A-Z Subject & Topic Index

Documentation recipe and user guide for Adding Folders from Your Phone, Memory Card and USB Drive.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Adding Network Folders and Cloud Storage as Sources.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Adding Your Own Streams and M3U Playlists.

All apps is the launcher's full list of the apps installed on the device, opened from the launcher menu.

All Documents is a virtual resource that lists every document found on this device, such as PDF, EPUB, text and Office files, in one place.

All Files is a ready-made resource that shows every kind of file on the device, not only media, and it works once All Files mode is allowed in Settings.

All Images is a virtual resource that lists every picture found on this device, such as JPG, PNG, GIF or WebP files, in one place.

All Music is a virtual resource that lists every audio file found on this device, such as MP3 or FLAC tracks, in one place.

All Videos is a virtual resource that lists every video file found on this device in one place.

An app is any application installed on the Android device, such as a browser or a messenger, that the launcher can list and start.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Arranging the Desktop - Sections, Screens, Swipes and the Lock.

The audio player is the player screen when it plays music or other audio, with the cover picture, the track controls and the queue.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Background Transfers and Their Progress.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Backing Up and Restoring Settings - What Travels, What Stays and How to Find It.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Backing Up Your Settings and Keeping Devices in Sync.

A badge is a small label drawn on top of a thumbnail or row, such as GIF, VR or Pinned, that tells you something about the item at a glance.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Browsing and Managing Files on the Watch - Lists, Grids, File Actions and Locked Containers.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Browsing Media Collections.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Browsing the Channel Catalog.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Built-in Programs - Switching Them On, the Lights, the Mirror and the SOS Signal.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Built-in Text and Markdown Editor.

Calculator is a built-in program for everyday sums that you switch on in Settings and open from the programs menu, a widget or the watch.

The camera is the app's built-in way to take photos and record videos and save them straight into a resource or folder you choose.

Camera OCR is a program that takes a photo, finds the text in it and shows a translation next to the original words.

Camera Photos is a virtual resource that shows the photos and videos taken by this device's camera.

A car head unit is the Android screen built into the dashboard of a car, where the app can play media with large, easy buttons.

The catalog is the built-in list of internet radio and TV channels that the app downloads so you can add them to Streams without typing any web addresses.

A channel is one saved radio, TV or video station in the Streams list, with its own name, logo and web address.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Channel Pictures, Logos and Badges.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Checking Your Connection with Network Monitor.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Choosing a Desktop Wallpaper - Animated Waves, a Still Frame, Your Photo or a Live Camera.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Choosing the App Language and Units.

Chromecast is the technology from Google for sending a video, photo or song from the app to a TV so it plays there instead of on the phone.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Chromecast Casting and Live Broadcast.

A cloud provider is the online service whose storage you connect to the app: Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox.

Cloud storage is online space from a service such as Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox, where your files are kept on the internet instead of on a device.

The color theme sets the overall look of the app, such as light, dark or automatic.

The command bar is the row of buttons across the top of the main screen, such as Add, Filter, Refresh, Settings and Start Player; when the screen is too narrow it first hides the button labels and then moves the buttons that still do not fit into the three-dots menu.

The command panel is the set of buttons in the player for acting on the current file, such as copy, move and delete.

A complication is a small spot on the watch face that shows live information from the watch app, such as the last resource, the number of favorites or the track now playing, and opens it with a tap.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Connecting SFTP and FTP Servers.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Connecting SMB/Windows Shares.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Controls and Key Remapping - Keyboard, TV Remote and Gamepad, Your Way.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Controls in the Headset: the Floating Panel, Controllers and Hands.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Copying, Moving and Deleting Files and Folders.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Creating Photo Slideshows.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Customizing Navigation Gestures and Shortcuts.

The D-pad is the four-arrow pad with a center button on a TV remote, game controller or keyboard that moves the selection around the screen.

The desktop is the launcher's main page, a grid where you place app icons, resources, channels, gadgets and sections, with separate layouts for the upright and the sideways screen.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Desktop Context Menus and Fast Actions - What a Long Press Opens.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Desktop Gadgets - Clocks, Weather, Map, Sensors, Device Status and More.

A destination is a resource you have marked for Quick Sort, so that one tap can copy or move the current file into it.

A device profile is a preset for the kind of device you use, such as a personal smartphone, a TV box, a car head unit or a photo frame, that sets sensible defaults for the whole app.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Downloadable Extensions - Add Features Only When You Need Them.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Drawing and Writing on Pictures.

The drawing editor is the screen where you draw or write by hand on a photo, a screenshot or a blank page and save the result as a picture.

Dropbox is a cloud storage service that the app can open as a resource after you sign in to your Dropbox account.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Dropbox and OneDrive.

An edge gesture is a short swipe that starts on a band at the left or right edge of the screen and runs a chosen action, such as a screenshot, over any app.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Editing Photos - Rotate, Crop, Colors and GIF Tools.

An edition is one of the separately published versions of FastMediaSorter, each made for a certain kind of device or store and with its own set of features.

An extension is an optional part of the app, such as text recognition or an extra audio decoder, that you download only when you want it and can delete again to free space.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Extracting Text with Offline OCR.

Fast Media Sorter & Sharing for Windows is a separate program for Windows PCs that shares chosen PC folders with the phone app in a couple of clicks, paired by scanning a QR code.

Documentation recipe and user guide for FastMediaSorter Widgets for Your Home Screen - Camera, Photo Frame, Music, Recorder and More.

Favorites is your own list of the files and channels you marked with a star (a heart on the watch), so you can open them again quickly from one place.

A file is a single item stored in a folder, such as one photo, song, video or document.

The file browser is the screen that opens when you open a resource and shows its files and subfolders so you can view, select, copy, move or delete them.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Finding Your Way Around the Watch App - Home Screen, Look and Settings.

Documentation recipe and user guide for First Launch and Setup Wizard.

A folder is a place on a disk, memory card or server where files are kept, and it exists whether or not the app knows about it.

The FOSS edition is the open-source edition published in F-Droid, built without any closed-source parts, so it has no cloud storage, Streams, OCR, translation, Chromecast or watch companion.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Freeing Space - Duplicates, Big Files and ZIP Archives.

FTP is an older, unencrypted way to reach folders on a server, still used by many routers and home servers.

A gadget is a small live block on the launcher desktop, such as a clock, weather, compass, battery or map, that shows fresh information and reacts to taps.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Glossary of Terms.

Google Drive is the cloud storage from Google, which the app can open as a resource after you sign in with your Google account.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Google Drive Integration.

Grid view shows files, resources or channels as picture tiles arranged in rows and columns.

The home screen is the Android start screen you see after unlocking the device, run by whichever launcher app is set as home.

The image viewer is the player screen when it shows a photo or picture, where you can zoom, rotate, crop or start a slideshow.

The immersive browser is the in-headset screen that shows your files as a 3D grid of tiles inside the immersive scene, so you can find and open something without leaving VR.

Immersive mode is the headset view that surrounds you with a 3D or 360-degree photo or video instead of showing it in a flat window.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Keeping Network Folders Up to Date.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Keeping the Phone and the Watch in Step - Network Folders and Watch Settings.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Keyboard, D-Pad and Android TV Control - Using the App Without Touching the Screen.

The launcher is the part of FastMediaSorter that can replace the device's home screen with its own desktop, taskbar and app list, or show that desktop inside the app.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Launcher Settings - Finding Your Way Around and Starting Fresh.

The Legacy edition is an edition for older Android devices, starting from Android 6, with most Standard features but without the launcher and the watch companion.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Lenses, Zoom, Shooting Profiles and Camera Settings.

List view shows files, resources or channels one per line, with the name and details next to a small picture.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Listening Through the Watch and Broadcasting from It.

The Lite edition is a lighter edition that plays local photos, videos and music only, without network folders, cloud storage, documents or Streams.

Live Broadcast is a program that sends what the microphone of your phone, and optionally its camera, picks up live over the local network so that other devices can listen or watch.

A local folder is a folder stored on this device itself or on its memory card, as opposed to one on another computer or online.

The main screen is the first screen of the app, where your resources are listed and where you add, open and manage them.

A media file is a file the app can show or play, such as a photo, GIF, video, audio track or document.

Meta Quest is a family of VR headsets made by Meta, such as Quest 3, on which the VR edition of the app runs.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Multi-Selection and Batch Operations.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Navigating the Main Screen.

A network folder is a shared folder on another computer, a NAS or a router on your home or office network that the app opens over SMB.

Network Monitor is a program that shows your connection, signal strength, addresses and speed so you can see why the network is slow or down.

A network resource is a resource that points to a folder on another computer or server over the network, using SMB, FTP or SFTP.

The noLegal edition is a sideload-only edition, installed from an APK file outside the app stores, that adds what stores do not allow, such as the immersive VR player and full storage access.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Notifications, the Startup Splash and Colors - How the App Shows Itself.

Now Playing is the view that shows the track playing right now, with its cover and controls, and leads back to the full audio player.

OCR (text recognition) reads the printed or written words in a photo or document page so you can copy, save or translate them.

Documentation recipe and user guide for One Swipe from the Watch Face - Tiles and Complications.

OneDrive is the cloud storage from Microsoft, which the app can open as a resource after you sign in with a Microsoft account.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Opening the Phone's and Network Folders on the Watch.

A panel is a strip of buttons or items along one edge of a screen that can usually be collapsed or hidden.

A permission is an access right that Android lets you give to or take back from an app, such as reading your photos, using the camera or drawing over other apps; FastMediaSorter asks only for the permissions its features need and lists them all on one screen.

The phone is the Android phone or tablet that runs the main FastMediaSorter app and that the watch connects to.

The Photos edition is an edition for pictures only, with network folders and cloud storage but without video, audio, documents or Streams.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Picture-in-Picture and Background Play.

A PIN is a code of 4 to 6 digits you can set on a resource so that nobody can open it without typing the code.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Pinned and Favorite Channels.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Placing, Resizing and Styling Gadgets and Widgets on the Launcher Desktop.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Playback Order, Sleep Timer and Listening in the Background.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Playback, Power and Everyday Behavior - Screen, Rotation, Default Apps and the Launcher.

The player is the full-screen screen that shows one file at a time, whether it is a photo, a GIF, a video or an audio track, and lets you move to the next or previous file.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Playing and Organizing Music Files.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Playing Live Streams and Radio.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Playing Music on the Watch - With or Without the Phone.

A playlist is a list of tracks or channels that play one after another, such as an M3U file you import into Streams or the Playlist gadget on the launcher desktop.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Privacy, Saved Sign-ins and Error Reports - Staying in Control and Reporting Problems Well.

A program is one of the extra tools built into FastMediaSorter, such as Calculator, Stopwatch, Network Monitor or the flashlights, that you switch on in Settings and open from the programs menu.

The programs panel is an optional bar above the resource list on the main screen that gives one-tap access to your programs.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Protecting Files with a PIN and Encryption.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Putting FastMediaSorter on Your Watch - Installing, Pairing and the Wear Companion.

The queue is the list of tracks lined up to play next in the audio player.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Quick Product Tour.

Quick Sort is the feature that lets you copy or move the file you are viewing into one of your numbered destinations with a single tap.

The quick-access panel is a pop-up panel of your chosen apps and shortcuts that you can open from the launcher or with a gesture at the screen edge.

The reader is the screen that opens documents and books, such as PDF, EPUB and text files, page by page.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Reading EPUB Books and Office Documents.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Reading PDF Documents - Pages, Search, Night Mode and Export.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Recording the Screen, Video and Sound.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Renaming Files and Folders.

A resource is an entry you add to the app that points to a place with your files, such as a folder on this device, a network folder, a cloud folder, a stream or a watch, and it appears as one item on the main screen.

The resource list is the list of all your resources on the main screen, shown as rows or tiles.

A resource profile is a preset you pick for one resource, such as Audio Library, Video Library or Photo Storage, that tunes which files it shows and how it opens them.

The resource-type tabs are the strip of tabs under the command bar on the main screen - ALL, Local, SMB, S/FTP, Cloud and Favorites - that show only the resources of one kind.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Running File Jobs on a Schedule.

A scheduled operation is a file job, such as copying or moving files from one resource to another, that the app runs by itself on the schedule you set.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Screen Dimming and Timeout on the Launcher Desktop.

Screen recording is a program that records everything shown on the screen, with sound from the microphone, into a video file until you stop it.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Screen-Edge Gestures and the Quick-Access Panel.

A screenshot is a still picture of everything shown on the screen at one moment, saved as an image file.

A section is a named group on the launcher desktop, such as Gadgets, Resources or Apps, that keeps related icons together under one heading.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Sending Files with the Send to.. Menu.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Setting Up Meta Quest and OpenXR Devices.

Settings is the screen where you change how the app looks and behaves and switch optional programs and features on or off.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Settings - Finding Your Way Around and Searching It.

SFTP is an encrypted way to reach folders on a server or computer by its address, a user name and a password or key.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Sharing and Backing Up Your Resources.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Sharing PC Folders with Fast Media Sorter & Sharing for Windows.

A shortcut is an icon you place on the home screen or the launcher desktop that opens one resource, channel, program or contact directly.

A slideshow shows the files of a folder one after another by itself, moving to the next photo after the number of seconds you set.

SMB is the common way Windows PCs, NAS boxes and routers share folders over a home or office network, and the app uses it to open network folders.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Sorting Files into Destinations with Quick Sort.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Sorting, Filtering and Quick Search.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Spatial 3D/360 Cinema and Video Player.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Split-Screen, Freeform Windows and Foldables - The App on Any Screen Size.

The Standard edition is the recommended full edition for phones, tablets, TVs and car head units.

The startup splash is the screen with the FastMediaSorter logo and name that you see for the moment the app takes to start; it disappears as soon as the app is ready.

A stream is a live internet radio, TV or video feed that the app plays from a web address instead of from a saved file.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Streaming Radio and TV on Your Wrist - Finding, Pinning and Playing Live Channels.

Streams is the screen that lists your internet radio, TV and video channels, where you add, pin, edit and play them.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Streams on a TV, a Watch or a VR Headset, and Tuning In to a Live Broadcast.

The streams panel is an optional bar above the resource list on the main screen that shows your pinned channels for one-tap playback.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Subtitles, Audio Tracks, Sound Balance and 3D.

Documentation recipe and user guide for System Information and the Debug Log - Helping the Author Find a Problem.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Taking Photos, Videos and Voice Notes Straight into a Folder.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Taking Quick Photos and Video Snaps.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Taking Screenshots and What Happens Next.

The taskbar is the launcher's bar at the top or bottom of the screen with the Start button, pinned apps, recently used apps, the clock and status icons.

A text note is a plain text file you write in the app and save into the current folder or resource.

Documentation recipe and user guide for The Calculator and the Stopwatch.

Documentation recipe and user guide for The Mini-Game - Kryvavitsa and the Monster.

Documentation recipe and user guide for The Seven Editions of FastMediaSorter.

Documentation recipe and user guide for The Start Menu and the Full App List.

Documentation recipe and user guide for The Status Area and Notifications.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Themes, Colors, Language and Units - Making the App Look and Read Like Yours.

The three-dots menu is the menu that opens from the button with three vertical dots and holds the less common actions for an item or a screen.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Thumbnail Caching and Indexing.

A tile is a full-screen card on the watch that you reach by swiping from the watch face, showing a chosen resource, stream, your favorites or your programs for one-tap access.

Touch zones are invisible areas of the full-screen player, laid out as a grid of nine, where a tap does a set job such as next file, copy, move or delete.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Translating Extracted Text.

The trash is a hidden folder named .trash where deleted local files wait, so you can still bring them back with Undo before the resource is closed.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Turning the Phone into an SFTP Server.

A TV is a television, an Android TV box or a media box that either runs the app with a remote control or shows what you cast to it.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Understanding App Permissions.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Usage Statistics - What You Have Sorted, Viewed and Freed.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Using the Desktop Dock and Taskbar.

The video player is the player screen when it plays a video, with controls for pausing, jumping forward or back and changing the sound.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Viewing Health and Sensor Info.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Viewing Photos, GIFs and Zoom Gestures.

A virtual resource is a ready-made resource that gathers files of one kind from all over this device into one list, such as All Music or Camera Photos, without you picking a folder.

VR Cinema is FastMediaSorter's name for the immersive session that plays a photo or video inside the headset, on a virtual screen or wrapped all around you.

The VR edition is the edition published for VR headsets such as Meta Quest, with the full media set and immersive mode for 3D and 360-degree files.

A VR headset is a device you wear on your head, such as Meta Quest, that shows 3D and 360-degree photos and videos all around you.

The watch is a Wear OS smartwatch paired with your phone, which can browse, play and record files with the FastMedia Wear app.

The watch app is FastMedia Wear, the part of FastMediaSorter installed on the watch, where you browse and play files, streams and favorites right on your wrist.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Watching and Listening on the Watch - Players and Viewers.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Watching Videos - Controls, Gestures and Saving Frames.

Wear Companion is the program on the phone that connects to your watch and decides which resources, streams and settings the phone shares with it.

Wear OS is the system from Google that runs on smartwatches, and the FastMedia Wear app works only on watches that use it.

The welcome wizard is the series of pages FastMediaSorter shows on first launch - language and theme, device profile, network sources, capabilities, permissions and default player - before you reach the main screen; you can open it again from Settings.

Documentation recipe and user guide for When the Connection Is Weak - Buffering, Reconnecting and Picture Quality.

A widget is a small live block from FastMediaSorter that you place on the Android home screen, such as Favorites, Random Photo Frame, Stopwatch or Scheduled Operations.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Wrist Programs, Timers and Tools.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Your Launcher Desktop - the Starter Layout, Shortcuts and Gadgets.

Documentation recipe and user guide for Your Stations One Tap Away - Shortcuts, the Stream Widget and the Streams Panel.