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Which app do I use?
Any web browser works. Just open watch.thebananaman.studio.
For an app, install the one for your device:
- Android phone or tablet: Jellyfin
- iPhone or iPad: Jellyfin
- Android TV, Google TV or Fire TV: Jellyfin
- Roku: Jellyfin (ignore any note about needing a cable subscription)
- Apple TV: Swiftfin
- Samsung or LG TV: text Tristen, these take some setup
How do I log in?
When the app asks for a server, enter this address:
https://watch.thebananaman.studio
Then use your username and password. It's one login for everything here: Watch, Request and Archive.
New password since November 2026? Use the one you set from our email.
I forgot my password
Use Forgot Password. Enter your username or email and a reset link goes to the email on your account.
No email on your account? Text Tristen and he'll sort it out.
How do I ask for a movie or show?
Go to request.thebananaman.studio and log in with your Jellyfin username and password. Search for it and press Request. It usually shows up on its own once it's ready.
How do I ask for books, comics or audiobooks?
Go to archive.thebananaman.studio and press Login. Use the same username and password as Watch.
Search with the bar at the top, or pick a tab: Audiobooks, Ebooks or Comics. Press + on the one you want.
- Books, audiobooks and comics download on their own and land in your Reading Nook (the candle button at the top).
- For comics, the whole series comes in.
The Requests tab shows where each of your requests is.
How do I read comics and books?
Open archive.thebananaman.studio in any web browser, on a computer, phone or tablet, and press Read now on any book or comic.
Prefer a reading app? In the Reading Nook, open On your e-reader to get your own private link for KOReader, Moon+ Reader, Panels and similar apps.
The old addresses (shelf. and read.) still take you to the right place.
How do I listen to audiobooks?
Open archive.thebananaman.studio in any web browser, on a computer, phone or tablet. Pick a book from the Audiobooks tab or your Reading Nook and press ▶.
It keeps playing at the bottom of the screen while you look around the rest of the Archive, and it remembers where you stopped on every device.
On a phone, use your web browser and add the Archive to your home screen. The Audiobookshelf and ShelfPlayer apps no longer connect. The old address (listen.) still takes you to the right place.
It keeps buffering
- Check Is it down? first.
- Lower the quality in the player's settings. Try this first on wifi or mobile data.
- Close the app and open it again.
- Still fruitless? Text Tristen the name of what you're watching and what device you're on.
Where are the subtitles?
Press the subtitles or CC button in the player. Subtitles get added automatically, so a brand new movie or episode may need a while.