Reading and watching
Episodes play in Katari's built-in player, or in mpv once its add-on is installed. On Linux they play in mpv, which comes with Katari.
Every title starts on Auto, which uses the built-in player. If the mpv add-on is installed, Auto switches to mpv for videos, audio or subtitles the built-in player can't handle, and goes back if mpv can't play them either.
The choice applies to the whole title. On Auto, the same row says which player is in use and why.
mpv plays formats and styled subtitles the built-in player can't. It is a separate app, downloaded from the pa2x2/mpv-android releases, and Katari only uses a copy signed with its own key.
To install it, open Settings › Players › Anime player and tap Install beside mpv add-on. A video that needs mpv offers Install add-on as well. The delete button on the same row removes it.
Katari keeps the add-on up to date along with itself. After an add-on update, tap Restart on its row; until then the old version keeps playing.
Click the picture to play or pause, double-click for full screen, and hold the button for 2× speed. Right-click opens the settings. The wheel sets the volume, scrolling sideways seeks, and Ctrl with the wheel or a touchpad pinch zooms. Ctrl with the arrow keys moves a zoomed picture.
Space plays or pauses, the arrow keys seek and set the volume, F switches full screen, and I moves the episode to a small picture-in-picture window. Press ? to list every key. Hovering a button shows its key as well.
The player's settings button lists what the source and the video offer. Dub, Server, Stream and Source quality reload the episode, so they wait for Apply source. Quality, speed, audio and subtitles change at once.
Katari remembers the dub, server and stream for each title. A title you haven't picked a quality for starts at Settings › Players › Anime player › Preferred quality.
If a server fails while an episode loads, the player tells you and tries the next one. It never leaves a server you picked yourself; tap Try another server instead.
When the source marks intros, recaps, credits or previews, the timeline shows them and a skip button appears while they play. If only credits are left and another episode follows, the button says Next episode.
When the source marks none, Settings › Players › Anime player › Find intro and credits times online looks them up on AniSkip and TheIntroDB, each with its own switch. Where both have times, AniSkip's are used.
Settings › Players › Anime player › Skip intro and credits chooses between showing the button, skipping automatically, or neither. The player's settings have the same row for a single title. An automatic skip can be undone, and an intro that is part of the story is never skipped automatically.
Some sources mark filler episodes, and give episodes a still and a short summary. To hide filler, tap the filter button on the title's page and set Filler on the Filter tab. Continue and the player's next episode then skip it. Stills and summaries can be turned off with Previews and summaries on the Display tab.
Downloading episodes opens a sheet where you choose the quality, and the dub, server, subtitles and audio when the source offers a choice. Subtitles start on the track the player would show; pick None to leave them out.
Downloads resume after an interruption, keep their skip marks, and play in either player.
Anime extensions made for Aniyomi work like any other. Add their store as in Extension stores.
Katari doesn't play torrents. Extensions that only find torrents show as Torrents only. If a single episode is only offered as a torrent, pick another dub or server, or look for a streaming option in the source's settings.
