Android · Apple · TV · Quest · Steam Frame
Your media.
Every screen.
All your media and entertainment through one library across your devices.
What you get
Simple to use, built to last.
Everything, one library
Films, shows and music in a single library that follows you between devices powered by Jellyfin with more library sources coming soon.
Video Engine
Alt C is powered by a custom cross platform playback core built from the ground up to power our user experiences now and into the future with robust codec, format, container and HDR support across the board
Pick up where you left off
Start on the train, finish on the TV. Playback position syncs the moment you pause.
Built for the headset
Alt C on XR and VR headsets is a fully native experience with powerful foundational playback capabilities that support 3D and VR Video. This is no phone app in a floating window.
Offline by default
Download anything to any device and sync when your back online. Aeroplane mode is a first-class state, not an error screen.
3D Blu-Ray
Easy accessible access to 3D Blu-ray playback on Alt C without compromises
Music Playback
Enjoy your music in lossless original quality inside one unified library and playback experience with queues, albums, playlists and favourites
Extensive Customisation
Tailor the interface and playback functionality to suit your needs. Visuals, Audio, EQ, including options to customise Subtitle appearance and much more
Home
Everything you were watching, waiting for you to jump in.
Scroll to explore
Transparency
Built in the open.
We'd rather show you the plan than promise the moon. The Alt C roadmap is public. See what's shipping, what's next and the living history of whats already happened.
On the roadmap
- →TV Apps
- →Support for Into & Skip Markers
- →Live TV support
- →Library Extras
Common questions
Before you download.
- Do I need a subscription?
- No. You can buy altc once or subscribe. A lifetime licence or a monthly or yearly subscription from altc.tv covers every platform and up to 10 devices, which you can share with family and friends. altc is also available as an in-app purchase for a single platform. There's no catalogue to pay for: altc plays media you already have.
- Which devices are supported?
- iPhone, iPad, Android phones/tablets, Android XR and Meta Quest are coming soon. With more platform support in the pipeline like the Steam Frame. Plus the jellyfin community has created an incredible series of Client applications for a wide variety of platforms outside of Alt C
- What gives? There must be a catch?
- No catch. altc is paid software, and your licence is what funds it. In return there are no ads and no tracking, and your media and watch history stay on your devices and your own server. altc will always support Jellyfin. We also plan to release altc Server, an open-source home entertainment server for games and media, and hope to share more about it down the track.
- Does it work offline?
- Yes. Download anything to any device and it plays without a connection. Including transcoding and direct play and when you come back online your playback progress syncs with Jellyfin.
- What formats are supported?
- Direct play wherever possible, with transcoding as a fallback. See the codecs and formats matrix for what each platform plays natively.
- Does it support 3D and 180°/360° video?
- Yes. On Vision Pro, Android XR, Meta Quest and Steam Frame, Alt C plays 3D Blu-rays (MVC), side-by-side and top-and-bottom 3D in full or half resolution, 180° and 360° video in 2D or 3D, and fisheye video from dual-lens VR cameras. On phones, tablets and TVs, 3D films play in 2D. Most files are recognised automatically from what they say about themselves and from their names. See 3D and Spatial VR Formats for the naming rules. MVC 3D plays with direct play only; every other format also plays when the server transcodes it, for example on a slow or remote connection.
- Do I need my own server?
- Yes, you or someone you know needs to create an account for you using the awesome Jellyfin Server Project.
- Is my library private?
- Your library is yours. Alt C does not scan, share, sell or otherwise have any ability to collect data from within our applications by design.