Requesting chapter selection in the playback rewrite, how should this feature be tracked?

[tzifudzi]

Background

I would like chapter selection in the Android TV player so I can jump directly to chapters—for example, individual songs in musicals or concert videos.

Ask

The legacy player supports chapter selection, but the playback rewrite does not. Should this remain tracked under #1057, or should I open a focused feature request for it?

Existing tracking

#1057 lists “Add chapter support” under playback-rewrite feature parity.

#5448 and PR #5447 appear to concern improvements to the existing legacy chapter overlay rather than adding chapters to the rewrite.

What I verified

Using Jellyfin Android TV 0.19.9 and Jellyfin Server 10.11.11:

• The server returns all 13 chapters for my test video through the normal item response.
• The legacy player checks whether chapters exist, adds a Chapters action to its secondary controls, and seeks to the selected chapter.
• The rewrite queue retains the full BaseItemDto, and its player supports absolute seeking.
• The rewrite video controls in v0.19.9 contain no chapter action, current-chapter handling, or chapter picker. The gap was also present in the master revision I checked.

This appears to be a client-side parity gap rather than missing server metadata or playback capability.

Possible scope

The rewrite could follow the existing legacy behavior:

• Show a Chapters action only when chapters exist.
• Display chapter names and timestamps, with an image fallback.
• Identify or focus the currently playing chapter.
• Seek to the selected chapter.

[nielsvanvelzen]

No work on chapter support has been done yet so it's not weird that you're missing this right now.

[tzifudzi]

Thanks for confirming. Is there any plans to implement it in the near future? No pressure, I know the team may be busy or has a priority list. If no plans in near future I would consider submitting a PR

[nielsvanvelzen]

My "focus" for the new video player is to get subtitles and audio track selection working and then chapters would be next on the list. Been mostly working on other projects (like the mobile app, and two new clients) recently though.

[tzifudzi]

Got it thanks, appreciate your hard work! I will check in the discussion in about a month give or take.