Strimr

A Plex and Jellyfin client for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV.

Strimr is a free, open source app for watching your media libraries. It plays most files directly, HDR and Dolby Vision included, without asking your server to transcode.

Download on the App StoreDownload on Apple TV

Beta builds are available on TestFlight.

Strimr running on Apple TV, a MacBook, and an iPhone

Features

Playback

  • HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, and Dolby Vision profiles 5, 7, 8.1, and 8.4
  • Dolby Atmos, TrueHD, DTS, and DTS-HD MA
  • Direct play, or server transcoding at the quality you pick
  • Audio and subtitle choices kept from one episode to the next
  • Intro and credits skipping, chapters, and scrubbing thumbnails
  • Picture in Picture and a sleep timer

Servers and profiles

  • Plex and Jellyfin servers together, with one home screen and one search
  • Strimr profiles with an optional PIN, and Plex Home users
  • Seerr integration

Browsing

  • Home rows, visible libraries, and navigation order are all configurable
  • Grid, list, and folder views, with sort and filters saved per library
  • Spoiler protection for episodes you haven’t seen
  • SharePlay, including sessions started outside FaceTime

Live TV

  • Program guide and favorite channels
  • DVR recordings and series rules, on Plex and Jellyfin

Downloads

  • Download movies and episodes, as is or transcoded
  • Choose whether downloads can use cellular data
  • Offline mode when no server is reachable

Supported formats

Containers
MKV, MP4, WebM, MPEG-TS, AVI, OGG, FLV
Video
H.264, HEVC, AV1, VP9, VP8, MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-2, VC-1
HDR
HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision 5, 7, 8.1, 8.4
Audio
AAC, HE-AAC, AC3, EAC3, FLAC, ALAC, TrueHD, MLP, DTS, DTS-HD MA, MP3, MP2, Opus, Vorbis, PCM
Subtitles
SRT, ASS/SSA, WebVTT, mov_text, PGS, DVB, DVD bitmap, CEA-608, Teletext

Apple devices can’t send TrueHD or DTS over HDMI as a bitstream. Strimr decodes these formats and outputs Dolby Digital Plus or lossless multichannel LPCM, depending on your settings. Atmos in Dolby Digital Plus is passed through unchanged. Dolby Vision profile 7 is played as 8.1.

Platforms

Video player on Mac
MacmacOS 26 or later
Movie details on Apple TV
Apple TVtvOS 26 or later
Home screen on iPad
iPadiOS 18 or later
Show details on iPhone
iPhoneiOS 18 or later

Free and open source

Strimr is released under the GPL-3.0 license. The source code and the issue tracker are on GitHub, where bug reports and feature requests are welcome.

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