Watched Together

A shared account that several people log into with their own passwords. Anything marked watched there is mirrored onto each member's own account. This is not synchronized playback — for that, use Jellyfin's built-in SyncPlay.

Existing groups

Create a group

Account name

Leave blank to join the member names with the separator below. Names are cosmetic — membership is tracked internally, not parsed from the name.

Members (select at least two)

Any selected member's password will unlock the shared account.

The shared account is granted only the libraries every member can already reach. If one member is blocked from a library, the group cannot see it either, so sharing an account never grants anyone new access.

Settings

Create groups automatically at login

Typing an unrecognised name like alice+bob at the login screen creates the shared account on the spot. Every name must belong to an existing, enabled user, and the password must be one of theirs. An existing account whose name contains the separator always wins.

Name separator

Joins member names into an account name, and is the character split at login above. '+' is valid on current Jellyfin; use '_' or '-' if your server rejects it.