Features

Litefin has evolved through over 300 technical milestones. Below is a categorized list of implemented functionality.

Media & Browsing

• Comprehensive Library Support: Movies, TV Shows, Music, and Live TV libraries with full browsing, filtering, and sorting.
• Music Experience: Lyrics support (server-side), personalized suggestions, dedicated Artist/Album grids, and frequently played tracking.
• Rich Metadata: Advanced Details page with metadata, cast/crew (Person pages with roles), studios, genres, and similar items.
• Search: Debounced, real-time search across all libraries with hints and people search.
• Favorites: Centralized management for favorite items across libraries with toggle buttons.
• Library Virtualization: Horizontal VirtualCardRow with DOM recycling (sliding window) for smooth browsing on limited memory.
• Live TV: Channel browsing, program guides (EPG Grid), recordings management, and timer creation/cancellation.

Interactive & Social

• SyncPlay: Full SyncPlay support — create/join/leave groups, synchronized playback (play/pause/seek/stop/next/previous), and group ping. All via server-side WebSockets.
• Intro/Recap Skipping: Automatic detection and skip controls for TV show intros and recaps via server-side Intro Skipper plugin.
• Local Intros: Play custom local intro videos before media items.
• MDBList Ratings: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Trakt, TMDB, and Letterboxd ratings displayed on cards and hero carousel.
• Screensaver: Dimming and title-hide after inactivity, ported from Jellyfin Web with TV optimizations.
• Server Discovery: 3-tier automatic discovery (webOS Luna Service → Tizen HTTP Service → subnet HTTP scan) plus manual connection. Background service for Tizen.

Player Enhancements (OSD)

• Modular OSD Design: Multi-layer interface with 19 OSD submodules supporting advanced controls.
• Chapter Selection: Navigate media via internal chapters (ChaptersModal.js).
• Quality Switching: Dynamic bitrate and resolution selection during playback (QualityMenu.js).
• Audio/Subtitle Track Switching: Per-stream track selection (TrackMenu.js).
• Playback Info: Real-time stats showing transcode reasons and codec details (PlaybackInfo.js).
• Queue Management: Shuffle, repeat modes, playback speed, and "Up Next" dialogs for continuous watching.
• Aspect Ratio Control: Force 16:9, 4:3, original, or stretch (AspectRatioMenu.js).
• Subtitle Controls: Offset adjustment, quick settings, and full subtitle editing (SubtitleOffset.js, SubtitleQuickSettings.js, SubtitleEditorModal.js).
• Lyrics Display: Synchronized lyrics view during music playback (LyricsModal.js).
• Trickplay: Preview thumbnails during seeking via server trickplay images (TrickplayManager.js).
• SyncPlay Notifications: In-player UI for SyncPlay group events (SyncPlayNotification.js).

Technical Milestones

• Triple Player Backends: Intelligent switching between Tizen AVPlay, webOS native Player, and HTML5 video player.
• Subtitle Rendering: ASS/SSA via LibassWasmRenderer (libass compiled to WebAssembly), PGS image-based via PGSRenderer, and text-based subtitle parsing via SubtitleParser.
• Translation Engine: Flat JSON locale system with 100+ languages, RTL support, and automatic tooling for sync/check/status.
• Theming System: 5 theme modes (Classic Dark, Classic Light, Black, Tinted, Ambient), accent color customization, button/border/sidebar/OSD style customization, font overrides, rounded corners, text scale, and card label styles.
• Debugging Suite: Centralized multi-level logger with localStorage settings and ability to upload logs directly to the Jellyfin server.
• Emby Compatibility: Full support for Emby servers with separate auth header formats, WebSocket paths, and API key handling.
• Quick Connect: Passwordless login via Quick Connect QR code flow.
• BlurHash: Canvas-based BlurHash decoding for beautiful image placeholders.
• SmartHub Manager: Tizen SmartHub preview integration (SmartHubManager).