Library Covers TL;DR

Install

pip install jellyfin-tools

Use

jellyfin-cover --image /path/to/image.png --title Library

Overview

The purpose of this library is to share (non-plugin) tools I use for managing my Jellyfin instance and/or media library.

Currently, the only functionality of this library is to generate images with Jellyfin-like styling (shadow overlay and library title text) from source images. This was created because Jellyfin's included functionality to use a custom image as a library cover doesn't run its own styling library on the custom image.

Installation

Prerequisites: Python/pip

Stable

pip install jellyfin-tools

From Git Repo (Newer, Less Stable)

pip install git+https://github.com/eebette/jellyfin-tools

Manual Install

Download

git clone https://github.com/eebette/Jellyfin-Tools

Install

pip install ./Jellyfin-Tools

Usage

Jellyfin Library Covers

jellyfin-cover --image /path/to/image.png --title Library

This is a command for decorating an existing image to match the styling of a defualt library cover generated by Jellyfin or Emby. By default, it resizes the image, adds a shadow overlay, and enters the text in the correct font and color. Features of Jellyfin/Emby styling were manually reverse-matched by analyzing the image file that was output for a media collection in Jellyfin.

ℹ️ It is recommended to use a️n image which is already in 16:9 (1080p) aspect ratio

Tools

jellyfin-cover

The Problem

Here's what a Jellyfin-generated library image looks like.

Unfortunately, this image is randomly generated from the backdrops of the media in the library, so if we get one we don't like, we just just have to keep generating new ones until we get one that looks good.

Here's what a custom library image looks like when used as a custom library cover in Jellyfin:

There's no styling applied.

The Solution

Call the jellyfin-cover CLI in this package to apply styling to your image which will match Jellyfin's auto-generated styling. It will also resize the image for optimal use by Jellyfin in order to not take up any unnecessary storage on your server!

jellyfin-cover --image /path/to/image.png --title Library

You can also generate multiple at the same time:

jellyfin-cover --image /path/to/image/1.png /path/to/image/2.png --title Library1 Library2

❗ ️Note that you'll need to include quotes for a library title which includes spaces, or else the CLI doesn't know how to parse it correct. Example:

jellyfin-cover --image /path/to/image/1.png /path/to/image/2.png --title Movies "Home Movies"

Much better!

FAQ

I got a message saying libraqm and/or fribidi dll's are not found!

This probably means that you're on Windows, which is (sometimes) missing some dll's which are critical for some functionality in the Python package Pillow. This includes the ability to scale, color, and draw on the base image within this package.

Answering affirmatively to the prompt will run a short script to "install" those dll's into your local Python environment:

1. The libraqm .zip file is copied from this repository
2. The correct dll for your architecture (x64 or x86) is moved into the directory containing your python.exe

❗ Note that uninstalling this package or Python from your system will likely not delete these files. Please manually delete them if you do not want them on your system.