0.2.40

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.2.40 — 2026-08-10
+- Improved: Video playback recovers more reliably from decoder failures and prolonged buffering.
+- Improved: Memby's short pre-roll is prepared in advance for faster playback starts.
+- Added: A libmpv compatibility fallback for videos Media3 cannot decode or read.
+- Fixed: Shows opened from the upcoming schedule now resume from the viewer's latest episode progress.
+
 ## 0.2.39 — 2026-08-09
 - Improved: HEVC playback performance
 - Added: Cast panels now mark deceased performers and open biographies and filmographies.

NOTICE

@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ source distributions and packaged dependency metadata. Those components
 remain governed by their own licences; GPLv2 applies to Memby's original
 and combined application code as required by the licence.
 
+The compatibility playback path uses mpv-android-lib, an Android libmpv
+wrapper distributed under the MIT License:
+
+https://github.com/abdallahmehiz/mpv-android
+
 Memby is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by
 Emby LLC. Emby is a trademark of Emby LLC.
 

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ val projectNoticeText =
 
 // A release workflow can derive the app version from its Git tag without editing the
 // source tree. Local builds keep using the checked-in default.
-val defaultVersionName = "0.2.39"
+val defaultVersionName = "0.2.40"
 val membyVersionName: String =
     (project.findProperty("memby.versionName") as String?)
         ?.trim()
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@ dependencies {
     // media3's own HttpURLConnection client — see ui/player/PlayerEngine.kt.
     implementation("androidx.media3:media3-datasource-okhttp:1.5.1")
 
+    // Software-decoding fallback after Media3 exhausts its codec/container recovery.
+    // Kept out of the normal path: Android TV still gets hardware decode, passthrough,
+    // the full Memby OSD and the pre-roll from Media3 whenever the device can play it.
+    implementation("io.github.abdallahmehiz:mpv-android-lib:0.1.12")
+
     debugImplementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling")
 
     // Ahead-of-time compiles the startup + first-scroll path. Regenerate against a real

app/proguard-rules.pro

@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 -dontwarn androidx.media3.**
 -dontwarn kotlinx.coroutines.**
 
+# --- libmpv JNI ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The published wrapper has no consumer rules. Its native bridge looks these classes and
+# callbacks up by their compiled names, so a release build must not rename either side.
+-keep class is.xyz.mpv.** { *; }
+
 # --- Crash readability ---------------------------------------------------------------
 # Releases are self-hosted with no crash reporter, so a stack trace read off a TV over
 # adb is the only diagnostic there is. Line numbers cost a little dex size and are worth

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@
             android:theme="@style/Theme.Memby.Fullscreen"
             tools:ignore="DiscouragedApi" />
 
+        <!-- libmpv is a last-resort codec/container fallback. It receives an already
+             resolved stream only after Media3 recovery has been exhausted. -->
+        <activity
+            android:name=".ui.player.MpvFallbackActivity"
+            android:exported="false"
+            android:screenOrientation="landscape"
+            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|screenSize|orientation"
+            android:theme="@style/Theme.Memby.Fullscreen"
+            tools:ignore="DiscouragedApi" />
+
         <!-- The system screensaver (Daydream / Ambient mode source).
              Interactive: select to open the panel, play, or favourite. -->
         <service

app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/detail/DetailFacts.kt

@@ -288,9 +288,11 @@ fun episodesForSeason(episodes: List<BaseItem>, season: Int?): List<BaseItem> =
     else episodes.filter { it.parentIndexNumber == season }.sortedWith(seriesEpisodeComparator)
 
 /**
- * What the viewer should watch next: whatever is part-watched, else the first unwatched
+ * What the viewer should watch next, based on the furthest episode they have reached.
- * episode. Specials are skipped while any numbered season exists — season 0 sorts first
+ * An old resume marker behind later viewing must not pull them backwards — this matters
- * but is almost never where someone is up to.
+ * when a schedule card opens a show whose early episode still has a stale position.
+ * Specials are skipped while any numbered season exists because season 0 sorts first but
+ * is almost never where someone is up to.
  */
 fun nextEpisodeToWatch(episodes: List<BaseItem>): BaseItem? {
     if (episodes.isEmpty()) return null
@@ -301,8 +303,12 @@ fun nextEpisodeToWatch(episodes: List<BaseItem>): BaseItem? {
     } else {
         ordered
     }
-    return candidates.firstOrNull { it.isResumable && !it.isPlayed }
+    val furthestProgress = candidates.indexOfLast { it.isPlayed || it.isResumable }
-        ?: candidates.firstOrNull { !it.isPlayed }
+    if (furthestProgress < 0) return candidates.firstOrNull { !it.isPlayed }
+
+    val current = candidates[furthestProgress]
+    return current.takeIf { it.isResumable && !it.isPlayed }
+        ?: candidates.drop(furthestProgress + 1).firstOrNull { !it.isPlayed }
 }
 
 /** The season to open on: the one holding [nextEpisodeToWatch], else the earliest. */

app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/MpvFallbackActivity.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.player
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.graphics.Color
+import android.os.Bundle
+import android.util.Log
+import android.util.TypedValue
+import android.view.Gravity
+import android.view.KeyEvent
+import android.view.View
+import android.view.ViewGroup
+import android.view.WindowManager
+import android.widget.FrameLayout
+import android.widget.TextView
+import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
+import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScope
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ServiceLocator
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.PlayableSubtitle
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.PlaybackSession
+import `is`.xyz.mpv.BaseMPVView
+import `is`.xyz.mpv.MPV
+import `is`.xyz.mpv.MPVNode
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.isActive
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlin.math.roundToLong
+
+/**
+ * A deliberately small libmpv safety net for a stream Media3 could not decode or demux.
+ * Media3 remains Memby's normal Android TV player; this activity owns only the final
+ * compatibility hand-off and the Emby check-ins needed to keep resume state accurate.
+ */
+class MpvFallbackActivity : ComponentActivity(), MPV.EventObserver {
+    private lateinit var mpv: MPV
+    private lateinit var mpvView: BaseMPVView
+    private lateinit var controls: TextView
+    private var progressJob: Job? = null
+    private var positionMs = 0L
+    private var durationMs = 0L
+    private var loaded = false
+    private var stopped = false
+    private var controlsVisible = true
+
+    private val itemId by lazy { intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_ITEM_ID).orEmpty() }
+    private val session by lazy {
+        PlaybackSession(
+            itemId = itemId,
+            mediaSourceId = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_MEDIA_SOURCE_ID).orEmpty().ifBlank { itemId },
+            playSessionId = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_PLAY_SESSION_ID).orEmpty(),
+            playMethod = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_PLAY_METHOD).orEmpty().ifBlank { "DirectPlay" },
+        )
+    }
+
+    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+        val url = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_URL).orEmpty()
+        if (itemId.isBlank() || url.isBlank()) {
+            finish()
+            return
+        }
+
+        window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON)
+        @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+        window.decorView.systemUiVisibility =
+            View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN or
+                View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION or
+                View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE_STICKY
+
+        val root = FrameLayout(this).apply { setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK) }
+        mpvView = object : BaseMPVView(this@MpvFallbackActivity, null) {
+            override fun initOptions() {
+                // auto-safe uses hardware where mpv trusts it and falls back to software
+                // when the same vendor decoder that failed Media3 is not viable.
+                mpv.setOptionString("hwdec", "auto-safe")
+                mpv.setOptionString("video-sync", "audio")
+            }
+
+            override fun postInitOptions() {
+                mpv.setPropertyBoolean("pause", true)
+            }
+
+            override fun observeProperties() {
+                mpv.observeProperty("time-pos", MPV.mpvFormat.MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE)
+                mpv.observeProperty("duration", MPV.mpvFormat.MPV_FORMAT_DOUBLE)
+                mpv.observeProperty("pause", MPV.mpvFormat.MPV_FORMAT_FLAG)
+            }
+        }
+        root.addView(
+            mpvView,
+            FrameLayout.LayoutParams(
+                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
+                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
+            ),
+        )
+        controls = TextView(this).apply {
+            setTextColor(Color.WHITE)
+            setBackgroundColor(Color.argb(185, 8, 10, 12))
+            setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, 16f)
+            gravity = Gravity.CENTER
+            setPadding(dp(24), dp(14), dp(24), dp(14))
+            text = controlText(paused = true)
+        }
+        root.addView(
+            controls,
+            FrameLayout.LayoutParams(
+                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
+                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
+                Gravity.BOTTOM or Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL,
+            ).apply { bottomMargin = dp(32) },
+        )
+        setContentView(root)
+
+        runCatching {
+            mpvView.initialize(
+                filesDir.resolve("mpv").path,
+                cacheDir.resolve("mpv").path,
+            )
+            mpv = mpvView.mpv
+            mpv.addObserver(this)
+            mpvView.setVo("gpu")
+            mpvView.playFile(url)
+        }.onFailure { error ->
+            Log.e(TAG, "event=libmpv_init_failed item=$itemId", error)
+            finish()
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onKeyDown(keyCode: Int, event: KeyEvent): Boolean = when (keyCode) {
+        KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER,
+        KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER,
+        KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE,
+        -> {
+            togglePause()
+            true
+        }
+        KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT,
+        KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_REWIND,
+        -> {
+            seekBy(-SEEK_SECONDS)
+            true
+        }
+        KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT,
+        KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_FAST_FORWARD,
+        -> {
+            seekBy(SEEK_SECONDS)
+            true
+        }
+        KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU -> {
+            controlsVisible = !controlsVisible
+            controls.visibility = if (controlsVisible) View.VISIBLE else View.GONE
+            true
+        }
+        else -> super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event)
+    }
+
+    private fun togglePause() {
+        val paused = mpv.getPropertyBoolean("pause") != false
+        mpv.setPropertyBoolean("pause", !paused)
+        controls.visibility = View.VISIBLE
+        controlsVisible = true
+        controls.text = controlText(paused = !paused)
+        reportProgress(if (!paused) "Pause" else "Unpause", isPaused = !paused)
+    }
+
+    private fun seekBy(seconds: Int) {
+        mpv.command("seek", seconds.toString(), "relative+exact")
+        controls.visibility = View.VISIBLE
+        controlsVisible = true
+        controls.text = controlText(mpv.getPropertyBoolean("pause") != false)
+        reportProgress("TimeUpdate", mpv.getPropertyBoolean("pause") != false)
+    }
+
+    private fun controlText(paused: Boolean): String {
+        val title = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_TITLE).orEmpty().ifBlank { "Compatibility playback" }
+        val state = if (paused) "Paused" else "Playing with libmpv"
+        return "$title\n$state  ·  Left/Right seek  ·  OK pause"
+    }
+
+    private fun onFileLoaded() {
+        if (loaded) return
+        loaded = true
+        positionMs = intent.getLongExtra(EXTRA_POSITION_MS, 0L).coerceAtLeast(0L)
+        if (positionMs > 0L) mpv.setPropertyDouble("time-pos", positionMs / 1_000.0)
+        attachSelectedSubtitle()
+        mpv.setPropertyBoolean("pause", false)
+        controls.text = controlText(paused = false)
+        lifecycleScope.launch {
+            runCatching { ServiceLocator.repository.reportPlaybackStarted(session, positionMs) }
+        }
+        progressJob = lifecycleScope.launch {
+            while (isActive) {
+                delay(PROGRESS_INTERVAL_MS)
+                reportProgress("TimeUpdate", mpv.getPropertyBoolean("pause") != false)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun attachSelectedSubtitle() {
+        val selectedId = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_SELECTED_SUBTITLE_ID).orEmpty()
+        if (selectedId.isBlank()) return
+        val subtitle = decodeSubtitles(intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_SUBTITLES))
+            .firstOrNull { it.id == selectedId && it.deliveryMethod.equals("External", true) }
+            ?: return
+        val title = subtitle.label?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank) ?: subtitle.language.orEmpty()
+        mpv.command("sub-add", subtitle.url, "select", title, subtitle.language.orEmpty())
+    }
+
+    private fun reportProgress(eventName: String, isPaused: Boolean) {
+        if (!loaded) return
+        lifecycleScope.launch {
+            runCatching {
+                ServiceLocator.repository.reportPlaybackProgress(
+                    session = session,
+                    positionMs = positionMs,
+                    isPaused = isPaused,
+                    eventName = eventName,
+                    durationMs = durationMs,
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onStop() {
+        if (loaded && !stopped) {
+            stopped = true
+            reportProgress("Pause", isPaused = true)
+            PlaybackStopWorker.enqueue(this, session, positionMs)
+        }
+        if (::mpv.isInitialized) mpv.setPropertyBoolean("pause", true)
+        super.onStop()
+    }
+
+    override fun onStart() {
+        super.onStart()
+        if (loaded && stopped) {
+            stopped = false
+            mpv.setPropertyBoolean("pause", false)
+            lifecycleScope.launch {
+                runCatching { ServiceLocator.repository.reportPlaybackStarted(session, positionMs) }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onDestroy() {
+        progressJob?.cancel()
+        if (::mpv.isInitialized) {
+            runCatching { mpv.removeObserver(this) }
+            runCatching { mpvView.destroy() }
+        }
+        super.onDestroy()
+    }
+
+    override fun eventProperty(property: String) = Unit
+    override fun eventProperty(property: String, value: Long) = Unit
+    override fun eventProperty(property: String, value: Boolean) {
+        if (property == "pause") runOnUiThread { controls.text = controlText(value) }
+    }
+    override fun eventProperty(property: String, value: String) = Unit
+    override fun eventProperty(property: String, value: Double) {
+        when (property) {
+            "time-pos" -> positionMs = (value * 1_000.0).roundToLong().coerceAtLeast(0L)
+            "duration" -> durationMs = (value * 1_000.0).roundToLong().coerceAtLeast(0L)
+        }
+    }
+    override fun eventProperty(property: String, value: MPVNode) = Unit
+    override fun event(eventId: Int, data: MPVNode) {
+        when (eventId) {
+            MPV.mpvEvent.MPV_EVENT_FILE_LOADED -> runOnUiThread(::onFileLoaded)
+            MPV.mpvEvent.MPV_EVENT_END_FILE -> if (loaded) runOnUiThread(::finish)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun dp(value: Int): Int =
+        TypedValue.applyDimension(
+            TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP,
+            value.toFloat(),
+            resources.displayMetrics,
+        ).roundToLong().toInt()
+
+    companion object {
+        private const val TAG = "MembyPlayback"
+        private const val PROGRESS_INTERVAL_MS = 10_000L
+        private const val SEEK_SECONDS = 10
+        private const val EXTRA_ITEM_ID = "mpv_item_id"
+        private const val EXTRA_TITLE = "mpv_title"
+        private const val EXTRA_URL = "mpv_url"
+        private const val EXTRA_POSITION_MS = "mpv_position_ms"
+        private const val EXTRA_SUBTITLES = "mpv_subtitles"
+        private const val EXTRA_SELECTED_SUBTITLE_ID = "mpv_selected_subtitle_id"
+        private const val EXTRA_MEDIA_SOURCE_ID = "mpv_media_source_id"
+        private const val EXTRA_PLAY_SESSION_ID = "mpv_play_session_id"
+        private const val EXTRA_PLAY_METHOD = "mpv_play_method"
+        private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
+
+        fun intent(
+            context: Context,
+            itemId: String,
+            title: String,
+            url: String,
+            positionMs: Long,
+            subtitles: List<PlayableSubtitle>,
+            selectedSubtitleId: String,
+            mediaSourceId: String,
+            playSessionId: String,
+            playMethod: String,
+        ): Intent = Intent(context, MpvFallbackActivity::class.java).apply {
+            putExtra(EXTRA_ITEM_ID, itemId)
+            putExtra(EXTRA_TITLE, title)
+            putExtra(EXTRA_URL, url)
+            putExtra(EXTRA_POSITION_MS, positionMs.coerceAtLeast(0L))
+            if (subtitles.isNotEmpty()) putExtra(EXTRA_SUBTITLES, json.encodeToString(subtitles))
+            putExtra(EXTRA_SELECTED_SUBTITLE_ID, selectedSubtitleId)
+            putExtra(EXTRA_MEDIA_SOURCE_ID, mediaSourceId)
+            putExtra(EXTRA_PLAY_SESSION_ID, playSessionId)
+            putExtra(EXTRA_PLAY_METHOD, playMethod)
+        }
+
+        private fun decodeSubtitles(encoded: String?): List<PlayableSubtitle> =
+            encoded?.let {
+                runCatching { json.decodeFromString<List<PlayableSubtitle>>(it) }.getOrNull()
+            }.orEmpty()
+    }
+}

app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PlaybackRecovery.kt

@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ internal fun automaticRetryDelayMs(attempt: Int): Long? =
         else -> null
     }
 
+/**
+ * libmpv is the codec/container safety net, not a second network retry. Media3 first gets
+ * both automatic recovery attempts, including its lower-risk H.264 stream; only a local
+ * format failure that survives those attempts is handed over.
+ */
+internal fun shouldUseLibmpvFallback(failure: PlaybackFailure, completedAttempts: Int): Boolean =
+    failure.requiresTranscode && automaticRetryDelayMs(completedAttempts + 1) == null
+
 /** One prolonged mid-programme rebuffer gets a lower-risk H.264 stream. */
 internal fun shouldRecoverProlongedRebuffer(
     renderedFirstFrame: Boolean,

app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PlayerActivity.kt

@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ class PlayerActivity : ComponentActivity() {
     private var prolongedRebufferRecoveryAttempted = false
     private var automaticRetryAttempt = 0
     private var renderedFirstFrame = false
+    private var handingOffToLibmpv = false
     private var requestStartedAtMs = 0L
     private var trace = PlaybackTrace(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime(), SystemClock::elapsedRealtime)
 
@@ -1234,9 +1235,41 @@ class PlayerActivity : ComponentActivity() {
             return
         }
 
+        if (shouldUseLibmpvFallback(failure, automaticRetryAttempt) && handOffToLibmpv()) return
         showPlaybackError(failure)
     }
 
+    /** Continue the same Emby session in libmpv without a second pre-roll or stop report. */
+    private fun handOffToLibmpv(): Boolean {
+        val playback = player ?: return false
+        val id = itemId?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank) ?: return false
+        val url = playback.currentMediaItem?.localConfiguration?.uri?.toString()
+            ?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank) ?: return false
+        val positionMs = playback.currentPosition.coerceAtLeast(0L)
+        handingOffToLibmpv = true
+        Log.w(
+            PLAYBACK_LOG_TAG,
+            "event=libmpv_fallback item=$id positionMs=$positionMs playMethod=$playMethod",
+        )
+        startActivity(
+            MpvFallbackActivity.intent(
+                context = this,
+                itemId = id,
+                title = playbackTitle,
+                url = url,
+                positionMs = positionMs,
+                subtitles = availableSubtitles,
+                selectedSubtitleId = serverSubtitleId,
+                mediaSourceId = mediaSourceId,
+                playSessionId = playSessionId,
+                playMethod = playMethod,
+            ),
+        )
+        playback.pause()
+        finish()
+        return true
+    }
+
     private fun retryPlayback(refreshSource: Boolean, forceTranscode: Boolean = false) {
         retryJob?.cancel()
         prolongedRebufferJob?.cancel()
@@ -3738,7 +3771,7 @@ class PlayerActivity : ComponentActivity() {
         // this title resumes from — is the one the viewer had already skipped past.
         commitSeek()
         player?.let {
-            if (playbackStarted && !stopReported) {
+            if (!handingOffToLibmpv && playbackStarted && !stopReported) {
                 reportProgress(it.currentPosition, isPaused = true, eventName = "Pause")
                 stopReported = true
                 stoppedInBackground = true
@@ -3788,7 +3821,7 @@ class PlayerActivity : ComponentActivity() {
                 "bufferingMs=$totalBufferingMs positionMs=${player?.currentPosition ?: 0L}",
         )
         val playback = player
-        if (!stopReported && playbackStarted && !itemId.isNullOrBlank()) {
+        if (!handingOffToLibmpv && !stopReported && playbackStarted && !itemId.isNullOrBlank()) {
             stopReported = true
             PlaybackStopWorker.enqueue(
                 this,

app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/SeriesDetailsTest.kt

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.UserItemData
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.availableSeasons
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.defaultSeason
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.episodesForSeason
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.nextEpisodeToWatch
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.primaryActionLabel
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.seasonLabel
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -15,13 +17,14 @@ class SeriesDetailsTest {
         season: Int,
         number: Int,
         played: Boolean = false,
+        resumeTicks: Long = 0,
     ) = BaseItem(
         id = id,
         name = "Episode $number",
         type = "Episode",
         parentIndexNumber = season,
         indexNumber = number,
-        userData = UserItemData(played = played),
+        userData = UserItemData(played = played, playbackPositionTicks = resumeTicks),
     )
 
     @Test
@@ -58,6 +61,31 @@ class SeriesDetailsTest {
         assertEquals(2, defaultSeason(episodes))
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `an old resume marker does not pull schedule playback behind later progress`() {
+        val episodes = (1..7).map { number ->
+            episode(
+                id = "s3e$number",
+                season = 3,
+                number = number,
+                played = number in 2..6,
+                resumeTicks = when (number) {
+                    1 -> 60_000_000L
+                    7 -> 120_000_000L
+                    else -> 0L
+                },
+            )
+        }
+
+        val next = requireNotNull(nextEpisodeToWatch(episodes))
+
+        assertEquals("s3e7", next.id)
+        assertEquals("Resume S03E07", primaryActionLabel(
+            BaseItem(id = "series", name = "Series", type = "Series"),
+            next,
+        ))
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `season zero is labelled specials`() {
         assertEquals("Specials", seasonLabel(0))

app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PlaybackRecoveryTest.kt

@@ -8,6 +8,27 @@ import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Test
 
 class PlaybackRecoveryTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `libmpv takes codec failures only after Media3 recovery is exhausted`() {
+        val codecFailure = describePlaybackFailure(
+            PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_DECODING_FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED,
+        )
+
+        assertFalse(shouldUseLibmpvFallback(codecFailure, completedAttempts = 0))
+        assertFalse(shouldUseLibmpvFallback(codecFailure, completedAttempts = 1))
+        assertTrue(shouldUseLibmpvFallback(codecFailure, completedAttempts = 2))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `libmpv does not replace Media3 network recovery`() {
+        val networkFailure = describePlaybackFailure(
+            PlaybackException.ERROR_CODE_IO_NETWORK_CONNECTION_FAILED,
+        )
+
+        assertFalse(shouldUseLibmpvFallback(networkFailure, completedAttempts = 2))
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun networkFailuresAreSafeToRetry() {
         val failure = describePlaybackFailure(

server/README.md

@@ -324,13 +324,13 @@ maintenance switch and row engagement. Set `MEMBY_ADMIN_TOKEN` to enable it; uns
 `/admin` route 404s so it cannot be left exposed by accident. The page first uses the same
 discreet Emby login gate as the private installer. After successful verification it
 establishes the HttpOnly admin cookie, but browser API requests require both that cookie
-and the current 30-minute Emby-verified session. The old admin cookie therefore cannot
+and the current 12-hour Emby-verified session. The old admin cookie therefore cannot
 bypass the gate after the browser session expires. Scripts may continue to use
 `Authorization: Bearer <MEMBY_ADMIN_TOKEN>` without a browser session.
 
-That 30 minutes is idle time, not a hard limit: opening an admin page, making any change,
+Those 12 hours are idle time, not a hard limit: opening an admin page, making any change,
 or reading one while interacting with it slides the expiry forward once it is inside the
-last fifteen minutes. What deliberately does **not** extend it is the page's own status
+last six hours. What deliberately does **not** extend it is the page's own status
 poll — a console left open on a second monitor still times out, which is the whole point
 of the TTL. The page marks its own requests with `X-Memby-Admin-Active` when there has
 been interaction in the last five minutes, and on a 401 it reloads, so an expiry lands as
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ the sign-in form with `next` pointing back at the page rather than as an error b
 | Method | Path | Purpose |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | GET | `/admin/` | The page |
+| POST | `/admin/logout` | End the browser admin session |
 | GET | `/admin/api/status` | Library counts, sync history, maintenance state |
 | GET | `/admin/api/runtime` | Protected Go heap, memory-limit and goroutine metrics |
 | POST | `/admin/api/sync` | `{"kind":"full"}` or `{"kind":"incremental"}` |

server/internal/api/admin.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func (s *Server) adminRoutes() http.Handler {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /admin/{$}", s.handleAdminRoot)
+	mux.HandleFunc("POST /admin/logout", s.handleAdminLogout)
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /admin/{page}", s.handleAdminPage)
 	// One person's own page. It is a path rather than a query string so it can be linked,
 	// bookmarked and returned to after a sign-in, like every other page here.
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ func (s *Server) adminAuth(h http.HandlerFunc) http.Handler {
 			return
 		}
 		if browser && operatorPresent(r) {
-			s.renewInstallerSession(w, r)
+			s.renewAdminSession(w, r)
 		}
 		h(w, r)
 	})
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ func (s *Server) serveAdminPage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, page, ne
 		return
 	}
 	// Opening a page is somebody at the keyboard, so it starts the clock again.
-	s.renewInstallerSession(w, r)
+	s.renewAdminSession(w, r)
 	secure := r.TLS != nil || strings.EqualFold(r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Proto"), "https")
 	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
 		Name:     adminCookieName,
@@ -230,6 +231,24 @@ func (s *Server) serveAdminPage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, page, ne
 	_, _ = w.Write(body)
 }
 
+func (s *Server) handleAdminLogout(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if s.cfg.AdminToken == "" {
+		http.NotFound(w, r)
+		return
+	}
+	s.clearInstallerCookie(w)
+	secure := r.TLS != nil || strings.EqualFold(r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Proto"), "https")
+	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
+		Name:     adminCookieName,
+		Path:     "/admin",
+		MaxAge:   -1,
+		HttpOnly: true,
+		Secure:   secure,
+		SameSite: http.SameSiteStrictMode,
+	})
+	http.Redirect(w, r, "/admin/", http.StatusSeeOther)
+}
+
 type adminStatus struct {
 	// ServerVersion is what the page's footer reports. An operator reading the live log
 	// needs to know which build wrote it, and the page is the one place that is asked.

server/internal/api/admin/admin.css

@@ -122,12 +122,16 @@ a { color: var(--accent-ink); }
   width: 3px; height: 18px; border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0; background: var(--accent);
 }
 .rail-foot {
-  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px;
+  display: grid; gap: 8px;
   padding: 12px 12px 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
 }
+.rail-status { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; min-width: 0; }
 .rail-foot-copy { min-width: 0; }
 .rail-foot-copy b { display: block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; }
 .rail-foot-copy span { display: block; color: var(--quiet); font-size: 11px; }
+.rail-foot form { margin: 0; }
+.rail-logout { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; width: 100%; text-align: left; }
+.rail-logout .glyph { width: 22px; height: 22px; background: none; }
 
 /* ---------- page ---------- */
 
@@ -485,9 +489,10 @@ details[open] summary { margin-bottom: 8px; }
   :root { --rail: 62px; }
   .rail { padding: 16px 7px 10px; }
   .rail-brand { justify-content: center; padding: 0 0 14px; }
-  .rail-brand-copy, .rail-group, .rail-link span, .rail-foot-copy { display: none; }
+  .rail-brand-copy, .rail-group, .rail-link span, .rail-foot-copy, .rail-logout span { display: none; }
   .rail-link { justify-content: center; padding: 0; min-height: 38px; }
-  .rail-foot { justify-content: center; padding: 12px 0 0; }
+  .rail-foot { justify-items: center; padding: 12px 0 0; }
+  .rail-logout { width: auto; padding: 5px; }
   .grid.wide { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
   .page { padding: 20px 14px 44px; }
   .table-wrap { margin: 0 -20px -18px; }

server/internal/api/admin/core.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const Admin = (() => {
 
   /* ---- transport ------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-  // The sign-in behind this page lasts thirty minutes and slides forward only for requests
+  // The sign-in behind this page lasts twelve hours and slides forward only for requests
   // an operator actually caused, so the poll of a tab nobody is reading cannot keep it
   // alive. Anything the console does while somebody is working it says so with this
   // header; see operatorPresent on the server.

server/internal/api/admin/shell.html

@@ -27,9 +27,16 @@
   {{end}}
   </div>
   <div class="rail-foot">
+    <div class="rail-status">
       <span class="dot" id="rail-live" data-tone="idle"></span>
       <span class="rail-foot-copy"><b id="rail-live-label">connecting</b><span id="rail-version">gateway …</span></span>
     </div>
+    <form method="post" action="/admin/logout">
+      <button class="quiet small rail-logout" type="submit" data-icon="power" aria-label="Log out">
+        <span>Log out</span>
+      </button>
+    </form>
+  </div>
 </aside>
 
 <main id="page" class="page" data-admin-page="{{.Page.ID}}">

server/internal/api/admin_test.go

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func TestHealthAndAdminStayReachableDuringMaintenance(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // installerSessionExpiring mints a session with a chosen life left, which is the only way
-// to reach the renewal window without waiting a quarter of an hour in a test.
+// to reach the renewal window without waiting six hours in a test.
 func installerSessionExpiring(t *testing.T, s *Server, remaining time.Duration) *http.Cookie {
 	t.Helper()
 	payload := make([]byte, 8+16)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func renewedCookie(rec *httptest.ResponseRecorder) *http.Cookie {
 
 // The admin sign-in used to be an absolute half hour: an operator was signed out from
 // under themselves mid-edit, and the console's poll then reported "invalid admin token"
-// with no way back to a login.
+// with no way back to a login. A renewed admin session now lasts a full working day.
 func TestAdminSessionIsExtendedWhileTheOperatorIsWorking(t *testing.T) {
 	server := testServer(config.Config{
 		AdminToken: "secret", ReleasePublishToken: "release-secret",
@@ -158,10 +158,14 @@ func TestAdminSessionIsExtendedWhileTheOperatorIsWorking(t *testing.T) {
 	if cookie == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected a refreshed installer cookie")
 	}
+	if cookie.MaxAge != int(adminSessionTTL/time.Second) {
+		t.Fatalf("renewed admin cookie MaxAge = %d, want %d",
+			cookie.MaxAge, int(adminSessionTTL/time.Second))
+	}
 	follow := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/admin/api/status", nil)
 	follow.AddCookie(cookie)
 	expires, ok := server.installerSessionExpiry(follow)
-	if !ok || time.Until(expires) < installerSessionTTL-time.Minute {
+	if !ok || time.Until(expires) < adminSessionTTL-time.Minute {
 		t.Fatalf("renewed session should carry a full TTL, has %v (ok=%v)",
 			time.Until(expires), ok)
 	}
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ func TestAdminSessionIsNotRewrittenWhileItIsStillFresh(t *testing.T) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	})
 
-	req := adminRequest(server, installerSessionTTL-time.Minute, t)
+	req := adminRequest(server, adminSessionTTL-time.Minute, t)
 	req.Header.Set(adminActivityHeader, "1")
 	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
@@ -456,12 +460,16 @@ func TestAdminPageEstablishesPersistentCookie(t *testing.T) {
 
 	server.adminRoutes().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
 
-	result := rec.Result()
+	var cookie *http.Cookie
-	cookies := result.Cookies()
+	for _, candidate := range rec.Result().Cookies() {
-	if len(cookies) != 1 {
+		if candidate.Name == adminCookieName {
-		t.Fatalf("expected one admin cookie, got %d", len(cookies))
+			cookie = candidate
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if cookie == nil {
+		t.Fatal("admin page did not establish its persistent cookie")
 	}
-	cookie := cookies[0]
 	if cookie.Name != adminCookieName || cookie.Value != "secret" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected admin cookie: %#v", cookie)
 	}
@@ -473,6 +481,48 @@ func TestAdminPageEstablishesPersistentCookie(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAdminPageOffersLogout(t *testing.T) {
+	server := testServer(config.Config{
+		AdminToken: "secret", ReleasePublishToken: "release-secret",
+	})
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/admin/overview", nil)
+	addInstallerSession(t, server, req)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	server.adminRoutes().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if !strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), `method="post" action="/admin/logout"`) ||
+		!strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), ">Log out</span>") {
+		t.Fatal("admin shell does not offer logout")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAdminLogoutClearsBothBrowserCookies(t *testing.T) {
+	server := testServer(config.Config{
+		AdminToken: "secret", ReleasePublishToken: "release-secret",
+	})
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "https://memby.local/admin/logout", nil)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	server.adminRoutes().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusSeeOther || rec.Header().Get("Location") != "/admin/" {
+		t.Fatalf("logout = %d %q, want 303 to admin gate", rec.Code, rec.Header().Get("Location"))
+	}
+	cleared := map[string]*http.Cookie{}
+	for _, cookie := range rec.Result().Cookies() {
+		cleared[cookie.Name] = cookie
+	}
+	for name, path := range map[string]string{
+		installerCookieName: "/", adminCookieName: "/admin",
+	} {
+		cookie := cleared[name]
+		if cookie == nil || cookie.MaxAge >= 0 || cookie.Path != path || !cookie.HttpOnly || !cookie.Secure {
+			t.Fatalf("logout did not clear %s safely: %#v", name, cookie)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAdminAuthAcceptsPersistentCookie(t *testing.T) {
 	server := testServer(config.Config{
 		AdminToken: "secret", ReleasePublishToken: "release-secret",

server/internal/api/installer_auth.go

@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ import (
 const (
 	installerCookieName = "memby_installer"
 	installerSessionTTL = 30 * time.Minute
+	adminSessionTTL     = 12 * time.Hour
 	installerDeviceID   = "memby-web-installer"
 	installerDeviceName = "Memby Web Installer"
 
-	// installerRenewWithin is how close to expiry a session must be before an operator's
+	// adminRenewWithin is how close to expiry a session must be before an operator's own
-	// own request re-issues it. Half the TTL, so a cookie is rewritten at most once every
+	// request re-issues it. Half the TTL avoids rewriting the cookie on every request.
-	// fifteen minutes rather than on every request of a working session.
+	adminRenewWithin = adminSessionTTL / 2
-	installerRenewWithin = installerSessionTTL / 2
 )
 
 func (s *Server) installerSecret() []byte {
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ func (s *Server) signInstallerValue(purpose string, payload []byte) []byte {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) newInstallerSession() (string, error) {
+	return s.newBrowserSession(installerSessionTTL)
+}
+
+func (s *Server) newBrowserSession(ttl time.Duration) (string, error) {
 	payload := make([]byte, 8+16)
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(payload[:8], uint64(time.Now().Add(installerSessionTTL).Unix()))
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(payload[:8], uint64(time.Now().Add(ttl).Unix()))
 	if _, err := rand.Read(payload[8:]); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ func (s *Server) installerSessionExpiry(r *http.Request) (time.Time, bool) {
 	}
 	expires := int64(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(payload[:8]))
 	now := time.Now().Unix()
-	if expires <= now || expires > now+int64(installerSessionTTL/time.Second)+60 {
+	if expires <= now || expires > now+int64(adminSessionTTL/time.Second)+60 {
 		return time.Time{}, false
 	}
 	return time.Unix(expires, 0), true
@@ -90,31 +94,35 @@ func (s *Server) validInstallerSession(r *http.Request) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
-// renewInstallerSession slides a valid session's expiry forward. The TTL was absolute and
+// renewAdminSession slides a valid session's expiry forward. The TTL was absolute and
 // nothing extended it, so an operator working the admin console was signed out from under
-// themselves after thirty minutes and the page's poll became a permanent "invalid admin
+// themselves and the page's poll became a permanent "invalid admin
 // token" banner with no sign-in to return to. Callers must only reach here for a request
 // an operator actually made — see operatorPresent — or an abandoned tab's own polling
 // would keep the session alive indefinitely, which is what the TTL exists to stop.
-func (s *Server) renewInstallerSession(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func (s *Server) renewAdminSession(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	expires, ok := s.installerSessionExpiry(r)
-	if !ok || time.Until(expires) > installerRenewWithin {
+	if !ok || time.Until(expires) > adminRenewWithin {
 		return
 	}
-	session, err := s.newInstallerSession()
+	session, err := s.newBrowserSession(adminSessionTTL)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.loggerFor(r.Context()).Error("installer session renewal failed", "error", err)
 		return
 	}
-	s.setInstallerCookie(w, session)
+	s.setBrowserSessionCookie(w, session, adminSessionTTL)
 }
 
 func (s *Server) setInstallerCookie(w http.ResponseWriter, value string) {
+	s.setBrowserSessionCookie(w, value, installerSessionTTL)
+}
+
+func (s *Server) setBrowserSessionCookie(w http.ResponseWriter, value string, ttl time.Duration) {
 	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
 		Name:     installerCookieName,
 		Value:    value,
 		Path:     "/",
-		MaxAge:   int(installerSessionTTL / time.Second),
+		MaxAge:   int(ttl / time.Second),
 		HttpOnly: true,
 		Secure:   true,
 		SameSite: http.SameSiteStrictMode,
@@ -210,13 +218,17 @@ func (s *Server) handleInstallLogin(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	session, err := s.newInstallerSession()
+	ttl := installerSessionTTL
+	if strings.HasPrefix(next, "/admin/") {
+		ttl = adminSessionTTL
+	}
+	session, err := s.newBrowserSession(ttl)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.loggerFor(r.Context()).Error("installer session generation failed", "error", err)
 		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "could not start installer session")
 		return
 	}
-	s.setInstallerCookie(w, session)
+	s.setBrowserSessionCookie(w, session, ttl)
 	http.Redirect(w, r, next, http.StatusSeeOther)
 }