SERVER STATUS
Live capacity & performance
Playback work, available sources, guide health, viewers, and server load in one place.
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LIVE NOW
Active streams
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VIEWING INSIGHTS
Top users & top played
Top Users
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Top Played
Movies
TV Shows
Music
DVR
Channels
CONNECTIONS
Server & guide addresses
Use the local address at home and the remote address outside your network. Each XMLTV URL exports exactly the channels in that Roku guide instance.
Advanced tuner settingsChoose which apps can use this server's tuner endpoints.
7-DAY PLAYBACK HISTORY
Live TV, movies, shows, and music by user
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TideView Server SetupFollow the steps to get ready.
WELCOME TO TIDEVIEW
New server, or moving and restoring?
If you have a TideView backup, restore it before adding your folders. Users, history and settings come with you.
Normal reinstall keeps existing data. Restoring is only needed to move or recover it.STEP 1 OF 6
Name your TideView server
Choose a name you will recognize on your TV and phone. TideView will automatically use a compatible graphics processor when one is available.
STEP 2 OF 6
Choose your media folders
Add the folders TideView should index for movies and TV shows. TideView reads the files, builds metadata as it scans, and keeps your media folders untouched.
STEP 3 OF 6
Add Live TV
Connect a supported network tuner or a TV playlist. You can skip this step if you only use personal media.
HDHomeRunChecking network tuners...
M3U playlistChecking playlists...
Choose the tuners this server should useSelect one device or as many as you need.
GUIDE DATA
TideView Guide
Enter your ZIP code, then choose your guide lineups.
Authorized sources only. TideView does not supply channels, playlists, decryption, or content-protection bypass tools.
STEP 4 OF 6
Add music if you have it
Music is optional. When present, TideView automatically matches albums and artists, scans for new files incrementally, and keeps playback handoff tied to the current TideView user.
STEP 5 OF 6
Transfer watch history
If you already use Plex, TideView can copy profile watch and resume history. This is optional.
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Checking Plex...Plex is used only for migration and compatibility.
What happens before metadata is finished?TideView imports every watched or resume record it can match right now and safely keeps the rest pending. As library scans and metadata matches finish, TideView retries the pending records automatically and fills watched/resume history into newly matched titles.
STEP 6 OF 6
Your server is ready
Finish setup to open TideView Control. You can add or change optional features later.
ONE CHANNEL LIST · MORE CAPACITY
Source groups
Group matching HDHomeRun, custom network, USB, or M3U sources. Each device or account keeps its own stream limit.
HDHomeRun tuners
Discoverable OTA and cable-network tuner hardware, including compatible Prime models.
M3U sources
Add an authorized M3U URL, matching XMLTV URL, and simultaneous-stream limit together.
TideView does not include or endorse playlist providers. You are responsible for permission to access every added stream and guide listing.
Custom network tuners
Connect a streaming box, camera, or game console through a compatible encoder. Tested only on the UNISHEEN BM1000H.
Factory units must be prepared one at a timeConnect ONE encoder, change both its IP address and MAC address to unique values, select Save in the encoder settings, reboot that encoder, and confirm its stream returns before connecting the next unit. The MAC saved in TideView is inventory only and cannot resolve a duplicate MAC on the LAN.
USB capture cards Advanced
Higher-GPU fallback: raw HDMI capture depends on local USB drivers and requires server-side encoding.
TideView Guide
Enter your ZIP code, then choose your guide lineups.
Refresh policy
Guide data refreshes automatically while your server keeps serving its cached listings.
Last resultNot configuredNever refreshed
Guide lineups
Select the lineups for your channels.
Search for lineups using your ZIP code.
XMLTV guides
Guide data for any channel. XMLTV guides linked to your M3U sources appear here too.
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CLIENT GUIDES
Primary & Custom Guide Instances
Active channels can belong to Primary, any custom guide, or both. Guide membership is shared by every TideView client and edited without changing playback availability.
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Primary GuideEdit the channels and numbers your server exports to client apps and TideView Roku.
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YOUR ACCOUNT
License & subscription
Manage your server access, billing, and linked Google account.
Away from this server? Manage your subscription online.
THIS TIDEVIEW SERVERTideViewSOFTWARE UPDATE
Signed TideView updates
Choose how TideView handles signed updates from your selected channel.
Checking update securityOnly a TideView-signed installer from the protected release service can be accepted.
MUSIC BETWEEN DEVICES
TideShift Music
Carry the current song, album queue, and listening position from one TideView device to another.
Want independent music in several rooms?Turn TideShift Music off. The same user can then play separate music streams on multiple devices at the same time.
MOVIES & SHOWS
Theme music
Play a quiet theme while browsing a title's details.
Sets theme playback and saved-file previews in web and PC. Roku and Android use their own theme volume settings.
Theme playback and overnight generation have separate switches. A home admin can upload a custom theme, trim a show's intro, or turn a title off from its Theme music editor at any time.
Split transcoding hardware
Choose a GPU for your library and live channels. TideView Plus offers NVIDIA AI and experimental AMD/Intel enhancement where supported.
LIVE TV WORKSPACE
--Transcoder policy
Compatibility, capacity, and remote-stream limits for movies, shows, trailers, and live TV.
Intro detection
Native TideView audio analysis for episodic TV.
Preparing queueTideView stores markers in its own data folder. Media folders remain read-only.
Volume leveling
Keep playback volume consistent across your server.
Video output
Channels can override these settings individually.
Certified live timingM3U startup, cadence, and A/V clock values are protected release settings. They can be changed only after the full Roku sync and startup test matrix is approved.
Playback troubleshooter
Checks FFmpeg, the configured GPU, TideView Plus runtime files, capture-card assignments, and HDHomeRun connectivity without changing files or settings.
Run checks after changing playback hardware or when a channel will not start.
RAD
RadarrAdd missing movies saved to My List
SON
SonarrAdd missing shows saved to My List
Connect a new device with six digitsGenerate one private code. The new device enters those six digits, then chooses a TideView profile. A four-digit profile PIN is requested only when that profile has one enabled.
Enter on the new device
Already-paired devices continue working if the code service is unavailable.
TideView profiles
Profiles, permissions, avatars, favorites, progress, and watch history are owned by this TideView server.
Import activity
The one-time importer reads selected Plex user state without scanning or modifying a media library.
No profile import is running.
Imported users will appear in TideView profiles above when the import finishes. You do not need to add them again.
Export your viewing data
Download a JSON file for any TideView profile using its Export button above. It includes that profile's watched state, resume positions, available viewing events, and a locally saved profile picture. Other services can use the external media IDs to match titles. Direct import into another service depends on that service's support.
TideView community ratings cannot currently be enumerated and are marked unavailable in the export.
CURRENT STATUS
Checking your connection...
TideView is checking whether this server can be reached from outside your home.
RECOMMENDED
One-click Direct HTTPS
TideView automates the free hostname, router connection, firewall, and encrypted HTTPS gateway.
Everything is handled by TideView
Private TideView hostnameCreated automatically with no account, domain purchase, address, or token to enter.Direct encrypted connectionVideo travels directly between the device and this server over HTTPS.
Your reserved HTTPS address
TideView will try automatic router setup first. If that is unavailable, it will show the exact two forwarding rules.
Existing Caddy gateway foundSharing preserves sites such as Emby. Retiring removes the old website routes and dedicates that gateway to TideView.
Connect a new deviceAfter setup, generate one private six-digit code for Roku, Android phone, or Android TV.
Enter on the new device
Enter the six digits, choose a profile, and use its optional PIN if enabled.
REMOTE VIDEO QUALITY
Internet speed limit
Set the most one remote stream may use. Lower limits reduce buffering on slower upload connections.
OPTIONAL
Advanced options
Use your own DuckDNS account or any direct HTTPS address you manage.
Preview only. Support reports cannot be sent from this demo. No personal details or diagnostic bundles are collected here.
CONNECTION DIAGNOSTICS
From your server to their screen.
Test the connection the device actually uses, at home or away.
Finding connected devices…Keep TideView open on the phone or Roku. Each test downloads 8 MB.
No devices checked yet.
What these results tell you
Download speed measures a short transfer from this server to the device. It is a snapshot, not a guaranteed maximum. A test can briefly compete with playback.
Latency is the median of up to five round trips. It helps explain response delay; it does not measure Wi-Fi radio speed or packet loss.
Video settings can cap quality even on a fast connection. Compare local and remote limits with the actual playback mode. Transcoding may also be needed for codecs, audio or device compatibility.
Updates from TideView
Published updates and confirmed issues, maintained by the TideView team.
Open Technical Support to load updates.
Release notes appear here when an update is published.
Describe the problem
Include the channel, quality mode, and roughly when the problem happened. TideView supplies the technical timeline automatically.
Preview only. Sending and downloading support bundles are disabled.
Runtime schedule
Times use the server computer's local clock.
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Runtime tasks
Current state, reason, next eligible time, and resource protection.
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Automatic protection
The default folder is under Windows shared application data, outside the TideView program and live data folders.
Always includedServer settings, users and avatars, watch and resume history, favorites, playlists, library folder setup, channel/Live TV configuration and DVR schedules. Actual movies, shows, music, recordings and encrypted photo-vault contents are not included.
Backups are verified with SHA-256 checksums before TideView keeps them.
Backups contain private user information and protected settings. Keep the file private. Unencrypted backups are not password protected; older encrypted backups still need their original password.
Google Drive — optional second copy
Your verified local backup is kept first. Google Drive is a separate off-PC copy, not a replacement for local backups.
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A Drive copy counts as protected only after verification. If Google Drive is full, offline or disconnected, the local backup remains safe and the cloud copy reports its own status.
User photo backup storage
One ongoing encrypted photo backup per user; new photos and videos are added to the same vault. Vault contents stay separate from server restore points. The owner can move or delete ciphertext, but cannot open its contents.
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Each default folder is created automatically under TideView server data.
What TideView protects
The library catalog and matched metadata are included so metadata corruption can be recovered without rebuilding everything.
Core dataCompatible server settings, channel configuration, users and profile pictures, encryption keys, watch history, DVR schedules, playlists, saved collections, preferences, and library folder identities. A new PC must activate and reconnect machine-specific credentials, remote access, and device sessions.
Library dataNative catalog and its current database, metadata matches, credits, user library state, saved intro markers, music preferences and recommendation history, and problem reports.
Photo backups stay separateEncrypted photo and video vault contents are not copied into server restore points or portable backups. Keep the vault folder when moving or recovering photo backups.
Rebuilt insteadResized image and provider caches, trailers, browser audio, captions, intro fingerprints, transcodes, live buffers, and logs. Supported original artwork can be included using the option above.
Moving or recoveringNew automatic backups and Move to another PC exports use the same portable format. Restore a backup verifies the file, reviews its contents and helps reconnect folders when drive letters change. Older ZIP files use compatible recovery; machine-specific state is never cloned to a new PC.
After a moveActivate the new computer and reconnect devices, hardware or credentials that cannot safely transfer. Keep media drives and encrypted photo-vault folders separately; missing folders do not erase saved history.
Software versionsInstallers remain separate from data backups. The consumer updater will retain signed versions and create a verified pre-update backup before switching software.
Verified restore points
Automatic backups retain the configured number of restore points. Move to another PC exports are kept separately. Download a file and select it during setup on the replacement PC.
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Recording policy
Choose the DVR drive, retention, start/finish padding, and tuner limit.
Cross-platform TideView DVRTide Skip keeps the full original recording, including commercials. Active recordings show a Tide Skip button; completed recordings use the same markers automatically during playback on supported TideView clients.
TideView Commercial DetectionTideView analyzes black frames, silence, scene density, and ad timing locally. It scans and cuts a copy, keeps a diagnostic report, and replaces the original only after playback releases the file. Low-confidence results are never cut.
Live TV pause and rewind bufferChecking temporary live-TV storage...
--Saved DVR storageChecking the recording folder...
--Windows recording performanceChecking Microsoft Defender...
User DVR folders
Each user has a private DVR folder. Add specific people to that folder only when you want them to share its recordings. Home admins automatically receive media-library destinations while recording.
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Upcoming recordings
Conflicts are shown before the recording window starts. Home admins choose Private DVR, Movies, or TV Shows directly from the Media recording dialog.
No upcoming recordings.
Recordings
Private DVR files stay private. Admin DVR can add a completed recording to a shared Movies or TV Shows library without recording it a second time.
No recordings yet.
Turn your movies and shows into a channel that is always on the guide. Tune in to what is playing now, or start the current program from the beginning. Video files are only opened while someone watches.
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