watchlist

Jellyfin watchlist feature implementation (favorites/playlist modes and write behavior).

Jellyfin does not have a first-class “account watchlist”. CrossWatch emulates one.

Related:

• Engine semantics: Watchlist (engine-level)

End users

What syncs

“Watchlist” is a plan-to-watch set.

In Jellyfin it is implemented as one of:

• favorites

• playlist

• collection

Supported media types

• Movies: ✅

• Shows: ✅

Reads vs writes

• Reads: enumerate the chosen container.

• Writes:

  • add adds items to that container.

  • remove removes items from that container.

Key settings

• jellyfin.watchlist.mode

• jellyfin.watchlist.playlist_name

• jellyfin.watchlist.watchlist_write_delay_ms

Config reference: Configuration (config.json).

Known limitations

Missing external IDs causes churn.

Power users