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Administration

Some screens are only for administrators. If you are signed in with an admin account you'll see extra entries 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.

The settings overview with the admin entries

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.

The user list

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.

Per-user library access

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.

Library visibility toggles

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 library — pick up newly added files.
  • Analyse library — extract technical media details (all libraries, or one at a time).
  • Rebuild search index — regenerate the search index.

The server maintenance actions

Where to next​

  • The rest of the server settings: Settings