Features

Two soundtracks at once

• Any devices you have

  Speakers and headphones, a USB headset, an external interface, Bluetooth. They don't have to match, and you probably already own a pair that works.

• Set the languages once

  Give each device a preferred language and TinePlayer tries to pick the right soundtrack for every video after that, with nothing to choose.

• Separate volume and delay

  Each output has its own level, so nobody has to settle for someone else's, and its own correction for wireless headphone latency.

• One output is enough

  Watching on your own with a described soundtrack is a normal way to use TinePlayer.

Audio description

• On its own output

  The narration plays on headphones while everyone else hears the original soundtrack.

• Separate files

  A description published as an external audio file plays alongside a video that has no described track at all.

• Synced automatically

  TinePlayer compares the two and attempts to work out the offset itself, so a track that starts eleven seconds late just plays in the right place.

• Set per person

  Two people who both want description can have it in different languages. It's never selected unless you ask for it.

Subtitles

• Embedded and external files

  Tracks inside the video and external files beside it appear in one list, so an SDH or hard-of-hearing track is chosen exactly like any other.

• Chosen automatically

  Subtitles can be chosen automatically based on language preferences, including forced-only.

• Customizable

  Font style and size can be adjusted for readability.

Your library

• Ordinary video files

  MKV, MP4, MPEG-TS and anything else GStreamer handles, from a drive, a network share, or over http:// and smb://.

• A dub, or a commentary

  Playing an external audio file isn't only for description. A dub in another language, a commentary, or restored audio for an old film all work and can be synced.

• Posters and details

  The NFO and image files your media library manager may already leave beside your videos can be read in order to display the details, poster, and backdrop.

• Picks up where you left off

  Remembers where you stopped, along with the soundtracks and subtitles you chose, to easily resume playback.

Cast from Jellyfin

• Quick Connect

  Connect TinePlayer to a Jellyfin server and cast videos directly to TinePlayer from a Jellyfin client, including from your phone.

• Remote control

  Pause, seek, adjust volume, and switch primary soundtrack or subtitles, all from a Jellyfin client on another device.

• Direct Streams

  The original file is streamed directly, so all embedded audio tracks are available to split between outputs.

• Resumes on any device

  Where you got to goes back to Jellyfin as you watch, so a film started on TinePlayer is resumable on other devices.

Built for televisions

• Readable from the couch

  A large, scalable interface that sizes itself to the display.

• Gamepad and keyboard

  Everything's reachable without a mouse, and controllers work the moment you plug them in.

• Screen readers

  Supported on Windows, macOS and Linux, with every menu, list and control named.

Alongside other applications

• Kodi

  Kodi hands off videos to TinePlayer for playback, and gets watch progress back, so its library stays up to date.

• Plex

  A Plex library reaches TinePlayer through Kodi, with its add-on set to direct paths.

• Anything else

  Launch it from a script or a shortcut, with command line arguments for everything, to set up your own integration.

Free and open source

MIT licensed, for Windows, macOS and Linux. There's no account, no telemetry, and nothing sent anywhere about what you watch. An update check is the only external call, and it can be turned off.

Download TinePlayer or read the source on GitHub.