getcinedock/cinedock repository overview

⁠Kinostrata

⁠Your media server. A completely new way to enjoy it.

Breathe new life into Plex, Emby or Jellyfin with Kinostrata - a cinematic new way to browse, discover and enjoy the media you already own.

Website: kinostrata.com⁠ - see it in action, download the Windows, Mac and Fire TV apps, and follow the setup guide.

Kinostrata gives your media server a complete television-first makeover: rich home shelves, beautiful title pages, profiles, watchlists, collections, trailers, extras and native Android TV playback. Plex, Emby or Jellyfin still handles your libraries, users, watched state and resume positions behind the scenes.

⁠What Kinostrata brings to your screen

• One polished interface for Plex, Emby and Jellyfin
• A Home screen you choose yourself: the Collections tab is the picker - your own collections, genres, library rows and Kinostrata's built-in shelves, on and off and in your order, per profile
• Collections merged across libraries: the same franchise split over several libraries becomes one shelf, with a line saying where its titles came from
• Browse your whole library: full poster grids with sorting, an unwatched filter, genres and an A-Z rail
• Personal profiles, Continue Watching (movable, or off entirely), watchlists and locally computed smart collections
• Film, television and collection pages designed for the sofa
• Trailers, local extras, cast biographies, chapters and scenes
• Native Android TV and Fire TV playback with audio and subtitle selection
• Browser and phone access from the same container
• No bundled media and no replacement media server - your existing library stays in control

⁠Quick start

docker run -d \
  --name cinedock \
  -p 8945:8945 \
  -v cinedock-config:/config \
  -v /path/to/your/media:/media:ro \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  getcinedock/cinedock:latest

Open http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:8945, choose Plex, Emby or Jellyfin, and follow the setup screen.

Chapter pictures. Kinostrata shows a picture for each chapter. On Emby and Jellyfin it makes them through your media server, and a read-only /media mount (optional) lets it read the files directly instead. It never writes to your media and caps its still cache beneath /config at 512 MB.

The image supports linux/amd64 and linux/arm64. A ready-made Compose file and installation guidance for Docker Compose, Portainer, Synology DSM, QNAP and Unraid are available in the public installation repository⁠.

⁠Bring Kinostrata to your television

The free Android TV / Fire TV APK and illustrated D-pad installation guide are available from the Kinostrata downloads releases⁠. The television app includes its own native player; no VLC installation or additional codec pack is required.

⁠Support

Product page and downloads: kinostrata.com⁠. Found a setup problem, playback issue or feature worth adding? Start at kinostrata.com/support⁠ - common fixes first, then the short report forms.

Kinostrata is free software. It connects to a media server you already operate and never includes media of its own.