Native AirPlay
Choose your Apple TV with the system route picker and stream over your local network.
A native media library for macOS
Your collection.
Now playing on Apple TV.
Browse movies and shows, inspect the cast and crew, organize what plays next, and stream almost any local video to Apple TV—with selectable subtitles intact.
Free to download and use. · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon · Signed and notarized
Your files become a library
Movies and television, organized automatically.
Choose the folder you already use. MovieThrow indexes it locally, separates movies from TV, groups seasons and episodes, and notices when files change.
✓Search posters instead of hunting through filenames.
✓Keep trailers, featurettes, deleted scenes, and extras with their main title.
✓Correct classifications, rename files, find duplicates, or move videos to Trash.
✓Open anything outside the library whenever you want.
Know what you are about to watch
Rich details before you press Play.
Every title opens in a proper detail view with large artwork, runtime, genres, directors, writers, producers, cast, characters, and headshots. Play immediately or add it to Up Next.
✓TMDb can fill details and artwork automatically.
✓Edit every field and paste your own poster without any API account.
✓Person links open their TMDb or IMDb profiles.
Subtitles are first-class
Ready when the
movie starts.
MovieThrow treats subtitles as part of the title, not an afterthought. When a subtitle track is available, playback starts with it on by default and keeps it selectable on Apple TV.
✓Use embedded tracks and matching sidecar subtitle files automatically.
✓Find a matching track through the built-in OpenSubtitles integration.
✓Fallback generation helps when the title has no usable subtitle track.
✓Blu-ray PGS and DVD bitmap subtitles can be converted into selectable captions.
Built for real-world collections
The difficult media details are handled.
MovieThrow inspects codecs instead of trusting extensions, then chooses the lightest reliable path to your Apple TV.
Smart playback
Direct play, lossless repackaging, or Apple-silicon hardware transcoding—only when necessary.
Selectable subtitles
Embedded and sidecar captions stay selectable. Even Blu-ray PGS and DVD subtitles can be converted with OCR.
Durable Up Next
Build and reorder a queue that survives relaunches, with natural movie and episode transitions.
Reliable timelines
Seek, resume, sleep, and wake while keeping video, audio, and captions on one source clock.
Local by design
Your media stays on your Mac and LAN. Metadata overrides and artwork can remain completely local.
From folder to television
Three simple steps.
STEP 01
Choose your library
Point MovieThrow at your existing movies and TV folder. Nothing needs to be moved or uploaded.
STEP 02
Pick a title
Review its artwork and credits, then press Play or add movies and episodes to Up Next.
STEP 03
Choose Apple TV
Select your room with AirPlay. MovieThrow prepares the stream and keeps captions available on the TV.
Movie night is waiting
Get MovieThrow 1.6
Free for macOS. Developer ID signed, Apple notarized, and ready for Apple silicon.
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