enable query and provide stream assumed stream info if missing.

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Api/ISRFApiClientFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Factory interface for creating SRF API clients.
+/// </summary>
+public interface ISRFApiClientFactory
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a new instance of the SRF API client.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>A new SRFApiClient instance.</returns>
+    SRFApiClient CreateClient();
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Api/SRFApiClient.cs

@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ public class SRFApiClient : IDisposable
             var fullUrl = $"{BaseUrl}{url}";
             _logger.LogInformation("Fetching media composition for URN: {Urn} from {Url}", urn, fullUrl);
 
+            // HttpClient consistently fails with 404, use curl directly
+            // This is likely due to routing/network configuration on the Jellyfin server
+            return await FetchWithCurlAsync(fullUrl, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            /* HttpClient fallback disabled - always returns 404
             var response = await _httpClient.GetAsync(url, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             // Log response headers to diagnose geo-blocking
@@ -178,17 +183,7 @@ public class SRFApiClient : IDisposable
             }
 
             return result;
-        }
-        catch (HttpRequestException ex)
-        {
-            _logger.LogError(
-                ex,
-                "HTTP error fetching media composition for URN: {Urn} - StatusCode: {StatusCode}, trying curl fallback",
-                urn,
-                ex.StatusCode);
-
-            var fullUrl = $"{BaseUrl}/mediaComposition/byUrn/{urn}.json";
-            return await FetchWithCurlAsync(fullUrl, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            */
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Api/SRFApiClientFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Factory for creating SRF API clients.
+/// </summary>
+public class SRFApiClientFactory : ISRFApiClientFactory
+{
+    private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SRFApiClientFactory"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="loggerFactory">The logger factory.</param>
+    public SRFApiClientFactory(ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
+    {
+        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public SRFApiClient CreateClient()
+    {
+        return new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
+    }
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Channels/SRFPlayChannel.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Channels;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Channels;
@@ -23,10 +24,11 @@ public class SRFPlayChannel : IChannel, IHasCacheKey
 {
     private readonly ILogger<SRFPlayChannel> _logger;
     private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
-    private readonly ContentRefreshService _contentRefreshService;
-    private readonly StreamUrlResolver _streamResolver;
-    private readonly StreamProxyService _proxyService;
-    private readonly CategoryService? _categoryService;
+    private readonly IContentRefreshService _contentRefreshService;
+    private readonly IStreamUrlResolver _streamResolver;
+    private readonly IStreamProxyService _proxyService;
+    private readonly ICategoryService? _categoryService;
+    private readonly IServerApplicationHost _appHost;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SRFPlayChannel"/> class.
@@ -35,19 +37,22 @@ public class SRFPlayChannel : IChannel, IHasCacheKey
     /// <param name="contentRefreshService">The content refresh service.</param>
     /// <param name="streamResolver">The stream resolver.</param>
     /// <param name="proxyService">The stream proxy service.</param>
+    /// <param name="appHost">The server application host.</param>
     /// <param name="categoryService">The category service (optional).</param>
     public SRFPlayChannel(
         ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
-        ContentRefreshService contentRefreshService,
-        StreamUrlResolver streamResolver,
-        StreamProxyService proxyService,
-        CategoryService? categoryService = null)
+        IContentRefreshService contentRefreshService,
+        IStreamUrlResolver streamResolver,
+        IStreamProxyService proxyService,
+        IServerApplicationHost appHost,
+        ICategoryService? categoryService = null)
     {
         _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
         _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<SRFPlayChannel>();
         _contentRefreshService = contentRefreshService;
         _streamResolver = streamResolver;
         _proxyService = proxyService;
+        _appHost = appHost;
         _categoryService = categoryService;
 
         if (_categoryService == null)
@@ -471,26 +476,34 @@ public class SRFPlayChannel : IChannel, IHasCacheKey
                 // Register stream with proxy service
                 _proxyService.RegisterStream(itemId, streamUrl);
 
+                // Get the server URL for proxy - prefer configured public URL for remote clients
+                var serverUrl = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.PublicServerUrl)
+                    ? config.PublicServerUrl.TrimEnd('/') // Use configured public URL (important for Android/remote clients)
+                    : _appHost.GetSmartApiUrl(string.Empty); // Fall back to Jellyfin's smart URL resolution
+
                 // Create proxy URL as absolute HTTP URL (required for ffmpeg)
-                // Use localhost as Jellyfin should be able to access its own endpoints
-                var proxyUrl = $"http://localhost:8096/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/{itemId}/master.m3u8";
+                // Use the actual server URL so remote clients can access it
+                var proxyUrl = $"{serverUrl}/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/{itemId}/master.m3u8";
 
                 // Build overview
                 var overview = chapter.Description ?? chapter.Lead;
 
                 // Get image URL - prefer chapter image, fall back to show image if available
-                var imageUrl = chapter.ImageUrl;
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageUrl) && mediaComposition.Show != null)
+                var originalImageUrl = chapter.ImageUrl;
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(originalImageUrl) && mediaComposition.Show != null)
                 {
-                    imageUrl = mediaComposition.Show.ImageUrl;
+                    originalImageUrl = mediaComposition.Show.ImageUrl;
                     _logger.LogDebug("URN {Urn}: Using show image as fallback", urn);
                 }
 
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageUrl))
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(originalImageUrl))
                 {
                     _logger.LogWarning("URN {Urn}: No image URL available for '{Title}'", urn, chapter.Title);
                 }
 
+                // Proxy image URL to fix Content-Type headers from SRF CDN
+                var imageUrl = CreateProxiedImageUrl(originalImageUrl, serverUrl);
+
                 // Use ValidFrom for premiere date if this is a scheduled livestream, otherwise use Date
                 var premiereDate = chapter.Type == "SCHEDULED_LIVESTREAM" ? chapter.ValidFrom?.ToUniversalTime() : chapter.Date?.ToUniversalTime();
 
@@ -607,6 +620,24 @@ public class SRFPlayChannel : IChannel, IHasCacheKey
     }
 #pragma warning restore CA5351
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a proxy URL for an image to fix Content-Type headers from SRF CDN.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="originalUrl">The original SRF image URL.</param>
+    /// <param name="serverUrl">The server base URL.</param>
+    /// <returns>The proxied image URL, or null if original is null.</returns>
+    private static string? CreateProxiedImageUrl(string? originalUrl, string serverUrl)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(originalUrl))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // Encode the original URL as base64 for safe transport
+        var encodedUrl = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(originalUrl));
+        return $"{serverUrl}/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/Image?url={encodedUrl}";
+    }
+
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public bool IsEnabledFor(string userId)
     {

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Configuration/PluginConfiguration.cs

@@ -142,4 +142,11 @@ public class PluginConfiguration : BasePluginConfiguration
     [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Usage", "CA2227:Collection properties should be read only", Justification = "Required for configuration serialization")]
     [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Design", "CA1002:Do not expose generic lists", Justification = "Configuration DTO")]
     public System.Collections.Generic.List<string> EnabledTopics { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the public/external server URL for remote clients (e.g., https://jellyfin.example.com:8920).
+    /// If not set, the plugin will use Jellyfin's GetSmartApiUrl() which may return local addresses.
+    /// This is important for Android and other remote clients to access streams.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string PublicServerUrl { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 }

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Configuration/configPage.html

@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@
                         <input id="ProxyPassword" name="ProxyPassword" type="password" is="emby-input" autocomplete="off" />
                         <div class="fieldDescription">Password for proxy authentication (leave empty if not required)</div>
                     </div>
+                    <br />
+                    <h2>Network Settings</h2>
+                    <div class="inputContainer">
+                        <label class="inputLabel inputLabelUnfocused" for="PublicServerUrl">Public Server URL (Optional)</label>
+                        <input id="PublicServerUrl" name="PublicServerUrl" type="text" is="emby-input" placeholder="e.g., https://jellyfin.example.com:8920" />
+                        <div class="fieldDescription">
+                            The public/external URL for remote clients (Android, iOS, etc.) to access streaming proxy.
+                            <br />If not set, the plugin will use Jellyfin's automatic URL detection which may return local addresses.
+                            <br /><strong>Important for Android/remote playback!</strong>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
                     <div>
                         <button is="emby-button" type="submit" class="raised button-submit block emby-button">
                             <span>Save</span>
@@ -110,6 +121,7 @@
                         document.querySelector('#ProxyAddress').value = config.ProxyAddress || '';
                         document.querySelector('#ProxyUsername').value = config.ProxyUsername || '';
                         document.querySelector('#ProxyPassword').value = config.ProxyPassword || '';
+                        document.querySelector('#PublicServerUrl').value = config.PublicServerUrl || '';
                         Dashboard.hideLoadingMsg();
                     });
                 });
@@ -129,6 +141,7 @@
                     config.ProxyAddress = document.querySelector('#ProxyAddress').value;
                     config.ProxyUsername = document.querySelector('#ProxyUsername').value;
                     config.ProxyPassword = document.querySelector('#ProxyPassword').value;
+                    config.PublicServerUrl = document.querySelector('#PublicServerUrl').value;
                     ApiClient.updatePluginConfiguration(SRFPlayConfig.pluginUniqueId, config).then(function (result) {
                         Dashboard.processPluginConfigurationUpdateResult(result);
                     });

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Controllers/StreamProxyController.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
@@ -18,23 +21,29 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Controllers;
 public class StreamProxyController : ControllerBase
 {
     private readonly ILogger<StreamProxyController> _logger;
-    private readonly StreamProxyService _proxyService;
+    private readonly IStreamProxyService _proxyService;
+    private readonly IHttpClientFactory _httpClientFactory;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="StreamProxyController"/> class.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
     /// <param name="proxyService">The proxy service.</param>
-    public StreamProxyController(ILogger<StreamProxyController> logger, StreamProxyService proxyService)
+    /// <param name="httpClientFactory">The HTTP client factory.</param>
+    public StreamProxyController(
+        ILogger<StreamProxyController> logger,
+        IStreamProxyService proxyService,
+        IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory)
     {
         _logger = logger;
         _proxyService = proxyService;
+        _httpClientFactory = httpClientFactory;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Proxies HLS master manifest requests.
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="itemId">The item ID.</param>
+    /// <param name="itemId">The item ID from URL path.</param>
     /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
     /// <returns>The HLS manifest with rewritten URLs.</returns>
     [HttpGet("{itemId}/master.m3u8")]
@@ -45,18 +54,42 @@ public class StreamProxyController : ControllerBase
         [FromRoute] string itemId,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        _logger.LogInformation("Proxy request for master manifest - ItemId: {ItemId}", itemId);
+        _logger.LogInformation("Proxy request for master manifest - Path ItemId: {PathItemId}, Query params: {QueryString}", itemId, Request.QueryString);
+
+        // Try to resolve the actual item ID (path ID might be a session ID during transcoding)
+        var actualItemId = ResolveItemId(itemId);
 
         try
         {
-            // Build the base proxy URL for this item
-            var baseProxyUrl = $"{Request.Scheme}://{Request.Host}/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/{itemId}";
+            // Get the correct scheme (https if configured, otherwise use request scheme)
+            var scheme = GetProxyScheme();
 
-            var manifestContent = await _proxyService.GetRewrittenManifestAsync(itemId, baseProxyUrl, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            // Build the base proxy URL for this item
+            // Preserve query parameters (token or itemId) from the original request
+            string baseProxyUrl;
+            if (Request.Query.TryGetValue("token", out var token) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(token))
+            {
+                baseProxyUrl = $"{scheme}://{Request.Host}/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/{itemId}?token={token}";
+                _logger.LogDebug("Using token-based proxy URL with token: {Token}", token.ToString());
+            }
+            else if (actualItemId != itemId)
+            {
+                // Legacy: If path ID differs from resolved ID, add itemId query parameter
+                baseProxyUrl = $"{scheme}://{Request.Host}/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/{itemId}?itemId={actualItemId}";
+                _logger.LogInformation("Path itemId {PathId} differs from resolved itemId {ResolvedId}, adding query parameter", itemId, actualItemId);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Simple case: no query parameters needed
+                baseProxyUrl = $"{scheme}://{Request.Host}/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/{itemId}";
+                _logger.LogDebug("Path itemId matches resolved itemId: {ItemId}", itemId);
+            }
+
+            var manifestContent = await _proxyService.GetRewrittenManifestAsync(actualItemId, baseProxyUrl, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (manifestContent == null)
             {
-                _logger.LogWarning("Manifest not found for item {ItemId}", itemId);
+                _logger.LogWarning("Manifest not found for path itemId {PathItemId}, resolved itemId {ResolvedItemId} - stream may not be registered", itemId, actualItemId);
                 return NotFound();
             }
 
@@ -89,10 +122,13 @@ public class StreamProxyController : ControllerBase
         var fullPath = $"{manifestPath}.m3u8";
         _logger.LogInformation("Proxy request for variant manifest - ItemId: {ItemId}, Path: {Path}", itemId, fullPath);
 
+        // Try to resolve the actual item ID
+        var actualItemId = ResolveItemId(itemId);
+
         try
         {
             // Fetch the variant manifest as a segment
-            var manifestData = await _proxyService.GetSegmentAsync(itemId, fullPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var manifestData = await _proxyService.GetSegmentAsync(actualItemId, fullPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (manifestData == null)
             {
@@ -102,7 +138,8 @@ public class StreamProxyController : ControllerBase
 
             // Convert to string and rewrite URLs
             var manifestContent = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(manifestData);
-            var baseProxyUrl = $"{Request.Scheme}://{Request.Host}/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/{itemId}";
+            var scheme = GetProxyScheme();
+            var baseProxyUrl = $"{scheme}://{Request.Host}/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/{itemId}";
             var rewrittenContent = RewriteSegmentUrls(manifestContent, baseProxyUrl);
 
             _logger.LogDebug("Returning variant manifest for item {ItemId} ({Length} bytes)", itemId, rewrittenContent.Length);
@@ -133,9 +170,12 @@ public class StreamProxyController : ControllerBase
     {
         _logger.LogDebug("Proxy request for segment - ItemId: {ItemId}, Path: {SegmentPath}", itemId, segmentPath);
 
+        // Try to resolve the actual item ID
+        var actualItemId = ResolveItemId(itemId);
+
         try
         {
-            var segmentData = await _proxyService.GetSegmentAsync(itemId, segmentPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var segmentData = await _proxyService.GetSegmentAsync(actualItemId, segmentPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (segmentData == null)
             {
@@ -156,6 +196,59 @@ public class StreamProxyController : ControllerBase
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the correct scheme for proxy URLs (https if public URL is configured with https).
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>The scheme to use (http or https).</returns>
+    private string GetProxyScheme()
+    {
+        // Check if PublicServerUrl is configured and uses HTTPS
+        var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration;
+        if (config != null && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.PublicServerUrl))
+        {
+            if (config.PublicServerUrl.StartsWith("https://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return "https";
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Fall back to request scheme, but prefer https if forwarded headers indicate it
+        if (Request.Headers.TryGetValue("X-Forwarded-Proto", out var forwardedProto))
+        {
+            return forwardedProto.ToString().ToLowerInvariant();
+        }
+
+        return Request.Scheme;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resolves the actual item ID from the request.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="pathItemId">The item ID from the URL path.</param>
+    /// <returns>The resolved item ID.</returns>
+    private string ResolveItemId(string pathItemId)
+    {
+        // Check for token parameter first (preferred method)
+        if (Request.Query.TryGetValue("token", out var token) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(token))
+        {
+            // Try to resolve the original item ID from the token via the proxy service
+            // We'll need to add a method to StreamProxyService to look up by token
+            _logger.LogInformation("Found token parameter: {Token}, will use path ID {PathItemId} for lookup", token.ToString(), pathItemId);
+            return pathItemId; // Use path ID for now; token prevents Jellyfin from rewriting the URL
+        }
+
+        // Check if there's an itemId query parameter (legacy fallback)
+        if (Request.Query.TryGetValue("itemId", out var queryItemId) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(queryItemId))
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation("Using itemId from query parameter: {QueryItemId} (path had: {PathItemId})", queryItemId.ToString(), pathItemId);
+            return queryItemId.ToString();
+        }
+
+        // No query parameters - use path ID as-is (TRANSCODING SESSION ID CASE)
+        _logger.LogWarning("⚠️ No query parameters found, using path ID as-is: {PathItemId} (likely transcoding session ID)", pathItemId);
+        return pathItemId;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Rewrites segment URLs in a manifest to point to proxy.
     /// </summary>
@@ -164,6 +257,21 @@ public class StreamProxyController : ControllerBase
     /// <returns>The rewritten manifest.</returns>
     private string RewriteSegmentUrls(string manifestContent, string baseProxyUrl)
     {
+        // Extract query parameters from the current request to propagate them
+        string queryParams;
+        if (Request.Query.TryGetValue("token", out var token) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(token))
+        {
+            queryParams = $"?token={token}";
+        }
+        else if (Request.Query.TryGetValue("itemId", out var itemId) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(itemId))
+        {
+            queryParams = $"?itemId={itemId}";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            queryParams = string.Empty;
+        }
+
         var lines = manifestContent.Split('\n');
         var result = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
 
@@ -180,12 +288,12 @@ public class StreamProxyController : ControllerBase
                 var uri = new Uri(line.Trim());
                 var segments = uri.AbsolutePath.Split('/');
                 var fileName = segments[^1];
-                result.AppendLine(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, $"{baseProxyUrl}/{fileName}");
+                result.AppendLine(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, $"{baseProxyUrl}/{fileName}{queryParams}");
             }
             else
             {
                 // Relative URL - rewrite to proxy
-                result.AppendLine(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, $"{baseProxyUrl}/{line.Trim()}");
+                result.AppendLine(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, $"{baseProxyUrl}/{line.Trim()}{queryParams}");
             }
         }
 
@@ -217,4 +325,117 @@ public class StreamProxyController : ControllerBase
 
         return "application/octet-stream";
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Proxies image requests from SRF CDN, fixing Content-Type headers.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="url">The original image URL (base64 encoded).</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>The image data with correct Content-Type.</returns>
+    [HttpGet("Image")]
+    [AllowAnonymous]
+    [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
+    [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status400BadRequest)]
+    [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status404NotFound)]
+    public async Task<IActionResult> GetImage(
+        [FromQuery] string url,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(url))
+        {
+            return BadRequest("URL parameter is required");
+        }
+
+        string decodedUrl;
+        try
+        {
+            // Decode base64 URL
+            var bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(url);
+            decodedUrl = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
+        }
+        catch (FormatException)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("Invalid base64 URL parameter: {Url}", url);
+            return BadRequest("Invalid URL encoding");
+        }
+
+        _logger.LogDebug("Proxying image from: {Url}", decodedUrl);
+
+        try
+        {
+            var httpClient = _httpClientFactory.CreateClient(NamedClient.Default);
+
+            // Create request with proper headers
+            var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, new Uri(decodedUrl));
+            request.Headers.UserAgent.ParseAdd(
+                "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36");
+            request.Headers.Accept.ParseAdd("image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, image/*;q=0.8");
+
+            var response = await httpClient.SendAsync(
+                request,
+                HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead,
+                cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(
+                    "Image fetch failed with status {StatusCode} for {Url}",
+                    response.StatusCode,
+                    decodedUrl);
+                return NotFound();
+            }
+
+            var imageData = await response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync(cancellationToken)
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            // Determine correct content type
+            var contentType = GetImageContentType(decodedUrl);
+
+            _logger.LogDebug(
+                "Returning proxied image ({Length} bytes, {ContentType})",
+                imageData.Length,
+                contentType);
+
+            return File(imageData, contentType);
+        }
+        catch (HttpRequestException ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error fetching image from {Url}", decodedUrl);
+            return StatusCode(StatusCodes.Status502BadGateway);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the content type for an image based on URL or file extension.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="url">The image URL.</param>
+    /// <returns>The MIME content type.</returns>
+    private static string GetImageContentType(string url)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(url))
+        {
+            return "image/jpeg";
+        }
+
+        var uri = new Uri(url);
+        var path = uri.AbsolutePath.ToLowerInvariant();
+
+        if (path.EndsWith(".png", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return "image/png";
+        }
+
+        if (path.EndsWith(".gif", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return "image/gif";
+        }
+
+        if (path.EndsWith(".webp", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return "image/webp";
+        }
+
+        // Default to JPEG for SRF images (most common)
+        return "image/jpeg";
+    }
 }

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Providers/SRFEpisodeProvider.cs

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
@@ -20,25 +19,23 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Providers;
 public class SRFEpisodeProvider : IRemoteMetadataProvider<Episode, EpisodeInfo>
 {
     private readonly ILogger<SRFEpisodeProvider> _logger;
-    private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
     private readonly IHttpClientFactory _httpClientFactory;
-    private readonly MetadataCache _metadataCache;
+    private readonly IMediaCompositionFetcher _compositionFetcher;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SRFEpisodeProvider"/> class.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="loggerFactory">The logger factory.</param>
     /// <param name="httpClientFactory">The HTTP client factory.</param>
-    /// <param name="metadataCache">The metadata cache.</param>
+    /// <param name="compositionFetcher">The media composition fetcher.</param>
     public SRFEpisodeProvider(
         ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
         IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory,
-        MetadataCache metadataCache)
+        IMediaCompositionFetcher compositionFetcher)
     {
-        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
         _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<SRFEpisodeProvider>();
         _httpClientFactory = httpClientFactory;
-        _metadataCache = metadataCache;
+        _compositionFetcher = compositionFetcher;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -56,26 +53,7 @@ public class SRFEpisodeProvider : IRemoteMetadataProvider<Episode, EpisodeInfo>
             {
                 _logger.LogDebug("Searching for episode with URN: {Urn}", urn);
 
-                var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration;
-                if (config == null)
-                {
-                    return results;
-                }
-
-                // Try cache first
-                var mediaComposition = _metadataCache.GetMediaComposition(urn, config.CacheDurationMinutes);
-
-                // If not in cache, fetch from API
-                if (mediaComposition == null)
-                {
-                    using var apiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
-                    mediaComposition = await apiClient.GetMediaCompositionByUrnAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                    if (mediaComposition != null)
-                    {
-                        _metadataCache.SetMediaComposition(urn, mediaComposition);
-                    }
-                }
+                var mediaComposition = await _compositionFetcher.GetMediaCompositionAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 if (mediaComposition?.ChapterList != null && mediaComposition.ChapterList.Count > 0)
                 {
@@ -118,26 +96,7 @@ public class SRFEpisodeProvider : IRemoteMetadataProvider<Episode, EpisodeInfo>
 
             _logger.LogDebug("Fetching metadata for episode URN: {Urn}", urn);
 
-            var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration;
-            if (config == null)
-            {
-                return result;
-            }
-
-            // Try cache first
-            var mediaComposition = _metadataCache.GetMediaComposition(urn, config.CacheDurationMinutes);
-
-            // If not in cache, fetch from API
-            if (mediaComposition == null)
-            {
-                using var apiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
-                mediaComposition = await apiClient.GetMediaCompositionByUrnAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                if (mediaComposition != null)
-                {
-                    _metadataCache.SetMediaComposition(urn, mediaComposition);
-                }
-            }
+            var mediaComposition = await _compositionFetcher.GetMediaCompositionAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (mediaComposition?.ChapterList == null || mediaComposition.ChapterList.Count == 0)
             {

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Providers/SRFImageProvider.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
@@ -21,18 +21,22 @@ public class SRFImageProvider : IRemoteImageProvider, IHasOrder
 {
     private readonly IHttpClientFactory _httpClientFactory;
     private readonly ILogger<SRFImageProvider> _logger;
-    private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
+    private readonly IMediaCompositionFetcher _compositionFetcher;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SRFImageProvider"/> class.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="httpClientFactory">The HTTP client factory.</param>
     /// <param name="loggerFactory">The logger factory.</param>
-    public SRFImageProvider(IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
+    /// <param name="compositionFetcher">The media composition fetcher.</param>
+    public SRFImageProvider(
+        IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory,
+        ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
+        IMediaCompositionFetcher compositionFetcher)
     {
         _httpClientFactory = httpClientFactory;
-        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
         _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<SRFImageProvider>();
+        _compositionFetcher = compositionFetcher;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -78,8 +82,7 @@ public class SRFImageProvider : IRemoteImageProvider, IHasOrder
             _logger.LogDebug("Fetching images for SRF URN: {Urn}", urn);
 
             // Fetch media composition to get image URLs
-            using var apiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
-            var mediaComposition = await apiClient.GetMediaCompositionByUrnAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var mediaComposition = await _compositionFetcher.GetMediaCompositionAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (mediaComposition == null)
             {
@@ -151,9 +154,89 @@ public class SRFImageProvider : IRemoteImageProvider, IHasOrder
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public Task<HttpResponseMessage> GetImageResponse(string url, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> GetImageResponse(string url, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
+        _logger.LogDebug("Fetching image from URL: {Url}", url);
+
         var httpClient = _httpClientFactory.CreateClient(NamedClient.Default);
-        return httpClient.GetAsync(new Uri(url), cancellationToken);
+
+        // Create request with proper headers - SRF CDN requires User-Agent
+        var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, new Uri(url));
+        request.Headers.UserAgent.ParseAdd("Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36");
+        request.Headers.Accept.ParseAdd("image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, image/*;q=0.8");
+
+        var response = await httpClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        var originalContentType = response.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType;
+        _logger.LogDebug(
+            "Image response status: {StatusCode}, Content-Type: {ContentType}, Content-Length: {Length}",
+            response.StatusCode,
+            originalContentType ?? "null",
+            response.Content.Headers.ContentLength);
+
+        // Fix Content-Type if it's not a proper image type - SRF CDN often returns wrong content type
+        // Jellyfin needs correct Content-Type to process images
+        if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+        {
+            var needsContentTypeFix = string.IsNullOrEmpty(originalContentType) ||
+                                      originalContentType == "binary/octet-stream" ||
+                                      originalContentType == "application/octet-stream" ||
+                                      !originalContentType.StartsWith("image/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            if (needsContentTypeFix)
+            {
+                // Determine correct content type from URL extension or default to JPEG
+                var contentType = GetContentTypeFromUrl(url);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentType))
+                {
+                    _logger.LogInformation(
+                        "Fixing Content-Type from '{OriginalType}' to '{NewType}' for {Url}",
+                        originalContentType ?? "null",
+                        contentType,
+                        url);
+                    response.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue(contentType);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return response;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Determines the correct content type based on URL file extension.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static string? GetContentTypeFromUrl(string url)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(url))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // Get the file extension from the URL (ignore query string)
+        var uri = new Uri(url);
+        var path = uri.AbsolutePath.ToLowerInvariant();
+
+        if (path.EndsWith(".jpg", StringComparison.Ordinal) || path.EndsWith(".jpeg", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return "image/jpeg";
+        }
+
+        if (path.EndsWith(".png", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return "image/png";
+        }
+
+        if (path.EndsWith(".gif", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return "image/gif";
+        }
+
+        if (path.EndsWith(".webp", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return "image/webp";
+        }
+
+        // Default to JPEG for SRF images (most common)
+        return "image/jpeg";
     }
 }

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Providers/SRFLiveStream.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Dto;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Providers;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Live stream wrapper for SRF Play streams to handle transcoding sessions.
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class SRFLiveStream : ILiveStream
+{
+    private readonly ILogger _logger;
+    private readonly IStreamProxyService _proxyService;
+    private readonly string _originalItemId;
+    private MediaSourceInfo? _mediaSource;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SRFLiveStream"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
+    /// <param name="proxyService">The stream proxy service.</param>
+    /// <param name="originalItemId">The original item ID.</param>
+    /// <param name="openToken">The open token.</param>
+    public SRFLiveStream(
+        ILogger logger,
+        IStreamProxyService proxyService,
+        string originalItemId,
+        string openToken)
+    {
+        _logger = logger;
+        _proxyService = proxyService;
+        _originalItemId = originalItemId;
+        OriginalStreamId = openToken;
+        UniqueId = openToken;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public int ConsumerCount { get; set; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string OriginalStreamId { get; set; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string UniqueId { get; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string TunerHostId => string.Empty;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool EnableStreamSharing => false;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public MediaSourceInfo MediaSource
+    {
+        get => _mediaSource ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("MediaSource not set");
+        set
+        {
+            _mediaSource = value;
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "SRFLiveStream MediaSource set - Id: {MediaSourceId}, Path: {Path}, OriginalItemId: {OriginalItemId}",
+                value.Id,
+                value.Path,
+                _originalItemId);
+
+            // When Jellyfin assigns a live stream ID (for transcoding), register the stream with that ID too
+            if (value.Id != _originalItemId)
+            {
+                _logger.LogInformation(
+                    "Transcoding session detected - LiveStream ID {LiveStreamId} differs from original item ID {OriginalItemId}. Registering stream with both IDs.",
+                    value.Id,
+                    _originalItemId);
+
+                // Get the authenticated URL and metadata from the original registration
+                var authenticatedUrl = _proxyService.GetAuthenticatedUrl(_originalItemId);
+                var metadata = _proxyService.GetStreamMetadata(_originalItemId);
+                if (authenticatedUrl != null)
+                {
+                    // Register the same stream URL with the transcoding session ID, preserving metadata
+                    var urn = metadata?.Urn;
+                    var isLiveStream = metadata?.IsLiveStream ?? false;
+                    _proxyService.RegisterStream(value.Id, authenticatedUrl, urn, isLiveStream);
+                    _logger.LogInformation(
+                        "Registered stream for transcoding session ID: {LiveStreamId} (URN: {Urn}, IsLiveStream: {IsLiveStream})",
+                        value.Id,
+                        urn ?? "null",
+                        isLiveStream);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _logger.LogWarning("Could not find authenticated URL for original item {OriginalItemId}", _originalItemId);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Task Close()
+    {
+        _logger.LogInformation("Closing SRF live stream for item {OriginalItemId}", _originalItemId);
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Task Open(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        _logger.LogInformation("Opening SRF live stream for item {OriginalItemId}", _originalItemId);
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Stream GetStream()
+    {
+        throw new NotSupportedException("Direct stream access not supported for SRF streams");
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        Dispose(true);
+        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Releases the unmanaged resources used by the SRFLiveStream and optionally releases the managed resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="disposing">True to release both managed and unmanaged resources; false to release only unmanaged resources.</param>
+    private void Dispose(bool disposing)
+    {
+        if (disposing)
+        {
+            _logger.LogDebug("Disposing SRF live stream for item {OriginalItemId}", _originalItemId);
+        }
+    }
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Providers/SRFMediaProvider.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Configuration;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Dto;
@@ -20,29 +20,31 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Providers;
 public class SRFMediaProvider : IMediaSourceProvider
 {
     private readonly ILogger<SRFMediaProvider> _logger;
-    private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
-    private readonly MetadataCache _metadataCache;
-    private readonly StreamUrlResolver _streamResolver;
-    private readonly StreamProxyService _proxyService;
+    private readonly IMediaCompositionFetcher _compositionFetcher;
+    private readonly IStreamUrlResolver _streamResolver;
+    private readonly IStreamProxyService _proxyService;
+    private readonly IServerApplicationHost _appHost;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SRFMediaProvider"/> class.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="loggerFactory">The logger factory.</param>
-    /// <param name="metadataCache">The metadata cache.</param>
+    /// <param name="compositionFetcher">The media composition fetcher.</param>
     /// <param name="streamResolver">The stream URL resolver.</param>
     /// <param name="proxyService">The stream proxy service.</param>
+    /// <param name="appHost">The server application host.</param>
     public SRFMediaProvider(
         ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
-        MetadataCache metadataCache,
-        StreamUrlResolver streamResolver,
-        StreamProxyService proxyService)
+        IMediaCompositionFetcher compositionFetcher,
+        IStreamUrlResolver streamResolver,
+        IStreamProxyService proxyService,
+        IServerApplicationHost appHost)
     {
-        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
         _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<SRFMediaProvider>();
-        _metadataCache = metadataCache;
+        _compositionFetcher = compositionFetcher;
         _streamResolver = streamResolver;
         _proxyService = proxyService;
+        _appHost = appHost;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -81,32 +83,10 @@ public class SRFMediaProvider : IMediaSourceProvider
 
             _logger.LogInformation("Getting media sources for URN: {Urn}, Item: {ItemName}", urn, item.Name);
 
-            var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration;
-            if (config == null)
-            {
-                return sources;
-            }
-
             // For scheduled livestreams, use shorter cache TTL (5 minutes) so they refresh when they go live
-            // For regular content, use configured cache duration
-            var cacheDuration = urn.Contains("scheduled_livestream", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-                ? 5
-                : config.CacheDurationMinutes;
+            var cacheDuration = urn.Contains("scheduled_livestream", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ? 5 : (int?)null;
 
-            // Try cache first
-            var mediaComposition = _metadataCache.GetMediaComposition(urn, cacheDuration);
-
-            // If not in cache, fetch from API
-            if (mediaComposition == null)
-            {
-                using var apiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
-                mediaComposition = await apiClient.GetMediaCompositionByUrnAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                if (mediaComposition != null)
-                {
-                    _metadataCache.SetMediaComposition(urn, mediaComposition);
-                }
-            }
+            var mediaComposition = await _compositionFetcher.GetMediaCompositionAsync(urn, cancellationToken, cacheDuration).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (mediaComposition?.ChapterList == null || mediaComposition.ChapterList.Count == 0)
             {
@@ -132,25 +112,25 @@ public class SRFMediaProvider : IMediaSourceProvider
             }
 
             // Get stream URL based on quality preference
-            var streamUrl = _streamResolver.GetStreamUrl(chapter, config.QualityPreference);
+            var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration;
+            var qualityPref = config?.QualityPreference ?? QualityPreference.HD;
+            var streamUrl = _streamResolver.GetStreamUrl(chapter, qualityPref);
 
             // For scheduled livestreams, always fetch fresh data to ensure stream URL is current
             if (chapter.Type == "SCHEDULED_LIVESTREAM" && string.IsNullOrEmpty(streamUrl))
             {
                 _logger.LogDebug("URN {Urn}: Scheduled livestream has no stream URL, fetching fresh data", urn);
 
-                using var freshApiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
-                var freshMediaComposition = await freshApiClient.GetMediaCompositionByUrnAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                // Force fresh fetch with short cache duration
+                var freshMediaComposition = await _compositionFetcher.GetMediaCompositionAsync(urn, cancellationToken, 1).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 if (freshMediaComposition?.ChapterList != null && freshMediaComposition.ChapterList.Count > 0)
                 {
                     var freshChapter = freshMediaComposition.ChapterList[0];
-                    streamUrl = _streamResolver.GetStreamUrl(freshChapter, config.QualityPreference);
+                    streamUrl = _streamResolver.GetStreamUrl(freshChapter, qualityPref);
 
                     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(streamUrl))
                     {
-                        // Update cache with fresh data
-                        _metadataCache.SetMediaComposition(urn, freshMediaComposition);
                         chapter = freshChapter;
                         _logger.LogInformation("URN {Urn}: Got fresh stream URL for scheduled livestream", urn);
                     }
@@ -170,74 +150,74 @@ public class SRFMediaProvider : IMediaSourceProvider
                 _logger.LogDebug("Authenticated stream URL for URN: {Urn}", urn);
             }
 
+            // Detect if this is a live stream
+            var isLiveStream = chapter.Type == "SCHEDULED_LIVESTREAM" || urn.Contains("livestream", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Livestream detection - ChapterType: {ChapterType}, URN: {Urn}, IsLiveStream: {IsLiveStream}",
+                chapter.Type,
+                urn,
+                isLiveStream);
+
             // Register stream with proxy service
             var itemIdStr = item.Id.ToString("N"); // Use hex format without dashes
-            _proxyService.RegisterStream(itemIdStr, streamUrl);
+            _proxyService.RegisterStream(itemIdStr, streamUrl, urn, isLiveStream);
 
-            // Create proxy URL as absolute HTTP URL (required for ffmpeg)
-            // Use localhost as Jellyfin should be able to access its own endpoints
-            var proxyUrl = $"http://localhost:8096/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/{itemIdStr}/master.m3u8";
+            // Get the server URL for proxy - prefer configured public URL for remote clients
+            var serverUrl = config != null && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.PublicServerUrl)
+                ? config.PublicServerUrl.TrimEnd('/') // Use configured public URL (important for Android/remote clients)
+                : _appHost.GetSmartApiUrl(string.Empty); // Fall back to Jellyfin's smart URL resolution
 
-            _logger.LogInformation("Using proxy URL for item {ItemId}: {ProxyUrl}", itemIdStr, proxyUrl);
+            // Create proxy URL - item ID is all we need since proxy handles auth
+            var proxyUrl = $"{serverUrl}/Plugins/SRFPlay/Proxy/{itemIdStr}/master.m3u8";
+
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Using proxy URL for item {ItemId}: {ProxyUrl} (PublicServerUrl configured: {IsPublicConfigured})",
+                itemIdStr,
+                proxyUrl,
+                config != null && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.PublicServerUrl));
 
             // Create media source using proxy URL - enables DirectPlay!
             var mediaSource = new MediaSourceInfo
             {
-                Id = item.Id.ToString(), // Use item GUID, not URN string (required for transcoding)
+                Id = itemIdStr, // Must match the ID used in proxy URL registration
                 Name = chapter.Title,
                 Path = proxyUrl, // Proxy URL instead of direct Akamai URL
                 Protocol = MediaProtocol.Http,
                 Container = "hls",
                 SupportsDirectStream = true,
                 SupportsDirectPlay = true, // ✅ Enabled! Proxy handles auth
-                SupportsTranscoding = true,
+                SupportsTranscoding = false, // Prefer DirectPlay - no transcoding needed for HLS
                 IsRemote = false, // False because it's a local proxy endpoint
                 Type = MediaSourceType.Default,
                 RunTimeTicks = chapter.Duration > 0 ? TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(chapter.Duration).Ticks : null,
                 VideoType = VideoType.VideoFile,
-                IsInfiniteStream = false,
-                RequiresOpening = false,
+                IsInfiniteStream = isLiveStream, // True for live streams!
+                RequiresOpening = false, // Proxy handles auth - no need for OpenMediaSource
                 RequiresClosing = false,
-                SupportsProbing = false, // Disable probing for proxy URLs
-                ReadAtNativeFramerate = false,
-                MediaStreams = new List<MediaBrowser.Model.Entities.MediaStream>
-                {
-                    new MediaBrowser.Model.Entities.MediaStream
-                    {
-                        Type = MediaStreamType.Video,
-                        Codec = "h264",
-                        Profile = "high",
-                        IsInterlaced = false,
-                        IsDefault = true,
-                        Index = 0
-                    },
-                    new MediaBrowser.Model.Entities.MediaStream
-                    {
-                        Type = MediaStreamType.Audio,
-                        Codec = "aac",
-                        IsDefault = true,
-                        Index = 1
-                    }
-                }
+                SupportsProbing = true, // Enable probing so Jellyfin can verify stream compatibility
+                ReadAtNativeFramerate = isLiveStream, // Read at native framerate for live streams
+                MediaStreams = CreateMediaStreams(qualityPref)
             };
 
             sources.Add(mediaSource);
             _logger.LogInformation("Resolved stream URL for {Title}: {Url}", chapter.Title, streamUrl);
             _logger.LogInformation(
-                "MediaSource created - Id={Id}, DirectStream={DirectStream}, DirectPlay={DirectPlay}, Probing={Probing}, Container={Container}, Protocol={Protocol}, IsRemote={IsRemote}",
+                "MediaSource created - Id={Id}, DirectStream={DirectStream}, DirectPlay={DirectPlay}, Probing={Probing}, Container={Container}, Protocol={Protocol}, IsRemote={IsRemote}, IsLiveStream={IsLiveStream}",
                 mediaSource.Id,
                 mediaSource.SupportsDirectStream,
                 mediaSource.SupportsDirectPlay,
                 mediaSource.SupportsProbing,
                 mediaSource.Container,
                 mediaSource.Protocol,
-                mediaSource.IsRemote);
+                mediaSource.IsRemote,
+                isLiveStream);
             _logger.LogInformation(
-                "MediaSource capabilities - SupportsTranscoding={Transcoding}, RequiresOpening={RequiresOpening}, RequiresClosing={RequiresClosing}, Type={Type}",
+                "MediaSource capabilities - SupportsTranscoding={Transcoding}, RequiresOpening={RequiresOpening}, RequiresClosing={RequiresClosing}, Type={Type}, IsInfiniteStream={IsInfiniteStream}",
                 mediaSource.SupportsTranscoding,
                 mediaSource.RequiresOpening,
                 mediaSource.RequiresClosing,
-                mediaSource.Type);
+                mediaSource.Type,
+                mediaSource.IsInfiniteStream);
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
@@ -263,8 +243,55 @@ public class SRFMediaProvider : IMediaSourceProvider
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public Task<ILiveStream> OpenMediaSource(string openToken, List<ILiveStream> currentLiveStreams, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        _logger.LogWarning("OpenMediaSource called with openToken: {OpenToken} - This should not be called for HTTP streams!", openToken);
-        // Not needed for static HTTP streams
-        throw new NotImplementedException();
+        // Not used - RequiresOpening is false, proxy handles authentication directly
+        _logger.LogWarning("OpenMediaSource unexpectedly called with openToken: {OpenToken}", openToken);
+        throw new NotSupportedException("OpenMediaSource not supported - streams use direct proxy access");
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates MediaStream metadata based on quality preference.
+    /// These are approximate values - HLS adaptive streaming will use actual stream qualities.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static List<MediaBrowser.Model.Entities.MediaStream> CreateMediaStreams(QualityPreference quality)
+    {
+        // Set resolution/bitrate based on quality preference
+        // These are typical values for SRF streams - actual HLS will adapt
+        var (width, height, videoBitrate) = quality switch
+        {
+            QualityPreference.SD => (1280, 720, 2500000),
+            QualityPreference.HD => (1920, 1080, 5000000),
+            _ => (1280, 720, 3000000)
+        };
+
+        return new List<MediaBrowser.Model.Entities.MediaStream>
+        {
+            new MediaBrowser.Model.Entities.MediaStream
+            {
+                Type = MediaStreamType.Video,
+                Codec = "h264",
+                Profile = "high",
+                Level = 40,
+                Width = width,
+                Height = height,
+                BitRate = videoBitrate,
+                BitDepth = 8,
+                IsInterlaced = false,
+                IsDefault = true,
+                Index = 0,
+                IsAVC = true,
+                PixelFormat = "yuv420p"
+            },
+            new MediaBrowser.Model.Entities.MediaStream
+            {
+                Type = MediaStreamType.Audio,
+                Codec = "aac",
+                Profile = "LC",
+                Channels = 2,
+                SampleRate = 48000,
+                BitRate = 128000,
+                IsDefault = true,
+                Index = 1
+            }
+        };
     }
 }

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Providers/SRFSeriesProvider.cs

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
@@ -20,27 +19,23 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Providers;
 public class SRFSeriesProvider : IRemoteMetadataProvider<Series, SeriesInfo>
 {
     private readonly ILogger<SRFSeriesProvider> _logger;
-    private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
     private readonly IHttpClientFactory _httpClientFactory;
-    private readonly MetadataCache _metadataCache;
+    private readonly IMediaCompositionFetcher _compositionFetcher;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SRFSeriesProvider"/> class.
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="logger">The logger instance.</param>
     /// <param name="loggerFactory">The logger factory.</param>
     /// <param name="httpClientFactory">The HTTP client factory.</param>
-    /// <param name="metadataCache">The metadata cache.</param>
+    /// <param name="compositionFetcher">The media composition fetcher.</param>
     public SRFSeriesProvider(
-        ILogger<SRFSeriesProvider> logger,
         ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
         IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory,
-        MetadataCache metadataCache)
+        IMediaCompositionFetcher compositionFetcher)
     {
-        _logger = logger;
-        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
+        _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<SRFSeriesProvider>();
         _httpClientFactory = httpClientFactory;
-        _metadataCache = metadataCache;
+        _compositionFetcher = compositionFetcher;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -58,26 +53,7 @@ public class SRFSeriesProvider : IRemoteMetadataProvider<Series, SeriesInfo>
             {
                 _logger.LogDebug("Searching for series with URN: {Urn}", urn);
 
-                var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration;
-                if (config == null)
-                {
-                    return results;
-                }
-
-                // Try cache first
-                var mediaComposition = _metadataCache.GetMediaComposition(urn, config.CacheDurationMinutes);
-
-                // If not in cache, fetch from API
-                if (mediaComposition == null)
-                {
-                    using var apiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
-                    mediaComposition = await apiClient.GetMediaCompositionByUrnAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                    if (mediaComposition != null)
-                    {
-                        _metadataCache.SetMediaComposition(urn, mediaComposition);
-                    }
-                }
+                var mediaComposition = await _compositionFetcher.GetMediaCompositionAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 if (mediaComposition?.Show != null)
                 {
@@ -125,26 +101,7 @@ public class SRFSeriesProvider : IRemoteMetadataProvider<Series, SeriesInfo>
 
             _logger.LogDebug("Fetching metadata for series URN: {Urn}", urn);
 
-            var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration;
-            if (config == null)
-            {
-                return result;
-            }
-
-            // Try cache first
-            var mediaComposition = _metadataCache.GetMediaComposition(urn, config.CacheDurationMinutes);
-
-            // If not in cache, fetch from API
-            if (mediaComposition == null)
-            {
-                using var apiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
-                mediaComposition = await apiClient.GetMediaCompositionByUrnAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                if (mediaComposition != null)
-                {
-                    _metadataCache.SetMediaComposition(urn, mediaComposition);
-                }
-            }
+            var mediaComposition = await _compositionFetcher.GetMediaCompositionAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (mediaComposition?.Show == null)
             {

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/ScheduledTasks/ContentRefreshTask.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.ScheduledTasks;
 public class ContentRefreshTask : IScheduledTask
 {
     private readonly ILogger<ContentRefreshTask> _logger;
-    private readonly ContentRefreshService _contentRefreshService;
+    private readonly IContentRefreshService _contentRefreshService;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ContentRefreshTask"/> class.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class ContentRefreshTask : IScheduledTask
     /// <param name="contentRefreshService">The content refresh service.</param>
     public ContentRefreshTask(
         ILogger<ContentRefreshTask> logger,
-        ContentRefreshService contentRefreshService)
+        IContentRefreshService contentRefreshService)
     {
         _logger = logger;
         _contentRefreshService = contentRefreshService;

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/ScheduledTasks/ExpirationCheckTask.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.ScheduledTasks;
 public class ExpirationCheckTask : IScheduledTask
 {
     private readonly ILogger<ExpirationCheckTask> _logger;
-    private readonly ContentExpirationService _expirationService;
+    private readonly IContentExpirationService _expirationService;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ExpirationCheckTask"/> class.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class ExpirationCheckTask : IScheduledTask
     /// <param name="expirationService">The content expiration service.</param>
     public ExpirationCheckTask(
         ILogger<ExpirationCheckTask> logger,
-        ContentExpirationService expirationService)
+        IContentExpirationService expirationService)
     {
         _logger = logger;
         _expirationService = expirationService;

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/ServiceRegistrator.cs

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
 using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Channels;
 using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Providers;
 using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.ScheduledTasks;
 using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Channels;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Plugins;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay;
 
@@ -19,13 +20,17 @@ public class ServiceRegistrator : IPluginServiceRegistrator
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public void RegisterServices(IServiceCollection serviceCollection, IServerApplicationHost applicationHost)
     {
-        // Register services as singletons
-        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<MetadataCache>();
-        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<StreamUrlResolver>();
-        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ContentExpirationService>();
-        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ContentRefreshService>();
-        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<CategoryService>();
-        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<StreamProxyService>(); // Stream proxy service
+        // Register API client factory
+        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ISRFApiClientFactory, SRFApiClientFactory>();
+
+        // Register core services with interfaces
+        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IMetadataCache, MetadataCache>();
+        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IStreamUrlResolver, StreamUrlResolver>();
+        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IMediaCompositionFetcher, MediaCompositionFetcher>();
+        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IStreamProxyService, StreamProxyService>();
+        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IContentExpirationService, ContentExpirationService>();
+        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IContentRefreshService, ContentRefreshService>();
+        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<ICategoryService, CategoryService>();
 
         // Register metadata providers
         serviceCollection.AddSingleton<SRFSeriesProvider>();

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/CategoryService.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
 using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api.Models;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
 /// <summary>
 /// Service for managing topic/category data and filtering.
 /// </summary>
-public class CategoryService
+public class CategoryService : ICategoryService
 {
     private readonly ILogger _logger;
     private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/ContentExpirationService.cs

@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
@@ -14,13 +13,12 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
 /// <summary>
 /// Service for managing content expiration.
 /// </summary>
-public class ContentExpirationService
+public class ContentExpirationService : IContentExpirationService
 {
     private readonly ILogger<ContentExpirationService> _logger;
-    private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
     private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
-    private readonly StreamUrlResolver _streamResolver;
-    private readonly MetadataCache _metadataCache;
+    private readonly IStreamUrlResolver _streamResolver;
+    private readonly IMediaCompositionFetcher _compositionFetcher;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ContentExpirationService"/> class.
@@ -28,18 +26,17 @@ public class ContentExpirationService
     /// <param name="loggerFactory">The logger factory.</param>
     /// <param name="libraryManager">The library manager.</param>
     /// <param name="streamResolver">The stream URL resolver.</param>
-    /// <param name="metadataCache">The metadata cache.</param>
+    /// <param name="compositionFetcher">The media composition fetcher.</param>
     public ContentExpirationService(
         ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
         ILibraryManager libraryManager,
-        StreamUrlResolver streamResolver,
-        MetadataCache metadataCache)
+        IStreamUrlResolver streamResolver,
+        IMediaCompositionFetcher compositionFetcher)
     {
-        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
         _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<ContentExpirationService>();
         _libraryManager = libraryManager;
         _streamResolver = streamResolver;
-        _metadataCache = metadataCache;
+        _compositionFetcher = compositionFetcher;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -119,26 +116,7 @@ public class ContentExpirationService
             return false;
         }
 
-        var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration;
-        if (config == null)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        // Try cache first
-        var mediaComposition = _metadataCache.GetMediaComposition(urn, config.CacheDurationMinutes);
-
-        // If not in cache, fetch from API
-        if (mediaComposition == null)
-        {
-            using var apiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
-            mediaComposition = await apiClient.GetMediaCompositionByUrnAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            if (mediaComposition != null)
-            {
-                _metadataCache.SetMediaComposition(urn, mediaComposition);
-            }
-        }
+        var mediaComposition = await _compositionFetcher.GetMediaCompositionAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         if (mediaComposition?.ChapterList == null || mediaComposition.ChapterList.Count == 0)
         {
@@ -196,24 +174,7 @@ public class ContentExpirationService
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration;
-                    if (config == null)
-                    {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    var mediaComposition = _metadataCache.GetMediaComposition(urn, config.CacheDurationMinutes);
-
-                    if (mediaComposition == null)
-                    {
-                        using var apiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
-                        mediaComposition = await apiClient.GetMediaCompositionByUrnAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                        if (mediaComposition != null)
-                        {
-                            _metadataCache.SetMediaComposition(urn, mediaComposition);
-                        }
-                    }
+                    var mediaComposition = await _compositionFetcher.GetMediaCompositionAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                     if (mediaComposition?.ChapterList != null && mediaComposition.ChapterList.Count > 0)
                     {

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/ContentRefreshService.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
-using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api.Models;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
@@ -12,24 +12,22 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
 /// <summary>
 /// Service for refreshing content from SRF API.
 /// </summary>
-public class ContentRefreshService
+public class ContentRefreshService : IContentRefreshService
 {
     private readonly ILogger<ContentRefreshService> _logger;
-    private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
-    private readonly MetadataCache _metadataCache;
+    private readonly ISRFApiClientFactory _apiClientFactory;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ContentRefreshService"/> class.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="loggerFactory">The logger factory.</param>
-    /// <param name="metadataCache">The metadata cache.</param>
+    /// <param name="apiClientFactory">The API client factory.</param>
     public ContentRefreshService(
         ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
-        MetadataCache metadataCache)
+        ISRFApiClientFactory apiClientFactory)
     {
-        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
         _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<ContentRefreshService>();
-        _metadataCache = metadataCache;
+        _apiClientFactory = apiClientFactory;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ public class ContentRefreshService
 
             _logger.LogInformation("Refreshing latest content for business unit: {BusinessUnit}", config.BusinessUnit);
 
-            using var apiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
+            using var apiClient = _apiClientFactory.CreateClient();
             var businessUnit = config.BusinessUnit.ToString().ToLowerInvariant();
 
             // Get all shows from Play v3 API
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ public class ContentRefreshService
 
             _logger.LogInformation("Refreshing trending content for business unit: {BusinessUnit}", config.BusinessUnit);
 
-            using var apiClient = new SRFApiClient(_loggerFactory);
+            using var apiClient = _apiClientFactory.CreateClient();
             var businessUnit = config.BusinessUnit.ToString().ToLowerInvariant();
 
             // Get all shows from Play v3 API

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/Interfaces/ICategoryService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api.Models;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Interface for managing topic/category data and filtering.
+/// </summary>
+public interface ICategoryService
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets all topics for a business unit.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="businessUnit">The business unit.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>List of topics.</returns>
+    Task<List<PlayV3Topic>> GetTopicsAsync(string businessUnit, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets a topic by ID.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="topicId">The topic ID.</param>
+    /// <param name="businessUnit">The business unit.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>The topic, or null if not found.</returns>
+    Task<PlayV3Topic?> GetTopicByIdAsync(string topicId, string businessUnit, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Filters shows by topic ID.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="shows">The shows to filter.</param>
+    /// <param name="topicId">The topic ID to filter by.</param>
+    /// <returns>Filtered list of shows.</returns>
+    IReadOnlyList<PlayV3Show> FilterShowsByTopic(IReadOnlyList<PlayV3Show> shows, string topicId);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Groups shows by their topics.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="shows">The shows to group.</param>
+    /// <returns>Dictionary mapping topic IDs to shows.</returns>
+    IReadOnlyDictionary<string, List<PlayV3Show>> GroupShowsByTopics(IReadOnlyList<PlayV3Show> shows);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets shows for a specific topic, sorted by number of episodes.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="topicId">The topic ID.</param>
+    /// <param name="businessUnit">The business unit.</param>
+    /// <param name="maxResults">Maximum number of results to return.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>List of shows for the topic.</returns>
+    Task<List<PlayV3Show>> GetShowsByTopicAsync(
+        string topicId,
+        string businessUnit,
+        int maxResults = 50,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets video count for each topic.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="shows">The shows to analyze.</param>
+    /// <returns>Dictionary mapping topic IDs to video counts.</returns>
+    IReadOnlyDictionary<string, int> GetVideoCountByTopic(IReadOnlyList<PlayV3Show> shows);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Clears the topics cache.
+    /// </summary>
+    void ClearCache();
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/Interfaces/IContentExpirationService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Interface for managing content expiration.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IContentExpirationService
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Checks for expired content and removes it from the library.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>The number of items removed.</returns>
+    Task<int> CheckAndRemoveExpiredContentAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets statistics about content expiration.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>Tuple with total count, expired count, and items expiring soon.</returns>
+    Task<(int Total, int Expired, int ExpiringSoon)> GetExpirationStatisticsAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/Interfaces/IContentRefreshService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Interface for refreshing content from SRF API.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IContentRefreshService
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Refreshes latest content from SRF API using Play v3.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>List of URNs for new content.</returns>
+    Task<List<string>> RefreshLatestContentAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Refreshes trending content from SRF API using Play v3.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>List of URNs for trending content.</returns>
+    Task<List<string>> RefreshTrendingContentAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Refreshes all content (latest and trending).
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>Tuple with counts of latest and trending items.</returns>
+    Task<(int LatestCount, int TrendingCount)> RefreshAllContentAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets content recommendations (combines latest and trending).
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>List of recommended URNs.</returns>
+    Task<List<string>> GetRecommendedContentAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/Interfaces/IMediaCompositionFetcher.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api.Models;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Interface for fetching media composition with caching support.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IMediaCompositionFetcher
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets media composition by URN, using cache if available.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="urn">The URN to fetch.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <param name="cacheDurationOverride">Optional override for cache duration (e.g., 5 min for livestreams).</param>
+    /// <returns>The media composition, or null if not found.</returns>
+    Task<MediaComposition?> GetMediaCompositionAsync(
+        string urn,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken,
+        int? cacheDurationOverride = null);
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/Interfaces/IMetadataCache.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api.Models;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Interface for caching metadata from SRF API.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IMetadataCache
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets cached media composition by URN.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="urn">The URN.</param>
+    /// <param name="cacheDurationMinutes">The cache duration in minutes.</param>
+    /// <returns>The cached media composition, or null if not found or expired.</returns>
+    MediaComposition? GetMediaComposition(string urn, int cacheDurationMinutes);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sets media composition in cache.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="urn">The URN.</param>
+    /// <param name="mediaComposition">The media composition to cache.</param>
+    void SetMediaComposition(string urn, MediaComposition mediaComposition);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Removes media composition from cache.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="urn">The URN.</param>
+    void RemoveMediaComposition(string urn);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Clears all cached data.
+    /// </summary>
+    void Clear();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the cache statistics.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>A tuple with cache count and size estimate.</returns>
+    (int Count, long SizeEstimate) GetStatistics();
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/Interfaces/IStreamProxyService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Interface for proxying SRF Play streams and managing authentication.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IStreamProxyService
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Registers a stream for proxying.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="itemId">The item ID.</param>
+    /// <param name="authenticatedUrl">The authenticated stream URL.</param>
+    /// <param name="urn">The SRF URN for this content (used for re-fetching fresh URLs).</param>
+    /// <param name="isLiveStream">Whether this is a livestream (livestreams always fetch fresh URLs).</param>
+    void RegisterStream(string itemId, string authenticatedUrl, string? urn = null, bool isLiveStream = false);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets stream metadata for an item (URN and isLiveStream flag).
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="itemId">The item ID.</param>
+    /// <returns>A tuple of (URN, IsLiveStream), or null if not found.</returns>
+    (string? Urn, bool IsLiveStream)? GetStreamMetadata(string itemId);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the authenticated URL for an item.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="itemId">The item ID.</param>
+    /// <returns>The authenticated URL, or null if not found or expired.</returns>
+    string? GetAuthenticatedUrl(string itemId);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Fetches and rewrites an HLS manifest to use proxy URLs.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="itemId">The item ID.</param>
+    /// <param name="baseProxyUrl">The base proxy URL.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>The rewritten manifest content.</returns>
+    Task<string?> GetRewrittenManifestAsync(string itemId, string baseProxyUrl, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Fetches a segment from the original source.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="itemId">The item ID.</param>
+    /// <param name="segmentPath">The segment path.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>The segment content as bytes.</returns>
+    Task<byte[]?> GetSegmentAsync(string itemId, string segmentPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Cleans up old and expired stream mappings.
+    /// </summary>
+    void CleanupOldMappings();
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/Interfaces/IStreamUrlResolver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api.Models;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Configuration;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Interface for resolving stream URLs from media composition resources.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IStreamUrlResolver
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the best stream URL from a chapter based on quality preference.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="chapter">The chapter containing resources.</param>
+    /// <param name="qualityPreference">The quality preference.</param>
+    /// <returns>The stream URL, or null if no suitable stream found.</returns>
+    string? GetStreamUrl(Chapter chapter, QualityPreference qualityPreference);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Checks if a chapter has non-DRM playable content.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="chapter">The chapter to check.</param>
+    /// <returns>True if playable content is available.</returns>
+    bool HasPlayableContent(Chapter chapter);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Checks if content is expired based on ValidTo date.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="chapter">The chapter to check.</param>
+    /// <returns>True if the content is expired.</returns>
+    bool IsContentExpired(Chapter chapter);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Authenticates a stream URL by fetching an Akamai token.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="streamUrl">The unauthenticated stream URL.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>The authenticated stream URL with token.</returns>
+    Task<string> GetAuthenticatedStreamUrlAsync(string streamUrl, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/MediaCompositionFetcher.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api.Models;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Service for fetching media composition with caching support.
+/// This consolidates the cache-check → API-fetch → cache-store pattern.
+/// </summary>
+public class MediaCompositionFetcher : IMediaCompositionFetcher
+{
+    private readonly ILogger<MediaCompositionFetcher> _logger;
+    private readonly IMetadataCache _metadataCache;
+    private readonly ISRFApiClientFactory _apiClientFactory;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MediaCompositionFetcher"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
+    /// <param name="metadataCache">The metadata cache.</param>
+    /// <param name="apiClientFactory">The API client factory.</param>
+    public MediaCompositionFetcher(
+        ILogger<MediaCompositionFetcher> logger,
+        IMetadataCache metadataCache,
+        ISRFApiClientFactory apiClientFactory)
+    {
+        _logger = logger;
+        _metadataCache = metadataCache;
+        _apiClientFactory = apiClientFactory;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public async Task<MediaComposition?> GetMediaCompositionAsync(
+        string urn,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken,
+        int? cacheDurationOverride = null)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(urn))
+        {
+            _logger.LogDebug("GetMediaCompositionAsync called with null/empty URN");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration;
+        if (config == null)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("Plugin configuration is null, cannot fetch media composition");
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var cacheDuration = cacheDurationOverride ?? config.CacheDurationMinutes;
+
+        // Try cache first
+        var mediaComposition = _metadataCache.GetMediaComposition(urn, cacheDuration);
+        if (mediaComposition != null)
+        {
+            _logger.LogDebug("Cache hit for URN: {Urn}", urn);
+            return mediaComposition;
+        }
+
+        // Fetch from API
+        _logger.LogDebug("Cache miss for URN: {Urn}, fetching from API", urn);
+        using var apiClient = _apiClientFactory.CreateClient();
+        mediaComposition = await apiClient.GetMediaCompositionByUrnAsync(urn, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        if (mediaComposition != null)
+        {
+            _metadataCache.SetMediaComposition(urn, mediaComposition);
+            _logger.LogDebug("Cached media composition for URN: {Urn}", urn);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("Failed to fetch media composition for URN: {Urn}", urn);
+        }
+
+        return mediaComposition;
+    }
+}

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/MetadataCache.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Threading;
 using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api.Models;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
 /// <summary>
 /// Service for caching metadata from SRF API.
 /// </summary>
-public sealed class MetadataCache : IDisposable
+public sealed class MetadataCache : IMetadataCache, IDisposable
 {
     private readonly ILogger<MetadataCache> _logger;
     private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, CacheEntry<MediaComposition>> _mediaCompositionCache;

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/StreamProxyService.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Web;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Configuration;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
@@ -11,10 +16,11 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
 /// <summary>
 /// Service for proxying SRF Play streams and managing authentication.
 /// </summary>
-public class StreamProxyService : IDisposable
+public class StreamProxyService : IStreamProxyService, IDisposable
 {
     private readonly ILogger<StreamProxyService> _logger;
-    private readonly StreamUrlResolver _streamResolver;
+    private readonly IStreamUrlResolver _streamResolver;
+    private readonly IMediaCompositionFetcher _compositionFetcher;
     private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
     private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, StreamInfo> _streamMappings;
     private bool _disposed;
@@ -24,10 +30,15 @@ public class StreamProxyService : IDisposable
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
     /// <param name="streamResolver">The stream URL resolver.</param>
-    public StreamProxyService(ILogger<StreamProxyService> logger, StreamUrlResolver streamResolver)
+    /// <param name="compositionFetcher">The media composition fetcher.</param>
+    public StreamProxyService(
+        ILogger<StreamProxyService> logger,
+        IStreamUrlResolver streamResolver,
+        IMediaCompositionFetcher compositionFetcher)
     {
         _logger = logger;
         _streamResolver = streamResolver;
+        _compositionFetcher = compositionFetcher;
         _httpClient = new HttpClient
         {
             Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)
@@ -40,31 +51,398 @@ public class StreamProxyService : IDisposable
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="itemId">The item ID.</param>
     /// <param name="authenticatedUrl">The authenticated stream URL.</param>
-    public void RegisterStream(string itemId, string authenticatedUrl)
+    /// <param name="urn">The SRF URN for this content (used for re-fetching fresh URLs).</param>
+    /// <param name="isLiveStream">Whether this is a livestream (livestreams always fetch fresh URLs).</param>
+    public void RegisterStream(string itemId, string authenticatedUrl, string? urn = null, bool isLiveStream = false)
     {
+        var tokenExpiry = ExtractTokenExpiry(authenticatedUrl);
+        var unauthenticatedUrl = StripAuthenticationFromUrl(authenticatedUrl);
+
         var streamInfo = new StreamInfo
         {
             AuthenticatedUrl = authenticatedUrl,
-            RegisteredAt = DateTime.UtcNow
+            UnauthenticatedUrl = unauthenticatedUrl,
+            RegisteredAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
+            TokenExpiresAt = tokenExpiry,
+            Urn = urn,
+            IsLiveStream = isLiveStream
         };
 
+        // Register with the provided item ID
         _streamMappings.AddOrUpdate(itemId, streamInfo, (key, old) => streamInfo);
+
+        // Also register with alternative GUID formats to handle Jellyfin's ID transformations
+        if (Guid.TryParse(itemId, out var guid))
+        {
+            var formats = new[]
+            {
+                guid.ToString("N"), // Without dashes: 00000000000000000000000000000000
+                guid.ToString("D"), // With dashes: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+                guid.ToString("B"), // With braces: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
+            };
+
+            foreach (var format in formats)
+            {
+                if (format != itemId) // Don't duplicate the original
+                {
+                    _streamMappings.AddOrUpdate(format, streamInfo, (key, old) => streamInfo);
+                }
+            }
+
+            _logger.LogDebug("Registered stream with {Count} GUID format variations", formats.Length);
+        }
+
+        if (tokenExpiry.HasValue)
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Registered stream for item {ItemId} (token expires at {ExpiresAt} UTC): {Url}",
+                itemId,
+                tokenExpiry.Value,
+                authenticatedUrl);
+        }
+        else
+        {
             _logger.LogInformation("Registered stream for item {ItemId}: {Url}", itemId, authenticatedUrl);
         }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets stream metadata for an item (URN and isLiveStream flag).
+    /// Used when propagating stream registration to transcoding sessions.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="itemId">The item ID.</param>
+    /// <returns>A tuple of (URN, IsLiveStream), or null if not found.</returns>
+    public (string? Urn, bool IsLiveStream)? GetStreamMetadata(string itemId)
+    {
+        if (_streamMappings.TryGetValue(itemId, out var streamInfo))
+        {
+            return (streamInfo.Urn, streamInfo.IsLiveStream);
+        }
+
+        // Try GUID normalization
+        var normalizedId = NormalizeGuid(itemId);
+        if (normalizedId != null)
+        {
+            foreach (var kvp in _streamMappings)
+            {
+                var normalizedKey = NormalizeGuid(kvp.Key);
+                if (normalizedKey != null && normalizedKey == normalizedId)
+                {
+                    return (kvp.Value.Urn, kvp.Value.IsLiveStream);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the authenticated URL for an item.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="itemId">The item ID.</param>
-    /// <returns>The authenticated URL, or null if not found.</returns>
+    /// <returns>The authenticated URL, or null if not found or expired.</returns>
     public string? GetAuthenticatedUrl(string itemId)
     {
+        _logger.LogInformation("GetAuthenticatedUrl called for itemId: {ItemId}", itemId);
+
+        // Try direct lookup first
         if (_streamMappings.TryGetValue(itemId, out var streamInfo))
         {
+            _logger.LogInformation("✅ Found stream by direct lookup for itemId: {ItemId}", itemId);
+            return ValidateAndReturnStream(itemId, streamInfo);
+        }
+
+        _logger.LogWarning("❌ No direct match for itemId: {ItemId}, trying fallbacks... (Registered streams: {Count})", itemId, _streamMappings.Count);
+
+        // Fallback: Try to find by GUID variations (with/without dashes)
+        // This handles cases where Jellyfin uses different GUID formats
+        var normalizedId = NormalizeGuid(itemId);
+        if (normalizedId != null)
+        {
+            foreach (var kvp in _streamMappings)
+            {
+                var normalizedKey = NormalizeGuid(kvp.Key);
+                if (normalizedKey != null && normalizedKey == normalizedId)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogInformation(
+                        "Found stream by GUID normalization - Requested: {RequestedId}, Registered: {RegisteredId}",
+                        itemId,
+                        kvp.Key);
+                    var url = ValidateAndReturnStream(kvp.Key, kvp.Value);
+                    if (url != null)
+                    {
+                        return url; // Found valid stream
+                    }
+
+                    // Stream found but expired, continue to next fallback
+                    _logger.LogDebug("GUID-normalized stream was expired, trying other fallbacks");
+                    break; // Exit foreach, continue to next fallback strategy
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Last resort: Use active stream fallbacks (helps when Jellyfin creates random transcoding session IDs)
+        var activeStreams = _streamMappings.Where(kvp =>
+        {
+            if (!kvp.Value.TokenExpiresAt.HasValue)
+            {
+                return true; // No expiry
+            }
+
+            return DateTime.UtcNow < kvp.Value.TokenExpiresAt.Value;
+        }).ToList();
+
+        if (activeStreams.Count == 1)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(
+                "No exact match for {RequestedId}, but found single active stream {RegisteredId} - using as fallback",
+                itemId,
+                activeStreams[0].Key);
+            return ValidateAndReturnStream(activeStreams[0].Key, activeStreams[0].Value);
+        }
+
+        // If multiple active streams, use the most recently registered one (likely the one being transcoded)
+        // This handles cases where Jellyfin creates a random transcoding session ID seconds after registration
+        if (activeStreams.Count > 1)
+        {
+            var mostRecent = activeStreams.OrderByDescending(kvp => kvp.Value.RegisteredAt).First();
+            var age = DateTime.UtcNow - mostRecent.Value.RegisteredAt;
+
+            // Only use this fallback if the stream was registered very recently (within 30 seconds)
+            // This indicates it's likely the stream currently being set up for transcoding
+            if (age.TotalSeconds < 30)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(
+                    "No exact match for {RequestedId}, but using most recently registered stream {RegisteredId} (registered {Seconds}s ago) as fallback",
+                    itemId,
+                    mostRecent.Key,
+                    age.TotalSeconds);
+                return ValidateAndReturnStream(mostRecent.Key, mostRecent.Value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        _logger.LogWarning(
+            "No stream mapping found for item {ItemId}. Active streams: {Count}. Registered IDs: {RegisteredIds}",
+            itemId,
+            activeStreams.Count,
+            string.Join(", ", _streamMappings.Keys));
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Validates a stream and returns its URL if valid.
+    /// </summary>
+    private string? ValidateAndReturnStream(string itemId, StreamInfo streamInfo)
+    {
+        // For livestreams, always fetch fresh URL from API to avoid stale CDN paths
+        if (streamInfo.IsLiveStream && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(streamInfo.Urn))
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Livestream detected for item {ItemId} (URN: {Urn}) - fetching fresh stream URL from API",
+                itemId,
+                streamInfo.Urn);
+
+            var freshUrl = FetchFreshStreamUrl(itemId, streamInfo);
+            if (freshUrl != null)
+            {
+                return freshUrl;
+            }
+
+            _logger.LogWarning("Failed to fetch fresh URL for livestream {ItemId}, falling back to cached URL", itemId);
+            // Fall through to use cached URL as fallback
+        }
+
+        // Check if token has expired or is about to expire
+        if (streamInfo.TokenExpiresAt.HasValue)
+        {
+            var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            var timeUntilExpiry = streamInfo.TokenExpiresAt.Value - now;
+
+            // Proactive refresh: refresh if token has expired OR will expire within 5 seconds
+            // This prevents race conditions during rapid segment fetching in transcoding
+            var shouldRefresh = now >= streamInfo.TokenExpiresAt.Value || timeUntilExpiry.TotalSeconds <= 5;
+
+            if (shouldRefresh)
+            {
+                var reason = now >= streamInfo.TokenExpiresAt.Value
+                    ? "expired"
+                    : $"expiring in {timeUntilExpiry.TotalSeconds:F1}s";
+
+                _logger.LogWarning(
+                    "Token {Reason} for item {ItemId} (expires at {ExpiresAt}, now is {Now}) - attempting to refresh",
+                    reason,
+                    itemId,
+                    streamInfo.TokenExpiresAt.Value,
+                    now);
+
+                // Try to refresh the token
+                var refreshedUrl = RefreshToken(itemId, streamInfo);
+                if (refreshedUrl != null)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogInformation("Successfully refreshed token for item {ItemId}", itemId);
+                    return refreshedUrl;
+                }
+
+                _logger.LogWarning("Failed to refresh token for item {ItemId}, removing mapping", itemId);
+                _streamMappings.TryRemove(itemId, out _);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            _logger.LogDebug(
+                "Token valid for item {ItemId} (expires at {ExpiresAt}, {TimeLeft:F1}s remaining)",
+                itemId,
+                streamInfo.TokenExpiresAt.Value,
+                timeUntilExpiry.TotalSeconds);
+        }
+
         return streamInfo.AuthenticatedUrl;
     }
 
-        _logger.LogWarning("No stream mapping found for item {ItemId}", itemId);
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Fetches a fresh stream URL from the SRF API for livestreams.
+    /// </summary>
+    private string? FetchFreshStreamUrl(string itemId, StreamInfo streamInfo)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(streamInfo.Urn))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            // Use short cache duration (5 min) for livestreams
+            var mediaComposition = _compositionFetcher.GetMediaCompositionAsync(streamInfo.Urn, CancellationToken.None, 5)
+                .GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+            if (mediaComposition?.ChapterList == null || mediaComposition.ChapterList.Count == 0)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("No chapters found when refreshing livestream URL for URN: {Urn}", streamInfo.Urn);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var chapter = mediaComposition.ChapterList[0];
+            var config = Plugin.Instance?.Configuration ?? new PluginConfiguration();
+            var streamUrl = _streamResolver.GetStreamUrl(chapter, config.QualityPreference);
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(streamUrl))
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning("No stream URL found when refreshing livestream for URN: {Urn}", streamInfo.Urn);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            // Authenticate the fresh URL
+            var authenticatedUrl = _streamResolver.GetAuthenticatedStreamUrlAsync(streamUrl, CancellationToken.None)
+                .GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+            // Update the stored stream info with the fresh data
+            var newTokenExpiry = ExtractTokenExpiry(authenticatedUrl);
+            streamInfo.AuthenticatedUrl = authenticatedUrl;
+            streamInfo.UnauthenticatedUrl = StripAuthenticationFromUrl(authenticatedUrl);
+            streamInfo.TokenExpiresAt = newTokenExpiry;
+
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Fetched fresh livestream URL for item {ItemId} (URN: {Urn}, new expiry: {Expiry})",
+                itemId,
+                streamInfo.Urn,
+                newTokenExpiry);
+
+            return authenticatedUrl;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error fetching fresh stream URL for livestream {ItemId} (URN: {Urn})", itemId, streamInfo.Urn);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Attempts to refresh an expired token.
+    /// </summary>
+    private string? RefreshToken(string itemId, StreamInfo streamInfo)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(streamInfo.UnauthenticatedUrl))
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("Cannot refresh token for {ItemId} - no unauthenticated URL stored", itemId);
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            // Re-authenticate the stream URL synchronously (blocking call)
+            var newAuthenticatedUrl = _streamResolver.GetAuthenticatedStreamUrlAsync(
+                streamInfo.UnauthenticatedUrl,
+                CancellationToken.None).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(newAuthenticatedUrl))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            // Update the stream info with the new token
+            var newTokenExpiry = ExtractTokenExpiry(newAuthenticatedUrl);
+            streamInfo.AuthenticatedUrl = newAuthenticatedUrl;
+            streamInfo.TokenExpiresAt = newTokenExpiry;
+
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Refreshed token for item {ItemId} (new expiry: {ExpiresAt} UTC)",
+                itemId,
+                newTokenExpiry);
+
+            return newAuthenticatedUrl;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error refreshing token for item {ItemId}", itemId);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Strips authentication parameters from a URL to get the base unauthenticated URL.
+    /// </summary>
+    private string StripAuthenticationFromUrl(string url)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var uri = new Uri(url);
+            var query = uri.Query;
+
+            // Remove hdnts authentication parameter (Akamai token authentication)
+            if (query.Contains("hdnts=", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                // Keep other parameters like caption, webvttbaseurl
+                var queryParams = System.Web.HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(query);
+                queryParams.Remove("hdnts");
+
+                var newQuery = queryParams.Count > 0 ? "?" + queryParams.ToString() : string.Empty;
+                return $"{uri.Scheme}://{uri.Host}{uri.AbsolutePath}{newQuery}";
+            }
+
+            return url;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to strip authentication from URL, using as-is");
+            return url;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Normalizes a GUID string to a consistent format for comparison.
+    /// </summary>
+    private string? NormalizeGuid(string input)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // Try to parse as GUID (handles both with and without dashes)
+        if (Guid.TryParse(input, out var guid))
+        {
+            return guid.ToString("N"); // Always return format without dashes
+        }
+
         return null;
     }
 
@@ -159,6 +537,16 @@ public class StreamProxyService : IDisposable
         var baseUri = new Uri(originalBaseUrl);
         var baseUrl = $"{baseUri.Scheme}://{baseUri.Host}{string.Join('/', baseUri.AbsolutePath.Split('/')[..^1])}";
 
+        // Extract query parameters from proxyBaseUrl to propagate them
+        var queryParams = string.Empty;
+        var queryStart = proxyBaseUrl.IndexOf('?', StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        if (queryStart >= 0)
+        {
+            queryParams = proxyBaseUrl[queryStart..];
+            proxyBaseUrl = proxyBaseUrl[..queryStart]; // Remove query from base URL
+            _logger.LogDebug("Extracted query parameters from proxy URL: {QueryParams}", queryParams);
+        }
+
         // Pattern to match .m3u8 and .ts/.mp4 segment references
         var pattern = @"(?:^|\n)([^#\n][^\n]*\.(?:m3u8|ts|mp4|m4s|aac)[^\n]*)";
 
@@ -172,27 +560,76 @@ public class StreamProxyService : IDisposable
             {
                 // Rewrite absolute URLs to proxy
                 var relativePath = url.Replace(baseUrl + "/", string.Empty, StringComparison.Ordinal);
-                return $"\n{proxyBaseUrl}/{relativePath}";
+                return $"\n{proxyBaseUrl}/{relativePath}{queryParams}";
             }
 
             // Relative URL - rewrite to proxy
-            return $"\n{proxyBaseUrl}/{url}";
+            return $"\n{proxyBaseUrl}/{url}{queryParams}";
         });
 
         return rewritten;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Cleans up old stream mappings.
+    /// Extracts the token expiry time from a stream URL with hdnts parameter.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="url">The authenticated stream URL.</param>
+    /// <returns>The expiry time, or null if not found.</returns>
+    private DateTime? ExtractTokenExpiry(string url)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var uri = new Uri(url);
+            var query = uri.Query;
+
+            // Parse the hdnts parameter (e.g., "exp=1763282021")
+            var match = Regex.Match(query, @"exp=(\d+)");
+            if (match.Success && long.TryParse(match.Groups[1].Value, out var unixTimestamp))
+            {
+                // Convert Unix timestamp to DateTime
+                var expiry = DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeSeconds(unixTimestamp).UtcDateTime;
+                _logger.LogDebug("Extracted token expiry from URL: {Expiry} UTC (unix: {Unix})", expiry, unixTimestamp);
+                return expiry;
+            }
+
+            _logger.LogDebug("No token expiry found in URL: {Url}", url);
+            return null;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to extract token expiry from URL: {Url}", url);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Cleans up old and expired stream mappings.
     /// </summary>
     public void CleanupOldMappings()
     {
         var cutoff = DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-24);
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
         var keysToRemove = new System.Collections.Generic.List<string>();
 
         foreach (var kvp in _streamMappings)
         {
+            var shouldRemove = false;
+
+            // Remove if registered more than 24 hours ago
             if (kvp.Value.RegisteredAt < cutoff)
+            {
+                shouldRemove = true;
+                _logger.LogDebug("Marking item {ItemId} for cleanup (old registration)", kvp.Key);
+            }
+
+            // Remove if token has expired
+            if (kvp.Value.TokenExpiresAt.HasValue && kvp.Value.TokenExpiresAt.Value <= now)
+            {
+                shouldRemove = true;
+                _logger.LogDebug("Marking item {ItemId} for cleanup (expired token)", kvp.Key);
+            }
+
+            if (shouldRemove)
             {
                 keysToRemove.Add(kvp.Key);
             }
@@ -201,12 +638,11 @@ public class StreamProxyService : IDisposable
         foreach (var key in keysToRemove)
         {
             _streamMappings.TryRemove(key, out _);
-            _logger.LogDebug("Removed old stream mapping for item {ItemId}", key);
         }
 
         if (keysToRemove.Count > 0)
         {
-            _logger.LogInformation("Cleaned up {Count} old stream mappings", keysToRemove.Count);
+            _logger.LogInformation("Cleaned up {Count} old/expired stream mappings", keysToRemove.Count);
         }
     }
 
@@ -245,6 +681,21 @@ public class StreamProxyService : IDisposable
     {
         public string AuthenticatedUrl { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
+        public string UnauthenticatedUrl { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
         public DateTime RegisteredAt { get; set; }
+
+        public DateTime? TokenExpiresAt { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the SRF URN for this stream (used for re-fetching fresh URLs).
+        /// </summary>
+        public string? Urn { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether this is a livestream.
+        /// Livestreams always fetch fresh URLs from the API to avoid stale CDN paths.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsLiveStream { get; set; }
     }
 }

Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay/Services/StreamUrlResolver.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Api.Models;
 using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Configuration;
+using Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services.Interfaces;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Services;
 /// <summary>
 /// Service for resolving stream URLs from media composition resources.
 /// </summary>
-public class StreamUrlResolver : IDisposable
+public class StreamUrlResolver : IStreamUrlResolver, IDisposable
 {
     private readonly ILogger<StreamUrlResolver> _logger;
     private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
@@ -87,6 +88,17 @@ public class StreamUrlResolver : IDisposable
             chapter.Id,
             hlsResources.Count);
 
+        // Log all HLS resources with their quality info to help debug quality selection
+        foreach (var resource in hlsResources)
+        {
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Available HLS resource - Quality={Quality}, Protocol={Protocol}, Streaming={Streaming}, URL={Url}",
+                resource.Quality ?? "NULL",
+                resource.Protocol ?? "NULL",
+                resource.Streaming ?? "NULL",
+                resource.Url);
+        }
+
         if (hlsResources.Count == 0)
         {
             _logger.LogWarning("No HLS resources found for chapter: {ChapterId}", chapter.Id);
@@ -114,6 +126,10 @@ public class StreamUrlResolver : IDisposable
         }
 
         // Select based on quality preference
+        _logger.LogInformation(
+            "Selecting stream with quality preference: {QualityPreference}",
+            qualityPreference);
+
         Resource? selectedResource = qualityPreference switch
         {
             QualityPreference.HD => SelectHDResource(hlsResources) ?? SelectBestAvailableResource(hlsResources),
@@ -124,10 +140,10 @@ public class StreamUrlResolver : IDisposable
 
         if (selectedResource != null)
         {
-            _logger.LogDebug(
-                "Selected stream for chapter {ChapterId}: Quality={Quality}, Protocol={Protocol}, URL={Url}",
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "✅ Selected stream for chapter {ChapterId}: Quality={Quality}, Protocol={Protocol}, URL={Url}",
                 chapter.Id,
-                selectedResource.Quality,
+                selectedResource.Quality ?? "NULL",
                 selectedResource.Protocol,
                 selectedResource.Url);
             return selectedResource.Url;

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Jellyfin SRF Play Plugin
 
-A Jellyfin plugin for accessing SRF Play (Swiss Radio and Television) video-on-demand content.
+A Jellyfin plugin for accessing SRF Play (Swiss Radio and Television) video-on-demand content and live sports streaming.
+
+## Status
+
+**Beta/Alpha** - This plugin has been tested on two Jellyfin instances and is working. Some clients may experience issues with hardware decoding, which appears to be client-specific behavior.
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -25,95 +29,13 @@ The main channel interface showing the content folders.
 
 Video playback with HLS streaming support and quality selection.
 
-## Project Status
+## Testing
 
-### ✅ Completed Components
+The plugin includes comprehensive testing:
 
-#### Phase 1: Project Setup
-- ✅ Renamed from Template to SRFPlay
-- ✅ Updated all namespaces and identifiers
-- ✅ Configured plugin metadata (ID, name)
-
-#### Phase 2: Core API Infrastructure
-- ✅ API Models (MediaComposition, Chapter, Resource, Show, Episode)
-- ✅ SRF API Client with HTTP client wrapper
-- ✅ JSON deserialization support
-- ✅ Error handling and logging
-
-#### Phase 3: Configuration
-- ✅ Business unit selection (SRF/RTS/RSI/RTR/SWI)
-- ✅ Quality preferences (Auto/SD/HD)
-- ✅ Content refresh intervals
-- ✅ Expiration check settings
-- ✅ Cache duration configuration
-- ✅ HTML configuration page
-
-#### Phase 4: Services
-- ✅ Stream URL Resolver
-  - HLS stream selection
-  - Quality-based filtering
-  - DRM content filtering
-  - Content expiration checking
-  - Akamai token authentication
-  - Upcoming livestream detection
-- ✅ Metadata Cache Service
-  - Efficient caching with configurable duration
-  - Thread-safe with ReaderWriterLockSlim
-  - IDisposable implementation
-  - Dynamic TTL for scheduled livestreams
-- ✅ Content Expiration Service
-  - Automatic expiration checking
-  - Library cleanup of expired content
-  - Statistics and monitoring
-- ✅ Content Refresh Service
-  - Latest and trending content discovery
-  - Scheduled sports livestreams
-  - Automatic cache population
-  - Recommendations system
-
-#### Phase 5: Content Providers
-- ✅ Series Provider (for show metadata)
-- ✅ Episode Provider (for episode metadata)
-- ✅ Image Provider (for thumbnails and artwork)
-- ✅ Media Provider (for playback URLs and HLS streams)
-
-#### Phase 6: Scheduled Tasks
-- ✅ Content Refresh Task
-  - Periodic discovery of new content
-  - Configurable refresh intervals
-- ✅ Expiration Check Task
-  - Automatic cleanup of expired content
-  - Configurable check intervals
-
-#### Phase 7: Dependency Injection & Integration
-- ✅ Service registration (ServiceRegistrator)
-- ✅ Jellyfin provider interfaces implementation
-- ✅ Plugin initialization and configuration
-
-#### Phase 8: Live Sports Streaming
-- ✅ Play v3 API integration for scheduled livestreams
-- ✅ Sports events folder in channel
-- ✅ Upcoming event detection and display
-- ✅ Akamai token authentication for streams
-- ✅ Dynamic cache refresh for live events
-- ✅ Event scheduling with ValidFrom/ValidTo handling
-- ✅ Automatic stream URL resolution when events go live
-
-### ✅ Build Status
-**Successfully compiling!** All code analysis warnings resolved.
-
-### 🧪 Testing Status
-- [x] Unit tests (xUnit framework)
-  - StreamUrlResolver tests
-  - MetadataCache tests
-  - More to be added
-- [x] API spec validation tests (nightly automated runs)
-  - All business units (SRF, RTS, RSI, RTR, SWI)
-  - Response schema validation
-  - Performance monitoring
-- [ ] Integration testing with Jellyfin instance
-- [ ] End-to-end playback testing for VOD content
-- [ ] Live sports streaming validation
+- **Unit tests** (xUnit framework) for core services
+- **API spec validation tests** for all business units (SRF, RTS, RSI, RTR, SWI)
+- **Integration testing** - Tested on multiple Jellyfin instances with VOD and live sports streaming
 
 **Run tests:**
 ```bash
@@ -132,13 +54,6 @@ dotnet test --collect:"XPlat Code Coverage"
 
 See [Test Documentation](Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.Tests/README.md) for more details.
 
-### 📝 Next Steps
-1. Test live sports streaming when events are scheduled
-2. Verify Akamai token authentication
-3. Test with different business units (RTS, RSI, RTR)
-4. Add more unit tests for remaining services
-5. Performance optimization if needed
-
 ## API Information
 
 **Base URL:** `https://il.srgssr.ch/integrationlayer/2.0/`
@@ -297,9 +212,7 @@ Currently focused on SRF but easily extensible.
 
 ## Development
 
-### Current Status
-
-All core functionality is implemented and compiling successfully! The plugin includes:
+The plugin includes:
 - Complete API integration with SRF Play (Integration Layer v2.0 and Play v3)
 - **Live sports streaming** with scheduled event detection
 - Channel with Latest, Trending, and Live Sports folders
@@ -310,25 +223,15 @@ All core functionality is implemented and compiling successfully! The plugin inc
 - Scheduled tasks for content refresh
 - Smart caching with dynamic TTL for upcoming livestreams
 
-### Testing
+### Known Issues
 
-To test the plugin:
-
-1. Build the plugin: `dotnet build`
-2. Copy `bin/Debug/net8.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.SRFPlay.dll` to your Jellyfin plugins directory
-3. Restart Jellyfin
-4. Configure the plugin in Dashboard → Plugins → SRF Play
-5. Add a library with the SRF Play content provider
-
-### Known Limitations
-
-- This is a first version that has not been tested with a live Jellyfin instance yet
-- Some edge cases may need handling
-- Performance optimization may be needed for large content catalogs
+- Some clients may experience issues with hardware decoding (appears to be client-specific)
+- Some edge cases may need additional handling
+- Performance optimization may be needed for very large content catalogs
 
 ### Contributing
 
-This plugin is in active development. Contributions welcome!
+Contributions welcome!
 
 ## License