A plugin for Jellyfin to automatically skip chapters based on the chapter name matching a regular expression
- Automatically skip 1 or more chapters in series with a name matching a regular expression
- Allows the user to manually seek backwards on a video to watch a previously skipped chapter, the plugin will only resume skipping chapters after playback returns to a previously unwatched position
- Stops video playback if all remaining chapters are to be skipped and marks the video as watched
Add a new plugin repository to Jellyfin and use https://github.com/elmuffo/jellyfin-auto-chapter-skip/blob/master/manifest.json for the Repository URL, then install Auto Chapter Skip on the Catalog tab and restart Jellyfin to complete the process
Navigate to the plugin settings and configure a regular expression to match on. Upon first installation the match field is empty, this will not match anything and no chapters will be skipped.
- Match:
Intro- Skip all chapters that contain the word Intro
- Match:
\[SponsorBlock\]: Sponsor- Skip chapters that are Sponsor segments as marked by SponsorBlock
Q: Does this work on chromecast?
A: Unfortunately there is no support for sending PlaystateCommand.Seek to the Chromecast client
Q: Does this work on other clients?
A: I'm unable to verify other clients as I don't have access to those devices. Please let me know if you are successful
Q: How does it work?
A: This plugin attaches an event listener to the ISessionManager.PlaybackProgress event, if the current playback position is inside the bounds of a chapter that we want to skip, we send a PlaystateCommand.Seek with a target position of the start of the next chapter that doesn't match the regular expression. All plugin data held in memory related to a Session is removed once playback is stopped to keep the memory footprint low.