Connect a media server or a NAS
Updated 16 September 2026
Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, or an SMB, WebDAV, FTP or SFTP share, each becomes another source in the same library.
Your own files are just another source to AnyTV. Once connected, they appear in the same Movies and TV Shows tabs as your IPTV content, with the same artwork, the same search and the same continue-watching behaviour.
Media servers
Plex, Jellyfin and Emby. Add the source in Settings → Sources and sign in to the server. Use the server's local address when you are on the same network and its remote address when you are not, if you can reach it from a browser on that device, AnyTV can reach it too.
Chapter markers from Plex and Jellyfin are used for Skip Intro where they exist.
Network shares
SMB, DLNA / UPnP, WebDAV (plain or over TLS), FTP and SFTP. Point AnyTV at the share and it walks the folders.
Naming matters for files
For anything file-based, the file name is all AnyTV has to go on. Files named like Show Name - S02E05.mkv and Film Name (2019).mkv match to the right artwork and episode almost every time. Files named ep5_final_v2.mkv do not.
A note on what is stored
Server credentials are encrypted on your device before anything is uploaded, in the same way provider logins are. Your other devices can use them; we cannot read them.