Your Personal Media Library
Channels puts your recordings and personal media in one place.
Watch TV your way.
Channels lets you watch TV how you want.
So Browseable
Browse your library by genre, decade, rating, and more.
Search
Search for anything in your library, fast.
Kids Section
Organize your content to show in the Kids section, your main library, or both.
Resume
Automatically resume where you left off watching.
Up Next
Channels will suggest which shows to watch next based on your history.
Automatic Commercial Skipping
Recordings get their commercials indexed, so commercials are automatically skipped.
Auto Play
Automatically starts playing the next episode after you finish watching.
Shuffle
Start watching episodes of a show in a random order.
Virtual Channels
Use content from your library to create personal channels that appear right in your live TV guide.
Spoiler Free
Hide the art of episodes or sporting events that you haven't watched yet.
Kids Only Mode
Lock the Channels app down to show only content from the Kids Section.
Manage Navigation
Choose what you want to be in the main navigation sidebar.
With all the pro features.
Who says friendly can't be powerful? Get a modern media library with all the bells and whistles.
Smart Rules
Use rules to create Virtual Channels or Library Collections and they stay updated automatically.
Image Management
Add your own images to use for TV show or movie art, or channel logos.
Metadata Management
Rich editing tools to ensure the metadata for your content is just right.
Server Side Settings
Set client settings directly from the server. For all of them, or just some.
Hardware Transcoding
Hardware accelerated transcoding for fast remote streaming.
Kiosk Mode
Lock down the Channels client so that Settings can not be accessed.
Your Shows
Catch up on your shows fast, easy, and organized.
Watch State
Channels keeps track of what you've watched, and what you haven't.
Up Next
Up Next suggests which shows to watch next based on your history.
Shuffle
Start watching episodes of a show in a random order.
Virtual Channels
Use your favorite shows to make personal channels right in the live TV guide.
Your Movies
Build out your catalog of movies and browse in style.
Explore your Movies
Browse your movie libary by new releases, genre, decade, and more.
Fill out your Library
Recorded movies and Personal Media appear in your library side by side.
4K HDR
Channels supports the playback of all major video and audio formats, including 4K, HDR, and Dolby Atmos.
Virtual Channels
Use your favorite movies or genres to create personal movie channels right in the live TV guide.
Your Videos
Add your home movies, concerts, and internet videos.
Home Movies
Add your family home movies directly to Channels and watch them anytime, anywhere.
Manage Metadata and Art
Channels provides robust editing tools to let you manage your videos' art and metadata.
Video Library
Videos are found in their own section but can participate in all the same media library features.
Virtual Channels
Use your videos to make personal channels right in the live TV guide.
Your Personal Media Experience
Build sections to make Channels work how you want.
Take Over
Create fully customized sections using any content in your library including Channel Collections.
First Class
Personal Sections can be placed in your sidebar navigation and even replace existing sections.
Link Sections Together
Link your own sections to each other to create a fully customized browsing experience.
Multiple Layouts
Choose from multiple layout options for your sections.
Stream on any device while away from home.
Watch and manage from anywhere with Channels.
Watch on the Go
Catch up on your shows at the gym. Finish the end of the game on the train. Tune in to breaking news when it happens.
Watch on Vacation
Don't miss that game or show while on vacation. Bring a device with you and stream from home.
Vacation Home
Ditch that cable plan at your vacation home and stream with Channels. Remote streaming works with every Channels app.
Seamless Management
Manage recordings, create a Series Pass, schedule recordings from the guide or while you watch, all right within Channels.
Offline Downloads
Take your shows and movies with you.
Download to your Device
Download anything in your library right to your device.
Watch Offline
Watch in Airplane Mode or at places without Internet.
Stay in Sync
Your watch history will automatically sync with your library.
Virtual Channels
Create your own personal TV channels using your own personal content.
Your Content
Create your own channels using movies and shows from your library.
Customize
Give your channel its own name and network logo.
Create Family Favorites
Build channels for the kids, Mom, and everyone else in the family.
Kids Section
Separate the kids' content from your main library.
Just For Kids
Give the kids their own place to find what they want, fast.
Keep Them Separate
Browse your main library without the noise of all the kids' stuff.
Easily Manage
Set movies and TV shows to show in the Kids Section, the main library, or both.
Sports Section
Get all your sports content in a single place.
Your Sports
Enable a dedicated destination for all your Sports.
On Now & On Later
See all of the sporting events that are on live TV right now, or later today.
Recently Added
The Sports Section shows the recently added sporting events from your library so you can get to watching faster.
News Section
Get all your news content in a single place.
Your News
Enable a dedicated destination for all your News.
Keep Them Separate
Browse your main library without the noise of all your news content.
On Now & On Later
See all of the news that is on live TV right now, or later today.
Library Collections
Curate your movies or shows into their own related groups.
Find it Fast
Use collections to find your favorite movies or shows faster.
Create Family Favorites
Build a collection of Mom's favorite shows or all the kids' Lego movies.
Have Fun!
Enjoy curating your library into fun unique collections.
Playlists
Curate your movies, episodes, and videos with your own lists.
Watch Later
Use playlists to create a watch list for everything you want to watch next.
Capture Fan Favorites
Build a playlist of just Friends holiday episodes, or for every episode of The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horrors.
Smart Rules
Smart Rules make your playlists dynamic and will update as your library changes.
Get more content into your library.
Along with Personal Media, there are even more fun ways to add things to your Channels library.
Stream Links
Stream Links let you add movies and TV shows from streaming services right into
your Channels library. Add Netflix shows, Disney+ movies, or Hulu documentaries. They all show in your unified
Channels library and open in the corresponding streaming app when you watch them.
PlayOn Cloud
Link your PlayOn Cloud account to watch its recordings right
in Channels. PlayOn Cloud can record from your subscribed streaming services. Channels will automatically add
these recordings to your library.
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Channels is the best way to record and watch your favorite TV. Link Channels with your source or provider and start watching and recording live TV with a familiar guide.
