Soda Screen Get Soda Screen
For Windows 10 & 11

Your films. Your shows. One screen.

Your films, wherever they washed up from. Soda Screen turns the folders of films and TV on your PC into a proper poster wall, with artwork, ratings and descriptions, then plays every file right there in the app.

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In testing

v0.41.3

Latest version · 5 November 2026

Faster, with loading rings

  • The poster grid only builds the posters on screen, so big libraries open, scroll, search and switch tabs much faster. Scrolling eases to a stop.
  • A small ring in your accent colour shows wherever something is still loading: posters, Psycho tiles, reactions and the YouTube player.
  • A Restart button on the player, and a Restart button on the message when a film picks up where you left off.
  • Choose the quality for YouTube videos, from 360p to 4K. The button shows what's actually playing.
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// what it does

Point it at a folder. It does the rest.

No accounts, no cloud library, no tidying up file names first. Soda Screen reads what you've already got and makes it look like a streaming service.

Builds itself

Add your film and TV folders in Settings. It finds every title and fetches the poster, backdrop, IMDb rating and a short description.

Plays everything

A built-in player that handles MKV, MP4, AVI and the rest. It remembers where you stopped, and you can still open anything in VLC with one click.

TV done properly

Shows grouped by season, with every episode listed. Previous and next episode buttons sit right in the player.

Subtitles & audio

English audio by default. Turn subtitles on or off and pick any track, without leaving the film.

Reactions & reviews

Add the YouTube channels you like. Open a film and see their reaction and review videos for it, ready to play in the app.

Your colours

Themes are plain CSS. Paste one in, try it, keep it. Your last seven themes are saved so you can flip back.

The full story

The Info page has the cast with photos, crew, trailer, box office, UK rating, the rest of the series and where to stream it.

YouTube series

Paste a playlist and it's listed like a TV show, with resume and autoplay. Discover finds animated series made for YouTube.

Browse your way

A poster grid, a detailed list or cover flow, with Shuffle for nights when nobody can choose.

// the player

Watch it without leaving the app.

Films play right next to your library, so you can keep browsing. Want it bigger? Go full screen or pop it out into its own window.

  • Picks up where you left off
  • Pop-out window that slots back in when you close it
  • Only ever plays one thing at a time
  • Hover over a poster for a quick play

// themes

Made by a designer, so you can restyle it.

Every colour is a CSS variable. Write your own or paste one somebody sent you, and the whole app changes straight away.

/* Soda, the default */
--name: "Soda";
--bg: #1b1b1b;
--panel: #242424;
--text: #f2f2f2;
--accent: #20d6aa;
--dot: #ff5a6e;
--star: #e6db74;

Soda

Neon

Yours

Paste your CSS into Settings, then Theme. Up to seven of your own are kept.

// questions

Good to know

Does it upload my films anywhere?

No. Your files never leave your PC. Soda Screen only goes online to fetch artwork, ratings and descriptions, and to play YouTube videos when you ask for them.

What files will it play?

Pretty much anything. Playback runs on libVLC, the engine inside VLC, so if VLC plays it, Soda Screen will too.

Do I need VLC installed?

No. Everything the player needs comes with Soda Screen. If you do have VLC, there's an Open in VLC button on every film and episode.

Does it use AI?

No. It runs entirely on your PC. Titles are matched from the file names, and the details come from public film databases.

What do I need to run it?

A 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 PC. Reactions and reviews use Microsoft Edge WebView2, which Windows 11 already has.

// support

Keep Soda Screen free

Soda Screen is free and always will be. If you'd like to help with the running costs, you'll soon be able to pick up a T-shirt of the Soda Screen character.

Shop coming soon

Your library deserves better than a folder.

Soda Screen 0.41.3 is in testing now. The Windows download will be here soon.

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