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Run your own server
Install Multipass on the computer where your media lives. It runs quietly in the background. Then open it in a browser, and get the TV app.
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Windows Available
One click, no administrator prompt, and it sits quietly in your tray.
The details
- Installs per-user under %LOCALAPPDATA%, with ffmpeg bundled.
- A tray app owns the server process, restarts it after a crash, and starts it at sign-in.
- Signed, so Windows installs it without a publisher warning.
macOS Available
One installer for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, with a menu bar app that keeps the server running.
The details
- Signed and notarized by Apple, so it installs without a Gatekeeper warning.
- A menu bar app owns the server process, restarts it after a crash, and can start it at login.
- Hardware transcoding through VideoToolbox, with ffmpeg bundled.
- Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later.
Linux Available
Packages for the usual distributions, on both Intel and ARM machines, with the same one-click updates as Windows.
The details
- deb, rpm, and tarball for x86_64 and ARM64.
- Installed as a systemd service with a bundled static ffmpeg.
Every Linux format
Docker Coming soon
An official image with a compose example is on the way. The in-app update card will tell you when a new version exists.
The details
- Multi-arch image on GHCR, coming soon.
- Updates by pulling the new tag rather than through the in-place updater.
Synology / QNAP / Unraid Planned
Native NAS packages are planned. The coming Docker image will cover all three.
The Windows installer needs no administrator rights and installs just for your user. Both the Windows and macOS installers are signed, so they install without a publisher warning. macOS will ask for your password once, because the server is installed for every account on the Mac.
What you need to run it
It depends less on your library's size than on how often the server has to re-encode anything. When your devices can play a file as it is, the server just reads it off the disk and sends it, which almost any machine can do for several people at once.
A mostly 1080p library
- Any 4-core processor from the last decade
- 4 GB of memory, 8 GB is comfortable
- No graphics card needed for one or two streams
- Room for your library, plus about 10 GB
A 4K or HDR library
- A modern 6-core processor, 8-core is comfortable
- 8 GB of memory, 16 GB is comfortable
- A graphics card is strongly recommended, and one that encodes 10-bit HEVC is what keeps HDR through a re-encode
- Room for your library, plus about 20 GB
On your network
Wire the server if you can. 1080p is comfortable over any decent Wi-Fi, but a 4K disc rip can run to 100 Mbps and really wants a cable or a strong Wi-Fi 6 signal. Gigabit Ethernet carries several 4K streams at once.
Watching away from home
The limit is your home internet's upload speed, not its download speed. Around 10 Mbps of upload carries one 1080p stream, and 25 Mbps carries two or three. The server lowers quality for remote viewers by default so it fits.
Full detail, including which Intel, AMD, Nvidia and Apple chips handle which codecs and why we test your hardware rather than trust its spec sheet: Hardware and transcoding.
After you install
- Add your film and TV folders. Multipass scans and organises them.
- Open the web player in any browser to start watching immediately.
- The Apple TV, iPhone and Android apps are in beta while we finish store review.