When the files of movies and episodes are modified on disk and scanned again by Jellyfin, the "date added" field is modified.

This means that old items jump to the top of the Recently Added list, which I find annoying.

For this reason I've written this script, which detects these changes and sets the date to the previous value. It can be installed with docker and is simple to configure.

I've modified the normal Jellyfin theme so that the accent color can be changed.

The idea was to put some orange in the UI during halloween, and I got carried away. It is now completely configurable with a single variable and allows for easy seasonal changes, so I've decided to share it.

Here is the result:

I generally dislike custom themes, so my goal was to change as little as possible. Indeed, if used with a hue of 195, the theme should be exactly the same as the default one.

What do you think?

A friend challenged me to score more than 100

I've found some discussions about hosting the Jellyfin server on lower end devices, but what about the client? I imagine the requirements to be pretty low, since a gen 2 Chromecast worked fine.

Has someone tried setting up a raspberry pi in kiosk mode? Can you suggest something cheap that would be good enough for 1080p?

I have Jellyfin installed on a remote machine, connected to my laptop and phone via Tailscale. Is it possible to cast from that machine to a gen 2 Chromecast?

From the Jellyfin instance installed on my laptop, in the same LAN, I can authenticate from the phone and cast to the Chromecast, so all the pieces work.

I have tried announcing the subnet from the laptop (--advertise-routes=192.168.1.0/24), with IP forwarding etc. The remote machine accepts the route and can ping the Chromecast (192.168.1.100). From the phone I can connect to the server and start casting. The screen shows the Jellyfin logo, but playing anything has no effect.

Has someone managed to make it work?

EDIT: As I feared, it seems it's not possible. I can't change the routing table of my ISP's router, so the Chromecast can't reach the remote server.

I'll try to find a newer Chromecast, or maybe just get a Raspberry and install the full client there. Thanks everyone!

Yesterday we've played two new games, and they both were a great success.

• Incan Gold (or Diamant): push your luck cave explorers. The mechanics are easy to understand by everyone and the game flows very fast. We felt the game really forces you to think about how greedy you can afford to be. We also decided on the houserule of really suspicious explorers: when some go back they split the available gold in each room, instead of considering all that is available in the caves.
• Hellapagos: cooperative castaways, for a while. This is a bit more complex and requires more focus, but with the right people it can be really funny. Everyone begins with a lot of good intentions, but when the rations start to get low and the hurricane close, curiously everyone starts looking for guns and bullets. This game probably requires a very specific mix of players, as being all cooperators make it boring, but selfish backstabbers can't survive alone.

We played both games with 4 players. For Incan Gold it we think 5/6 would be the best. Hellapagos maybe 6/7, more if you want complete chaos.

::: spoiler Some funny things that happened

• In Incan Gold, a lucky explorer has been left alone in the cave almost since the beginning, and managed to survive with ~20 gold and 4 idols.
• In Hellapagos, a castaway played selfishly all the game and in the end boarded the raft by stealing the conch (which made him immune to being voted out) from another player.

:::

The five pieces of the island that can be seen in-game line up perfectly. There also are some unused assets for the shores that complete the image into a seamless map.

More information on this image and the game itself can be found here: https://gamehistory.org/monkeyisland/

Here are my currently active ones (verified):

• Sprint by Default, Hold to Walk: simply useful.
• Closer Promotion Terminal: adds a promotion terminal in your room.
• Death Marker: hovering hologram over downed dwarves. Useful to prioritize a class based on the situation.
• SimpleQOL: default hazard level and nice sorted list of missions. Waiting for some features but still good.
• Advanced Darkess: not sure about this one, solves a few glitches for me, but makes the caves a bit too dark.
• Ammo Percentage Indicator Extended: useful to avoid wasting resupplies.
• Silent Born Ready: removes those voicelines.

For those times we are too many I host with More Players Balanced, which however is only approved.

English title: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

I couldn't find the game in the stores near where I live, so I made my own. We played on top of a mountain with little stones for coins.

It can happen to anyone: a friend of a friend joins for the evening and suddenly Catan is not an option.

What are your goto games in those situations?