The Sofa King app watches a Sofa King server's live TV, recordings and media libraries. Start with getting started, then using Sofa King for the controls.
The guide, the channels it lists, previews, the library, recordings, the player, the remote and keyboard controls, sofaking:// links, captions, the Apple TV app and the settings
The repository glossary defines the terms the app shares with the server: server, lineup, channel, tag, guide, program and playback session. These terms are the app's own:
Term
Meaning
Category
A tag shown as a filter chip in the guide. A channel without a tag is under Other
Preview
The muted picture of the focused channel in the guide
Info bar
The overlay in the player with the channel and its current program
Channel list
The list of channels the player opens over the picture, from the info bar, with Recent, Favorites, filter and All chips and the current channel's buttons
Stream card
The card the player opens on Info held or Stream info on the info bar, with the audio tracks, stream details and the server's source
Live edge
The newest part of a live stream. Resuming after a long pause, or falling behind, returns to it
Caption timing
How far captions are shifted against the picture, saved per channel
Library, DVR
The tabs beside Live that a server with media libraries, or one that records, adds
Snapshot
A test build from main, published as the snapshot prerelease