6 files changed, 37 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
index 24e7714037..b8abe49e3e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
     {
         public const int DefaultHttpPort = 8096;
         public const int DefaultHttpsPort = 8920;
+        private string _baseUrl;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether [enable u pn p].
@@ -162,7 +163,33 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
         public bool SkipDeserializationForBasicTypes { get; set; }
 
         public string ServerName { get; set; }
-        public string BaseUrl { get; set; }
+        public string BaseUrl
+        {
+            get => _baseUrl;
+            set
+            {
+                // Normalize the start of the string
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+                {
+                    // If baseUrl is empty, set an empty prefix string
+                    value = string.Empty;
+                }
+                else if (!value.StartsWith("/"))
+                {
+                    // If baseUrl was not configured with a leading slash, append one for consistency
+                    value = "/" + value;
+                }
+
+                // Normalize the end of the string
+                if (value.EndsWith("/"))
+                {
+                    // If baseUrl was configured with a trailing slash, remove it for consistency
+                    value = value.Remove(value.Length - 1);
+                }
+
+                _baseUrl = value;
+            }
+        }
 
         public string UICulture { get; set; }
 
@@ -243,7 +270,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
             SortRemoveCharacters = new[] { ",", "&", "-", "{", "}", "'" };
             SortRemoveWords = new[] { "the", "a", "an" };
 
-            BaseUrl = "jellyfin";
+            BaseUrl = string.Empty;
             UICulture = "en-US";
 
             MetadataOptions = new[]
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dto/BaseItemPerson.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dto/BaseItemPerson.cs
index 7011ff8ea5..270a4683a7 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dto/BaseItemPerson.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dto/BaseItemPerson.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dto
 {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dto
         /// Gets a value indicating whether this instance has primary image.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value><c>true</c> if this instance has primary image; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
-        [IgnoreDataMember]
+        [JsonIgnore]
         public bool HasPrimaryImage => PrimaryImageTag != null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dto/MediaSourceInfo.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dto/MediaSourceInfo.cs
index 92e40fb01f..5bdc4809a9 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dto/MediaSourceInfo.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dto/MediaSourceInfo.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.MediaInfo;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Session;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dto
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dto
             }
         }
 
-        [IgnoreDataMember]
+        [JsonIgnore]
         public TranscodeReason[] TranscodeReasons { get; set; }
 
         public int? DefaultAudioStreamIndex { get; set; }
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dto
             return null;
         }
 
-        [IgnoreDataMember]
+        [JsonIgnore]
         public MediaStream VideoStream
         {
             get
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/MediaBrowser.Model.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Model/MediaBrowser.Model.csproj
index e9f43ea56b..3ed319a0de 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/MediaBrowser.Model.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/MediaBrowser.Model.csproj
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions" Version="2.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="2.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="4.6.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Serialization/IgnoreDataMemberAttribute.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Serialization/IgnoreDataMemberAttribute.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index b43949fe38..0000000000
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Serialization/IgnoreDataMemberAttribute.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-
-namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization
-{
-    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field | AttributeTargets.Property, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = false)]
-    public sealed class IgnoreDataMemberAttribute : Attribute
-    {
-        public IgnoreDataMemberAttribute()
-        {
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Updates/PackageVersionInfo.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Updates/PackageVersionInfo.cs
index 7ef07c0dfd..c0790317d5 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Updates/PackageVersionInfo.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Updates/PackageVersionInfo.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 using System;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Updates
 {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Updates
         /// Had to make this an interpreted property since Protobuf can't handle Version
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The version.</value>
-        [IgnoreDataMember]
+        [JsonIgnore]
         public Version Version
         {
             get