Live Play Now from your cinema source
Poster, metadata, progress, audio, subtitles and backdrop preview in one dedicated display.
Cinematic Now Playing Dashboard
Turn any screen into a cinematic Now Playing display
Poster Player connects your home cinema sources through a lightweight bridge and turns any browser-based screen into a beautiful live Now Playing dashboard.
No powerful local hardware required. The lightweight bridge can run on modest local hardware, including Raspberry Pi, while the display runs beautifully on TVs, tablets, monitors or mini PCs.
Multi-source support
Cloud + Local Bridge
No powerful display hardware required.
Raspberry Pi ready
Browser display
Local network privacy
Multi-screen ready
Coming Soon when idle
Automatic poster rotation keeps the room alive when nothing is playing.
Designed for portrait displays
Clean readable layouts for wall screens, tablets, kiosks and Raspberry Pi browser displays.
From playback detection to cinematic presentation.
How Poster Player works
The heavy lifting is handled by the platform and bridge architecture. Your display device only needs a browser.
Install the lightweight Bridge Agent
Runs on a Windows PC, mini PC, Raspberry Pi or local server inside the customer's network.
Connect your sources
Zidoo, Apple TV, Spotify and more. The bridge reads playback state and metadata where available.
Open your display link
Use any browser screen: TV, tablet, monitor, Raspberry Pi kiosk, mini PC or wall display.
Enjoy automatic Now Playing & Coming Soon
Live playback view when something is playing. Beautiful poster rotation when idle.
Coming Soon Mode
Beautiful when nothing is playing
When your cinema is idle, Poster Player automatically switches to a cinematic Coming Soon rotation with posters, ratings, descriptions and smooth transitions.
Tune timing, rotation, display behaviour and visual style for each screen without needing powerful display hardware.
Coming Soon in motion
Idle screens rotate upcoming titles with poster art, metadata, ratings and synopsis cards.
Automatic idle state
Switches from Play Now to Coming Soon without touching the display device.
Poster-led rotation
Use curated or upcoming movie artwork with smooth timing and transition controls.
Screen-safe layout
Readable on portrait displays, tablets, TV browsers and Raspberry Pi kiosks.
Multi-source support
Works with your entire home cinema setup
Your cinema sources stay local. Each customer keeps their own bridge connection, source settings and integration configuration.
Zidoo
Local playback, posters, backdrops, progress, audio and subtitle data.
Apple TV
Bridge connection, app detection, playback state and clean fallbacks.
Spotify
Album art, track info, progress, device and volume display.
TMDb
Posters, backdrops, trailers, gallery, ratings and Coming Soon content.
Emby / Jellyfin
Media server sessions and artwork support.
Kodi
JSON-RPC source and web server support.
Kaleidescape
Premium cinema source integration.
Nvidia Shield / Android TV
App detection and playback info through bridge-based integration.
Cloud + Local Bridge
No powerful hardware needed at the screen
Poster Player separates local device detection from the display experience, so one bridge can support multiple browser screens across a cinema installation.
Lightweight local bridge
The bridge runs inside the customer's network and talks to local devices.
Any browser can be a display
Smart TV browser, tablet, monitor, Raspberry Pi kiosk, mini PC or dedicated wall display.
Multi-screen ready
Use one setup for cinema room, lobby display, tablet preview or multiple zones.
Private by design
Playback detection stays connected to the local network through the bridge.
Easy support and updates
The main platform can improve without every customer rebuilding a local app manually.
Commercial model ready
Display links and tokens can be controlled per customer and per number of screens.
Installed experience
Looks at home in a premium cinema room
Poster Player is made for the real spaces around the screen: cinema entrances, equipment walls, lobby displays and tablet control points.
Use idle screens as a curated poster rotation for entrances, demo rooms and high-end media spaces.
Live poster, metadata, rating, audio, subtitles and progress beside the theatre door.
Feature set
Built for home cinema, installers and media rooms.
From playback detection to cinematic presentation, every view is designed for dedicated display hardware that only needs a browser.
Smart matching
Matches movie titles from file names, playback metadata and local source data.
Posters, trailers & photos
Shows posters, backdrops, YouTube trailers and gallery rotation.
Progress & playback state
Live progress bar, time, paused state and Now Playing status.
Fallbacks for protected apps
Clean fallback views for Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV and apps that hide metadata.
Source priority
Choose which source wins when several devices are active.
Kiosk ready
Fullscreen, hide cursor, clock, display scaling and screen behaviour.
Local + cloud architecture
Bridge connects locally, display runs through a secure cloud link.
Settings dashboard
Customer/admin settings for sources, display, bridge and priorities.
Screen-first interface
Designed for dedicated screens
Optimized for portrait displays, tablets, TV browsers and dedicated home cinema screens.
Play Now from Zidoo
Live source state, poster, backdrop, audio, subtitles and watched progress.
Portrait display mode
Optimized for dedicated 1080x1920 wall screens and browser-based kiosks.
Customer control panel
Displays, bridge status, sources, licence limits and screen management in one place.
Customer control
Simple setup for customers, deeper control for experts
Customers can manage screens, bridge connection, source settings and display behaviour from a clean dashboard.
Customer displays, bridge pairing, source settings and live preview links stay behind the portal.
Customers see only their workspace, display links, bridge state, sources and active screen limits.
Basic mode
- Connect bridge
- Add screen
- Select sources
- Choose display style
- Start trial
Expert mode
- Source priority
- Bridge diagnostics
- API/status checks
- Fallback settings
- Timing/display/kiosk options
Use cases
One bridge. Multiple screens.
Premium presentation for cinema rooms, demo spaces and high-end media installations.
Home cinema room
Show what is playing on a dedicated poster display.
AV installers
Offer a premium add-on display experience for cinema installations.
Multi-room media setups
Show different screens or zones using display links.
Lobby / demo room
Use Coming Soon mode as an elegant film poster rotation.
Collectors and Zidoo users
Make a movie library feel like a premium cinema experience.
Trial and plans
Start with a trial. Add more screens when needed.
Plans can be based on number of active displays / screens. Bridge required for local device detection. No powerful screen hardware required.
Trial
Explore the full Poster Player experience before rolling it into a cinema room.
Single Screen
For one dedicated Now Playing display in a home cinema or media room.
Multi Screen
For cinema, lobby, tablet preview and multiple display zones.
Installer / Pro
For AV professionals managing customer setups and premium installations.
Roadmap
Built to grow with real cinema installations
Current
- Zidoo
- Apple TV bridge
- Spotify
- TMDb Coming Soon
- Display links
- Customer screen management
- Bridge status
Next
- Bridge installer improvements
- Source discovery
- Customer dashboard polish
- Delete/archive bridge devices and screens
- Better tablet/TV preview
- More integrations: Emby/Jellyfin, Kodi, Shield, Kaleidescape
- Secure licensing and per-customer screen limits
Built for home cinema
Ready to elevate your home cinema experience?
- 14-day free trial
- Works with browser screens
- Bridge-based setup
- Multi-screen ready
- Built for home cinema