Introduction

Seanime usually serves media from your local library to the same device the files are stored on using your desktop media player. This is not always convenient, especially when you want to consume your anime library on another device, like a phone or a tablet. Seanime supports media streaming, which allows you to stream files from to any modern device with a web browser, over the network, using the built-in media player.

1. Install FFmpeg and FFprobe

• Linux: Install FFmpeg using your favorite package manager.
• Windows: Download FFmpeg from here and add it to your system PATH.
• Use Scoop to install it or following this guide if you're downloading it manually.
• macOS: Install FFmpeg using Homebrew and add it to your system PATH.

2. Hardware acceleration

Though hardware acceleration is not required, it is highly recommended to enable it if available. It will significantly reduce CPU usage during transcoding, making the streaming experience much smoother.

3. Enable it

Settings > Media Streaming

• Enable media streaming.
• Choose the hardware acceleration method you want to use.
• If you need to, enter the FFmpeg and FFprobe binary paths. This is only required if they are not in your system PATH.

4. Start streaming

That's it! You can now start streaming your media files on other devices.

Seanime will automatically detect when a playback request is made from a phone, tablet or TV and redirect the client to the streaming page.

For laptops, you will need to, in Settings > Media Streaming, check Use media streaming on this device so Seanime knows not to default to the desktop player.

Remote access

If you are not aware how to access Seanime from other devices, refer to this guide.

External player link

As an alternative to media streaming, if you prefer using an external player like VLC, MX Player, or Infuse on your mobile device instead of the built-in player, you can configure a custom scheme to open media files with an external player app. Refer to Watch on other devices.