# Vidi: SMB Media Player — Your NAS, as a real library > Your NAS, as a real library (iPhone/iPad app by Johannes Nanninga.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vidi-smb-media-player/id6754661464 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Johannes Nanninga](https://appshunter.io/developer/1849500398) - Category: Photo & Video, Utilities - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 45 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2025-10-30 - Data updated: 2026-09-10 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vidi-smb-media-player/id6754661464/reviews.md ## What is Vidi? Vidi turns the media on your home NAS into a library you actually want to open. Point it at your network and it finds your SMB servers by itself, discovers their shares, and builds an organized library of movies—with artwork, seasons and episodes—, TV shows, home videos and photos. A REAL LIBRARY, NOT A FILE LIST • Automatic discovery — Vidi finds the SMB servers on your network automatically • Movies, TV shows and home videos organized with posters, seasons and episodes • Every photo on your NAS at your fingertips in a beautiful library • Search the whole library with thumbnails and grouped results • Plain folder browsing is always there when you want the file list instead BUILT FOR SPEED • Indexing starts immediately and stays up-to-date automatically • Speedy tapping through pictures and videos • Re-crawls only touch what actually changed on the NAS • Folder browsing stays quick on shares with thousands of files PLAYS WHAT YOUR NAS ACTUALLY HOLDS • MKV, HEVC and codecs Apple's own player refuses — no transcoding server required • Video starts almost immediately, and an MKV starts as promptly as an MP4 • Vidi reads ahead of the playhead, so scrubbing through material is super fast • A-B loop, pinch zoom and pan during playback • Continue Watching remembers where you stopped, across the library PHOTOS IN FULL • Full-screen viewer with pinch zoom, quick zoom, swipe and a filmstrip • EXIF details: camera, lens, aperture, shutter, ISO, dimensions, file size and a location map • HEIC and RAW sit alongside everything else OFFLINE • Download a movie, episode or home video and play it with the NAS switched off • Downloads queue, resume after interruptions, and survive a relaunch • Live Activity progress on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Read-only: Vidi never writes to, moves, renames or deletes anything on your NAS • No account and no sign-in • No tracking, no advertising identifier, no ad networks • Server credentials are stored in the device Keychain and never logged WORKS WITH Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS, Unraid, Windows shares, Linux Samba — any SMB server on your network. Vidi is free, with no in-app purchases. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 4.0.1 — 2026-09-09 This is a stability update. • Fixes a bug that could make Vidi quit unexpectedly while browsing or playing, especially over a slower network • Thumbnails are read far more efficiently, so browsing puts much less load on your NAS and on your device ### 4.0.0 — 2026-09-02 Vidi 4.0 is a complete rebuild of the app, from the ground up. • A library that organizes movies, TV shows, home videos and photos automatically, with artwork, seasons and episodes • A far faster crawler — your shares are indexed while you are still reading the welcome screens, and a re-crawl only touches what changed • Thumbnails load ahead of your scrolling • Rebuilt player: MKV and non-Apple codecs start as promptly as an MP4, and seeking is instant in material Vidi already holds • Offline downloads, with Lock Screen progress and resume after interruptions • A photo viewer with pinch and quick zoom, a filmstrip, and full EXIF including a location map • Full-library search on its own tab, with thumbnails • A redesigned interface for iPhone and iPad Please note: this version is for iPhone and iPad. Face ID locking and iCloud sync are not part of this release. ### 3.0 — 2026-01-13 Now Available on Apple TV! • NEW: Vidi is now available on Apple TV - enjoy your media on the big screen • Added subtitle support for videos - automatically detects and displays subtitles • Enhanced video playback experience across all platforms • Improved overall app stability and performance ### 2.0 — 2025-11-21 iPad Support & Video Playback Improvements • Now optimized for iPad with split-view interface • Browse connections in the sidebar while navigating files in the main view • Fixed video seeker accuracy for better playback control • Enjoy the full Vidi experience on your iPad ### 1.4 — 2025-11-18 New: Liquid glass UI effects for modern, translucent controls (iOS 26+) New: Search files and folders by name in file browser Improved: Video skip times now 5s back, 15s forward for better control ## Apps similar to Vidi | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Photos & Slideshow PixFolio](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photos-and-slideshow-pixfolio/id1624072761) | 4.4 (399) | Free | Photo & Video | | [PhotoSync – transfer photos](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photosync-transfer-photos/id415850124) | 4.7 (8,214) | Free | Photo & Video | | [Immich](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/immich/id1613945652) | 4.8 (748) | Free | Photo & Video | | [Plex Photos](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plex-photos/id6504519803) | 1.3 (292) | Free | Photo & Video | | [Pixette – Slideshow for NAS](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixette-slideshow-for-nas/id1566334108) | 4.8 (41) | Free | Photo & Video | | [Conflux - Video Player](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/conflux-video-player/id6450330892) | 4.3 (66) | Free | Photo & Video | ## Related topics [smb image](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/smb-image) · [nas media viewer](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/nas-media-viewer) · [smb video](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/smb-video) · [nasp](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/nasp) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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