Android TV

On a TV Video Tracker doesn't search for or download videos: it shows the files in your account's cloud and plays them as a stream. It is the same Android app as on a phone — on a TV it opens a screen made for the remote.

Install

Install Video Tracker on the TV from RuStore, just like on a phone.

You can also install the APK file from the Download section of the site: open it on the TV and, when Android asks, allow installing from this source.

Sign in

Where: Android TV · Plan: Free and Pro

When nobody is signed in, the TV shows Sign in to Video Tracker: a QR code, a short code like “WDJB-MJHT” and the address video-tracker.ru/activate. Any phone, tablet or computer with a browser will do, and you sign in as usual on the Video Tracker site.

By QR

1. Scan the QR with your phone. The TV right away shows Scanned — confirm the sign-in on your phone.
2. Sign in to Video Tracker on the phone and confirm.
3. The TV signs in the same second: you see the cloud, your plan and your account name.

By code

1. On any device open video-tracker.ru/activate — Sign in on your TV.
2. Enter the Code from the TV (8 Latin letters) and press Continue.
3. Sign in and confirm — the TV signs in, as with the QR.

If something goes wrong

• The code expired — a code works for 10 minutes; then the TV shows a new code and QR by itself.
• The sign-in was declined on the phone — the TV says Sign-in declined. Here is a new code.
• No internet on the TV — the No internet connection screen with Try again. When the connection is back, the code and QR appear by themselves.
• Could not get a sign-in code — the TV asks again by itself in half a minute.
• The connection to the server dropped after the scan — the TV reconnects and checks the sign-in itself; it is not lost.

Your cloud on the TV

Where: Android TV · Plan: Pro

The cloud screen shows your files as tiles, newest first: the name, length, size, which device it came from, and Watched or a bar of how much you have watched. Choose a tile with the remote and press OK to watch.

• Files still uploading to the cloud show a percentage and open once the upload is finished.
• The cloud is empty — No files in the cloud yet. Files get there from your phone, computer or browser extension: turn on To the cloud for a download there. They appear on the TV by themselves.

More about the cloud: Cloud.

Watching

The video starts right away, without downloading: the TV plays it straight from the cloud.

• With the remote: pause, rewind, and choose the audio track and subtitles if the file has several.
• Watching continues from where you stopped — on this TV (Continuing from …).
• A long film keeps playing: when the link to the file expires, the TV gets a new one and carries on from the same place.
• The file was deleted from the cloud — The file was deleted from the cloud, and back to the list.
• The network dropped — No connection — the video continues when it is back.

Free, trial and Pro on the TV

Watching from the cloud is part of Pro.

• Without Pro the TV shows Watching from the cloud is in Pro with the price and period and a QR to buy Pro in your account on the site (Buy on your phone: scan the code). Once Pro is bought, the TV picks it up by itself.
• Trial — the cloud screen shows Pro until and the date.
• Pro has ended — the same offer; your files are still in the cloud.

Pro costs 990 ₽ a year. More: Plans.

What the TV doesn't have

There is no browser, no Found on this page, no downloading and no download settings on the TV — only the cloud, your account and signing out. Videos get into the cloud from your other devices.

Account and signing out

The menu shows your account name, plan, the app version and Sign out. Sign out makes the TV forget the sign-in and show a new QR and code.

Blocked account

If the account is blocked, the TV shows Your account is blocked and the support address, and the files don't open. Write to support@video-tracker.ru.