Web client
Use the primary Finetic web client on desktop and mobile browsers, including playback capabilities, keyboard controls and responsive navigation.
Primary client#
The responsive web application is Finetic's primary supported client. It provides both viewer and complete administrator experiences.
Browser capabilities#
At playback time the browser reports supported MIME types, codecs, profiles, HDR formats, audio channels and Media Source Extensions support. Screen dimensions are not used as decode limits.
Capability reports are evidence, not absolute guarantees. A browser can advertise a codec and still fail on a particular profile or platform decoder.
Player controls#
Use Space to play or pause, Left/Right to seek, Up/Down to adjust volume, M to mute, F for fullscreen and C to cycle available subtitles. Controls remain reachable at narrow widths; volume must not disappear merely because the window is resized.
Volume, mute and playback speed are account preferences and persist between titles and devices where supported.
Background tabs#
Browsers reduce timer and frame-callback activity in hidden tabs. Finetic avoids treating that throttling as a decoder failure. Playback progress and server ownership still use bounded heartbeats.
Installing as an app#
Finetic supplies web-app metadata and icons, but browser installation does not turn the web client into the Fire TV or Android native client. Platform playback capabilities still differ.