FolderTV

80bee

About this app

Bring back the nostalgic joy of channel surfing with your own personal video collection!

FolderTV is a local-only playout engine and media player for Android that transforms your local video folders and home network SMB shares into virtual TV channels. No
external media servers, complex M3U playlists, or port forwarding required. Simply point FolderTV at your media, and enjoy your own personal television broadcast network.

📺 VIRTUAL CHANNEL SURFING
• Instant Channel Creation: Folders automatically turn into custom TV channels.
• Intuitive Touch Gestures: Swipe up and down anywhere on the screen to flip through channels instantaneously.
• Channel Select Grid: Browse channels visually with sleek Material 3 cards, video counts, and quick search filters.

🔀 RETRO DROPIN & PLAYOUT MODES
• Nostalgic Drop-in Playout: Tunes into random files at random timestamps for an authentic 2000s TV channel surfing experience.
• Resume Progress: Remembers where you left off per channel so you never lose your place.
• Start Fresh: Always plays episodes from the beginning (0:00).

📁 LOCAL & NETWORK STORAGE (SMB)
• Scoped Storage Support: Safely index videos from internal storage, SD cards, or external USB drives.
• Direct SMB Streaming: Authenticate and stream directly from home NAS drives or SMB network shares across your Wi-Fi.
• On-screen Info Banner (OSD): Displays title, metadata, and progress overlays on channel changes.

🔒 100% PRIVATE & SERVERLESS
• Zero Telemetry: No user data or media streams ever leave your local device or network.
• Encrypted Credentials: Network credentials are secured locally using KeyStore encryption.
• No Ads, No Sign-ins: Instant access to your media without account creation.

Turn your media library into a living broadcast experience with FolderTV!

What’s new

- Fixed a startup crash on release builds caused by Proguard/R8 optimization rules stripping internal SMB client event handlers.
- General app stability and startup improvements.