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Fast Media Sorter & Organizer

Android - device shell

A complete shell for your Android device.

Home screen, media, streams, apps, watch and files - all in one place.

Fast Media Sorter & Organizer takes over the home screen and becomes the place everything starts from: device shell, media player, live streams, app launching, a replacement for stock apps, a companion on the watch, device monitoring and a full file manager for local storage, SMB/NAS, SFTP/FTP and cloud drives.

Usage Scenarios

Each block starts with a quick answer and opens into practical detail when you need the setup path.

Standard Only

Replace your device's home screen with the app's own desktop - your folders, a clock, the weather, your apps and a taskbar, arranged the way you want.

Details
  • Turn an old tablet into a wall panel showing the clock, the weather and your NAS photo folder.
  • Place folders, gadgets, contacts and app shortcuts on a desktop that keeps portrait and landscape apart.
  • Use the Start menu and the taskbar for recent and pinned apps, and leave launcher mode whenever you want.
Open recipe

Standard / Legacy / VR

Add one-tap shortcuts to your home screen to record voice notes, scan documents, or run background sync tasks.

Details
  • Place a voice recorder widget to save audio notes directly to a NAS.
  • Set up a random photo widget for an home-screen slideshow.
  • Monitor background copy or sync queues with active widgets.
Open recipe

Standard Only

Start apps from a taskbar with a Start menu, recent launches, pinned apps and a tray, and bind swipes on the desktop to your own actions.

Details
  • Pin the apps you use most and keep recent ones one tap away.
  • Open the Start menu for every installed app, grouped and searchable.
  • Assign swipe up, down, left and right to actions of your choice.
Open recipe

Standard Only

Open the desktop from the app icon while your usual home screen stays as it is - switch over only when you are ready.

Details
  • Choose Desktop as primary window in Settings, General, Primary startup window.
  • Arrange sections, folders and gadgets without replacing anything.
  • Switch to Device home screen later, or back to the main screen at any time.
Open recipe

Standard Only

On a car head unit the desktop is laid out for driving: a map frame first, sparse icons, and a screen that never times out.

Details
  • The first desktop is seeded for the car profile, with an interactive map frame.
  • The taskbar starts at the top, where a head unit screen is easiest to reach.
  • Music, radio and network folders open from the same desktop.
Open recipe

Standard / VR

Turn an Android tablet into an always-on frame that streams photos from SMB/NAS or cloud without filling local storage.

Details
  • Add a photo source from SMB/NAS, local storage, or cloud.
  • Enable slideshow intervals and optional background music.
  • Use an old tablet, TV box, or desk device as the display.
Open recipe

Standard / VR

Watch films and series from a PC, NAS, or cloud on phone, TV box, or VR headset without copying files first.

Details
  • Connect the video library over SMB, SFTP, FTP, local storage, or cloud.
  • Use session restore and auto-advance for serial playback.
  • Open supported 3D and 360° media in flat mode or the VR edition.
Open recipe

VR Only

Watch SBS 3D movies, 360°/180° videos, or flat files on a massive virtual screen in virtual reality.

Details
  • Switch to immersive 3D/360° per-eye rendering with the VR Badge.
  • Control menus with Quest Hand Tracking gestures or aiming rays.
  • Capture stereoscopic snapshots and mixed-reality screenshots.
Open recipe

StandardLite / Photos

Use a NAS as the shared media shelf for an Android TV box, tablet, or living-room phone.

Details
  • Create one SMB resource for family media and split it into clear subfolders.
  • Use network speed checks when streaming feels slow.
  • Pair a remote, keyboard, or gamepad for couch navigation.
Open recipe

Standard for cloudAll editions locally

Read PDFs and EPUBs from cloud storage or local folders with reader-friendly controls.

Details
  • Open Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or a local document folder.
  • Use PDF themes, EPUB formatting, and reading-position restore.
  • Send niche formats to specialist apps when Android has a better viewer.
Open recipe

Standard OnlyLegacy

Use an Android head unit as a focused music player for local, USB, or network libraries.

Details
  • Create or open an audio resource for the full collection.
  • Keep playback alive through the background audio service.
  • Use large controls, steering-wheel buttons, and notification playback controls where supported.
Open recipe

Standard / Lite / Legacy

Send audio, images, and local video from the phone to a Cast receiver in the room.

Details
  • Use a Cast-compatible receiver on the same network.
  • Stream local media and supported audio/image sessions directly.
  • Keep VR separate: Cast support depends on Google Play Services on the device.
Open recipe

Standard / Legacy

Use Fast Media Sorter as your internet-radio and IPTV player - add station URLs, import .m3u playlists, or download the curated catalog and play while driving.

Details
  • Enable Streams in Settings > Media > Streams or from the main menu.
  • Add a station URL manually or import a .m3u playlist from a URL.
  • Download the curated Fast Media Sorter catalog for ready-made stations with topic and language tags.
  • Radio plays inline with a sticky now-playing bar; video/RTSP opens fullscreen.
Open recipe

Standard / VR

Extract and translate text from images, scans, screenshots, and PDFs without leaving the viewer.

Details
  • Open an image, PDF, or text file and run Translate/OCR.
  • Use ML Kit for fast recognition and Tesseract models when quality matters.
  • Review the translated overlay directly on the original content.
Open recipe

Standard / Legacy / VR

Select mathematical equations or numbers within PDFs, books, or OCR overlays to evaluate them instantly.

Details
  • Highlight a formula like (45 + 12) * 3 inside any viewer.
  • Open the scientific calculator directly from the selection menu.
  • Save history and memory slots (M+/M-) between sessions.
Open recipe

Standard for cloudAll editions locally

Create and edit Markdown files or code snippets directly on cloud folders, local storage, or network shares.

Details
  • Use the built-in syntax-highlighted Markdown editor.
  • Create new notes directly on NAS (SMB) or Google Drive.
  • Render Markdown, resolve naming conflicts, and export files.
Open recipe

Wear OS (FastMedia Wear)

Browse and play music directly on your Wear OS watch with album art, shuffle, bezel volume, and battery-saving screen-off mode.

Details
  • Stream audio tracks from your paired Android phone or play local watch storage.
  • Control playback with rotary crown/bezel volume and draggable touch seekbar.
  • OLED screen-off mode powers off display pixels while playback continues.
  • A separate free watch face for Wear OS 6 and newer is on Google Play: on the watch, open Play and search for FastMediaSorter, or use the FastMediaSorter Watch Face page.
Open recipe Wear OS Web Portal

Wear OS (FastMedia Wear)

Connect your smartwatch directly to NAS, Windows shares, FTP, or SFTP servers over Wi-Fi for standalone browsing and playback.

Details
  • Direct Wi-Fi connection to SMB, FTP, and SFTP (password or SSH private key).
  • Test connection status directly on your wrist before saving.
  • One-tap sync from phone companion to import all existing shares.
Open recipe

All editions

Clear a messy Downloads folder by sending files to prepared destinations in one tap.

Details
  • Create destination buttons for work, photos, archives, music, and temp files.
  • Use copy or move depending on how much risk you want.
  • Undo protects the last operation when a file lands in the wrong place.
Open recipe

Standard

Copy new camera photos and videos to a PC or NAS over Wi-Fi during night charging.

Details
  • Use SMB as the destination and choose the camera folder as the source.
  • Set skip-existing copy mode to avoid duplicate uploads.
  • Run it on a schedule that matches Wi-Fi and charging availability.
Open recipe

All editions

Connect Android devices to a Windows, macOS, Linux, or NAS shared folder over the local network.

Details
  • Share the folder on the computer or NAS and keep both devices on one Wi-Fi network.
  • Use network scan when possible, or enter the IP address manually.
  • Run Test Connection before using the resource in daily workflows.
Open recipe

Standard / Photos / Legacy

Share a folder from a Windows PC straight to the app: the free Fast Media Sorter & Sharing for Windows runs a secure SFTP server for it - pairing is one imported config file, no manual host/port/key entry.

Details
  • Install Fast Media Sorter & Sharing for Windows on the PC: GitHub release, winget install SerZhyAle.FastMediaSorter, or "FastMediaSorter LITE" in Microsoft Store (published under its former name).
  • Pick the folders to share on the PC - server, keys and autostart are set up automatically.
  • On the phone: Add resource > SFTP/FTP > Import from companion, then open the exported .fmscfg file.
  • Step-by-step PC guide: How to publish folders for Android.
Get Fast Media Sorter & Sharing for Windows

All editions

Prepare one local folder with media, PDFs, EPUBs, screenshots, and notes before unreliable internet starts.

Details
  • Copy the travel set while Wi-Fi is stable.
  • Open the folder once to warm thumbnails and remembered positions.
  • Use filters to jump between documents, images, audio, and video offline.
Open recipe

Standard / VR

Find identical files across storage before a photo archive or download folder grows out of control.

Details
  • Scan by size, partial hash, and full SHA-256 to avoid risky name-only matching.
  • Review matches before removal, or use auto-delete for trusted sets.
  • Use it after imports, backups, and manual folder merges.
Open recipe

Get started

Switching the home screen is reversible: leave launcher mode whenever you want and the previous home screen comes back. Files do not change until you choose Copy or Move.

Google Play GitHub Releases IzzyOnDroid

See APK editions and the watch face

Editions: Lite · Photos · Legacy · noLegal · VR · Wear OS · Watch Face

  1. Install a suitable edition and open the app.
  2. In the welcome wizard, or later in Settings, General, Primary startup window, choose Device home screen and confirm it when Android asks.
  3. Press Home: the desktop is already laid out for your device - move, add and resize its squares in edit mode.
  4. Allow file access if Android requests it, then tap Add resource to bring a local, network or cloud folder into the shell.

Your home screen, arranged your way

Set Fast Media Sorter as the home screen and the device starts in your layout: a desktop with your folders, clock, weather and live gadgets, a taskbar with a Start menu, pinned and recent apps, and every installed app one tap away.

Hover or select a card to preview the screen.

Home screenPreview
The launcher desktop with a clock, weather, a compass, media shortcuts and a taskbar at the bottom
All appsPreview
The list of installed apps with search and letter groups
Network monitorPreview
The network monitor listing every live connection of the device

In the standard edition. Guides: Desktop, Gadgets, Taskbar, Start menu and all apps

Full feature catalogue

Replaces More Than a Dozen Apps

Fast Media Sorter combines a home screen, an app launcher, a media player, a stream player and a file manager. Instead of separate apps for the launcher, video, music, galleries, reading, network folders and cloud storage, you use one shell with one familiar set of actions.

Home Screen & Device

  • Launcher / home screen (stock launcher) - a desktop of folders, shortcuts and live gadgets, a taskbar with a Start menu, pinned and recent apps. standard edition
  • App drawer (stock app list) - every installed app in one searchable list, grouped by letter.
  • Clock, weather and compass (stock clock and weather apps) - built-in gadgets for the clock, world clock, weather, map, compass and speed.
  • Device monitor (system info apps) - network, battery, storage and memory gadgets, plus a live list of network connections.
  • Home-screen widget pack - quick-launch and status widgets for recorder, camera OCR, scheduled tasks, now playing, and photo frame.

Viewing & Playback

  • Video player - video, Blu-ray TS/.m2ts, picture-in-picture, frame screenshots, Chromecast casting.
  • Audio player - background playback, lyrics, MIDI, sleep timer, visualizations, notification controls.
  • Gallery / image viewer - images and GIFs, crop, filters, rotate.
  • PDF / EPUB reader - books, chapter maps, themes, Read Aloud (TTS).
  • Slideshow / photo frame - rotating photos with background music, plus a photo-frame widget.
  • TV media center - D-pad, keyboard, mouse, gamepad, and TV-remote-friendly browsing and playback.
  • VR media player - stereo SBS/OU, VR180, 360°, virtual cinema screen. VR edition
  • Internet radio / IPTV player - Streams screen plays http/https radio, HLS/DASH, and RTSP sources; inline mini-player with ICY now-playing; curated station catalog.

Capture & Create

  • Camera (stock camera) - photo and video straight to a chosen local, network, or cloud folder.
  • Voice recorder - voice notes plus a quick-record widget.
  • Drawing editor - canvas, brushes, shapes, text, custom brush color and size.
  • Document / text scanner - on-device OCR from the camera with area crop.

Text & Utilities

  • Text / Markdown editor - edit .txt/.md with syntax highlighting and auto-save.
  • Translator - fully offline translation.
  • Calculator - built-in evaluation of expressions from selected text. basic
  • Cast to TV - Chromecast for both video and audio.
  • Settings backup tool - export and restore app setup, sources, favorites, schedules, passwords, and sign-ins. app setup only

File Management

  • File manager - local, network, and cloud files in one place.
  • FTP/SFTP/SMB client - network sources with SSH keys and host-key pinning.
  • Cloud clients (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive) - cloud drives as media sources.
  • Duplicate finder - 3-phase Size -> Hash -> SHA-256 engine.
  • Recycle bin - soft delete with one-tap restore.
  • Archive extractor - ZIP extraction, including password-protected. basic
  • Download manager - paste a link and save directly to a chosen folder.
  • Task scheduler - scheduled file operations.

Honesty notes: the calculator and archiver are basic (evaluate-from-text / ZIP extraction), not full replacements. Settings backup covers the app's own setup, not full-device backup. The VR player is VR-edition only.

User Guides

What's New in v2.x

A compact release overview for the latest user-visible changes.

Details
  • Tracks recent features, fixes, and behavioural changes.
  • Useful before updating, testing, or checking what changed since the last build.
See changes history

Quick Start Guide

First successful setup in about five minutes.

Details
  • Covers first resource setup, opening files, and the core player controls.
  • Best starting point for new users before reading the full manual.
Open guide

FAQ

Direct answers for common setup and usage questions.

Details
  • Explains sorting, network resources, hotkeys, PIN codes, and gestures.
  • Use it when you know what you want but need the exact behaviour clarified.
Read FAQ

Troubleshooting

Known fixes for network, auth, decode, and playback problems.

Details
  • Targets failures that users can usually diagnose without logs.
  • Use it before filing an issue or resetting a resource.
Fix issue

Documentation Portal

Comprehensive cookbook recipes and guides with in-browser search.

Details
  • Over 100 practical recipes across playback, sorting, network, launcher, and watch.
  • Includes search, subject index, and offline PDF download.
Open documentation portal

Media Exchange Portal

Which way fits you for moving and opening media between your own phone, watch, TV, VR headset and Windows PC.

Details
  • Three ways to connect: your home network, the exchange server and live broadcast, with what works today.
  • Which program does what on each device, and which edition has what.
Open the exchange portal

APK Editions & Mirrors

Edition notes plus Google Drive ZIP mirrors for the compiled builds.

Details
  • Explains the edition differences and the alternate Google Drive mirror.
  • One-tap downloads are in the Download APK Builds section below.
Open details

Download APK Builds

Latest available stable APK for each edition. Versions may differ; use GitHub releases if your edition is not listed.

Android warns about an APK it has not seen before. Why the warning appears - and what to tap.

Downloads for headsets and watches

noLegal

Extended sideload edition: video-site downloads, APK installation and Office documents. Not distributed through app stores.

No APK published yet.

Features and installation

VR

For Android VR headsets such as Meta Quest: media playback and local, network and cloud files. Install on the headset.

Published APK: v2.60.6050.126

Download APK
 Features and installation

Wear OS

Wear OS watch app: music, network folders, streams and phone integration. Install on the watch, not on the phone.

Published APK: v2.61.0031.801

Download APK
 Features and installation

Application Features

Dashboard:
Canonical Feature Inventory (Jekyll Markdown)
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Open full page in a new tab →

Technical Documentation

User Documentation

Step-by-step guides for every feature, with search and screenshots.

Details
  • Organized by what you want to do: set up, browse, play, sort, stream, launch and the watch.
  • Full-text search works right in the browser.
Open documentation

Documentation Map

One index for help, tutorials, technical notes, and developer docs.

Details
  • Use it when you need the right document but do not know its file name.
  • Groups user help, project docs, status pages, and technical references.
View docs map

Settings Reference

Every setting explained - what each option does, by section.

Details
  • Find any option by name and see exactly what it changes.
  • Notes which build flavors include each media section.
Open settings reference

User Manual

The full user-facing reference for setup and daily operation.

Details
  • Covers requirements, installation, network protocols, cloud resources, and players.
  • Best for a complete pass after the quick start.
Read manual

Product History

Timeline of the Windows lineage, Android generations, and current v2 milestones.

Details
  • Combines repository evidence with owner-supplied historical context.
  • Useful when you need the big-picture evolution of the product.
Read history

Technical Specification

Implementation-level product and architecture reference.

Details
  • Explains components, persistence, caching, and background processing.
  • Useful for maintainers and advanced contributors.
Open specs

Architecture Overview

A higher-level map of the app structure.

Details
  • Summarizes Clean Architecture, MVVM, Hilt, and Room responsibilities.
  • Good first read before touching implementation code.
Learn more

Terminology Reference

Definitions for the project vocabulary.

Details
  • Clarifies concepts such as Resources, Destinations, and action folders.
  • Useful when reading specs, settings, or workflow guides.
Open glossary

Development Roadmap

Current work, planned features, and known issue status.

Details
  • Tracks active tasks and future areas rather than user instructions.
  • Useful when checking whether a behaviour is planned or still in progress.
Open roadmap

Resources & Legal

GitHub Repository

Source code, issues, and contribution history.

Details
  • Use it to review source code, report bugs, or follow project activity.
  • Public pages describe only the public Standard and VR surfaces.
GitHub Code

Privacy Policy

How permissions, local files, and privacy-sensitive data are handled.

Details
  • Explains storage, network, and cloud-related permission expectations.
  • Read it before distributing the app in managed environments.
Read policy

Terms of Service

Usage terms, licensing notes, limitations, and disclaimers.

Details
  • Defines user responsibilities and project liability boundaries.
  • Useful for redistribution, publication, and compliance checks.
Read terms