From c7111b7570895cd999b8ca6abde9f8d558b99200 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Eisele <Ghost_of_Stone@web.de>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 19:43:25 +0200
Subject: Only resolve symlinks on playback (#16965)

Only resolve symlinks on playback
---
 Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs')

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>
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