Explore

New here

Find titles to ask for or add, in rows built from your own Library and asks.

Open Explore in the menu (http://your-server:6262/explore).

Find something to ask for

Pick All, Movies, Shows or Music at the top.
Scroll. More rows load as you go.
Press a card to open the title, then press Ask or add it.

Music shows only when the Music part is on. Your type pick is kept in the address (?type=) and on this device.

Explore plays nothing and tracks no watching. It reads your Library, your asks and charts from the metadata server.

Choices

Rows that need something first

Row	Shows when
Top picks for you	You have 3 or more titles in your Library or asks
Because you asked for	You have an open ask
Popular in your household	2 or more people on the server asked for things lately

A new server with an empty Library still gets a full page: charts and popular genre and decade rows.

Other rows

Row	Holds
On your services	Titles on the streaming services you pick in the row header, kept on this device
Finish the collection	Movies missing from a collection you started
Returning soon	Library shows with a new episode in the next 2 months
Browse by genre	Genre cards, your household’s top genres first

Hidden gems, decade rows and rows about people in your favourite titles fill the rest. Music has its own rows, such as new albums from artists you have, trending artists and top albums. Music rows are still being built.

Cards

A strip can say New Episode, New Season, Recently Added, Trending, Coming or New Release.
A round mark at the top right says if the title is in the Library, partly there, downloading, asked for or turned down.
Under All, a label says Movie, Show or Music.

On a computer, rest the pointer on a card or focus it with the keyboard: it grows and plays the trailer. Esc closes it. On a phone, a tap opens the title. With Reduce motion on, cards do not grow. See Trailers.

Who asked and new episodes

A title page can say “You asked” or “Asked by Ana and 2 others”. Press the line to see everyone and when. Cards never show names.

If you asked for a show, you get a notice when new episodes arrive, at most once an hour per show. Turn it off under My account. The owner can also send it through Alerts.

Kid accounts

Kid accounts see fewer rows, each checked against their age limit. A title with no rating for your region is hidden. See Kid accounts.

If it does not work

Symptom: the page has few rows. Cause: HolyArrs knows little about you yet. Fix: add or ask for a few titles.

Symptom: a row from yesterday is gone. Cause: rows show only when they have enough titles. It comes back when it fills.

Symptom: Music is missing. Fix: turn the Music part on in Settings.

Symptom: cards show only names. Cause: the metadata server could not match the title. It still counts in the row.

For experts

How the page is built

Each person gets their own rows and order.
The first rows load fast and show each title once: the charts, Top picks for you, Because you have, Best new releases, Because you asked for and Popular in your household.
The order changes a little each day and stays fixed all day.
Lower rows can get a short title that fits the moment, such as the time of day or a holiday, only when it is true for the row. Kid accounts get kid titles only. The first rows keep plain titles.

Your titles and asks	Rows at most
Fewer than 3	8
3 to 9	20
10 or more	40

Building

The owner table of row title performance is not in this release.

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