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Show me how Everything you can do with Usherr, step by step. In the app, the same walkthroughs light up the real buttons for you.
The steps are for Broadcast , Usherr’s look from now on, made for a TV remote as well as a mouse. Where Usherr Classic or Usherr Neu does it differently, each page says so second.
On the TV
Use Usherr with a TV remote In your TV’s own browser: the arrows, OK, Back, Options and the play keys, on every page, the player, Live TV and the readers. Sign in on a TV with your phone No password to type with a remote: the TV shows a code, you scan it and press Approve on your phone. Finish on your phone Typing with a remote is slow: open the same page on your phone with a QR code, type there, and carry on. Choose the look Broadcast, the default, Usherr Neu or Usherr Classic, and how the menu sits. Kept in each browser. Watch Find something for tonight Three picks from what you already have: what you’re part-way through, the next episode, or something unseen. Let Usherr pick (Roulette) Can’t decide? Spin for one title, from what you have or something new. Ask for something in your own words The Ask bar: “a 90s heist movie, not too violent”, and Usherr finds real titles. Browse Discover The rows, the filters, Hide what I have and the family filter. Watch a film now, or keep it Stream plays it straight away without downloading; Add to library downloads it to keep. Get a TV show The whole show, only new episodes, or just the ones you pick. Follow an actor or director See their new and coming films and shows as soon as they’re announced. See what’s coming New episodes and films on the way, what Usherr is still looking for, and the people you follow. Teach Usherr your taste Thumbs up and down make your For you suggestions better. Rate 20 is the quick start. Keep a list of what to watch next Your stack: the films and shows you’ve pulled out to watch, as a stack of tickets that follows you to your phone. Your diary and your year (Wrapped) What you watched and when, with stars and notes, and your year in watching. Choose how a film’s or show’s page looks In Classic and Neu: Cinema, Side by side or Streaming, per browser. Broadcast has one layout, made for the remote. Movie night Book a showtime A film at a set time, with trailers and a pre-show first, like at the cinema. Set up a pre-show for movie night Administrators Trailers, your own clips and the cinema look before the film. Ready as it is; make it yours. Link with a friend’s Usherr Administrators Watch together with friends who run their own Usherr, no Discord needed: a one-time code links the two Usherrs through an encrypted relay. Host a screening with linked Usherrs Invite linked Usherrs to a showtime: every house plays the pre-show and the film in step, with a lobby, an intermission and a verdict at the credits. Connect Usherr to your Discord server Administrators Your own Discord bot posts watch parties and reviews in your server. Make it once in Discord’s Developer Portal, paste its token, invite it. Join a watch party A friend’s screening, from a linked Usherr or shared in Discord: say I’m in, then join at showtime. Chat during a watch party Chat with everyone at the screening: on the Showtime page, on your phone, and over the film on the TV. Follow the screening on your phone The phone page for a screening: where the film has got to, the chat, five reactions to tap, and the host’s remote. Review a film for your Discord Stars and a few words, posted in your Discord server under your name, and shown on the film’s page in Usherr. Collect ticket stubs A stub for each watch party you went to: handed out at the door, stamped if you stay to the end, and saved as a picture if you like. Earn badges The badge cabinet: twelve badges for watch parties, from your first party to Night owl and Good taste. Start a crew Your movie-night group between parties, with friends’ linked Usherrs: a chat, a shared watchlist, votes on the next film and film clubs. Vote on the next film, or start a film club Let the crew pick: a vote from the shared watchlist, or a club night every week or every other week. Make a Marquee screen Administrators A lobby board for a tablet or a screen by the TV: what’s playing, coming soon, trailers, your slides. Steer the Marquee from your phone Administrators The phone remote: next, pause, pin, dim, blank, info and the pre-show, for every screen. Watch Live TV Channels like broadcast TV, made from your library and more: the guide, channel up and down, Multiview. Make a Live TV channel Administrators A sitcom channel, Saturday-morning cartoons, a film night: from your library, streamed shows or a free live stream. Follow a sports team Your team’s games, listed and ready to stream or download, with the scores hidden. Download games automatically Administrators Usherr’s own sports engine gets a league’s new games by itself, filed so Plex and Jellyfin read them like a TV library. Listen Play some music Pick an artist, press Play, and it keeps playing while you move around Usherr. Get music by an artist Add an artist and choose which albums Usherr gets: all of them, only new ones, or ones you pick. Make a playlist Your own list of tracks, private or shared with the household. Play your music in a phone app Symfonium, DSub, Substreamer, Feishin and other Subsonic apps play your music from Usherr. Last.fm too, if you like. Listen to an audiobook Usherr Books: your audiobooks, with chapters, speed, a sleep timer, and your place kept on every device. Turn an ebook into an audiobook Administrators Read-to-Me reads a book aloud with a computer voice and saves it as an audiobook. Read Get a book Find an ebook (or audiobook) by title or author and Usherr gets it. Read an ebook Usherr Books: a reader with your text size and colours, and your place kept on every device. Or send books to an e-reader. Read a comic Find a series, open an issue, and read it panel by panel or turning the pages. Read a big story in the right order Story arcs: one story told across several series (Civil War, Knightfall), as a reading list in order. See this week’s new comics This week: every comic out this week, and how to get the ones you want. Check comic downloads Usherr wasn’t sure about Administrators The Review tab: releases that might be the wrong issue wait there for you to say yes or no. Get manga Type a series’ English title and press Add: Usherr gets the official English volumes, and says plainly why when nothing has come yet. Discover manga Manga, Discover: search AniList (and MangaDex), browse what’s trending, and add or read a series in one press. Read manga Usherr’s own manga reader: right to left, panel by panel, the page curl, and the reading options you want. Connect your MangaDex account Your follows, read chapters, reading status and lists, the same in Usherr and on MangaDex. Optional, and each person connects their own. People and devices Link your Discord account So Usherr knows who you are in your Discord server: type /link there, and the six numbers it gives you here. Add a family member, kids too Administrators Their own account, with their own taste, stack and diary, and only the rights you give them. Let the kids ask instead of add Administrators Their Add button becomes Request; you approve or decline. Watch on your phone (Usherr as an app) Open Usherr on a phone and keep it on the home screen, like an app. Usherr in Stremio or Nuvio One add-on link puts your library, streams, watchlist and Live TV in the Stremio and Nuvio apps. Get notices on your phone Administrators A message when a film arrives, a request comes in, an audiobook is ready, or a show you set a reminder for starts. Let people reset a forgotten password Administrators Forgot password? on the sign-in page emails a link that sets a new password, so nobody needs you or the command line. Set up email (Gmail, say), then switch it on. My library Complete a film series Administrators Any trilogy or franchise: see what you have, what’s missing and what’s coming, and get the rest in one go. Fill the gaps in your library Complete your library: what’s missing from series, directors and actors you collect, and the classics. Swap a film for a better copy A better quality, another edition, or a smaller file: pick the release yourself. Get subtitles Subtitles in your language for a film, and how to have them come by themselves. Make a Kids shelf (tags) Tag films and shows, and each tag becomes a collection in Jellyfin: a Kids shelf, a Christmas one. Move a film to another folder Administrators Keep cartoons, documentaries or 4K copies in their own folder, files and all. Why didn’t my download work? Where Usherr says what went wrong, in plain words, and what to try. Restyle a poster Administrators Pick the poster, background and logo Jellyfin shows, or give them your own style. Bring in the music you already have Administrators Usherr finds your existing collection where it is: nothing is moved or changed. Tidy up your music Administrators Neat folder and file names, correct tags and covers, and the albums you have twice: see every change first, pick the albums, and undo it for 30 days. Setup Set up comics Administrators Switch comics on with a free ComicVine key, so Usherr can find series, new issues and story arcs. Set up manga Administrators Switch Manga on, give it a folder, and choose where it may come from: official English editions by default, fan scans and Nyaa only if you pick them. Bring in the films and shows you already have Administrators Usherr matches your folders to the right titles; nothing is moved, renamed or downloaded again. Set up Play on TV Administrators Send what you’re watching to an Android TV box (an NVIDIA Shield), with one tap in the player. Choose what Usherr handles Administrators Films, shows, music, ebooks, audiobooks and manga: switch on the kinds you want. Add a Usenet provider Administrators The service your downloads come from: what it is, how to choose one, and where it goes. Add an indexer Administrators The search engine for Usenet: what it is, where its key comes from, and Prowlarr if you use it. Choose the quality Administrators 1080p or 4K: what each costs in disk space, and what Usherr looks for. Keep the TV smooth while downloading Administrators Schedules: slow downloads while the family watches, and do the heavy work at night. Set up a VPN for torrents Administrators Keep torrent traffic private: what a VPN does here, and how to add yours. Backups and updates Administrators Keep a copy of your settings and library list, and keep Usherr up to date. Move over from Radarr, Sonarr or Prowlarr Administrators Bring your films, shows, indexers and settings from the apps you use now; nothing is deleted there. Connect Jellyfin Administrators So new films show up in Jellyfin at once, Play in Jellyfin buttons appear, and your Diary fills itself. Set up Plex with the virtual drive Administrators Streamed films and shows in Plex: Usherr serves them as a drive of ordinary video files, and rclone puts it on your computer. Download clients Administrators Usherr downloads by itself; connect SABnzbd, qBittorrent or a debrid account only if you want to. Choose how files are named Administrators How films and episodes are named and filed, to suit Jellyfin, Plex or your own taste. Follow a list from Trakt, IMDb or Letterboxd Administrators A list somewhere else, read on a schedule: whatever is new on it comes into your library. Made from Usherr’s own Show Me How walkthroughs. In the app, Show me how in the top bar walks you through each of these on the real screens.