Terms of use

Version 1.0 · Last updated: 22 October 2026

These terms govern use of the filoteca.com site, the Filoteca app (in its versions for Android, Android TV, Fire TV and Windows) and associated services (accounts, licences, support and downloads). By installing, activating or using Filoteca you accept these terms and confirm that you are 18 or older. If you do not agree, do not use it.

1. Who provides the service

The service is provided by Alfredo García ("we"). Contact: support@filoteca.com. More details in the Legal notice.

2. What Filoteca is and is not

• Filoteca is an app to play and organise audiovisual content that you provide: M3U lists, accounts with your TV provider (for example Xtream-type), your own servers (Jellyfin, Emby, Plex), video folders reachable over the web or WebDAV and public lists of free-to-air channels.
• Filoteca does not sell, host or distribute movies, series or channels, and includes no subscriptions to paid services. We do not offer subscriptions to third-party services nor recommend any content provider. Without your own sources the app is empty, except the public channel lists by country and the "Classic cinema" selection described below.

3. Your sources and your responsibility

You alone are responsible for the sources you connect and for having the right to watch, and where applicable download or record, their content. By using Filoteca you declare that you have that right and agree not to connect sources whose use is unlawful. We do not verify the content of sources or its legality. Your provider credentials are yours and you must not share a licence or account with third parties in a way that breaches that provider's conditions.

4. Acceptable use

• Personal, household use. You may not redistribute, resell, rebroadcast or make available to third parties the content you access or access to your licence or account.
• Do not attempt to access other users' data or the service infrastructure, overload it, or circumvent technical or licence limits.
• Do not use Filoteca's server as a relay to reach services that are not audiovisual content or to attack third parties.
• Do not decompile or modify the app to circumvent the licence, except as the law expressly allows.
• Do not use Filoteca as part of an IPTV distribution network: do not resell, rebroadcast or supply channels, lists or access to third parties, and do not use it to run or promote an IPTV distribution or resale service. If you breach this, we may revoke your licence or account (section 14).

5. App versions

5.1 App without a licence

The app can be installed at no cost. Filoteca does not currently offer a free version as a separate option: during the beta the licence is granted at no charge (section 5.4). While there is no active licence on your device (before you request it, or once the beta ends), the app works with limits: (a) public channel lists by country and the "Classic cinema" selection have no quota; (b) with your own sources you can watch up to 5 channels, 2 movies and 2 series. A title counts towards the quota once you have watched it for a short time (about 20 seconds of actual playback) and from then on it remains yours. These quotas may change in the future; changes will not affect titles already counted.

5.2 Premium licence

The Premium licence removes those quotas for your own sources and enables additional features (Filoteca Connect, syncing between your devices, more than two profiles, and interface styles and colours); that list may grow. During the beta it is granted free of charge (see section 5.4) and consists of a personal key that you activate on your devices. Filoteca does not currently charge for any licence. What is granted is the right to use the player with your own providers and lists; no content is provided. There are two licence levels: Individual, for 1 device and without the features that need several devices (Filoteca Connect, "Watch on…" and sync between devices), and Premium, for up to 3 devices at a time and with all features. Additional devices can only be added to a Premium licence. You can release a device from Settings → Licence to use it elsewhere. The licence is personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable and may not be resold or shared outside your devices. If a paid option were ever offered, we would tell you beforehand, you would not be charged without expressly accepting it, and it would not affect licences already granted.

5.3 Licence revocation

We may revoke a licence, after notifying you where possible, if it was obtained fraudulently, if it is shared or resold in breach of these terms or if the law or an authority requires it. With a revoked licence the app is left without a licence (section 5.1).

5.4 Free beta (Premium trial)

• Filoteca is in beta, as a proof of concept to evaluate the app. During the beta you can request a free Premium licence at filoteca.com/try with your email address, which you confirm with a code we send you (and, if the beta is by invitation, with the invitation code we gave you). It lasts for the period stated when you request it, with no card, no charges and no automatic renewal: it does not turn into a payment. We may extend it. The beta is temporary and does not mean any feature will be free forever; if anything changes, we will tell you in advance.
• The days start counting when you activate the key on a device; you have 14 days from receiving it to activate it and, after that period without activating, it expires without having started. The trial key works on 2 devices. There is one trial per person and per device: we may refuse or revoke trials requested with temporary emails, several identities or in an abusive way. For this we process your email, an irreversible digest of your IP address and the installation identifier (see the Privacy policy).
• When it ends, the app is left without a licence (section 5.1), without losing your profiles, lists or settings, and we notify you by email 7 days and 1 day before and when it ends. The trial conditions may change for new requests; they will not affect a trial already granted.

5.5 Beta conditions

• Test version. The beta is a proof of concept to evaluate Filoteca: it may contain errors, interruptions, changes in behaviour and loss of settings or of data stored on your device. Do not rely on it as your only way to watch your content, and keep your own copies of your lists and credentials.
• No commitment to continuity. We may change, limit, suspend or end the beta, or any of its features, at any time, notifying you where possible by email or in the app. When it ends, the app is left without a licence (section 5.1). Since the beta is not paid for, its end or its changes give no right to compensation, to the extent the law allows.
• No commitment about the future. That the beta is free does not mean Premium will be paid, nor that it will be free forever. If the model changed, we would tell you beforehand and you would not be charged without expressly accepting it; licences granted during the beta will not turn into a payment.
• Proper use of the beta. Keys and invitation codes are personal and non-transferable: do not share, resell or publish them, and do not automate requests. We may refuse or revoke a beta licence for abusive use, notifying you where possible.
• Support. During the beta, support is best-effort with no guaranteed response time.
• Limitation of liability. As this is a free service in testing, to the extent the law allows Alfredo García is not liable for indirect damages, loss of profit or loss of data or time arising from use of the beta, nor for what happens with the third-party sources and services you connect. This does not limit liability for wilful misconduct or gross negligence, nor the consumer rights that the law gives you and that cannot be excluded.
• Feedback. If you send us suggestions, bug reports or ideas, we may use them to improve Filoteca with no obligation to pay or credit you; do not include third parties' personal data in them.
• Usage statistics. Taking part in the beta means sending anonymous usage statistics (counters of features used, with no titles, addresses, lists or personal data; see the Privacy policy) while your beta licence is active. You accept them when you request it, with a separate tick box. If you do not want to send them, you can leave the beta in Settings; without the beta, the statistics become optional again.
• Age. As with the rest of Filoteca, you must be 18 or older to take part in the beta.

5.6 Demo in the browser

• On filoteca.com you can try Filoteca in your browser, without installing anything or giving your email, with a shared, read-only demo account: it includes "Classic cinema" and a list of free-to-air channels, and does not allow adding your own sources, sharing, recording or changing the account.
• Anything you mark in the demo (favourites, what you are watching) is stored only in your browser, not on our servers, and may be lost when you close it. Demo video passes through our server so it can play in the browser, with a usage limit per visitor. That pass through the server (a proxy) is specific to the demo: the downloadable apps use no proxy and connect directly from your device to your sources, unless you configure one yourself.
• The demo is only a sample for demonstration purposes: it may have limits, change or be withdrawn at any time, and does not replace the app. To use your own sources, install the app.

6. Installation, requirements and updates

• The Android app is distributed as an APK file from filoteca.com; it is not published on Google Play. To install it you must allow installation from the source you use (browser or file manager). Installing software from a source other than the official store is your decision and responsibility; download the app only from filoteca.com.
• It requires Android 7.0 (API 24) or later. On Fire TV, Fire OS 6 or later. Operation also depends on the device's WebView; on devices without Google Play or with an old WebView it may fail.
• The app periodically checks for a new version and tells you; you can disable this in Settings. You confirm the installation of updates.
• Supported devices. Filoteca is available for Android phones and tablets, Android TV, Fire TV and 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 PCs. There is no app for Samsung (Tizen), LG (webOS), Roku or Apple TV TVs; on those you can use a connected compatible device (for example a Fire TV Stick, a Chromecast with Google TV or an Android box). The Windows app is distributed without a publisher certificate, so Windows may warn about an "unknown publisher".
• Performance. We recommend at least 2 GB of memory. Video is decoded by the device itself (H.264 works on any model; HEVC, 4K and HDR depend on its hardware) and Dolby and DTS audio is processed in software. On old or very modest devices the app may be slow or not work, and we do not guarantee it will work on them. If the app detects your device is borderline, it may warn you once; that check is done on your device and is not sent to anyone. Before activating a licence, check that the app works well on your device.

7. Accounts (server-connected app)

To use the server features you may need an account, accessed with a Google account or with email and password, which may be invitation-only. You are responsible for the activity of your account and household profiles; keep your credentials secret. The kids profile is an app convenience, not an age check: controlling what minors watch is the account holder's responsibility. You can delete your account and data at any time from the app; see the Privacy policy.

8. What Filoteca's server does

• In the web version, the content of your sources may pass through our server (without being stored) so it can play in the browser, and its audio may be converted on the fly. In the standalone Android app, playback goes directly between your device and your provider, without passing through our server; it contacts us only for the licence, updates and support.
• Some features use third-party services (cover art and synopses from TMDB, subtitles from OpenSubtitles and, if you connect your account, the log of what you watch on Trakt). In the standalone app they are used, if you enable them, with your own access key to those services and under their terms.
• Features between your devices (Filoteca Connect, "Watch on…" and the now-playing notification). With Premium, a phone can control a TV or PC running Filoteca on the same network, tell it to play a title and receive a notification of what is playing. To do so it pairs using a 4-digit code shown on the screen; once paired, that phone can control playback on that screen, so pair only your own devices or those of people you trust, and use "Forget" in Settings to remove one. These communications, and the syncing of sources, favourites and progress between your devices, go directly over your local network and do not pass through our server. The now-playing notification is optional and off by default: when enabled, the app keeps a background service that checks your paired screens while you are on your WiFi and shows a persistent notification; you can turn it off in Settings. "Typing with your phone" from outside the local network passes the text through our server in memory only, for a maximum of 10 minutes, without being stored.

9. Recordings and downloads

• Recordings: if your device supports it, they are stored on your own device or on a computer on your home network (for example, Filoteca Hub), for personal use. They are not stored on our servers. You may only record what you have the right to record.
• Offline downloads: stored on your device, for personal use, and may not be shared or redistributed.

10. "Classic cinema"

A selection of films hosted by Internet Archive that are presented as public-domain or freely licensed. They play directly from archive.org: your device connects to that service, which receives your IP address. Rights status may vary by country; if you believe a work should not be offered, tell us under section 14.

11. Advertising

Filoteca does not show ads. If that changes, we will tell you beforehand and, where the law requires it, ask for your consent.

12. Support

Premium licence holders (standalone app) or account holders can send enquiries from the app through problem or idea tickets. For reasonable use there are caps per licence or account (currently: 3 open tickets at a time, 2 new per day, 8 per month and 5 replies per ticket), which may change. We reply in the app and by email, with no guaranteed time: 2 working days. You may voluntarily attach technical data from your device.

13. Availability, changes and warranties

• The service is provided "as is". We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability or compatibility with all sources, devices or Android versions. The quality, catalogue, formats and expiry of each source depend on its provider, which is unrelated to us.
• We may modify, suspend or stop offering features for technical, legal or business reasons, giving reasonable notice when this significantly affects a current licence. Nothing in these terms limits the rights consumer law gives you, including the legal guarantee of conformity of digital content and services.
• To the extent the law allows, Alfredo García is not liable for indirect damages or damages arising from the sources you connect, service interruptions or loss of data stored on your device. Our total liability to you for a licence will not exceed, except in case of wilful misconduct or gross negligence or what the law does not allow to be limited, the amount, if any, you paid for it.

14. Suspension, takedown and rights complaints

We may suspend or close an account or licence that breaches these terms, or when required by law or a rightful third party. If you believe any content or use infringes your rights, write to abuse@filoteca.com saying what and why (see section 6 of the Legal notice).

15. Intellectual property and third-party software

We grant you a personal, limited, revocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable licence to use the app. The app includes open-source components (including Framework7, hls.js and Media3/ExoPlayer) subject to their own licences; the list and licence texts are available at request them at support@filoteca.com. Third-party names are used for descriptive purposes only. Trakt is a trademark of Trakt, Inc.; Filoteca is not affiliated with or endorsed by Trakt. Connecting your Trakt account is optional, requires your own account and your own app (Client ID) and is governed by Trakt’s terms, which limit its service to personal, non-commercial use; Filoteca is not responsible for what Trakt does with your data or for its service changing or becoming unavailable.

16. Personal data

The processing of your data is described in the Privacy policy.

17. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. When a change is significant we will tell you in the app or by email and, if needed to keep using an account, you will be asked to accept the new version. Continuing to use the service after the notice means accepting the changes, without prejudice to your rights as a consumer.

18. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms are governed by Spanish law. If you are a consumer, the mandatory rights of your country of residence within the European Union apply to you. For any dispute, the parties submit to the courts of Cádiz, unless the law establishes a different mandatory forum.