Documentation

Everything about running a Home Stream server: installing it, organising the library, looking after it, and keeping it safe.

• Installation guideSetting up a Raspberry Pi or a Mac, and running the installer.
• Getting startedFrom a fresh server to the whole household watching.
• Organising your libraryHow to name and arrange films, TV, music, music videos and home videos.
• Matching and metadataWhere the details come from, and fixing a wrong match.
• Collections, editions and special featuresFranchises, your own shelves, director’s cuts and extras.
• Uploading and deletingAdding media from the browser, and the Trash.
• Home videosYour own recordings, tagged by person and by year.
• Accounts, people and Kids ModeRoles, invitations, signing in, children and recovery.
• Server settingsEvery setting, tab by tab, and what it does.
• Backup, restore and movingKeeping the server’s data safe, and moving to a new machine.
• TroubleshootingWhen something won’t play, connect or appear.
• Privacy and securityWhat leaves the house, and what keeps the server safe.
• SupportCommon questions from the apps, and how to reach a person.