Watch on your devices

Sign in with your tofa account to see your servers, libraries, and watch progress. You need an account and access to a tofa server to watch. Create a free account at app.tofa.tv/register.

The web app#

The web app at app.tofa.tv works in any modern browser, desktop or phone, with nothing to install. You can browse your library, watch, and manage your server there. Video and audio format support depends on the browser.

Mac, Windows, and Linux#

tofa desktop player is the app for computers, and it's in beta now. It supports more video and audio formats than a browser, so your server can often stream the original file without converting it. Install it.

Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad#

Install tofa from the App Store on your iPhone or iPad. On Apple TV, search for tofa in the App Store.

Sign in with your tofa account, or follow the on-screen steps to link your TV.

Dolby Vision and HDR on Apple TV#

To let Apple TV switch its output to match a title, enable content matching. Your TV and any receiver in the HDMI chain must also support the format.

On the Apple TV, open Settings, Video and Audio, Match Content, and turn on both Match Dynamic Range and Match Frame Rate.

Without matching, Apple TV uses its configured output format, which may differ from the title. Match Dynamic Range controls HDR and Dolby Vision switching; Match Frame Rate controls the video cadence. The separate Format setting chooses the default output. See Apple's content matching guide.

Your TV's own info panel is the reliable way to see what it actually received.

Android TV#

Install tofa for Android TV from Google Play, or search for tofa in the Play Store on your Android TV or Google TV.

If you're installing from a phone or computer, use the Google account signed in on your TV and select the TV as the installation device.

If Play says "not compatible" or "no eligible devices"#

Check that you're signed in with your TV's Google account. This listing is for TVs, not phones, tablets, or watches. Phones and tablets have their own app.

Boxes Google Play won't offer the app to#

There's one case the account fix doesn't cover. Some Android TV boxes aren't certified by Google, or aren't recognised as TV devices at all. Google Play may not offer the app on those devices.

To check which case you're in, open the Play Store on the box, go to Settings, then About, and look at the device certification line. If it says Uncertified, Play will not offer you the app.

Where Google Play isn't available, you can install the app by hand from get.tofa.tv/apk (direct link). It's the same build we send to Google Play.

On a box without a browser, use the Downloader app and enter get.tofa.tv/apk. You can also transfer the APK by USB or from your phone. Android will ask you to allow installation from the app you use.

Updating a manually installed app#

Install the latest APK over the existing app to update it. Your account and settings are kept. Check what's new for new builds.

The APK and Play Store app use different signing keys. To switch to the Play Store version, uninstall the manually installed app first.

Android phones and tablets#

Install tofa for Android phones and tablets from Google Play, or search for tofa in the Play Store on your phone. It plays your library on the go, downloads titles for offline watching, and keeps playing in a small floating window while you use other apps. See Download and watch offline.

Samsung and LG TVs#

Apps for Samsung (Tizen) and LG (webOS) TVs are in store review and aren't available in the stores yet. For now, you can watch using an Apple TV, a Roku, a Fire TV, or an Android TV or Google TV streaming device plugged into your TV.

Roku#

Find tofa in the Roku Channel Store on your Roku, or add it with the channel code TXRCDXM at my.roku.com/add/TXRCDXM. You sign in on the TV itself with your tofa account, no phone needed.

This is the first public version of the Roku app. If something doesn't work the way you expect, tell us.

Fire TV#

Find tofa in the Appstore on your Fire TV. You can also open tofa on the Amazon Appstore, pick your Fire TV under Deliver to, and select Get App. Amazon sends the app to your Fire TV. On another Amazon site, such as amazon.co.uk or amazon.de, use the same link with that site's address.

This is the first public version of the Fire TV app. If something doesn't work the way you expect, tell us.

Kodi#

If you already run Kodi, there's a tofa add-on for it, built by someone in the community rather than by us. It puts a full tofa interface inside Kodi and plays through Kodi's own player. How to install it.

If a device can't find your server, check that the server is running (everyday commands) and that both are using an account that owns the server or has accepted an invitation to it.