# Watch · OmniGet Docs - URL: https://getomniget.com/docs/watch - Updated: 2026-10-02 - OmniGet 1.0.0 > Free, open-source yt-dlp GUI for Windows, macOS and Linux. Paste a link to save video, audio and files from 1,000+ sites, or run AI coding agents. --- Superpowers # Watch Watch is a video player and library for the files already on your computer. It sorts them into movies, shows and series of lessons, remembers where you stopped, and can also play live TV lists, anime from your AniList, and servers or add-ons you connect yourself. ## Where it is **Superpowers › Watch**. To turn it off or on: **Settings › Integrations › Watch**, switch **Enable Watch**. Watch’s own settings open from **Watch settings** at the bottom of its sidebar. ## How to use it 1. Open **Watch** and click **Choose a video folder**. Watch only reads the folder: nothing is renamed, moved or uploaded. 2. Wait for the scan. Movies, shows and episodes are sorted by their file names. 3. Click anything to play it. **Continue watching** on **Home** brings you back to where you stopped. 4. You can also drop a folder, a file or a link on the window, or paste a video link to play it. Note Without FFmpeg, only MP4 and WebM files play. Install FFmpeg in **Settings › Dependencies** so MKV, AVI and HEVC files open too. ## The sections | Section | What it shows | | --- | --- | | **Home** | **Continue watching**, series in progress, **Recently added** and **Up next**. **Customize** reorders or hides the shelves. | | **Movies** | Files named like `Movie Name (2019)` or `Movie.Name.2019.1080p`. | | **Shows** | Episodes named like `S01E02` or `1x02`, or inside `Season 1` folders, grouped by show and season, with **Play next unwatched**. | | Series of lessons | Your own folders imported as numbered lessons, with progress per lesson (see below). | | **Folders** | Your library as it is on disk, with **Play folder**, **Mark all as watched** and **Scan again**. | | **History** | What you played and when, with search and **Clear history**. | | **Live TV** | Channels from your own TV lists, with **Groups**, **Favorites** and a **Guide**. | | **Anime** | Search AniList and, once connected, **My list** with episodes you can mark as watched. | | **Add-ons** | Catalogs and streams from add-ons you installed. | | **Sources** | Servers, TV lists, add-ons and accounts you connect. | | **Flashcards** | Cards you made while watching, with spaced review. | ### Series and lessons from your own folders Drop a folder on the window and choose to import it as numbered lessons, or use the import button on **Home**. Subfolders become modules, lessons are numbered in order, and PDFs and code files stay attached to their lesson. Each lesson can be marked as watched, and the series shows how much is left. ### Sources Watch comes with nothing installed: it only uses sources you add, and each one says what it sends. You can turn a source off or remove it at any time. | Source | What it adds | | --- | --- | | **Jellyfin or Emby** | Your own media server: libraries, Continue watching and Next up, with progress sent back. It talks only to your server, with your login. | | **IPTV list (M3U)** | An M3U or M3U8 playlist from a link or a file, with an optional XMLTV guide. | | **IPTV login (Xtream)** | Server, username and password from your TV provider. | | **Add-on** | Catalogs and links from an add-on that uses the open Stremio protocol, installed by its manifest URL. | | **AniList** | Your anime list, and episodes marked as watched as you go. You paste an access token from AniList; it stays on this computer. | Warning Watch plays only direct http(s) links and YouTube videos from add-ons. Torrent, magnet, usenet and P2P links are refused and shown as refused. Watch does not break DRM or paywalls. ### While a video plays The side panel next to the player (T) has the tabs **Lessons**, **Notes**, **Transcript** and **Ask AI**: - **Lessons**: the other videos in the same folder or series. - **Notes**: press N to write a note 3 seconds back, or set an A-B range first. **Save the frame** adds a picture. **Export Markdown** saves all notes. - **Transcript**: search the video’s lines and jump to them. **Make one with AI** transcribes it with the AI provider you set up (see [AI provider](https://getomniget.com/docs/ai-provider)). - **Ask AI**: questions about the video, answered from its transcript, with **Summary**, **Chapters** and **Quiz me** modes. It also needs an AI provider. **Flashcards**: press `⇧C` (macOS) / `Shift+C` or use the card button on a transcript line to make a card. **Send to Anki** works when Anki is open with the AnkiConnect add-on. **Cast to a TV** sends the video to a Chromecast on the same Wi-Fi. While casting, Watch opens a local link with a one-time key so only the TV can reach it. ### Private mode **Private mode**, at the bottom of the sidebar, stops Watch from saving anything you play to history, **Continue watching** or lesson progress while it is on. Turn it off to go back to normal. ## Options | Option | What it does | Default | | --- | --- | --- | | **Enable Watch** | Shows Watch in Superpowers. | On | | **Folders** | The folders Watch reads. **Remove folder** only takes it out of Watch. | None | | **Private mode** | Nothing you watch is added to history, Continue watching or progress. | Off | ## Shortcuts Press ? while a video plays to see the full list. Click a key in that list and press a new one to change it; **Reset** brings the defaults back. | Key | Action | | --- | --- | | Space or K | Play / pause | | J / L | Back / forward 10 s | | ← / → | Back / forward 5 s | | ↑ / ↓ | Volume | | M | Mute | | F | Full screen | | P | Picture in picture | | `,` / `.` | Previous / next frame | | `[` / `]` / `=` | Slower / faster / normal speed | | S | Skip silence | | C | Next subtitle track | | G / H | Subtitles earlier / later | | B | A-B loop | | A / D / R | Previous line / next line / repeat line | | U | Pause after each line | | N | Note | | `⇧C` (macOS) / `Shift+C` | Flashcard from this line | | T | Side panel | | I | Why is it playing like this? | | `⇧N` (macOS) / `Shift+N` / `⇧P` (macOS) / `Shift+P` | Next / previous video | ## Common problems ### A folder shows as offline The folder is on a drive that is not connected, or on a network share that is down. Nothing was removed: progress and notes come back when the folder is reachable again. ### A file does not play If Watch says ffmpeg was not found, only MP4 and WebM play. Install FFmpeg in **Settings › Dependencies**. ### A source was turned off on its own When a server stops answering, Watch turns it off to avoid waiting and keeps its settings. Turn it back on in **Sources** when the server is up. ### An add-on finds no streams I can play Watch refuses torrent, magnet, usenet and P2P links. The reason is shown under each refused stream. [Previous**← Music**](https://getomniget.com/docs/music) [Next**OmniTube →**](https://getomniget.com/docs/omnitube)