[Issue]: Cannot edit metadata or images of owned playlist as an unprivileged user.

[reacocard]

Please describe your bug

Playlists can now be per-user which is great, but if a user doesn't have permissions to manage the server they cannot edit their own playlist's metadata, such as the title and cover image.

This is how the menu looks on an unprivileged user - there is no "Edit Metadata" or "Edit Images" option:

And further, since admins cannot see private user playlists, there is no way for them to edit the metadata on the users' behalf either, so there is no way to edit this metadata at all.

Users should have the ability to edit metadata and images for the playlists they own, regardless of whether they have the ability to manage the whole server.

Reproduction Steps

1. Create a Music library
2. Create a user who does not have permission to manage the server, but has access to the Music library
3. As that user, create a playlist containing whatever songs you like.
4. As that user, open the "..." menu on the playlist. Note the lack of options to edit metadata and images.

Jellyfin Version

10.9.0

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Environment

- OS: Debian 12
- Linux Kernel: Debian 6.4.4-3~bpo12+1
- Virtualization: None
- Clients: Web
- Browser: Firefox 126
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- Reverse Proxy: nginx
- Base URL: none
- Networking: host
- Storage: local

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[nylimited]

Why on earth would I want a non-admin user to edit metadata?? They can create a playlist containing tracks/songs, they can add to their list, they can remove things from their lists. I certainly do not want them to edit metadata or images or anything like that! This is not unlike any other service - Amazon, Netflix, whatever - where you can make a playlist but definitely cannot change descriptions. Seriously!

[reacocard]

Because it's THEIR playlist - noone else on the server can manage it if it's not public, and if it doesn't affect anyone else why shouldn't they be able to edit it?

Certainly, unprivileged users should not be able to edit playlists owned by the system or by other users, but editing their own, private playlists absolutely should be possible.

[nylimited]

Metadata is specific to media (e.g. an album), not to a person or a playlist. If they change it, they would do so for everyone.

[reacocard]

I'm not talking about the metadata of individual tracks or albums, i'm talking about the metadata of the playlist itself - the stuff you can edit as an admin in the "..." menu on a playlist, like so:

[nylimited]

I'm still not convinced it is needed but you are right - that is safe for them to play with. 👍

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