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**A whole new way to manage and view your media library.**
The Jellyfin for Kodi add-on combines the best of Kodi - ultra smooth navigation, beautiful UIs and playback of any file under the sun, and Jellyfin - the most powerful open source multi-client media metadata indexer and server. You can now retire your MySQL setup in favor of a more flexible setup.
Synchronize your media on your Jellyfin server to the native Kodi database, browsing your media at full speed, while retaining the ability to use other Kodi add-ons to enhance your experience. In addition, you can use any Kodi skin you'd like!
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### Supported
The add-on supports a hybrid approach. You can decide which Jellyfin libraries to sync to the Kodi database. Other libraries and features are accessible dynamically, as a plugin listing.
- Library types available to sync:
+ Movies and sets
+ TV shows
+ Music videos
+ Music
- Other features supported:
+ Simple Live TV presentation
+ Home Videos & photos
+ Playlists
+ Theme media
- Direct play and transcode
- A 2-way watched and resume state between your server and Kodi. This is a near instant feature.
- Remote control your Kodi; send play commands from your Jellyfin web client or Jellyfin mobile apps.
- Extrafanart (rotating backgrounds) for skins that support it
- Offer to delete content after playback
- Backup your Jellyfin Kodi profile ([Create and restore from backup
](https://web.archive.org/web/20190202213116/https://github.com/MediaBrowser/plugin.video.emby/wiki/create-and-restore-from-backup))
- and more...
### Install Jellyfin for Kodi
Detailed installation instructions can be found in the [Jellyfin Client Documentation](https://docs.jellyfin.org/general/clients/kodi.html).
### Known limitations
- Chapter images are missing unless native playback mode is used.
- Certain add-ons that depend on seeing where your content is located will not work unless native playback mode is selected.