRuntime,
     isOverlayRuntimeInitialized: deps.isOverlayRuntimeInitialized,
     openSessionHelpModal: deps.openSessionHelpModal,

src/main/runtime/tray-runtime.test.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ test('tray menu template contains expected entries and handlers', () => {
     openJellyfinSetup: () => calls.push('jellyfin'),
     showJellyfinDiscovery: true,
     jellyfinDiscoveryActive: false,
-    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () => calls.push('jellyfin-discovery'),
+    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: (checked) => calls.push(`jellyfin-discovery:${checked}`),
     openAnilistSetup: () => calls.push('anilist'),
     checkForUpdates: () => calls.push('updates'),
     quitApp: () => calls.push('quit'),
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ test('tray menu template contains expected entries and handlers', () => {
   const discovery = template.find((entry) => entry.label === 'Jellyfin Discovery');
   assert.equal(discovery?.type, 'checkbox');
   assert.equal(discovery?.checked, false);
-  discovery?.click?.();
+  discovery?.click?.({ checked: true });
   template[0]!.click?.();
   assert.equal(template[1]!.label, 'Open Texthooker');
   template[1]!.click?.();
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ test('tray menu template contains expected entries and handlers', () => {
   template[10]!.type === 'separator' ? calls.push('separator') : calls.push('bad');
   template[11]!.click?.();
   assert.deepEqual(calls, [
-    'jellyfin-discovery',
+    'jellyfin-discovery:true',
     'help',
     'texthooker',
     'updates',
@@ -155,3 +155,29 @@ test('tray menu template renders active jellyfin discovery checkbox', () => {
   assert.equal(discovery?.type, 'checkbox');
   assert.equal(discovery?.checked, true);
 });
+
+test('tray menu template renders a visible linux discovery check mark when active', () => {
+  const template = buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime({
+    platform: 'linux',
+    openSessionHelp: () => undefined,
+    openTexthookerInBrowser: () => undefined,
+    showTexthookerPage: true,
+    openFirstRunSetup: () => undefined,
+    showFirstRunSetup: false,
+    openWindowsMpvLauncherSetup: () => undefined,
+    showWindowsMpvLauncherSetup: false,
+    openYomitanSettings: () => undefined,
+    openConfigSettings: () => undefined,
+    openJellyfinSetup: () => undefined,
+    showJellyfinDiscovery: true,
+    jellyfinDiscoveryActive: true,
+    toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () => undefined,
+    openAnilistSetup: () => undefined,
+    checkForUpdates: () => undefined,
+    quitApp: () => undefined,
+  });
+
+  const discovery = template.find((entry) => entry.label === '✓ Jellyfin Discovery');
+  assert.equal(discovery?.type, 'checkbox');
+  assert.equal(discovery?.checked, true);
+});

src/main/runtime/tray-runtime.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export function resolveTrayIconPathRuntime(deps: {
 }
 
 export type TrayMenuActionHandlers = {
+  platform?: string;
   openSessionHelp: () => void;
   openTexthookerInBrowser: () => void;
   showTexthookerPage: boolean;
@@ -42,19 +43,28 @@ export type TrayMenuActionHandlers = {
   openJellyfinSetup: () => void;
   showJellyfinDiscovery: boolean;
   jellyfinDiscoveryActive: boolean;
-  toggleJellyfinDiscovery: () => void;
+  toggleJellyfinDiscovery: (checked: boolean) => void;
   openAnilistSetup: () => void;
   checkForUpdates: () => void;
   quitApp: () => void;
 };
 
+type TrayMenuClickItem = {
+  checked?: boolean;
+};
+
 export function buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime(handlers: TrayMenuActionHandlers): Array<{
   label?: string;
   type?: 'separator' | 'checkbox';
   checked?: boolean;
   enabled?: boolean;
-  click?: () => void;
+  click?: (menuItem?: TrayMenuClickItem) => void;
 }> {
+  const jellyfinDiscoveryLabel =
+    handlers.platform === 'linux' && handlers.jellyfinDiscoveryActive
+      ? '✓ Jellyfin Discovery'
+      : 'Jellyfin Discovery';
+
   return [
     {
       label: 'Open Help',
@@ -99,11 +109,17 @@ export function buildTrayMenuTemplateRuntime(handlers: TrayMenuActionHandlers):
     ...(handlers.showJellyfinDiscovery
       ? [
           {
-            label: 'Jellyfin Discovery',
+            label: jellyfinDiscoveryLabel,
             type: 'checkbox' as const,
             checked: handlers.jellyfinDiscoveryActive,
             enabled: true,
-            click: handlers.toggleJellyfinDiscovery,
+            click: (menuItem?: TrayMenuClickItem) => {
+              const checked =
+                typeof menuItem?.checked === 'boolean'
+                  ? menuItem.checked
+                  : !handlers.jellyfinDiscoveryActive;
+              handlers.toggleJellyfinDiscovery(checked);
+            },
           },
         ]
       : []),

src/renderer/modals/subsync.test.ts

@@ -244,3 +244,29 @@ test('subsync modal disables ffsubsync when payload marks it unavailable', () =>
     harness.restoreGlobals();
   }
 });
+
+test('subsync modal ignores enter submission when no sync engine is available', async () => {
+  let runCalls = 0;
+  const harness = createTestHarness(async () => {
+    runCalls += 1;
+    return { ok: true, message: 'ok' };
+  });
+
+  try {
+    harness.modal.openSubsyncModal({
+      sourceTracks: [],
+      ffsubsyncAvailable: false,
+    });
+
+    harness.modal.handleSubsyncKeydown({
+      key: 'Enter',
+      preventDefault: () => {},
+    } as KeyboardEvent);
+    await flushMicrotasks();
+
+    assert.equal(runCalls, 0);
+    assert.equal(harness.ctx.state.subsyncModalOpen, true);
+  } finally {
+    harness.restoreGlobals();
+  }
+});

src/renderer/modals/subsync.ts

@@ -105,8 +105,16 @@ export function createSubsyncModal(
 
   async function runSubsyncManualFromModal(): Promise<void> {
     if (ctx.state.subsyncSubmitting) return;
+    if (ctx.dom.subsyncRunButton.disabled) return;
 
-    const engine = ctx.dom.subsyncEngineAlass.checked ? 'alass' : 'ffsubsync';
+    const useAlass = ctx.dom.subsyncEngineAlass.checked;
+    const useFfsubsync = ctx.dom.subsyncEngineFfsubsync.checked;
+    if (!useAlass && !useFfsubsync) {
+      setSubsyncStatus('No sync engine available for current media.', true);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const engine = useAlass ? 'alass' : 'ffsubsync';
     const sourceTrackId =
       engine === 'alass' && ctx.dom.subsyncSourceSelect.value
         ? Number.parseInt(ctx.dom.subsyncSourceSelect.value, 10)

src/types/config.ts

@@ -302,14 +302,10 @@ export interface ResolvedConfig {
     serverUrl: string;
     recentServers: string[];
     username: string;
-    deviceId: string;
-    clientName: string;
-    clientVersion: string;
     defaultLibraryId: string;
     remoteControlEnabled: boolean;
     remoteControlAutoConnect: boolean;
     autoAnnounce: boolean;
-    remoteControlDeviceName: string;
     pullPictures: boolean;
     iconCacheDir: string;
     directPlayPreferred: boolean;

src/types/integrations.ts

@@ -87,14 +87,10 @@ export interface JellyfinConfig {
   serverUrl?: string;
   recentServers?: string[];
   username?: string;
-  deviceId?: string;
-  clientName?: string;
-  clientVersion?: string;
   defaultLibraryId?: string;
   remoteControlEnabled?: boolean;
   remoteControlAutoConnect?: boolean;
   autoAnnounce?: boolean;
-  remoteControlDeviceName?: string;
   pullPictures?: boolean;
   iconCacheDir?: string;
   directPlayPreferred?: boolean;