Only resolve symlinks on playback (#16965)

Only resolve symlinks on playback

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs
index 6a30a80f1d..39a6fbace8 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs
@@ -119,7 +119,18 @@ public class LibraryController : BaseJellyfinApiController
             return NotFound();
         }
 
-        return PhysicalFile(item.Path, MimeTypes.GetMimeType(item.Path), true);
+        var filePath = item.Path;
+        if (item.IsFileProtocol)
+        {
+            // PhysicalFile does not work well with symlinks at the moment.
+            var resolved = FileSystemHelper.ResolveLinkTarget(filePath, returnFinalTarget: true);
+            if (resolved is not null && resolved.Exists)
+            {
+                filePath = resolved.FullName;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return PhysicalFile(filePath, MimeTypes.GetMimeType(filePath), true);
     }
 
     /// <summary>