# Jellyfin connection to Swiftfin on Apple TV
**URL:** https://community.start9.com/t/jellyfin-connection-to-swiftfin-on-apple-tv/5631
**Category:** Services Support
**Tags:** how-to
**Created:** [August 23, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/jellyfin-connection-to-swiftfin-on-apple-tv/5631 "2026-08-23T14:43:25Z")
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### Author:  [@Bender5678434](https://community.start9.com/u/Bender5678434)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/jellyfin-connection-to-swiftfin-on-apple-tv/5631/1 "2026-08-23T14:43:25Z")
Has anyone here successfully connected their Jellyfin to Swiftfin app on Apple TV? I have been trying endlessly to find a solution. Constantly I encounter the certificate not trusted error. I was able to upload the .crt file to Apple TV via the hidden profiles menu, but it will still not trust the certificate. I have tried variations of http/https, IP, private domains. I realize Apple TV/Swiftfin cannot resolve .local addresses so I have avoided that.
Has anyone had sucess? I am beginning to think this is an impossible task, but hopefully someone out there has found a way!
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### Author:  [@Jeremy](https://community.start9.com/u/Jeremy)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/jellyfin-connection-to-swiftfin-on-apple-tv/5631/2 "2026-08-23T15:16:01Z")
Hi @Bender5678434, some thoughts that may be helpful: the most common cause of this is that the certificate profile got installed but never actually trusted - those are two separate steps on tvOS. After uploading the .crt, go to Settings \> General \> About \> Certificate Trust Settings on the Apple TV itself and make sure full trust is toggled on for your Root CA; without that step, Apple TV will show the profile as installed but still reject it. Double-check too that the file you uploaded is the Root CA .crt from your server (System \> Root CA) and not some other certificate. It’s worth re-downloading the Root CA fresh and re-doing the profile install, since a corrupted or wrong cert would produce exactly this symptom across every connection method you’ve tried (IP, private domain, http/https).
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### Author:  [@Bender5678434](https://community.start9.com/u/Bender5678434)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/jellyfin-connection-to-swiftfin-on-apple-tv/5631/3 "2026-08-23T15:53:08Z")
Dude, thank you. I’ve been down so many AI rabbit hole conversations, and at one point I asked if this menu existed and it said it did not. I feel like Clark Griswold and the Christmas lights coming down to one switch in the garage. Thank you. Up and running now!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.start9.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/jellyfin-connection-to-swiftfin-on-apple-tv/5631/4 "2026-08-25T15:53:14Z")
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