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BEEBO DOCUMENTATION

Beebo docs.
Clear steps, honest status.

Guides for setting up Beebo, connecting your devices and looking after your server.
Anything still in beta or in development says so on its page.

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19 guides

Start here

Get started with Beebo on Windows

Install on Windows, add your movie and TV folders, get posters with a free TMDB key, and play your first movie.

Open guide Android phones

Connect your Android phone to Beebo

Install the Android app, find your PC’s address and sign in. What the QR code does today.

Open guide Beyond your Wi-Fi

Watch away from home: your three options

Direct connection, your own relay or Beebo Relay: what each is, what it costs, how to choose.

Open guide When it will not connect

Fix Beebo connection problems

A step-by-step checklist: sleeping PC, firewall, router, shared address, different network.

Open guide Big screen

Playing Beebo on a TV

Android TV and Cast work today. Roku, Samsung and LG are in development.

Open guide Your household

Family and profiles: logins, limits and private history

Logins, age ratings, a daily limit, bedtime, an owner PIN and private viewing history.

Open guide Keep it safe

Back up and restore your Beebo server

Save your settings, users and history to one file and restore it. What is and is not inside.

Open guide While you watch

Subtitles: search and download with OpenSubtitles

Connect a free OpenSubtitles account, search from the player and fetch subtitles for a whole library.

Open guide Beta · next release

Sound and audio options

Surround or stereo, dialogue focus, night mode, levelling, delay and HDMI passthrough.

Open guide Beta · next release

Automatic intro and credits skipping

How Beebo finds intros and credits on your own PC, and the Skip intro button.

Open guide Beta · next release

The Trailers page: find something to watch

Browse your library by genre, year and actor, see suggestions and open trailers.

Open guide Beta · next release

Themes and appearance

Pick Midnight, Graphite, Daylight or Ember for the browser site, and reset if needed.

Open guide Beta · next release

Karaoke: sing along and record yourself

Follow synced lyrics and record yourself singing. Why the microphone needs https.

Open guide Off the grid

Campsite Mode: your phone as a theatre and game room

Turn an Android phone into a local theatre and game room. Guests join with a browser.

Open guide Beta · Android

Trip Journal: a recap of your trip, as a slideshow or video

Tap heading out and home, then present the recap or save it as an MP4 video.

Open guide New · beta

Run Beebo on a NAS or Linux server with Docker

The headless Docker server for NAS, Linux and Raspberry Pi: folders, secret key, first-run code.

Open guide Experimental

Jellyfin apps with Beebo (experimental)

An optional mode that lets Jellyfin-compatible apps connect. What is untested.

Open guide Privacy

Privacy in plain words

What stays on your PC, what Beebo’s servers handle and which optional features call other services.

Open guide Quick answers

Beebo frequently asked questions

Fifteen straight answers on cost, devices, privacy, kids, downloads and how Beebo compares.

Open guide

What the status words mean

Start here, Quick answers and similar labels mean the feature works in the current downloads (Beebo for Windows 0.1.57 and the Android app 1.38). Beta · next release means it is built and being tested but is not in the current downloads. New · beta and Experimental mean a first version exists with rough edges, and say what is untested. In development means it is being built with no date, and planned means we intend to, with no date. Beebo on your devices shows the live status of every device.

All guides, A to Z

Every docs page, plus the earlier guides they build on.

FIRST TIME HERE?

One computer. Fifteen minutes.

Start with the Windows guide, add your collection, then connect your first phone.

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