Administration

Some screens are only for administrators. If you are signed in with an admin account you'll see two extra entries under Server in the Settings tab; ordinary users never see these, so they can't reach the management screens.

The admin role itself is assigned in your identity provider (for example Keycloak), not in the app — the player only reflects it.

Users & access

Users & access lists everyone the server knows. A user appears here after their first sign-in. Admin accounts carry an Admin chip. Tap a user to manage which libraries they can see.

Per-user library access

Open a user to grant or revoke their access to restricted libraries — one switch per library. Libraries that are visible to everyone are shown locked on: everyone already sees them, so there's nothing to grant. To manage per-user access to such a library, first restrict it on the Library visibility page.

Library visibility

Library visibility controls, per library, whether every user can see it:

• Visible to everyone — any signed-in user sees the library.
• Restricted — only users you've granted access to (on their access page) see it.

Admins always see every library, regardless of these switches.

Podcasts

Managing which podcasts the server carries is an admin task. In a podcast library, Add podcast subscribes the server to a new feed, and Unsubscribe on a podcast's page removes it. Ordinary users can browse, download and play episodes, but never see these controls.

Server maintenance

The server page also carries a Management section for admins, with the housekeeping actions:

• Scan for new files — pick up newly added files. Quick and safe.
• Fetch missing metadata — download metadata and artwork only where they are missing. Safe to run anytime, for example after adding a TMDB key.
• Rebuild library metadata — pick one library, then delete and re-download all its metadata and artwork. Heavy and destructive, so it asks for confirmation first; use it after a wrong match or to fill newly added metadata fields on old items.
• Rebuild search index — regenerate the search index from the database. Search stays available while it runs.

Each action runs in the background; a snackbar confirms the start, and progress shows in the activity list on the same page. The ⋮ menu on a movie, show, episode, artist, album or track offers the same Refresh metadata for that single item.

Where to next

• The rest of the server settings: Settings