commit 2ce405c5404d579c604a85d748756397e979222a
Author: ponzischeme89 <matt@mattcohen.net>
Date:   Mon Jul 27 08:16:20 2026 +1200

    Memby v0.1.53: Android TV client plus gateway
    
    Android TV client for Emby (Kotlin, Compose for TV) and the Memby gateway
    (Go, Postgres, Redis) that fronts it.
    
    Client:
    - Setup, profiles, home rows, Media3 playback, system screensaver (Dream)
    - Backend chosen at build time: gateway when memby.gatewayUrl is set,
      otherwise direct to Emby. Both paths stay working.
    - Server-composed home rows, rendered verbatim so new row types ship
      without an app release
    - Full-screen animated maintenance state, row engagement telemetry
    
    Gateway:
    - One request per TV screen; auth, caching, search and row shaping
    - Library import from Emby into Postgres (manual, then hourly incremental)
    - Recommendations from viewing history (recency-weighted genre affinity)
    - Admin page for imports, an offline switch, and per-row analytics
    - Video always direct-plays from Emby; only metadata passes through
    
    Identity is com.ponzischeme89.memby throughout, replacing
    com.mattcohen.embyclientsname. A changed applicationId installs as a new
    app: TVs need a fresh sign-in and the old package uninstalled.
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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+# Copy to .env next to docker-compose.yml and fill in. Never commit the real .env.
+
+# How the gateway container reaches Emby.
+MEMBY_EMBY_URL=https://molise.bounceme.net
+
+# What TVs are told to stream from. Only set this when it differs from the address
+# above — video goes device -> Emby directly, never through the gateway.
+#MEMBY_EMBY_PUBLIC_URL=https://molise.bounceme.net
+
+# Postgres password for the memby role. Generate one, e.g.
+#   openssl rand -base64 24
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=change-me
+
+# Host port the gateway listens on.
+MEMBY_PORT=8080
+
+# How long a cached home payload stays warm.
+MEMBY_HOME_TTL=60s
+
+# Admin interface at http://<host>:8080/admin/ — library imports, the maintenance
+# switch, and row analytics. Leave blank to disable /admin entirely. Generate with
+#   openssl rand -hex 32
+MEMBY_ADMIN_TOKEN=
+
+# Library import. Hourly incremental keeps up with episodes added through the day.
+MEMBY_SYNC_INTERVAL=1h
+MEMBY_SYNC_ON_START=false
+
+# Optional Emby service account for imports. Without it the gateway borrows the most
+# recently active TV session, which works but stops if that user is removed.
+#MEMBY_SYNC_USER_ID=
+#MEMBY_SYNC_API_KEY=
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+# Normalise to LF in the repository. Without this, committing from Windows stores CRLF
+# and `gradlew` and the Go sources break when checked out on Linux or built in Docker.
+* text=auto eol=lf
+
+# Windows-only scripts keep CRLF in the working tree.
+*.bat text eol=crlf
+*.cmd text eol=crlf
+*.ps1 text eol=crlf
+
+# Must stay LF: executed by a shell.
+gradlew text eol=lf
+*.sh text eol=lf
+
+*.png binary
+*.jar binary
+*.apk binary
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+# Android / Gradle
+*.iml
+.gradle/
+.kotlin/
+build/
+/captures
+.externalNativeBuild
+.cxx
+
+# Machine-specific: points at this SDK install, never shared.
+local.properties
+
+# IDE
+/.idea/
+.DS_Store
+
+# Gateway
+# Holds the Postgres password, admin token and Emby address.
+.env
+/server/bin/
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+# CLAUDE.md
+
+This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
+
+## What this is
+
+**Memby** — an Android TV (Leanback) Emby client by **ponzischeme89**, written in Kotlin +
+Compose for TV. It contains two surfaces over one shared data layer: the **client app**
+(setup → profile chooser → home → player) and the **system screensaver** (`DreamService`,
+labelled "Memby Screensaver"), which was the project's original purpose and still ships in
+the same APK.
+
+User-facing name is always **Memby**: `app_name`/`screensaver_name`/`developer_name` in
+`res/values/strings.xml`, the `MediaBrowser Client="Memby"` auth header Emby shows in its
+devices list, and on-screen copy.
+
+`Emby*` class names (`EmbyRepository`, `EmbyApi`, `EmbyServiceFactory`, `EmbyModels`) are
+kept on purpose: those types model *Emby's* API, and renaming them would make the code
+lie about what it talks to. App-identity types are `Memby*`.
+
+## Repository layout
+
+This is a two-language monorepo. `app/` and `benchmark/` are the Gradle build; `server/`
+is an independent Go module (the **Memby gateway**) that Gradle does not know about, built
+and run through Docker. `docker-compose.yml` at the root wires the gateway to Postgres and
+Redis. The two halves are coupled only by an HTTP contract — see "Gateway mode" below.
+
+## Build, install, test
+
+Requires JDK 17 and the Android SDK. `deploy-debug.ps1` sets `JAVA_HOME` to Android Studio's
+bundled JBR; do the same when invoking Gradle directly if the shell JDK isn't 17.
+
+```powershell
+.\gradlew.bat assembleDebug                 # build APK -> app/build/outputs/apk/debug/
+.\gradlew.bat test                          # JVM unit tests (app/src/test)
+.\gradlew.bat :app:testDebugUnitTest --tests "*MediaBadgesTest"   # one test class
+.\gradlew.bat installDebug
+.\deploy-debug.ps1 -Serial 192.168.20.3:41479   # force-stop, install, wake, relaunch
+.\gradlew.bat :benchmark:connectedCheck     # macrobenchmarks; needs a connected TV
+```
+
+For the gateway (from `server/`):
+
+```bash
+go build ./... && go test ./...     # add -buildvcs=false on Windows if .git is unusable
+docker compose up -d --build        # from the repo root; needs .env (see .env.example)
+```
+
+`local.properties` must contain `sdk.dir=...` when building from the CLI.
+
+Lint has `abortOnError = false` (media3's `@UnstableApi` opt-in check would otherwise fail
+the build), so lint failures do not surface at build time.
+
+Unit tests are plain JUnit 4 with no Android/Robolectric dependency — logic that needs
+testing must live in a pure function or a plain data class (`mediaBadges`, `HomeUiState`,
+`millisecondsToTicks`, `ringColorFromHex`, `EmbyProfile` handling are the existing examples).
+
+## Identity
+
+One name everywhere: **`com.ponzischeme89.memby`** is the Kotlin package, the Gradle
+`namespace` and the `applicationId`. Identity types are `Memby*` (`MembyApp`,
+`MembyDreamService`, `Theme.Memby`).
+
+Historical note, because old APKs and TVs still carry it: through v0.1.52 the package was
+`com.mattcohen.embyscreensaver` and the `applicationId` was `com.mattcohen.embyclientsname`.
+Both changed in v0.1.53. **`applicationId` is the install identity** — changing it makes
+every TV treat the build as a brand-new app: the old icon stays until uninstalled, the
+DataStore session is gone, and users sign in again. Treat any future change to it as a
+migration, not a rename. adb commands, the benchmark `packageName` and `FileProvider`
+authorities all derive from it.
+
+**Versioning.** `versionCode` is derived from `versionName`: `major*10000 + minor*100 +
+patch` (0.1.53 → 153). Bump both together — the in-app updater compares `versionName`,
+while Android refuses an APK whose `versionCode` went backwards.
+
+## Architecture
+
+**Manual DI.** `ServiceLocator` (initialised in `MembyApp`) holds the single `SettingsStore`
+and `EmbyRepository`. Activities, composables and `MembyDreamService` all read from it —
+there is no DI framework and no per-screen repository construction.
+
+**Backend selection is build-time config.** Two Gradle properties in `gradle.properties`
+become `BuildConfig` fields, both read through `data/ServerConfig.kt`:
+
+- `memby.gatewayUrl` → `MEMBY_GATEWAY_URL`. Non-blank puts the app in **gateway mode**.
+- `memby.serverUrl` → `EMBY_SERVER_URL`. The Emby address for the direct path; when set,
+  the repository's `activeServerUrl` prefers it over the persisted `Settings.serverUrl`
+  and `SetupScreen` hides the address field.
+
+Prefer `activeServerUrl` over `snapshot.serverUrl` in new repository code, or a hardwired
+build silently falls back to a stale saved address. `resolveServerUrl` holds the
+precedence rule as a pure function so it can be unit-tested.
+
+**Gateway mode.** `EmbyRepository` is dual-path: every method starts with a
+`if (ServerConfig.isGateway)` branch that calls `GatewayApi`, then falls through to the
+original Emby code. Both paths must keep working — the direct path is the fallback when
+the container is down. Specifics worth knowing:
+
+- The gateway forwards **Emby's item JSON verbatim**, so `BaseItem` is the single item
+  model in both modes. Only the envelope differs (`data/model/GatewayModels.kt`).
+- `Settings.token` holds the *gateway* token in gateway mode and the Emby token
+  otherwise; `Settings.serverUrl` likewise holds whichever backend was signed into. No
+  separate storage slots.
+- `supportsBatchHome` drives `HomeViewModel`: gateway mode fetches all four rows with one
+  `getHome()` call, direct mode keeps the four-way parallel fan-out.
+- **Rows are server-composed.** `/v1/home` returns a `rows` array (id, title, kind, items)
+  and `MainActivity.serverHomeRows()` renders it verbatim, so a new row type ships without
+  an app release — an unknown `kind` falls back to poster cards rather than disappearing.
+  `state.rows` is empty on the direct path, where `homeRowsFor()` composes rows locally.
+  Two things are easy to miss: rows hold their own copies of items, so
+  `HomeViewModel.updateUserData` must map over `rows` too or an optimistic favourite won't
+  show on a recommendation card; and `loadBatchHome` keeps the previous rows when a
+  response arrives with none, because the gateway omits recommendations while they build.
+- `HomeCache.rows` persists them for cold start. New fields there need defaults — an
+  existing install decodes a cache written by the previous build.
+- Image URLs are built by the private `imageUrl()` helper. Coil fetches plain URLs with no
+  interceptor, so the credential rides in the query string either way — `t=` for the
+  gateway proxy, `api_key=` for Emby.
+- Video always direct-plays from Emby. The gateway returns a URL; it never proxies a
+  stream. Don't route playback through it.
+- Search exists on the gateway (`repository.search`) but has no UI yet.
+
+The wire contract is pinned from both ends: `GatewayPayloadTest.kt` / `ServerHomeRowsTest.kt`
+(Kotlin) and `internal/api/api_test.go` (Go). Change a field name or a row `kind` and one
+of them should fail.
+
+**Imported library.** `server/internal/library` copies Emby's catalogue into
+`library_items` (payload stored verbatim as JSONB, hot fields promoted to columns for
+filtering plus a generated `tsvector`). Search and the recommendation candidate pool read
+from it, falling back to Emby when it is empty — so both paths must keep working. It is
+imported with `EnableUserData=false` on purpose: the table is shared by the whole
+household, so watched/favourite/resume state must never be cached there and still comes
+from Emby live. A full import mark-and-sweeps on `synced_at`; incremental uses
+`MinDateLastSaved` with a minute of overlap.
+
+**Maintenance mode** gates the whole `/v1` subtree (that's why `Routes()` builds a
+separate `v1` mux) with a 503 carrying `maintenance: true`. `/healthz`, `/readyz` and
+`/admin` sit outside it deliberately. State lives in Postgres and is cached in memory,
+re-read every 30s. Client side, `parseMaintenanceMessage` pulls the operator's message out
+of the 503 body (trusting only the known `message` field, truncated) and
+`HomeUiState.maintenanceMessage` — distinct from `statusMessage`, which is the ordinary
+slow-connection banner — swaps the whole content area for `ui/MaintenanceScreen.kt`. The
+navigation rail stays mounted beside it so Settings and Switch user still work, and the
+retry button takes `contentFocusRequester` (with `focusProperties { left = … }` back to
+the rail) because otherwise D-pad focus has nowhere to go once the rows are gone.
+
+**Row analytics.** `data/analytics/RowAnalytics.kt` buffers impression/focus/select events
+with dwell timing (injectable clock, unit-tested) and `HomeViewModel` flushes every 20s,
+on `ON_STOP`, and on dispose. Fire-and-forget by design — `reportRowEvents` swallows
+failures, because telemetry must never surface on a TV. Aggregates are read at query time
+in `store.RowStats`; raw events are pruned after 90 days.
+
+**Admin interface** is `server/internal/api/admin.html`, a single embedded page (no build
+step, no CDN — a strict no-dependency page is the whole point). It polls
+`/admin/api/status` every 5s. Guarded by `MEMBY_ADMIN_TOKEN`; unset means every `/admin`
+route 404s.
+
+**Recommendations** live in `server/internal/recommend`: `profile.go` is pure scoring
+(recency-weighted genre/studio affinity, exclusion of anything seen) and `engine.go` does
+the Emby fan-out. Both are unit-tested without a network — `engine.go` takes a narrow
+`Source` interface so tests inject a fake. The engine never runs on the home request path:
+rows come from the `r:<userId>:rows` cache, and a miss triggers a deduplicated background
+rebuild while home returns immediately. That key is intentionally outside the `u:`
+namespace that mutations wipe; only a finished playback retires it.
+
+**`EmbyRepository`** is the only place that talks to Emby. It keeps a `@Volatile` `snapshot`
+of `Settings` collected from DataStore so synchronous callers (URL builders,
+`rotationIntervalMillis`) don't suspend, and it caches the Retrofit `EmbyApi` instance,
+rebuilding only when the base URL changes. All image and stream URLs are built here with
+`api_key` appended. Errors reaching the UI go through `friendlyEmbyError` — never surface
+raw HTTP bodies, which can contain tokens (the OkHttp logging interceptor is pinned at
+`Level.NONE` for the same reason).
+
+**Emby query conventions.** List endpoints request the narrowest `Fields` /
+`EnableImageTypes` set that the row needs (`getHomeItems` enforces this); full metadata is
+fetched only via `getItemDetails` after D-pad focus settles (140 ms debounce in
+`HomeViewModel.focusItem`, with an LRU cache and cancellation of the in-flight job). Adding
+fields to a home query is a startup-cost regression — extend the detail call instead.
+Emby time values are 100-ns ticks; convert at the boundary (`millisecondsToTicks`,
+`resumePositionMs`).
+
+**Multi-profile session state.** `SettingsStore` stores a list of `EmbyProfile` (server,
+token, userId, plus that profile's cached home JSON) *and* mirrors the active profile into
+the flat top-level keys the rest of the app reads. `switchProfile`/`saveSession` must keep
+both in sync; `legacyProfile()` synthesises a profile from the flat keys for installs that
+predate the list. `deviceId` is intentionally preserved across `clearSession()`.
+
+**Home startup path.** `HomeCache` (last successful home response) is persisted per profile
+and used as the initial `HomeUiState`, so the launcher renders rows before the network
+returns; sections then refresh in parallel under a `Mutex` and re-persist. Playback stops
+are broadcast through `repository.playbackStops` and refresh only the Continue/Next-Up rows.
+
+**Screensaver hosting.** `ScreensaverContent` is shared by `MembyDreamService` and
+`ScreensaverActivity`. A `DreamService` is not a `ComponentActivity`, so
+`DreamLifecycleOwner` supplies the ViewTree lifecycle/ViewModelStore/SavedState owners
+Compose requires; D-pad handling lives in the composable while the hardware Play/Pause key
+is intercepted in `dispatchKeyEvent` and routed via the `ScreensaverActions` holder.
+Playback from the dream `finish()`es first and starts `PlayerActivity` on a delayed main-
+thread post to avoid the "activity behind the dream" race.
+
+**In-app updates.** `UpdateChecker` polls a user-configured **Gitea** release
+(`/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest`, token auth for private repos), downloads the
+APK and hands it to the system installer via `FileProvider`. Because replacing the APK kills
+a running Dream and leaves a black surface, `UpdateRecoveryReceiver` catches
+`MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED` and relaunches `MainActivity` with
+`EXTRA_LAUNCH_UPDATED_SLIDESHOW`.
+
+**Playback** uses Emby's direct stream (`/Videos/{id}/stream?static=true`) — no
+`PlaybackInfo`/transcode negotiation, so exotic codecs may fail. The
+`media3-exoplayer-hls` dependency is already present for when that's added. Progress is
+reported back to Emby via `reportPlaybackStarted/Progress/Stopped`.
+
+**Performance instrumentation.** `PerformanceMonitor` (JankStats) is debug-only and logs to
+tag `EmbyClientPerf`; `benchmark/` is a `com.android.test` macrobenchmark module currently
+targeting the debug build (`suppressErrors = DEBUGGABLE`), so its numbers are
+debug-influenced.
+
+## UI conventions
+
+Use `androidx.tv.material3` components (`Button`, `Card`, `Text`) rather than the phone
+Material 3 ones. `MainActivity.kt`, `HomeComponents.kt` and `ScreensaverContent.kt` are the
+three large files — new screens generally belong in `ui/<feature>/` rather than growing
+them further. Focus handling is explicit (`FocusRequester`, `focusRestorer`, `focusGroup`);
+everything must be reachable by D-pad only.
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+# Memby (Android TV)
+
+An independent Android TV client for Emby, by **ponzischeme89**. Sign in to browse your
+personalised home screen, resume titles, play recent movies, and choose audio or subtitle
+tracks during playback. The screensaver (Dream) code remains isolated from the client work.
+
+## Features
+
+- **System screensaver** via `DreamService` — auto-starts on idle once selected in the
+  TV's Screensaver settings. Also previewable from the app's home screen.
+- Random, cross-fading **backdrops** of Movies and Series that have backdrop images.
+- **Interactive**: OK reveals Play / Favorite actions; ◄ ► change the backdrop; Back exits.
+- **In-app playback** with Media3/ExoPlayer (movies play directly; a series plays its
+  next-up / first episode).
+- **Favorites** managed through the Emby API and shown on the home screen.
+
+## Tech stack
+
+- Kotlin + Jetpack **Compose for TV** (`androidx.tv:tv-material`)
+- **Media3 / ExoPlayer** for playback
+- Retrofit + OkHttp + kotlinx.serialization for the Emby REST API
+- DataStore for persisted connection/session
+- Coil for backdrop image loading
+
+## Project layout
+
+```
+app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/
+  MembyApp.kt                    Application; initialises the ServiceLocator
+  ServiceLocator.kt              Manual DI (settings + repository)
+  data/
+    SettingsStore.kt             DataStore-backed connection/session state
+    ServerConfig.kt              Which backend this build talks to
+    EmbyRepository.kt            Content, favorites, playback; dual gateway/direct paths
+    analytics/RowAnalytics.kt    Row engagement buffering
+    model/                       Emby + gateway DTOs (kotlinx.serialization)
+    remote/EmbyApi.kt            Retrofit interface for Emby
+    remote/GatewayApi.kt         Retrofit interface for the Memby gateway
+  ui/
+    MainActivity.kt              Setup, profiles, home
+    HomeViewModel.kt             Home state, row analytics, refresh
+    HomeComponents.kt            Navigation rail, rows, cards
+    MaintenanceScreen.kt         Full-screen offline state
+    settings/SettingsSheet.kt    Settings panel
+    screensaver/                 Shared slideshow + in-app preview host
+    player/PlayerActivity.kt     Media3 playback
+  screensaver/MembyDreamService.kt  System screensaver (hosts ScreensaverContent)
+
+server/                          The Memby gateway (Go) — see server/README.md
+```
+
+## Build & install
+
+You need **JDK 17** and the **Android SDK** (Android Studio bundles both).
+
+Open the folder in Android Studio (Giraffe/Koala or newer) and let it sync, **or** from a
+terminal:
+
+```powershell
+# Android Studio writes local.properties automatically. If building from the CLI,
+# point it at your SDK first:
+"sdk.dir=C:\\Users\\<you>\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\Sdk" | Out-File -Encoding ascii local.properties
+
+.\gradlew.bat assembleDebug            # build the APK
+.\gradlew.bat installDebug             # install to a connected Android TV / emulator
+# Preferred for a TV already showing the Dream: clears Memby, installs, then reopens
+# it so the old render surface cannot remain black. Pass -Serial when more than one
+# device is attached.
+.\deploy-debug.ps1 -Serial 192.168.20.3:41479
+```
+
+The APK lands in `app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk`.
+
+## Two ways to run
+
+The client can talk to Emby directly, or through the **Memby gateway** — a Go service in
+`server/` that runs in Docker alongside Postgres and Redis and owns auth, caching, search
+and the shaping of TV screens. With a gateway the launcher is one request instead of four,
+and the TV holds a revocable gateway token rather than a live Emby token.
+
+```
+direct:   TV ──────────────────────────────► Emby
+gateway:  TV ──► Memby gateway ──► Emby      (metadata + artwork)
+          TV ─────────────────────► Emby     (video, always direct-play)
+```
+
+Which one a build uses is decided by `memby.gatewayUrl` in `gradle.properties`: set it and
+the app is a thin client; leave it blank and nothing changes from the direct path below.
+See [`server/README.md`](server/README.md) to run the container.
+
+The gateway also imports Emby's catalogue into Postgres (once manually, then hourly for
+new episodes), composes the home rows — including "Recommended from your watching
+history" — and has an admin page at `/admin/` for imports, an offline switch, and
+per-row engagement.
+
+## Server address
+
+Memby is built for one Emby server, so the address is baked into the APK instead of being
+typed on a TV remote. Set it in `gradle.properties`:
+
+```properties
+memby.serverUrl=http://192.168.1.10:8096
+```
+
+It can also come from `~/.gradle/gradle.properties` (keeps it out of the repo) or a single
+build: `.\gradlew.bat assembleDebug -Pmemby.serverUrl=http://192.168.1.10:8096`.
+
+The value becomes `BuildConfig.EMBY_SERVER_URL`, read through
+`data/ServerConfig.kt`. When it is set, the setup screen only asks for a username and
+password, and the address wins over whatever a saved session recorded — so moving the
+server is a property change plus a reinstall, with no user action. Leaving the property
+**blank** restores the original behaviour: users type the address themselves.
+
+## First run
+
+1. Launch **Memby** from the Android TV launcher.
+2. Sign in with your Emby username and password. (If the build has no hardwired server,
+   enter its address first, e.g. `http://192.168.1.10:8096`.)
+3. **Preview screensaver** to test it, or **Set as system screensaver** to open the TV's
+   screensaver settings and choose "Memby Screensaver".
+
+## Upgrading to v0.1.53
+
+The package and install identity both became `com.ponzischeme89.memby` in this release
+(previously `com.mattcohen.embyclientsname`). Android treats a new `applicationId` as a
+different app, so on every TV:
+
+1. Install v0.1.53 — it appears as a **second** Memby entry in the launcher.
+2. Sign in again; the previous session does not carry over.
+3. Uninstall the old app: `adb uninstall com.mattcohen.embyclientsname`.
+4. Re-select Memby in the TV's Screensaver settings — the Dream's component name changed
+   as well, so the old selection no longer resolves.
+
+## Notes & limitations
+
+- Playback uses Emby's direct stream (`/Videos/{id}/stream?static=true`). This direct-plays
+  containers/codecs ExoPlayer supports (most MP4/H.264, many MKV). Server-side transcoding
+  is not requested; unusual codecs may need it — a future enhancement is to call Emby's
+  `PlaybackInfo` endpoint and use the returned HLS transcode URL (the `media3-exoplayer-hls`
+  dependency is already included).
+- Cleartext HTTP is enabled so local `http://` servers work out of the box. For an HTTPS-only
+  server this is unnecessary but harmless.
+- The device is remembered across sign-outs (stable `DeviceId`); credentials are cleared.
+```
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+plugins {
+    id("com.android.application")
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android")
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.compose")
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization")
+}
+
+// Set in gradle.properties (or ~/.gradle/gradle.properties, or -Pmemby.serverUrl=...).
+// Blank means "no hardwired server": the setup screen asks the user for an address.
+val embyServerUrl: String = (project.findProperty("memby.serverUrl") as String?).orEmpty().trim()
+
+// The Memby gateway container. When set, the client talks to it instead of Emby and
+// becomes a thin renderer; blank keeps the direct-to-Emby path above.
+val membyGatewayUrl: String = (project.findProperty("memby.gatewayUrl") as String?).orEmpty().trim()
+
+android {
+    namespace = "com.ponzischeme89.memby"
+    compileSdk = 35
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        // Matches the Kotlin package. Changed from com.mattcohen.embyclientsname at
+        // v0.1.53: a new applicationId installs as a separate app, so that release
+        // required uninstalling the old one and signing in again.
+        applicationId = "com.ponzischeme89.memby"
+        minSdk = 23
+        targetSdk = 35
+        // versionCode is derived from versionName: major*10000 + minor*100 + patch.
+        // 0.1.53 -> 153. Keep them in step; the in-app updater compares versionName,
+        // but Android will not install an APK whose versionCode went backwards.
+        versionCode = 153
+        versionName = "0.1.53"
+
+        buildConfigField("String", "EMBY_SERVER_URL", "\"${embyServerUrl.replace("\"", "\\\"")}\"")
+        buildConfigField("String", "MEMBY_GATEWAY_URL", "\"${membyGatewayUrl.replace("\"", "\\\"")}\"")
+    }
+
+    buildTypes {
+        release {
+            isMinifyEnabled = false
+            proguardFiles(
+                getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
+                "proguard-rules.pro"
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    }
+
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = "17"
+    }
+
+    buildFeatures {
+        compose = true
+        buildConfig = true
+    }
+
+    lint {
+        // media3 marks some APIs (e.g. PlayerView) with a Lint-based @UnstableApi
+        // opt-in check; don't let it fail the build.
+        abortOnError = false
+    }
+
+    packaging {
+        resources {
+            excludes += "/META-INF/{AL2.0,LGPL2.1}"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    val composeBom = platform("androidx.compose:compose-bom:2024.12.01")
+    implementation(composeBom)
+
+    // Core / lifecycle / activity
+    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.15.0")
+    implementation("androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.9.3")
+    implementation("androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.8.7")
+    implementation("androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-compose:2.8.7")
+    implementation("androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-compose:2.8.7")
+    implementation("androidx.savedstate:savedstate-ktx:1.2.1")
+    // Measurement only: JankStats is enabled by PerformanceMonitor for debug builds.
+    implementation("androidx.metrics:metrics-performance:1.0.0")
+
+    // Compose (versions from BOM)
+    implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui")
+    implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling-preview")
+    implementation("androidx.compose.foundation:foundation")
+    implementation("androidx.compose.material:material-icons-extended")
+
+    // Compose for TV
+    implementation("androidx.tv:tv-material:1.0.0")
+
+    // Image loading
+    implementation("io.coil-kt:coil-compose:2.7.0")
+
+    // Networking + JSON
+    implementation("com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.11.0")
+    implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0")
+    implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:4.12.0")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json:1.7.3")
+    implementation("com.jakewharton.retrofit:retrofit2-kotlinx-serialization-converter:1.0.0")
+
+    // DataStore (persisted settings)
+    implementation("androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.1.1")
+
+    // Media3 / ExoPlayer for in-app playback
+    implementation("androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer:1.5.1")
+    implementation("androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls:1.5.1")
+    implementation("androidx.media3:media3-ui:1.5.1")
+
+    debugImplementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling")
+
+    testImplementation("junit:junit:4.13.2")
+}
diff --git a/app/logo.png b/app/logo.png
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diff --git a/app/proguard-rules.pro b/app/proguard-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6cc807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# kotlinx.serialization keeps @Serializable metadata via generated serializers.
+-keepattributes *Annotation*, InnerClasses
+-dontnote kotlinx.serialization.**
+-keepclassmembers class **$$serializer { *; }
+-keepclasseswithmembers class com.mattcohen.embyscreensaver.data.model.** {
+    kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer serializer(...);
+}
+-keep,includedescriptorclasses class com.mattcohen.embyscreensaver.data.model.**$$serializer { *; }
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4002dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
+
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
+    <!-- Needed to hand a downloaded APK to the system installer (in-app updates). -->
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES" />
+
+    <!-- This is a TV app: no touchscreen, uses the Leanback launcher. -->
+    <uses-feature
+        android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen"
+        android:required="false" />
+    <uses-feature
+        android:name="android.software.leanback"
+        android:required="true" />
+
+    <application
+        android:name=".MembyApp"
+        android:allowBackup="true"
+        android:banner="@drawable/app_banner"
+        android:icon="@drawable/app_banner"
+        android:label="@string/app_name"
+        android:supportsRtl="true"
+        android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
+        android:theme="@style/Theme.Memby">
+        <profileable android:shell="true" tools:targetApi="q" />
+
+        <!-- Home / setup screen. Registered on the TV (Leanback) launcher. -->
+        <activity
+            android:name=".ui.MainActivity"
+            android:exported="true"
+            android:screenOrientation="landscape"
+            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|orientation|uiMode">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </activity>
+
+        <!-- In-app preview of the screensaver (same UI the Daydream uses). -->
+        <activity
+            android:name=".ui.screensaver.ScreensaverActivity"
+            android:exported="false"
+            android:screenOrientation="landscape"
+            android:theme="@style/Theme.Memby.Fullscreen" />
+
+        <!-- An APK replacement kills an active Dream process. Reopen our launcher so
+             the TV is never left displaying the old, black Dream surface. -->
+        <receiver
+            android:name=".update.UpdateRecoveryReceiver"
+            android:exported="false">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </receiver>
+
+        <!-- Fullscreen Media3 player. -->
+        <activity
+            android:name=".ui.player.PlayerActivity"
+            android:exported="false"
+            android:screenOrientation="landscape"
+            android:launchMode="singleTask"
+            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|screenSize|orientation"
+            android:theme="@style/Theme.Memby.Fullscreen" />
+
+        <!-- The system screensaver (Daydream / Ambient mode source).
+             Interactive: select to open the panel, play, or favourite. -->
+        <service
+            android:name=".screensaver.MembyDreamService"
+            android:exported="true"
+            android:icon="@drawable/app_banner"
+            android:label="@string/screensaver_name"
+            android:permission="android.permission.BIND_DREAM_SERVICE">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.service.dreams.DreamService" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+            </intent-filter>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.service.dream"
+                android:resource="@xml/emby_dream" />
+        </service>
+
+        <!-- Serves the downloaded update APK to the system package installer. -->
+        <provider
+            android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
+            android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider"
+            android:exported="false"
+            android:grantUriPermissions="true">
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
+                android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
+        </provider>
+
+    </application>
+</manifest>
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/MembyApp.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/MembyApp.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be58139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/MembyApp.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby
+
+import android.app.Application
+import coil.Coil
+import coil.ImageLoader
+import coil.disk.DiskCache
+import coil.memory.MemoryCache
+
+class MembyApp : Application() {
+    override fun onCreate() {
+        super.onCreate()
+        Coil.setImageLoader(
+            ImageLoader.Builder(this)
+                .memoryCache {
+                    MemoryCache.Builder(this)
+                        .maxSizePercent(0.08)
+                        .build()
+                }
+                .diskCache {
+                    DiskCache.Builder()
+                        .directory(cacheDir.resolve("media_artwork"))
+                        .maxSizeBytes(128L * 1024L * 1024L)
+                        .build()
+                }
+                // Emby artwork URLs include an image tag, so changed artwork gets a new
+                // cache key. Keep tagged thumbnails available even when a server sends
+                // conservative cache headers.
+                .respectCacheHeaders(false)
+                .crossfade(false)
+                .build(),
+        )
+        ServiceLocator.init(this)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ServiceLocator.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ServiceLocator.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a514e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ServiceLocator.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby
+
+import android.content.Context
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.EmbyRepository
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.SettingsStore
+
+/**
+ * Tiny manual dependency container. Initialised once from [MembyApp] so that the
+ * DreamService, activities and composables can all share a single repository /
+ * settings instance without pulling in a DI framework.
+ */
+object ServiceLocator {
+    lateinit var settings: SettingsStore
+        private set
+    lateinit var repository: EmbyRepository
+        private set
+
+    fun init(context: Context) {
+        if (::repository.isInitialized) return
+        settings = SettingsStore(context.applicationContext)
+        repository = EmbyRepository(settings)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/EmbyRepository.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/EmbyRepository.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cce3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/EmbyRepository.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,678 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data
+
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.AuthRequest
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayFlagRequest
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayLoginRequest
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayPlaybackReport
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayRowEvent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayRowEvents
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.HomeRow
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.PlaybackReport
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remote.EmbyApi
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remote.EmbyServiceFactory
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remote.GatewayApi
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remote.GatewayServiceFactory
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableSharedFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asSharedFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import retrofit2.HttpException
+import java.io.IOException
+import java.net.URLEncoder
+
+/**
+ * One batch home response. [partial] means at least one row failed upstream and the rest
+ * is still worth rendering.
+ */
+data class HomeSnapshot(
+    /** Rows exactly as the server composed them, in display order. */
+    val rows: List<HomeRow> = emptyList(),
+    val continueWatching: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val nextUp: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val favorites: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val latestMovies: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val partial: Boolean = false,
+)
+
+/** A resolved, directly playable stream. */
+data class Playable(
+    val itemId: String,
+    val title: String,
+    val url: String,
+    val resumePositionMs: Long = 0L,
+)
+
+class EmbyRepository(private val settings: SettingsStore) {
+
+    private val scope = CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.IO)
+
+    @Volatile
+    private var snapshot: Settings = Settings.EMPTY
+
+    init {
+        scope.launch { settings.settingsFlow.collect { snapshot = it } }
+    }
+
+    val settingsFlow: Flow<Settings> get() = settings.settingsFlow
+    private val _playbackStops = MutableSharedFlow<String>(extraBufferCapacity = 1)
+    val playbackStops = _playbackStops.asSharedFlow()
+
+    fun cachedHome(): HomeCache? = settings.homeCache(snapshot)
+
+    suspend fun cacheHome(content: HomeCache) = settings.setHomeCache(content)
+
+    // --- API instance caching (rebuilt only when the server URL changes) -----
+
+    private var cachedApi: EmbyApi? = null
+    private var cachedBaseUrl: String? = null
+
+    /**
+     * The Memby gateway, when this build has one. Its address is fixed at build time, so
+     * unlike the Emby client this never needs rebuilding.
+     */
+    private val gatewayApi: GatewayApi? by lazy {
+        ServerConfig.gatewayUrl?.let { url ->
+            GatewayServiceFactory.create(url) { snapshot.token }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun requireGateway(): GatewayApi = gatewayApi ?: error("No Memby gateway configured")
+
+    /** True when the backend can return the whole home screen in one request. */
+    val supportsBatchHome: Boolean get() = ServerConfig.isGateway
+
+    private fun apiFor(serverUrl: String): EmbyApi {
+        val base = normalizeServerUrl(serverUrl)
+        cachedApi?.let { if (cachedBaseUrl == base) return it }
+        val api = EmbyServiceFactory.create(
+            baseUrl = base,
+            deviceIdProvider = { snapshot.deviceId.ifEmpty { "memby" } },
+            tokenProvider = { snapshot.token },
+        )
+        cachedApi = api
+        cachedBaseUrl = base
+        return api
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The server all requests and media URLs point at. A build that hardwires an address
+     * (see [ServerConfig]) always wins, so repointing every install is a property change
+     * plus a reinstall — no user action, and no stale address left in a saved session.
+     */
+    private val activeServerUrl: String? get() = ServerConfig.hardwiredUrl ?: snapshot.serverUrl
+
+    private fun requireApi(): EmbyApi {
+        val url = activeServerUrl ?: error("Not connected to a server")
+        return apiFor(url)
+    }
+
+    // --- Authentication ------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Signs in. [serverUrl] is only consulted when the build does not hardwire one —
+     * with a hardwired address the setup screen never collects it.
+     */
+    suspend fun authenticate(serverUrl: String, username: String, password: String) {
+        settings.ensureDeviceId()
+        snapshot = settings.snapshot() // pick up the freshly-generated device id
+
+        ServerConfig.gatewayUrl?.let { gateway ->
+            // The gateway holds the Emby token; this device only ever stores the gateway
+            // token, so the same `token` slot in DataStore serves both modes.
+            val result = requireGateway().login(
+                GatewayLoginRequest(
+                    username = username,
+                    password = password,
+                    deviceId = snapshot.deviceId.ifEmpty { "memby" },
+                ),
+            )
+            require(result.token.isNotBlank() && result.userId.isNotBlank()) {
+                "Gateway did not return a session"
+            }
+            settings.saveSession(
+                gateway,
+                result.token,
+                result.userId,
+                result.username.ifBlank { username },
+                result.serverId.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() },
+            )
+            snapshot = settings.snapshot()
+            return
+        }
+
+        val base = resolveServerUrl(ServerConfig.hardwiredUrl, serverUrl)
+            ?: error("No Emby server address configured")
+        val api = apiFor(base)
+        val result = api.authenticate(AuthRequest(username = username, pw = password))
+        val token = result.accessToken
+        val userId = result.user?.id
+        require(!token.isNullOrBlank() && !userId.isNullOrBlank()) {
+            "Server did not return an access token"
+        }
+        settings.saveSession(base, token, userId, username, result.serverId)
+        snapshot = settings.snapshot()
+    }
+
+    suspend fun signOut() {
+        // Retire the gateway token server-side too, so a lost TV can't keep reading the
+        // library. A failure here must not block the local sign-out.
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway && !snapshot.token.isNullOrBlank()) {
+            runCatching { requireGateway().logout() }
+        }
+        settings.clearSession()
+        snapshot = settings.snapshot()
+        cachedApi = null
+        cachedBaseUrl = null
+    }
+
+    suspend fun switchProfile(profile: EmbyProfile) {
+        settings.switchProfile(profile)
+        snapshot = settings.snapshot()
+        cachedApi = null
+        cachedBaseUrl = null
+    }
+
+    // --- Content -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * The whole home screen in one request. Only available against a gateway — check
+     * [supportsBatchHome] first.
+     */
+    suspend fun getHome(limit: Int = 24): HomeSnapshot {
+        val home = requireGateway().home(limit)
+        return HomeSnapshot(
+            rows = home.rows,
+            continueWatching = home.continueWatching,
+            nextUp = home.nextUp,
+            favorites = home.favorites,
+            latestMovies = home.latestMovies,
+            partial = home.partial,
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** A shuffled set of movies & shows that actually have a backdrop image. */
+    suspend fun getScreensaverItems(limit: Int = 200): List<BaseItem> {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) {
+            return requireGateway().screensaver(limit).items.filter { hasBackdrop(it) }
+        }
+        val userId = snapshot.userId ?: error("Not connected")
+        val result = requireApi().getItems(
+            userId,
+            mapOf(
+                "IncludeItemTypes" to "Movie,Series",
+                "Recursive" to "true",
+                "SortBy" to "Random",
+                "Limit" to limit.toString(),
+                "Fields" to "Overview,Taglines,Genres,ProductionYear,CommunityRating,Studios,OfficialRating,RunTimeTicks",
+                "ImageTypeLimit" to "1",
+                "EnableImageTypes" to "Backdrop,Logo",
+                "EnableUserData" to "true",
+            ),
+        )
+        return result.items.filter { hasBackdrop(it) }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A deliberately tiny, movie-only request used during a cold start. It gives the
+     * UI a genuine Emby backdrop while the larger mixed library queue is still loading.
+     */
+    suspend fun getStartupBackdropMovie(): BaseItem? {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) {
+            // The gateway keeps a warm, cached backdrop pool, so the "tiny first query"
+            // trick the direct path needs is unnecessary here.
+            return requireGateway().screensaver(limit = 1).items.firstOrNull { hasBackdrop(it) }
+        }
+        val userId = snapshot.userId ?: error("Not connected")
+        return requireApi().getItems(
+            userId,
+            mapOf(
+                "IncludeItemTypes" to "Movie",
+                "Recursive" to "true",
+                "Filters" to "HasBackdrop",
+                "SortBy" to "Random",
+                "Limit" to "1",
+                "Fields" to "Overview,Taglines,Genres,ProductionYear,CommunityRating,Studios,RunTimeTicks",
+                "ImageTypeLimit" to "1",
+                "EnableImageTypes" to "Backdrop,Logo",
+                "EnableUserData" to "true",
+            ),
+        ).items.firstOrNull { hasBackdrop(it) }
+    }
+
+    // Against a gateway the per-row getters just slice the batch response, which Redis
+    // has already answered once for this user. They exist so the direct-to-Emby path and
+    // any caller that wants a single row keep working unchanged.
+
+    /** First home-page slice of favorited movies & shows. */
+    suspend fun getFavorites(limit: Int = 24): List<BaseItem> {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) return getHome(limit).favorites
+        return getHomeItems(
+            params = mapOf(
+                "Filters" to "IsFavorite",
+                "IncludeItemTypes" to "Movie,Series",
+                "Recursive" to "true",
+                "SortBy" to "SortName",
+                "SortOrder" to "Ascending",
+                "Limit" to limit.toString(),
+            ),
+            fields = "ProductionYear,RunTimeTicks,PrimaryImageAspectRatio",
+            imageTypes = "Backdrop,Primary,Logo",
+            includeUserData = true,
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** Unfinished movies and episodes for the current Emby user. */
+    suspend fun getContinueWatching(limit: Int = 24): List<BaseItem> {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) return getHome(limit).continueWatching
+        return getHomeItems(
+            params = mapOf(
+                "Filters" to "IsResumable",
+                "IncludeItemTypes" to "Movie,Episode",
+                "Recursive" to "true",
+                "SortBy" to "DatePlayed",
+                "SortOrder" to "Descending",
+                "Limit" to limit.toString(),
+            ),
+            fields = "RunTimeTicks,SeriesName,PrimaryImageAspectRatio",
+            imageTypes = "Backdrop,Primary,Logo",
+            includeUserData = true,
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** Episodes the server recommends playing next, excluding resumable duplicates in the UI. */
+    suspend fun getNextUp(limit: Int = 24): List<BaseItem> {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) return getHome(limit).nextUp
+        val userId = snapshot.userId ?: error("Not connected")
+        return requireApi().getNextUp(
+            mapOf(
+                "UserId" to userId,
+                "Limit" to limit.toString(),
+                "Fields" to "Overview,ProductionYear,RunTimeTicks,SeriesName,PrimaryImageAspectRatio",
+                "ImageTypeLimit" to "1",
+                "EnableImageTypes" to "Backdrop,Primary,Logo",
+                "EnableTotalRecordCount" to "false",
+                "EnableUserData" to "true",
+            ),
+        ).items
+    }
+
+    /** Recently added films, used as a compact discovery row on the client home. */
+    suspend fun getLatestMovies(limit: Int = 24): List<BaseItem> {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) return getHome(limit).latestMovies
+        return getHomeItems(
+            params = mapOf(
+                "IncludeItemTypes" to "Movie",
+                "Recursive" to "true",
+                "SortBy" to "DateCreated",
+                "SortOrder" to "Descending",
+                "Limit" to limit.toString(),
+            ),
+            fields = "ProductionYear,RunTimeTicks,PrimaryImageAspectRatio",
+            imageTypes = "Backdrop,Primary,Logo",
+            includeUserData = true,
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** Library-wide search. Gateway-only: the direct path has no search UI behind it. */
+    suspend fun search(term: String, limit: Int = 40): List<BaseItem> =
+        requireGateway().search(term, limit).items
+
+    /**
+     * Recommendation rows on their own, forcing the gateway to build them synchronously
+     * if its cache is cold. [getHome] already carries them once warm, so this is only
+     * needed to pull them in without a full home refresh.
+     */
+    suspend fun getRecommendations(): List<HomeRow> = requireGateway().recommendations().rows
+
+    /** Full item metadata, requested only after focus settles on an item. */
+    suspend fun getItemDetails(itemId: String): BaseItem {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) return requireGateway().item(itemId)
+        val userId = snapshot.userId ?: error("Not connected")
+        return requireApi().getItem(
+            userId = userId,
+            itemId = itemId,
+            fields = "Overview,Genres,MediaStreams,ProductionYear,OfficialRating,CommunityRating,RunTimeTicks,PrimaryImageAspectRatio",
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** Tight list endpoint shape: detail-only fields are never fetched on home. */
+    private suspend fun getHomeItems(
+        params: Map<String, String>,
+        fields: String,
+        imageTypes: String,
+        includeUserData: Boolean = false,
+    ): List<BaseItem> {
+        val userId = snapshot.userId ?: error("Not connected")
+        return requireApi().getItems(userId, params + mapOf(
+            "Fields" to fields,
+            "ImageTypeLimit" to "1",
+            "EnableImages" to "true",
+            "EnableImageTypes" to imageTypes,
+            "EnableTotalRecordCount" to "false",
+            "EnableUserData" to includeUserData.toString(),
+        )).items
+    }
+
+    /** Toggles favorite state, returning the new value. */
+    suspend fun toggleFavorite(item: BaseItem): Boolean =
+        setFavorite(item.id, !item.isFavorite)
+
+    /**
+     * Sets favorite state to an explicit [favorite] value and returns the server's
+     * resulting state. Safer than [toggleFavorite] for optimistic UI, which may
+     * flip faster than the source item's cached [BaseItem.isFavorite] updates.
+     */
+    suspend fun setFavorite(itemId: String, favorite: Boolean): Boolean {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) {
+            return requireGateway().setFavorite(itemId, GatewayFlagRequest(favorite)).isFavorite
+        }
+        val userId = snapshot.userId ?: error("Not connected")
+        val api = requireApi()
+        val result = if (favorite) {
+            api.addFavorite(userId, itemId)
+        } else {
+            api.removeFavorite(userId, itemId)
+        }
+        return result.isFavorite
+    }
+
+    /** Sets watched state explicitly and returns the value confirmed by Emby. */
+    suspend fun setPlayed(itemId: String, played: Boolean): Boolean {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) {
+            return requireGateway().setPlayed(itemId, GatewayFlagRequest(played)).played
+        }
+        val userId = snapshot.userId ?: error("Not connected")
+        val api = requireApi()
+        val result = if (played) {
+            api.markPlayed(userId, itemId)
+        } else {
+            api.markUnplayed(userId, itemId)
+        }
+        return result.played
+    }
+
+    /** Returns Emby's first local trailer for an item, when one is available. */
+    suspend fun getLocalTrailer(itemId: String): BaseItem? {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) {
+            // The gateway answers 404 when an item has no trailer, which is a normal
+            // outcome here rather than an error worth surfacing.
+            return runCatching { requireGateway().trailer(itemId) }
+                .getOrElse { if (it is HttpException && it.code() == 404) null else throw it }
+        }
+        val userId = snapshot.userId ?: error("Not connected")
+        return requireApi().getLocalTrailers(userId, itemId).items.firstOrNull()
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Uploads a batch of row-engagement events. Silent on the direct path (nothing is
+     * listening) and silent on failure — telemetry must never surface on a TV.
+     */
+    fun reportRowEvents(events: List<GatewayRowEvent>) {
+        if (!ServerConfig.isGateway || events.isEmpty() || snapshot.token.isNullOrBlank()) return
+        scope.launch {
+            runCatching { requireGateway().reportRowEvents(GatewayRowEvents(events)) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Backdrop rotation interval, clamped to a sane range. */
+    fun rotationIntervalMillis(): Long =
+        snapshot.rotationIntervalSeconds.coerceIn(4, 600).toLong() * 1000L
+
+    /** Whether a usable session is currently persisted. */
+    fun isSignedIn(): Boolean = snapshot.isSignedIn
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves an item to something ExoPlayer can stream. Movies play directly;
+     * for a series we play the next-up episode (falling back to the first one).
+     */
+    suspend fun resolvePlayable(item: BaseItem): Playable {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) {
+            // Episode selection for a series is the gateway's job now.
+            val playback = requireGateway().playback(item.id)
+            return Playable(
+                itemId = playback.itemId,
+                title = playback.title.ifBlank { item.name },
+                url = playback.url,
+                resumePositionMs = playback.resumePositionMs,
+            )
+        }
+        if (item.isSeries) {
+            val userId = snapshot.userId ?: error("Not connected")
+            val episode = firstNextUpEpisode(userId, item.id) ?: firstEpisode(userId, item.id)
+            requireNotNull(episode) { "No episodes found for ${item.name}" }
+            val title = buildString {
+                append(item.name)
+                episode.name.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let { append(" – $it") }
+            }
+            return Playable(episode.id, title, buildStreamUrl(episode.id), episode.resumePositionMs)
+        }
+        return Playable(item.id, item.name, buildStreamUrl(item.id), item.resumePositionMs)
+    }
+
+    suspend fun reportPlaybackStarted(itemId: String, positionMs: Long) {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) {
+            requireGateway().report("started", GatewayPlaybackReport(itemId, positionMs))
+            return
+        }
+        requireApi().reportPlaybackStarted(playbackReport(itemId, positionMs, isPaused = false))
+    }
+
+    suspend fun reportPlaybackProgress(itemId: String, positionMs: Long, isPaused: Boolean) {
+        if (ServerConfig.isGateway) {
+            requireGateway().report("progress", GatewayPlaybackReport(itemId, positionMs, isPaused))
+            return
+        }
+        requireApi().reportPlaybackProgress(playbackReport(itemId, positionMs, isPaused))
+    }
+
+    suspend fun reportPlaybackStopped(itemId: String, positionMs: Long) {
+        try {
+            if (ServerConfig.isGateway) {
+                // Stopping is also what drops the gateway's cached rows for this user,
+                // so Continue Watching reflects the new position on the next home load.
+                requireGateway().report("stopped", GatewayPlaybackReport(itemId, positionMs, isPaused = true))
+            } else {
+                requireApi().reportPlaybackStopped(playbackReport(itemId, positionMs, isPaused = true))
+            }
+        } finally {
+            _playbackStops.tryEmit(itemId)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun enqueuePlaybackStopped(itemId: String, positionMs: Long) {
+        scope.launch {
+            runCatching { reportPlaybackStopped(itemId, positionMs) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun firstNextUpEpisode(userId: String, seriesId: String): BaseItem? =
+        runCatching {
+            requireApi().getNextUp(
+                mapOf(
+                    "UserId" to userId,
+                    "SeriesId" to seriesId,
+                    "Limit" to "1",
+                    "Fields" to "RunTimeTicks",
+                    "EnableUserData" to "true",
+                ),
+            ).items.firstOrNull()
+        }.getOrNull()
+
+    private suspend fun firstEpisode(userId: String, seriesId: String): BaseItem? =
+        runCatching {
+            requireApi().getEpisodes(
+                seriesId,
+                mapOf(
+                    "UserId" to userId,
+                    "Limit" to "1",
+                    "Fields" to "RunTimeTicks",
+                    "EnableUserData" to "true",
+                ),
+            ).items.firstOrNull()
+        }.getOrNull()
+
+    // --- URL helpers ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /** Backdrop image URL for an item, or null if it has none. */
+    fun backdropUrl(item: BaseItem, maxWidth: Int = 1920): String? {
+        val (id, tag) = when {
+            item.backdropImageTags.isNotEmpty() -> item.id to item.backdropImageTags.first()
+            item.parentBackdropItemId != null && item.parentBackdropImageTags.isNotEmpty() ->
+                item.parentBackdropItemId to item.parentBackdropImageTags.first()
+            else -> return null
+        }
+        return imageUrl(id, "Backdrop", tag, maxWidth, directIndex = true)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The item's "Logo" image (the stylised title treatment) from Emby metadata,
+     * or null when the item has no logo. Used to show artwork in place of the
+     * plain-text title in the screensaver.
+     */
+    fun logoUrl(item: BaseItem, maxWidth: Int = 800): String? {
+        val (id, tag) = when {
+            item.imageTags["Logo"] != null -> item.id to item.imageTags.getValue("Logo")
+            item.parentLogoItemId != null && item.parentLogoImageTag != null ->
+                item.parentLogoItemId to item.parentLogoImageTag
+            else -> return null
+        }
+        return imageUrl(id, "Logo", tag, maxWidth)
+    }
+
+    /** Primary (poster) image URL, used as a card fallback. */
+    fun primaryUrl(item: BaseItem, maxWidth: Int = 500): String? {
+        val tag = item.imageTags["Primary"] ?: return null
+        return imageUrl(item.id, "Primary", tag, maxWidth)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builds an artwork URL for whichever backend this build uses.
+     *
+     * Coil fetches these as plain URLs with no interceptor attached, so the credential
+     * has to travel in the query string either way: `api_key` for Emby, `t` for the
+     * gateway. The gateway form is preferable — that token is revocable and grants
+     * nothing but Memby's own API.
+     */
+    private fun imageUrl(
+        itemId: String,
+        imageType: String,
+        tag: String,
+        maxWidth: Int,
+        directIndex: Boolean = false,
+    ): String? {
+        val token = snapshot.token
+        ServerConfig.gatewayUrl?.let { gateway ->
+            if (token.isNullOrBlank()) return null
+            return buildString {
+                append(gateway.trimEnd('/'))
+                append("/v1/images/").append(itemId).append('/').append(imageType.lowercase())
+                append("?maxWidth=").append(maxWidth)
+                append("&quality=90")
+                append("&tag=").append(encode(tag))
+                append("&t=").append(encode(token))
+            }
+        }
+
+        val base = activeServerUrl ?: return null
+        return buildString {
+            append(base.trimEnd('/'))
+            append("/Items/").append(itemId).append("/Images/").append(imageType)
+            if (directIndex) append("/0")
+            append("?maxWidth=").append(maxWidth)
+            append("&quality=90")
+            append("&tag=").append(encode(tag))
+            token?.let { append("&api_key=").append(encode(it)) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun hasBackdrop(item: BaseItem): Boolean =
+        item.backdropImageTags.isNotEmpty() ||
+            (item.parentBackdropItemId != null && item.parentBackdropImageTags.isNotEmpty())
+
+    private fun buildStreamUrl(itemId: String): String {
+        val base = activeServerUrl?.trimEnd('/') ?: error("Not connected")
+        val token = snapshot.token.orEmpty()
+        val deviceId = snapshot.deviceId.ifEmpty { "memby" }
+        return "$base/Videos/$itemId/stream" +
+            "?static=true" +
+            "&api_key=${encode(token)}" +
+            "&DeviceId=${encode(deviceId)}"
+    }
+
+    private fun playbackReport(itemId: String, positionMs: Long, isPaused: Boolean) =
+        PlaybackReport(
+            itemId = itemId,
+            positionTicks = millisecondsToTicks(positionMs),
+            isPaused = isPaused,
+        )
+
+    private fun encode(value: String): String = URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8")
+}
+
+internal fun millisecondsToTicks(milliseconds: Long): Long =
+    milliseconds.coerceAtLeast(0L) * 10_000L
+
+private val BaseItem.resumePositionMs: Long
+    get() = ((userData?.playbackPositionTicks ?: 0L) / 10_000L).coerceAtLeast(0L)
+
+/**
+ * Maps an exception to a short, TV-readable message. Never surfaces raw HTTP
+ * bodies or stack traces (which could contain tokens) to the screen.
+ */
+fun friendlyEmbyError(t: Throwable): String = when (t) {
+    is IOException -> "Can't reach the Emby server. Check your network."
+    is HttpException -> when (t.code()) {
+        401 -> "Session expired. Open Memby to sign in again."
+        403 -> "Access denied by the server."
+        404 -> "Not found on the server."
+        // The gateway answers 503 when an operator has deliberately taken Memby down.
+        // Showing their message beats a generic "server problem" the viewer can do
+        // nothing about.
+        503 -> maintenanceMessage(t) ?: "Memby is unavailable right now. Try again shortly."
+        in 500..599 -> "The Emby server had a problem. Try again."
+        else -> "Server error (${t.code()})."
+    }
+    else -> "Something went wrong. Try again."
+}
+
+private fun maintenanceMessage(t: HttpException): String? = runCatching {
+    parseMaintenanceMessage(t.response()?.errorBody()?.string().orEmpty())
+}.getOrNull()
+
+/**
+ * Reads the operator's message out of a maintenance response, or null when this 503 is
+ * something else. Never surfaces a raw body: only the known `message` field is trusted,
+ * and only up to a length that fits on a TV.
+ */
+internal fun parseMaintenanceMessage(body: String): String? {
+    if (body.isBlank()) return null
+    return runCatching {
+        val parsed = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
+            .decodeFromString<MaintenanceResponse>(body)
+        parsed.message?.trim()?.takeIf { parsed.maintenance && it.isNotBlank() }?.take(160)
+    }.getOrNull()
+}
+
+/** True when this failure is the gateway reporting a deliberate outage. */
+fun isMaintenanceError(t: Throwable): Boolean = t is HttpException && t.code() == 503
+
+@Serializable
+private data class MaintenanceResponse(
+    val maintenance: Boolean = false,
+    val message: String? = null,
+)
+
+/** Ensures a scheme and strips a trailing slash for consistent base handling. */
+fun normalizeServerUrl(raw: String): String {
+    var url = raw.trim()
+    if (!url.startsWith("http://", true) && !url.startsWith("https://", true)) {
+        url = "http://$url"
+    }
+    return url.trimEnd('/')
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/ServerConfig.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/ServerConfig.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb2ec53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/ServerConfig.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data
+
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.BuildConfig
+
+/**
+ * Where this build gets its data.
+ *
+ * Two addresses are baked in at build time (see gradle.properties):
+ *
+ *  - `memby.gatewayUrl` — the Memby gateway container. When set, the client is a thin
+ *    renderer: the gateway owns auth, caching, search and screen shaping.
+ *  - `memby.serverUrl` — the Emby server, used directly when no gateway is configured.
+ *    Keeping this path alive means a gateway outage is a config change away from being
+ *    routed around, and it is what the app falls back to during the migration.
+ *
+ * Neither is typed on a TV remote; both are properties of the build.
+ */
+object ServerConfig {
+
+    /** The Memby gateway, normalised, or null when this build talks to Emby directly. */
+    val gatewayUrl: String? =
+        BuildConfig.MEMBY_GATEWAY_URL.trim()
+            .takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }
+            ?.let(::normalizeServerUrl)
+
+    /** The hardwired Emby server, normalised, or null when this build doesn't pin one. */
+    val hardwiredUrl: String? =
+        BuildConfig.EMBY_SERVER_URL.trim()
+            .takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }
+            ?.let(::normalizeServerUrl)
+
+    val isGateway: Boolean get() = gatewayUrl != null
+
+    val isHardwired: Boolean get() = hardwiredUrl != null
+
+    /** The address this build actually signs in against. */
+    val backendUrl: String? get() = gatewayUrl ?: hardwiredUrl
+
+    /** Host (and port) of that address, for display on the setup screen. */
+    val displayHost: String?
+        get() = backendUrl?.substringAfter("://")?.trimEnd('/')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolves the server to use: the hardwired address when this build pins one, otherwise
+ * whatever the user typed. Returns null when neither is available.
+ */
+fun resolveServerUrl(hardwired: String?, entered: String): String? = when {
+    !hardwired.isNullOrBlank() -> normalizeServerUrl(hardwired)
+    entered.isNotBlank() -> normalizeServerUrl(entered)
+    else -> null
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/SettingsStore.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/SettingsStore.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d53de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/SettingsStore.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data
+
+import android.content.Context
+import androidx.datastore.core.DataStore
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.Preferences
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.MutablePreferences
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.booleanPreferencesKey
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.edit
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.intPreferencesKey
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.stringPreferencesKey
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.preferencesDataStore
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.first
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import kotlinx.serialization.decodeFromString
+import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import java.util.UUID
+
+private val Context.dataStore: DataStore<Preferences> by preferencesDataStore(name = "emby_settings")
+
+/** Persisted connection state. */
+data class Settings(
+    val serverUrl: String? = null,
+    val token: String? = null,
+    val userId: String? = null,
+    val serverId: String? = null,
+    val username: String? = null,
+    val deviceId: String = "",
+    val rotationIntervalSeconds: Int = DEFAULT_ROTATION_SECONDS,
+    // Where "Check for updates" looks: a Gitea host + "owner/repo", plus an access
+    // token for the (private) repo's release API and asset downloads.
+    val updateBaseUrl: String? = null,
+    val updateRepo: String? = null,
+    val updateToken: String? = null,
+    // Show each item's Emby "Logo" image in place of the plain-text title.
+    val showTitleLogo: Boolean = true,
+    // Foreground colour of the slide-progress ring, as an RRGGBB hex string.
+    val ringColorHex: String = DEFAULT_RING_COLOR,
+    val lastBackdropUrl: String? = null,
+    /** Comma-separated, user-controlled order of rows shown on the client home. */
+    val homeSections: String = DEFAULT_HOME_SECTIONS,
+    val homeCacheJson: String? = null,
+    val homeCardDensity: String = DEFAULT_HOME_CARD_DENSITY,
+    val showHomeCardMetadata: Boolean = true,
+    val profiles: List<EmbyProfile> = emptyList(),
+) {
+    val isSignedIn: Boolean
+        get() = !serverUrl.isNullOrBlank() && !token.isNullOrBlank() && !userId.isNullOrBlank()
+
+    val activeProfileId: String?
+        get() = profiles.firstOrNull {
+            it.userId == userId && it.serverUrl == serverUrl
+        }?.id
+
+    companion object {
+        const val DEFAULT_ROTATION_SECONDS = 15
+        const val DEFAULT_RING_COLOR = "FFFFFF"
+        const val DEFAULT_HOME_SECTIONS = "continue,favorites,latest"
+        const val DEFAULT_HOME_CARD_DENSITY = "standard"
+        val EMPTY = Settings()
+    }
+}
+
+@Serializable
+data class EmbyProfile(
+    val id: String,
+    val serverUrl: String,
+    val token: String,
+    val userId: String,
+    val username: String,
+    val serverId: String? = null,
+    val homeCacheJson: String? = null,
+)
+
+class SettingsStore(private val context: Context) {
+
+    private object Keys {
+        val SERVER_URL = stringPreferencesKey("server_url")
+        val TOKEN = stringPreferencesKey("token")
+        val USER_ID = stringPreferencesKey("user_id")
+        val SERVER_ID = stringPreferencesKey("server_id")
+        val USERNAME = stringPreferencesKey("username")
+        val DEVICE_ID = stringPreferencesKey("device_id")
+        val ROTATION_SECONDS = intPreferencesKey("rotation_interval_seconds")
+        val UPDATE_BASE_URL = stringPreferencesKey("update_base_url")
+        val UPDATE_REPO = stringPreferencesKey("update_repo")
+        val UPDATE_TOKEN = stringPreferencesKey("update_token")
+        val SHOW_TITLE_LOGO = booleanPreferencesKey("show_title_logo")
+        val RING_COLOR = stringPreferencesKey("ring_color")
+        val LAST_BACKDROP_URL = stringPreferencesKey("last_backdrop_url")
+        val HOME_SECTIONS = stringPreferencesKey("home_sections")
+        val HOME_CACHE = stringPreferencesKey("home_cache")
+        val HOME_CARD_DENSITY = stringPreferencesKey("home_card_density")
+        val SHOW_HOME_CARD_METADATA = booleanPreferencesKey("show_home_card_metadata")
+        val PROFILES = stringPreferencesKey("profiles")
+    }
+
+    val settingsFlow: Flow<Settings> = context.dataStore.data.map { p ->
+        val storedProfiles = decodeProfiles(p[Keys.PROFILES])
+        val profiles = if (storedProfiles.isEmpty()) {
+            legacyProfile(p)?.let(::listOf).orEmpty()
+        } else {
+            storedProfiles
+        }
+        Settings(
+            serverUrl = p[Keys.SERVER_URL],
+            token = p[Keys.TOKEN],
+            userId = p[Keys.USER_ID],
+            serverId = p[Keys.SERVER_ID],
+            username = p[Keys.USERNAME],
+            deviceId = p[Keys.DEVICE_ID].orEmpty(),
+            rotationIntervalSeconds = p[Keys.ROTATION_SECONDS] ?: Settings.DEFAULT_ROTATION_SECONDS,
+            updateBaseUrl = p[Keys.UPDATE_BASE_URL],
+            updateRepo = p[Keys.UPDATE_REPO],
+            updateToken = p[Keys.UPDATE_TOKEN],
+            showTitleLogo = p[Keys.SHOW_TITLE_LOGO] ?: true,
+            ringColorHex = p[Keys.RING_COLOR] ?: Settings.DEFAULT_RING_COLOR,
+            lastBackdropUrl = p[Keys.LAST_BACKDROP_URL],
+            homeSections = p[Keys.HOME_SECTIONS] ?: Settings.DEFAULT_HOME_SECTIONS,
+            homeCacheJson = p[Keys.HOME_CACHE],
+            homeCardDensity = p[Keys.HOME_CARD_DENSITY] ?: Settings.DEFAULT_HOME_CARD_DENSITY,
+            showHomeCardMetadata = p[Keys.SHOW_HOME_CARD_METADATA] ?: true,
+            profiles = profiles,
+        )
+    }
+
+    suspend fun setRotationIntervalSeconds(seconds: Int) {
+        context.dataStore.edit { it[Keys.ROTATION_SECONDS] = seconds }
+    }
+
+    /** Persists the Gitea update source. Blank values are cleared. */
+    suspend fun setUpdateConfig(baseUrl: String, repo: String, token: String) {
+        context.dataStore.edit {
+            fun put(key: Preferences.Key<String>, value: String) {
+                val v = value.trim()
+                if (v.isEmpty()) it.remove(key) else it[key] = v
+            }
+            put(Keys.UPDATE_BASE_URL, baseUrl)
+            put(Keys.UPDATE_REPO, repo)
+            put(Keys.UPDATE_TOKEN, token)
+        }
+    }
+
+    suspend fun setShowTitleLogo(enabled: Boolean) {
+        context.dataStore.edit { it[Keys.SHOW_TITLE_LOGO] = enabled }
+    }
+
+    suspend fun setRingColor(hex: String) {
+        context.dataStore.edit { it[Keys.RING_COLOR] = hex }
+    }
+
+    suspend fun setLastBackdropUrl(url: String) {
+        context.dataStore.edit { it[Keys.LAST_BACKDROP_URL] = url }
+    }
+
+    suspend fun setHomeSections(sections: List<String>) {
+        val valid = sections.filter { it in setOf("continue", "favorites", "latest") }.distinct()
+        context.dataStore.edit {
+            it[Keys.HOME_SECTIONS] = valid.ifEmpty { listOf("favorites") }.joinToString(",")
+        }
+    }
+
+    suspend fun setHomeCardDensity(density: String) {
+        context.dataStore.edit {
+            it[Keys.HOME_CARD_DENSITY] = density.takeIf { value -> value in setOf("compact", "standard", "large") }
+                ?: Settings.DEFAULT_HOME_CARD_DENSITY
+        }
+    }
+
+    suspend fun setShowHomeCardMetadata(show: Boolean) {
+        context.dataStore.edit { it[Keys.SHOW_HOME_CARD_METADATA] = show }
+    }
+
+    suspend fun setHomeCache(cache: HomeCache) {
+        context.dataStore.edit { preferences ->
+            val encodedCache = Json.encodeToString(cache)
+            preferences[Keys.HOME_CACHE] = encodedCache
+            val activeUserId = preferences[Keys.USER_ID]
+            val activeServer = preferences[Keys.SERVER_URL]
+            val profiles = profilesFrom(preferences).map { profile ->
+                if (profile.userId == activeUserId && profile.serverUrl == activeServer) {
+                    profile.copy(homeCacheJson = encodedCache)
+                } else {
+                    profile
+                }
+            }
+            if (profiles.isNotEmpty()) {
+                preferences[Keys.PROFILES] = Json.encodeToString(profiles)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun homeCache(settings: Settings): HomeCache? = settings.homeCacheJson?.let {
+        runCatching { Json.decodeFromString<HomeCache>(it) }.getOrNull()
+    }
+
+    /** Reads a one-shot snapshot of the current settings. */
+    suspend fun snapshot(): Settings = settingsFlow.first()
+
+    /** Returns the stable device id, generating and persisting one on first use. */
+    suspend fun ensureDeviceId(): String {
+        val existing = context.dataStore.data.first()[Keys.DEVICE_ID]
+        if (!existing.isNullOrBlank()) return existing
+        val generated = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
+        context.dataStore.edit { it[Keys.DEVICE_ID] = generated }
+        return generated
+    }
+
+    suspend fun saveSession(serverUrl: String, token: String, userId: String, username: String, serverId: String?) {
+        context.dataStore.edit { preferences ->
+            val profiles = profilesFrom(preferences).toMutableList()
+            val id = profileId(serverUrl, userId)
+            val previous = profiles.firstOrNull { it.id == id }
+            val profile = EmbyProfile(
+                id = id,
+                serverUrl = serverUrl,
+                token = token,
+                userId = userId,
+                username = username,
+                serverId = serverId,
+                homeCacheJson = previous?.homeCacheJson,
+            )
+            profiles.removeAll { it.id == id }
+            profiles.add(profile)
+            preferences[Keys.PROFILES] = Json.encodeToString(profiles)
+            applyProfile(preferences, profile)
+        }
+    }
+
+    suspend fun switchProfile(profile: EmbyProfile) {
+        context.dataStore.edit { preferences ->
+            val profiles = profilesFrom(preferences).toMutableList()
+            if (profiles.none { it.id == profile.id }) {
+                profiles.add(profile)
+                preferences[Keys.PROFILES] = Json.encodeToString(profiles)
+            }
+            applyProfile(preferences, profile)
+        }
+    }
+
+    suspend fun clearSession() {
+        context.dataStore.edit {
+            it.remove(Keys.SERVER_URL)
+            it.remove(Keys.TOKEN)
+            it.remove(Keys.USER_ID)
+            it.remove(Keys.SERVER_ID)
+            it.remove(Keys.LAST_BACKDROP_URL)
+            it.remove(Keys.HOME_CACHE)
+            it.remove(Keys.USERNAME)
+            // Intentionally keep DEVICE_ID stable across sign-outs.
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun applyProfile(preferences: MutablePreferences, profile: EmbyProfile) {
+        preferences[Keys.SERVER_URL] = profile.serverUrl
+        preferences[Keys.TOKEN] = profile.token
+        preferences[Keys.USER_ID] = profile.userId
+        preferences[Keys.USERNAME] = profile.username
+        if (profile.serverId.isNullOrBlank()) preferences.remove(Keys.SERVER_ID)
+        else preferences[Keys.SERVER_ID] = profile.serverId
+        if (profile.homeCacheJson.isNullOrBlank()) preferences.remove(Keys.HOME_CACHE)
+        else preferences[Keys.HOME_CACHE] = profile.homeCacheJson
+        preferences.remove(Keys.LAST_BACKDROP_URL)
+    }
+
+    private fun legacyProfile(preferences: Preferences): EmbyProfile? {
+        val serverUrl = preferences[Keys.SERVER_URL] ?: return null
+        val token = preferences[Keys.TOKEN] ?: return null
+        val userId = preferences[Keys.USER_ID] ?: return null
+        val username = preferences[Keys.USERNAME] ?: return null
+        return EmbyProfile(
+            id = profileId(serverUrl, userId),
+            serverUrl = serverUrl,
+            token = token,
+            userId = userId,
+            username = username,
+            serverId = preferences[Keys.SERVER_ID],
+            homeCacheJson = preferences[Keys.HOME_CACHE],
+        )
+    }
+
+    private fun decodeProfiles(value: String?): List<EmbyProfile> =
+        value?.let { runCatching { Json.decodeFromString<List<EmbyProfile>>(it) }.getOrNull() }.orEmpty()
+
+    private fun profilesFrom(preferences: Preferences): List<EmbyProfile> =
+        decodeProfiles(preferences[Keys.PROFILES]).ifEmpty {
+            legacyProfile(preferences)?.let(::listOf).orEmpty()
+        }
+
+    private fun profileId(serverUrl: String, userId: String): String = "${serverUrl.trimEnd('/')}::$userId"
+}
+
+/** The last successful home response, kept locally for instant launcher startup. */
+@Serializable
+data class HomeCache(
+    val continueWatching: List<com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val nextUp: List<com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val favorites: List<com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val latestMovies: List<com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    /**
+     * Server-composed rows, including recommendations, so a cold start redraws the exact
+     * home screen the gateway last sent. Defaulted, so a cache written by an older build
+     * still decodes.
+     */
+    val rows: List<com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.HomeRow> = emptyList(),
+)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/analytics/RowAnalytics.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/analytics/RowAnalytics.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d88d6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/analytics/RowAnalytics.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.analytics
+
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayRowEvent
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
+import java.util.Date
+import java.util.Locale
+import java.util.TimeZone
+
+/**
+ * Collects what the viewer actually looked at, one row at a time.
+ *
+ * Three signals, cheapest to strongest:
+ *
+ *  - **impression** — the row was composed, so it was on screen at least briefly.
+ *  - **focus** — the remote landed on it, with how long it stayed. This is the number
+ *    worth reading: it separates "a row scrolled past" from "a row someone browsed".
+ *  - **select** — something was opened from it.
+ *
+ * Events buffer in memory and are flushed in batches, because a D-pad generates focus
+ * changes far faster than anything should generate HTTP requests. Nothing here retries or
+ * persists: losing a batch to a crash costs a little telemetry and nothing else.
+ */
+class RowAnalytics(
+    private val now: () -> Long = System::currentTimeMillis,
+    private val maxBuffered: Int = 200,
+) {
+    private val lock = Any()
+    private val buffer = ArrayList<GatewayRowEvent>()
+    private val impressed = HashSet<String>()
+
+    private var focusedRowId: String? = null
+    private var focusedRowKind: String = ""
+    private var focusStartedAt: Long = 0
+
+    /** Records that a row was drawn. Repeats are ignored until [reset]. */
+    fun rowImpression(rowId: String, rowKind: String) {
+        synchronized(lock) {
+            if (!impressed.add(rowId)) return
+            add(GatewayRowEvent(rowId = rowId, rowKind = rowKind, event = EVENT_IMPRESSION, occurredAt = timestamp()))
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Records focus landing on [rowId]. Moving between cards inside one row extends that
+     * row's dwell rather than starting a new measurement — the viewer is still reading
+     * the same strip.
+     */
+    fun rowFocused(rowId: String, rowKind: String, itemId: String) {
+        synchronized(lock) {
+            if (focusedRowId == rowId) return
+            closeOpenFocus()
+            focusedRowId = rowId
+            focusedRowKind = rowKind
+            focusStartedAt = now()
+            // The impression may not have fired if the row was already on screen when
+            // this session's collector was created.
+            if (impressed.add(rowId)) {
+                add(GatewayRowEvent(rowId = rowId, rowKind = rowKind, event = EVENT_IMPRESSION, occurredAt = timestamp()))
+            }
+            lastFocusedItemId = itemId
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Records something being opened from a row. */
+    fun rowSelected(rowId: String, rowKind: String, itemId: String) {
+        synchronized(lock) {
+            add(
+                GatewayRowEvent(
+                    rowId = rowId,
+                    rowKind = rowKind,
+                    event = EVENT_SELECT,
+                    itemId = itemId,
+                    occurredAt = timestamp(),
+                ),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Closes the open focus measurement — call when leaving the home screen, or before a
+     * flush, so dwell is not lost while the viewer sits on one row.
+     */
+    fun endFocus() {
+        synchronized(lock) { closeOpenFocus() }
+    }
+
+    /** Returns everything buffered and clears it. */
+    fun drain(): List<GatewayRowEvent> = synchronized(lock) {
+        if (buffer.isEmpty()) return emptyList()
+        val events = buffer.toList()
+        buffer.clear()
+        events
+    }
+
+    fun hasPending(): Boolean = synchronized(lock) { buffer.isNotEmpty() }
+
+    /** Forgets which rows have been seen, e.g. after a profile switch. */
+    fun reset() {
+        synchronized(lock) {
+            buffer.clear()
+            impressed.clear()
+            focusedRowId = null
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var lastFocusedItemId: String = ""
+
+    private fun closeOpenFocus() {
+        val rowId = focusedRowId ?: return
+        val dwell = (now() - focusStartedAt).coerceAtLeast(0)
+        focusedRowId = null
+        // Sub-second glances are D-pad travel, not attention. Dropping them keeps the
+        // numbers meaningful and the batches small.
+        if (dwell < MIN_DWELL_MS) return
+        add(
+            GatewayRowEvent(
+                rowId = rowId,
+                rowKind = focusedRowKind,
+                event = EVENT_FOCUS,
+                itemId = lastFocusedItemId,
+                dwellMs = dwell,
+                occurredAt = timestamp(),
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** Caller already holds the lock. */
+    private fun add(event: GatewayRowEvent) {
+        // Drop oldest rather than grow without bound: if flushes are failing, recent
+        // engagement is the more useful half to keep.
+        if (buffer.size >= maxBuffered) buffer.removeAt(0)
+        buffer.add(event)
+    }
+
+    private fun timestamp(): String = iso8601.get()!!.format(Date(now()))
+
+    companion object {
+        const val EVENT_IMPRESSION = "impression"
+        const val EVENT_FOCUS = "focus"
+        const val EVENT_SELECT = "select"
+
+        /** Below this, a row was passed through rather than looked at. */
+        const val MIN_DWELL_MS = 400L
+
+        // SimpleDateFormat is not thread-safe and minSdk 23 rules out java.time.
+        private val iso8601 = object : ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat>() {
+            override fun initialValue(): SimpleDateFormat =
+                SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'", Locale.US).apply {
+                    timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")
+                }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/model/EmbyModels.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/model/EmbyModels.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..253e0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/model/EmbyModels.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
+data class AuthRequest(
+    @SerialName("Username") val username: String,
+    @SerialName("Pw") val pw: String,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class AuthResult(
+    @SerialName("User") val user: EmbyUser? = null,
+    @SerialName("AccessToken") val accessToken: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("ServerId") val serverId: String? = null,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class EmbyUser(
+    @SerialName("Id") val id: String,
+    @SerialName("Name") val name: String? = null,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class ItemsResult(
+    @SerialName("Items") val items: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    @SerialName("TotalRecordCount") val totalRecordCount: Int = 0,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class UserItemData(
+    @SerialName("IsFavorite") val isFavorite: Boolean = false,
+    @SerialName("Played") val played: Boolean = false,
+    @SerialName("PlaybackPositionTicks") val playbackPositionTicks: Long = 0,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class PlaybackReport(
+    @SerialName("ItemId") val itemId: String,
+    @SerialName("PositionTicks") val positionTicks: Long = 0,
+    @SerialName("IsPaused") val isPaused: Boolean = false,
+    @SerialName("IsMuted") val isMuted: Boolean = false,
+    @SerialName("CanSeek") val canSeek: Boolean = true,
+    @SerialName("PlayMethod") val playMethod: String = "DirectPlay",
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class Studio(
+    @SerialName("Name") val name: String = "",
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class MediaStream(
+    @SerialName("Type") val type: String = "",
+    @SerialName("Codec") val codec: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("Title") val title: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("Width") val width: Int? = null,
+    @SerialName("Height") val height: Int? = null,
+    @SerialName("VideoRange") val videoRange: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("VideoRangeType") val videoRangeType: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("Channels") val channels: Int? = null,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class BaseItem(
+    @SerialName("Id") val id: String,
+    @SerialName("Name") val name: String = "",
+    @SerialName("Type") val type: String = "",
+    @SerialName("Overview") val overview: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("Taglines") val taglines: List<String> = emptyList(),
+    @SerialName("ProductionYear") val productionYear: Int? = null,
+    @SerialName("OfficialRating") val officialRating: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("CommunityRating") val communityRating: Double? = null,
+    @SerialName("Studios") val studios: List<Studio> = emptyList(),
+    @SerialName("RunTimeTicks") val runTimeTicks: Long? = null,
+    @SerialName("Genres") val genres: List<String> = emptyList(),
+    @SerialName("MediaStreams") val mediaStreams: List<MediaStream> = emptyList(),
+    @SerialName("PrimaryImageAspectRatio") val primaryImageAspectRatio: Double? = null,
+    @SerialName("BackdropImageTags") val backdropImageTags: List<String> = emptyList(),
+    @SerialName("ImageTags") val imageTags: Map<String, String> = emptyMap(),
+    @SerialName("SeriesId") val seriesId: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("SeriesName") val seriesName: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("ParentBackdropItemId") val parentBackdropItemId: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("ParentBackdropImageTags") val parentBackdropImageTags: List<String> = emptyList(),
+    @SerialName("ParentLogoItemId") val parentLogoItemId: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("ParentLogoImageTag") val parentLogoImageTag: String? = null,
+    @SerialName("UserData") val userData: UserItemData? = null,
+) {
+    val isMovie: Boolean get() = type.equals("Movie", ignoreCase = true)
+    val isSeries: Boolean get() = type.equals("Series", ignoreCase = true)
+    val isEpisode: Boolean get() = type.equals("Episode", ignoreCase = true)
+    val isFavorite: Boolean get() = userData?.isFavorite == true
+
+    /** Runtime in whole minutes, or null when unknown. */
+    val runtimeMinutes: Int?
+        get() = runTimeTicks?.let { (it / 600_000_000L).toInt() }.takeIf { it != null && it > 0 }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/model/GatewayModels.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/model/GatewayModels.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f2db35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/model/GatewayModels.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+/**
+ * Wire types for the Memby gateway.
+ *
+ * Item payloads are deliberately still [BaseItem]: the gateway forwards Emby's item JSON
+ * untouched, so there is exactly one item schema in the system regardless of which
+ * backend the client is talking to.
+ */
+
+@Serializable
+data class GatewayLoginRequest(
+    val username: String,
+    val password: String,
+    val deviceId: String,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class GatewayLoginResponse(
+    val token: String = "",
+    val userId: String = "",
+    val username: String = "",
+    val serverId: String = "",
+)
+
+/**
+ * One horizontal strip, described entirely by the server.
+ *
+ * [kind] drives card shape and the empty-state wording on the client; [id] is the stable
+ * key Compose uses for the row. A server that starts sending a new row — a recommendation
+ * strip, a seasonal collection — needs no client release, as long as its kind is one the
+ * app already understands (unknown kinds fall back to poster cards).
+ *
+ * The same type is persisted in [com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.HomeCache], so a cold
+ * start redraws the exact rows the server last sent.
+ */
+@Serializable
+data class HomeRow(
+    val id: String,
+    val title: String,
+    val kind: String = "",
+    val items: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+)
+
+/** Everything the launcher renders, in one response. */
+@Serializable
+data class GatewayHome(
+    /** Server-composed rows, in display order. */
+    val rows: List<HomeRow> = emptyList(),
+    val continueWatching: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val nextUp: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val favorites: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val latestMovies: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    /** True when a row failed upstream; the rest of the payload is still usable. */
+    val partial: Boolean = false,
+)
+
+/** Response of `GET /v1/recommendations`. */
+@Serializable
+data class GatewayRows(
+    val rows: List<HomeRow> = emptyList(),
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class GatewayItems(
+    val items: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class GatewayPlayback(
+    val itemId: String,
+    val title: String = "",
+    val url: String,
+    val resumePositionMs: Long = 0,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class GatewayFlagRequest(
+    val value: Boolean,
+)
+
+/** One row-engagement event. See `data/analytics/RowAnalytics.kt`. */
+@Serializable
+data class GatewayRowEvent(
+    val rowId: String,
+    val rowKind: String = "",
+    val event: String,
+    val itemId: String = "",
+    val dwellMs: Long = 0,
+    val occurredAt: String = "",
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class GatewayRowEvents(
+    val events: List<GatewayRowEvent>,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class GatewayPlaybackReport(
+    val itemId: String,
+    val positionMs: Long,
+    val isPaused: Boolean = false,
+)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/EmbyApi.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/EmbyApi.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5277d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/EmbyApi.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remote
+
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.AuthRequest
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.AuthResult
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.ItemsResult
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.PlaybackReport
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.UserItemData
+import retrofit2.http.Body
+import retrofit2.http.DELETE
+import retrofit2.http.GET
+import retrofit2.http.POST
+import retrofit2.http.Path
+import retrofit2.http.Query
+import retrofit2.http.QueryMap
+
+interface EmbyApi {
+
+    @POST("Users/AuthenticateByName")
+    suspend fun authenticate(@Body body: AuthRequest): AuthResult
+
+    @GET("Users/{userId}/Items")
+    suspend fun getItems(
+        @Path("userId") userId: String,
+        @QueryMap params: Map<String, String>,
+    ): ItemsResult
+
+    @GET("Users/{userId}/Items/{itemId}")
+    suspend fun getItem(
+        @Path("userId") userId: String,
+        @Path("itemId") itemId: String,
+        @Query("Fields") fields: String,
+    ): com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+
+    @GET("Users/{userId}/Items/{itemId}/LocalTrailers")
+    suspend fun getLocalTrailers(
+        @Path("userId") userId: String,
+        @Path("itemId") itemId: String,
+    ): ItemsResult
+
+    @GET("Shows/NextUp")
+    suspend fun getNextUp(@QueryMap params: Map<String, String>): ItemsResult
+
+    @POST("Sessions/Playing")
+    suspend fun reportPlaybackStarted(@Body body: PlaybackReport)
+
+    @POST("Sessions/Playing/Progress")
+    suspend fun reportPlaybackProgress(@Body body: PlaybackReport)
+
+    @POST("Sessions/Playing/Stopped")
+    suspend fun reportPlaybackStopped(@Body body: PlaybackReport)
+
+    @GET("Shows/{seriesId}/Episodes")
+    suspend fun getEpisodes(
+        @Path("seriesId") seriesId: String,
+        @QueryMap params: Map<String, String>,
+    ): ItemsResult
+
+    @POST("Users/{userId}/FavoriteItems/{itemId}")
+    suspend fun addFavorite(
+        @Path("userId") userId: String,
+        @Path("itemId") itemId: String,
+    ): UserItemData
+
+    @DELETE("Users/{userId}/FavoriteItems/{itemId}")
+    suspend fun removeFavorite(
+        @Path("userId") userId: String,
+        @Path("itemId") itemId: String,
+    ): UserItemData
+
+    @POST("Users/{userId}/PlayedItems/{itemId}")
+    suspend fun markPlayed(
+        @Path("userId") userId: String,
+        @Path("itemId") itemId: String,
+    ): UserItemData
+
+    @DELETE("Users/{userId}/PlayedItems/{itemId}")
+    suspend fun markUnplayed(
+        @Path("userId") userId: String,
+        @Path("itemId") itemId: String,
+    ): UserItemData
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/EmbyServiceFactory.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/EmbyServiceFactory.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e00c904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/EmbyServiceFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remote
+
+import com.jakewharton.retrofit2.converter.kotlinx.serialization.asConverterFactory
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.BuildConfig
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import okhttp3.Interceptor
+import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaType
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
+import okhttp3.Response
+import okhttp3.logging.HttpLoggingInterceptor
+import retrofit2.Retrofit
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
+/** Builds a [EmbyApi] bound to a specific server base URL. */
+object EmbyServiceFactory {
+
+    private val json = Json {
+        ignoreUnknownKeys = true
+        coerceInputValues = true
+        isLenient = true
+    }
+
+    fun create(
+        baseUrl: String,
+        deviceIdProvider: () -> String,
+        tokenProvider: () -> String?,
+    ): EmbyApi {
+        val contentType = "application/json".toMediaType()
+
+        // Kept at NONE so access tokens (carried in the api_key query param and
+        // X-Emby-Token header) are never written to logs. Raise deliberately for
+        // local debugging only.
+        val logging = HttpLoggingInterceptor().apply {
+            level = HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.NONE
+            redactHeader("X-Emby-Token")
+            redactHeader("X-Emby-Authorization")
+        }
+
+        val client = OkHttpClient.Builder()
+            .connectTimeout(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            .readTimeout(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            .addInterceptor(EmbyAuthInterceptor(deviceIdProvider, tokenProvider))
+            .addInterceptor(logging)
+            .build()
+
+        return Retrofit.Builder()
+            .baseUrl(baseUrl.ensureTrailingSlash())
+            .client(client)
+            .addConverterFactory(json.asConverterFactory(contentType))
+            .build()
+            .create(EmbyApi::class.java)
+    }
+}
+
+/** Adds the Emby auth headers to every request. */
+private class EmbyAuthInterceptor(
+    private val deviceIdProvider: () -> String,
+    private val tokenProvider: () -> String?,
+) : Interceptor {
+    override fun intercept(chain: Interceptor.Chain): Response {
+        val deviceId = deviceIdProvider()
+        // Version comes from the build, so Emby's device list shows which release a TV
+        // is actually running.
+        val authHeader = "MediaBrowser Client=\"Memby\", " +
+            "Device=\"Android TV\", DeviceId=\"$deviceId\", Version=\"${BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME}\""
+
+        val builder = chain.request().newBuilder()
+            .header("X-Emby-Authorization", authHeader)
+            .header("Accept", "application/json")
+
+        tokenProvider()?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let {
+            builder.header("X-Emby-Token", it)
+        }
+        return chain.proceed(builder.build())
+    }
+}
+
+fun String.ensureTrailingSlash(): String = if (endsWith("/")) this else "$this/"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/GatewayApi.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/GatewayApi.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd61980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/GatewayApi.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remote
+
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayFlagRequest
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayHome
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayItems
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayLoginRequest
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayLoginResponse
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayPlayback
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayPlaybackReport
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayRowEvents
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayRows
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.UserItemData
+import retrofit2.http.Body
+import retrofit2.http.GET
+import retrofit2.http.POST
+import retrofit2.http.Path
+import retrofit2.http.Query
+
+/**
+ * The Memby gateway API.
+ *
+ * Note how much smaller this is than [EmbyApi]: work the client used to do — fanning out
+ * four home queries, picking an episode for a series, deciding which fields to request —
+ * now happens server-side, which is the entire point of the gateway.
+ */
+interface GatewayApi {
+
+    @POST("v1/auth/login")
+    suspend fun login(@Body body: GatewayLoginRequest): GatewayLoginResponse
+
+    @POST("v1/auth/logout")
+    suspend fun logout()
+
+    @GET("v1/home")
+    suspend fun home(@Query("limit") limit: Int): GatewayHome
+
+    @GET("v1/screensaver")
+    suspend fun screensaver(@Query("limit") limit: Int): GatewayItems
+
+    @GET("v1/search")
+    suspend fun search(@Query("q") term: String, @Query("limit") limit: Int): GatewayItems
+
+    /** Recommendation rows on their own. `/v1/home` already embeds these when warm. */
+    @GET("v1/recommendations")
+    suspend fun recommendations(): GatewayRows
+
+    @GET("v1/items/{id}")
+    suspend fun item(@Path("id") itemId: String): BaseItem
+
+    @GET("v1/items/{id}/playback")
+    suspend fun playback(@Path("id") itemId: String): GatewayPlayback
+
+    @GET("v1/items/{id}/trailer")
+    suspend fun trailer(@Path("id") itemId: String): BaseItem
+
+    @POST("v1/items/{id}/favorite")
+    suspend fun setFavorite(@Path("id") itemId: String, @Body body: GatewayFlagRequest): UserItemData
+
+    @POST("v1/items/{id}/played")
+    suspend fun setPlayed(@Path("id") itemId: String, @Body body: GatewayFlagRequest): UserItemData
+
+    @POST("v1/playback/{phase}")
+    suspend fun report(@Path("phase") phase: String, @Body body: GatewayPlaybackReport)
+
+    /** Row engagement, uploaded in batches. Fire-and-forget: failures are not retried. */
+    @POST("v1/analytics/rows")
+    suspend fun reportRowEvents(@Body body: GatewayRowEvents)
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/GatewayServiceFactory.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/GatewayServiceFactory.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fbcc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/GatewayServiceFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remote
+
+import com.jakewharton.retrofit2.converter.kotlinx.serialization.asConverterFactory
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import okhttp3.Interceptor
+import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaType
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
+import okhttp3.Response
+import retrofit2.Retrofit
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
+/** Builds a [GatewayApi] bound to a Memby gateway. */
+object GatewayServiceFactory {
+
+    private val json = Json {
+        ignoreUnknownKeys = true
+        coerceInputValues = true
+        isLenient = true
+        explicitNulls = false
+    }
+
+    fun create(baseUrl: String, tokenProvider: () -> String?): GatewayApi {
+        val contentType = "application/json".toMediaType()
+
+        val client = OkHttpClient.Builder()
+            .connectTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            // The gateway answers home from Redis in single-digit milliseconds; a long
+            // read timeout here only ever means Emby itself is struggling behind it.
+            .readTimeout(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            .addInterceptor(GatewayAuthInterceptor(tokenProvider))
+            .build()
+
+        return Retrofit.Builder()
+            .baseUrl(baseUrl.ensureTrailingSlash())
+            .client(client)
+            .addConverterFactory(json.asConverterFactory(contentType))
+            .build()
+            .create(GatewayApi::class.java)
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sends the gateway token as a bearer header. Image URLs cannot carry headers, so those
+ * are built with a `t=` query parameter instead (see EmbyRepository's URL helpers).
+ */
+private class GatewayAuthInterceptor(private val tokenProvider: () -> String?) : Interceptor {
+    override fun intercept(chain: Interceptor.Chain): Response {
+        val builder = chain.request().newBuilder().header("Accept", "application/json")
+        tokenProvider()?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let {
+            builder.header("Authorization", "Bearer $it")
+        }
+        return chain.proceed(builder.build())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/performance/PerformanceMonitor.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/performance/PerformanceMonitor.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7544bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/performance/PerformanceMonitor.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.performance
+
+import android.app.Activity
+import android.os.SystemClock
+import android.util.Log
+import androidx.metrics.performance.JankStats
+
+/** Debug-only frame telemetry. It does not alter rendering or app state. */
+object PerformanceMonitor {
+    private const val TAG = "EmbyClientPerf"
+    private var stats: JankStats? = null
+    private var frameCount = 0
+    private var jankCount = 0
+    private var totalFrameMs = 0L
+    private var windowStartedAt = 0L
+
+    fun start(activity: Activity) {
+        if (!com.ponzischeme89.memby.BuildConfig.DEBUG || stats != null) return
+        activity.window.decorView.post {
+            if (stats != null) return@post
+            windowStartedAt = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()
+            stats = JankStats.createAndTrack(activity.window) { frameData ->
+                frameCount++
+                totalFrameMs += frameData.frameDurationUiNanos / 1_000_000L
+                if (frameData.isJank) jankCount++
+                if (frameCount % 120 == 0) report("window")
+            }
+            Log.i(TAG, "tracking started")
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun mark(name: String) {
+        if (stats == null) return
+        report(name)
+        frameCount = 0
+        jankCount = 0
+        totalFrameMs = 0
+        windowStartedAt = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()
+    }
+
+    private fun report(name: String) {
+        if (frameCount == 0) return
+        val elapsed = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - windowStartedAt
+        Log.i(
+            TAG,
+            "$name frames=$frameCount jank=$jankCount avgUiMs=${totalFrameMs / frameCount} elapsedMs=$elapsed",
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/screensaver/MembyDreamService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/screensaver/MembyDreamService.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b059a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/screensaver/MembyDreamService.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.screensaver
+
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.os.Handler
+import android.os.Looper
+import android.service.dreams.DreamService
+import android.view.KeyEvent
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.ComposeView
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.ViewCompositionStrategy
+import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle
+import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner
+import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleRegistry
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelStore
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelStoreOwner
+import androidx.lifecycle.setViewTreeLifecycleOwner
+import androidx.lifecycle.setViewTreeViewModelStoreOwner
+import androidx.savedstate.SavedStateRegistry
+import androidx.savedstate.SavedStateRegistryController
+import androidx.savedstate.SavedStateRegistryOwner
+import androidx.savedstate.setViewTreeSavedStateRegistryOwner
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.player.PlayerActivity
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.screensaver.ScreensaverActions
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.screensaver.ScreensaverContent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyTheme
+
+/**
+ * The Android TV / Google TV system screensaver (Ambient mode source).
+ *
+ * Hosts the shared [ScreensaverContent] composable inside a [ComposeView]. Because
+ * a DreamService is not a ComponentActivity, we supply the ViewTree owners Compose
+ * requires via [DreamLifecycleOwner]. The saved Emby session is read from the shared
+ * repository/DataStore, so this works with no Activity running and after process death.
+ *
+ * D-pad navigation, panel toggling and OK-to-act are handled inside the composable
+ * (via Compose focus + key events). The remote's Play/Pause media key is intercepted
+ * here in [dispatchKeyEvent] and routed to the composable through [ScreensaverActions].
+ */
+class MembyDreamService : DreamService() {
+
+    private var owner: DreamLifecycleOwner? = null
+    private var composeView: ComposeView? = null
+    private val actions = ScreensaverActions()
+    private val mainHandler = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())
+
+    override fun onAttachedToWindow() {
+        super.onAttachedToWindow()
+
+        isFullscreen = true
+        isInteractive = true
+        isScreenBright = true
+
+        val lifecycleOwner = DreamLifecycleOwner().also { it.onCreate() }
+        owner = lifecycleOwner
+
+        composeView = ComposeView(this).apply {
+            setViewTreeLifecycleOwner(lifecycleOwner)
+            setViewTreeViewModelStoreOwner(lifecycleOwner)
+            setViewTreeSavedStateRegistryOwner(lifecycleOwner)
+            setViewCompositionStrategy(ViewCompositionStrategy.DisposeOnViewTreeLifecycleDestroyed)
+            setContent {
+                MembyTheme {
+                    ScreensaverContent(
+                        onPlay = { url, title -> launchPlayback(url, title) },
+                        onExit = { finish() },
+                        actions = actions,
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        setContentView(composeView)
+
+        lifecycleOwner.onStart()
+    }
+
+    override fun onDreamingStarted() {
+        super.onDreamingStarted()
+        owner?.onResume()
+    }
+
+    override fun onDreamingStopped() {
+        owner?.onPause()
+        super.onDreamingStopped()
+    }
+
+    override fun onDetachedFromWindow() {
+        // Cancels Compose coroutines (rotation timer, network calls) by disposing
+        // the composition, then tears down the owner and releases callbacks.
+        actions.playCurrent = null
+        mainHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null)
+        owner?.onDestroy()
+        owner = null
+        composeView = null
+        super.onDetachedFromWindow()
+    }
+
+    /** Route the hardware Play/Pause media key to the current item; delegate the rest. */
+    override fun dispatchKeyEvent(event: KeyEvent): Boolean {
+        if (event.action == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
+            when (event.keyCode) {
+                KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY,
+                KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE -> {
+                    actions.playCurrent?.invoke()
+                    return true
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Exit the dream, then start playback. Launching the player *after* the dream
+     * finishes (via a short main-thread post) avoids the "activity started behind
+     * the dream" race some TV builds exhibit. Uses the application context because
+     * this service is being torn down.
+     */
+    private fun launchPlayback(url: String, title: String) {
+        val intent = PlayerActivity.intent(applicationContext, url, title)
+            .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK)
+        finish()
+        mainHandler.postDelayed({
+            runCatching { applicationContext.startActivity(intent) }
+        }, 150)
+    }
+}
+
+/** Minimal owner bundle so Compose can run inside a DreamService window. */
+private class DreamLifecycleOwner : LifecycleOwner, ViewModelStoreOwner, SavedStateRegistryOwner {
+
+    private val lifecycleRegistry = LifecycleRegistry(this)
+    private val store = ViewModelStore()
+    private val savedStateController = SavedStateRegistryController.create(this)
+
+    override val lifecycle: Lifecycle get() = lifecycleRegistry
+    override val viewModelStore: ViewModelStore get() = store
+    override val savedStateRegistry: SavedStateRegistry get() = savedStateController.savedStateRegistry
+
+    fun onCreate() {
+        savedStateController.performRestore(null)
+        lifecycleRegistry.handleLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_CREATE)
+    }
+
+    fun onStart() = lifecycleRegistry.handleLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_START)
+    fun onResume() = lifecycleRegistry.handleLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_RESUME)
+    fun onPause() = lifecycleRegistry.handleLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_PAUSE)
+
+    fun onDestroy() {
+        // Only step down from whatever state we're in; guard against double-destroy.
+        if (lifecycleRegistry.currentState.isAtLeast(Lifecycle.State.STARTED)) {
+            lifecycleRegistry.handleLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_STOP)
+        }
+        lifecycleRegistry.handleLifecycleEvent(Lifecycle.Event.ON_DESTROY)
+        store.clear()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeComponents.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeComponents.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e901cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeComponents.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,1159 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui
+
+import androidx.compose.animation.animateColorAsState
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.animateDpAsState
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.animateFloatAsState
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.tween
+import androidx.compose.foundation.ExperimentalFoundationApi
+import androidx.compose.foundation.background
+import androidx.compose.foundation.border
+import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.focusGroup
+import androidx.compose.foundation.Image
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.BoxScope
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.PaddingValues
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.aspectRatio
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxHeight
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.requiredWidth
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.wrapContentSize
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyListState
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyRow
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.itemsIndexed
+import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.CircleShape
+import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberCoroutineScope
+import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.rememberSaveable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
+import androidx.compose.ui.ExperimentalComposeUiApi
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
+import androidx.compose.ui.draw.shadow
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.FocusRequester
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusProperties
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusRequester
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusRestorer
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.onFocusChanged
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Brush
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.graphicsLayer
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.vector.ImageVector
+import androidx.compose.ui.layout.ContentScale
+import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.onPreviewKeyEvent
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalDensity
+import androidx.compose.ui.res.painterResource
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.contentDescription
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.onLongClick
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.semantics
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Dp
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
+import androidx.compose.ui.zIndex
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.BrokenImage
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.CheckCircle
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.ChevronLeft
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.ChevronRight
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Favorite
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Home
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Movie
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Person
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Settings
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Tv
+import androidx.tv.material3.Icon
+import androidx.tv.material3.Button
+import androidx.tv.material3.Text
+import coil.compose.AsyncImage
+import coil.request.ImageRequest
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ServiceLocator
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.R
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+import java.util.Locale
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+
+private val EmbyGreen = Color(0xFF52B54B)
+private val RailSurface = Color(0xF20C0F12)
+private val MutedText = Color(0xFFB7BDC3)
+private val QuietText = Color(0xFF8C949B)
+internal val TvRailCollapsedWidth = 54.dp
+internal val TvRailExpandedWidth = 184.dp
+internal val TvRailContentShift = 112.dp
+
+enum class BrowseDestination(val label: String, val icon: ImageVector) {
+    HOME("Home", Icons.Default.Home),
+    MOVIES("Movies", Icons.Default.Movie),
+    SHOWS("TV Shows", Icons.Default.Tv),
+    FAVORITES("Favourites", Icons.Default.Favorite),
+    PROFILES("Switch user", Icons.Default.Person),
+    SETTINGS("Settings", Icons.Default.Settings),
+}
+
+enum class MediaRowKind { CONTINUE, NEXT_UP, MOVIES, SHOWS, FAVORITES }
+
+data class HomeBrowseRow(
+    val id: String,
+    val title: String,
+    val items: List<BaseItem>,
+    val kind: MediaRowKind,
+    val loading: Boolean = false,
+    val emptyMessage: String,
+    val showSecondaryMetadata: Boolean = true,
+)
+
+@Composable
+fun TvNavigationRail(
+    selected: BrowseDestination,
+    expanded: Boolean,
+    navigationFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    contentFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    onRailFocusChanged: (Boolean) -> Unit,
+    onDestinationSelected: (BrowseDestination) -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val railWidth by animateDpAsState(
+        targetValue = if (expanded) TvRailExpandedWidth else TvRailCollapsedWidth,
+        animationSpec = tween(160),
+        label = "navigation-rail-width",
+    )
+    Box(
+        modifier = modifier
+            .width(TvRailCollapsedWidth)
+            .fillMaxHeight()
+            .zIndex(8f),
+    ) {
+        Column(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                // The parent deliberately reports only the collapsed footprint to the
+                // home Row. requiredWidth lets the focused surface draw outward without
+                // remeasuring gallery cards or clipping their labels to 54dp.
+                .wrapContentSize(Alignment.TopStart, unbounded = true)
+                .requiredWidth(railWidth)
+                .fillMaxHeight()
+                .background(RailSurface)
+                .padding(horizontal = 5.dp, vertical = 15.dp),
+            horizontalAlignment = Alignment.Start,
+        ) {
+            Row(
+                modifier = Modifier.height(42.dp).padding(horizontal = 6.dp),
+                verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+                horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp),
+            ) {
+                Image(
+                    painter = painterResource(R.drawable.emby_logo),
+                    contentDescription = "Emby",
+                    modifier = Modifier.width(32.dp).height(27.dp),
+                )
+                if (expanded) {
+                    Text("Emby", color = Color.White, fontSize = 18.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold)
+                }
+            }
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(16.dp))
+            BrowseDestination.entries.forEach { destination ->
+                ExpandableNavigationItem(
+                    destination = destination,
+                    selected = destination == selected,
+                    expanded = expanded,
+                    modifier = if (destination == selected) Modifier.focusRequester(navigationFocusRequester) else Modifier,
+                    contentFocusRequester = contentFocusRequester,
+                    onFocused = { onRailFocusChanged(true) },
+                    onClick = { onDestinationSelected(destination) },
+                )
+                Spacer(Modifier.height(4.dp))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun ExpandableNavigationItem(
+    destination: BrowseDestination,
+    selected: Boolean,
+    expanded: Boolean,
+    contentFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    onFocused: () -> Unit,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    var focused by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    val background by animateColorAsState(
+        targetValue = when {
+            focused -> Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.13f)
+            selected -> EmbyGreen.copy(alpha = 0.10f)
+            else -> Color.Transparent
+        },
+        animationSpec = tween(85),
+        label = "navigation-item-background",
+    )
+    val foreground by animateColorAsState(
+        targetValue = when {
+            focused -> Color.White
+            selected -> EmbyGreen
+            else -> MutedText
+        },
+        animationSpec = tween(85),
+        label = "navigation-item-foreground",
+    )
+    Row(
+        modifier = modifier
+            .fillMaxWidth()
+            .height(44.dp)
+            .focusProperties { right = contentFocusRequester }
+            .onFocusChanged {
+                focused = it.isFocused
+                if (it.isFocused) onFocused()
+            }
+            .clip(RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
+            .background(background)
+            .clickable(onClick = onClick)
+            .semantics { contentDescription = destination.label }
+            .padding(horizontal = 8.dp),
+        verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+        horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp),
+    ) {
+        Box(Modifier.width(28.dp), contentAlignment = Alignment.Center) {
+            Icon(destination.icon, contentDescription = null, tint = foreground, modifier = Modifier.size(21.dp))
+            if (selected) {
+                Box(
+                    Modifier
+                        .align(Alignment.CenterStart)
+                        .width(2.dp)
+                        .height(18.dp)
+                        .background(EmbyGreen, RoundedCornerShape(2.dp)),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+        if (expanded) {
+            Text(
+                destination.label,
+                color = foreground,
+                fontSize = 15.sp,
+                fontWeight = if (focused || selected) FontWeight.SemiBold else FontWeight.Medium,
+                maxLines = 1,
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun BackdropLayer(item: BaseItem?, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val imageUrl = item?.let { repo.backdropUrl(it, 1280) ?: repo.primaryUrl(it, 960) }
+    var displayedUrl by remember { mutableStateOf(imageUrl) }
+    LaunchedEffect(imageUrl) {
+        if (displayedUrl == null) {
+            displayedUrl = imageUrl
+        } else {
+            delay(BACKDROP_SETTLE_DELAY_MS)
+            displayedUrl = imageUrl
+        }
+    }
+    val request = remember(displayedUrl, context) {
+        displayedUrl?.let {
+            ImageRequest.Builder(context)
+                .data(it)
+                .size(1280, 720)
+                .allowHardware(true)
+                .crossfade(false)
+                .build()
+        }
+    }
+    Box(modifier.background(Color(0xFF090B0D))) {
+        if (request != null) {
+            AsyncImage(
+                model = request,
+                contentDescription = null,
+                contentScale = ContentScale.Crop,
+                modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+            )
+        }
+        Box(
+            Modifier.fillMaxSize().background(
+                Brush.horizontalGradient(
+                    0f to Color(0xFF090B0D),
+                    0.58f to Color(0xE3090B0D),
+                    1f to Color(0xA6090B0D),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+        Box(
+            Modifier.fillMaxSize().background(
+                Brush.verticalGradient(
+                    0f to Color(0x73090B0D),
+                    0.66f to Color(0xD6090B0D),
+                    1f to Color(0xFF090B0D),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun MediaMetadataPanel(
+    item: BaseItem?,
+    loading: Boolean,
+    sectionLabel: String,
+    contentFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    navigationFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    onPlay: (BaseItem) -> Unit,
+    onContentFocused: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    Column(modifier) {
+        Box(Modifier.weight(1f)) {
+            when {
+                item == null && loading -> MetadataLoadingSkeleton()
+                item == null -> {
+                    Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp)) {
+                        Text(sectionLabel, color = QuietText, fontSize = 13.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
+                        Text("Your library", color = Color.White, fontSize = 30.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
+                        Text("Choose something to watch.", color = MutedText, fontSize = 16.sp)
+                    }
+                }
+                else -> MetadataContent(item, sectionLabel)
+            }
+        }
+        Button(
+            onClick = { item?.let(onPlay) },
+            enabled = item != null,
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .focusRequester(contentFocusRequester)
+                .focusProperties { left = navigationFocusRequester }
+                .onFocusChanged { if (it.isFocused) onContentFocused() },
+        ) {
+            val resumable = (item?.userData?.playbackPositionTicks ?: 0L) > 0L
+            Text(if (resumable) "▶  Resume" else "▶  Play")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun MetadataLoadingSkeleton() {
+    Column(
+        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(0.68f),
+        verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(11.dp),
+    ) {
+        SkeletonBlock(82.dp, 11.dp)
+        SkeletonBlock(360.dp, 30.dp)
+        SkeletonBlock(270.dp, 14.dp)
+        Spacer(Modifier.height(2.dp))
+        SkeletonBlock(520.dp, 13.dp)
+        SkeletonBlock(470.dp, 13.dp)
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun SkeletonBlock(width: Dp, height: Dp) {
+    Box(
+        Modifier
+            .width(width)
+            .height(height)
+            .clip(RoundedCornerShape(4.dp))
+            .background(Color(0xFF30363B)),
+    )
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun MediaDetailsOverlay(
+    item: BaseItem,
+    onPlay: (BaseItem) -> Unit,
+    onToggleFavorite: (BaseItem, Boolean) -> Unit,
+    onTogglePlayed: (BaseItem, Boolean) -> Unit,
+    onClose: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val firstAction = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    LaunchedEffect(item.id) { firstAction.requestFocus() }
+
+    Box(
+        modifier
+            .fillMaxSize()
+            .background(Color(0xFF090B0D)),
+    ) {
+        BackdropLayer(item, Modifier.fillMaxSize())
+        Box(
+            Modifier
+                .fillMaxSize()
+                .background(Color.Black.copy(alpha = 0.22f)),
+        )
+        Column(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .fillMaxHeight()
+                .fillMaxWidth(0.68f)
+                .padding(start = 72.dp, end = 36.dp, top = 60.dp, bottom = 48.dp),
+            verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center,
+        ) {
+            Text(
+                text = when {
+                    item.isMovie -> "MOVIE"
+                    item.isSeries -> "SERIES"
+                    item.isEpisode -> "EPISODE"
+                    else -> item.type.uppercase()
+                },
+                color = EmbyGreen,
+                fontSize = 13.sp,
+                fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
+                letterSpacing = 1.3.sp,
+            )
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(10.dp))
+            Text(
+                item.name,
+                color = Color.White,
+                fontSize = 38.sp,
+                lineHeight = 42.sp,
+                fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+                maxLines = 2,
+                overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+            )
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(10.dp))
+            val facts = listOfNotNull(
+                item.productionYear?.toString(),
+                item.runtimeMinutes?.let(::formatTvRuntime),
+                item.officialRating,
+                item.communityRating?.let { "★ ${String.format(Locale.US, "%.1f", it)}" },
+                item.genres.take(2).joinToString(" · ").takeIf(String::isNotBlank),
+            )
+            Text(
+                facts.joinToString("   •   "),
+                color = MutedText,
+                fontSize = 16.sp,
+                maxLines = 1,
+                overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+            )
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(16.dp))
+            Text(
+                item.overview?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank) ?: "No description available.",
+                color = Color(0xFFD8DCDF),
+                fontSize = 17.sp,
+                lineHeight = 23.sp,
+                maxLines = 4,
+                overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+            )
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(22.dp))
+            Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp)) {
+                Button(
+                    onClick = { onPlay(item) },
+                    modifier = Modifier.focusRequester(firstAction),
+                ) {
+                    val resumable = (item.userData?.playbackPositionTicks ?: 0L) > 0L
+                    Text(if (item.isSeries) "▶  Play next episode" else if (resumable) "▶  Resume" else "▶  Play")
+                }
+                Button(onClick = { onToggleFavorite(item, !item.isFavorite) }) {
+                    Text(if (item.isFavorite) "Remove favourite" else "Add favourite")
+                }
+                Button(onClick = { onTogglePlayed(item, item.userData?.played != true) }) {
+                    Text(if (item.userData?.played == true) "Mark unwatched" else "Mark watched")
+                }
+                Button(onClick = onClose) { Text("Close") }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun MediaQuickActionsOverlay(
+    item: BaseItem,
+    onSetFavorite: (BaseItem, Boolean) -> Unit,
+    onSetPlayed: (BaseItem, Boolean) -> Unit,
+    onClose: () -> Unit,
+) {
+    val firstAction = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    LaunchedEffect(item.id) { firstAction.requestFocus() }
+    Box(
+        Modifier
+            .fillMaxSize()
+            .background(Color.Black.copy(alpha = 0.72f)),
+        contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
+    ) {
+        Column(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .width(520.dp)
+                .clip(RoundedCornerShape(14.dp))
+                .background(Color(0xFF171B1F))
+                .border(1.dp, Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.10f), RoundedCornerShape(14.dp))
+                .padding(28.dp),
+            verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp),
+        ) {
+            Text("Quick actions", color = EmbyGreen, fontSize = 13.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold)
+            Text(
+                item.name,
+                color = Color.White,
+                fontSize = 25.sp,
+                fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+                maxLines = 2,
+                overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+            )
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(4.dp))
+            Button(
+                onClick = {
+                    onSetFavorite(item, !item.isFavorite)
+                    onClose()
+                },
+                modifier = Modifier.focusRequester(firstAction),
+            ) {
+                Text(if (item.isFavorite) "Clear from favourites" else "Add to favourites")
+            }
+            Button(
+                onClick = {
+                    onSetPlayed(item, item.userData?.played != true)
+                    onClose()
+                },
+            ) {
+                Text(if (item.userData?.played == true) "Mark unwatched" else "Mark watched")
+            }
+            Button(onClick = onClose) { Text("Cancel") }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun MetadataContent(item: BaseItem, sectionLabel: String) {
+    Column(
+        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+        verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(7.dp),
+    ) {
+        Text(sectionLabel.uppercase(), color = EmbyGreen, fontSize = 12.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold, letterSpacing = 1.2.sp)
+        Text(
+            item.seriesName?.takeIf { item.isEpisode } ?: item.name,
+            color = Color.White,
+            fontSize = 30.sp,
+            lineHeight = 34.sp,
+            fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+            maxLines = 1,
+            overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+        )
+        if (item.isEpisode && item.seriesName != null) {
+            Text(item.name, color = MutedText, fontSize = 16.sp, maxLines = 1, overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis)
+        }
+        val facts = buildList {
+            item.productionYear?.let { add(it.toString()) }
+            item.runtimeMinutes?.let { add(formatTvRuntime(it)) }
+            item.officialRating?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank)?.let(::add)
+            item.communityRating?.let { add("★ ${String.format(Locale.US, "%.1f", it)}") }
+            item.genres.take(2).takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }?.let { add(it.joinToString(" · ")) }
+        }
+        if (facts.isNotEmpty()) {
+            Text(facts.joinToString("   •   "), color = MutedText, fontSize = 14.sp, maxLines = 1, overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis)
+        }
+        val badges = mediaBadges(item)
+        if (badges.isNotEmpty()) {
+            Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(7.dp)) {
+                badges.forEach { MediaBadge(it) }
+            }
+        }
+        Text(
+            item.overview?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank) ?: "No description available.",
+            color = Color(0xFFD0D4D7),
+            fontSize = 15.sp,
+            lineHeight = 20.sp,
+            maxLines = 3,
+            overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(0.74f),
+        )
+        MetadataStatus(item)
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun MetadataStatus(item: BaseItem) {
+    val position = item.userData?.playbackPositionTicks ?: 0L
+    val runtime = item.runTimeTicks ?: 0L
+    val progress = if (runtime > 0) (position.toFloat() / runtime).coerceIn(0f, 1f) else 0f
+    Row(
+        verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+        horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(14.dp),
+    ) {
+        if (progress > 0f) {
+            Box(
+                Modifier.width(150.dp).height(4.dp).background(Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.22f), RoundedCornerShape(2.dp)),
+            ) {
+                Box(Modifier.fillMaxWidth(progress).height(4.dp).background(EmbyGreen, RoundedCornerShape(2.dp)))
+            }
+            Text("${(progress * 100).toInt()}% watched", color = MutedText, fontSize = 13.sp)
+        }
+        if (item.userData?.played == true) {
+            Icon(Icons.Default.CheckCircle, contentDescription = "Watched", tint = EmbyGreen, modifier = Modifier.size(17.dp))
+            Text("Watched", color = MutedText, fontSize = 13.sp)
+        }
+        if (item.isFavorite) {
+            Icon(Icons.Default.Favorite, contentDescription = "Favourite", tint = EmbyGreen, modifier = Modifier.size(17.dp))
+            Text("Favourite", color = MutedText, fontSize = 13.sp)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun MediaBadge(label: String, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
+    Text(
+        label,
+        color = Color(0xFFE4E7E9),
+        fontSize = 11.sp,
+        fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
+        modifier = modifier
+            .border(1.dp, Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.28f), RoundedCornerShape(4.dp))
+            .background(Color.Black.copy(alpha = 0.22f), RoundedCornerShape(4.dp))
+            .padding(horizontal = 6.dp, vertical = 2.dp),
+    )
+}
+
+internal fun mediaBadges(item: BaseItem): List<String> {
+    val video = item.mediaStreams.firstOrNull { it.type.equals("Video", true) }
+    val audio = item.mediaStreams.firstOrNull { it.type.equals("Audio", true) }
+    return buildList {
+        if ((video?.width ?: 0) >= 3_800) add("4K")
+        val range = listOfNotNull(video?.videoRange, video?.videoRangeType, video?.title).joinToString(" ").lowercase()
+        when {
+            "dolby vision" in range || "dovi" in range -> add("DOLBY VISION")
+            "hdr" in range -> add("HDR")
+        }
+        if (video?.codec.equals("hevc", true) || video?.codec.equals("h265", true)) add("HEVC")
+        if (audio?.title?.contains("atmos", true) == true) add("DOLBY ATMOS")
+    }.distinct()
+}
+
+@OptIn(ExperimentalFoundationApi::class, ExperimentalComposeUiApi::class)
+@Composable
+fun MediaRow(
+    row: HomeBrowseRow,
+    availableWidth: Dp,
+    navigationFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    contentEntryFocusRequester: FocusRequester?,
+    returnFocusItemId: String?,
+    returnFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    onContentFocused: () -> Unit,
+    onItemFocused: (BaseItem) -> Unit,
+    onItemSelected: (BaseItem) -> Unit,
+    onItemLongPressed: (BaseItem) -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val rowState = rememberSaveable(row.id, saver = LazyListState.Saver) { LazyListState() }
+    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
+    val pageSize = if (
+        row.items.firstOrNull()?.let { cardFormat(row.kind, it) } == MediaCardFormat.PORTRAIT
+    ) 6 else 4
+    Column(modifier, verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(6.dp)) {
+        Row(
+            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().padding(horizontal = 36.dp),
+            verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+        ) {
+            Text(
+                row.title,
+                color = Color(0xFFF1F3F4),
+                fontSize = 20.sp,
+                fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+            )
+            Spacer(Modifier.weight(1f))
+            if (row.items.isNotEmpty()) {
+                GalleryJumpButton(
+                    forward = false,
+                    enabled = rowState.firstVisibleItemIndex > 0,
+                    onClick = {
+                        val target = (rowState.firstVisibleItemIndex - pageSize).coerceAtLeast(0)
+                        scope.launch { rowState.scrollToItem(target) }
+                    },
+                )
+                Spacer(Modifier.width(8.dp))
+                GalleryJumpButton(
+                    forward = true,
+                    enabled = rowState.canScrollForward,
+                    onClick = {
+                        val target = (rowState.firstVisibleItemIndex + pageSize)
+                            .coerceAtMost(row.items.lastIndex)
+                        scope.launch { rowState.scrollToItem(target) }
+                    },
+                )
+            }
+        }
+        when {
+            row.items.isEmpty() && row.loading -> {
+                LazyRow(
+                    contentPadding = PaddingValues(horizontal = 36.dp, vertical = 9.dp),
+                    horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(16.dp),
+                ) {
+                    items(5) {
+                        TvLoadingPlaceholder(
+                            portrait = row.kind in setOf(MediaRowKind.MOVIES, MediaRowKind.SHOWS),
+                            availableWidth = availableWidth,
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            row.items.isEmpty() -> {
+                Text(
+                    row.emptyMessage,
+                    color = QuietText,
+                    fontSize = 14.sp,
+                    modifier = Modifier.padding(horizontal = 36.dp, vertical = 18.dp),
+                )
+            }
+            else -> {
+                LazyRow(
+                    state = rowState,
+                    contentPadding = PaddingValues(horizontal = 36.dp, vertical = 10.dp),
+                    horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(16.dp),
+                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().focusGroup().focusRestorer(),
+                ) {
+                    itemsIndexed(
+                        row.items,
+                        key = { _, item -> item.id },
+                        contentType = { _, item -> if (cardFormat(row.kind, item) == MediaCardFormat.PORTRAIT) "portrait" else "landscape" },
+                    ) { index, item ->
+                        var cardModifier: Modifier = Modifier
+                        if (index == 0) {
+                            cardModifier = cardModifier.focusProperties { left = navigationFocusRequester }
+                            if (contentEntryFocusRequester != null) {
+                                cardModifier = cardModifier.focusRequester(contentEntryFocusRequester)
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (item.id == returnFocusItemId) {
+                            cardModifier = cardModifier.focusRequester(returnFocusRequester)
+                        }
+                        val focused: () -> Unit = {
+                            onContentFocused()
+                            onItemFocused(item)
+                        }
+                        when (cardFormat(row.kind, item)) {
+                            MediaCardFormat.PORTRAIT -> PortraitMediaCard(
+                                item, availableWidth, row.showSecondaryMetadata, focused,
+                                { onItemSelected(item) }, { onItemLongPressed(item) }, cardModifier,
+                            )
+                            MediaCardFormat.LANDSCAPE -> if (row.kind == MediaRowKind.CONTINUE) {
+                                ContinueWatchingCard(
+                                    item, availableWidth, row.showSecondaryMetadata, focused,
+                                    { onItemSelected(item) }, { onItemLongPressed(item) }, cardModifier,
+                                )
+                            } else {
+                                LandscapeMediaCard(
+                                    item, availableWidth, row.showSecondaryMetadata, focused,
+                                    { onItemSelected(item) }, { onItemLongPressed(item) }, cardModifier,
+                                )
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun GalleryJumpButton(
+    forward: Boolean,
+    enabled: Boolean,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+) {
+    FocusScaleContainer(
+        onFocused = {},
+        onClick = { if (enabled) onClick() },
+        onLongClick = null,
+        contentDescription = if (forward) "Next page" else "Previous page",
+        modifier = Modifier.width(42.dp).height(36.dp),
+    ) { focused ->
+        Box(
+            Modifier
+                .fillMaxSize()
+                .clip(RoundedCornerShape(7.dp))
+                .background(
+                    when {
+                        focused -> Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.16f)
+                        enabled -> Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.08f)
+                        else -> Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.03f)
+                    },
+                ),
+            contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
+        ) {
+            Icon(
+                imageVector = if (forward) Icons.Default.ChevronRight else Icons.Default.ChevronLeft,
+                contentDescription = null,
+                tint = if (enabled) Color.White else QuietText.copy(alpha = 0.45f),
+                modifier = Modifier.size(23.dp),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private enum class MediaCardFormat { PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE }
+
+private fun cardFormat(kind: MediaRowKind, item: BaseItem): MediaCardFormat = when {
+    kind == MediaRowKind.CONTINUE || kind == MediaRowKind.NEXT_UP -> MediaCardFormat.LANDSCAPE
+    item.isEpisode -> MediaCardFormat.LANDSCAPE
+    else -> MediaCardFormat.PORTRAIT
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun PortraitMediaCard(
+    item: BaseItem,
+    availableWidth: Dp,
+    showSecondaryMetadata: Boolean,
+    onFocused: () -> Unit,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+    onLongClick: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val width = (availableWidth / 6.8f).coerceIn(116.dp, 184.dp)
+    MediaCard(
+        item, width, 2f / 3f, preferPrimary = true, showProgress = false,
+        showSecondaryMetadata, onFocused, onClick, onLongClick, modifier,
+    )
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun LandscapeMediaCard(
+    item: BaseItem,
+    availableWidth: Dp,
+    showSecondaryMetadata: Boolean,
+    onFocused: () -> Unit,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+    onLongClick: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val width = (availableWidth / 4.25f).coerceIn(184.dp, 316.dp)
+    MediaCard(
+        item, width, 16f / 9f, preferPrimary = false, showProgress = false,
+        showSecondaryMetadata, onFocused, onClick, onLongClick, modifier,
+    )
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun ContinueWatchingCard(
+    item: BaseItem,
+    availableWidth: Dp,
+    showSecondaryMetadata: Boolean,
+    onFocused: () -> Unit,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+    onLongClick: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val width = (availableWidth / 4.25f).coerceIn(184.dp, 316.dp)
+    MediaCard(
+        item, width, 16f / 9f, preferPrimary = false, showProgress = true,
+        showSecondaryMetadata, onFocused, onClick, onLongClick, modifier,
+    )
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun MediaCard(
+    item: BaseItem,
+    width: Dp,
+    aspectRatio: Float,
+    preferPrimary: Boolean,
+    showProgress: Boolean,
+    showSecondaryMetadata: Boolean,
+    onFocused: () -> Unit,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+    onLongClick: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier,
+) {
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val density = LocalDensity.current
+    val widthPx = with(density) { width.roundToPx() }.coerceIn(180, 720)
+    val heightPx = (widthPx / aspectRatio).toInt().coerceAtLeast(1)
+    val image = remember(item.id, widthPx, preferPrimary) {
+        if (preferPrimary) {
+            repo.primaryUrl(item, widthPx)?.let { it to ContentScale.Fit }
+                ?: repo.backdropUrl(item, widthPx)?.let { it to ContentScale.Crop }
+        } else {
+            repo.backdropUrl(item, widthPx)?.let { it to ContentScale.Crop }
+                ?: repo.primaryUrl(item, widthPx)?.let { it to ContentScale.Fit }
+        }
+    }
+    val imageUrl = image?.first
+    val position = item.userData?.playbackPositionTicks ?: 0L
+    val runtime = item.runTimeTicks ?: 0L
+    val progress = if (runtime > 0L) (position.toFloat() / runtime).coerceIn(0f, 1f) else 0f
+    var failed by remember(item.id, imageUrl) { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var loading by remember(item.id, imageUrl) { mutableStateOf(imageUrl != null) }
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val imageRequest = remember(imageUrl, widthPx, heightPx, context) {
+        imageUrl?.let {
+            ImageRequest.Builder(context)
+                .data(it)
+                .size(widthPx, heightPx)
+                .allowHardware(true)
+                .crossfade(false)
+                .build()
+        }
+    }
+    FocusScaleContainer(
+        onFocused = onFocused,
+        onClick = onClick,
+        onLongClick = onLongClick,
+        contentDescription = cardDescription(item, progress),
+        modifier = modifier.width(width),
+    ) { focused ->
+        Column {
+            Box(
+                Modifier
+                    .width(width)
+                    .aspectRatio(aspectRatio)
+                    .then(
+                        if (focused) Modifier.shadow(7.dp, RoundedCornerShape(9.dp))
+                        else Modifier,
+                    )
+                    .clip(RoundedCornerShape(9.dp))
+                    .background(Color(0xFF20252A))
+                    .border(
+                        2.dp,
+                        if (focused) Color.White else Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.07f),
+                        RoundedCornerShape(9.dp),
+                    ),
+                contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
+            ) {
+                if (loading) {
+                    ArtworkLoadingSkeleton(Modifier.fillMaxSize())
+                }
+                if (imageRequest != null) {
+                    AsyncImage(
+                        model = imageRequest,
+                        contentDescription = null,
+                        contentScale = image?.second ?: ContentScale.Crop,
+                        onLoading = { loading = true },
+                        onSuccess = {
+                            failed = false
+                            loading = false
+                        },
+                        onError = {
+                            failed = true
+                            loading = false
+                        },
+                        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+                    )
+                }
+                if (imageUrl == null || failed) {
+                    Icon(
+                        Icons.Default.BrokenImage,
+                        contentDescription = "Artwork unavailable",
+                        tint = QuietText,
+                        modifier = Modifier.size(30.dp),
+                    )
+                }
+                if (showProgress && progress > 0f) {
+                    Box(
+                        Modifier.align(Alignment.BottomCenter).fillMaxWidth().height(5.dp)
+                            .background(Color.Black.copy(alpha = 0.65f)),
+                    ) {
+                        Box(Modifier.fillMaxWidth(progress).height(5.dp).background(EmbyGreen))
+                    }
+                }
+                if (item.userData?.played == true || item.isFavorite) {
+                    Column(
+                        modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.TopEnd).padding(8.dp),
+                        verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(5.dp),
+                    ) {
+                        if (item.userData?.played == true) {
+                            Icon(
+                                Icons.Default.CheckCircle,
+                                contentDescription = "Watched",
+                                tint = EmbyGreen,
+                                modifier = Modifier.size(19.dp),
+                            )
+                        }
+                        if (item.isFavorite) {
+                            Icon(
+                                Icons.Default.Favorite,
+                                contentDescription = "Favourite",
+                                tint = EmbyGreen,
+                                modifier = Modifier.size(19.dp),
+                            )
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Text(
+                item.name,
+                color = if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFFD1D5D8),
+                fontSize = 14.sp,
+                fontWeight = if (focused) FontWeight.SemiBold else FontWeight.Medium,
+                maxLines = 1,
+                overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+                modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 7.dp).fillMaxWidth(),
+            )
+            if (showSecondaryMetadata) {
+                Text(
+                    cardSubtitle(item, showProgress, position),
+                    color = QuietText,
+                    fontSize = 12.sp,
+                    maxLines = 1,
+                    overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+                    modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 2.dp).fillMaxWidth(),
+                )
+            } else {
+                Spacer(Modifier.height(3.dp))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun FocusScaleContainer(
+    onFocused: () -> Unit,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+    onLongClick: (() -> Unit)? = null,
+    contentDescription: String,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+    content: @Composable BoxScope.(focused: Boolean) -> Unit,
+) {
+    var focused by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var remoteLongPressHandled by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    val scale by animateFloatAsState(
+        targetValue = if (focused) 1.025f else 1f,
+        animationSpec = tween(95),
+        label = "media-card-focus",
+    )
+    Box(
+        modifier = modifier
+            .zIndex(if (focused) 1f else 0f)
+            .then(
+                if (focused || scale != 1f) {
+                    Modifier.graphicsLayer {
+                        scaleX = scale
+                        scaleY = scale
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    Modifier
+                },
+            )
+            .onFocusChanged {
+                focused = it.isFocused
+                if (it.isFocused) onFocused()
+            }
+            .then(
+                if (onLongClick != null) {
+                    Modifier
+                        .onPreviewKeyEvent { event ->
+                            val native = event.nativeKeyEvent
+                            val activationKey = native.keyCode == android.view.KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER ||
+                                native.keyCode == android.view.KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER ||
+                                native.keyCode == android.view.KeyEvent.KEYCODE_NUMPAD_ENTER
+                            when {
+                                activationKey &&
+                                    native.action == android.view.KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN &&
+                                    native.repeatCount > 0 &&
+                                    !remoteLongPressHandled -> {
+                                    remoteLongPressHandled = true
+                                    onLongClick()
+                                    true
+                                }
+                                activationKey &&
+                                    native.action == android.view.KeyEvent.ACTION_UP &&
+                                    remoteLongPressHandled -> {
+                                    remoteLongPressHandled = false
+                                    true
+                                }
+                                else -> false
+                            }
+                        }
+                        .clickable(onClick = onClick)
+                } else {
+                    Modifier.clickable(onClick = onClick)
+                },
+            )
+            .semantics(mergeDescendants = true) {
+                this.contentDescription = contentDescription
+                if (onLongClick != null) {
+                    onLongClick("Quick actions") {
+                        onLongClick()
+                        true
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+        content = { content(focused) },
+    )
+}
+
+@Composable
+fun TvLoadingPlaceholder(
+    portrait: Boolean,
+    availableWidth: Dp,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val width = if (portrait) {
+        (availableWidth / 6.8f).coerceIn(116.dp, 184.dp)
+    } else {
+        (availableWidth / 4.25f).coerceIn(184.dp, 316.dp)
+    }
+    Column(modifier.width(width)) {
+        Box(
+            Modifier
+                .width(width)
+                .aspectRatio(if (portrait) 2f / 3f else 16f / 9f)
+                .clip(RoundedCornerShape(9.dp)),
+        ) {
+            ArtworkLoadingSkeleton(Modifier.fillMaxSize())
+        }
+        Spacer(Modifier.height(8.dp))
+        SkeletonBlock(width * 0.72f, 11.dp)
+        Spacer(Modifier.height(5.dp))
+        SkeletonBlock(width * 0.48f, 8.dp)
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun ArtworkLoadingSkeleton(modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
+    Box(
+        modifier.background(
+            Brush.linearGradient(
+                colors = listOf(
+                    Color(0xFF20262B),
+                    Color(0xFF343B41),
+                    Color(0xFF20262B),
+                ),
+            ),
+        ),
+    )
+}
+
+private const val BACKDROP_SETTLE_DELAY_MS = 240L
+
+private fun cardSubtitle(item: BaseItem, showProgress: Boolean, positionTicks: Long): String = when {
+    showProgress && positionTicks > 0L -> "Resume at ${formatTvPosition(positionTicks)}"
+    item.isEpisode -> item.seriesName ?: "Up next"
+    item.productionYear != null && item.runtimeMinutes != null ->
+        "${item.productionYear}  •  ${formatTvRuntime(requireNotNull(item.runtimeMinutes))}"
+    item.productionYear != null -> item.productionYear.toString()
+    item.isSeries -> "Series"
+    else -> item.type
+}
+
+private fun cardDescription(item: BaseItem, progress: Float): String = buildString {
+    append(item.name)
+    item.seriesName?.let { append(", ").append(it) }
+    if (progress > 0f) append(", ${(progress * 100).toInt()} percent watched")
+    if (item.userData?.played == true) append(", watched")
+    if (item.isFavorite) append(", favourite")
+}
+
+private fun formatTvRuntime(minutes: Int): String {
+    val hours = minutes / 60
+    val remainder = minutes % 60
+    return when {
+        hours > 0 && remainder > 0 -> "${hours}h ${remainder}m"
+        hours > 0 -> "${hours}h"
+        else -> "${remainder}m"
+    }
+}
+
+private fun formatTvPosition(ticks: Long): String {
+    val minutes = (ticks / 600_000_000L).toInt().coerceAtLeast(0)
+    return formatTvRuntime(minutes)
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeViewModel.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b024f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeViewModel.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui
+
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
+import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.EmbyRepository
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.HomeCache
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.analytics.RowAnalytics
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.friendlyEmbyError
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.isMaintenanceError
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.HomeRow
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.UserItemData
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.coroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.update
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
+import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.withLock
+
+enum class HomeSection { CONTINUE, NEXT_UP, FAVORITES, LATEST }
+
+data class HomeUiState(
+    val continueWatching: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val nextUp: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val favorites: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    val latestMovies: List<BaseItem> = emptyList(),
+    /**
+     * Rows as composed by the gateway, including recommendation strips. Empty on the
+     * direct-to-Emby path, where the client composes rows itself.
+     */
+    val rows: List<HomeRow> = emptyList(),
+    val loading: Set<HomeSection> = HomeSection.entries.toSet(),
+    val hasRefreshError: Boolean = false,
+    /**
+     * A message worth showing above the rows. Null means "use the generic
+     * slow-connection wording".
+     */
+    val statusMessage: String? = null,
+    /**
+     * Set when the gateway reports a deliberate outage. Distinct from [statusMessage]
+     * because this replaces the whole content area rather than adding a banner — the
+     * rows behind it would be stale and unusable anyway.
+     */
+    val maintenanceMessage: String? = null,
+) {
+    val watchingAndNextUp: List<BaseItem>
+        get() = (continueWatching + nextUp).distinctBy(BaseItem::id)
+
+    fun toCache() = HomeCache(
+        continueWatching = continueWatching,
+        nextUp = nextUp,
+        favorites = favorites,
+        latestMovies = latestMovies,
+        rows = rows,
+    )
+
+    companion object {
+        fun from(cache: HomeCache?) = HomeUiState(
+            continueWatching = cache?.continueWatching.orEmpty(),
+            nextUp = cache?.nextUp.orEmpty(),
+            favorites = cache?.favorites.orEmpty(),
+            latestMovies = cache?.latestMovies.orEmpty(),
+            rows = cache?.rows.orEmpty(),
+            loading = buildSet {
+                if (cache?.continueWatching.isNullOrEmpty()) add(HomeSection.CONTINUE)
+                if (cache?.nextUp.isNullOrEmpty()) add(HomeSection.NEXT_UP)
+                if (cache?.favorites.isNullOrEmpty()) add(HomeSection.FAVORITES)
+                if (cache?.latestMovies.isNullOrEmpty()) add(HomeSection.LATEST)
+            },
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+class HomeViewModel(private val repository: EmbyRepository) : ViewModel() {
+    private val refreshMutex = Mutex()
+    private val _state = MutableStateFlow(HomeUiState.from(repository.cachedHome()))
+    val state: StateFlow<HomeUiState> = _state.asStateFlow()
+    private val _focusedItem = MutableStateFlow<BaseItem?>(initialFocusedItem(_state.value))
+    val focusedItem: StateFlow<BaseItem?> = _focusedItem.asStateFlow()
+    private var metadataJob: Job? = null
+    private val metadataCache = object : LinkedHashMap<String, BaseItem>(32, 0.75f, true) {
+        override fun removeEldestEntry(eldest: MutableMap.MutableEntry<String, BaseItem>?): Boolean = size > 32
+    }
+
+    /** Row engagement, buffered here and uploaded in batches. */
+    private val analytics = RowAnalytics()
+
+    init {
+        refreshAll()
+        viewModelScope.launch {
+            repository.playbackStops.collect { refreshWatching() }
+        }
+        viewModelScope.launch {
+            // A D-pad produces focus changes far faster than anything should produce
+            // HTTP requests, so engagement is uploaded on a slow drumbeat instead.
+            while (true) {
+                delay(ANALYTICS_FLUSH_INTERVAL_MS)
+                flushAnalytics()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun trackRowImpression(rowId: String, rowKind: String) = analytics.rowImpression(rowId, rowKind)
+
+    fun trackRowFocused(rowId: String, rowKind: String, itemId: String) =
+        analytics.rowFocused(rowId, rowKind, itemId)
+
+    fun trackRowSelected(rowId: String, rowKind: String, itemId: String) =
+        analytics.rowSelected(rowId, rowKind, itemId)
+
+    /**
+     * Closes the open dwell measurement and uploads. Called on a timer and when the home
+     * screen stops, so time spent sitting on one row is not lost.
+     */
+    fun flushAnalytics() {
+        analytics.endFocus()
+        repository.reportRowEvents(analytics.drain())
+    }
+
+    fun refreshAll() {
+        viewModelScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
+            refreshMutex.withLock {
+                _state.update { it.copy(loading = HomeSection.entries.toSet(), hasRefreshError = false) }
+                if (repository.supportsBatchHome) {
+                    loadBatchHome()
+                } else {
+                    coroutineScope {
+                        launch { loadContinueWatching() }
+                        launch { loadNextUp() }
+                        launch { loadFavorites() }
+                        launch { loadLatest() }
+                    }
+                }
+                persistCurrentHome()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The gateway returns every row in one response, so the four-way fan-out collapses
+     * into a single request and the rows can no longer arrive out of step with each other.
+     */
+    private suspend fun loadBatchHome() {
+        runCatching { repository.getHome() }
+            .onSuccess { home ->
+                _state.update { current ->
+                    current.copy(
+                        continueWatching = home.continueWatching,
+                        nextUp = home.nextUp,
+                        favorites = home.favorites,
+                        latestMovies = home.latestMovies,
+                        // Recommendation rows are built in the background by the gateway,
+                        // so an early response can arrive without them. Keeping the rows
+                        // we already had stops the strip flickering out and back in.
+                        rows = home.rows.ifEmpty { current.rows },
+                        loading = emptySet(),
+                        hasRefreshError = home.partial,
+                        statusMessage = null,
+                        // A successful response is the only thing that clears the
+                        // maintenance screen, so a retry that fails keeps it up.
+                        maintenanceMessage = null,
+                    )
+                }
+                if (_focusedItem.value == null) {
+                    initialFocusedItem(_state.value)?.let(::focusItem)
+                }
+            }
+            .onFailure { error ->
+                val maintenance = isMaintenanceError(error)
+                _state.update {
+                    it.copy(
+                        loading = emptySet(),
+                        hasRefreshError = true,
+                        statusMessage = null,
+                        maintenanceMessage = if (maintenance) friendlyEmbyError(error) else null,
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates local metadata immediately, then enriches it only after focus settles.
+     * Cancelling the previous job prevents stale responses from winning rapid D-pad navigation.
+     */
+    fun focusItem(item: BaseItem) {
+        val cached = synchronized(metadataCache) { metadataCache[item.id] }
+        _focusedItem.value = cached ?: item
+        metadataJob?.cancel()
+        if (cached != null) return
+        metadataJob = viewModelScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
+            delay(FOCUS_METADATA_DEBOUNCE_MS)
+            val details = runCatching { repository.getItemDetails(item.id) }.getOrNull() ?: return@launch
+            synchronized(metadataCache) { metadataCache[item.id] = details }
+            if (_focusedItem.value?.id == item.id) {
+                _focusedItem.value = details
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun setFavorite(item: BaseItem, favorite: Boolean) {
+        updateFavorite(item, favorite)
+        viewModelScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
+            runCatching { repository.setFavorite(item.id, favorite) }
+                .onSuccess { confirmed ->
+                    updateFavorite(item, confirmed)
+                }
+                .onFailure {
+                    updateFavorite(item, !favorite)
+                }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun updateFavorite(item: BaseItem, favorite: Boolean) {
+        updateUserData(item.id) { it.copy(isFavorite = favorite) }
+        _state.update { state ->
+            val updatedItem = item.copy(
+                userData = (item.userData ?: UserItemData()).copy(isFavorite = favorite),
+            )
+            state.copy(
+                favorites = if (favorite) {
+                    (state.favorites + updatedItem).distinctBy(BaseItem::id)
+                } else {
+                    state.favorites.filterNot { it.id == item.id }
+                },
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun setPlayed(item: BaseItem, played: Boolean) {
+        updateUserData(item.id) {
+            it.copy(
+                played = played,
+                playbackPositionTicks = if (played) 0L else it.playbackPositionTicks,
+            )
+        }
+        viewModelScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
+            runCatching { repository.setPlayed(item.id, played) }
+                .onSuccess { confirmed ->
+                    updateUserData(item.id) { it.copy(played = confirmed) }
+                }
+                .onFailure {
+                    updateUserData(item.id) { it.copy(played = !played) }
+                }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun updateUserData(itemId: String, transform: (UserItemData) -> UserItemData) {
+        fun BaseItem.updated(): BaseItem =
+            if (id == itemId) copy(userData = transform(userData ?: UserItemData())) else this
+
+        _state.update {
+            it.copy(
+                continueWatching = it.continueWatching.map(BaseItem::updated),
+                nextUp = it.nextUp.map(BaseItem::updated),
+                favorites = it.favorites.map(BaseItem::updated),
+                latestMovies = it.latestMovies.map(BaseItem::updated),
+                // Server rows hold their own copies of the same items, so an optimistic
+                // favourite/watched toggle has to reach into them too or the heart on a
+                // recommendation card would not light up.
+                rows = it.rows.map { row -> row.copy(items = row.items.map(BaseItem::updated)) },
+            )
+        }
+        _focusedItem.update { it?.updated() }
+        synchronized(metadataCache) {
+            metadataCache[itemId]?.let { metadataCache[itemId] = it.updated() }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun refreshWatching() {
+        refreshMutex.withLock {
+            _state.update { it.copy(loading = it.loading + setOf(HomeSection.CONTINUE, HomeSection.NEXT_UP)) }
+            if (repository.supportsBatchHome) {
+                // One request is cheaper than two here as well, and playback just
+                // invalidated this user's rows on the gateway anyway.
+                loadBatchHome()
+            } else {
+                coroutineScope {
+                    launch { loadContinueWatching(clearLoading = false) }
+                    launch { loadNextUp(clearLoading = false) }
+                }
+            }
+            _state.update { it.copy(loading = it.loading - setOf(HomeSection.CONTINUE, HomeSection.NEXT_UP)) }
+            persistCurrentHome()
+        }
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun loadContinueWatching(clearLoading: Boolean = true) =
+        load(HomeSection.CONTINUE, clearLoading, { repository.getContinueWatching() }) { state, items ->
+            state.copy(continueWatching = items)
+        }
+
+    private suspend fun loadNextUp(clearLoading: Boolean = true) =
+        load(HomeSection.NEXT_UP, clearLoading, { repository.getNextUp() }) { state, items ->
+            state.copy(nextUp = items)
+        }
+
+    private suspend fun loadFavorites() =
+        load(HomeSection.FAVORITES, true, { repository.getFavorites() }) { state, items ->
+            state.copy(favorites = items)
+        }
+
+    private suspend fun loadLatest() =
+        load(HomeSection.LATEST, true, { repository.getLatestMovies() }) { state, items ->
+            state.copy(latestMovies = items)
+        }
+
+    private suspend fun load(
+        section: HomeSection,
+        clearLoading: Boolean,
+        request: suspend () -> List<BaseItem>,
+        updateItems: (HomeUiState, List<BaseItem>) -> HomeUiState,
+    ) {
+        runCatching { request() }
+            .onSuccess { items ->
+                _state.update { current ->
+                    updateItems(current, items).let {
+                        if (clearLoading) it.copy(loading = it.loading - section) else it
+                    }
+                }
+                if (_focusedItem.value == null) {
+                    items.firstOrNull()?.let(::focusItem)
+                }
+            }
+            .onFailure {
+                _state.update { current ->
+                    current.copy(
+                        loading = if (clearLoading) current.loading - section else current.loading,
+                        hasRefreshError = true,
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun persistCurrentHome() {
+        runCatching { repository.cacheHome(_state.value.toCache()) }
+    }
+
+    override fun onCleared() {
+        flushAnalytics()
+        super.onCleared()
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        private const val FOCUS_METADATA_DEBOUNCE_MS = 140L
+        private const val ANALYTICS_FLUSH_INTERVAL_MS = 20_000L
+
+        private fun initialFocusedItem(state: HomeUiState): BaseItem? =
+            state.watchingAndNextUp.firstOrNull()
+                ?: state.latestMovies.firstOrNull()
+                ?: state.favorites.firstOrNull()
+    }
+}
+
+class HomeViewModelFactory(private val repository: EmbyRepository) : ViewModelProvider.Factory {
+    @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+    override fun <T : ViewModel> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
+        require(modelClass.isAssignableFrom(HomeViewModel::class.java))
+        return HomeViewModel(repository) as T
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa22782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,1419 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui
+
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.os.Bundle
+import android.provider.Settings as AndroidSettings
+import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
+import androidx.activity.compose.BackHandler
+import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
+import androidx.compose.foundation.background
+import androidx.compose.foundation.border
+import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.ExperimentalFoundationApi
+import androidx.compose.foundation.focusGroup
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.offset
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyRow
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyListState
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.items
+import androidx.compose.foundation.rememberScrollState
+import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
+import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.CircleShape
+import androidx.compose.foundation.verticalScroll
+import androidx.compose.foundation.text.BasicTextField
+import androidx.compose.foundation.text.KeyboardOptions
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.DisposableEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.collectAsState
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberCoroutineScope
+import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.rememberSaveable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.key
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.RepeatMode
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.Spring
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.animateFloatAsState
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.animateDpAsState
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.animateFloat
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.infiniteRepeatable
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.rememberInfiniteTransition
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.spring
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.tween
+import androidx.compose.animation.animateColorAsState
+import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
+import androidx.compose.ui.ExperimentalComposeUiApi
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.FocusRequester
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusRequester
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusRestorer
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.onFocusChanged
+import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Brush
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.SolidColor
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.graphicsLayer
+import androidx.compose.ui.layout.ContentScale
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalConfiguration
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalDensity
+import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextStyle
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.KeyboardType
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.PasswordVisualTransformation
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.VisualTransformation
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
+import androidx.compose.ui.zIndex
+import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
+import androidx.lifecycle.viewmodel.compose.viewModel
+import coil.compose.AsyncImage
+import coil.imageLoader
+import coil.request.ImageRequest
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.R
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ServiceLocator
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.Settings
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.EmbyProfile
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.ServerConfig
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.player.PlayerActivity
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.performance.PerformanceMonitor
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.settings.SettingsSheet
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.screensaver.ScreensaverActivity
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyTheme
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.update.UpdateChecker
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.update.UpdateStatus
+import androidx.tv.material3.Button
+import androidx.tv.material3.Card
+import androidx.tv.material3.Text
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+
+class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
+    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+        if (intent.getBooleanExtra(EXTRA_LAUNCH_UPDATED_SLIDESHOW, false)) {
+            startActivity(ScreensaverActivity.restartAfterUpdateIntent(this))
+            finish()
+            return
+        }
+        setContent {
+            MembyTheme { AppRoot(onCloseSettings = ::finish) }
+        }
+        PerformanceMonitor.start(this)
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        const val EXTRA_LAUNCH_UPDATED_SLIDESHOW = "com.ponzischeme89.memby.extra.LAUNCH_UPDATED_SLIDESHOW"
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun AppRoot(onCloseSettings: () -> Unit) {
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    var settings by remember { mutableStateOf<Settings?>(null) }
+    LaunchedEffect(repo) {
+        repo.settingsFlow.collect { settings = it }
+    }
+
+    Box(Modifier.fillMaxSize().background(Color(0xFF0B0E11))) {
+        val loaded = settings
+        when {
+            loaded == null -> MembyLoadingScreen()
+            loaded.isSignedIn -> {
+                BackHandler(onBack = onCloseSettings)
+                key(loaded.userId, loaded.serverUrl) {
+                    HomeScreen(loaded)
+                }
+            }
+            loaded.profiles.isNotEmpty() -> ProfileEntryScreen(loaded)
+            else -> SetupScreen()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun MembyLoadingScreen() {
+    Column(
+        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+        verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center,
+        horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
+    ) {
+        androidx.compose.foundation.Image(
+            painter = androidx.compose.ui.res.painterResource(com.ponzischeme89.memby.R.drawable.emby_logo),
+            contentDescription = "Emby",
+            modifier = Modifier.width(92.dp).height(76.dp),
+        )
+        Spacer(Modifier.height(22.dp))
+        Text("Emby is loading", color = Color.White, fontSize = 24.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
+        Spacer(Modifier.height(10.dp))
+        Text("Preparing your library…", color = Color(0xFF9EA6AD), fontSize = 16.sp)
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun SetupScreen(
+    onCancel: (() -> Unit)? = null,
+) {
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
+
+    // A build that hardwires the server (memby.serverUrl) never asks for an address.
+    val hardwiredHost = ServerConfig.displayHost
+    var serverUrl by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(if (hardwiredHost != null) "" else "http://") }
+    var username by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf("") }
+    var password by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf("") }
+    var connecting by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var error by remember { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
+
+    val serverFocus = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    val usernameFocus = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    LaunchedEffect(hardwiredHost) {
+        runCatching { if (hardwiredHost != null) usernameFocus.requestFocus() else serverFocus.requestFocus() }
+    }
+    if (onCancel != null) BackHandler(onBack = onCancel)
+
+    Column(
+        modifier = Modifier
+            .fillMaxSize()
+            .padding(horizontal = 96.dp, vertical = 56.dp)
+            .width(720.dp),
+        verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(20.dp),
+    ) {
+        Text("Connect to Memby", color = Color.White, fontSize = 40.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold)
+        Text(
+            if (hardwiredHost != null) {
+                "Sign in with your Emby username and password."
+            } else {
+                "Enter your Emby server address and sign in."
+            },
+            color = Color(0xFFB9C0C7),
+            fontSize = 18.sp,
+        )
+
+        if (hardwiredHost != null) {
+            Text("Server: $hardwiredHost", color = Color(0xFF9AA3AC), fontSize = 15.sp)
+        } else {
+            TvTextField(
+                label = "Server address (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:8096)",
+                value = serverUrl,
+                onValueChange = { serverUrl = it; error = null },
+                modifier = Modifier.focusRequester(serverFocus),
+                keyboardType = KeyboardType.Uri,
+            )
+        }
+        TvTextField(
+            label = "Username",
+            value = username,
+            onValueChange = { username = it; error = null },
+            modifier = Modifier.focusRequester(usernameFocus),
+        )
+        TvTextField(
+            label = "Password",
+            value = password,
+            onValueChange = { password = it; error = null },
+            isPassword = true,
+        )
+
+        error?.let { Text(it, color = Color(0xFFFF6B6B), fontSize = 16.sp) }
+
+        Button(
+            onClick = {
+                if (hardwiredHost == null && serverUrl.isBlank()) {
+                    error = "Server address is required."
+                    return@Button
+                }
+                if (username.isBlank()) {
+                    error = "Username is required."
+                    return@Button
+                }
+                connecting = true
+                error = null
+                scope.launch {
+                    runCatching { repo.authenticate(serverUrl, username, password) }
+                        .onFailure { error = "Sign-in failed: ${it.message}" }
+                    connecting = false
+                }
+            },
+        ) {
+            Text(if (connecting) "Connecting…" else "Connect")
+        }
+        if (onCancel != null) {
+            Button(onClick = onCancel) { Text("Cancel") }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun ProfileEntryScreen(settings: Settings) {
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
+    var addingProfile by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var switchingProfileId by remember { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
+
+    if (addingProfile) {
+        SetupScreen(onCancel = { addingProfile = false })
+    } else {
+        ProfileChooser(
+            profiles = settings.profiles,
+            currentProfileId = null,
+            switchingProfileId = switchingProfileId,
+            onSelect = { profile ->
+                switchingProfileId = profile.id
+                scope.launch {
+                    runCatching { repo.switchProfile(profile) }
+                        .onFailure { switchingProfileId = null }
+                }
+            },
+            onAddProfile = { addingProfile = true },
+            onClose = null,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun ProfileChooser(
+    profiles: List<EmbyProfile>,
+    currentProfileId: String?,
+    switchingProfileId: String?,
+    onSelect: (EmbyProfile) -> Unit,
+    onAddProfile: () -> Unit,
+    onClose: (() -> Unit)?,
+) {
+    val firstFocus = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    val orderedProfiles = remember(profiles, currentProfileId) {
+        profiles.sortedByDescending { it.id == currentProfileId }
+    }
+    LaunchedEffect(orderedProfiles.firstOrNull()?.id) {
+        firstFocus.requestFocus()
+    }
+    Column(
+        modifier = Modifier
+            .fillMaxSize()
+            .background(Color(0xFF090B0D))
+            .padding(horizontal = 72.dp, vertical = 48.dp),
+        horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
+        verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center,
+    ) {
+        androidx.compose.foundation.Image(
+            painter = androidx.compose.ui.res.painterResource(com.ponzischeme89.memby.R.drawable.emby_logo),
+            contentDescription = "Emby",
+            modifier = Modifier.width(72.dp).height(60.dp),
+        )
+        Spacer(Modifier.height(20.dp))
+        Text("Who’s watching Emby?", color = Color.White, fontSize = 36.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
+        Text(
+            if (switchingProfileId == null) "Choose a profile to continue" else "Switching profile…",
+            color = Color(0xFFAAB1B7),
+            fontSize = 17.sp,
+            modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 8.dp, bottom = 30.dp),
+        )
+        Row(
+            horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(24.dp),
+            verticalAlignment = Alignment.Top,
+        ) {
+            orderedProfiles.forEachIndexed { index, profile ->
+                ProfileTile(
+                    name = profile.username,
+                    current = profile.id == currentProfileId,
+                    enabled = switchingProfileId == null,
+                    onClick = { onSelect(profile) },
+                    modifier = if (index == 0) Modifier.focusRequester(firstFocus) else Modifier,
+                )
+            }
+            ProfileTile(
+                name = "Add someone else",
+                current = false,
+                enabled = switchingProfileId == null,
+                symbol = "+",
+                onClick = onAddProfile,
+                modifier = if (orderedProfiles.isEmpty()) Modifier.focusRequester(firstFocus) else Modifier,
+            )
+        }
+        if (onClose != null) {
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(30.dp))
+            Button(onClick = onClose, enabled = switchingProfileId == null) { Text("Back to Emby") }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun ProfileTile(
+    name: String,
+    current: Boolean,
+    enabled: Boolean,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+    symbol: String = name.trim().firstOrNull()?.uppercase() ?: "?",
+) {
+    FocusScaleContainer(
+        onFocused = {},
+        onClick = { if (enabled) onClick() },
+        contentDescription = if (current) "$name, current profile" else name,
+        modifier = modifier.width(154.dp),
+    ) { focused ->
+        Column(horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally) {
+            Box(
+                modifier = Modifier
+                    .size(112.dp)
+                    .clip(CircleShape)
+                    .background(if (focused) Color(0xFF5BC653) else Color(0xFF30373D))
+                    .border(
+                        width = if (current) 4.dp else if (focused) 3.dp else 1.dp,
+                        color = if (current) Color(0xFF52B54B) else if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFF5B646C),
+                        shape = CircleShape,
+                    ),
+                contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
+            ) {
+                Text(symbol, color = Color.White, fontSize = 38.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold)
+            }
+            Text(
+                name,
+                color = if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFFD0D4D7),
+                fontSize = 16.sp,
+                fontWeight = if (focused || current) FontWeight.SemiBold else FontWeight.Medium,
+                maxLines = 2,
+                overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+                modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 12.dp),
+            )
+            if (current) {
+                Text("Current", color = Color(0xFF73D56C), fontSize = 13.sp, modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 3.dp))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun HomeScreen(settings: Settings) {
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
+    val factory = remember(repo) { HomeViewModelFactory(repo) }
+    val homeViewModel: HomeViewModel = viewModel(factory = factory)
+    val homeState by homeViewModel.state.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
+
+    var showSettings by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var showProfiles by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var addProfile by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var switchingProfileId by remember { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
+    var selectedDestination by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(BrowseDestination.HOME) }
+    var navigationExpanded by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var detailsItem by remember { mutableStateOf<BaseItem?>(null) }
+    var quickMenuItem by remember { mutableStateOf<BaseItem?>(null) }
+    var returnRowId by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
+    var returnItemId by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
+    val navigationFocusRequester = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    val contentFocusRequester = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    val cardReturnFocusRequester = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    var initialFocusRequested by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    val playItem: (BaseItem) -> Unit = { item ->
+        scope.launch {
+            runCatching { repo.resolvePlayable(item) }.onSuccess { playable ->
+                context.startActivity(
+                    PlayerActivity.intent(
+                        context = context,
+                        itemId = playable.itemId,
+                        url = playable.url,
+                        title = playable.title,
+                        resumePositionMs = playable.resumePositionMs,
+                    ),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    val rows = remember(homeState, selectedDestination, settings.homeSections, settings.showHomeCardMetadata) {
+        homeRowsFor(selectedDestination, homeState, settings)
+    }
+    LaunchedEffect(selectedDestination, rows.firstOrNull()?.items?.firstOrNull()?.id) {
+        val firstItem = rows.firstNotNullOfOrNull { it.items.firstOrNull() }
+        firstItem?.let(homeViewModel::focusItem)
+        if (firstItem != null && !initialFocusRequested) {
+            kotlinx.coroutines.delay(16L)
+            contentFocusRequester.requestFocus()
+            initialFocusRequested = true
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Engagement is uploaded on a timer, but a viewer who opens the player after sitting
+    // on one row for a minute would otherwise lose that minute. Flushing on ON_STOP (and
+    // on dispose) closes the open dwell measurement while it still means something.
+    val lifecycleOwner = androidx.lifecycle.compose.LocalLifecycleOwner.current
+    DisposableEffect(lifecycleOwner, homeViewModel) {
+        val observer = androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleEventObserver { _, event ->
+            if (event == androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle.Event.ON_STOP) homeViewModel.flushAnalytics()
+        }
+        lifecycleOwner.lifecycle.addObserver(observer)
+        onDispose {
+            lifecycleOwner.lifecycle.removeObserver(observer)
+            homeViewModel.flushAnalytics()
+        }
+    }
+
+    val contentShift by animateDpAsState(
+        targetValue = if (navigationExpanded) TvRailContentShift else 0.dp,
+        animationSpec = tween(150),
+        label = "navigation-content-shift",
+    )
+    Box(Modifier.fillMaxSize().background(Color(0xFF090B0D))) {
+        Row(Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
+            TvNavigationRail(
+                selected = selectedDestination,
+                expanded = navigationExpanded,
+                navigationFocusRequester = navigationFocusRequester,
+                contentFocusRequester = contentFocusRequester,
+                onRailFocusChanged = { navigationExpanded = it },
+                onDestinationSelected = { destination ->
+                    when (destination) {
+                        BrowseDestination.SETTINGS -> showSettings = true
+                        BrowseDestination.PROFILES -> showProfiles = true
+                        else -> selectedDestination = destination
+                    }
+                },
+            )
+            androidx.compose.foundation.layout.BoxWithConstraints(
+                modifier = Modifier
+                    .weight(1f)
+                    .fillMaxSize()
+                    .offset(x = contentShift),
+            ) {
+                val maintenanceMessage = homeState.maintenanceMessage
+                if (maintenanceMessage != null) {
+                    // The rows are gone but the rail is not: Settings and Switch user are
+                    // local, so there is no reason to strand the viewer here.
+                    MaintenanceScreen(
+                        message = maintenanceMessage,
+                        contentFocusRequester = contentFocusRequester,
+                        navigationFocusRequester = navigationFocusRequester,
+                        onRetry = homeViewModel::refreshAll,
+                    )
+                    LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
+                        kotlinx.coroutines.delay(450L)
+                        runCatching { contentFocusRequester.requestFocus() }
+                    }
+                    return@BoxWithConstraints
+                }
+
+                FocusedHomeBackdrop(homeViewModel)
+                val metadataHeight = (maxHeight * 0.42f).coerceIn(220.dp, 300.dp)
+                val contentWidth = maxWidth
+                HomeArtworkPreloader(rows = rows, availableWidth = contentWidth)
+                val verticalState = rememberSaveable(
+                    selectedDestination.name,
+                    saver = LazyListState.Saver,
+                ) { LazyListState() }
+                Column(Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
+                    FocusedHomeMetadata(
+                        homeViewModel = homeViewModel,
+                        sectionLabel = selectedDestination.label,
+                        contentFocusRequester = contentFocusRequester,
+                        navigationFocusRequester = navigationFocusRequester,
+                        onPlay = playItem,
+                        onContentFocused = { navigationExpanded = false },
+                        modifier = Modifier
+                            .height(metadataHeight)
+                            .padding(start = 36.dp, end = 36.dp, top = 24.dp, bottom = 10.dp),
+                    )
+                    androidx.compose.animation.AnimatedVisibility(
+                        visible = homeState.hasRefreshError,
+                        enter = androidx.compose.animation.fadeIn(tween(180)),
+                        exit = androidx.compose.animation.fadeOut(tween(120)),
+                    ) {
+                        Text(
+                            // The gateway's maintenance notice when it sent one, and the
+                            // generic wording otherwise.
+                            homeState.statusMessage ?: "Connection is slow — showing available content",
+                            color = Color(0xFFD1D5D8),
+                            fontSize = 14.sp,
+                            modifier = Modifier.padding(horizontal = 36.dp, vertical = 4.dp),
+                        )
+                    }
+                    LazyColumn(
+                        state = verticalState,
+                        modifier = Modifier.weight(1f).fillMaxWidth(),
+                        contentPadding = androidx.compose.foundation.layout.PaddingValues(bottom = 32.dp),
+                        verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(14.dp),
+                    ) {
+                        items(
+                            items = rows,
+                            key = { it.id },
+                            contentType = { "media-row-${it.kind}" },
+                        ) { row ->
+                            // LazyColumn composes a row as it scrolls into view, which is
+                            // as close to "the viewer saw it" as the TV can observe.
+                            LaunchedEffect(row.id) {
+                                homeViewModel.trackRowImpression(row.id, row.kind.name)
+                            }
+                            MediaRow(
+                                row = row,
+                                availableWidth = contentWidth,
+                                navigationFocusRequester = navigationFocusRequester,
+                                contentEntryFocusRequester = null,
+                                returnFocusItemId = returnItemId.takeIf { returnRowId == row.id },
+                                returnFocusRequester = cardReturnFocusRequester,
+                                onContentFocused = { navigationExpanded = false },
+                                onItemFocused = { item ->
+                                    homeViewModel.focusItem(item)
+                                    homeViewModel.trackRowFocused(row.id, row.kind.name, item.id)
+                                },
+                                onItemSelected = { item ->
+                                    returnRowId = row.id
+                                    returnItemId = item.id
+                                    homeViewModel.focusItem(item)
+                                    homeViewModel.trackRowSelected(row.id, row.kind.name, item.id)
+                                    detailsItem = item
+                                },
+                                onItemLongPressed = { item ->
+                                    returnRowId = row.id
+                                    returnItemId = item.id
+                                    homeViewModel.focusItem(item)
+                                    quickMenuItem = item
+                                },
+                            )
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (showSettings) {
+            BackHandler(onBack = { showSettings = false })
+            SettingsSheet(editableServer = true, onClose = { showSettings = false })
+        }
+        if (showProfiles) {
+            BackHandler(onBack = { showProfiles = false })
+            ProfileChooser(
+                profiles = settings.profiles,
+                currentProfileId = settings.activeProfileId,
+                switchingProfileId = switchingProfileId,
+                onSelect = { profile ->
+                    if (profile.id == settings.activeProfileId) {
+                        showProfiles = false
+                    } else {
+                        switchingProfileId = profile.id
+                        scope.launch {
+                            runCatching { repo.switchProfile(profile) }
+                                .onFailure { switchingProfileId = null }
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                onAddProfile = {
+                    showProfiles = false
+                    addProfile = true
+                },
+                onClose = { showProfiles = false },
+            )
+        }
+        if (addProfile) {
+            SetupScreen(onCancel = { addProfile = false })
+        }
+        detailsItem?.let { selected ->
+            BackHandler {
+                detailsItem = null
+                cardReturnFocusRequester.requestFocus()
+            }
+            FocusedDetailsOverlay(
+                homeViewModel = homeViewModel,
+                selected = selected,
+                onPlay = {
+                    detailsItem = null
+                    playItem(it)
+                },
+                onToggleFavorite = homeViewModel::setFavorite,
+                onTogglePlayed = homeViewModel::setPlayed,
+                onClose = {
+                    detailsItem = null
+                    cardReturnFocusRequester.requestFocus()
+                },
+            )
+        }
+        quickMenuItem?.let { selected ->
+            BackHandler {
+                quickMenuItem = null
+                cardReturnFocusRequester.requestFocus()
+            }
+            FocusedQuickActionsOverlay(
+                homeViewModel = homeViewModel,
+                selected = selected,
+                onSetFavorite = homeViewModel::setFavorite,
+                onSetPlayed = homeViewModel::setPlayed,
+                onClose = {
+                    quickMenuItem = null
+                    cardReturnFocusRequester.requestFocus()
+                },
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun HomeArtworkPreloader(
+    rows: List<HomeBrowseRow>,
+    availableWidth: androidx.compose.ui.unit.Dp,
+) {
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val density = LocalDensity.current
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val discovered = remember(rows) {
+        rows.flatMap { row -> row.items.map { row.kind to it } }
+            .distinctBy { it.second.id }
+            .take(14)
+    }
+    val signature = remember(discovered) { discovered.joinToString("|") { it.second.id } }
+    LaunchedEffect(signature, availableWidth) {
+        // Let visible cards win the first network/decode slots, then warm everything
+        // else that this home response discovered into Coil's memory and disk caches.
+        kotlinx.coroutines.delay(350L)
+        discovered.forEach { (kind, item) ->
+            val landscape = kind == MediaRowKind.CONTINUE ||
+                kind == MediaRowKind.NEXT_UP ||
+                item.isEpisode
+            val width = if (landscape) {
+                (availableWidth / 4.25f).coerceIn(184.dp, 316.dp)
+            } else {
+                (availableWidth / 6.8f).coerceIn(116.dp, 184.dp)
+            }
+            val widthPx = with(density) { width.roundToPx() }.coerceIn(180, 720)
+            val heightPx = if (landscape) (widthPx * 9f / 16f).toInt() else (widthPx * 3f / 2f).toInt()
+            val url = if (landscape) {
+                repo.backdropUrl(item, widthPx) ?: repo.primaryUrl(item, widthPx)
+            } else {
+                repo.primaryUrl(item, widthPx) ?: repo.backdropUrl(item, widthPx)
+            } ?: return@forEach
+            context.imageLoader.execute(
+                ImageRequest.Builder(context)
+                    .data(url)
+                    .size(widthPx, heightPx)
+                    .allowHardware(true)
+                    .crossfade(false)
+                    .build(),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun FocusedHomeBackdrop(homeViewModel: HomeViewModel) {
+    val focusedItem by homeViewModel.focusedItem.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
+    BackdropLayer(item = focusedItem, modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize())
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun FocusedHomeMetadata(
+    homeViewModel: HomeViewModel,
+    sectionLabel: String,
+    contentFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    navigationFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    onPlay: (BaseItem) -> Unit,
+    onContentFocused: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val focusedItem by homeViewModel.focusedItem.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
+    val homeState by homeViewModel.state.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
+    MediaMetadataPanel(
+        item = focusedItem,
+        loading = homeState.loading.isNotEmpty(),
+        sectionLabel = sectionLabel,
+        contentFocusRequester = contentFocusRequester,
+        navigationFocusRequester = navigationFocusRequester,
+        onPlay = onPlay,
+        onContentFocused = onContentFocused,
+        modifier = modifier,
+    )
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun FocusedDetailsOverlay(
+    homeViewModel: HomeViewModel,
+    selected: BaseItem,
+    onPlay: (BaseItem) -> Unit,
+    onToggleFavorite: (BaseItem, Boolean) -> Unit,
+    onTogglePlayed: (BaseItem, Boolean) -> Unit,
+    onClose: () -> Unit,
+) {
+    val focusedItem by homeViewModel.focusedItem.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
+    MediaDetailsOverlay(
+        item = focusedItem?.takeIf { it.id == selected.id } ?: selected,
+        onPlay = onPlay,
+        onToggleFavorite = onToggleFavorite,
+        onTogglePlayed = onTogglePlayed,
+        onClose = onClose,
+    )
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun FocusedQuickActionsOverlay(
+    homeViewModel: HomeViewModel,
+    selected: BaseItem,
+    onSetFavorite: (BaseItem, Boolean) -> Unit,
+    onSetPlayed: (BaseItem, Boolean) -> Unit,
+    onClose: () -> Unit,
+) {
+    val focusedItem by homeViewModel.focusedItem.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
+    MediaQuickActionsOverlay(
+        item = focusedItem?.takeIf { it.id == selected.id } ?: selected,
+        onSetFavorite = onSetFavorite,
+        onSetPlayed = onSetPlayed,
+        onClose = onClose,
+    )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Maps the gateway's rows onto the TV's row model.
+ *
+ * The user's section preferences still apply to the four fixed rows — turning off
+ * "Favourites" must keep working — but anything the server invented (recommendations,
+ * and whatever it grows next) is always shown, since the user never opted out of a row
+ * that did not exist when they last opened Settings.
+ */
+internal fun serverHomeRows(state: HomeUiState, settings: Settings): List<HomeBrowseRow> {
+    val enabledSections = settings.homeSections.split(',').map(String::trim).toSet()
+    val stillLoading = state.loading.isNotEmpty()
+
+    return state.rows
+        .filter { row ->
+            when (row.kind) {
+                "continue", "nextup" -> "continue" in enabledSections
+                "favorites" -> "favorites" in enabledSections
+                "latest" -> "latest" in enabledSections
+                else -> true
+            }
+        }
+        .map { row ->
+            HomeBrowseRow(
+                id = row.id,
+                title = row.title,
+                items = row.items,
+                kind = when (row.kind) {
+                    "continue" -> MediaRowKind.CONTINUE
+                    "nextup" -> MediaRowKind.NEXT_UP
+                    "favorites" -> MediaRowKind.FAVORITES
+                    "shows" -> MediaRowKind.SHOWS
+                    // Recommendation strips, "latest", and any kind a future server
+                    // sends get poster cards, which suit mixed movie/series rows.
+                    else -> MediaRowKind.MOVIES
+                },
+                loading = stillLoading && row.items.isEmpty(),
+                emptyMessage = when (row.kind) {
+                    "continue" -> "Nothing in progress"
+                    "nextup" -> "You're all caught up"
+                    "favorites" -> "Your favourites will appear here"
+                    "latest" -> "No recent movies found"
+                    else -> "Nothing to show here yet"
+                },
+                showSecondaryMetadata = settings.showHomeCardMetadata,
+            )
+        }
+}
+
+private fun homeRowsFor(
+    destination: BrowseDestination,
+    state: HomeUiState,
+    settings: Settings,
+): List<HomeBrowseRow> {
+    val continueRow = HomeBrowseRow(
+        id = "continue",
+        title = "Continue Watching",
+        items = state.continueWatching,
+        kind = MediaRowKind.CONTINUE,
+        loading = HomeSection.CONTINUE in state.loading,
+        emptyMessage = "Nothing in progress",
+        showSecondaryMetadata = settings.showHomeCardMetadata,
+    )
+    val nextUpRow = HomeBrowseRow(
+        id = "next-up",
+        title = "Next Up",
+        items = state.nextUp,
+        kind = MediaRowKind.NEXT_UP,
+        loading = HomeSection.NEXT_UP in state.loading,
+        emptyMessage = "You're all caught up",
+        showSecondaryMetadata = settings.showHomeCardMetadata,
+    )
+    val latestMovies = HomeBrowseRow(
+        id = "latest-movies",
+        title = "Recently Added Movies",
+        items = state.latestMovies,
+        kind = MediaRowKind.MOVIES,
+        loading = HomeSection.LATEST in state.loading,
+        emptyMessage = "No recent movies found",
+        showSecondaryMetadata = settings.showHomeCardMetadata,
+    )
+    val favorites = HomeBrowseRow(
+        id = "favorites",
+        title = "Favourites",
+        items = state.favorites,
+        kind = MediaRowKind.FAVORITES,
+        loading = HomeSection.FAVORITES in state.loading,
+        emptyMessage = "Your favourites will appear here",
+        showSecondaryMetadata = settings.showHomeCardMetadata,
+    )
+    return when (destination) {
+        // The gateway composes the home screen — including rows this app has no concept
+        // of, like "Because you watched …" — so when it sends rows, they win.
+        BrowseDestination.HOME -> if (state.rows.isNotEmpty()) {
+            serverHomeRows(state, settings)
+        } else {
+            settings.homeSections
+                .split(',')
+                .map(String::trim)
+                .distinct()
+                .flatMap { section ->
+                    when (section) {
+                        "continue" -> listOf(continueRow, nextUpRow)
+                        "latest" -> listOf(latestMovies)
+                        "favorites" -> listOf(favorites)
+                        else -> emptyList()
+                    }
+                }
+        }
+        BrowseDestination.MOVIES -> listOf(
+            latestMovies,
+            favorites.copy(
+                id = "favourite-movies",
+                title = "Favourite Movies",
+                items = state.favorites.filter(BaseItem::isMovie),
+            ),
+        )
+        BrowseDestination.SHOWS -> listOf(
+            nextUpRow,
+            continueRow.copy(
+                id = "continue-shows",
+                items = state.continueWatching.filter(BaseItem::isEpisode),
+            ),
+            favorites.copy(
+                id = "favourite-shows",
+                title = "Favourite Shows",
+                items = state.favorites.filter { it.isSeries || it.isEpisode },
+            ),
+        )
+        BrowseDestination.FAVORITES -> listOf(favorites)
+        BrowseDestination.PROFILES -> emptyList()
+        BrowseDestination.SETTINGS -> emptyList()
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun HeaderAction(label: String, onClick: () -> Unit) {
+    var focused by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    val textColor by animateColorAsState(
+        targetValue = if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFFB8BEC3),
+        animationSpec = tween(100),
+        label = "header-action-text",
+    )
+    val backgroundColor by animateColorAsState(
+        targetValue = if (focused) Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.10f) else Color.Transparent,
+        animationSpec = tween(100),
+        label = "header-action-background",
+    )
+    Text(
+        text = label,
+        color = textColor,
+        fontSize = 14.sp,
+        fontWeight = FontWeight.Medium,
+        modifier = Modifier
+            .border(
+                width = if (focused) 1.dp else 0.dp,
+                color = if (focused) Color.White else Color.Transparent,
+                shape = RoundedCornerShape(6.dp),
+            )
+            .background(backgroundColor, RoundedCornerShape(6.dp))
+            .onFocusChanged { focused = it.isFocused }
+            .clickable(onClick = onClick)
+            .padding(horizontal = 14.dp, vertical = 8.dp),
+    )
+}
+
+private data class HomeRowData(
+    val title: String,
+    val items: List<BaseItem>,
+    val emptyMessage: String,
+    val loading: Boolean,
+    val showResume: Boolean = false,
+)
+
+@Composable
+private fun HomeHero(item: BaseItem) {
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val backdrop = repo.backdropUrl(item, maxWidth = 1920) ?: repo.primaryUrl(item, maxWidth = 1200)
+    Box(Modifier.fillMaxWidth().height(530.dp)) {
+        backdrop?.let {
+            AsyncImage(
+                model = ImageRequest.Builder(context)
+                    .data(it)
+                    .crossfade(220)
+                    .build(),
+                contentDescription = null,
+                contentScale = ContentScale.Crop,
+                modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+            )
+        }
+        Box(
+            Modifier.fillMaxSize().background(
+                Brush.verticalGradient(
+                    0f to Color(0x330A0A0A),
+                    0.55f to Color(0x220A0A0A),
+                    1f to Color(0xFF0A0A0A),
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+        Box(
+            Modifier.fillMaxSize().background(
+                Brush.horizontalGradient(
+                    0f to Color(0xE60A0A0A),
+                    0.48f to Color(0x770A0A0A),
+                    1f to Color.Transparent,
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+@OptIn(ExperimentalFoundationApi::class, ExperimentalComposeUiApi::class)
+@Composable
+private fun HomeRow(
+    rowKey: String,
+    title: String,
+    items: List<BaseItem>,
+    emptyMessage: String,
+    loading: Boolean,
+    density: String,
+    showMetadata: Boolean,
+    showResume: Boolean,
+    onPlay: (BaseItem) -> Unit,
+) {
+    Row(
+        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().padding(horizontal = 48.dp, vertical = 8.dp),
+        verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+    ) {
+        Text(title, color = Color(0xFFF0F2F3), fontSize = 20.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
+    }
+    if (items.isEmpty() && loading) {
+        Box(Modifier.padding(horizontal = 48.dp)) { HomeRowSkeleton() }
+    } else if (items.isEmpty()) {
+        Text(emptyMessage, color = Color(0xFF8F969D), fontSize = 14.sp, modifier = Modifier.padding(horizontal = 48.dp))
+    } else {
+        val rowState = rememberSaveable(rowKey, saver = LazyListState.Saver) { LazyListState() }
+        LazyRow(
+            state = rowState,
+            contentPadding = androidx.compose.foundation.layout.PaddingValues(horizontal = 48.dp, vertical = 7.dp),
+            horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(16.dp),
+            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().focusGroup().focusRestorer(),
+        ) {
+            items(items, key = { it.id }, contentType = { "content-card" }) { item ->
+                ContentCard(
+                    item = item,
+                    density = density,
+                    showMetadata = showMetadata,
+                    showResume = showResume,
+                    onClick = { onPlay(item) },
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun HomeRowSkeleton() {
+    val transition = rememberInfiniteTransition(label = "home-loading")
+    val alpha by transition.animateFloat(
+        initialValue = 0.22f,
+        targetValue = 0.52f,
+        animationSpec = infiniteRepeatable(tween(850), RepeatMode.Reverse),
+        label = "home-loading-alpha",
+    )
+    Box(
+        Modifier.width(300.dp).height(169.dp)
+            .background(Color(0xFF30353A).copy(alpha = alpha), RoundedCornerShape(8.dp)),
+    )
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun ContentCard(
+    item: BaseItem,
+    density: String,
+    showMetadata: Boolean,
+    showResume: Boolean,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+) {
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val watchedTicks = item.userData?.playbackPositionTicks ?: 0L
+    val totalTicks = item.runTimeTicks ?: 0L
+    val progress = if (totalTicks > 0L) (watchedTicks.toFloat() / totalTicks).coerceIn(0f, 1f) else 0f
+
+    val screenWidth = LocalConfiguration.current.screenWidthDp.dp
+    // Five cards remain visible across a 16:9 TV, independent of physical screen size.
+    val cardsAcross = when (density) { "compact" -> 6; "large" -> 4; else -> 5 }
+    val cardWidth = ((screenWidth - 96.dp - 16.dp * (cardsAcross - 1)) / cardsAcross)
+        .coerceIn(150.dp, 360.dp)
+    val cardHeight = cardWidth * 0.56f
+    val densityScale = LocalDensity.current
+    val artworkWidthPx = with(densityScale) { cardWidth.roundToPx() }.coerceIn(320, 720)
+    val artwork = remember(item.id, artworkWidthPx) {
+        repo.backdropUrl(item, maxWidth = artworkWidthPx)
+            ?: repo.primaryUrl(item, maxWidth = artworkWidthPx)
+    }
+    var focused by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    val focusScale by animateFloatAsState(
+        targetValue = if (focused) 1.035f else 1f,
+        animationSpec = spring(
+            dampingRatio = Spring.DampingRatioNoBouncy,
+            stiffness = Spring.StiffnessMedium,
+        ),
+        label = "content-card-focus",
+    )
+    val focusAlpha by animateFloatAsState(
+        targetValue = if (focused) 1f else 0f,
+        animationSpec = tween(90),
+        label = "content-card-outline",
+    )
+    Box(
+        modifier = Modifier
+            .width(cardWidth)
+            .zIndex(if (focused) 1f else 0f)
+            .graphicsLayer {
+                scaleX = focusScale
+                scaleY = focusScale
+            }
+            .onFocusChanged { focused = it.isFocused }
+            .clickable(onClick = onClick),
+    ) {
+        Column {
+            Box(
+                Modifier
+                    .width(cardWidth)
+                    .height(cardHeight)
+                    .border(
+                        width = 3.dp,
+                        color = Color.White.copy(alpha = focusAlpha),
+                        shape = RoundedCornerShape(8.dp),
+                    )
+                    .clip(RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
+                    .background(Color(0xFF171A1D)),
+            ) {
+                artwork?.let {
+                    AsyncImage(
+                        model = it,
+                        contentDescription = item.name,
+                        contentScale = ContentScale.Crop,
+                        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+                    )
+                }
+                if (showResume && progress > 0f) {
+                    Box(
+                        Modifier
+                            .align(Alignment.BottomCenter)
+                            .fillMaxWidth()
+                            .height(6.dp)
+                            .background(Color(0xCC4B535B)),
+                    ) {
+                        Box(
+                            Modifier
+                                .fillMaxWidth(progress)
+                                .height(6.dp)
+                                .background(Color(0xFF52B54B)),
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Text(
+                item.name,
+                color = if (focused) Color.White else Color(0xFFD9DDE0),
+                fontSize = 15.sp,
+                fontWeight = FontWeight.Medium,
+                maxLines = 1,
+                overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+                modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 9.dp),
+            )
+            if (showMetadata) {
+                val secondaryText = buildString {
+                    if (showResume && watchedTicks > 0L) {
+                        append("Resume at ").append(formatPlaybackPosition(watchedTicks))
+                    } else if (showResume) {
+                        append("Up next")
+                        item.seriesName?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let { append("  •  ").append(it) }
+                    } else {
+                        item.productionYear?.let { append(it) }
+                        item.runtimeMinutes?.let {
+                            if (isNotEmpty()) append("  ·  ")
+                            append(formatRuntime(it))
+                        }
+                    }
+                }.ifBlank {
+                    when {
+                        item.isEpisode -> item.seriesName.orEmpty()
+                        item.isSeries -> "Series"
+                        item.isMovie -> "Movie"
+                        else -> item.type
+                    }
+                }
+                Text(
+                    secondaryText,
+                    color = if (focused) Color(0xFFBFC5CA) else Color(0xFF858D94),
+                    fontSize = 13.sp,
+                    maxLines = 1,
+                    overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+                    modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 3.dp, bottom = 8.dp),
+                )
+            } else {
+                Spacer(Modifier.height(8.dp))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private fun formatPlaybackPosition(ticks: Long): String {
+    val totalMinutes = (ticks / 600_000_000L).toInt().coerceAtLeast(0)
+    val hours = totalMinutes / 60
+    val minutes = totalMinutes % 60
+    return if (hours > 0) "${hours}h ${minutes}m" else "${minutes}m"
+}
+
+private fun formatRuntime(minutes: Int): String {
+    val hours = minutes / 60
+    val remainingMinutes = minutes % 60
+    return if (hours > 0 && remainingMinutes > 0) "${hours}h ${remainingMinutes}m"
+    else if (hours > 0) "${hours}h"
+    else "${remainingMinutes}m"
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun SettingsPanel(settings: Settings, onBack: () -> Unit) {
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val store = ServiceLocator.settings
+    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
+    val checker = remember { UpdateChecker(context) }
+
+    // Hardware Back returns to the home screen instead of leaving the app.
+    BackHandler(onBack = onBack)
+
+    var baseUrl by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.updateBaseUrl.orEmpty()) }
+    var repoPath by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.updateRepo.orEmpty()) }
+    var token by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.updateToken.orEmpty()) }
+    var showLogo by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.showTitleLogo) }
+    var ringColor by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.ringColorHex) }
+
+    var checking by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var status by remember { mutableStateOf<UpdateStatus?>(null) }
+    var installMessage by remember { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
+
+    val firstFocus = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) { runCatching { firstFocus.requestFocus() } }
+
+    Column(
+        modifier = Modifier
+            .fillMaxSize()
+            .verticalScroll(rememberScrollState())
+            .padding(horizontal = 56.dp, vertical = 48.dp)
+            .width(760.dp),
+        verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(18.dp),
+    ) {
+        Text("Settings", color = Color.White, fontSize = 40.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold)
+
+        // --- Screensaver appearance ---
+        Text("Screensaver", color = Color.White, fontSize = 24.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
+        Button(
+            onClick = {
+                showLogo = !showLogo
+                scope.launch { store.setShowTitleLogo(showLogo) }
+            },
+            modifier = Modifier.focusRequester(firstFocus),
+        ) { Text(if (showLogo) "Show title logo:  On" else "Show title logo:  Off") }
+        Text(
+            "When on, shows each title's logo artwork from Emby instead of plain text " +
+                "(falls back to text when a title has no logo).",
+            color = Color(0xFF9AA3AC),
+            fontSize = 14.sp,
+        )
+
+        Text("Spinner colour", color = Color(0xFF9AA3AC), fontSize = 14.sp)
+        Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp)) {
+            listOf(
+                "White" to "FFFFFF",
+                "Emby green" to "52B54B",
+                "Netflix red" to "E50914",
+            ).forEach { (label, hex) ->
+                val selected = ringColor.equals(hex, ignoreCase = true)
+                Button(
+                    onClick = {
+                        ringColor = hex
+                        scope.launch { store.setRingColor(hex) }
+                    },
+                ) { Text(if (selected) "●  $label" else label) }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // --- Updates ---
+        Text("Updates", color = Color.White, fontSize = 24.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
+        Text(
+            "Installed version: ${checker.installedVersion}",
+            color = Color(0xFFB9C0C7),
+            fontSize = 16.sp,
+        )
+
+        TvTextField(
+            label = "Gitea URL (e.g. https://gitea.example.com)",
+            value = baseUrl,
+            onValueChange = { baseUrl = it; status = null },
+            keyboardType = KeyboardType.Uri,
+        )
+        TvTextField(
+            label = "Repository (owner/repo)",
+            value = repoPath,
+            onValueChange = { repoPath = it; status = null },
+        )
+        TvTextField(
+            label = "Access token",
+            value = token,
+            onValueChange = { token = it; status = null },
+            isPassword = true,
+        )
+
+        Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(16.dp)) {
+            Button(
+                onClick = {
+                    if (checking) return@Button
+                    checking = true
+                    status = null
+                    installMessage = null
+                    scope.launch {
+                        store.setUpdateConfig(baseUrl, repoPath, token)
+                        status = checker.check(baseUrl, repoPath, token)
+                        checking = false
+                    }
+                },
+            ) { Text(if (checking) "Checking…" else "Check for updates") }
+
+            Button(onClick = onBack) { Text("Back") }
+        }
+
+        when (val s = status) {
+            is UpdateStatus.UpToDate -> Text(
+                "You're on the latest version (${s.version}).",
+                color = Color(0xFF7BD88F),
+                fontSize = 16.sp,
+            )
+            is UpdateStatus.Error -> Text(s.message, color = Color(0xFFFF6B6B), fontSize = 16.sp)
+            is UpdateStatus.Available -> {
+                Text(
+                    "Update available: ${s.version}",
+                    color = Color(0xFF7BD88F),
+                    fontSize = 18.sp,
+                    fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+                )
+                if (s.notes.isNotBlank()) {
+                    Text(s.notes, color = Color(0xFFB9C0C7), fontSize = 14.sp)
+                }
+                Button(
+                    onClick = {
+                        installMessage = "Downloading update…"
+                        scope.launch {
+                            val result = checker.downloadAndInstall(s.apkUrl, token)
+                            installMessage = result.exceptionOrNull()?.message
+                                ?: "Opening the installer…"
+                        }
+                    },
+                ) { Text("Download & install") }
+            }
+            null -> {}
+        }
+
+        installMessage?.let { Text(it, color = Color(0xFFB9C0C7), fontSize = 15.sp) }
+
+        Text("About", color = Color.White, fontSize = 24.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
+        Text(
+            "${stringResource(R.string.app_name)} ${checker.installedVersion} · by " +
+                stringResource(R.string.developer_name),
+            color = Color(0xFF9AA3AC),
+            fontSize = 14.sp,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun FavoriteCard(item: BaseItem, onClick: () -> Unit) {
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val imageUrl = repo.backdropUrl(item, maxWidth = 640) ?: repo.primaryUrl(item)
+    Card(onClick = onClick, modifier = Modifier.width(320.dp)) {
+        Column {
+            Box(Modifier.width(320.dp).height(180.dp).background(Color(0xFF1A2027))) {
+                if (imageUrl != null) {
+                    AsyncImage(
+                        model = imageUrl,
+                        contentDescription = item.name,
+                        contentScale = ContentScale.Crop,
+                        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+            Text(
+                text = item.name,
+                color = Color.White,
+                fontSize = 16.sp,
+                maxLines = 1,
+                overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+                modifier = Modifier.padding(10.dp),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun TvTextField(
+    label: String,
+    value: String,
+    onValueChange: (String) -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+    isPassword: Boolean = false,
+    keyboardType: KeyboardType = KeyboardType.Text,
+) {
+    Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(6.dp)) {
+        Text(label, color = Color(0xFF9AA3AC), fontSize = 14.sp)
+        Box(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .fillMaxWidth()
+                .border(1.dp, Color(0xFF3A424B), RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
+                .background(Color(0xFF161B21), RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
+                .padding(horizontal = 16.dp, vertical = 14.dp),
+        ) {
+            BasicTextField(
+                value = value,
+                onValueChange = onValueChange,
+                singleLine = true,
+                textStyle = TextStyle(color = Color.White, fontSize = 20.sp),
+                cursorBrush = SolidColor(Color.White),
+                visualTransformation = if (isPassword) PasswordVisualTransformation() else VisualTransformation.None,
+                keyboardOptions = KeyboardOptions(keyboardType = if (isPassword) KeyboardType.Password else keyboardType),
+                modifier = modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private fun openScreensaverSettings(context: android.content.Context) {
+    val candidates = listOf(
+        AndroidSettings.ACTION_DREAM_SETTINGS,
+        AndroidSettings.ACTION_DISPLAY_SETTINGS,
+        AndroidSettings.ACTION_SETTINGS,
+    )
+    for (action in candidates) {
+        val intent = Intent(action).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK)
+        if (intent.resolveActivity(context.packageManager) != null) {
+            context.startActivity(intent)
+            return
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MaintenanceScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MaintenanceScreen.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77829d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MaintenanceScreen.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,337 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui
+
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.LinearEasing
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.RepeatMode
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.animateFloat
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.animateFloatAsState
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.infiniteRepeatable
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.rememberInfiniteTransition
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.tween
+import androidx.compose.foundation.background
+import androidx.compose.foundation.border
+import androidx.compose.foundation.Canvas
+import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.focusable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.interaction.MutableInteractionSource
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.widthIn
+import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.CircleShape
+import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Build
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.FocusRequester
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusProperties
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusRequester
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.onFocusChanged
+import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Offset
+import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Size
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Brush
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.graphicsLayer
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
+import androidx.tv.material3.Icon
+import androidx.tv.material3.Text
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+
+private val MaintenanceAccent = Color(0xFF52B54B)
+private val MaintenanceTitle = Color(0xFFF2F5F7)
+private val MaintenanceBody = Color(0xFFAEB7BF)
+private val MaintenanceFaint = Color(0xFF7E888F)
+
+/** How long between automatic retries while the gateway is down. */
+private const val RETRY_SECONDS = 30
+
+/**
+ * Fills the content area while the gateway reports a deliberate outage.
+ *
+ * The navigation rail deliberately stays mounted beside this: Settings and Switch user
+ * are local, so there is no reason to strand the viewer just because content is
+ * unavailable. Everything here is cheap to draw — a handful of animated floats and plain
+ * Canvas geometry — because TV GPUs punish blur and layered transparency.
+ */
+@Composable
+fun MaintenanceScreen(
+    message: String,
+    contentFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    navigationFocusRequester: FocusRequester,
+    onRetry: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val transition = rememberInfiniteTransition(label = "maintenance")
+
+    // One slow drift drives the background glow; one fast-ish phase drives the rings.
+    val glow by transition.animateFloat(
+        initialValue = 0f,
+        targetValue = 1f,
+        animationSpec = infiniteRepeatable(tween(9_000, easing = LinearEasing), RepeatMode.Reverse),
+        label = "glow",
+    )
+    val pulse by transition.animateFloat(
+        initialValue = 0f,
+        targetValue = 1f,
+        animationSpec = infiniteRepeatable(tween(3_200, easing = LinearEasing)),
+        label = "pulse",
+    )
+    val gearRotation by transition.animateFloat(
+        initialValue = 0f,
+        targetValue = 360f,
+        animationSpec = infiniteRepeatable(tween(24_000, easing = LinearEasing)),
+        label = "gear",
+    )
+    val sweep by transition.animateFloat(
+        initialValue = 0f,
+        targetValue = 1f,
+        animationSpec = infiniteRepeatable(tween(1_900, easing = LinearEasing)),
+        label = "sweep",
+    )
+
+    // Entrance: content settles in rather than snapping, so the switch from rows to this
+    // screen reads as intentional.
+    var entered by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) { entered = true }
+    val entrance by animateFloatAsState(
+        targetValue = if (entered) 1f else 0f,
+        animationSpec = tween(420),
+        label = "maintenance-entrance",
+    )
+
+    var secondsLeft by remember { mutableStateOf(RETRY_SECONDS) }
+    LaunchedEffect(message) {
+        // Restarts whenever the message changes, so a failed retry resets the clock.
+        secondsLeft = RETRY_SECONDS
+        while (true) {
+            delay(1_000)
+            secondsLeft -= 1
+            if (secondsLeft <= 0) {
+                onRetry()
+                secondsLeft = RETRY_SECONDS
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Box(modifier = modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
+        MaintenanceBackdrop(glow = glow)
+
+        Column(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .fillMaxSize()
+                .padding(horizontal = 56.dp)
+                .graphicsLayer {
+                    alpha = entrance
+                    translationY = (1f - entrance) * 26.dp.toPx()
+                },
+            horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
+            verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center,
+        ) {
+            PulsingEmblem(pulse = pulse, gearRotation = gearRotation)
+
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(30.dp))
+            Text(
+                "Memby is taking a short break",
+                color = MaintenanceTitle,
+                fontSize = 34.sp,
+                fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+                textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
+            )
+
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(12.dp))
+            Text(
+                message,
+                color = MaintenanceBody,
+                fontSize = 17.sp,
+                textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
+                modifier = Modifier.widthIn(max = 620.dp),
+            )
+
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(28.dp))
+            SweepBar(progress = sweep)
+
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(28.dp))
+            Row(
+                verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+                horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(18.dp),
+            ) {
+                RetryButton(
+                    onClick = {
+                        secondsLeft = RETRY_SECONDS
+                        onRetry()
+                    },
+                    modifier = Modifier
+                        .focusRequester(contentFocusRequester)
+                        // Without this the viewer can reach the button but never get
+                        // back to the rail, since nothing else here is focusable.
+                        .focusProperties { left = navigationFocusRequester },
+                )
+                Text(
+                    "Checking again in ${secondsLeft}s",
+                    color = MaintenanceFaint,
+                    fontSize = 14.sp,
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/** Vertical wash plus a radial glow that drifts, so the screen is never quite static. */
+@Composable
+private fun MaintenanceBackdrop(glow: Float) {
+    Canvas(Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
+        drawRect(
+            brush = Brush.verticalGradient(
+                listOf(Color(0xFF0B0F14), Color(0xFF121A22), Color(0xFF0A0D11)),
+            ),
+        )
+        val centre = Offset(
+            x = size.width * (0.42f + 0.16f * glow),
+            y = size.height * (0.38f + 0.10f * (1f - glow)),
+        )
+        val radius = size.minDimension * (0.55f + 0.08f * glow)
+        drawCircle(
+            brush = Brush.radialGradient(
+                colors = listOf(MaintenanceAccent.copy(alpha = 0.13f), Color.Transparent),
+                center = centre,
+                radius = radius,
+            ),
+            radius = radius,
+            center = centre,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Three rings expanding outward on staggered phases, with a slowly turning gear at the
+ * centre. Drawn in one Canvas: three composables with their own animations would cost
+ * three recompositions per frame for the same picture.
+ */
+@Composable
+private fun PulsingEmblem(pulse: Float, gearRotation: Float) {
+    Box(contentAlignment = Alignment.Center) {
+        Canvas(Modifier.size(210.dp)) {
+            val base = size.minDimension * 0.22f
+            repeat(3) { index ->
+                // Stagger the phases so the rings never bunch up together.
+                val phase = (pulse + index / 3f) % 1f
+                val radius = base * (1f + phase * 1.6f)
+                drawCircle(
+                    color = MaintenanceAccent.copy(alpha = 0.34f * (1f - phase)),
+                    radius = radius,
+                    center = center,
+                    style = androidx.compose.ui.graphics.drawscope.Stroke(width = 2.dp.toPx()),
+                )
+            }
+            drawCircle(
+                brush = Brush.radialGradient(
+                    colors = listOf(MaintenanceAccent.copy(alpha = 0.22f), Color.Transparent),
+                    center = center,
+                    radius = base * 1.35f,
+                ),
+                radius = base * 1.35f,
+                center = center,
+            )
+        }
+
+        Box(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .size(96.dp)
+                .clip(CircleShape)
+                .background(Color(0xFF16202A))
+                .border(1.dp, MaintenanceAccent.copy(alpha = 0.35f), CircleShape),
+            contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
+        ) {
+            Icon(
+                imageVector = Icons.Default.Build,
+                contentDescription = null,
+                tint = MaintenanceAccent,
+                modifier = Modifier
+                    .size(40.dp)
+                    .graphicsLayer { rotationZ = gearRotation },
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/** An indeterminate bar: a highlight sweeping a dim track, looping. */
+@Composable
+private fun SweepBar(progress: Float) {
+    Canvas(
+        Modifier
+            .width(300.dp)
+            .height(3.dp),
+    ) {
+        val corner = androidx.compose.ui.geometry.CornerRadius(size.height / 2f)
+        drawRoundRect(color = Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.07f), cornerRadius = corner)
+
+        // The highlight starts off-screen left and exits right, so the loop point is
+        // invisible rather than a visible jump back to the start.
+        val bandWidth = size.width * 0.32f
+        val x = -bandWidth + (size.width + bandWidth) * progress
+        drawRoundRect(
+            brush = Brush.horizontalGradient(
+                colors = listOf(Color.Transparent, MaintenanceAccent.copy(alpha = 0.85f), Color.Transparent),
+                startX = x,
+                endX = x + bandWidth,
+            ),
+            topLeft = Offset(x.coerceAtLeast(0f), 0f),
+            size = Size(
+                width = (x + bandWidth).coerceAtMost(size.width) - x.coerceAtLeast(0f),
+                height = size.height,
+            ),
+            cornerRadius = corner,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun RetryButton(onClick: () -> Unit, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
+    var focused by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    val scale by animateFloatAsState(
+        targetValue = if (focused) 1.06f else 1f,
+        animationSpec = tween(120),
+        label = "retry-scale",
+    )
+
+    Box(
+        modifier = modifier
+            .graphicsLayer { scaleX = scale; scaleY = scale }
+            .clip(RoundedCornerShape(10.dp))
+            .background(if (focused) MaintenanceAccent else Color(0xFF1E2833))
+            .border(
+                width = if (focused) 0.dp else 1.dp,
+                color = Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.12f),
+                shape = RoundedCornerShape(10.dp),
+            )
+            .onFocusChanged { focused = it.isFocused }
+            .focusable(interactionSource = remember { MutableInteractionSource() })
+            .clickable(onClick = onClick)
+            .padding(horizontal = 26.dp, vertical = 12.dp),
+    ) {
+        Text(
+            "Try again",
+            color = if (focused) Color(0xFF06240A) else MaintenanceTitle,
+            fontSize = 16.sp,
+            fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PlayerActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PlayerActivity.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ea823a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PlayerActivity.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.player
+
+import android.app.AlertDialog
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.os.Bundle
+import android.view.KeyEvent
+import android.view.WindowManager
+import android.widget.FrameLayout
+import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
+import androidx.media3.common.C
+import androidx.media3.common.MediaItem
+import androidx.media3.common.Player
+import androidx.media3.common.TrackGroup
+import androidx.media3.common.TrackSelectionOverride
+import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi
+import androidx.media3.exoplayer.ExoPlayer
+import androidx.media3.exoplayer.trackselection.DefaultTrackSelector
+import androidx.media3.ui.PlayerView
+import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScope
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ServiceLocator
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.isActive
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+
+/**
+ * Fullscreen Media3 player with native stream-track selection. Press Menu while
+ * playing to choose an audio or subtitle track; the subtitle controller button
+ * remains available in the regular transport controls too.
+ */
+class PlayerActivity : ComponentActivity() {
+
+    private var player: ExoPlayer? = null
+    private var playerView: PlayerView? = null
+    private var progressJob: Job? = null
+    private var playbackStarted = false
+    private var stopReported = false
+    private var itemId: String? = null
+
+    @UnstableApi
+    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+        window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON)
+
+        val url = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_URL)
+        itemId = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_ITEM_ID)
+        val resumePositionMs = intent.getLongExtra(EXTRA_RESUME_POSITION_MS, 0L)
+        if (url.isNullOrBlank()) {
+            finish()
+            return
+        }
+
+        val view = PlayerView(this).apply {
+            layoutParams = FrameLayout.LayoutParams(
+                FrameLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
+                FrameLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
+            )
+            useController = true
+            setShowSubtitleButton(true)
+        }
+        setContentView(view)
+        playerView = view
+
+        val selector = DefaultTrackSelector(this)
+        player = ExoPlayer.Builder(this)
+            .setTrackSelector(selector)
+            .build()
+            .also { playback ->
+                view.player = playback
+                playback.addListener(object : Player.Listener {
+                    override fun onPlaybackStateChanged(playbackState: Int) {
+                        if (playbackState == Player.STATE_READY && !playbackStarted) {
+                            playbackStarted = true
+                            reportStarted(playback.currentPosition)
+                            startProgressReporting()
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    override fun onIsPlayingChanged(isPlaying: Boolean) {
+                        if (playbackStarted) reportProgress(playback.currentPosition, isPaused = !isPlaying)
+                    }
+                })
+                playback.setMediaItem(MediaItem.fromUri(url), resumePositionMs)
+                playback.playWhenReady = true
+                playback.prepare()
+            }
+    }
+
+    override fun dispatchKeyEvent(event: KeyEvent): Boolean {
+        if (event.action == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP && event.keyCode in setOf(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SETTINGS)) {
+            showTrackMenu()
+            return true
+        }
+        return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event)
+    }
+
+    private fun showTrackMenu() {
+        val playback = player ?: return
+        val audio = playback.currentTracks.groups.any { group ->
+            group.type == C.TRACK_TYPE_AUDIO && (0 until group.mediaTrackGroup.length).any(group::isTrackSupported)
+        }
+        val subtitles = playback.currentTracks.groups.any { group ->
+            group.type == C.TRACK_TYPE_TEXT && (0 until group.mediaTrackGroup.length).any(group::isTrackSupported)
+        }
+        val options = buildList {
+            if (audio) add("Audio")
+            if (subtitles) add("Subtitles")
+        }
+        if (options.isEmpty()) {
+            AlertDialog.Builder(this).setMessage("No alternate audio or subtitle tracks are available.")
+                .setPositiveButton("OK", null).show()
+            return
+        }
+        AlertDialog.Builder(this)
+            .setTitle(intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_TITLE) ?: "Playback options")
+            .setItems(options.toTypedArray()) { _, which ->
+                showTrackPicker(if (options[which] == "Audio") C.TRACK_TYPE_AUDIO else C.TRACK_TYPE_TEXT)
+            }
+            .show()
+    }
+
+    private fun showTrackPicker(trackType: Int) {
+        val playback = player ?: return
+        val entries = mutableListOf<TrackChoice>()
+        playback.currentTracks.groups.forEach { group ->
+            if (group.type == trackType) {
+                for (index in 0 until group.mediaTrackGroup.length) {
+                    if (group.isTrackSupported(index)) {
+                        entries += TrackChoice(group.mediaTrackGroup, index, trackLabel(group.mediaTrackGroup, index))
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        val choices = if (trackType == C.TRACK_TYPE_TEXT) listOf(TrackChoice(null, -1, "Off")) + entries else entries
+        AlertDialog.Builder(this)
+            .setTitle(if (trackType == C.TRACK_TYPE_AUDIO) "Audio track" else "Subtitles")
+            .setItems(choices.map { it.label }.toTypedArray()) { _, which ->
+                val choice = choices[which]
+                val builder = playback.trackSelectionParameters.buildUpon().clearOverridesOfType(trackType)
+                if (choice.group != null) builder.setOverrideForType(TrackSelectionOverride(choice.group, listOf(choice.index)))
+                playback.trackSelectionParameters = builder.build()
+            }
+            .show()
+    }
+
+    private fun trackLabel(group: TrackGroup, index: Int): String {
+        val format = group.getFormat(index)
+        return format.label?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }
+            ?: format.language?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.replaceFirstChar { it.uppercase() }
+            ?: if (format.channelCount > 0) "${format.channelCount} channel audio" else "Track ${index + 1}"
+    }
+
+    override fun onStop() {
+        player?.let { if (playbackStarted) reportProgress(it.currentPosition, isPaused = true) }
+        super.onStop()
+        player?.pause()
+    }
+
+    override fun onDestroy() {
+        progressJob?.cancel()
+        val playback = player
+        if (!stopReported && playbackStarted && !itemId.isNullOrBlank()) {
+            stopReported = true
+            ServiceLocator.repository.enqueuePlaybackStopped(itemId!!, playback?.currentPosition ?: 0L)
+        }
+        playerView?.player = null
+        playback?.release()
+        player = null
+        super.onDestroy()
+    }
+
+    private fun reportStarted(positionMs: Long) {
+        val id = itemId?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } ?: return
+        lifecycleScope.launch {
+            runCatching { ServiceLocator.repository.reportPlaybackStarted(id, positionMs) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun reportProgress(positionMs: Long, isPaused: Boolean) {
+        val id = itemId?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } ?: return
+        lifecycleScope.launch {
+            runCatching { ServiceLocator.repository.reportPlaybackProgress(id, positionMs, isPaused) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun startProgressReporting() {
+        progressJob?.cancel()
+        progressJob = lifecycleScope.launch {
+            while (isActive) {
+                delay(PROGRESS_INTERVAL_MS)
+                player?.let { reportProgress(it.currentPosition, isPaused = !it.isPlaying) }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private data class TrackChoice(val group: TrackGroup?, val index: Int, val label: String)
+
+    companion object {
+        private const val EXTRA_URL = "extra_url"
+        private const val EXTRA_ITEM_ID = "extra_item_id"
+        private const val EXTRA_TITLE = "extra_title"
+        private const val EXTRA_RESUME_POSITION_MS = "extra_resume_position_ms"
+
+        fun intent(
+            context: Context,
+            url: String,
+            title: String?,
+            resumePositionMs: Long = 0L,
+        ): Intent = intent(context, itemId = null, url = url, title = title, resumePositionMs = resumePositionMs)
+
+        fun intent(
+            context: Context,
+            itemId: String?,
+            url: String,
+            title: String?,
+            resumePositionMs: Long = 0L,
+        ): Intent =
+            Intent(context, PlayerActivity::class.java).apply {
+                itemId?.let { putExtra(EXTRA_ITEM_ID, it) }
+                putExtra(EXTRA_URL, url)
+                putExtra(EXTRA_TITLE, title)
+                putExtra(EXTRA_RESUME_POSITION_MS, resumePositionMs)
+            }
+
+        private const val PROGRESS_INTERVAL_MS = 10_000L
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/EmbyAppLauncher.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/EmbyAppLauncher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7daf6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/EmbyAppLauncher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.screensaver
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.net.Uri
+
+/** Opens an item in Emby's installed Android or Android TV client. */
+internal object EmbyAppLauncher {
+    private val packageCandidates = listOf("com.mb.android", "tv.emby.embyatv")
+
+    fun play(context: Context, serverId: String?, itemId: String): Boolean {
+        if (serverId.isNullOrBlank() || itemId.isBlank()) return false
+
+        // `play` is supported by recent Emby Android builds. `items` keeps navigation
+        // useful for older installed clients that only support opening an item page.
+        val links = listOf(
+            "emby://play/$serverId/$itemId",
+            "emby://items/$serverId/$itemId",
+        )
+        for (packageName in packageCandidates) {
+            for (link in links) {
+                val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(link))
+                    .setPackage(packageName)
+                    .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK)
+                if (intent.resolveActivity(context.packageManager) != null) {
+                    context.startActivity(intent)
+                    return true
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/ScreensaverActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/ScreensaverActivity.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..340f0af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/ScreensaverActivity.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.screensaver
+
+import android.os.Bundle
+import android.os.Build
+import android.view.WindowManager
+import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
+import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.player.PlayerActivity
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyTheme
+
+/** In-app preview of the screensaver, launched from the home screen. */
+class ScreensaverActivity : ComponentActivity() {
+    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+        window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON)
+        // A package replacement can leave Android TV in the Dream's ambient/sleeping
+        // state. The restart destination is an interactive slide, so wake the display
+        // as this activity becomes visible instead of rendering it behind black.
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O_MR1) {
+            setTurnScreenOn(true)
+        } else {
+            @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+            window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TURN_SCREEN_ON)
+        }
+        setContent {
+            MembyTheme {
+                ScreensaverContent(
+                    onPlay = { url, title ->
+                        startActivity(PlayerActivity.intent(this, url, title))
+                    },
+                    onExit = { finish() },
+                    startupMessage = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_STARTUP_MESSAGE),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        const val EXTRA_STARTUP_MESSAGE = "com.ponzischeme89.memby.extra.STARTUP_MESSAGE"
+
+        fun restartAfterUpdateIntent(context: android.content.Context): android.content.Intent =
+            android.content.Intent(context, ScreensaverActivity::class.java)
+                .putExtra(EXTRA_STARTUP_MESSAGE, "Restarting Memby after update…")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/ScreensaverContent.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/ScreensaverContent.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..720eb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/ScreensaverContent.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,997 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.screensaver
+
+import androidx.compose.animation.AnimatedVisibility
+import androidx.compose.animation.Crossfade
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.Animatable
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.tween
+import androidx.compose.animation.fadeIn
+import androidx.compose.animation.fadeOut
+import androidx.compose.foundation.Canvas
+import androidx.compose.foundation.Image
+import androidx.compose.foundation.background
+import androidx.compose.foundation.focusable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
+import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.ChevronLeft
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.ChevronRight
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Close
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.AccessTime
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Business
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Favorite
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.FavoriteBorder
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.LiveTv
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Movie
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.PlayArrow
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Settings
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.LocalOffer
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.DisposableEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.collectAsState
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableFloatStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableIntStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateMapOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.produceState
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberCoroutineScope
+import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberUpdatedState
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.withFrameMillis
+import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.graphicsLayer
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.FocusRequester
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusRequester
+import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Offset
+import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Size
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Brush
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Shadow
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.StrokeCap
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.drawscope.Stroke
+import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.Key
+import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.KeyEventType
+import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.key
+import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.onPreviewKeyEvent
+import androidx.compose.ui.input.key.type
+import androidx.compose.ui.layout.ContentScale
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
+import androidx.compose.ui.res.painterResource
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.clearAndSetSemantics
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextStyle
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontStyle
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
+import androidx.core.graphics.drawable.toBitmap
+import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle
+import androidx.lifecycle.compose.LocalLifecycleOwner
+import androidx.lifecycle.repeatOnLifecycle
+import androidx.tv.material3.Button
+import androidx.tv.material3.Icon
+import androidx.tv.material3.Text
+import coil.compose.AsyncImage
+import coil.imageLoader
+import coil.request.ImageRequest
+import coil.request.SuccessResult
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.R
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ServiceLocator
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.friendlyEmbyError
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.settings.SettingsSheet
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import java.text.DateFormat
+import java.util.Date
+
+// Background-prefetch tuning for the rotating queue.
+private const val PREFETCH_AHEAD = 6   // start fetching this many items before the end
+private const val MAX_QUEUE = 600      // cap the in-memory queue…
+private const val TRIM_TO = 400        // …trimming already-shown items down to this
+
+/** Soft drop shadow that keeps foreground text legible over bright/white artwork. */
+private val TextShadow = Shadow(
+    color = Color(0xCC000000),
+    offset = Offset(0f, 3f),
+    blurRadius = 10f,
+)
+
+/**
+ * A small holder that lets a host (e.g. the DreamService) drive playback from a
+ * key it intercepts outside Compose focus (the remote's Play/Pause media key).
+ * The composable registers [playCurrent] for the currently shown item.
+ */
+class ScreensaverActions {
+    @Volatile
+    var playCurrent: (() -> Unit)? = null
+}
+
+/**
+ * The shared backdrop slideshow, used by both the in-app preview activity and the
+ * system Daydream. Remote model:
+ *  - ◄ / ►      previous / next item (when the panel is closed)
+ *  - ▲ / ▼      show / hide the details + actions panel
+ *  - OK/Center  open the panel, or perform the focused action when it's open
+ *  - Play/Pause start playback of the current item
+ *  - Back       close the panel, or exit if it's already closed
+ */
+@Composable
+fun ScreensaverContent(
+    onPlay: (url: String, title: String) -> Unit,
+    onExit: () -> Unit,
+    actions: ScreensaverActions? = null,
+    startupMessage: String? = null,
+) {
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    // Nullable initial so we don't flash "not configured" before settings load.
+    val settings by repo.settingsFlow.collectAsState(initial = null)
+
+    when {
+        settings == null -> MessageScreen(text = "Memby starting up….", onExit = onExit)
+        settings?.isSignedIn != true -> MessageScreen(
+            text = "Open “Memby” on this device to configure your server and sign in.",
+            onExit = onExit,
+        )
+        else -> Slideshow(
+            onPlay = onPlay,
+            onExit = onExit,
+            actions = actions,
+            showTitleLogo = settings?.showTitleLogo ?: true,
+            ringColor = ringColorFromHex(settings?.ringColorHex),
+            embyServerId = settings?.serverId,
+            warmBackdropUrl = settings?.lastBackdropUrl,
+            startupMessage = startupMessage,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun Slideshow(
+    onPlay: (url: String, title: String) -> Unit,
+    onExit: () -> Unit,
+    actions: ScreensaverActions?,
+    showTitleLogo: Boolean,
+    ringColor: Color,
+    embyServerId: String?,
+    warmBackdropUrl: String?,
+    startupMessage: String?,
+) {
+    val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
+
+    var items by remember { mutableStateOf<List<BaseItem>>(emptyList()) }
+    var index by remember { mutableIntStateOf(0) }
+    var panelOpen by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var settingsOpen by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var loading by remember { mutableStateOf(true) }
+    var loadingMore by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var loadError by remember { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
+    var toast by remember(startupMessage) { mutableStateOf(startupMessage) }
+    var reloadKey by remember { mutableIntStateOf(0) }
+    val favoriteOverrides = remember { mutableStateMapOf<String, Boolean>() }
+    val favoriteMutations = remember { mutableStateMapOf<String, Int>() }
+
+    val rootFocus = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    val playFocus = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    val logoRotation = remember { Animatable(0f) }
+    val introBrandAlpha = remember { Animatable(0f) }
+    val slideRevealShade = remember { Animatable(0f) }
+
+    // Normalised slide progress in [0f,1f]. A single coroutine (the slide timer below)
+    // drives both this ring and the slide advance, so they share one clock and can't drift.
+    val slideProgress = remember { mutableFloatStateOf(0f) }
+    val lifecycleOwner = LocalLifecycleOwner.current
+
+    LaunchedEffect(reloadKey) {
+        loading = true
+        loadError = null
+        runCatching { repo.getScreensaverItems() }
+            .onSuccess { fetched ->
+                val queue = fetched.shuffled()
+                // The lightweight startup request may already be on-screen. Keep that
+                // exact item at the front rather than swapping through several results
+                // as competing requests finish; the rest of the random queue follows it.
+                val visible = items.getOrNull(index)
+                if (visible == null) {
+                    items = queue
+                    index = 0
+                } else {
+                    items = listOf(visible) + queue.filter { it.id != visible.id }
+                    index = 0
+                }
+                loading = false
+            }
+            .onFailure { loadError = friendlyEmbyError(it); loading = false }
+    }
+
+    // Do not wait for the full 200-item queue before showing a first real backdrop.
+    // This runs alongside it and normally wins on a cold launch.
+    LaunchedEffect(reloadKey) {
+        runCatching { repo.getStartupBackdropMovie() }
+            .onSuccess { movie ->
+                if (movie != null && items.isEmpty()) {
+                    items = listOf(movie)
+                    loading = false
+                }
+            }
+    }
+
+    // Fetches another random batch in the background as the user nears the end of
+    // the current queue and appends the new (deduped) items — so the screensaver
+    // keeps surfacing fresh titles instead of looping the first batch forever. The
+    // queue is trimmed from the front to stay bounded over long uptimes.
+    fun maybePrefetch() {
+        val size = items.size
+        if (loadingMore || size == 0 || index < size - PREFETCH_AHEAD) return
+        loadingMore = true
+        toast = "Finding more from your library…"
+        scope.launch {
+            val more = runCatching { repo.getScreensaverItems() }.getOrDefault(emptyList())
+            if (more.isNotEmpty()) {
+                val existing = items.mapTo(HashSet()) { it.id }
+                val fresh = more.filter { it.id !in existing }
+                // If the library has nothing new, re-use the reshuffled batch so it
+                // still keeps moving (just in a different random order).
+                val refill = fresh.ifEmpty { more }.shuffled()
+                var merged = items + refill
+                if (merged.size > MAX_QUEUE) {
+                    val drop = merged.size - TRIM_TO
+                    merged = merged.drop(drop)
+                    index = (index - drop).coerceAtLeast(0)
+                }
+                items = merged
+                toast = if (fresh.isNotEmpty()) {
+                    "Queued ${fresh.size} more titles"
+                } else {
+                    "Refreshed the queue with a new order"
+                }
+            } else {
+                toast = "No additional titles found"
+            }
+            loadingMore = false
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun advance() {
+        val size = items.size
+        if (size == 0) return
+        // Loop back only as a fallback if a refill hasn't landed yet.
+        index = if (index + 1 < size) index + 1 else 0
+        maybePrefetch()
+    }
+
+    // The one authoritative slide timer is defined below — after `hasContent` and the
+    // navigation helpers it depends on — so there is a single source of truth.
+
+    // Return focus to the root when the panel closes so key events keep flowing.
+    // Guarded: the Play button lives inside AnimatedVisibility and may attach a
+    // frame late; requestFocus() on an unattached requester would otherwise throw.
+    LaunchedEffect(panelOpen, settingsOpen, items.isEmpty()) {
+        if (settingsOpen) {
+            // SettingsSheet owns focus while it is on screen.
+        } else if (panelOpen) {
+            delay(50)
+            runCatching { playFocus.requestFocus() }
+        } else {
+            runCatching { rootFocus.requestFocus() }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Auto-dismiss transient toasts.
+    LaunchedEffect(toast) {
+        if (toast != null) { delay(3500); toast = null }
+    }
+
+    val current = items.getOrNull(index)
+    val currentUpdated by rememberUpdatedState(current)
+    val isFav = current?.let { favoriteOverrides[it.id] ?: it.isFavorite } ?: false
+    val hasContent = items.isNotEmpty()
+    // Keep a real Emby backdrop available for the next cold start. Coil's disk cache
+    // makes this appear instantly in the usual case, before the fresh queue arrives.
+    LaunchedEffect(current?.id) {
+        current?.let { item ->
+            repo.backdropUrl(item)?.let { ServiceLocator.settings.setLastBackdropUrl(it) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // A brief full turn gives the persistent brand mark a small, purposeful cue every
+    // time the current title changes — including manual previous/next navigation.
+    LaunchedEffect(index) {
+        logoRotation.snapTo(0f)
+        logoRotation.animateTo(360f, animationSpec = tween(durationMillis = 1_100))
+    }
+    LaunchedEffect(index) {
+        slideRevealShade.snapTo(0.38f)
+        slideRevealShade.animateTo(0f, animationSpec = tween(durationMillis = 1_100))
+    }
+    // A small first-launch signature: the app name appears beside the Emby mark and
+    // quietly disappears, leaving the artwork to take over.
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
+        introBrandAlpha.snapTo(0f)
+        introBrandAlpha.animateTo(0.94f, animationSpec = tween(durationMillis = 500))
+        delay(1_900)
+        introBrandAlpha.animateTo(0f, animationSpec = tween(durationMillis = 900))
+    }
+
+    fun next() { if (items.isNotEmpty()) { index = (index + 1) % items.size; maybePrefetch() } }
+    fun prev() { if (items.isNotEmpty()) index = (index - 1 + items.size) % items.size }
+
+    // Single authoritative slide timer. One lifecycle-aware coroutine animates the
+    // progress ring 0f→1f over the slide duration and then advances, so the ring and
+    // the slide change share one clock and cannot drift. It restarts (snapping progress
+    // back to 0) whenever the slide changes (auto or manual), the queue reloads, or the
+    // panel opens/closes. repeatOnLifecycle pauses it while the Activity/DreamService is
+    // below RESUMED and resets it on resume; leaving the composition cancels it, so no
+    // duplicate timers survive a lifecycle change. Not keyed on the items list, so
+    // background refills don't restart it.
+    LaunchedEffect(index, panelOpen, settingsOpen, reloadKey, hasContent) {
+        if (panelOpen || settingsOpen || !hasContent) return@LaunchedEffect
+        lifecycleOwner.lifecycle.repeatOnLifecycle(Lifecycle.State.RESUMED) {
+            val durationMillis = repo.rotationIntervalMillis()
+            slideProgress.floatValue = 0f
+            // Drive progress from real elapsed frame time rather than a tween, so each
+            // slide lasts exactly `durationMillis` and keeps progressing even when the
+            // system animator-duration scale is 0. withFrameMillis keeps it smooth.
+            val startMillis = withFrameMillis { it }
+            var elapsed = 0L
+            while (elapsed < durationMillis) {
+                elapsed = withFrameMillis { it } - startMillis
+                slideProgress.floatValue = (elapsed.toFloat() / durationMillis).coerceIn(0f, 1f)
+            }
+            advance()
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun playTrailer(item: BaseItem?) {
+        val target = item ?: return
+        toast = "Finding trailer…"
+        scope.launch {
+            runCatching { repo.getLocalTrailer(target.id) }
+                .onSuccess { trailer ->
+                    if (trailer == null) {
+                        toast = "No trailer is available for ${target.name}."
+                    } else {
+                        runCatching { repo.resolvePlayable(trailer) }
+                            .onSuccess { onPlay(it.url, "${target.name} trailer") }
+                            .onFailure { toast = friendlyEmbyError(it) }
+                    }
+                }
+                .onFailure { toast = friendlyEmbyError(it) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun setFavorite(desired: Boolean) {
+        val item = current ?: return
+        val previous = favoriteOverrides[item.id] ?: item.isFavorite
+        val mutation = (favoriteMutations[item.id] ?: 0) + 1
+        favoriteMutations[item.id] = mutation
+        favoriteOverrides[item.id] = desired // optimistic
+        toast = if (desired) "Added to favourites" else "Removed from favourites"
+        scope.launch {
+            runCatching { repo.setFavorite(item.id, desired) }
+                .onSuccess { if (favoriteMutations[item.id] == mutation) favoriteOverrides[item.id] = it }
+                .onFailure {
+                    if (favoriteMutations[item.id] == mutation) {
+                        favoriteOverrides[item.id] = previous
+                        toast = friendlyEmbyError(it)
+                    }
+                }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Let a host (DreamService) trigger playback from the media key.
+    DisposableEffect(actions) {
+        actions?.playCurrent = { playTrailer(currentUpdated) }
+        onDispose { actions?.playCurrent = null }
+    }
+
+    Box(
+        modifier = Modifier
+            .fillMaxSize()
+            .background(Color.Black)
+            .focusRequester(rootFocus)
+            .focusable()
+            .onPreviewKeyEvent { event ->
+                if (event.type != KeyEventType.KeyDown) return@onPreviewKeyEvent false
+                // The slide root normally owns directional navigation. Once Settings is
+                // open, leave those keys to the sheet's focused controls; only Back is
+                // handled here so it reliably dismisses the overlay.
+                if (settingsOpen) {
+                    return@onPreviewKeyEvent when (event.key) {
+                        Key.Back -> { settingsOpen = false; true }
+                        else -> false
+                    }
+                }
+                when (event.key) {
+                    Key.Back -> {
+                        when {
+                            panelOpen -> { panelOpen = false; true }
+                            else -> { onExit(); true }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Key.MediaPlay, Key.MediaPlayPause -> { playTrailer(current); true }
+                    else -> if (!hasContent) {
+                        // Loading / error state: OK retries, other keys ignored.
+                        when (event.key) {
+                            Key.DirectionCenter, Key.Enter, Key.NumPadEnter -> {
+                                if (loadError != null) reloadKey++; true
+                            }
+                            else -> false
+                        }
+                    } else when (event.key) {
+                        Key.DirectionUp, Key.DirectionDown -> { panelOpen = !panelOpen; true }
+                        Key.DirectionCenter, Key.Enter, Key.NumPadEnter ->
+                            if (!panelOpen) { panelOpen = true; true } else false
+                        Key.DirectionRight -> if (!panelOpen) { next(); true } else false
+                        Key.DirectionLeft -> if (!panelOpen) { prev(); true } else false
+                        else -> false
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+        contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
+    ) {
+        if (current == null) {
+            if (warmBackdropUrl != null) {
+                AsyncImage(
+                    model = ImageRequest.Builder(context).data(warmBackdropUrl).crossfade(false).build(),
+                    contentDescription = null,
+                    contentScale = ContentScale.Crop,
+                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+                )
+            } else {
+                // First-ever start: a calm loading surface instead of a blank black frame.
+                Box(
+                    Modifier.fillMaxSize().background(
+                        Brush.linearGradient(
+                            listOf(Color(0xFF17232B), Color(0xFF0B0E11), Color(0xFF101D17)),
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+        // Backdrop with a cross-fade between items.
+        Crossfade(
+            targetState = current,
+            animationSpec = tween(durationMillis = 1200),
+            label = "backdrop",
+        ) { item ->
+            val url = item?.let { repo.backdropUrl(it) }
+            if (url != null) {
+                AsyncImage(
+                    model = ImageRequest.Builder(context).data(url).crossfade(false).build(),
+                    contentDescription = item.name,
+                    contentScale = ContentScale.Crop,
+                    modifier = Modifier
+                        .fillMaxSize()
+                        .graphicsLayer {
+                            // Keep 60fps zoom work in the draw layer, avoiding full
+                            // recomposition of all slide content on every frame.
+                            val p = slideProgress.floatValue.coerceIn(0f, 1f)
+                            val eased = p * p * (3f - 2f * p)
+                            val scale = 1.28f - (0.28f * eased)
+                            scaleX = scale
+                            scaleY = scale
+                        },
+                )
+            }
+        }
+
+        // A short shadow reveal makes the backdrop transition more deliberate without
+        // obscuring the title treatment that follows it.
+        Box(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .fillMaxSize()
+                .background(Color.Black.copy(alpha = slideRevealShade.value)),
+        )
+
+        // L-shaped scrim (bottom + left) so text stays readable even over bright
+        // or near-white backdrops. The left gradient anchors the text column; the
+        // bottom gradient covers the info/actions area.
+        Box(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .fillMaxSize()
+                .background(
+                    Brush.verticalGradient(
+                        0.30f to Color.Transparent,
+                        1f to Color(0xF7000000),
+                    )
+                )
+        )
+        Box(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .fillMaxSize()
+                .background(
+                    Brush.horizontalGradient(
+                        0f to Color(0xC0000000),
+                        0.55f to Color.Transparent,
+                    )
+                )
+        )
+
+        // Persistent Emby brand mark in the very top-left, shown on every slide. Purely
+        // decorative — takes no focus and makes no accessibility announcement.
+        Row(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .align(Alignment.TopStart)
+                .padding(start = 32.dp, top = 32.dp),
+            verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+            horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(14.dp),
+        ) {
+            Image(
+                painter = painterResource(R.drawable.emby_logo),
+                contentDescription = null,
+                modifier = Modifier
+                    .size(64.dp)
+                    .graphicsLayer { rotationZ = logoRotation.value }
+                    .clearAndSetSemantics {},
+            )
+            Text(
+                text = "Memby",
+                color = Color.White,
+                fontSize = 25.sp,
+                fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+                style = TextStyle(shadow = TextShadow),
+                modifier = Modifier.graphicsLayer { alpha = introBrandAlpha.value },
+            )
+        }
+
+        if (current != null) {
+            InfoAndActions(
+                item = current,
+                isFavorite = isFav,
+                panelOpen = panelOpen,
+                showTitleLogo = showTitleLogo,
+                playFocus = playFocus,
+                onPlay = { playTrailer(current) },
+                onToggleFavorite = { setFavorite(!isFav) },
+                onNext = ::next,
+                onPrev = ::prev,
+                onOpenSettings = { settingsOpen = true },
+                onExit = onExit,
+                modifier = Modifier.align(Alignment.BottomStart),
+            )
+        }
+
+        if (!hasContent) {
+            Text(
+                text = when {
+                    loading -> "Memby starting up…."
+                    loadError != null -> "$loadError\n\nPress OK to retry."
+                    else -> "No movies or shows with backdrops were found."
+                },
+                color = Color.White,
+                fontSize = 22.sp,
+                modifier = Modifier.padding(48.dp),
+            )
+        }
+
+        toast?.let {
+            Box(
+                modifier = Modifier
+                    .align(Alignment.TopEnd)
+                    .padding(32.dp)
+                    .background(Color(0xCC000000), RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
+                    .padding(horizontal = 20.dp, vertical = 12.dp),
+            ) {
+                Text(text = it, color = Color.White, fontSize = 16.sp)
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Subtle circular slide-progress indicator (bottom-right). Hidden while the
+        // panel is open (slideshow paused) or before content loads. Reads progress in
+        // the draw phase so it repaints per frame without recomposing the slideshow.
+        if (hasContent && !panelOpen) {
+            SlideProgressRing(
+                progress = { slideProgress.floatValue },
+                color = ringColor,
+                modifier = Modifier
+                    .align(Alignment.BottomEnd)
+                    .padding(end = 48.dp, bottom = 43.dp),
+            )
+        }
+
+        CurrentTime(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .align(Alignment.BottomEnd)
+                .padding(end = 98.dp, bottom = 41.dp),
+        )
+
+        if (settingsOpen) {
+            SettingsSheet(
+                editableServer = true,
+                onClose = { settingsOpen = false },
+                onInstallerLaunched = onExit,
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/** A high-legibility, always-current clock beside the slide-progress indicator. */
+@Composable
+private fun CurrentTime(modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
+    var now by remember { mutableStateOf(System.currentTimeMillis()) }
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
+        while (true) {
+            now = System.currentTimeMillis()
+            // Tick exactly after the next minute changes, rather than polling each second.
+            delay(60_000L - (now % 60_000L) + 30L)
+        }
+    }
+    val formatter = remember { DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT) }
+    Text(
+        text = formatter.format(Date(now)),
+        color = Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.92f),
+        fontSize = 30.sp,
+        fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+        style = TextStyle(shadow = TextShadow),
+        modifier = modifier,
+    )
+}
+
+/**
+ * A small, understated circular slide-progress indicator. Fills clockwise from the
+ * 12 o'clock position over the slide duration. Purely decorative: it takes no focus
+ * and makes no accessibility announcements.
+ *
+ * [progress] is read lazily inside the draw phase (a `() -> Float`) so the ring
+ * repaints each frame as the value animates without recomposing its caller.
+ */
+@Composable
+private fun SlideProgressRing(
+    progress: () -> Float,
+    color: Color,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    Canvas(
+        modifier = modifier
+            .size(32.dp)
+            .clearAndSetSemantics {},
+    ) {
+        val stroke = 3.dp.toPx()
+        val inset = stroke / 2f
+        val arcSize = Size(size.width - stroke, size.height - stroke)
+        val topLeft = Offset(inset, inset)
+
+        // Faint dark disc so the ring stays legible over bright/near-white artwork.
+        drawCircle(color = Color.Black.copy(alpha = 0.30f), radius = size.minDimension / 2f)
+        // Thin semi-transparent background ring.
+        drawArc(
+            color = Color.White.copy(alpha = 0.28f),
+            startAngle = 0f,
+            sweepAngle = 360f,
+            useCenter = false,
+            topLeft = topLeft,
+            size = arcSize,
+            style = Stroke(width = stroke, cap = StrokeCap.Round),
+        )
+        // Foreground arc (the chosen colour) showing elapsed progress, clockwise from
+        // 12 o'clock.
+        drawArc(
+            color = color.copy(alpha = 0.90f),
+            startAngle = -90f,
+            sweepAngle = SlideProgressMath.sweepAngle(progress()),
+            useCenter = false,
+            topLeft = topLeft,
+            size = arcSize,
+            style = Stroke(width = stroke, cap = StrokeCap.Round),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/** Parses an RRGGBB hex string to an opaque [Color], falling back to white. */
+internal fun ringColorFromHex(hex: String?): Color =
+    runCatching { Color(("FF" + (hex ?: "").removePrefix("#").trim()).toLong(16)) }
+        .getOrDefault(Color.White)
+
+/** Pure geometry for [SlideProgressRing], split out so it is unit-testable. */
+internal object SlideProgressMath {
+    /** Clockwise sweep in degrees for a normalised [progress], clamped to [0f,1f]. */
+    fun sweepAngle(progress: Float): Float = progress.coerceIn(0f, 1f) * 360f
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun InfoAndActions(
+    item: BaseItem,
+    isFavorite: Boolean,
+    panelOpen: Boolean,
+    showTitleLogo: Boolean,
+    playFocus: FocusRequester,
+    onPlay: () -> Unit,
+    onToggleFavorite: () -> Unit,
+    onNext: () -> Unit,
+    onPrev: () -> Unit,
+    onOpenSettings: () -> Unit,
+    onExit: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val tagline = item.taglines
+        .asSequence()
+        .map { it.trim().trim('"') }
+        .firstOrNull { it.length > 2 }
+    Row(
+        modifier = modifier
+            .fillMaxWidth()
+            // Without a tagline the block is shorter; lift it to retain the same
+            // visual balance rather than letting the title fall toward the controls.
+            .padding(start = 56.dp, bottom = 30.dp, end = 56.dp),
+        horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(28.dp),
+        verticalAlignment = Alignment.Bottom,
+    ) {
+        // Poster (only meaningful once the user opens the panel).
+        if (panelOpen) {
+            val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+            val posterUrl = repo.primaryUrl(item)
+            if (posterUrl != null) {
+                AsyncImage(
+                    model = posterUrl,
+                    contentDescription = null,
+                    contentScale = ContentScale.Crop,
+                    modifier = Modifier
+                        .width(150.dp)
+                        .height(225.dp)
+                        .clip(RoundedCornerShape(10.dp))
+                        .background(Color(0xFF1A2027)),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+
+        Column(
+            // Wider on big screens so titles and the synopsis run further across.
+            // A little narrower when the panel (and poster) is open to leave room.
+            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(if (panelOpen) 0.74f else 0.82f),
+            verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp),
+        ) {
+            // Prefer the item's Emby "Logo" artwork over a plain-text title, when the
+            // user has it enabled and this item actually has a logo image.
+            val logoUrl = if (showTitleLogo) ServiceLocator.repository.logoUrl(item) else null
+            if (!useTextTitleForLogo(logoUrl)) {
+                AsyncImage(
+                    model = logoUrl,
+                    contentDescription = item.name,
+                    contentScale = ContentScale.Fit,
+                    alignment = Alignment.CenterStart,
+                    modifier = Modifier
+                        // A fixed logo stage keeps artwork consistently sized even when
+                        // Emby supplies very wide or compact title treatments.
+                        .width(320.dp)
+                        .height(96.dp),
+                )
+            } else {
+                Text(
+                    text = item.name,
+                    color = Color.White,
+                    fontSize = 46.sp,
+                    fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
+                    maxLines = 2,
+                    overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+                    style = TextStyle(shadow = TextShadow),
+                )
+            }
+            tagline?.let { tagline ->
+                Text(
+                    text = tagline,
+                    color = Color(0xFFE4E8EC),
+                    fontSize = 21.sp,
+                    fontStyle = FontStyle.Italic,
+                    maxLines = 2,
+                    overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+                    style = TextStyle(shadow = TextShadow),
+                )
+            }
+            MediaMetadata(item)
+
+            // Keep the compact facts visually distinct from the plot synopsis.
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(6.dp))
+
+            StatusChips(item = item, isFavorite = isFavorite)
+
+            item.overview?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let {
+                Text(
+                    text = it,
+                    color = Color(0xFFE4E8EC),
+                    fontSize = 19.sp,
+                    lineHeight = 26.sp,
+                    maxLines = if (panelOpen) 6 else 4,
+                    overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+                    style = TextStyle(shadow = TextShadow),
+                )
+            }
+
+            AnimatedVisibility(
+                visible = panelOpen,
+                enter = fadeIn(),
+                exit = fadeOut(),
+            ) {
+                Row(
+                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().padding(top = 12.dp),
+                    horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(14.dp),
+                    verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+                ) {
+                    Button(onClick = onPlay, modifier = Modifier.focusRequester(playFocus)) {
+                        Icon(Icons.Default.PlayArrow, contentDescription = null)
+                        Text(text = "  Play trailer", modifier = Modifier.padding(start = 4.dp))
+                    }
+                    Button(onClick = onToggleFavorite) {
+                        Icon(
+                            imageVector = if (isFavorite) Icons.Default.Favorite else Icons.Default.FavoriteBorder,
+                            contentDescription = null,
+                        )
+                        Text(
+                            text = if (isFavorite) "  Remove favourite" else "  Add favourite",
+                            modifier = Modifier.padding(start = 4.dp),
+                        )
+                    }
+                    Spacer(Modifier.weight(1f))
+                    Button(onClick = onPrev) { Icon(Icons.Default.ChevronLeft, contentDescription = "Previous") }
+                    Button(onClick = onNext) { Icon(Icons.Default.ChevronRight, contentDescription = "Next") }
+                    Button(onClick = onOpenSettings) {
+                        Icon(Icons.Default.Settings, contentDescription = "Settings")
+                    }
+                    Button(onClick = onExit) {
+                        Icon(Icons.Default.Close, contentDescription = "Exit screensaver")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!panelOpen) {
+                Text(
+                    text = "▲ options   ·   ◄ ► change   ·   ▶ play",
+                    color = Color(0x99FFFFFF),
+                    fontSize = 15.sp,
+                    modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 6.dp).width(560.dp),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Transparent Emby logos are commonly black. They disappear over a dark backdrop, so
+ * inspect a small decoded copy and retain the text title when its visible pixels are
+ * overwhelmingly dark. Until the image has been inspected, text is the safe default.
+ */
+@Composable
+private fun useTextTitleForLogo(logoUrl: String?): Boolean {
+    if (logoUrl == null) return true
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val isDark by produceState(initialValue = true, logoUrl) {
+        value = runCatching {
+            val result = context.imageLoader.execute(
+                ImageRequest.Builder(context)
+                    .data(logoUrl)
+                    .allowHardware(false)
+                    .size(64, 64)
+                    .build(),
+            ) as? SuccessResult ?: return@runCatching true
+            isPredominantlyDarkLogo(result.drawable.toBitmap(width = 64, height = 64))
+        }.getOrDefault(true)
+    }
+    return isDark
+}
+
+private fun isPredominantlyDarkLogo(bitmap: android.graphics.Bitmap): Boolean {
+    var opaquePixels = 0
+    var darkPixels = 0
+    for (y in 0 until bitmap.height step 2) {
+        for (x in 0 until bitmap.width step 2) {
+            val pixel = bitmap.getPixel(x, y)
+            if (android.graphics.Color.alpha(pixel) < 48) continue
+            opaquePixels++
+            val luminance = (
+                android.graphics.Color.red(pixel) * 0.2126f +
+                    android.graphics.Color.green(pixel) * 0.7152f +
+                    android.graphics.Color.blue(pixel) * 0.0722f
+                )
+            if (luminance < 58f) darkPixels++
+        }
+    }
+    return opaquePixels < 12 || darkPixels.toFloat() / opaquePixels > 0.82f
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun StatusChips(item: BaseItem, isFavorite: Boolean) {
+    val chips = buildList {
+        if (isFavorite) add("♥ Favourite")
+        val ud = item.userData
+        when {
+            ud?.played == true -> add("✓ Watched")
+            (ud?.playbackPositionTicks ?: 0L) > 0L -> add("▶ Resume")
+        }
+    }
+    if (chips.isEmpty()) return
+    Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(10.dp)) {
+        chips.forEach { label ->
+            Box(
+                modifier = Modifier
+                    .background(Color(0x33FFFFFF), RoundedCornerShape(6.dp))
+                    .padding(horizontal = 12.dp, vertical = 5.dp),
+            ) {
+                Text(text = label, color = Color.White, fontSize = 14.sp)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun MessageScreen(text: String, onExit: () -> Unit) {
+    val focus = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) { runCatching { focus.requestFocus() } }
+    Box(
+        modifier = Modifier
+            .fillMaxSize()
+            .background(
+                Brush.linearGradient(
+                    listOf(Color(0xFF17232B), Color(0xFF0B0E11), Color(0xFF101D17)),
+                ),
+            )
+            .focusRequester(focus)
+            .focusable()
+            .onPreviewKeyEvent { event ->
+                if (event.type == KeyEventType.KeyDown && event.key == Key.Back) { onExit(); true } else false
+            },
+        contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
+    ) {
+        Text(
+            text = text,
+            color = Color.White,
+            fontSize = 24.sp,
+            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(0.6f).padding(48.dp),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/** Compact, icon-led metadata: the media type remains clear without a bulky text label. */
+@Composable
+private fun MediaMetadata(item: BaseItem) {
+    val metadataColor = Color(0xFFC7CED4)
+    Row(verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically, horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp)) {
+        Icon(
+            imageVector = if (item.isSeries) Icons.Default.LiveTv else Icons.Default.Movie,
+            contentDescription = if (item.isSeries) "Series" else "Movie",
+            tint = metadataColor,
+            modifier = Modifier.size(20.dp),
+        )
+        item.productionYear?.let { MetadataText(it.toString(), metadataColor) }
+        item.communityRating?.let { MetadataText("★ ${"%.1f".format(it)}", metadataColor) }
+        item.runtimeMinutes?.let {
+            Icon(Icons.Default.AccessTime, contentDescription = "Runtime", tint = metadataColor, modifier = Modifier.size(18.dp))
+            MetadataText("$it min", metadataColor)
+        }
+        item.studios.firstOrNull { it.name.isNotBlank() }?.name?.let {
+            Icon(Icons.Default.Business, contentDescription = "Studio", tint = metadataColor, modifier = Modifier.size(18.dp))
+            MetadataText(it, metadataColor)
+        }
+        item.genres.firstOrNull()?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let {
+            Icon(Icons.Default.LocalOffer, contentDescription = "Genre", tint = metadataColor, modifier = Modifier.size(18.dp))
+            MetadataText(it, metadataColor)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun MetadataText(text: String, color: Color) {
+    Text(
+        text = text,
+        color = color,
+        fontSize = 18.sp,
+        maxLines = 1,
+        overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
+        style = TextStyle(shadow = TextShadow),
+    )
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/settings/SettingsSheet.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/settings/SettingsSheet.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fae308b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/settings/SettingsSheet.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,420 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.settings
+
+import androidx.compose.animation.AnimatedVisibility
+import androidx.compose.animation.core.tween
+import androidx.compose.animation.fadeIn
+import androidx.compose.animation.slideInHorizontally
+import androidx.compose.foundation.background
+import androidx.compose.foundation.border
+import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.focusable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxHeight
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
+import androidx.compose.foundation.rememberScrollState
+import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
+import androidx.compose.foundation.text.BasicTextField
+import androidx.compose.foundation.text.KeyboardOptions
+import androidx.compose.foundation.verticalScroll
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Close
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.collectAsState
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberCoroutineScope
+import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.rememberSaveable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.FocusRequester
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.focusRequester
+import androidx.compose.ui.focus.onFocusChanged
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.SolidColor
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
+import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextStyle
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.KeyboardType
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.PasswordVisualTransformation
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.VisualTransformation
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
+import androidx.tv.material3.Button
+import androidx.tv.material3.Icon
+import androidx.tv.material3.MaterialTheme
+import androidx.tv.material3.Text
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.R
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ServiceLocator
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.Settings
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.update.UpdateChecker
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.update.UpdateStatus
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+
+private data class SpinnerOption(val label: String, val hex: String, val color: Color)
+
+private val spinnerOptions = listOf(
+    SpinnerOption("White", "FFFFFF", Color.White),
+    SpinnerOption("Emby green", "52B54B", Color(0xFF52B54B)),
+    SpinnerOption("Netflix red", "E50914", Color(0xFFE50914)),
+)
+
+private val Muted = Color(0xFF9AA3AC)
+private val Faint = Color(0xFFB9C0C7)
+private val SettingsSurface = Color(0xFF1A1A1A)
+private val FocusSurface = Color(0xFF3D3D3D)
+
+/**
+ * A polished settings panel that slides out from the right edge over a dimming scrim.
+ * Shared by the home screen and the in-slideshow overlay so both look and behave the
+ * same. It reads/writes the shared [Settings] via [ServiceLocator].
+ *
+ * Hosts own the Back key (this composable can't assume an OnBackPressedDispatcher — the
+ * DreamService has none): the home screen wraps it in a BackHandler, the slideshow
+ * closes it from its own key handler. A visible "Close" button is always provided too.
+ *
+ * @param editableServer when true, shows the Gitea URL/repo/token fields (home screen).
+ *   The in-slideshow overlay passes false, since a soft keyboard isn't usable there.
+ * @param overlay true when shown over a slide; false when it is the launcher activity.
+ * @param onInstallerLaunched called after Android's package installer has been opened.
+ *   A Dream host uses this to release its window before the APK replacement kills it.
+ */
+@Composable
+fun SettingsSheet(
+    editableServer: Boolean,
+    onClose: () -> Unit,
+    overlay: Boolean = true,
+    onInstallerLaunched: (() -> Unit)? = null,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    val context = LocalContext.current
+    val store = ServiceLocator.settings
+    val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
+    val checker = remember { UpdateChecker(context) }
+    val settings by ServiceLocator.repository.settingsFlow.collectAsState(initial = Settings.EMPTY)
+
+    var showLogo by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.showTitleLogo) }
+    var ringColor by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.ringColorHex) }
+    var baseUrl by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.updateBaseUrl.orEmpty()) }
+    var repoPath by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.updateRepo.orEmpty()) }
+    var token by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.updateToken.orEmpty()) }
+    var homeSections by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.homeSections.split(',')) }
+    var cardDensity by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.homeCardDensity) }
+    var showCardMetadata by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(settings.showHomeCardMetadata) }
+
+    var checking by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var status by remember { mutableStateOf<UpdateStatus?>(null) }
+    var installMessage by remember { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
+
+    // DataStore arrives after the first composition. Mirror its snapshot into the
+    // editable state so opening the panel always shows the user's actual choices,
+    // rather than the empty/default placeholder used while it loads.
+    LaunchedEffect(
+        settings.showTitleLogo,
+        settings.ringColorHex,
+        settings.updateBaseUrl,
+        settings.updateRepo,
+        settings.updateToken,
+        settings.homeSections,
+        settings.homeCardDensity,
+        settings.showHomeCardMetadata,
+    ) {
+        showLogo = settings.showTitleLogo
+        ringColor = settings.ringColorHex
+        baseUrl = settings.updateBaseUrl.orEmpty()
+        repoPath = settings.updateRepo.orEmpty()
+        token = settings.updateToken.orEmpty()
+        homeSections = settings.homeSections.split(',')
+        cardDensity = settings.homeCardDensity
+        showCardMetadata = settings.showHomeCardMetadata
+    }
+
+    val firstFocus = remember { FocusRequester() }
+    var shown by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
+        shown = true
+        // AnimatedVisibility does not attach its child until the following frame. Waiting
+        // for the entrance transition means focus moves from the slide to this panel
+        // reliably on every remote, rather than silently failing on an unattached node.
+        delay(170)
+        runCatching { firstFocus.requestFocus() }
+    }
+
+    Box(modifier = modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
+        if (overlay) {
+            // Scrim dims the slide behind the panel, while leaving its artwork visible.
+            Box(
+                Modifier
+                    .fillMaxSize()
+                    .background(Color(0x99000000))
+                    .clickable(
+                        interactionSource = remember { androidx.compose.foundation.interaction.MutableInteractionSource() },
+                        indication = null,
+                        onClick = onClose,
+                    )
+            )
+        } else {
+            Box(Modifier.fillMaxSize().background(Color(0xFF0B0E11)))
+        }
+
+        AnimatedVisibility(
+            visible = shown,
+            enter = slideInHorizontally(animationSpec = tween(150)) { it } + fadeIn(tween(150)),
+            modifier = Modifier.align(if (overlay) Alignment.CenterEnd else Alignment.Center),
+        ) {
+            Column(
+                modifier = Modifier
+                    .width(if (overlay) 620.dp else 900.dp)
+                    .fillMaxHeight()
+                    .background(SettingsSurface)
+                    .verticalScroll(rememberScrollState())
+                    .padding(horizontal = 52.dp, vertical = 44.dp),
+                verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(14.dp),
+            ) {
+                Row(verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically) {
+                    Text("Settings", color = Color.White, fontSize = 32.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Medium)
+                    Spacer(Modifier.weight(1f))
+                    Button(onClick = onClose) {
+                        Icon(Icons.Default.Close, contentDescription = null)
+                    }
+                }
+
+                SectionLabel("APPEARANCE")
+
+                TvSettingsRow(
+                    onClick = {
+                        showLogo = !showLogo
+                        scope.launch { store.setShowTitleLogo(showLogo) }
+                    },
+                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().focusRequester(firstFocus),
+                    title = "Title logos",
+                    description = "Use Emby artwork when available",
+                    value = if (showLogo) "On" else "Off",
+                )
+
+                Text("Progress ring colour", color = Faint, fontSize = 15.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
+                Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(10.dp)) {
+                    spinnerOptions.forEach { opt ->
+                        Button(
+                            onClick = {
+                                ringColor = opt.hex
+                                scope.launch { store.setRingColor(opt.hex) }
+                            },
+                        ) { Text(if (ringColor.equals(opt.hex, ignoreCase = true)) "✓ ${opt.label}" else opt.label) }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Divider()
+                SectionLabel("HOME SCREEN")
+                Text("Choose the rows shown on your home screen", color = Muted, fontSize = 14.sp)
+                listOf("continue" to "Continue watching", "favorites" to "Favorites", "latest" to "Latest movies").forEach { (key, label) ->
+                    TvSettingsRow(
+                        onClick = {
+                            homeSections = if (key in homeSections) homeSections - key else homeSections + key
+                            scope.launch { store.setHomeSections(homeSections) }
+                        },
+                        title = label,
+                        description = "Show this row on the home screen",
+                        value = if (key in homeSections) "On" else "Off",
+                    )
+                }
+                Text("Card size", color = Faint, fontSize = 15.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold)
+                Row(horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(10.dp)) {
+                    listOf("compact" to "Compact", "standard" to "Standard", "large" to "Large").forEach { (value, label) ->
+                        Button(onClick = {
+                            cardDensity = value
+                            scope.launch { store.setHomeCardDensity(value) }
+                        }) { Text(if (cardDensity == value) "✓ $label" else label) }
+                    }
+                }
+                TvSettingsRow(
+                    onClick = {
+                        showCardMetadata = !showCardMetadata
+                        scope.launch { store.setShowHomeCardMetadata(showCardMetadata) }
+                    },
+                    title = "Card details",
+                    description = "Show episode, runtime, and resume information",
+                    value = if (showCardMetadata) "On" else "Off",
+                )
+
+                Divider()
+                SectionLabel("UPDATES")
+
+                if (editableServer) {
+                    SheetTextField(
+                        label = "Gitea URL",
+                        value = baseUrl,
+                        onValueChange = { baseUrl = it; status = null },
+                        keyboardType = KeyboardType.Uri,
+                    )
+                    SheetTextField(
+                        label = "Repository (owner/repo)",
+                        value = repoPath,
+                        onValueChange = { repoPath = it; status = null },
+                    )
+                    SheetTextField(
+                        label = "Access token",
+                        value = token,
+                        onValueChange = { token = it; status = null },
+                        isPassword = true,
+                    )
+                } else {
+                    Text(
+                        "Set the update server on the home screen to check for updates here.",
+                        color = Muted,
+                        fontSize = 13.sp,
+                    )
+                }
+
+                TvSettingsRow(
+                    onClick = {
+                        if (!checking) {
+                            checking = true
+                            status = null
+                            installMessage = null
+                            scope.launch {
+                                if (editableServer) store.setUpdateConfig(baseUrl, repoPath, token)
+                                val s = settings
+                                status = checker.check(
+                                    s.updateBaseUrl.orEmpty().ifEmpty { baseUrl },
+                                    s.updateRepo.orEmpty().ifEmpty { repoPath },
+                                    s.updateToken.orEmpty().ifEmpty { token },
+                                )
+                                checking = false
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    title = "Check for updates",
+                    description = "Installed version ${checker.installedVersion}",
+                    value = if (checking) "Checking…" else "",
+                )
+
+                when (val s = status) {
+                    is UpdateStatus.UpToDate ->
+                        Text("You're on the latest version (${s.version}).", color = Color(0xFF7BD88F), fontSize = 14.sp)
+                    is UpdateStatus.Error -> Text(s.message, color = Color(0xFFFF6B6B), fontSize = 14.sp)
+                    is UpdateStatus.Available -> {
+                        Text(
+                            "Update available: ${s.version}",
+                            color = Color(0xFF7BD88F),
+                            fontSize = 16.sp,
+                            fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+                        )
+                        if (s.notes.isNotBlank()) Text(s.notes, color = Faint, fontSize = 13.sp)
+                        Button(
+                            onClick = {
+                                installMessage = "Downloading update…"
+                                scope.launch {
+                                    val result = checker.downloadAndInstall(s.apkUrl, token.ifEmpty { settings.updateToken.orEmpty() })
+                                    result.exceptionOrNull()?.let {
+                                        installMessage = it.message
+                                    } ?: run {
+                                        installMessage = "Opening the installer…"
+                                        // The installer is now foreground. Stop an active Dream so
+                                        // it cannot retain a black system window during replacement.
+                                        onInstallerLaunched?.invoke()
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            },
+                        ) { Text("Download & install") }
+                    }
+                    null -> {}
+                }
+                installMessage?.let { Text(it, color = Faint, fontSize = 13.sp) }
+
+                Divider()
+                SectionLabel("ABOUT")
+                Text(
+                    "${stringResource(R.string.app_name)} ${checker.installedVersion} · by " +
+                        stringResource(R.string.developer_name),
+                    color = Muted,
+                    fontSize = 13.sp,
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun SectionLabel(text: String) {
+    Text(text, color = Muted, fontSize = 12.sp, fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold, letterSpacing = 2.sp)
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun Divider() {
+    Box(Modifier.fillMaxWidth().height(1.dp).background(MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurface.copy(alpha = 0.12f)))
+}
+
+/** A restrained Android TV-style preference row with a clear remote-focus state. */
+@Composable
+private fun TvSettingsRow(
+    title: String,
+    description: String,
+    value: String,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+) {
+    var focused by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    Row(
+        modifier = modifier
+            .fillMaxWidth()
+            .clip(RoundedCornerShape(4.dp))
+            .background(if (focused) FocusSurface else Color.Transparent)
+            .onFocusChanged { focused = it.isFocused }
+            .focusable()
+            .clickable(onClick = onClick)
+            .padding(horizontal = 22.dp, vertical = 18.dp),
+        verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+    ) {
+        Column(Modifier.weight(1f)) {
+            Text(title, color = Color.White, fontSize = 19.sp)
+            Text(description, color = Muted, fontSize = 14.sp)
+        }
+        if (value.isNotBlank()) Text(value, color = Color.White, fontSize = 17.sp)
+    }
+}
+
+@Composable
+private fun SheetTextField(
+    label: String,
+    value: String,
+    onValueChange: (String) -> Unit,
+    isPassword: Boolean = false,
+    keyboardType: KeyboardType = KeyboardType.Text,
+) {
+    Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(6.dp)) {
+        Text(label, color = Muted, fontSize = 13.sp)
+        Box(
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .fillMaxWidth()
+                .border(1.dp, MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurface.copy(alpha = 0.22f), RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
+                .background(MaterialTheme.colorScheme.background, RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
+                .padding(horizontal = 14.dp, vertical = 12.dp),
+        ) {
+            BasicTextField(
+                value = value,
+                onValueChange = onValueChange,
+                singleLine = true,
+                textStyle = TextStyle(color = Color.White, fontSize = 18.sp),
+                cursorBrush = SolidColor(Color.White),
+                visualTransformation = if (isPassword) PasswordVisualTransformation() else VisualTransformation.None,
+                keyboardOptions = KeyboardOptions(keyboardType = if (isPassword) KeyboardType.Password else keyboardType),
+                modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/Theme.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/Theme.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3004a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/theme/Theme.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme
+
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionLocalProvider
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontFamily
+import android.graphics.Typeface
+import androidx.tv.material3.LocalTextStyle
+import androidx.tv.material3.MaterialTheme
+import androidx.tv.material3.darkColorScheme
+
+private val EmbyColors = darkColorScheme(
+    primary = androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color(0xFF52B54B),
+    onPrimary = androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color.White,
+    surface = androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color(0xFF101418),
+    background = androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color(0xFF0B0E11),
+)
+
+@Composable
+fun MembyTheme(content: @Composable () -> Unit) {
+    // Android's native medium face is always available on TV, so it looks refined
+    // without a downloaded font or a first-render font swap.
+    val tvFont = FontFamily(Typeface.create("sans-serif-medium", Typeface.NORMAL))
+    MaterialTheme(colorScheme = EmbyColors) {
+        CompositionLocalProvider(LocalTextStyle provides LocalTextStyle.current.copy(fontFamily = tvFont)) {
+            content()
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/update/UpdateChecker.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/update/UpdateChecker.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abac2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/update/UpdateChecker.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.update
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.net.Uri
+import android.os.Build
+import android.provider.Settings
+import androidx.core.content.FileProvider
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
+import okhttp3.Request
+import java.io.File
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
+/** Result of a "check for updates" against the configured Gitea release. */
+sealed interface UpdateStatus {
+    /** A newer release with a downloadable APK is available. */
+    data class Available(val version: String, val apkUrl: String, val notes: String) : UpdateStatus
+    /** The latest release is not newer than what's installed. */
+    data class UpToDate(val version: String) : UpdateStatus
+    /** Something went wrong; [message] is safe to show on screen. */
+    data class Error(val message: String) : UpdateStatus
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks a Gitea repository's latest release for a newer APK and, when the user
+ * confirms, downloads it and hands it to the system package installer.
+ *
+ * Gitea exposes a GitHub-compatible API: GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest.
+ * A personal access token is sent for private repos (both for the API call and the
+ * asset download).
+ */
+class UpdateChecker(private val context: Context) {
+
+    private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
+
+    private val http = OkHttpClient.Builder()
+        .connectTimeout(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .readTimeout(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .build()
+
+    /** The installed versionName (e.g. "1.0"), or "?" if it can't be read. */
+    val installedVersion: String
+        get() = runCatching {
+            context.packageManager.getPackageInfo(context.packageName, 0).versionName
+        }.getOrNull() ?: "?"
+
+    suspend fun check(baseUrl: String, repo: String, token: String): UpdateStatus =
+        withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+            val host = baseUrl.trim().trimEnd('/')
+            val repoPath = repo.trim().trim('/')
+            if (host.isEmpty() || repoPath.isEmpty()) {
+                return@withContext UpdateStatus.Error("Set the Gitea URL and repository first.")
+            }
+            val url = "$host/api/v1/repos/$repoPath/releases/latest"
+
+            val release = runCatching {
+                val req = Request.Builder().url(url).apply {
+                    if (token.isNotBlank()) header("Authorization", "token ${token.trim()}")
+                }.build()
+                http.newCall(req).execute().use { resp ->
+                    if (!resp.isSuccessful) {
+                        return@withContext UpdateStatus.Error(
+                            when (resp.code) {
+                                401, 403 -> "Update check unauthorized — check the access token."
+                                404 -> "No releases found at $repoPath."
+                                else -> "Update server error (${resp.code})."
+                            }
+                        )
+                    }
+                    json.decodeFromString<GiteaRelease>(resp.body?.string().orEmpty())
+                }
+            }.getOrElse {
+                return@withContext UpdateStatus.Error("Couldn't reach the update server.")
+            }
+
+            val apk = release.assets.firstOrNull { it.name.endsWith(".apk", ignoreCase = true) }
+                ?: return@withContext UpdateStatus.Error("Latest release has no APK attached.")
+
+            val latest = release.tagName.ifBlank { release.name }
+            return@withContext if (isNewer(latest, installedVersion)) {
+                UpdateStatus.Available(
+                    version = normalizeVersion(latest),
+                    apkUrl = apk.browserDownloadUrl,
+                    notes = release.body.trim(),
+                )
+            } else {
+                UpdateStatus.UpToDate(installedVersion)
+            }
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * Downloads the APK and launches the system installer. On Android O+ the app
+     * needs the "install unknown apps" permission; if it's missing we send the user
+     * to that settings screen and return a message asking them to retry.
+     */
+    suspend fun downloadAndInstall(apkUrl: String, token: String): Result<Unit> =
+        withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+            // Gate on the install-unknown-apps permission before spending a download.
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O &&
+                !context.packageManager.canRequestPackageInstalls()
+            ) {
+                runCatching {
+                    val intent = Intent(
+                        Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_UNKNOWN_APP_SOURCES,
+                        Uri.parse("package:${context.packageName}"),
+                    ).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK)
+                    context.startActivity(intent)
+                }
+                return@withContext Result.failure(
+                    IllegalStateException("Allow Memby to install apps, then check again.")
+                )
+            }
+
+            runCatching {
+                val file = File(context.cacheDir, "memby-update.apk")
+                val req = Request.Builder().url(apkUrl).apply {
+                    if (token.isNotBlank()) header("Authorization", "token ${token.trim()}")
+                }.build()
+                http.newCall(req).execute().use { resp ->
+                    if (!resp.isSuccessful) error("Download failed (${resp.code}).")
+                    val body = resp.body ?: error("Empty download.")
+                    file.outputStream().use { out -> body.byteStream().copyTo(out) }
+                }
+
+                val uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(
+                    context, "${context.packageName}.fileprovider", file,
+                )
+                val install = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).apply {
+                    setDataAndType(uri, "application/vnd.android.package-archive")
+                    addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK or Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION)
+                }
+                context.startActivity(install)
+            }
+        }
+
+    /** True when [remote] parses to a strictly higher version than [installed]. */
+    private fun isNewer(remote: String, installed: String): Boolean {
+        val r = parseVersion(remote)
+        val i = parseVersion(installed)
+        for (k in 0 until maxOf(r.size, i.size)) {
+            val rv = r.getOrElse(k) { 0 }
+            val iv = i.getOrElse(k) { 0 }
+            if (rv != iv) return rv > iv
+        }
+        return false
+    }
+
+    private fun parseVersion(v: String): List<Int> =
+        normalizeVersion(v).split('.', '-', ' ', '+').mapNotNull { it.toIntOrNull() }
+
+    private fun normalizeVersion(v: String): String = v.trim().trimStart('v', 'V')
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/update/UpdateModels.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/update/UpdateModels.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..321f44b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/update/UpdateModels.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.update
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+/** Subset of a Gitea (GitHub-compatible) release we care about. */
+@Serializable
+data class GiteaRelease(
+    @SerialName("tag_name") val tagName: String = "",
+    @SerialName("name") val name: String = "",
+    @SerialName("body") val body: String = "",
+    @SerialName("draft") val draft: Boolean = false,
+    @SerialName("prerelease") val prerelease: Boolean = false,
+    @SerialName("assets") val assets: List<GiteaAsset> = emptyList(),
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class GiteaAsset(
+    @SerialName("name") val name: String = "",
+    @SerialName("browser_download_url") val browserDownloadUrl: String = "",
+)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/update/UpdateRecoveryReceiver.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/update/UpdateRecoveryReceiver.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d31128c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/update/UpdateRecoveryReceiver.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.update
+
+import android.content.BroadcastReceiver
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.Intent
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.screensaver.ScreensaverActivity
+
+/**
+ * Reopens the launcher entry point when this package is replaced in place.
+ *
+ * Replacing an APK kills its process, including an active Dream's render process. On
+ * TV that can leave the old Dream surface black. Android sends this broadcast to the
+ * newly installed package, giving us a chance to present a real UI instead.
+ */
+class UpdateRecoveryReceiver : BroadcastReceiver() {
+    override fun onReceive(context: Context, intent: Intent) {
+        if (intent.action != Intent.ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED) return
+
+        val launch = ScreensaverActivity.restartAfterUpdateIntent(context).apply {
+            addFlags(
+            Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK or
+                Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP or
+                Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP,
+            )
+        }
+        runCatching { context.startActivity(launch) }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/app_banner.xml b/app/src/main/res/drawable/app_banner.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6357818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/drawable/app_banner.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:width="320dp"
+    android:height="180dp"
+    android:viewportWidth="320"
+    android:viewportHeight="180">
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#0B1220"
+        android:pathData="M0,0 h320 v180 h-320 z" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#52B54B"
+        android:pathData="M130,60 L130,120 L180,90 Z" />
+    <path
+        android:fillColor="#FFFFFF"
+        android:pathData="M40,140 h240 v6 h-240 z" />
+</vector>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/emby_logo.png b/app/src/main/res/drawable/emby_logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca84b69
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/main/res/drawable/emby_logo.png differ
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cd98b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<resources>
+    <string name="app_name">Memby</string>
+    <string name="screensaver_name">Memby Screensaver</string>
+    <string name="dream_description">Memby movie &amp; TV backdrops</string>
+    <string name="developer_name">ponzischeme89</string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05cabff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/themes.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<resources>
+    <style name="Theme.Memby" parent="@android:style/Theme.Material.NoActionBar">
+        <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/black</item>
+        <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/black</item>
+        <item name="android:navigationBarColor">@android:color/black</item>
+    </style>
+
+    <style name="Theme.Memby.Fullscreen" parent="Theme.Memby">
+        <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
+        <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
+        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
+    </style>
+</resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/emby_dream.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/emby_dream.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27c7f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/emby_dream.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Screensaver metadata. "Customize" in the TV's screensaver settings opens the
+     app's MainActivity, where the server connection is configured. -->
+<dream xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:settingsActivity="com.ponzischeme89.memby/.ui.MainActivity"
+    android:previewImage="@drawable/app_banner" />
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/file_paths.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/file_paths.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e6931a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/file_paths.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<paths>
+    <!-- Matches context.cacheDir, where the update APK is downloaded. -->
+    <cache-path name="apk_cache" path="." />
+</paths>
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/GatewayPayloadTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/GatewayPayloadTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e389676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/GatewayPayloadTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data
+
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayHome
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.GatewayPlayback
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * Contract tests for the gateway wire format.
+ *
+ * The fixtures below are the exact shape `server/internal/api` emits: camelCase envelope
+ * fields wrapping Emby's own PascalCase item JSON. If someone renames a field on either
+ * side, this fails before a TV ever sees it.
+ */
+class GatewayPayloadTest {
+
+    private val json = Json {
+        ignoreUnknownKeys = true
+        coerceInputValues = true
+        isLenient = true
+        explicitNulls = false
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `decodes a home payload with emby-shaped items`() {
+        val payload = """
+            {
+              "continueWatching": [
+                {"Id":"1","Name":"Dune","Type":"Movie","UserData":{"PlaybackPositionTicks":36000000000}}
+              ],
+              "nextUp": [
+                {"Id":"2","Name":"Pilot","Type":"Episode","SeriesName":"Severance"}
+              ],
+              "favorites": [
+                {"Id":"3","Name":"Arrival","Type":"Movie","UserData":{"IsFavorite":true}}
+              ],
+              "latestMovies": [],
+              "partial": false
+            }
+        """.trimIndent()
+
+        val home = json.decodeFromString<GatewayHome>(payload)
+
+        assertEquals("Dune", home.continueWatching.single().name)
+        assertEquals(3_600_000L, home.continueWatching.single().userData!!.playbackPositionTicks / 10_000L)
+        assertEquals("Severance", home.nextUp.single().seriesName)
+        assertTrue(home.favorites.single().isFavorite)
+        assertTrue(home.latestMovies.isEmpty())
+        assertEquals(false, home.partial)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `decodes server-composed rows including recommendations`() {
+        val payload = """
+            {
+              "rows": [
+                {"id":"continue","title":"Continue Watching","kind":"continue","items":[{"Id":"1","Name":"Dune","Type":"Movie"}]},
+                {"id":"favorites","title":"Favourites","kind":"favorites","items":[{"Id":"3","Name":"Arrival","Type":"Movie"}]},
+                {"id":"similar:sev","title":"Because you watched Severance","kind":"similar","items":[{"Id":"7","Name":"Devs","Type":"Series"}]},
+                {"id":"recommended","title":"Recommended from your watching history","kind":"recommended","items":[{"Id":"8","Name":"Solaris","Type":"Movie"}]}
+              ],
+              "continueWatching": [{"Id":"1","Name":"Dune","Type":"Movie"}],
+              "nextUp": [],
+              "favorites": [{"Id":"3","Name":"Arrival","Type":"Movie"}],
+              "latestMovies": [],
+              "partial": false
+            }
+        """.trimIndent()
+
+        val home = json.decodeFromString<GatewayHome>(payload)
+
+        assertEquals(
+            listOf("continue", "favorites", "similar:sev", "recommended"),
+            home.rows.map { it.id },
+        )
+        assertEquals("Because you watched Severance", home.rows[2].title)
+        assertEquals("Solaris", home.rows.last().items.single().name)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a home payload without rows still decodes`() {
+        // The gateway omits recommendation rows while they are still building, and an
+        // older gateway would not send `rows` at all.
+        val home = json.decodeFromString<GatewayHome>(
+            """{"continueWatching":[],"nextUp":[],"favorites":[],"latestMovies":[],"partial":false}""",
+        )
+        assertTrue(home.rows.isEmpty())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a partial home payload still decodes`() {
+        val home = json.decodeFromString<GatewayHome>(
+            """{"continueWatching":[],"nextUp":[],"favorites":[],"latestMovies":[],"partial":true}""",
+        )
+        assertTrue(home.partial)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `decodes a playback response`() {
+        val playback = json.decodeFromString<GatewayPlayback>(
+            """{"itemId":"9","title":"Severance – Pilot","url":"https://emby.example/Videos/9/stream?static=true","resumePositionMs":42000}""",
+        )
+        assertEquals("9", playback.itemId)
+        assertEquals(42_000L, playback.resumePositionMs)
+        assertTrue(playback.url.startsWith("https://emby.example/Videos/9/stream"))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/MaintenanceMessageTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/MaintenanceMessageTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3f371e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/MaintenanceMessageTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * The gateway's 503 body is the only thing allowed to put words on the maintenance
+ * screen, so what gets trusted out of it matters.
+ */
+class MaintenanceMessageTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `reads the operator's message`() {
+        val body = """{"error":"Back at 9pm","maintenance":true,"message":"Back at 9pm"}"""
+
+        assertEquals("Back at 9pm", parseMaintenanceMessage(body))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `ignores a 503 that is not a maintenance response`() {
+        // Some proxy or upstream returning its own 503 must not get to write on screen.
+        assertNull(parseMaintenanceMessage("""{"message":"upstream connect error"}"""))
+        assertNull(parseMaintenanceMessage("""{"maintenance":false,"message":"nope"}"""))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `survives a body that is not the shape we expect`() {
+        assertNull(parseMaintenanceMessage(""))
+        assertNull(parseMaintenanceMessage("   "))
+        assertNull(parseMaintenanceMessage("<html>502 Bad Gateway</html>"))
+        assertNull(parseMaintenanceMessage("""{"maintenance":true"""))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `blank and whitespace-only messages are rejected`() {
+        assertNull(parseMaintenanceMessage("""{"maintenance":true,"message":"   "}"""))
+        assertNull(parseMaintenanceMessage("""{"maintenance":true}"""))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an over-long message is truncated to something that fits a screen`() {
+        val long = "x".repeat(400)
+        val parsed = parseMaintenanceMessage("""{"maintenance":true,"message":"$long"}""")
+
+        assertEquals(160, parsed?.length)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `unknown fields from a newer gateway are ignored`() {
+        val body = """{"maintenance":true,"message":"Upgrading","until":"2026-07-27T22:00:00Z"}"""
+
+        assertEquals("Upgrading", parseMaintenanceMessage(body))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/PlaybackReportMathTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/PlaybackReportMathTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dae3f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/PlaybackReportMathTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class PlaybackReportMathTest {
+    @Test
+    fun millisecondsAreConvertedToEmbyTicks() {
+        assertEquals(12_340_000L, millisecondsToTicks(1_234L))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun negativePositionsAreClamped() {
+        assertEquals(0L, millisecondsToTicks(-1L))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/ProfileSettingsTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/ProfileSettingsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b514643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/ProfileSettingsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class ProfileSettingsTest {
+    private val profile = EmbyProfile(
+        id = "server::user",
+        serverUrl = "http://emby",
+        token = "token",
+        userId = "user",
+        username = "Matt",
+    )
+
+    @Test
+    fun `active profile matches both server and user`() {
+        val settings = Settings(
+            serverUrl = profile.serverUrl,
+            token = profile.token,
+            userId = profile.userId,
+            profiles = listOf(profile),
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(profile.id, settings.activeProfileId)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `profile from another server is not treated as active`() {
+        val settings = Settings(
+            serverUrl = "http://another-server",
+            token = profile.token,
+            userId = profile.userId,
+            profiles = listOf(profile),
+        )
+
+        assertNull(settings.activeProfileId)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/RowAnalyticsTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/RowAnalyticsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ef79c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/RowAnalyticsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data
+
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.analytics.RowAnalytics
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class RowAnalyticsTest {
+
+    /** A controllable clock, so dwell assertions are exact rather than timing-dependent. */
+    private class FakeClock(var millis: Long = 1_700_000_000_000) {
+        fun advance(by: Long) { millis += by }
+    }
+
+    private fun analytics(clock: FakeClock, maxBuffered: Int = 200) =
+        RowAnalytics(now = { clock.millis }, maxBuffered = maxBuffered)
+
+    @Test
+    fun `dwell is measured when focus leaves a row`() {
+        val clock = FakeClock()
+        val collector = analytics(clock)
+
+        collector.rowFocused("recommended", "MOVIES", "item-1")
+        clock.advance(5_000)
+        collector.rowFocused("favorites", "FAVORITES", "item-2")
+
+        val focus = collector.drain().single { it.event == RowAnalytics.EVENT_FOCUS }
+        assertEquals("recommended", focus.rowId)
+        assertEquals(5_000L, focus.dwellMs)
+        assertEquals("item-1", focus.itemId)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `moving between cards inside one row keeps measuring the same dwell`() {
+        val clock = FakeClock()
+        val collector = analytics(clock)
+
+        collector.rowFocused("recommended", "MOVIES", "item-1")
+        clock.advance(3_000)
+        collector.rowFocused("recommended", "MOVIES", "item-2")
+        clock.advance(3_000)
+        collector.endFocus()
+
+        val focuses = collector.drain().filter { it.event == RowAnalytics.EVENT_FOCUS }
+        assertEquals(1, focuses.size)
+        assertEquals(6_000L, focuses.single().dwellMs)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `passing through a row is not counted as attention`() {
+        val clock = FakeClock()
+        val collector = analytics(clock)
+
+        collector.rowFocused("continue", "CONTINUE", "a")
+        clock.advance(RowAnalytics.MIN_DWELL_MS - 1)
+        collector.rowFocused("favorites", "FAVORITES", "b")
+
+        assertTrue(
+            "a sub-threshold glance should produce no focus event",
+            collector.drain().none { it.event == RowAnalytics.EVENT_FOCUS },
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an impression is recorded once per row`() {
+        val collector = analytics(FakeClock())
+
+        collector.rowImpression("favorites", "FAVORITES")
+        collector.rowImpression("favorites", "FAVORITES")
+        collector.rowImpression("recommended", "MOVIES")
+
+        val impressions = collector.drain().filter { it.event == RowAnalytics.EVENT_IMPRESSION }
+        assertEquals(listOf("favorites", "recommended"), impressions.map { it.rowId })
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `focusing a row that was never reported still records the impression`() {
+        val collector = analytics(FakeClock())
+
+        collector.rowFocused("similar:sev", "MOVIES", "item-1")
+
+        val events = collector.drain()
+        assertEquals(1, events.count { it.event == RowAnalytics.EVENT_IMPRESSION })
+        assertEquals("similar:sev", events.single().rowId)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `selections are recorded with their item`() {
+        val collector = analytics(FakeClock())
+
+        collector.rowSelected("recommended", "MOVIES", "item-9")
+
+        val select = collector.drain().single()
+        assertEquals(RowAnalytics.EVENT_SELECT, select.event)
+        assertEquals("item-9", select.itemId)
+        assertEquals("MOVIES", select.rowKind)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `draining clears the buffer`() {
+        val collector = analytics(FakeClock())
+        collector.rowImpression("favorites", "FAVORITES")
+
+        assertEquals(1, collector.drain().size)
+        assertEquals(0, collector.drain().size)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `the buffer is bounded and keeps the most recent events`() {
+        val collector = analytics(FakeClock(), maxBuffered = 3)
+
+        repeat(6) { collector.rowImpression("row-$it", "MOVIES") }
+
+        val events = collector.drain()
+        assertEquals(3, events.size)
+        assertEquals(listOf("row-3", "row-4", "row-5"), events.map { it.rowId })
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `timestamps are sent in the format the gateway parses`() {
+        val collector = analytics(FakeClock())
+        collector.rowImpression("favorites", "FAVORITES")
+
+        val occurredAt = collector.drain().single().occurredAt
+        assertTrue(
+            "expected RFC3339 UTC, got $occurredAt",
+            occurredAt.matches(Regex("""\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}Z""")),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `reset forgets buffered events and seen rows`() {
+        val collector = analytics(FakeClock())
+        collector.rowImpression("favorites", "FAVORITES")
+
+        collector.reset()
+        collector.rowImpression("favorites", "FAVORITES")
+
+        assertEquals(1, collector.drain().size)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/ServerConfigTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/ServerConfigTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69d9ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/ServerConfigTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class ServerConfigTest {
+    @Test
+    fun `hardwired address wins over anything the user typed`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            "http://tv.example.com:8096",
+            resolveServerUrl("http://tv.example.com:8096/", "http://192.168.1.50:8096"),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `hardwired address is normalised like a typed one`() {
+        assertEquals("http://10.0.0.5:8096", resolveServerUrl("10.0.0.5:8096", ""))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `falls back to the typed address when the build pins nothing`() {
+        assertEquals("https://emby.example.com", resolveServerUrl(null, "https://emby.example.com/"))
+        assertEquals("https://emby.example.com", resolveServerUrl("  ", "https://emby.example.com/"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `returns null when neither source supplies an address`() {
+        assertNull(resolveServerUrl(null, ""))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeUiStateTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeUiStateTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a92c2e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeUiStateTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui
+
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.HomeCache
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class HomeUiStateTest {
+    @Test
+    fun combinedWatchingRowPreservesOrderAndRemovesDuplicates() {
+        val resumable = BaseItem(id = "resume", name = "Resume")
+        val duplicate = BaseItem(id = "same", name = "Resume copy")
+        val next = BaseItem(id = "next", name = "Next")
+
+        val state = HomeUiState(
+            continueWatching = listOf(resumable, duplicate),
+            nextUp = listOf(duplicate.copy(name = "Next copy"), next),
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(listOf("resume", "same", "next"), state.watchingAndNextUp.map { it.id })
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun cachedContentIsShownWhileOnlyMissingRowsLoad() {
+        val cache = HomeCache(
+            continueWatching = listOf(BaseItem(id = "resume")),
+            favorites = listOf(BaseItem(id = "favorite")),
+        )
+
+        val state = HomeUiState.from(cache)
+
+        assertFalse(HomeSection.CONTINUE in state.loading)
+        assertTrue(HomeSection.NEXT_UP in state.loading)
+        assertFalse(HomeSection.FAVORITES in state.loading)
+        assertTrue(HomeSection.LATEST in state.loading)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MediaBadgesTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MediaBadgesTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..793d3bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MediaBadgesTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui
+
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.MediaStream
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class MediaBadgesTest {
+    @Test
+    fun `derives premium video and audio badges without duplicates`() {
+        val item = BaseItem(
+            id = "movie",
+            mediaStreams = listOf(
+                MediaStream(
+                    type = "Video",
+                    codec = "hevc",
+                    width = 3840,
+                    videoRangeType = "DOVI",
+                    title = "Dolby Vision HEVC",
+                ),
+                MediaStream(type = "Audio", title = "TrueHD Dolby Atmos"),
+            ),
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(
+            listOf("4K", "DOLBY VISION", "HEVC", "DOLBY ATMOS"),
+            mediaBadges(item),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `returns no badges when stream metadata is unavailable`() {
+        assertEquals(emptyList<String>(), mediaBadges(BaseItem(id = "unknown")))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ServerHomeRowsTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ServerHomeRowsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b459630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ServerHomeRowsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui
+
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.HomeCache
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.Settings
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.HomeRow
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * The home screen is composed by the gateway. These pin the parts of that contract the
+ * client is responsible for: honouring the user's section toggles, always showing rows
+ * the server invented, and surviving a cold start from cache.
+ */
+class ServerHomeRowsTest {
+
+    private fun row(id: String, kind: String, vararg itemIds: String) = HomeRow(
+        id = id,
+        title = id.replaceFirstChar(Char::uppercase),
+        kind = kind,
+        items = itemIds.map { BaseItem(id = it) },
+    )
+
+    private val serverRows = listOf(
+        row("continue", "continue", "a"),
+        row("next-up", "nextup", "b"),
+        row("favorites", "favorites", "c"),
+        row("latest-movies", "latest", "d"),
+        row("similar:sev", "similar", "e"),
+        row("recommended", "recommended", "f"),
+    )
+
+    @Test
+    fun `server row order and titles are preserved`() {
+        val rows = serverHomeRows(HomeUiState(rows = serverRows, loading = emptySet()), Settings())
+
+        assertEquals(
+            listOf("continue", "next-up", "favorites", "latest-movies", "similar:sev", "recommended"),
+            rows.map { it.id },
+        )
+        assertEquals("Recommended", rows.last().title)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `disabling a section hides its rows but never the recommendations`() {
+        val settings = Settings(homeSections = "continue")
+
+        val rows = serverHomeRows(HomeUiState(rows = serverRows, loading = emptySet()), settings)
+
+        assertEquals(
+            listOf("continue", "next-up", "similar:sev", "recommended"),
+            rows.map { it.id },
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `recommendation rows render as poster cards`() {
+        val rows = serverHomeRows(HomeUiState(rows = serverRows, loading = emptySet()), Settings())
+            .associateBy { it.id }
+
+        assertEquals(MediaRowKind.CONTINUE, rows.getValue("continue").kind)
+        assertEquals(MediaRowKind.NEXT_UP, rows.getValue("next-up").kind)
+        assertEquals(MediaRowKind.FAVORITES, rows.getValue("favorites").kind)
+        assertEquals(MediaRowKind.MOVIES, rows.getValue("recommended").kind)
+        assertEquals(MediaRowKind.MOVIES, rows.getValue("similar:sev").kind)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an unknown row kind from a newer server still renders`() {
+        val rows = serverHomeRows(
+            HomeUiState(rows = listOf(row("collection:halloween", "collection", "x")), loading = emptySet()),
+            Settings(),
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(1, rows.size)
+        assertEquals(MediaRowKind.MOVIES, rows.single().kind)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `only empty rows show a loading state while a refresh is running`() {
+        val rows = serverHomeRows(
+            HomeUiState(
+                rows = listOf(row("continue", "continue", "a"), row("recommended", "recommended")),
+                loading = setOf(HomeSection.CONTINUE),
+            ),
+            Settings(),
+        ).associateBy { it.id }
+
+        assertEquals(false, rows.getValue("continue").loading)
+        assertEquals(true, rows.getValue("recommended").loading)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `rows survive a round trip through the on-device cache`() {
+        val state = HomeUiState(rows = serverRows, loading = emptySet())
+
+        val encoded = Json.encodeToString(HomeCache.serializer(), state.toCache())
+        val restored = HomeUiState.from(Json.decodeFromString<HomeCache>(encoded))
+
+        assertEquals(serverRows.map { it.id }, restored.rows.map { it.id })
+        assertEquals("f", restored.rows.last().items.single().id)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `maintenance is a distinct state from an ordinary refresh error`() {
+        val offline = HomeUiState(rows = serverRows, maintenanceMessage = "Back at 9pm", hasRefreshError = true)
+        val slow = HomeUiState(rows = serverRows, hasRefreshError = true)
+
+        // The screen keys off maintenanceMessage; a slow connection must not trigger it.
+        assertEquals("Back at 9pm", offline.maintenanceMessage)
+        assertEquals(null, slow.maintenanceMessage)
+
+        // Rows survive underneath, so returning from maintenance does not start empty.
+        assertEquals(serverRows.size, serverHomeRows(offline, Settings()).size)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a cache written before rows existed still decodes`() {
+        val legacy = """{"continueWatching":[{"Id":"a"}],"favorites":[],"nextUp":[],"latestMovies":[]}"""
+
+        val restored = HomeUiState.from(Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }.decodeFromString<HomeCache>(legacy))
+
+        assertTrue(restored.rows.isEmpty())
+        assertEquals("a", restored.continueWatching.single().id)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/SlideProgressMathTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/SlideProgressMathTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9d08e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/screensaver/SlideProgressMathTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.screensaver
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the ring's pure geometry. The animation/lifecycle behaviour (progress
+ * reaching 100% after the slide duration, advancing exactly once, resetting on the next
+ * slide, restarting on manual navigation, and cancelling on teardown) is driven by
+ * Compose's [androidx.compose.animation.core.Animatable] + `repeatOnLifecycle` and is
+ * verified on-device against the DreamService path rather than here, since this module
+ * has no Compose UI-test / Robolectric harness.
+ */
+class SlideProgressMathTest {
+
+    private val tolerance = 0.0001f
+
+    @Test
+    fun beginsEmpty() {
+        assertEquals(0f, SlideProgressMath.sweepAngle(0f), tolerance)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun reachesFullCircleAtCompletion() {
+        assertEquals(360f, SlideProgressMath.sweepAngle(1f), tolerance)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun isProportionalMidway() {
+        assertEquals(180f, SlideProgressMath.sweepAngle(0.5f), tolerance)
+        assertEquals(90f, SlideProgressMath.sweepAngle(0.25f), tolerance)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun clampsOutOfRangeValues() {
+        assertEquals(0f, SlideProgressMath.sweepAngle(-0.5f), tolerance)
+        assertEquals(360f, SlideProgressMath.sweepAngle(1.5f), tolerance)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/build.gradle.kts b/benchmark/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2ecccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+plugins {
+    id("com.android.test")
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android")
+}
+
+android {
+    namespace = "com.ponzischeme89.memby.benchmark"
+    compileSdk = 35
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        minSdk = 23
+        testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+        testInstrumentationRunnerArguments["androidx.benchmark.enabledRules"] = "Macrobenchmark"
+        // The target is the current debug build for Phase 1 only. Results are labelled
+        // debug-influenced; a release benchmark variant will be added before Phase 2.
+        testInstrumentationRunnerArguments["androidx.benchmark.suppressErrors"] = "DEBUGGABLE"
+    }
+    targetProjectPath = ":app"
+    experimentalProperties["android.experimental.self-instrumenting"] = true
+
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    }
+
+    buildTypes {
+        create("release") {
+            initWith(getByName("debug"))
+            isDebuggable = false
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+kotlin {
+    compilerOptions {
+        jvmTarget.set(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget.JVM_17)
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation("androidx.benchmark:benchmark-macro-junit4:1.2.4")
+    implementation("androidx.test.ext:junit:1.2.1")
+    implementation("androidx.test:runner:1.6.2")
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/benchmark/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ceaf1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
+    <application android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" />
+</manifest>
diff --git a/benchmark/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/benchmark/HomeBenchmark.kt b/benchmark/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/benchmark/HomeBenchmark.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cdce64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/benchmark/HomeBenchmark.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.ponzischeme89.memby.benchmark
+
+import androidx.benchmark.macro.CompilationMode
+import androidx.benchmark.macro.FrameTimingMetric
+import androidx.benchmark.macro.MacrobenchmarkScope
+import androidx.benchmark.macro.StartupMode
+import androidx.benchmark.macro.StartupTimingMetric
+import androidx.benchmark.macro.junit4.MacrobenchmarkRule
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
+import org.junit.Rule
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
+class HomeBenchmark {
+    @get:Rule val benchmarkRule = MacrobenchmarkRule()
+
+    @Test
+    fun coldStartToHome() = benchmarkRule.measureRepeated(
+        packageName = "com.ponzischeme89.memby",
+        metrics = listOf(StartupTimingMetric()),
+        compilationMode = CompilationMode.None(),
+        startupMode = StartupMode.COLD,
+        iterations = 3,
+        setupBlock = { pressHome() },
+        measureBlock = { startActivityAndWait() },
+    )
+
+    @Test
+    fun homeDpadAndRows() = benchmarkRule.measureRepeated(
+        packageName = "com.ponzischeme89.memby",
+        metrics = listOf(FrameTimingMetric()),
+        compilationMode = CompilationMode.None(),
+        startupMode = StartupMode.WARM,
+        iterations = 3,
+        setupBlock = { startActivityAndWait() },
+        measureBlock = { exerciseHome() },
+    )
+
+    private fun MacrobenchmarkScope.exerciseHome() {
+        device.pressKeyCode(android.view.KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT)
+        device.pressKeyCode(android.view.KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT)
+        device.pressKeyCode(android.view.KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_DOWN)
+        device.pressKeyCode(android.view.KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT)
+        device.waitForIdle()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2db97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// Top-level build file. Plugin versions are declared here and applied per-module.
+plugins {
+    id("com.android.application") version "8.13.2" apply false
+    id("com.android.test") version "8.13.2" apply false
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "2.0.21" apply false
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.compose") version "2.0.21" apply false
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization") version "2.0.21" apply false
+}
diff --git a/deploy-debug.ps1 b/deploy-debug.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54003c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy-debug.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+param(
+    [string] $Serial
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+$packageName = 'com.ponzischeme89.memby'
+$activityName = "$packageName/$packageName.ui.MainActivity"
+$jdkHome = 'C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr'
+$adbPath = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'Android\Sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe'
+
+if (Test-Path $jdkHome) { $env:JAVA_HOME = $jdkHome }
+if (-not (Test-Path $adbPath)) { throw "Android Debug Bridge was not found at $adbPath" }
+
+$deviceArgs = if ($Serial) { @('-s', $Serial) } else { @() }
+# Stop only Memby before replacing its debug APK.
+& $adbPath @deviceArgs shell am force-stop $packageName
+
+& .\gradlew.bat installDebug
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }
+
+# Start the new client's launcher after installation.
+& $adbPath @deviceArgs shell input keyevent KEYCODE_WAKEUP
+& $adbPath @deviceArgs shell am start -W -n $activityName
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddce00e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+name: memby
+
+services:
+  server:
+    build: ./server
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "${MEMBY_PORT:-8080}:8080"
+    environment:
+      MEMBY_LISTEN_ADDR: ":8080"
+      # How the gateway reaches Emby.
+      MEMBY_EMBY_URL: "${MEMBY_EMBY_URL:?set MEMBY_EMBY_URL in .env}"
+      # What the TVs are told to stream from. Only set this when it differs from the
+      # address above (video goes device -> Emby directly, never through the gateway).
+      MEMBY_EMBY_PUBLIC_URL: "${MEMBY_EMBY_PUBLIC_URL:-}"
+      MEMBY_DATABASE_URL: "postgres://memby:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:?set POSTGRES_PASSWORD in .env}@postgres:5432/memby?sslmode=disable"
+      MEMBY_REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379/0"
+      MEMBY_HOME_TTL: "${MEMBY_HOME_TTL:-60s}"
+      # Unset disables /admin entirely — the library import, maintenance switch and
+      # analytics page all live behind it.
+      MEMBY_ADMIN_TOKEN: "${MEMBY_ADMIN_TOKEN:-}"
+      # Hourly incremental import: enough for episodes landing through the day, and
+      # films appearing weekly ride along.
+      MEMBY_SYNC_INTERVAL: "${MEMBY_SYNC_INTERVAL:-1h}"
+      MEMBY_SYNC_ON_START: "${MEMBY_SYNC_ON_START:-false}"
+      MEMBY_SYNC_USER_ID: "${MEMBY_SYNC_USER_ID:-}"
+      MEMBY_SYNC_API_KEY: "${MEMBY_SYNC_API_KEY:-}"
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    healthcheck:
+      # No shell or curl in a distroless image, so probe with the binary's own server
+      # via the container's TCP port from the Docker healthcheck's perspective.
+      test: ["CMD", "/app/memby-server", "-healthcheck"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 10s
+
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:17-alpine
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: memby
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:?set POSTGRES_PASSWORD in .env}"
+      POSTGRES_DB: memby
+    volumes:
+      - memby-postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U memby -d memby"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["redis-server", "--save", "", "--appendonly", "no", "--maxmemory", "256mb", "--maxmemory-policy", "allkeys-lru"]
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+
+volumes:
+  memby-postgres:
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b5cafc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.parallel=true
+org.gradle.caching=true
+
+android.useAndroidX=true
+android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
+
+kotlin.code.style=official
+
+# The Emby server every build of Memby signs in to. Users never see or type it.
+# Leave blank to fall back to asking for the address on the setup screen.
+# Override per-machine in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties, or per-build with
+#   .\gradlew.bat assembleDebug -Pmemby.serverUrl=http://10.0.0.5:8096
+memby.serverUrl=https://molise.bounceme.net
+
+# The Memby gateway container (server/). When set, the app talks to it instead of Emby
+# and the address above is only used as the fallback path. Blank = talk to Emby directly.
+memby.gatewayUrl=https://memby.bounceme.net
+
+# Enabled parallel sync for Gradle 9.4+
+org.gradle.tooling.parallel=true
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4b76b9
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37f853b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d95bf61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+#   Gradle start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
+#
+#   Important for running:
+#
+#   (1) You need a POSIX-compliant shell to run this script. If your /bin/sh is
+#       noncompliant, but you have some other compliant shell such as ksh or
+#       bash, then to run this script, type that shell name before the whole
+#       command line, like:
+#
+#           ksh Gradle
+#
+#       Busybox and similar reduced shells will NOT work, because this script
+#       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
+#         * functions;
+#         * expansions «$var», «${var}», «${var:-default}», «${var+SET}»,
+#           «${var#prefix}», «${var%suffix}», and «$( cmd )»;
+#         * compound commands having a testable exit status, especially «case»;
+#         * various built-in commands including «command», «set», and «ulimit».
+#
+#   Important for patching:
+#
+#   (2) This script targets any POSIX shell, so it avoids extensions provided
+#       by Bash, Ksh, etc; in particular arrays are avoided.
+#
+#       The "traditional" practice of packing multiple parameters into a
+#       space-separated string is a well documented source of bugs and security
+#       problems, so this is (mostly) avoided, by progressively accumulating
+#       options in "$@", and eventually passing that to Java.
+#
+#       Where the inherited environment variables (DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS,
+#       and GRADLE_OPTS) rely on word-splitting, this is performed explicitly;
+#       see the in-line comments for details.
+#
+#       There are tweaks for specific operating systems such as AIX, CygWin,
+#       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
+#
+#   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       within the Gradle project.
+#
+#       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+app_path=$0
+
+# Need this for daisy-chained symlinks.
+while
+    APP_HOME=${app_path%"${app_path##*/}"}  # leaves a trailing /; empty if no leading path
+    [ -h "$app_path" ]
+do
+    ls=$( ls -ld "$app_path" )
+    link=${ls#*' -> '}
+    case $link in             #(
+      /*)   app_path=$link ;; #(
+      *)    app_path=$APP_HOME$link ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD=maximum
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+} >&2
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+} >&2
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "$( uname )" in                #(
+  CYGWIN* )         cygwin=true  ;; #(
+  Darwin* )         darwin=true  ;; #(
+  MSYS* | MINGW* )  msys=true    ;; #(
+  NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java
+    else
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD=java
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
+    case $MAX_FD in #(
+      max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
+        MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
+            warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
+    esac
+    case $MAX_FD in  #(
+      '' | soft) :;; #(
+      *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
+        ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, stacking in reverse order:
+#   * args from the command line
+#   * the main class name
+#   * -classpath
+#   * -D...appname settings
+#   * --module-path (only if needed)
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and GRADLE_OPTS environment variables.
+
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
+    APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
+    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
+
+    JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
+
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    for arg do
+        if
+            case $arg in                                #(
+              -*)   false ;;                            # don't mess with options #(
+              /?*)  t=${arg#/} t=/${t%%/*}              # looks like a POSIX filepath
+                    [ -e "$t" ] ;;                      #(
+              *)    false ;;
+            esac
+        then
+            arg=$( cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg" )
+        fi
+        # Roll the args list around exactly as many times as the number of
+        # args, so each arg winds up back in the position where it started, but
+        # possibly modified.
+        #
+        # NB: a `for` loop captures its iteration list before it begins, so
+        # changing the positional parameters here affects neither the number of
+        # iterations, nor the values presented in `arg`.
+        shift                   # remove old arg
+        set -- "$@" "$arg"      # push replacement arg
+    done
+fi
+
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 "-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
+
+set -- \
+        "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
+        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        "$@"
+
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
+# Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
+#
+# With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
+#
+# In Bash we could simply go:
+#
+#   readarray ARGS < <( xargs -n1 <<<"$var" ) &&
+#   set -- "${ARGS[@]}" "$@"
+#
+# but POSIX shell has neither arrays nor command substitution, so instead we
+# post-process each arg (as a line of input to sed) to backslash-escape any
+# character that might be a shell metacharacter, then use eval to reverse
+# that process (while maintaining the separation between arguments), and wrap
+# the whole thing up as a single "set" statement.
+#
+# This will of course break if any of these variables contains a newline or
+# an unmatched quote.
+#
+
+eval "set -- $(
+        printf '%s\n' "$DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS" |
+        xargs -n1 |
+        sed ' s~[^-[:alnum:]+,./:=@_]~\\&~g; ' |
+        tr '\n' ' '
+    )" '"$@"'
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..640d686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 "-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
+
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
+
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
+
+goto fail
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/server/.dockerignore b/server/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ff84d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.git
+*.md
+bin/
diff --git a/server/Dockerfile b/server/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6762777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+
+FROM golang:1.26-alpine AS build
+WORKDIR /src
+
+# Dependencies first so edits to the source don't re-download the module cache.
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+COPY . .
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -trimpath -buildvcs=false \
+    -ldflags="-s -w" -o /out/memby-server ./cmd/memby-server
+
+# distroless/static carries CA certificates, which the gateway needs to reach an
+# HTTPS Emby server, and runs as a non-root user by default.
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:nonroot
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=build /out/memby-server /app/memby-server
+EXPOSE 8080
+USER nonroot:nonroot
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/memby-server"]
diff --git a/server/README.md b/server/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3d7961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+# Memby gateway
+
+A small Go service that sits between the Memby Android TV client and Emby. It owns
+authentication, caching, search and the shaping of TV screens, so the client can stay a
+thin renderer.
+
+Video never passes through here. `/v1/items/{id}/playback` returns a direct-play URL
+pointing at Emby itself; only metadata and artwork traverse the gateway.
+
+## Run it
+
+```bash
+cp .env.example .env      # from the repo root
+$EDITOR .env              # set MEMBY_EMBY_URL and POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+docker compose up -d --build
+curl localhost:8080/readyz
+```
+
+Then build the TV app against it:
+
+```powershell
+.\gradlew.bat assembleDebug -Pmemby.gatewayUrl=http://<host>:8080
+```
+
+Leaving `memby.gatewayUrl` blank keeps the app on its original direct-to-Emby path, so a
+gateway outage is one rebuild away from being routed around.
+
+## Local development
+
+```bash
+go build ./...
+go test ./...
+go run ./cmd/memby-server     # needs Postgres + Redis reachable
+```
+
+On Windows, `go` may need `-buildvcs=false` when the working tree has no usable `.git`.
+
+## API
+
+All `/v1` routes need `Authorization: Bearer <token>` from `/v1/auth/login`. Image URLs
+accept `?t=<token>` instead, because the client's image loader fetches plain URLs with no
+headers attached.
+
+| Method | Path | Purpose |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| POST | `/v1/auth/login` | Emby credentials in, gateway token out |
+| POST | `/v1/auth/logout` | Retire this device's token |
+| GET | `/v1/auth/session` | Confirm a stored token is still valid |
+| GET | `/v1/home?limit=` | **Every launcher row in one response** |
+| GET | `/v1/recommendations?refresh=1` | Recommendation rows alone; `refresh` forces a rebuild |
+| GET | `/v1/screensaver?limit=` | Backdrop pool, cached and shuffled per request |
+| GET | `/v1/search?q=&limit=` | Library search |
+| GET | `/v1/items/{id}` | Full metadata for one item |
+| GET | `/v1/items/{id}/playback` | Resolves series → episode, returns a direct-play URL |
+| GET | `/v1/items/{id}/trailer` | First local trailer, or 404 |
+| POST | `/v1/items/{id}/favorite` | `{"value":true}` |
+| POST | `/v1/items/{id}/played` | `{"value":true}` |
+| POST | `/v1/playback/{started\|progress\|stopped}` | Progress reporting |
+| POST | `/v1/analytics/rows` | Batched row engagement from a TV |
+| GET | `/v1/images/{itemId}/{backdrop\|primary\|logo\|thumb}` | Artwork proxy |
+| GET | `/healthz`, `/readyz` | Liveness, readiness |
+
+### Server-driven rows
+
+`/v1/home` returns a `rows` array — order, titles and kinds all decided here — plus the
+four fixed rows repeated flat for the client's offline cache:
+
+```json
+{
+  "rows": [
+    {"id": "continue",      "title": "Continue Watching", "kind": "continue",    "items": [...]},
+    {"id": "next-up",       "title": "Next Up",           "kind": "nextup",      "items": [...]},
+    {"id": "favorites",     "title": "Favourites",        "kind": "favorites",   "items": [...]},
+    {"id": "latest-movies", "title": "Recently Added Movies", "kind": "latest",  "items": [...]},
+    {"id": "similar:sev",   "title": "Because you watched Severance", "kind": "similar", "items": [...]},
+    {"id": "recommended",   "title": "Recommended from your watching history", "kind": "recommended", "items": [...]}
+  ],
+  "continueWatching": [...], "nextUp": [...], "favorites": [...], "latestMovies": [...],
+  "partial": false
+}
+```
+
+The TV renders whatever arrives, so a new row ships without an app release. `kind` picks
+the card shape; an unrecognised kind falls back to poster cards rather than being dropped.
+The user's own section toggles still hide the four fixed rows, but never rows the server
+invented — nobody opted out of a row that did not exist when they last opened Settings.
+
+### Recommendations
+
+`internal/recommend` builds rows from viewing history. Two kinds:
+
+- **"Because you watched X"** — Emby's own `/Items/{id}/Similar` for the most recent
+  distinct titles, filtered down to what the user has not seen. Emby's similarity ranking
+  is better than anything worth reimplementing here; this only removes the already-watched.
+- **"Recommended from your watching history"** — genre and studio affinity. History is
+  weighted by recency (0.94 per position, so the 12th item counts about half the most
+  recent), favourites add a smaller fixed weight, and candidates are unplayed titles in the
+  top three genres scored by affinity + a mild community-rating nudge. Titles tagged with
+  many genres get a `sqrt(n)` penalty so genre-stuffing cannot buy a top slot.
+
+Rows shorter than four items are dropped, and a user with no history gets no rows at all
+rather than a strip of noise.
+
+**The home screen never waits on the engine.** Rows live in their own `r:<userId>:rows`
+cache key with a long TTL (2h). A cache miss serves home immediately without them and
+triggers a background rebuild — deduplicated per user, so four TVs waking together do the
+work once. Because the key sits outside the `u:` namespace, a favourite toggle does not
+throw the recommendations away; only a finished playback does, since that is the one event
+that genuinely changes viewing history.
+
+The scoring is pure and unit-tested (`profile_test.go`), and the row assembly runs against
+a fake Emby (`engine_test.go`), so neither needs a server to verify.
+
+Item payloads are Emby's own JSON, forwarded verbatim. That is deliberate: the Android
+client already models this shape, so there is no second schema to keep in sync.
+`app/src/test/.../GatewayPayloadTest.kt` and `internal/api/api_test.go` pin the envelope
+around it from both sides.
+
+## Admin interface
+
+`http://<host>:8080/admin/` — a single self-contained page for library imports, the
+maintenance switch and row engagement. Set `MEMBY_ADMIN_TOKEN` to enable it; unset, every
+`/admin` route 404s so it cannot be left exposed by accident. Paste the token into the
+field at the top of the page; it is kept in the browser's local storage and sent as a
+bearer header. Put the whole path behind your reverse proxy's own auth as well if the
+gateway is reachable from outside the LAN.
+
+| Method | Path | Purpose |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| GET | `/admin/` | The page |
+| GET | `/admin/api/status` | Library counts, sync history, maintenance state |
+| POST | `/admin/api/sync` | `{"kind":"full"}` or `{"kind":"incremental"}` |
+| POST | `/admin/api/maintenance` | `{"enabled":true,"message":"…"}` |
+| GET | `/admin/api/analytics?days=7` | Row engagement |
+
+## Library import
+
+`internal/library` copies Emby's catalogue into Postgres so the gateway answers from its
+own data instead of asking Emby per request.
+
+- **Full** — pages through everything (500 items per request), then deletes any row it did
+  not touch, which is how removals propagate. Run once to seed; re-run after reorganising
+  the library.
+- **Incremental** — asks Emby only for items changed since the last successful run
+  (`MinDateLastSaved`, with a minute of overlap so nothing falls between runs). This is
+  the hourly job: new episodes appear within the hour, and the weekly film drop rides
+  along with no extra configuration.
+
+An incremental run with no previous success upgrades itself to a full one, so a fresh
+deployment self-seeds on its first tick. Only one import runs at a time; the scheduler
+skips its tick if one is still going, and interrupted runs are marked failed at boot
+rather than sitting on "running" forever.
+
+**Credentials.** Imports use `MEMBY_SYNC_USER_ID` + `MEMBY_SYNC_API_KEY` when set, and
+otherwise borrow the most recently active TV session. The fallback means a new deployment
+imports as soon as somebody signs in, but it stops working if that user is deleted — set a
+service account for anything long-lived.
+
+**What is *not* imported:** every query runs with `EnableUserData=false`. Watched flags,
+favourites and resume positions are per-user and cannot be shared across a household, so
+they still come from Emby live. The imported copy powers search and the recommendation
+candidate pool.
+
+## Maintenance mode
+
+Takes Memby down independently of Emby: all `/v1` routes answer `503` with
+`{"maintenance": true, "message": "…"}`, and the TV shows the operator's message instead of
+a network error. `/healthz`, `/readyz` and `/admin` stay up — they are what you need while
+the app is deliberately off.
+
+The switch lives in Postgres, not memory, so a restart cannot quietly bring the app back
+up mid-repair. Each instance caches it and re-reads every 30 seconds, so toggling it
+directly in the database works too.
+
+## Row analytics
+
+The TV reports three signals per row — `impression` (drawn), `focus` (the remote landed
+there, with dwell), `select` (something was opened) — batched and uploaded every 20
+seconds to `POST /v1/analytics/rows`. Dwell below 400 ms is dropped client-side as D-pad
+travel rather than attention, and the server clamps anything over 30 minutes.
+
+Read it at `/admin/`, sorted by dwell. Dwell is the number worth watching: impressions
+only say a row was on screen, while dwell says someone stopped there. It is the fastest
+way to tell whether "Recommended from your watching history" is earning its slot.
+
+Raw events are pruned after `MEMBY_ANALYTICS_RETENTION` (90 days) and aggregates are
+computed at read time, so nothing survives the prune. This is tuning telemetry, not a
+record of what anyone watched.
+
+## Caching
+
+Redis holds everything user-scoped under `u:<embyUserId>:*`, plus session lookups under
+`sess:<tokenHash>` and recommendation rows under `r:<embyUserId>:rows`. Any mutation —
+favourite, watched, playback stopped — drops the `u:` keys, so the next home request
+re-reads Emby rather than serving a row it just contradicted. Partial home payloads are
+served but never cached. The `r:` namespace is deliberately excluded from that wipe (see
+Recommendations above).
+
+Postgres holds only sessions. It is the durable half: losing Redis costs a cold cache,
+losing Postgres signs everyone out.
+
+## Configuration
+
+| Variable | Default | Notes |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `MEMBY_EMBY_URL` | *required* | How the gateway reaches Emby |
+| `MEMBY_EMBY_PUBLIC_URL` | = `MEMBY_EMBY_URL` | What TVs stream from |
+| `MEMBY_DATABASE_URL` | *required* | Postgres DSN |
+| `MEMBY_REDIS_URL` | `redis://localhost:6379/0` | |
+| `MEMBY_LISTEN_ADDR` | `:8080` | |
+| `MEMBY_CLIENT_NAME` | `Memby` | Shown in Emby's device list |
+| `MEMBY_HOME_TTL` | `60s` | Also `MEMBY_ITEM_TTL`, `MEMBY_SEARCH_TTL`, `MEMBY_SCREENSAVER_TTL` |
+| `MEMBY_RECOMMEND_TTL` | `2h` | How long computed recommendation rows stay warm |
+| `MEMBY_RECOMMEND_TIMEOUT` | `60s` | Bounds a background rebuild |
+| `MEMBY_ADMIN_TOKEN` | *empty* | Enables `/admin`. Empty = admin disabled |
+| `MEMBY_SYNC_INTERVAL` | `1h` | Incremental import cadence; `0` disables |
+| `MEMBY_SYNC_TIMEOUT` | `30m` | Bounds one import |
+| `MEMBY_SYNC_ON_START` | `false` | Import at boot |
+| `MEMBY_SYNC_USER_ID` / `MEMBY_SYNC_API_KEY` | *empty* | Emby service account for imports |
+| `MEMBY_ANALYTICS_RETENTION` | `2160h` (90d) | Raw row events are pruned past this |
+| `MEMBY_SESSION_CACHE_TTL` | `5m` | How long a token lookup stays in Redis |
+| `MEMBY_SESSION_IDLE_EXPIRY` | `2160h` (90d) | Unused tokens are swept every 6h |
+| `MEMBY_UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT` | `20s` | |
+
+## Security notes
+
+- The `sessions` table stores **live Emby access tokens** in plaintext. Gateway tokens are
+  stored only as SHA-256 hashes, so a database dump does not yield working gateway
+  credentials — but it does yield working *Emby* ones. Treat the Postgres volume as a
+  secret store, and encrypting `emby_token` at rest is the obvious next hardening step.
+- Image URLs carry the gateway token in a query string, so it will appear in any access
+  log in front of this service. That token is revocable and grants nothing outside Memby,
+  which is why the artwork proxy exists at all.
+- Nothing here terminates TLS. Put it behind your existing reverse proxy before exposing
+  it beyond the LAN.
+
+## Not built yet
+
+- **Live change feed.** Imports are polled hourly rather than driven by Emby's WebSocket,
+  so a brand-new episode can be up to an hour late. Good enough for a household; the
+  WebSocket would make it instant.
+- **Cache warming.** Rows go cold after `MEMBY_HOME_TTL`; the first TV to ask pays for the
+  refresh. A background refresher per active session would hide that.
+- **Rate limiting** on `/v1/auth/login`.
+- **Per-user analytics breakdown.** Events carry a user id, but the admin page only shows
+  totals per row.
diff --git a/server/cmd/memby-server/main.go b/server/cmd/memby-server/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b53be0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/cmd/memby-server/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+// Command memby-server is the Memby gateway: one HTTP service in front of Emby that
+// owns auth, caching and the shaping of TV screens, so the Android client can stay thin.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/api"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/cache"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/config"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/emby"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/library"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/recommend"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// A distroless image has no shell or curl, so the container's healthcheck re-runs
+	// this binary with -healthcheck and it probes itself over the loopback interface.
+	healthcheck := flag.Bool("healthcheck", false, "probe the local /healthz endpoint and exit")
+	flag.Parse()
+	if *healthcheck {
+		if err := probeHealth(); err != nil {
+			os.Stderr.WriteString(err.Error() + "\n")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	log := slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelInfo}))
+
+	if err := run(log); err != nil {
+		log.Error("fatal", "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func run(log *slog.Logger) error {
+	cfg, err := config.Load()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	defer stop()
+
+	// Postgres may still be starting when compose brings us up; retry briefly rather
+	// than crash-looping the container.
+	st, err := openStore(ctx, cfg.DatabaseURL, log)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer st.Close()
+
+	if err := st.Migrate(ctx); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	ca, err := cache.Open(cfg.RedisURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer ca.Close()
+	if err := ca.Ping(ctx); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// A run interrupted by a restart is still marked "running" in the database; clear
+	// those before anything reads the sync history.
+	if err := st.MarkStaleRunsFailed(ctx); err != nil {
+		log.Warn("could not clear interrupted sync runs", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	embyClient := emby.New(cfg.EmbyURL, cfg.EmbyPublicURL, cfg.ClientName, cfg.UpstreamTimeout)
+
+	recommender := recommend.NewEngine(embyClient, log)
+	// Candidates come from the imported library when one exists, which keeps the
+	// recommendation rebuild off Emby entirely.
+	recommender.Library = st
+
+	syncer := library.NewSyncer(embyClient, st, emby.Credentials{
+		UserID:   cfg.SyncUserID,
+		Token:    cfg.SyncAPIKey,
+		DeviceID: "memby-gateway-sync",
+	}, log)
+
+	server := api.New(cfg, api.Deps{
+		Emby:        embyClient,
+		Store:       st,
+		Cache:       ca,
+		Recommender: recommender,
+		Syncer:      syncer,
+		Log:         log,
+	})
+
+	if err := server.LoadMaintenance(ctx); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	go server.WatchMaintenance(ctx, 30*time.Second)
+
+	go syncer.Schedule(ctx, cfg.SyncInterval)
+	if cfg.SyncOnStart {
+		go func() {
+			if _, err := syncer.Sync(ctx, "incremental", "startup"); err != nil {
+				log.Warn("startup sync failed", "error", err)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	go pruneAnalytics(ctx, st, cfg.AnalyticsRetention, log)
+
+	httpServer := &http.Server{
+		Addr:              cfg.ListenAddr,
+		Handler:           server.Routes(),
+		ReadHeaderTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+		// No WriteTimeout: image proxying streams bodies of unpredictable size.
+		IdleTimeout: 60 * time.Second,
+	}
+
+	go sweepIdleSessions(ctx, st, cfg.SessionIdleExpiry, log)
+
+	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		log.Info("listening", "addr", cfg.ListenAddr, "emby", cfg.EmbyURL)
+		if err := httpServer.ListenAndServe(); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
+			errCh <- err
+		}
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-errCh:
+		return err
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		log.Info("shutting down")
+		shutdownCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		return httpServer.Shutdown(shutdownCtx)
+	}
+}
+
+// probeHealth is the container healthcheck: hit our own /healthz over loopback.
+func probeHealth() error {
+	addr := os.Getenv("MEMBY_LISTEN_ADDR")
+	if addr == "" {
+		addr = ":8080"
+	}
+	// ":8080" and "0.0.0.0:8080" both mean "connect to localhost" from in here.
+	if idx := strings.LastIndex(addr, ":"); idx >= 0 {
+		addr = "127.0.0.1" + addr[idx:]
+	}
+
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 3 * time.Second}
+	resp, err := client.Get("http://" + addr + "/healthz")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("healthz returned %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func openStore(ctx context.Context, databaseURL string, log *slog.Logger) (*store.Store, error) {
+	var lastErr error
+	for attempt := range 10 {
+		st, err := store.Open(ctx, databaseURL)
+		if err == nil {
+			return st, nil
+		}
+		lastErr = err
+		log.Warn("waiting for postgres", "attempt", attempt+1, "error", err)
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return nil, ctx.Err()
+		case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, lastErr
+}
+
+// pruneAnalytics keeps raw row events inside their retention window. The admin page
+// aggregates at read time, so nothing survives the prune — deliberately, since this is
+// tuning telemetry rather than a permanent record of what anyone watched.
+func pruneAnalytics(ctx context.Context, st *store.Store, retention time.Duration, log *slog.Logger) {
+	if retention <= 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(24 * time.Hour)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			removed, err := st.PruneRowEvents(ctx, retention)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Warn("analytics prune failed", "error", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			if removed > 0 {
+				log.Info("pruned row events", "count", removed)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// sweepIdleSessions retires gateway tokens that have not been used in a long time, so a
+// TV that was factory-reset does not leave a live Emby token in the database forever.
+func sweepIdleSessions(ctx context.Context, st *store.Store, idle time.Duration, log *slog.Logger) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(6 * time.Hour)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			removed, err := st.DeleteIdleSessions(ctx, idle)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Warn("session sweep failed", "error", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			if removed > 0 {
+				log.Info("retired idle sessions", "count", removed)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/go.mod b/server/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3934c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server
+
+go 1.26
+
+require (
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.2
+	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/server/go.sum b/server/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cd5d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0 h1:Ny8MWAHyOepLGlLKYmXG4IEkioBysk6GpaRTLC8zwWs=
+github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:SwYbGRRDovPVboqFv0tPTcG1sN61LM1Z4ARdbAV9g4c=
+github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10 h1:yeMWxP2pV2fG3FgAODIY8EiRE3dy0aeFYt4l7wh6yKA=
+github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:JyEr/xRbxbtgWNi8tIEVPUYZ5Dzef52k01W3YH0H+O0=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/rVNCu3HqELle0jiPLLBs70cWOduZpkS1E78=
+github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
+github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsIM=
+github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 h1:iCEnooe7UlwOQYpKFhBabPMi4aNAfoODPEFNiAnClxo=
+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.2 h1:mLoDLV6sonKlvjIEsV56SkWNCnuNv531l94GaIzO+XI=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.2/go.mod h1:ncY89UGWxg82EykZUwSpUKEfccBGGYq1xjrOpsbsfGQ=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 h1:PR8nw+E/1w0GLuRFSmiioY6UooMp6KJv0/61nB7icHo=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.0 h1:HhLSs+B6O021gwzl+locl0zEDnyNkxMtf/Z3NNBMa9E=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.0/go.mod h1:f6zhXITC7JUJIlPEiBOTXxJgPLdZcA93GewI7inzyWw=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 h1:ihbySMvVjLAeSH1IbfcRTkD/iNscyz8rGzjF/E5hV6U=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0/go.mod h1:kDsLvtWBEx7MV9tJOj9bnXsPbxwJQ6csT/x4KIN4Ssk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 h1:3NQrjDixjgGwUOCaF8w2+VYHv0Ve/vGYSbdkTa98gmQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 h1:zyQAAkrwaneQ066sspRyJaG9VNi/YJ1NfzcGB3hZ/qo=
+golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/server/internal/api/admin.go b/server/internal/api/admin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df0276c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/admin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/subtle"
+	_ "embed"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/library"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+//go:embed admin.html
+var adminPage []byte
+
+// adminRoutes is the operator interface: library imports, the maintenance switch, and
+// row engagement. Disabled entirely when MEMBY_ADMIN_TOKEN is unset, so it cannot be
+// left exposed by accident.
+func (s *Server) adminRoutes() http.Handler {
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /admin/{$}", s.handleAdminPage)
+	mux.Handle("GET /admin/api/status", s.adminAuth(s.handleAdminStatus))
+	mux.Handle("GET /admin/api/analytics", s.adminAuth(s.handleAdminAnalytics))
+	mux.Handle("POST /admin/api/sync", s.adminAuth(s.handleAdminSync))
+	mux.Handle("POST /admin/api/maintenance", s.adminAuth(s.handleAdminMaintenance))
+
+	return mux
+}
+
+// adminAuth guards the admin API with a shared token, compared in constant time.
+func (s *Server) adminAuth(h http.HandlerFunc) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if s.cfg.AdminToken == "" {
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		presented := strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(r.Header.Get("Authorization"), "Bearer "))
+		if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(presented), []byte(s.cfg.AdminToken)) != 1 {
+			writeError(w, http.StatusUnauthorized, "invalid admin token")
+			return
+		}
+		h(w, r)
+	})
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handleAdminPage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if s.cfg.AdminToken == "" {
+		http.NotFound(w, r)
+		return
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+	// The page holds no secrets; the token is entered by the operator and kept in the
+	// browser's local storage.
+	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-store")
+	_, _ = w.Write(adminPage)
+}
+
+type adminStatus struct {
+	Maintenance store.Maintenance  `json:"maintenance"`
+	Library     store.LibraryStats `json:"library"`
+	SyncRunning bool               `json:"syncRunning"`
+	Runs        []store.SyncRun    `json:"runs"`
+	SyncEvery   string             `json:"syncEvery"`
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handleAdminStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+
+	stats, err := s.store.LibraryStats(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("library stats failed", "error", err)
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "could not read library stats")
+		return
+	}
+	runs, err := s.store.RecentSyncRuns(ctx, 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("sync history failed", "error", err)
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "could not read sync history")
+		return
+	}
+
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, adminStatus{
+		Maintenance: s.maintenance.get(),
+		Library:     stats,
+		SyncRunning: s.syncer.Running(),
+		Runs:        runs,
+		SyncEvery:   s.cfg.SyncInterval.String(),
+	})
+}
+
+type syncRequest struct {
+	Kind string `json:"kind"`
+}
+
+// handleAdminSync starts an import in the background and returns immediately. A full
+// import of a large library takes minutes; the page polls /admin/api/status for progress.
+func (s *Server) handleAdminSync(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var req syncRequest
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 4<<10)).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "malformed request body")
+		return
+	}
+	if req.Kind != "full" && req.Kind != "incremental" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, `kind must be "full" or "incremental"`)
+		return
+	}
+	if s.syncer.Running() {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusConflict, "a sync is already running")
+		return
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(context.Background()), s.cfg.SyncTimeout)
+		defer cancel()
+		if _, err := s.syncer.Sync(ctx, req.Kind, "manual"); err != nil {
+			s.log.Error("manual sync failed", "kind", req.Kind, "error", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusAccepted, map[string]string{"status": "started", "kind": req.Kind})
+}
+
+type maintenanceRequest struct {
+	Enabled bool   `json:"enabled"`
+	Message string `json:"message"`
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handleAdminMaintenance(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var req maintenanceRequest
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 4<<10)).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "malformed request body")
+		return
+	}
+
+	state := store.Maintenance{Enabled: req.Enabled, Message: strings.TrimSpace(req.Message)}
+	if err := s.store.SetMaintenance(r.Context(), state); err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("maintenance write failed", "error", err)
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "could not update maintenance mode")
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.LoadMaintenance(r.Context()); err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("maintenance reload failed", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	s.log.Warn("maintenance mode changed", "enabled", state.Enabled, "message", state.Message)
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, s.maintenance.get())
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handleAdminAnalytics(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	days := queryInt(r, "days", 7, 90)
+	since := time.Now().UTC().AddDate(0, 0, -days)
+
+	stats, err := s.store.RowStats(r.Context(), since)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("row stats failed", "error", err)
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "could not read analytics")
+		return
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"days": days, "rows": stats})
+}
+
+// syncerHandle is the slice of the syncer the API needs, so api does not depend on the
+// concrete type for testing.
+type syncerHandle interface {
+	Running() bool
+	Sync(ctx context.Context, kind, trigger string) (library.Result, error)
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/admin.html b/server/internal/api/admin.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d168df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/admin.html
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<title>Memby admin</title>
+<style>
+  :root {
+    color-scheme: dark;
+    --bg: #0b0e11; --panel: #151a20; --line: #232a32;
+    --text: #e6eaee; --muted: #97a1ab; --accent: #52b54b; --danger: #e5534b;
+  }
+  * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+  body {
+    margin: 0; padding: 28px; background: var(--bg); color: var(--text);
+    font: 15px/1.5 system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
+  }
+  main { max-width: 980px; margin: 0 auto; display: grid; gap: 20px; }
+  h1 { font-size: 24px; margin: 0; }
+  h2 { font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 12px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .08em; color: var(--muted); }
+  header { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+  section { background: var(--panel); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 10px; padding: 18px; }
+  button {
+    background: var(--accent); color: #06240a; border: 0; border-radius: 7px;
+    padding: 9px 15px; font-weight: 600; font-size: 14px; cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  button.secondary { background: #2a323b; color: var(--text); }
+  button.danger { background: var(--danger); color: #fff; }
+  button:disabled { opacity: .45; cursor: not-allowed; }
+  input[type=text], input[type=password] {
+    background: #0e1216; border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 7px;
+    color: var(--text); padding: 9px 11px; font-size: 14px; min-width: 260px;
+  }
+  .row { display: flex; gap: 10px; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+  .stats { display: flex; gap: 26px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 14px; }
+  .stat b { display: block; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; }
+  .stat span { color: var(--muted); font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .06em; }
+  .scroll { overflow-x: auto; }
+  table { border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font-size: 14px; }
+  th, td { text-align: left; padding: 8px 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); white-space: nowrap; }
+  th { color: var(--muted); font-weight: 600; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .05em; }
+  td.num, th.num { text-align: right; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+  .pill { padding: 2px 9px; border-radius: 999px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; }
+  .ok { background: #16351a; color: #7bd88f; }
+  .bad { background: #3a1d1c; color: #ff8a80; }
+  .warn { background: #3a3320; color: #f0c674; }
+  .muted { color: var(--muted); }
+  .banner { padding: 11px 14px; border-radius: 8px; background: #3a1d1c; color: #ffb3ad; display: none; }
+  .banner.show { display: block; }
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<main>
+  <header>
+    <h1>Memby admin</h1>
+    <span id="live" class="pill muted">connecting…</span>
+    <span style="flex:1"></span>
+    <input type="password" id="token" placeholder="Admin token" autocomplete="off">
+    <button id="save-token" class="secondary">Save</button>
+  </header>
+
+  <div id="error" class="banner"></div>
+
+  <section>
+    <h2>Library</h2>
+    <div class="stats" id="library-stats"><span class="muted">Loading…</span></div>
+    <div class="row">
+      <button id="sync-incremental">Sync new items</button>
+      <button id="sync-full" class="secondary">Full re-import</button>
+      <span class="muted" id="sync-hint"></span>
+    </div>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <h2>Maintenance</h2>
+    <p class="muted" style="margin-top:0">
+      Takes Memby offline for every TV, independently of Emby. Sign-in and all content
+      calls return 503 with the message below; this page keeps working.
+    </p>
+    <div class="row">
+      <input type="text" id="maintenance-message" placeholder="Message shown on the TV">
+      <button id="maintenance-on" class="danger">Go offline</button>
+      <button id="maintenance-off" class="secondary">Bring back online</button>
+      <span id="maintenance-state" class="pill">…</span>
+    </div>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <h2>Row engagement</h2>
+    <div class="row" style="margin-bottom:12px">
+      <label class="muted" for="days">Window</label>
+      <select id="days" style="background:#0e1216;color:var(--text);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:7px;padding:8px">
+        <option value="1">24 hours</option>
+        <option value="7" selected>7 days</option>
+        <option value="30">30 days</option>
+      </select>
+    </div>
+    <div class="scroll">
+      <table>
+        <thead>
+          <tr>
+            <th>Row</th><th>Kind</th>
+            <th class="num">Dwell</th><th class="num">Impressions</th>
+            <th class="num">Focuses</th><th class="num">Opened</th>
+            <th class="num">Open rate</th><th class="num">Viewers</th>
+          </tr>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody id="analytics"><tr><td colspan="8" class="muted">No data yet.</td></tr></tbody>
+      </table>
+    </div>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <h2>Recent imports</h2>
+    <div class="scroll">
+      <table>
+        <thead>
+          <tr>
+            <th>Started</th><th>Kind</th><th>Trigger</th><th>Status</th>
+            <th class="num">Seen</th><th class="num">Written</th><th class="num">Removed</th><th>Notes</th>
+          </tr>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody id="runs"><tr><td colspan="8" class="muted">Nothing yet.</td></tr></tbody>
+      </table>
+    </div>
+  </section>
+</main>
+
+<script>
+const tokenInput = document.getElementById('token');
+tokenInput.value = localStorage.getItem('memby_admin_token') || '';
+
+document.getElementById('save-token').addEventListener('click', () => {
+  localStorage.setItem('memby_admin_token', tokenInput.value.trim());
+  refresh();
+});
+
+function showError(message) {
+  const banner = document.getElementById('error');
+  banner.textContent = message || '';
+  banner.classList.toggle('show', Boolean(message));
+}
+
+async function api(path, options = {}) {
+  const response = await fetch(path, {
+    ...options,
+    headers: {
+      'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + (localStorage.getItem('memby_admin_token') || ''),
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      ...(options.headers || {}),
+    },
+  });
+  if (response.status === 401) throw new Error('Invalid admin token.');
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    const body = await response.json().catch(() => ({}));
+    throw new Error(body.error || ('Request failed (' + response.status + ')'));
+  }
+  return response.status === 204 ? null : response.json();
+}
+
+const number = (value) => (value ?? 0).toLocaleString();
+
+function duration(ms) {
+  if (!ms) return '0s';
+  const seconds = Math.round(ms / 1000);
+  if (seconds < 60) return seconds + 's';
+  const minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
+  if (minutes < 60) return minutes + 'm ' + (seconds % 60) + 's';
+  return Math.floor(minutes / 60) + 'h ' + (minutes % 60) + 'm';
+}
+
+const when = (value) => (value ? new Date(value).toLocaleString() : '—');
+
+function renderStatus(status) {
+  const byType = status.library.byType || {};
+  const types = Object.keys(byType).sort();
+  document.getElementById('library-stats').innerHTML =
+    '<div class="stat"><b>' + number(status.library.total) + '</b><span>items</span></div>' +
+    types.map((type) =>
+      '<div class="stat"><b>' + number(byType[type]) + '</b><span>' + type + '</span></div>').join('') +
+    '<div class="stat"><b style="font-size:15px">' + when(status.library.lastSynced) +
+    '</b><span>last import</span></div>';
+
+  const running = status.syncRunning;
+  document.getElementById('sync-incremental').disabled = running;
+  document.getElementById('sync-full').disabled = running;
+  document.getElementById('sync-hint').textContent = running
+    ? 'Import running…'
+    : 'Automatic incremental import every ' + status.syncEvery + '.';
+
+  const maintenance = status.maintenance || {};
+  const state = document.getElementById('maintenance-state');
+  state.textContent = maintenance.enabled ? 'OFFLINE' : 'online';
+  state.className = 'pill ' + (maintenance.enabled ? 'bad' : 'ok');
+  const messageField = document.getElementById('maintenance-message');
+  if (document.activeElement !== messageField) messageField.value = maintenance.message || '';
+
+  document.getElementById('runs').innerHTML = (status.runs || []).length
+    ? status.runs.map((run) => {
+        const pill = run.status === 'success' ? 'ok' : run.status === 'running' ? 'warn' : 'bad';
+        return '<tr>' +
+          '<td>' + when(run.startedAt) + '</td>' +
+          '<td>' + run.kind + '</td>' +
+          '<td>' + run.trigger + '</td>' +
+          '<td><span class="pill ' + pill + '">' + run.status + '</span></td>' +
+          '<td class="num">' + number(run.itemsSeen) + '</td>' +
+          '<td class="num">' + number(run.itemsUpserted) + '</td>' +
+          '<td class="num">' + number(run.itemsRemoved) + '</td>' +
+          '<td class="muted">' + (run.error || '') + '</td>' +
+          '</tr>';
+      }).join('')
+    : '<tr><td colspan="8" class="muted">Nothing yet.</td></tr>';
+}
+
+function renderAnalytics(payload) {
+  const rows = payload.rows || [];
+  document.getElementById('analytics').innerHTML = rows.length
+    ? rows.map((row) =>
+        '<tr>' +
+        '<td>' + row.rowId + '</td>' +
+        '<td class="muted">' + (row.rowKind || '—') + '</td>' +
+        '<td class="num">' + duration(row.dwellMs) + '</td>' +
+        '<td class="num">' + number(row.impressions) + '</td>' +
+        '<td class="num">' + number(row.focuses) + '</td>' +
+        '<td class="num">' + number(row.selects) + '</td>' +
+        '<td class="num">' + Math.round((row.selectRate || 0) * 100) + '%</td>' +
+        '<td class="num">' + number(row.viewers) + '</td>' +
+        '</tr>').join('')
+    : '<tr><td colspan="8" class="muted">No events in this window.</td></tr>';
+}
+
+async function refresh() {
+  const live = document.getElementById('live');
+  try {
+    const [status, analytics] = await Promise.all([
+      api('/admin/api/status'),
+      api('/admin/api/analytics?days=' + document.getElementById('days').value),
+    ]);
+    renderStatus(status);
+    renderAnalytics(analytics);
+    live.textContent = 'updated ' + new Date().toLocaleTimeString();
+    live.className = 'pill ok';
+    showError('');
+  } catch (err) {
+    live.textContent = 'error';
+    live.className = 'pill bad';
+    showError(err.message);
+  }
+}
+
+async function act(fn) {
+  try {
+    await fn();
+    await refresh();
+  } catch (err) {
+    showError(err.message);
+  }
+}
+
+document.getElementById('sync-incremental').addEventListener('click', () =>
+  act(() => api('/admin/api/sync', { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify({ kind: 'incremental' }) })));
+
+document.getElementById('sync-full').addEventListener('click', () => {
+  if (!confirm('Re-import the entire library? This can take several minutes.')) return;
+  act(() => api('/admin/api/sync', { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify({ kind: 'full' }) }));
+});
+
+document.getElementById('maintenance-on').addEventListener('click', () => {
+  if (!confirm('Take Memby offline for every TV?')) return;
+  act(() => api('/admin/api/maintenance', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: JSON.stringify({ enabled: true, message: document.getElementById('maintenance-message').value }),
+  }));
+});
+
+document.getElementById('maintenance-off').addEventListener('click', () =>
+  act(() => api('/admin/api/maintenance', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: JSON.stringify({ enabled: false, message: document.getElementById('maintenance-message').value }),
+  })));
+
+document.getElementById('days').addEventListener('change', refresh);
+
+refresh();
+setInterval(refresh, 5000);
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/server/internal/api/admin_test.go b/server/internal/api/admin_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10384dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/admin_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/config"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+func testServer(cfg config.Config) *Server {
+	return New(cfg, Deps{Log: slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))})
+}
+
+func TestMaintenanceGatePassesTrafficWhenOnline(t *testing.T) {
+	server := testServer(config.Config{})
+	var reached bool
+	handler := server.maintenanceGate(http.HandlerFunc(func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) {
+		reached = true
+	}))
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v1/home", nil))
+
+	if !reached || rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("request should have passed through, got %d", rec.Code)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMaintenanceGateBlocksWithTheOperatorsMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	server := testServer(config.Config{})
+	server.maintenance.set(store.Maintenance{Enabled: true, Message: "Back at 9pm"})
+
+	handler := server.maintenanceGate(http.HandlerFunc(func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) {
+		t.Fatal("handler must not run while offline")
+	}))
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v1/home", nil))
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 503, got %d", rec.Code)
+	}
+	if rec.Header().Get("Retry-After") == "" {
+		t.Fatal("expected a Retry-After header")
+	}
+
+	var body map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("body: %v", err)
+	}
+	// The TV keys off `maintenance` to tell "we turned it off" from "the network died".
+	if body["maintenance"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("expected maintenance:true, got %v", body)
+	}
+	if body["message"] != "Back at 9pm" {
+		t.Fatalf("operator message not surfaced: %v", body["message"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMaintenanceGateFallsBackToADefaultMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	server := testServer(config.Config{})
+	server.maintenance.set(store.Maintenance{Enabled: true})
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	server.maintenanceGate(http.NotFoundHandler()).
+		ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v1/home", nil))
+
+	var body map[string]any
+	_ = json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &body)
+	if body["message"] != store.DefaultMaintenanceMessage {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the default message, got %v", body["message"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHealthAndAdminStayReachableDuringMaintenance(t *testing.T) {
+	// Health checks and the admin page sit outside the gate on purpose: they are what
+	// you need most while the app is deliberately down.
+	server := testServer(config.Config{AdminToken: "secret"})
+	server.maintenance.set(store.Maintenance{Enabled: true})
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	server.handleHealth(rec, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/healthz", nil))
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("healthz should stay 200 during maintenance, got %d", rec.Code)
+	}
+
+	rec = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	server.adminRoutes().ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/admin/", nil))
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("admin page should stay reachable, got %d", rec.Code)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAdminIsDisabledWithoutAToken(t *testing.T) {
+	server := testServer(config.Config{})
+
+	for _, path := range []string{"/admin/", "/admin/api/status"} {
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		server.adminRoutes().ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, path, nil))
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+			t.Fatalf("%s should 404 when no admin token is configured, got %d", path, rec.Code)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAdminAuthRejectsAWrongToken(t *testing.T) {
+	server := testServer(config.Config{AdminToken: "secret"})
+	handler := server.adminAuth(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"missing": "",
+		"wrong":   "Bearer nope",
+		"prefix":  "Bearer secretish",
+	}
+	for name, header := range cases {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/admin/api/status", nil)
+		if header != "" {
+			req.Header.Set("Authorization", header)
+		}
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusUnauthorized {
+			t.Fatalf("%s token should be rejected, got %d", name, rec.Code)
+		}
+	}
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/admin/api/status", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer secret")
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("the correct token should be accepted, got %d", rec.Code)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestToRowEventValidatesAndClamps(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Date(2026, 7, 27, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+	t.Run("rejects unknown event kinds", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if _, ok := toRowEvent(rowEventPayload{RowID: "r", Event: "scrolled"}, "u", now); ok {
+			t.Fatal("unknown event kind should be dropped")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rejects events with no row", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if _, ok := toRowEvent(rowEventPayload{Event: "focus"}, "u", now); ok {
+			t.Fatal("an event with no row id should be dropped")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("clamps implausible dwell", func(t *testing.T) {
+		event, ok := toRowEvent(rowEventPayload{RowID: "r", Event: "focus", DwellMs: 99 * 60 * 60 * 1000}, "u", now)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatal("event should be accepted")
+		}
+		if event.DwellMs != maxDwellMs {
+			t.Fatalf("dwell = %d, want clamped to %d", event.DwellMs, maxDwellMs)
+		}
+
+		event, _ = toRowEvent(rowEventPayload{RowID: "r", Event: "focus", DwellMs: -5}, "u", now)
+		if event.DwellMs != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("negative dwell should floor at 0, got %d", event.DwellMs)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("ignores a device clock that is wildly wrong", func(t *testing.T) {
+		event, _ := toRowEvent(
+			rowEventPayload{RowID: "r", Event: "impression", OccurredAt: "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"}, "u", now)
+		if !event.OccurredAt.Equal(now) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected the server clock to win, got %v", event.OccurredAt)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("accepts a plausible device timestamp", func(t *testing.T) {
+		earlier := now.Add(-30 * time.Second).Format(time.RFC3339)
+		event, _ := toRowEvent(rowEventPayload{RowID: "r", Event: "select", OccurredAt: earlier}, "u", now)
+		if event.OccurredAt.Equal(now) {
+			t.Fatal("a recent device timestamp should be kept")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("stamps the session's user", func(t *testing.T) {
+		event, _ := toRowEvent(rowEventPayload{RowID: "r", Event: "focus"}, "user-9", now)
+		if event.UserID != "user-9" {
+			t.Fatalf("user should come from the session, got %q", event.UserID)
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/analytics.go b/server/internal/api/analytics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6361709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/analytics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+// maxAnalyticsBatch caps one upload. The TV batches events and flushes periodically, so
+// a larger payload than this means something has gone wrong client-side.
+const maxAnalyticsBatch = 200
+
+// maxDwellMs discards implausible dwell times — a TV left on a row overnight says
+// nothing about what anyone was looking at.
+const maxDwellMs = 30 * 60 * 1000
+
+type rowEventPayload struct {
+	RowID      string `json:"rowId"`
+	RowKind    string `json:"rowKind"`
+	Event      string `json:"event"`
+	ItemID     string `json:"itemId"`
+	DwellMs    int    `json:"dwellMs"`
+	OccurredAt string `json:"occurredAt"`
+}
+
+type analyticsRequest struct {
+	Events []rowEventPayload `json:"events"`
+}
+
+// handleRowAnalytics accepts a batch of row engagement events from a TV.
+//
+// Fire-and-forget by design: the client does not retry, and a rejected event is never
+// worth surfacing on screen. Bad events are dropped individually rather than failing the
+// batch.
+func (s *Server) handleRowAnalytics(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	var req analyticsRequest
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 64<<10)).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "malformed request body")
+		return
+	}
+	if len(req.Events) > maxAnalyticsBatch {
+		req.Events = req.Events[:maxAnalyticsBatch]
+	}
+
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	events := make([]store.RowEvent, 0, len(req.Events))
+	for _, payload := range req.Events {
+		event, ok := toRowEvent(payload, sess.EmbyUserID, now)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		events = append(events, event)
+	}
+
+	if err := s.store.InsertRowEvents(r.Context(), events); err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("row analytics write failed", "error", err)
+		// Still a 204: telemetry must never make the TV think something is broken.
+	}
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+}
+
+func toRowEvent(payload rowEventPayload, userID string, now time.Time) (store.RowEvent, bool) {
+	if payload.RowID == "" {
+		return store.RowEvent{}, false
+	}
+	switch payload.Event {
+	case store.RowEventImpression, store.RowEventFocus, store.RowEventSelect:
+	default:
+		return store.RowEvent{}, false
+	}
+
+	occurredAt := now
+	if payload.OccurredAt != "" {
+		if parsed, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, payload.OccurredAt); err == nil {
+			// Trust the device's clock only within a sane window; TVs are notorious for
+			// waking up in 1970.
+			if parsed.After(now.Add(-24*time.Hour)) && parsed.Before(now.Add(time.Hour)) {
+				occurredAt = parsed.UTC()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	dwell := payload.DwellMs
+	if dwell < 0 {
+		dwell = 0
+	}
+	if dwell > maxDwellMs {
+		dwell = maxDwellMs
+	}
+
+	return store.RowEvent{
+		OccurredAt: occurredAt,
+		UserID:     userID,
+		RowID:      payload.RowID,
+		RowKind:    payload.RowKind,
+		Event:      payload.Event,
+		ItemID:     payload.ItemID,
+		DwellMs:    dwell,
+	}, true
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/api.go b/server/internal/api/api.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22ae0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+// Package api exposes the gateway's HTTP surface.
+//
+// The API is shaped for one TV screen at a time rather than mirroring Emby: /v1/home
+// returns everything the launcher renders in a single round trip, which is the whole
+// point of putting a gateway in front of Emby.
+package api
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto/subtle"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/cache"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/config"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/emby"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/recommend"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+type Server struct {
+	cfg         config.Config
+	emby        *emby.Client
+	store       *store.Store
+	cache       *cache.Cache
+	recommender *recommend.Engine
+	syncer      syncerHandle
+	log         *slog.Logger
+
+	recommendationBuilds recommendationBuilds
+	maintenance          maintenanceState
+}
+
+// Deps are the collaborators the API needs. A struct rather than positional arguments:
+// this list has grown three times already.
+type Deps struct {
+	Emby        *emby.Client
+	Store       *store.Store
+	Cache       *cache.Cache
+	Recommender *recommend.Engine
+	Syncer      syncerHandle
+	Log         *slog.Logger
+}
+
+func New(cfg config.Config, deps Deps) *Server {
+	return &Server{
+		cfg:         cfg,
+		emby:        deps.Emby,
+		store:       deps.Store,
+		cache:       deps.Cache,
+		recommender: deps.Recommender,
+		syncer:      deps.Syncer,
+		log:         deps.Log,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Server) Routes() http.Handler {
+	// The client API lives on its own mux so maintenance mode can gate all of it at
+	// once, without the gate ever touching health checks or the admin page.
+	v1 := http.NewServeMux()
+
+	v1.HandleFunc("POST /v1/auth/login", s.handleLogin)
+	v1.Handle("POST /v1/auth/logout", s.authed(s.handleLogout))
+	v1.Handle("GET /v1/auth/session", s.authed(s.handleSession))
+
+	v1.Handle("GET /v1/home", s.authed(s.handleHome))
+	v1.Handle("GET /v1/screensaver", s.authed(s.handleScreensaver))
+	v1.Handle("GET /v1/search", s.authed(s.handleSearch))
+	v1.Handle("GET /v1/recommendations", s.authed(s.handleRecommendations))
+
+	v1.Handle("GET /v1/items/{id}", s.authed(s.handleItem))
+	v1.Handle("POST /v1/items/{id}/favorite", s.authed(s.handleFavorite))
+	v1.Handle("POST /v1/items/{id}/played", s.authed(s.handlePlayed))
+	v1.Handle("GET /v1/items/{id}/playback", s.authed(s.handlePlayback))
+	v1.Handle("GET /v1/items/{id}/trailer", s.authed(s.handleTrailer))
+
+	v1.Handle("POST /v1/playback/{phase}", s.authed(s.handlePlaybackReport))
+	v1.Handle("POST /v1/analytics/rows", s.authed(s.handleRowAnalytics))
+
+	v1.Handle("GET /v1/images/{itemId}/{imageType}", s.authed(s.handleImage))
+
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /healthz", s.handleHealth)
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /readyz", s.handleReady)
+	mux.Handle("/v1/", s.maintenanceGate(v1))
+	mux.Handle("/admin/", s.adminRoutes())
+
+	return s.withLogging(mux)
+}
+
+// --- middleware -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+type authedFunc func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request, store.Session)
+
+// authed resolves the bearer token to a session before running h.
+//
+// Images are also accepted with a `t=` query parameter: Coil builds plain URLs from the
+// repository's helpers and cannot attach headers to them.
+func (s *Server) authed(h authedFunc) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		token := bearerToken(r)
+		if token == "" {
+			writeError(w, http.StatusUnauthorized, "missing token")
+			return
+		}
+		sess, err := s.sessionFor(r.Context(), token)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, store.ErrNotFound) {
+				writeError(w, http.StatusUnauthorized, "invalid token")
+				return
+			}
+			s.log.Error("session lookup failed", "error", err)
+			writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "session lookup failed")
+			return
+		}
+		h(w, r, sess)
+	})
+}
+
+func (s *Server) withLogging(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		start := time.Now()
+		rec := &statusRecorder{ResponseWriter: w, status: http.StatusOK}
+		next.ServeHTTP(rec, r)
+		// Path only: query strings can carry image tokens.
+		s.log.Info("request",
+			"method", r.Method,
+			"path", r.URL.Path,
+			"status", rec.status,
+			"ms", time.Since(start).Milliseconds(),
+		)
+	})
+}
+
+type statusRecorder struct {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+	status int
+}
+
+func (r *statusRecorder) WriteHeader(code int) {
+	r.status = code
+	r.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
+}
+
+// --- sessions ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func bearerToken(r *http.Request) string {
+	if h := r.Header.Get("Authorization"); strings.HasPrefix(h, "Bearer ") {
+		return strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(h, "Bearer "))
+	}
+	if h := r.Header.Get("X-Memby-Token"); h != "" {
+		return strings.TrimSpace(h)
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(r.URL.Query().Get("t"))
+}
+
+func hashToken(token string) []byte {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(token))
+	return sum[:]
+}
+
+func newToken() (string, error) {
+	buf := make([]byte, 32)
+	if _, err := rand.Read(buf); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(buf), nil
+}
+
+type cachedSession struct {
+	EmbyUserID string `json:"u"`
+	EmbyToken  string `json:"t"`
+	Username   string `json:"n"`
+	ServerID   string `json:"s"`
+	DeviceID   string `json:"d"`
+}
+
+// sessionFor resolves a token, using Redis to keep the hot path off Postgres.
+func (s *Server) sessionFor(ctx context.Context, token string) (store.Session, error) {
+	hash := hashToken(token)
+	key := cache.SessionKey(hex.EncodeToString(hash))
+
+	if raw, err := s.cache.Get(ctx, key); err == nil {
+		var cs cachedSession
+		if json.Unmarshal(raw, &cs) == nil {
+			return store.Session{
+				TokenHash:  hash,
+				EmbyUserID: cs.EmbyUserID,
+				EmbyToken:  cs.EmbyToken,
+				Username:   cs.Username,
+				ServerID:   cs.ServerID,
+				DeviceID:   cs.DeviceID,
+			}, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	sess, err := s.store.SessionByTokenHash(ctx, hash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return store.Session{}, err
+	}
+	// Constant-time confirmation that the stored hash matches the presented token.
+	if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(sess.TokenHash, hash) != 1 {
+		return store.Session{}, store.ErrNotFound
+	}
+
+	if raw, err := json.Marshal(cachedSession{
+		EmbyUserID: sess.EmbyUserID,
+		EmbyToken:  sess.EmbyToken,
+		Username:   sess.Username,
+		ServerID:   sess.ServerID,
+		DeviceID:   sess.DeviceID,
+	}); err == nil {
+		_ = s.cache.Set(ctx, key, raw, s.cfg.SessionTTL)
+	}
+	// Best-effort activity stamp; a failure here must not fail the request.
+	if err := s.store.Touch(ctx, hash); err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("touch session failed", "error", err)
+	}
+	return sess, nil
+}
+
+func credentials(sess store.Session) emby.Credentials {
+	return emby.Credentials{UserID: sess.EmbyUserID, Token: sess.EmbyToken, DeviceID: sess.DeviceID}
+}
+
+// --- responses --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func writeJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, body any) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
+	if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(body); err != nil {
+		// Headers are already out; nothing useful left to do but stop.
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func writeRaw(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, body []byte) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
+	_, _ = w.Write(body)
+}
+
+func writeError(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, message string) {
+	writeJSON(w, status, map[string]string{"error": message})
+}
+
+// writeUpstreamError mirrors Emby's status so the TV can tell "signed out" (401) from
+// "server is unwell" (5xx) without parsing strings.
+func (s *Server) writeUpstreamError(w http.ResponseWriter, err error, message string) {
+	var apiErr *emby.APIError
+	if errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
+		switch {
+		case apiErr.StatusCode == http.StatusUnauthorized, apiErr.StatusCode == http.StatusForbidden:
+			writeError(w, http.StatusUnauthorized, "emby rejected the session")
+			return
+		case apiErr.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound:
+			writeError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "not found on the emby server")
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	s.log.Error(message, "error", err)
+	writeError(w, http.StatusBadGateway, message)
+}
+
+func queryInt(r *http.Request, key string, fallback, max int) int {
+	raw := r.URL.Query().Get(key)
+	if raw == "" {
+		return fallback
+	}
+	v, err := strconv.Atoi(raw)
+	if err != nil || v <= 0 {
+		return fallback
+	}
+	if v > max {
+		return max
+	}
+	return v
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/api_test.go b/server/internal/api/api_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba92b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/api_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/emby"
+)
+
+func TestBearerTokenSources(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("authorization header", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v1/home", nil)
+		r.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer abc123")
+		if got := bearerToken(r); got != "abc123" {
+			t.Fatalf("got %q, want abc123", got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("query parameter for image urls", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v1/images/1/backdrop?t=abc123", nil)
+		if got := bearerToken(r); got != "abc123" {
+			t.Fatalf("got %q, want abc123", got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("absent", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v1/home", nil)
+		if got := bearerToken(r); got != "" {
+			t.Fatalf("got %q, want empty", got)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestHashTokenIsStable(t *testing.T) {
+	a, b := hashToken("token"), hashToken("token")
+	if string(a) != string(b) {
+		t.Fatal("hashing the same token produced different digests")
+	}
+	if string(a) == string(hashToken("other")) {
+		t.Fatal("different tokens hashed to the same digest")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewTokenIsUnique(t *testing.T) {
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for range 100 {
+		token, err := newToken()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("newToken: %v", err)
+		}
+		if seen[token] {
+			t.Fatal("newToken repeated a value")
+		}
+		seen[token] = true
+	}
+}
+
+// Empty rows must serialise as [] so kotlinx.serialization can decode them into the
+// client's non-null List fields.
+func TestHomeResponseEncodesEmptyRowsAsArrays(t *testing.T) {
+	var resp homeResponse
+	ensureSlices(&resp)
+
+	body, err := json.Marshal(resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("marshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	var decoded map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &decoded); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, row := range []string{"continueWatching", "nextUp", "favorites", "latestMovies"} {
+		if _, ok := decoded[row].([]any); !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("row %q encoded as %T, want array", row, decoded[row])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// The four fixed rows must keep their order, ids and kinds: the client maps kinds onto
+// card shapes and uses ids as Compose keys.
+func TestBaseRowsShape(t *testing.T) {
+	rows := baseRows(homeResponse{
+		ContinueWatching: []json.RawMessage{json.RawMessage(`{"Id":"1"}`)},
+		Favorites:        []json.RawMessage{json.RawMessage(`{"Id":"2"}`)},
+	})
+
+	if len(rows) != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 4 base rows, got %d", len(rows))
+	}
+	wantIDs := []string{"continue", "next-up", "favorites", "latest-movies"}
+	wantKinds := []string{"continue", "nextup", "favorites", "latest"}
+	for i, row := range rows {
+		if row.ID != wantIDs[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("row %d id = %q, want %q", i, row.ID, wantIDs[i])
+		}
+		if row.Kind != wantKinds[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("row %d kind = %q, want %q", i, row.Kind, wantKinds[i])
+		}
+		if row.Title == "" {
+			t.Fatalf("row %d has no title", i)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// The favourites row carries the items the client used to assemble itself.
+	if len(rows[2].Items) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("favourites row lost its items: %+v", rows[2])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRecommendationBuildsAreDeduplicatedPerUser(t *testing.T) {
+	var builds recommendationBuilds
+
+	if !builds.begin("user-1") {
+		t.Fatal("first build should be allowed to start")
+	}
+	if builds.begin("user-1") {
+		t.Fatal("a second concurrent build for the same user must be skipped")
+	}
+	if !builds.begin("user-2") {
+		t.Fatal("a different user must not be blocked")
+	}
+
+	builds.done("user-1")
+	if !builds.begin("user-1") {
+		t.Fatal("a build should be allowed again once the previous one finished")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSummariseReadsResumePosition(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := json.RawMessage(`{"Id":"42","Name":"Arrival","Type":"Movie","UserData":{"PlaybackPositionTicks":36000000000}}`)
+	summary, err := emby.Summarise(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("summarise: %v", err)
+	}
+	if summary.ID != "42" || summary.Name != "Arrival" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected summary: %+v", summary)
+	}
+	if got := summary.UserData.PlaybackPositionTicks / ticksPerMillisecond; got != 3_600_000 {
+		t.Fatalf("resume position = %d ms, want 3600000", got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/auth.go b/server/internal/api/auth.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5d8a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/auth.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/cache"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+type loginRequest struct {
+	Username string `json:"username"`
+	Password string `json:"password"`
+	DeviceID string `json:"deviceId"`
+}
+
+type loginResponse struct {
+	Token    string `json:"token"`
+	UserID   string `json:"userId"`
+	Username string `json:"username"`
+	ServerID string `json:"serverId"`
+}
+
+// handleLogin exchanges Emby credentials for a gateway token.
+//
+// The Emby access token stays here: the TV only ever holds the gateway token, so
+// revoking a device is a DELETE in Postgres rather than an Emby-side cleanup.
+func (s *Server) handleLogin(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var req loginRequest
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 8<<10)).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "malformed request body")
+		return
+	}
+	req.Username = strings.TrimSpace(req.Username)
+	if req.Username == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "username is required")
+		return
+	}
+	if req.DeviceID == "" {
+		req.DeviceID = "memby-tv"
+	}
+
+	auth, err := s.emby.Authenticate(r.Context(), req.Username, req.Password, req.DeviceID)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Never echo Emby's body here: a failed sign-in is the one place a wrong
+		// password could be reflected back.
+		s.log.Warn("emby authentication failed", "username", req.Username)
+		writeError(w, http.StatusUnauthorized, "sign-in failed")
+		return
+	}
+
+	token, err := newToken()
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("token generation failed", "error", err)
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "could not issue a token")
+		return
+	}
+
+	sess := store.Session{
+		TokenHash:  hashToken(token),
+		EmbyUserID: auth.User.ID,
+		EmbyToken:  auth.AccessToken,
+		Username:   auth.User.Name,
+		ServerID:   auth.ServerID,
+		DeviceID:   req.DeviceID,
+	}
+	if sess.Username == "" {
+		sess.Username = req.Username
+	}
+	if err := s.store.CreateSession(r.Context(), sess); err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("session persist failed", "error", err)
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "could not start a session")
+		return
+	}
+
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, loginResponse{
+		Token:    token,
+		UserID:   sess.EmbyUserID,
+		Username: sess.Username,
+		ServerID: sess.ServerID,
+	})
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handleLogout(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	if err := s.store.DeleteSession(r.Context(), sess.TokenHash); err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("session delete failed", "error", err)
+	}
+	_ = s.cache.Delete(r.Context(), cache.SessionKey(hexHash(sess.TokenHash)))
+	_ = s.cache.InvalidateUser(r.Context(), sess.EmbyUserID)
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+}
+
+// handleSession lets the TV confirm a stored token is still good before rendering.
+func (s *Server) handleSession(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, loginResponse{
+		UserID:   sess.EmbyUserID,
+		Username: sess.Username,
+		ServerID: sess.ServerID,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/health.go b/server/internal/api/health.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e522c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/health.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func hexHash(hash []byte) string { return hex.EncodeToString(hash) }
+
+// handleHealth is liveness: the process is up. It touches no dependency, so an
+// orchestrator does not restart the container just because Emby is down.
+func (s *Server) handleHealth(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]string{"status": "ok"})
+}
+
+// handleReady is readiness: everything this service needs is reachable.
+func (s *Server) handleReady(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), 3*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	checks := map[string]string{}
+	status := http.StatusOK
+
+	if err := s.store.Ping(ctx); err != nil {
+		checks["postgres"] = err.Error()
+		status = http.StatusServiceUnavailable
+	} else {
+		checks["postgres"] = "ok"
+	}
+
+	if err := s.cache.Ping(ctx); err != nil {
+		checks["redis"] = err.Error()
+		status = http.StatusServiceUnavailable
+	} else {
+		checks["redis"] = "ok"
+	}
+
+	// Emby being unreachable is reported but does not fail readiness: cached responses
+	// are still worth serving, and flapping the container would not bring Emby back.
+	if err := s.emby.Ping(ctx); err != nil {
+		checks["emby"] = err.Error()
+	} else {
+		checks["emby"] = "ok"
+	}
+
+	writeJSON(w, status, checks)
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/home.go b/server/internal/api/home.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f31f5bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/home.go
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"math/rand/v2"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/cache"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/emby"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/recommend"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+// Field sets mirror what each TV row actually renders. Asking Emby for less is the
+// single biggest lever on home-screen latency, so keep these tight.
+const (
+	fieldsContinue    = "RunTimeTicks,SeriesName,PrimaryImageAspectRatio"
+	fieldsNextUp      = "Overview,ProductionYear,RunTimeTicks,SeriesName,PrimaryImageAspectRatio"
+	fieldsRow         = "ProductionYear,RunTimeTicks,PrimaryImageAspectRatio"
+	fieldsDetail      = "Overview,Genres,MediaStreams,ProductionYear,OfficialRating,CommunityRating,RunTimeTicks,PrimaryImageAspectRatio"
+	fieldsScreensaver = "Overview,Taglines,Genres,ProductionYear,CommunityRating,Studios,OfficialRating,RunTimeTicks"
+
+	rowImageTypes         = "Backdrop,Primary,Logo"
+	screensaverImageTypes = "Backdrop,Logo"
+)
+
+type homeResponse struct {
+	// Rows is the home screen as the server wants it drawn: order, titles and kinds all
+	// decided here, so a new row (a recommendation strip, a seasonal collection) ships
+	// without touching the TV app. The client renders whatever arrives.
+	Rows []recommend.Row `json:"rows"`
+
+	// The four fixed rows are also sent flat. They are what the client caches for an
+	// instant cold start, and what the direct-to-Emby path still produces.
+	ContinueWatching []json.RawMessage `json:"continueWatching"`
+	NextUp           []json.RawMessage `json:"nextUp"`
+	Favorites        []json.RawMessage `json:"favorites"`
+	LatestMovies     []json.RawMessage `json:"latestMovies"`
+
+	// Partial is true when at least one row failed upstream. The TV shows what arrived
+	// and flags a refresh error rather than blanking the screen.
+	Partial bool `json:"partial"`
+}
+
+// handleHome answers the entire launcher in one round trip.
+func (s *Server) handleHome(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	limit := queryInt(r, "limit", 24, 100)
+	key := cache.UserKey(sess.EmbyUserID, "home:"+itoa(limit))
+
+	if raw, err := s.cache.Get(ctx, key); err == nil {
+		w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Cache", "hit")
+		writeRaw(w, http.StatusOK, raw)
+		return
+	}
+
+	cred := credentials(sess)
+	var (
+		mu       sync.Mutex
+		failures int
+		out      homeResponse
+		wg       sync.WaitGroup
+	)
+
+	run := func(dest *[]json.RawMessage, fetch func() (*emby.ItemsResult, error)) {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			result, err := fetch()
+			mu.Lock()
+			defer mu.Unlock()
+			if err != nil {
+				failures++
+				s.log.Warn("home row failed", "error", err)
+				return
+			}
+			*dest = result.Items
+		}()
+	}
+
+	run(&out.ContinueWatching, func() (*emby.ItemsResult, error) {
+		return s.emby.Items(ctx, cred, rowParams(url.Values{
+			"Filters":          {"IsResumable"},
+			"IncludeItemTypes": {"Movie,Episode"},
+			"Recursive":        {"true"},
+			"SortBy":           {"DatePlayed"},
+			"SortOrder":        {"Descending"},
+			"Limit":            {itoa(limit)},
+		}, fieldsContinue))
+	})
+	run(&out.NextUp, func() (*emby.ItemsResult, error) {
+		return s.emby.NextUp(ctx, cred, rowParams(url.Values{
+			"Limit": {itoa(limit)},
+		}, fieldsNextUp))
+	})
+	run(&out.Favorites, func() (*emby.ItemsResult, error) {
+		return s.emby.Items(ctx, cred, rowParams(url.Values{
+			"Filters":          {"IsFavorite"},
+			"IncludeItemTypes": {"Movie,Series"},
+			"Recursive":        {"true"},
+			"SortBy":           {"SortName"},
+			"SortOrder":        {"Ascending"},
+			"Limit":            {itoa(limit)},
+		}, fieldsRow))
+	})
+	run(&out.LatestMovies, func() (*emby.ItemsResult, error) {
+		return s.emby.Items(ctx, cred, rowParams(url.Values{
+			"IncludeItemTypes": {"Movie"},
+			"Recursive":        {"true"},
+			"SortBy":           {"DateCreated"},
+			"SortOrder":        {"Descending"},
+			"Limit":            {itoa(limit)},
+		}, fieldsRow))
+	})
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	if failures == 4 {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadGateway, "could not reach the emby server")
+		return
+	}
+	out.Partial = failures > 0
+	ensureSlices(&out)
+
+	// Recommendations are read from their own long-lived cache. A miss means this
+	// response ships without them and a rebuild starts in the background — the home
+	// screen never waits on the engine.
+	recommendations := s.cachedRecommendations(ctx, sess.EmbyUserID)
+	if recommendations == nil {
+		s.refreshRecommendationsInBackground(sess)
+	}
+	out.Rows = append(baseRows(out), recommendations...)
+
+	body, err := json.Marshal(out)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("home encode failed", "error", err)
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "could not build the home payload")
+		return
+	}
+	// A partial payload is served but never cached: the next request should retry.
+	if !out.Partial {
+		if err := s.cache.Set(ctx, key, body, s.cfg.HomeTTL); err != nil {
+			s.log.Warn("home cache write failed", "error", err)
+		}
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Cache", "miss")
+	writeRaw(w, http.StatusOK, body)
+}
+
+// handleScreensaver serves the backdrop pool. The pool is cached and shuffled per
+// request, so the Dream still looks random without re-querying Emby every few seconds.
+func (s *Server) handleScreensaver(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	limit := queryInt(r, "limit", 200, 400)
+	key := cache.UserKey(sess.EmbyUserID, "screensaver:"+itoa(limit))
+
+	var items []json.RawMessage
+	if raw, err := s.cache.Get(ctx, key); err == nil {
+		_ = json.Unmarshal(raw, &items)
+	}
+
+	if items == nil {
+		result, err := s.emby.Items(ctx, credentials(sess), url.Values{
+			"IncludeItemTypes": {"Movie,Series"},
+			"Recursive":        {"true"},
+			"Filters":          {"HasBackdrop"},
+			"SortBy":           {"Random"},
+			"Limit":            {itoa(limit)},
+			"Fields":           {fieldsScreensaver},
+			"ImageTypeLimit":   {"1"},
+			"EnableImageTypes": {screensaverImageTypes},
+			"EnableUserData":   {"true"},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			s.writeUpstreamError(w, err, "could not load screensaver items")
+			return
+		}
+		items = result.Items
+		if raw, err := json.Marshal(items); err == nil {
+			_ = s.cache.Set(ctx, key, raw, s.cfg.ScreensaverTTL)
+		}
+	}
+
+	shuffled := make([]json.RawMessage, len(items))
+	copy(shuffled, items)
+	rand.Shuffle(len(shuffled), func(i, j int) { shuffled[i], shuffled[j] = shuffled[j], shuffled[i] })
+
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"items": shuffled})
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handleSearch(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	term := r.URL.Query().Get("q")
+	if len(term) < 2 {
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"items": []json.RawMessage{}})
+		return
+	}
+	limit := queryInt(r, "limit", 40, 100)
+	key := cache.UserKey(sess.EmbyUserID, "search:"+itoa(limit)+":"+term)
+
+	if raw, err := s.cache.Get(ctx, key); err == nil {
+		w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Cache", "hit")
+		writeRaw(w, http.StatusOK, raw)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// The imported library answers search from Postgres, which is the difference
+	// between "instant" and "one round trip to Emby per keystroke". An empty result
+	// falls through to Emby, so search still works before the first import completes.
+	items, err := s.store.SearchLibrary(ctx, term, limit)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("library search failed; falling back to emby", "error", err)
+		items = nil
+	}
+	if len(items) == 0 {
+		result, err := s.emby.Items(ctx, credentials(sess), rowParams(url.Values{
+			"SearchTerm":       {term},
+			"IncludeItemTypes": {"Movie,Series,Episode"},
+			"Recursive":        {"true"},
+			"Limit":            {itoa(limit)},
+		}, fieldsRow))
+		if err != nil {
+			s.writeUpstreamError(w, err, "search failed")
+			return
+		}
+		items = result.Items
+	}
+
+	body, err := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"items": nonNil(items)})
+	if err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "could not build search results")
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.cache.Set(ctx, key, body, s.cfg.SearchTTL); err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("search cache write failed", "error", err)
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Cache", "miss")
+	writeRaw(w, http.StatusOK, body)
+}
+
+// baseRows describes the four fixed rows.
+//
+// Titles live here rather than in the app so wording can change server-side. They are
+// emitted even when empty: the client draws its own "Nothing in progress" message, and a
+// row that vanishes as you watch things is more jarring than an empty one.
+func baseRows(h homeResponse) []recommend.Row {
+	return []recommend.Row{
+		{ID: "continue", Title: "Continue Watching", Kind: "continue", Items: h.ContinueWatching},
+		{ID: "next-up", Title: "Next Up", Kind: "nextup", Items: h.NextUp},
+		{ID: "favorites", Title: "Favourites", Kind: "favorites", Items: h.Favorites},
+		{ID: "latest-movies", Title: "Recently Added Movies", Kind: "latest", Items: h.LatestMovies},
+	}
+}
+
+// rowParams applies the query shape every list endpoint shares.
+func rowParams(params url.Values, fields string) url.Values {
+	params.Set("Fields", fields)
+	params.Set("ImageTypeLimit", "1")
+	params.Set("EnableImages", "true")
+	params.Set("EnableImageTypes", rowImageTypes)
+	params.Set("EnableTotalRecordCount", "false")
+	params.Set("EnableUserData", "true")
+	return params
+}
+
+// ensureSlices keeps empty rows as [] rather than null, so kotlinx.serialization can
+// decode them into non-null List fields.
+func ensureSlices(h *homeResponse) {
+	h.ContinueWatching = nonNil(h.ContinueWatching)
+	h.NextUp = nonNil(h.NextUp)
+	h.Favorites = nonNil(h.Favorites)
+	h.LatestMovies = nonNil(h.LatestMovies)
+}
+
+func nonNil(items []json.RawMessage) []json.RawMessage {
+	if items == nil {
+		return []json.RawMessage{}
+	}
+	return items
+}
+
+func itoa(v int) string { return strconv.Itoa(v) }
diff --git a/server/internal/api/images.go b/server/internal/api/images.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a86556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/images.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+// allowedImageTypes guards the path segment we forward to Emby.
+var allowedImageTypes = map[string]string{
+	"backdrop": "Backdrop",
+	"primary":  "Primary",
+	"logo":     "Logo",
+	"thumb":    "Thumb",
+}
+
+// handleImage proxies artwork.
+//
+// Going through the gateway means the TV's image URLs carry a gateway token instead of a
+// live Emby api_key, and it gives Emby's resized output a cacheable home. Images are
+// tag-addressed, so a hit can be cached hard by any layer in front of this.
+func (s *Server) handleImage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	itemID := r.PathValue("itemId")
+	imageType, ok := allowedImageTypes[strings.ToLower(r.PathValue("imageType"))]
+	if !ok || itemID == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "unknown image")
+		return
+	}
+
+	params := url.Values{}
+	for _, key := range []string{"tag", "maxWidth", "maxHeight", "quality"} {
+		if v := r.URL.Query().Get(key); v != "" {
+			params.Set(key, v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	resp, err := s.emby.ImageResponse(r.Context(), credentials(sess), itemID, imageType, params)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.writeUpstreamError(w, err, "could not load the image")
+		return
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if ct := resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"); ct != "" {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", ct)
+	}
+	if cl := resp.Header.Get("Content-Length"); cl != "" {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Length", cl)
+	}
+	// A tag identifies exact image bytes, so it can be cached indefinitely. Without one,
+	// stay conservative.
+	if params.Get("tag") != "" {
+		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "private, max-age=31536000, immutable")
+	} else {
+		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "private, max-age=3600")
+	}
+
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	if _, err := io.Copy(w, resp.Body); err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("image copy failed", "error", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/items.go b/server/internal/api/items.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed0dfd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/items.go
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/cache"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+type flagRequest struct {
+	Value bool `json:"value"`
+}
+
+// handleItem serves full metadata for one item. The TV asks for this only after D-pad
+// focus settles, so it is worth caching for longer than a home row.
+func (s *Server) handleItem(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	itemID := r.PathValue("id")
+	if itemID == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "item id is required")
+		return
+	}
+	key := cache.UserKey(sess.EmbyUserID, "item:"+itemID)
+
+	if raw, err := s.cache.Get(ctx, key); err == nil {
+		w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Cache", "hit")
+		writeRaw(w, http.StatusOK, raw)
+		return
+	}
+
+	item, err := s.emby.Item(ctx, credentials(sess), itemID, fieldsDetail)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.writeUpstreamError(w, err, "could not load the item")
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.cache.Set(ctx, key, item, s.cfg.ItemTTL); err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("item cache write failed", "error", err)
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Cache", "miss")
+	writeRaw(w, http.StatusOK, item)
+}
+
+// handleTrailer answers with the item's first local trailer, or 404 when it has none.
+// The screensaver's Play action uses this before asking for a playback URL.
+func (s *Server) handleTrailer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	itemID := r.PathValue("id")
+	if itemID == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "item id is required")
+		return
+	}
+	result, err := s.emby.LocalTrailers(r.Context(), credentials(sess), itemID)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.writeUpstreamError(w, err, "could not load trailers")
+		return
+	}
+	if len(result.Items) == 0 {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "no trailer available")
+		return
+	}
+	writeRaw(w, http.StatusOK, result.Items[0])
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handleFavorite(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	s.setFlag(w, r, sess, func(itemID string, value bool) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+		return s.emby.SetFavorite(r.Context(), credentials(sess), itemID, value)
+	})
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handlePlayed(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	s.setFlag(w, r, sess, func(itemID string, value bool) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+		return s.emby.SetPlayed(r.Context(), credentials(sess), itemID, value)
+	})
+}
+
+// setFlag applies a user-data mutation and drops this user's cached views, so the next
+// home request reflects it rather than serving the row it just contradicted.
+func (s *Server) setFlag(
+	w http.ResponseWriter,
+	r *http.Request,
+	sess store.Session,
+	apply func(itemID string, value bool) (json.RawMessage, error),
+) {
+	itemID := r.PathValue("id")
+	if itemID == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "item id is required")
+		return
+	}
+	var req flagRequest
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 4<<10)).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "malformed request body")
+		return
+	}
+
+	userData, err := apply(itemID, req.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.writeUpstreamError(w, err, "could not update the item")
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.cache.InvalidateUser(r.Context(), sess.EmbyUserID); err != nil {
+		s.log.Warn("cache invalidation failed", "error", err)
+	}
+	writeRaw(w, http.StatusOK, userData)
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/maintenance.go b/server/internal/api/maintenance.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c1125e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/maintenance.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+// maintenanceState caches the operator switch in memory so the hot path never queries
+// Postgres, while Postgres stays the source of truth across restarts.
+type maintenanceState struct {
+	mu    sync.RWMutex
+	value store.Maintenance
+}
+
+func (m *maintenanceState) get() store.Maintenance {
+	m.mu.RLock()
+	defer m.mu.RUnlock()
+	return m.value
+}
+
+func (m *maintenanceState) set(value store.Maintenance) {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+	m.value = value
+}
+
+// LoadMaintenance primes the cached switch. Called at boot, and after every toggle.
+func (s *Server) LoadMaintenance(ctx context.Context) error {
+	state, err := s.store.Maintenance(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.maintenance.set(state)
+	if state.Enabled {
+		s.log.Warn("starting in maintenance mode", "message", state.Message)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WatchMaintenance re-reads the switch periodically, so a change made directly in the
+// database (or by another instance) is picked up without a restart.
+func (s *Server) WatchMaintenance(ctx context.Context, interval time.Duration) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			if err := s.LoadMaintenance(ctx); err != nil {
+				s.log.Warn("maintenance refresh failed", "error", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// maintenanceGate turns the whole client API off, independently of Emby.
+//
+// 503 with a machine-readable `maintenance: true` so the TV can show the operator's
+// message rather than a generic network error. Admin routes and health checks are
+// deliberately outside this gate — you need them most while the app is down.
+func (s *Server) maintenanceGate(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		state := s.maintenance.get()
+		if !state.Enabled {
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+
+		message := state.Message
+		if message == "" {
+			message = store.DefaultMaintenanceMessage
+		}
+		// Retry-After keeps well-behaved clients from hammering a service that has
+		// already said it is unavailable.
+		w.Header().Set("Retry-After", "300")
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusServiceUnavailable, map[string]any{
+			"error":       message,
+			"maintenance": true,
+			"message":     message,
+		})
+	})
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/playback.go b/server/internal/api/playback.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e98d3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/playback.go
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/emby"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+const ticksPerMillisecond = 10_000
+
+type playbackResponse struct {
+	ItemID           string `json:"itemId"`
+	Title            string `json:"title"`
+	URL              string `json:"url"`
+	ResumePositionMs int64  `json:"resumePositionMs"`
+}
+
+type playbackReport struct {
+	ItemID     string `json:"itemId"`
+	PositionMs int64  `json:"positionMs"`
+	IsPaused   bool   `json:"isPaused"`
+}
+
+// handlePlayback resolves what to actually play.
+//
+// This is logic the TV used to carry: a series resolves to its next-up episode (falling
+// back to the first), and the returned URL points straight at Emby so the video stream
+// never traverses the gateway.
+func (s *Server) handlePlayback(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	itemID := r.PathValue("id")
+	if itemID == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "item id is required")
+		return
+	}
+	cred := credentials(sess)
+
+	raw, err := s.emby.Item(ctx, cred, itemID, "RunTimeTicks,SeriesName")
+	if err != nil {
+		s.writeUpstreamError(w, err, "could not load the item")
+		return
+	}
+	item, err := emby.Summarise(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadGateway, "unreadable item from emby")
+		return
+	}
+
+	target := item
+	title := item.Name
+
+	if strings.EqualFold(item.Type, "Series") {
+		episode, err := s.firstPlayableEpisode(ctx, cred, item.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.writeUpstreamError(w, err, "could not find an episode to play")
+			return
+		}
+		if episode == nil {
+			writeError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "no episodes found for this series")
+			return
+		}
+		target = *episode
+		if episode.Name != "" {
+			title = item.Name + " – " + episode.Name
+		}
+	}
+
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, playbackResponse{
+		ItemID:           target.ID,
+		Title:            title,
+		URL:              s.emby.StreamURL(cred, target.ID),
+		ResumePositionMs: max64(target.UserData.PlaybackPositionTicks/ticksPerMillisecond, 0),
+	})
+}
+
+// firstPlayableEpisode prefers the server's next-up choice and falls back to episode one.
+func (s *Server) firstPlayableEpisode(ctx context.Context, cred emby.Credentials, seriesID string) (*emby.Summary, error) {
+	nextUp, err := s.emby.NextUp(ctx, cred, url.Values{
+		"SeriesId":       {seriesID},
+		"Limit":          {"1"},
+		"Fields":         {"RunTimeTicks"},
+		"EnableUserData": {"true"},
+	})
+	if err == nil && len(nextUp.Items) > 0 {
+		if summary, err := emby.Summarise(nextUp.Items[0]); err == nil {
+			return &summary, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	episodes, err := s.emby.Episodes(ctx, cred, seriesID, url.Values{
+		"Limit":          {"1"},
+		"Fields":         {"RunTimeTicks"},
+		"EnableUserData": {"true"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(episodes.Items) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	summary, err := emby.Summarise(episodes.Items[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &summary, nil
+}
+
+// handlePlaybackReport forwards progress to Emby. Stopping invalidates the user's cache
+// so Continue Watching reflects the new position on the next home load.
+func (s *Server) handlePlaybackReport(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	phase := r.PathValue("phase")
+	switch phase {
+	case "started", "progress", "stopped":
+	default:
+		writeError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "unknown playback phase")
+		return
+	}
+
+	var report playbackReport
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 4<<10)).Decode(&report); err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "malformed request body")
+		return
+	}
+	if report.ItemID == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "itemId is required")
+		return
+	}
+
+	err := s.emby.ReportPlayback(r.Context(), credentials(sess), phase, report.ItemID,
+		max64(report.PositionMs, 0)*ticksPerMillisecond, report.IsPaused)
+	if err != nil {
+		// A dropped progress report is not worth failing playback over; log and accept.
+		s.log.Warn("playback report failed", "phase", phase, "error", err)
+	}
+
+	if phase == "stopped" {
+		if err := s.cache.InvalidateUser(r.Context(), sess.EmbyUserID); err != nil {
+			s.log.Warn("cache invalidation failed", "error", err)
+		}
+		// Finishing something is the one event that genuinely changes viewing history,
+		// so it is also the only thing that retires the recommendation rows.
+		if err := s.cache.InvalidateRecommendations(r.Context(), sess.EmbyUserID); err != nil {
+			s.log.Warn("recommendation invalidation failed", "error", err)
+		}
+	}
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+}
+
+func max64(v, floor int64) int64 {
+	if v < floor {
+		return floor
+	}
+	return v
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/recommend.go b/server/internal/api/recommend.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..897900a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/api/recommend.go
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/cache"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/recommend"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+// recommendationBuilds tracks in-flight rebuilds per user.
+//
+// Without this, four TVs waking up together would each kick off the same handful of Emby
+// queries. The first one through does the work; the rest skip it and pick the rows up on
+// their next home load.
+type recommendationBuilds struct {
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	running map[string]bool
+}
+
+func (b *recommendationBuilds) begin(userID string) bool {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	defer b.mu.Unlock()
+	if b.running == nil {
+		b.running = map[string]bool{}
+	}
+	if b.running[userID] {
+		return false
+	}
+	b.running[userID] = true
+	return true
+}
+
+func (b *recommendationBuilds) done(userID string) {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	defer b.mu.Unlock()
+	delete(b.running, userID)
+}
+
+// cachedRecommendations returns the stored rows, or nil on a miss.
+func (s *Server) cachedRecommendations(ctx context.Context, userID string) []recommend.Row {
+	raw, err := s.cache.Get(ctx, cache.RecommendationsKey(userID))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var rows []recommend.Row
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &rows); err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return rows
+}
+
+// buildRecommendations computes and caches rows for one user.
+func (s *Server) buildRecommendations(ctx context.Context, sess store.Session) ([]recommend.Row, error) {
+	rows, err := s.recommender.BuildRows(ctx, credentials(sess))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// An empty result is cached too: a user with no history should not trigger a full
+	// rebuild on every single home load.
+	if raw, err := json.Marshal(rows); err == nil {
+		if err := s.cache.Set(ctx, cache.RecommendationsKey(sess.EmbyUserID), raw, s.cfg.RecommendTTL); err != nil {
+			s.log.Warn("recommendation cache write failed", "error", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return rows, nil
+}
+
+// refreshRecommendationsInBackground rebuilds without holding up the caller.
+//
+// The home screen must stay fast, so a cold cache means "no recommendation rows this
+// time" rather than "wait several seconds for Emby". The rows appear on the next load.
+func (s *Server) refreshRecommendationsInBackground(sess store.Session) {
+	if !s.recommendationBuilds.begin(sess.EmbyUserID) {
+		return
+	}
+	go func() {
+		defer s.recommendationBuilds.done(sess.EmbyUserID)
+
+		// Detached from the request: the TV's connection is long gone by the time this
+		// finishes, but the work is still worth completing.
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(context.Background()), s.cfg.RecommendTimeout)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		started := time.Now()
+		rows, err := s.buildRecommendations(ctx, sess)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.log.Warn("recommendation build failed", "user", sess.EmbyUserID, "error", err)
+			return
+		}
+		s.log.Info("recommendations rebuilt",
+			"user", sess.EmbyUserID, "rows", len(rows), "ms", time.Since(started).Milliseconds())
+	}()
+}
+
+// handleRecommendations serves the rows on their own, building synchronously when the
+// cache is cold. `?refresh=1` forces a rebuild — useful for testing the engine without
+// waiting out the TTL.
+func (s *Server) handleRecommendations(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	forceRefresh := r.URL.Query().Get("refresh") == "1"
+
+	if !forceRefresh {
+		if rows := s.cachedRecommendations(ctx, sess.EmbyUserID); rows != nil {
+			w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Cache", "hit")
+			writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"rows": rows})
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	buildCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, s.cfg.RecommendTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	rows, err := s.buildRecommendations(buildCtx, sess)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.writeUpstreamError(w, err, "could not build recommendations")
+		return
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Cache", "miss")
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"rows": nonNilRows(rows)})
+}
+
+func nonNilRows(rows []recommend.Row) []recommend.Row {
+	if rows == nil {
+		return []recommend.Row{}
+	}
+	return rows
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/cache/cache.go b/server/internal/cache/cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d2322b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/cache/cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// Package cache wraps Redis with the small surface the gateway needs.
+//
+// Every cached value is scoped to an Emby user id, because "what's on the home screen"
+// is per-user. Mutations (favourite, watched, playback stopped) drop that user's keys
+// so the next request re-reads Emby rather than serving a stale row.
+package cache
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
+)
+
+// ErrMiss means the key was absent — an ordinary outcome, not a failure.
+var ErrMiss = errors.New("cache: miss")
+
+type Cache struct {
+	rdb *redis.Client
+}
+
+func Open(redisURL string) (*Cache, error) {
+	opts, err := redis.ParseURL(redisURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cache: parse url: %w", err)
+	}
+	return &Cache{rdb: redis.NewClient(opts)}, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) Close() error { return c.rdb.Close() }
+
+func (c *Cache) Ping(ctx context.Context) error { return c.rdb.Ping(ctx).Err() }
+
+func (c *Cache) Get(ctx context.Context, key string) ([]byte, error) {
+	b, err := c.rdb.Get(ctx, key).Bytes()
+	if errors.Is(err, redis.Nil) {
+		return nil, ErrMiss
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) Set(ctx context.Context, key string, value []byte, ttl time.Duration) error {
+	return c.rdb.Set(ctx, key, value, ttl).Err()
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) Delete(ctx context.Context, keys ...string) error {
+	if len(keys) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return c.rdb.Del(ctx, keys...).Err()
+}
+
+// InvalidateUser drops every cached view belonging to one Emby user.
+//
+// SCAN rather than KEYS so a large keyspace never blocks Redis; the key count here is
+// small, but the habit costs nothing.
+func (c *Cache) InvalidateUser(ctx context.Context, userID string) error {
+	pattern := fmt.Sprintf("u:%s:*", userID)
+	var cursor uint64
+	for {
+		keys, next, err := c.rdb.Scan(ctx, cursor, pattern, 200).Result()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(keys) > 0 {
+			if err := c.rdb.Del(ctx, keys...).Err(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		if next == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+		cursor = next
+	}
+}
+
+// UserKey builds the namespaced key used by everything user-scoped.
+func UserKey(userID, view string) string { return fmt.Sprintf("u:%s:%s", userID, view) }
+
+// RecommendationsKey sits in its own `r:` namespace on purpose.
+//
+// Recommendations cost several Emby queries to build, so they must survive the cache
+// wipe that every favourite toggle triggers. Only a genuine change in viewing history
+// — a finished playback — retires them, via [Cache.InvalidateRecommendations].
+func RecommendationsKey(userID string) string { return fmt.Sprintf("r:%s:rows", userID) }
+
+func (c *Cache) InvalidateRecommendations(ctx context.Context, userID string) error {
+	return c.Delete(ctx, RecommendationsKey(userID))
+}
+
+// SessionKey caches a token→session lookup, keyed by token hash (never the token).
+func SessionKey(tokenHashHex string) string { return "sess:" + tokenHashHex }
diff --git a/server/internal/config/config.go b/server/internal/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88903c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// Package config loads the gateway's settings from the environment.
+package config
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	ListenAddr string
+
+	// EmbyURL is how the gateway itself reaches Emby (may be a private/docker address).
+	EmbyURL string
+	// EmbyPublicURL is the address handed to TV clients for direct video playback.
+	// Defaults to EmbyURL; set it when the gateway talks to Emby over a network the
+	// TVs cannot reach.
+	EmbyPublicURL string
+
+	DatabaseURL string
+	RedisURL    string
+
+	// ClientName is reported to Emby in the X-Emby-Authorization header, so sessions
+	// show up as this in Emby's dashboard.
+	ClientName string
+
+	HomeTTL        time.Duration
+	ItemTTL        time.Duration
+	SearchTTL      time.Duration
+	ScreensaverTTL time.Duration
+	SessionTTL     time.Duration
+	// SessionIdleExpiry retires gateway tokens that go unused for this long.
+	SessionIdleExpiry time.Duration
+
+	// RecommendTTL is how long computed recommendation rows stay warm. Long, because
+	// taste moves slowly and each rebuild costs several Emby queries.
+	RecommendTTL time.Duration
+	// RecommendTimeout bounds a background rebuild, which fans out further than a
+	// normal request and so needs more headroom than UpstreamTimeout.
+	RecommendTimeout time.Duration
+
+	UpstreamTimeout time.Duration
+
+	// AdminToken guards the operator interface. Empty disables /admin entirely, so an
+	// unconfigured deployment cannot leave it exposed.
+	AdminToken string
+
+	// SyncInterval is how often the library import runs. Zero disables the schedule.
+	SyncInterval time.Duration
+	// SyncTimeout bounds one import; a full pass over a large library is slow.
+	SyncTimeout time.Duration
+	// SyncOnStart triggers an incremental import at boot.
+	SyncOnStart bool
+	// SyncUserID / SyncAPIKey are an optional Emby service account for imports. Without
+	// them the newest TV session is borrowed instead.
+	SyncUserID string
+	SyncAPIKey string
+
+	// AnalyticsRetention is how long raw row events are kept before being pruned.
+	AnalyticsRetention time.Duration
+}
+
+func Load() (Config, error) {
+	c := Config{
+		ListenAddr:        env("MEMBY_LISTEN_ADDR", ":8080"),
+		EmbyURL:           strings.TrimRight(os.Getenv("MEMBY_EMBY_URL"), "/"),
+		EmbyPublicURL:     strings.TrimRight(os.Getenv("MEMBY_EMBY_PUBLIC_URL"), "/"),
+		DatabaseURL:       os.Getenv("MEMBY_DATABASE_URL"),
+		RedisURL:          env("MEMBY_REDIS_URL", "redis://localhost:6379/0"),
+		ClientName:        env("MEMBY_CLIENT_NAME", "Memby"),
+		HomeTTL:           duration("MEMBY_HOME_TTL", 60*time.Second),
+		ItemTTL:           duration("MEMBY_ITEM_TTL", 10*time.Minute),
+		SearchTTL:         duration("MEMBY_SEARCH_TTL", 5*time.Minute),
+		ScreensaverTTL:    duration("MEMBY_SCREENSAVER_TTL", 10*time.Minute),
+		SessionTTL:        duration("MEMBY_SESSION_CACHE_TTL", 5*time.Minute),
+		SessionIdleExpiry: duration("MEMBY_SESSION_IDLE_EXPIRY", 90*24*time.Hour),
+		RecommendTTL:      duration("MEMBY_RECOMMEND_TTL", 2*time.Hour),
+		RecommendTimeout:  duration("MEMBY_RECOMMEND_TIMEOUT", 60*time.Second),
+
+		AdminToken:         strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("MEMBY_ADMIN_TOKEN")),
+		SyncInterval:       duration("MEMBY_SYNC_INTERVAL", time.Hour),
+		SyncTimeout:        duration("MEMBY_SYNC_TIMEOUT", 30*time.Minute),
+		SyncOnStart:        boolean("MEMBY_SYNC_ON_START", false),
+		SyncUserID:         strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("MEMBY_SYNC_USER_ID")),
+		SyncAPIKey:         strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("MEMBY_SYNC_API_KEY")),
+		AnalyticsRetention: duration("MEMBY_ANALYTICS_RETENTION", 90*24*time.Hour),
+		UpstreamTimeout:    duration("MEMBY_UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT", 20*time.Second),
+	}
+
+	if c.EmbyURL == "" {
+		return c, fmt.Errorf("MEMBY_EMBY_URL is required")
+	}
+	if c.DatabaseURL == "" {
+		return c, fmt.Errorf("MEMBY_DATABASE_URL is required")
+	}
+	if c.EmbyPublicURL == "" {
+		c.EmbyPublicURL = c.EmbyURL
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+func env(key, fallback string) string {
+	if v := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(key)); v != "" {
+		return v
+	}
+	return fallback
+}
+
+func boolean(key string, fallback bool) bool {
+	raw := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(key))
+	if raw == "" {
+		return fallback
+	}
+	value, err := strconv.ParseBool(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fallback
+	}
+	return value
+}
+
+func duration(key string, fallback time.Duration) time.Duration {
+	raw := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(key))
+	if raw == "" {
+		return fallback
+	}
+	if d, err := time.ParseDuration(raw); err == nil {
+		return d
+	}
+	// Bare numbers are read as seconds, which is friendlier in a compose file.
+	if secs, err := strconv.Atoi(raw); err == nil {
+		return time.Duration(secs) * time.Second
+	}
+	return fallback
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/emby/client.go b/server/internal/emby/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..475c5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/emby/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+// Package emby is a small client for the Emby REST API.
+//
+// Item payloads are deliberately carried as json.RawMessage and forwarded to the TV
+// untouched: the Android client already models Emby's item shape, so passing it through
+// verbatim means there is no second schema to keep in sync. Only the handful of fields
+// the gateway itself reasons about (id, type, resume position) are ever unmarshalled.
+package emby
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Client struct {
+	baseURL    string
+	publicURL  string
+	clientName string
+	http       *http.Client
+}
+
+// Credentials identify one signed-in Emby user.
+type Credentials struct {
+	UserID   string
+	Token    string
+	DeviceID string
+}
+
+type ItemsResult struct {
+	Items            []json.RawMessage `json:"Items"`
+	TotalRecordCount int               `json:"TotalRecordCount"`
+}
+
+type AuthResult struct {
+	User struct {
+		ID   string `json:"Id"`
+		Name string `json:"Name"`
+	} `json:"User"`
+	AccessToken string `json:"AccessToken"`
+	ServerID    string `json:"ServerId"`
+}
+
+// Summary is the minimal view of an item the gateway needs for its own logic.
+type Summary struct {
+	ID       string `json:"Id"`
+	Name     string `json:"Name"`
+	Type     string `json:"Type"`
+	UserData struct {
+		PlaybackPositionTicks int64 `json:"PlaybackPositionTicks"`
+	} `json:"UserData"`
+}
+
+// APIError carries an upstream Emby status code so handlers can mirror it.
+type APIError struct {
+	StatusCode int
+	Body       string
+}
+
+func (e *APIError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("emby: status %d: %s", e.StatusCode, e.Body)
+}
+
+func New(baseURL, publicURL, clientName string, timeout time.Duration) *Client {
+	return &Client{
+		baseURL:    strings.TrimRight(baseURL, "/"),
+		publicURL:  strings.TrimRight(publicURL, "/"),
+		clientName: clientName,
+		http: &http.Client{
+			Timeout: timeout,
+			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				MaxIdleConns:        100,
+				MaxIdleConnsPerHost: 20,
+				IdleConnTimeout:     90 * time.Second,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Authenticate(ctx context.Context, username, password, deviceID string) (*AuthResult, error) {
+	body, err := json.Marshal(map[string]string{"Username": username, "Pw": password})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/Users/AuthenticateByName", nil,
+		Credentials{DeviceID: deviceID}, bytes.NewReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	var out AuthResult
+	if err := c.do(req, &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if out.AccessToken == "" || out.User.ID == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("emby: authentication returned no access token")
+	}
+	return &out, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Items(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, params url.Values) (*ItemsResult, error) {
+	return c.items(ctx, cred, "/Users/"+url.PathEscape(cred.UserID)+"/Items", params)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) NextUp(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, params url.Values) (*ItemsResult, error) {
+	params.Set("UserId", cred.UserID)
+	return c.items(ctx, cred, "/Shows/NextUp", params)
+}
+
+// Similar asks Emby which items resemble one the user already watched.
+func (c *Client) Similar(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, itemID string, params url.Values) (*ItemsResult, error) {
+	params.Set("UserId", cred.UserID)
+	return c.items(ctx, cred, "/Items/"+url.PathEscape(itemID)+"/Similar", params)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Episodes(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, seriesID string, params url.Values) (*ItemsResult, error) {
+	params.Set("UserId", cred.UserID)
+	return c.items(ctx, cred, "/Shows/"+url.PathEscape(seriesID)+"/Episodes", params)
+}
+
+// LocalTrailers returns the trailers Emby holds locally for an item.
+func (c *Client) LocalTrailers(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, itemID string) (*ItemsResult, error) {
+	path := "/Users/" + url.PathEscape(cred.UserID) + "/Items/" + url.PathEscape(itemID) + "/LocalTrailers"
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, path, nil, cred, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// This endpoint answers with a bare array rather than an Items envelope.
+	var items []json.RawMessage
+	if err := c.do(req, &items); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &ItemsResult{Items: items, TotalRecordCount: len(items)}, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Item(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, itemID, fields string) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	params := url.Values{}
+	if fields != "" {
+		params.Set("Fields", fields)
+	}
+	path := "/Users/" + url.PathEscape(cred.UserID) + "/Items/" + url.PathEscape(itemID)
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, path, params, cred, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var raw json.RawMessage
+	if err := c.do(req, &raw); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return raw, nil
+}
+
+// SetFavorite/SetPlayed return Emby's resulting UserData verbatim.
+func (c *Client) SetFavorite(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, itemID string, favorite bool) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	method := http.MethodDelete
+	if favorite {
+		method = http.MethodPost
+	}
+	path := "/Users/" + url.PathEscape(cred.UserID) + "/FavoriteItems/" + url.PathEscape(itemID)
+	return c.userDataCall(ctx, method, path, cred)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) SetPlayed(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, itemID string, played bool) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	method := http.MethodDelete
+	if played {
+		method = http.MethodPost
+	}
+	path := "/Users/" + url.PathEscape(cred.UserID) + "/PlayedItems/" + url.PathEscape(itemID)
+	return c.userDataCall(ctx, method, path, cred)
+}
+
+// ReportPlayback forwards a progress report. phase is "started", "progress" or "stopped".
+func (c *Client) ReportPlayback(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, phase string, itemID string, positionTicks int64, isPaused bool) error {
+	var path string
+	switch phase {
+	case "started":
+		path = "/Sessions/Playing"
+	case "progress":
+		path = "/Sessions/Playing/Progress"
+	case "stopped":
+		path = "/Sessions/Playing/Stopped"
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("emby: unknown playback phase %q", phase)
+	}
+
+	body, err := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
+		"ItemId":        itemID,
+		"PositionTicks": positionTicks,
+		"IsPaused":      isPaused,
+		"IsMuted":       false,
+		"CanSeek":       true,
+		"PlayMethod":    "DirectPlay",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, path, nil, cred, bytes.NewReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	return c.do(req, nil)
+}
+
+// ImageResponse streams an image straight from Emby so the caller can copy it to the TV.
+// The caller owns closing the body.
+func (c *Client) ImageResponse(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, itemID, imageType string, params url.Values) (*http.Response, error) {
+	path := "/Items/" + url.PathEscape(itemID) + "/Images/" + url.PathEscape(imageType)
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, path, params, cred, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	resp, err := c.http.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 2048))
+		resp.Body.Close()
+		return nil, &APIError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Body: string(body)}
+	}
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+// StreamURL is the direct-play URL handed to the TV. It points at the *public* Emby
+// address: video never flows through the gateway, only metadata does.
+func (c *Client) StreamURL(cred Credentials, itemID string) string {
+	params := url.Values{}
+	params.Set("static", "true")
+	params.Set("api_key", cred.Token)
+	params.Set("DeviceId", cred.DeviceID)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/Videos/%s/stream?%s", c.publicURL, url.PathEscape(itemID), params.Encode())
+}
+
+// Ping checks that Emby is reachable, for readiness probes.
+func (c *Client) Ping(ctx context.Context) error {
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, "/System/Info/Public", nil, Credentials{}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return c.do(req, nil)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) items(ctx context.Context, cred Credentials, path string, params url.Values) (*ItemsResult, error) {
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, path, params, cred, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var out ItemsResult
+	if err := c.do(req, &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &out, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) userDataCall(ctx context.Context, method, path string, cred Credentials) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	req, err := c.newRequest(ctx, method, path, nil, cred, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var raw json.RawMessage
+	if err := c.do(req, &raw); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return raw, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) newRequest(ctx context.Context, method, path string, params url.Values, cred Credentials, body io.Reader) (*http.Request, error) {
+	full := c.baseURL + path
+	if len(params) > 0 {
+		full += "?" + params.Encode()
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, full, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	deviceID := cred.DeviceID
+	if deviceID == "" {
+		deviceID = "memby-gateway"
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set("X-Emby-Authorization", fmt.Sprintf(
+		`MediaBrowser Client="%s", Device="Memby Gateway", DeviceId="%s", Version="1.0"`,
+		c.clientName, deviceID,
+	))
+	if cred.Token != "" {
+		req.Header.Set("X-Emby-Token", cred.Token)
+	}
+	return req, nil
+}
+
+// do executes a request and decodes into out (which may be nil to discard the body).
+func (c *Client) do(req *http.Request, out any) error {
+	resp, err := c.http.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
+		// Emby error bodies can echo request details; cap what we keep and never log it
+		// alongside a token.
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 2048))
+		return &APIError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Body: string(body)}
+	}
+	if out == nil {
+		_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
+		return nil
+	}
+	return json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(out)
+}
+
+// Summarise unmarshals the fields the gateway reasons about from a raw item.
+func Summarise(raw json.RawMessage) (Summary, error) {
+	var s Summary
+	err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &s)
+	return s, err
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/library/syncer.go b/server/internal/library/syncer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7933a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/library/syncer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+// Package library imports Emby's catalogue into Postgres so the gateway can answer from
+// its own copy instead of asking Emby on every request.
+//
+// Two shapes of import:
+//
+//   - **full** — page through everything, then delete whatever the pass did not touch.
+//     Run once to seed, and again whenever the library has been reorganised.
+//   - **incremental** — ask Emby only for items changed since the last successful run.
+//     Cheap enough to run hourly, which is what new episodes need; films appearing
+//     weekly are picked up by the same pass.
+//
+// Only shared metadata is imported (EnableUserData=false). Watched state, favourites and
+// resume positions are per-user and stay live.
+package library
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/emby"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
+)
+
+const (
+	// pageSize balances round trips against Emby's response size. 500 items of metadata
+	// is roughly a megabyte of JSON.
+	pageSize = 500
+
+	// syncFields is everything the gateway serves or filters on. Images are requested as
+	// tags only — the artwork itself is proxied on demand.
+	syncFields = "Genres,Studios,Overview,Taglines,ProductionYear,CommunityRating,OfficialRating," +
+		"RunTimeTicks,SeriesName,PrimaryImageAspectRatio,DateCreated,MediaStreams"
+
+	syncImageTypes = "Backdrop,Primary,Logo,Thumb"
+	syncItemTypes  = "Movie,Series,Episode"
+)
+
+// ErrNoCredentials means nothing has ever signed in and no service account is set, so
+// there is no way to talk to Emby on the library's behalf.
+var ErrNoCredentials = errors.New("library: no emby credentials available for sync")
+
+type Syncer struct {
+	emby  *emby.Client
+	store *store.Store
+	log   *slog.Logger
+
+	// serviceCred is the optional configured account. When empty, the newest TV session
+	// is borrowed instead.
+	serviceCred emby.Credentials
+
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	running bool
+}
+
+func NewSyncer(embyClient *emby.Client, st *store.Store, serviceCred emby.Credentials, log *slog.Logger) *Syncer {
+	return &Syncer{emby: embyClient, store: st, serviceCred: serviceCred, log: log}
+}
+
+// Result summarises one import.
+type Result struct {
+	Kind       string        `json:"kind"`
+	Seen       int           `json:"seen"`
+	Upserted   int           `json:"upserted"`
+	Removed    int           `json:"removed"`
+	Duration   time.Duration `json:"-"`
+	DurationMs int64         `json:"durationMs"`
+}
+
+// Running reports whether an import is in flight, so the admin page can disable its
+// buttons and the scheduler can skip a tick.
+func (s *Syncer) Running() bool {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	return s.running
+}
+
+// Sync runs an import. kind is "full" or "incremental"; an incremental run with no prior
+// successful sync silently upgrades itself to a full one, because there is no watermark
+// to work from.
+func (s *Syncer) Sync(ctx context.Context, kind, trigger string) (Result, error) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	if s.running {
+		s.mu.Unlock()
+		return Result{}, errors.New("library: a sync is already running")
+	}
+	s.running = true
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+	defer func() {
+		s.mu.Lock()
+		s.running = false
+		s.mu.Unlock()
+	}()
+
+	cred, err := s.credentials(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Result{}, err
+	}
+
+	var since *time.Time
+	if kind == "incremental" {
+		since, err = s.store.LastSuccessfulSyncAt(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return Result{}, err
+		}
+		if since == nil {
+			s.log.Info("no previous sync; upgrading to a full import")
+			kind = "full"
+		}
+	}
+
+	startedAt := time.Now().UTC()
+	runID, err := s.store.StartSyncRun(ctx, kind, trigger)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Result{}, err
+	}
+
+	result, syncErr := s.run(ctx, cred, kind, since, startedAt)
+	result.Kind = kind
+	result.Duration = time.Since(startedAt)
+	result.DurationMs = result.Duration.Milliseconds()
+
+	record := store.SyncRun{
+		Status:        store.SyncStatusSuccess,
+		ItemsSeen:     result.Seen,
+		ItemsUpserted: result.Upserted,
+		ItemsRemoved:  result.Removed,
+	}
+	if syncErr != nil {
+		record.Status = store.SyncStatusFailed
+		record.Error = syncErr.Error()
+	}
+	// Always record the outcome, even when the caller's context died mid-import.
+	if err := s.store.FinishSyncRun(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), runID, record); err != nil {
+		s.log.Error("could not record sync run", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	if syncErr != nil {
+		return result, syncErr
+	}
+	s.log.Info("library sync finished",
+		"kind", kind, "trigger", trigger, "seen", result.Seen,
+		"upserted", result.Upserted, "removed", result.Removed, "ms", result.DurationMs)
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (s *Syncer) run(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	cred emby.Credentials,
+	kind string,
+	since *time.Time,
+	syncedAt time.Time,
+) (Result, error) {
+	var result Result
+
+	for startIndex := 0; ; startIndex += pageSize {
+		params := url.Values{
+			"IncludeItemTypes":       {syncItemTypes},
+			"Recursive":              {"true"},
+			"SortBy":                 {"DateCreated"},
+			"SortOrder":              {"Ascending"},
+			"StartIndex":             {strconv.Itoa(startIndex)},
+			"Limit":                  {strconv.Itoa(pageSize)},
+			"Fields":                 {syncFields},
+			"ImageTypeLimit":         {"1"},
+			"EnableImages":           {"true"},
+			"EnableImageTypes":       {syncImageTypes},
+			"EnableTotalRecordCount": {"false"},
+			// The imported copy is shared by every user, so it must not carry one
+			// user's watched/favourite state.
+			"EnableUserData": {"false"},
+		}
+		if since != nil {
+			// Emby returns items created or edited after this instant. Overlap by a
+			// minute so an item saved during the previous run is not missed.
+			params.Set("MinDateLastSaved", since.Add(-time.Minute).UTC().Format(time.RFC3339))
+		}
+
+		page, err := s.emby.Items(ctx, cred, params)
+		if err != nil {
+			return result, fmt.Errorf("library: fetch page at %d: %w", startIndex, err)
+		}
+		if len(page.Items) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		items := make([]store.LibraryItem, 0, len(page.Items))
+		for _, raw := range page.Items {
+			if item, ok := toLibraryItem(raw); ok {
+				items = append(items, item)
+			}
+		}
+		written, err := s.store.UpsertLibraryItems(ctx, items, syncedAt)
+		if err != nil {
+			return result, err
+		}
+
+		result.Seen += len(page.Items)
+		result.Upserted += int(written)
+
+		if len(page.Items) < pageSize {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Only a full pass has seen everything, so only a full pass may delete.
+	if kind == "full" {
+		removed, err := s.store.DeleteLibraryItemsBefore(ctx, syncedAt)
+		if err != nil {
+			return result, err
+		}
+		result.Removed = int(removed)
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// credentials prefers the configured service account and otherwise borrows the most
+// recent TV session.
+func (s *Syncer) credentials(ctx context.Context) (emby.Credentials, error) {
+	if s.serviceCred.Token != "" && s.serviceCred.UserID != "" {
+		return s.serviceCred, nil
+	}
+	sess, err := s.store.NewestSession(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, store.ErrNotFound) {
+			return emby.Credentials{}, ErrNoCredentials
+		}
+		return emby.Credentials{}, err
+	}
+	return emby.Credentials{
+		UserID:   sess.EmbyUserID,
+		Token:    sess.EmbyToken,
+		DeviceID: "memby-gateway-sync",
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Schedule runs an incremental import on an interval until ctx is cancelled.
+//
+// New episodes tend to land through the day and films weekly; an hourly incremental pass
+// covers both without ever asking Emby for the whole catalogue again.
+func (s *Syncer) Schedule(ctx context.Context, interval time.Duration) {
+	if interval <= 0 {
+		s.log.Info("library auto-sync disabled")
+		return
+	}
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	s.log.Info("library auto-sync scheduled", "interval", interval.String())
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			if s.Running() {
+				s.log.Info("skipping scheduled sync; one is already running")
+				continue
+			}
+			if _, err := s.Sync(ctx, "incremental", "schedule"); err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, ErrNoCredentials) {
+					// Nobody has signed in yet. Not worth an error-level log every hour.
+					s.log.Info("skipping scheduled sync; no credentials yet")
+					continue
+				}
+				s.log.Error("scheduled sync failed", "error", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// syncItem mirrors the Emby fields promoted to columns.
+type syncItem struct {
+	ID              string   `json:"Id"`
+	Name            string   `json:"Name"`
+	Type            string   `json:"Type"`
+	SeriesID        string   `json:"SeriesId"`
+	SeriesName      string   `json:"SeriesName"`
+	ProductionYear  *int     `json:"ProductionYear"`
+	CommunityRating *float64 `json:"CommunityRating"`
+	Genres          []string `json:"Genres"`
+	Studios         []struct {
+		Name string `json:"Name"`
+	} `json:"Studios"`
+	DateCreated *time.Time `json:"DateCreated"`
+}
+
+// toLibraryItem flattens the columns Postgres filters on while keeping the payload whole.
+func toLibraryItem(raw json.RawMessage) (store.LibraryItem, bool) {
+	var parsed syncItem
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &parsed); err != nil || parsed.ID == "" {
+		return store.LibraryItem{}, false
+	}
+
+	studios := make([]string, 0, len(parsed.Studios))
+	for _, studio := range parsed.Studios {
+		if name := strings.TrimSpace(studio.Name); name != "" {
+			studios = append(studios, name)
+		}
+	}
+	genres := make([]string, 0, len(parsed.Genres))
+	for _, genre := range parsed.Genres {
+		if g := strings.TrimSpace(genre); g != "" {
+			genres = append(genres, g)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return store.LibraryItem{
+		ID:              parsed.ID,
+		Type:            parsed.Type,
+		Name:            parsed.Name,
+		SeriesID:        parsed.SeriesID,
+		SeriesName:      parsed.SeriesName,
+		ProductionYear:  parsed.ProductionYear,
+		CommunityRating: parsed.CommunityRating,
+		Genres:          genres,
+		Studios:         studios,
+		DateCreated:     parsed.DateCreated,
+		SearchText:      searchText(parsed),
+		Payload:         raw,
+	}, true
+}
+
+// searchText is what full-text search matches against. Series name is included so
+// searching a show finds its episodes.
+func searchText(parsed syncItem) string {
+	parts := []string{parsed.Name}
+	if parsed.SeriesName != "" && !strings.EqualFold(parsed.SeriesName, parsed.Name) {
+		parts = append(parts, parsed.SeriesName)
+	}
+	if parsed.ProductionYear != nil {
+		parts = append(parts, strconv.Itoa(*parsed.ProductionYear))
+	}
+	parts = append(parts, parsed.Genres...)
+	return strings.Join(parts, " ")
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/library/syncer_test.go b/server/internal/library/syncer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..609486d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/library/syncer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package library
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestToLibraryItemFlattensColumnsAndKeepsPayload(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := json.RawMessage(`{
+		"Id":"42","Name":"Arrival","Type":"Movie","ProductionYear":2016,
+		"CommunityRating":7.9,"Genres":["Science Fiction"," Drama "],
+		"Studios":[{"Name":"Paramount"},{"Name":"  "}],
+		"DateCreated":"2024-03-01T10:00:00Z",
+		"ImageTags":{"Primary":"abc"}
+	}`)
+
+	item, ok := toLibraryItem(raw)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected the item to parse")
+	}
+	if item.ID != "42" || item.Name != "Arrival" || item.Type != "Movie" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected columns: %+v", item)
+	}
+	if *item.ProductionYear != 2016 || *item.CommunityRating != 7.9 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected numbers: %+v", item)
+	}
+	// Whitespace-only studio names are dropped, real ones trimmed.
+	if len(item.Studios) != 1 || item.Studios[0] != "Paramount" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected studios: %v", item.Studios)
+	}
+	if len(item.Genres) != 2 || item.Genres[1] != "Drama" {
+		t.Fatalf("genres should be trimmed: %v", item.Genres)
+	}
+	if item.DateCreated == nil || item.DateCreated.Year() != 2024 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected date: %v", item.DateCreated)
+	}
+	// The payload must survive byte-identical: it is what the TV receives, and it holds
+	// fields (image tags, overview) that no column models.
+	if string(item.Payload) != string(raw) {
+		t.Fatal("payload was altered")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestToLibraryItemRejectsUnusableRows(t *testing.T) {
+	for name, raw := range map[string]string{
+		"malformed": `{"Id":`,
+		"no id":     `{"Name":"Nameless"}`,
+	} {
+		if _, ok := toLibraryItem(json.RawMessage(raw)); ok {
+			t.Fatalf("%s should have been rejected", name)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSearchTextIncludesSeriesNameSoEpisodesAreFindable(t *testing.T) {
+	year := 2022
+	text := searchText(syncItem{
+		Name:           "Good News About Hell",
+		Type:           "Episode",
+		SeriesName:     "Severance",
+		ProductionYear: &year,
+		Genres:         []string{"Drama", "Thriller"},
+	})
+
+	for _, want := range []string{"Good News About Hell", "Severance", "2022", "Drama"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(text, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("search text %q is missing %q", text, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSearchTextDoesNotRepeatTheTitleForAMovie(t *testing.T) {
+	text := searchText(syncItem{Name: "Dune", Type: "Movie", SeriesName: "Dune"})
+
+	if strings.Count(strings.ToLower(text), "dune") != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("title should appear once, got %q", text)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/recommend/engine.go b/server/internal/recommend/engine.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fc9191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/recommend/engine.go
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+package recommend
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/emby"
+)
+
+// Row is one horizontal strip on the TV home screen.
+type Row struct {
+	ID    string            `json:"id"`
+	Title string            `json:"title"`
+	Kind  string            `json:"kind"`
+	Items []json.RawMessage `json:"items"`
+}
+
+// Source is the slice of the Emby client this package needs, narrowed so tests can
+// supply a fake without a server.
+type Source interface {
+	Items(ctx context.Context, cred emby.Credentials, params url.Values) (*emby.ItemsResult, error)
+	Similar(ctx context.Context, cred emby.Credentials, itemID string, params url.Values) (*emby.ItemsResult, error)
+}
+
+// LibrarySource is the imported catalogue. When present, the candidate pool comes from
+// Postgres instead of Emby, which takes the rebuild off Emby entirely.
+type LibrarySource interface {
+	LibraryCandidates(ctx context.Context, genres []string, limit int) ([]json.RawMessage, error)
+}
+
+type Engine struct {
+	source Source
+	log    *slog.Logger
+
+	// Library is optional; nil (or an empty library) falls back to querying Emby.
+	Library LibrarySource
+
+	// MinRowItems is the shortest row worth showing. A two-item "Recommended" strip
+	// looks broken next to full rows, so short rows are dropped entirely.
+	MinRowItems int
+	// MaxSimilarRows caps "Because you watched …" rows so the home screen stays a home
+	// screen rather than a wall of near-duplicates.
+	MaxSimilarRows int
+	RowSize        int
+}
+
+func NewEngine(source Source, log *slog.Logger) *Engine {
+	return &Engine{
+		source:         source,
+		log:            log,
+		MinRowItems:    4,
+		MaxSimilarRows: 2,
+		RowSize:        20,
+	}
+}
+
+const (
+	historyFields   = "Genres,Studios,CommunityRating,SeriesName,ProductionYear,RunTimeTicks"
+	candidateFields = "Genres,Studios,CommunityRating,ProductionYear,RunTimeTicks,PrimaryImageAspectRatio"
+	rowImageTypes   = "Backdrop,Primary,Logo"
+)
+
+// BuildRows produces the recommendation rows for one user.
+//
+// Cost is a handful of Emby queries, which is why callers cache the result rather than
+// computing it on every home load.
+func (e *Engine) BuildRows(ctx context.Context, cred emby.Credentials) ([]Row, error) {
+	history, favorites, err := e.gatherSignals(ctx, cred)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	profile := BuildProfile(history, favorites)
+	if profile.IsEmpty() {
+		// A brand-new user has nothing to recommend from. No rows is the honest answer.
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	rows := make([]Row, 0, e.MaxSimilarRows+1)
+	for _, seed := range e.seedsFor(profile) {
+		row, ok := e.similarRow(ctx, cred, profile, seed)
+		if ok {
+			rows = append(rows, row)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if row, ok := e.historyRow(ctx, cred, profile); ok {
+		rows = append(rows, row)
+	}
+	return rows, nil
+}
+
+// gatherSignals reads what the user has watched and favourited, in parallel.
+func (e *Engine) gatherSignals(ctx context.Context, cred emby.Credentials) (history, favorites []Item, err error) {
+	var (
+		wg       sync.WaitGroup
+		mu       sync.Mutex
+		firstErr error
+	)
+
+	fetch := func(dest *[]Item, params url.Values) {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			result, fetchErr := e.source.Items(ctx, cred, params)
+			mu.Lock()
+			defer mu.Unlock()
+			if fetchErr != nil {
+				if firstErr == nil {
+					firstErr = fetchErr
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			*dest = Decode(result.Items)
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// In-progress titles are the strongest signal available, so they lead the history
+	// list and pick up the heaviest recency weights.
+	var resumable, played []Item
+	fetch(&resumable, url.Values{
+		"Filters":          {"IsResumable"},
+		"IncludeItemTypes": {"Movie,Episode"},
+		"Recursive":        {"true"},
+		"SortBy":           {"DatePlayed"},
+		"SortOrder":        {"Descending"},
+		"Limit":            {"20"},
+		"Fields":           {historyFields},
+		"EnableUserData":   {"true"},
+		"EnableImages":     {"false"},
+	})
+	fetch(&played, url.Values{
+		"Filters":          {"IsPlayed"},
+		"IncludeItemTypes": {"Movie,Episode"},
+		"Recursive":        {"true"},
+		"SortBy":           {"DatePlayed"},
+		"SortOrder":        {"Descending"},
+		"Limit":            {"60"},
+		"Fields":           {historyFields},
+		"EnableUserData":   {"true"},
+		"EnableImages":     {"false"},
+	})
+	fetch(&favorites, url.Values{
+		"Filters":          {"IsFavorite"},
+		"IncludeItemTypes": {"Movie,Series"},
+		"Recursive":        {"true"},
+		"SortBy":           {"SortName"},
+		"Limit":            {"40"},
+		"Fields":           {historyFields},
+		"EnableUserData":   {"true"},
+		"EnableImages":     {"false"},
+	})
+
+	wg.Wait()
+	if firstErr != nil {
+		return nil, nil, firstErr
+	}
+	return append(resumable, played...), favorites, nil
+}
+
+// libraryCandidates reads the pool from the imported library. Returns ok=false when
+// there is no library, it is empty, or it errors — every one of which means "ask Emby".
+func (e *Engine) libraryCandidates(ctx context.Context, genres []string) ([]Item, bool) {
+	if e.Library == nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	raws, err := e.Library.LibraryCandidates(ctx, genres, e.RowSize*6)
+	if err != nil {
+		e.log.Warn("library candidates failed; falling back to emby", "error", err)
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	if len(raws) == 0 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	return Decode(raws), true
+}
+
+func (e *Engine) seedsFor(profile Profile) []Seed {
+	if len(profile.Seeds) <= e.MaxSimilarRows {
+		return profile.Seeds
+	}
+	return profile.Seeds[:e.MaxSimilarRows]
+}
+
+// similarRow asks Emby what resembles a title the user just watched. Emby's own
+// similarity scoring beats anything computed here, so this only filters out the seen.
+func (e *Engine) similarRow(ctx context.Context, cred emby.Credentials, profile Profile, seed Seed) (Row, bool) {
+	result, err := e.source.Similar(ctx, cred, seed.ID, url.Values{
+		"UserId":           {cred.UserID},
+		"Limit":            {strconv.Itoa(e.RowSize * 2)},
+		"Fields":           {candidateFields},
+		"ImageTypeLimit":   {"1"},
+		"EnableImageTypes": {rowImageTypes},
+		"EnableUserData":   {"true"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		// One dead row should never sink the home screen.
+		e.log.Warn("similar lookup failed", "seed", seed.ID, "error", err)
+		return Row{}, false
+	}
+
+	items := FilterUnseen(profile, Decode(result.Items), e.RowSize)
+	if len(items) < e.MinRowItems {
+		return Row{}, false
+	}
+	return Row{
+		ID:    "similar:" + seed.ID,
+		Title: "Because you watched " + seed.Name,
+		Kind:  "similar",
+		Items: Raws(items),
+	}, true
+}
+
+// historyRow is the genre-affinity row: unwatched titles from the genres the user has
+// been spending time in, ranked by how closely they match the whole profile.
+func (e *Engine) historyRow(ctx context.Context, cred emby.Credentials, profile Profile) (Row, bool) {
+	genres := profile.TopGenres(3)
+	if len(genres) == 0 {
+		return Row{}, false
+	}
+
+	if candidates, ok := e.libraryCandidates(ctx, genres); ok {
+		items := Rank(profile, candidates, e.RowSize)
+		if len(items) < e.MinRowItems {
+			return Row{}, false
+		}
+		return Row{
+			ID:    "recommended",
+			Title: "Recommended from your watching history",
+			Kind:  "recommended",
+			Items: Raws(items),
+		}, true
+	}
+
+	// Emby treats "|" as OR in a Genres filter, so one query covers every top genre.
+	result, err := e.source.Items(ctx, cred, url.Values{
+		"IncludeItemTypes": {"Movie,Series"},
+		"Recursive":        {"true"},
+		"Filters":          {"IsUnplayed"},
+		"Genres":           {strings.Join(genres, "|")},
+		"SortBy":           {"CommunityRating"},
+		"SortOrder":        {"Descending"},
+		"Limit":            {"120"},
+		"Fields":           {candidateFields},
+		"ImageTypeLimit":   {"1"},
+		"EnableImages":     {"true"},
+		"EnableImageTypes": {rowImageTypes},
+		"EnableUserData":   {"true"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		e.log.Warn("recommendation candidates failed", "error", err)
+		return Row{}, false
+	}
+
+	items := Rank(profile, Decode(result.Items), e.RowSize)
+	if len(items) < e.MinRowItems {
+		return Row{}, false
+	}
+	return Row{
+		ID:    "recommended",
+		Title: "Recommended from your watching history",
+		Kind:  "recommended",
+		Items: Raws(items),
+	}, true
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/recommend/engine_test.go b/server/internal/recommend/engine_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bdde55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/recommend/engine_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+package recommend
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/emby"
+)
+
+// fakeSource records the queries the engine makes and replays canned answers.
+type fakeSource struct {
+	mu sync.Mutex
+
+	itemsByFilter map[string][]json.RawMessage
+	similar       map[string][]json.RawMessage
+	itemsErr      error
+	similarErr    error
+
+	genreQueries []string
+	similarSeeds []string
+}
+
+func (f *fakeSource) Items(_ context.Context, _ emby.Credentials, params url.Values) (*emby.ItemsResult, error) {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	if f.itemsErr != nil {
+		return nil, f.itemsErr
+	}
+	if genres := params.Get("Genres"); genres != "" {
+		f.genreQueries = append(f.genreQueries, genres)
+	}
+	key := params.Get("Filters")
+	return &emby.ItemsResult{Items: f.itemsByFilter[key]}, nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeSource) Similar(_ context.Context, _ emby.Credentials, itemID string, _ url.Values) (*emby.ItemsResult, error) {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	f.similarSeeds = append(f.similarSeeds, itemID)
+	if f.similarErr != nil {
+		return nil, f.similarErr
+	}
+	return &emby.ItemsResult{Items: f.similar[itemID]}, nil
+}
+
+func raw(id, name, itemType string, genres ...string) json.RawMessage {
+	quoted := make([]string, 0, len(genres))
+	for _, g := range genres {
+		quoted = append(quoted, `"`+g+`"`)
+	}
+	return json.RawMessage(`{"Id":"` + id + `","Name":"` + name + `","Type":"` + itemType +
+		`","Genres":[` + strings.Join(quoted, ",") + `],"CommunityRating":7.5}`)
+}
+
+func testEngine(source Source) *Engine {
+	engine := NewEngine(source, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	engine.MinRowItems = 2
+	return engine
+}
+
+func TestBuildRowsProducesSimilarAndHistoryRows(t *testing.T) {
+	source := &fakeSource{
+		itemsByFilter: map[string][]json.RawMessage{
+			"IsResumable": {raw("ep1", "Good News", "Episode", "Drama")},
+			"IsPlayed":    {raw("m1", "Dune", "Movie", "Science Fiction")},
+			"IsFavorite":  {raw("m2", "Arrival", "Movie", "Science Fiction")},
+			"IsUnplayed": {
+				raw("c1", "Blade Runner", "Movie", "Science Fiction"),
+				raw("c2", "Solaris", "Movie", "Science Fiction"),
+				raw("c3", "Barbie", "Movie", "Comedy"),
+			},
+		},
+		similar: map[string][]json.RawMessage{
+			"ep1": {raw("s1", "Devs", "Series", "Drama"), raw("s2", "Mr Robot", "Series", "Drama")},
+			"m1":  {raw("s3", "Foundation", "Series", "Science Fiction"), raw("s4", "Arrival II", "Movie", "Science Fiction")},
+		},
+	}
+
+	rows, err := testEngine(source).BuildRows(context.Background(), emby.Credentials{UserID: "u1"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildRows: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 similar rows + 1 history row, got %d: %+v", len(rows), rowTitles(rows))
+	}
+
+	if rows[0].Kind != "similar" || !strings.HasPrefix(rows[0].Title, "Because you watched ") {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected first row: %+v", rows[0])
+	}
+	last := rows[len(rows)-1]
+	if last.Kind != "recommended" || last.Title != "Recommended from your watching history" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected history row: %+v", last)
+	}
+	if last.ID != "recommended" {
+		t.Fatalf("history row id should be stable, got %q", last.ID)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildRowsQueriesTheProfilesTopGenres(t *testing.T) {
+	source := &fakeSource{
+		itemsByFilter: map[string][]json.RawMessage{
+			"IsPlayed": {
+				raw("m1", "Dune", "Movie", "Science Fiction"),
+				raw("m2", "Alien", "Movie", "Science Fiction", "Horror"),
+			},
+			"IsUnplayed": {raw("c1", "Solaris", "Movie", "Science Fiction")},
+		},
+	}
+
+	if _, err := testEngine(source).BuildRows(context.Background(), emby.Credentials{UserID: "u1"}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildRows: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(source.genreQueries) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a single OR'd genre query, got %v", source.genreQueries)
+	}
+	// Emby reads "|" as OR, so one query covers every top genre.
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(source.genreQueries[0], "Science Fiction") {
+		t.Fatalf("heaviest genre should lead the query, got %q", source.genreQueries[0])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildRowsExcludesAlreadyWatchedFromSimilarRow(t *testing.T) {
+	source := &fakeSource{
+		itemsByFilter: map[string][]json.RawMessage{
+			"IsPlayed": {raw("m1", "Dune", "Movie", "Science Fiction")},
+		},
+		similar: map[string][]json.RawMessage{
+			// Emby suggests something the user already finished; it must not appear.
+			"m1": {raw("m1", "Dune", "Movie", "Science Fiction"), raw("s1", "Foundation", "Series", "Science Fiction")},
+		},
+	}
+	engine := testEngine(source)
+	engine.MinRowItems = 1
+
+	rows, err := engine.BuildRows(context.Background(), emby.Credentials{UserID: "u1"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildRows: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, row := range rows {
+		for _, item := range row.Items {
+			if strings.Contains(string(item), `"Id":"m1"`) {
+				t.Fatalf("row %q contained an already-watched item", row.ID)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildRowsDropsRowsShorterThanTheMinimum(t *testing.T) {
+	source := &fakeSource{
+		itemsByFilter: map[string][]json.RawMessage{
+			"IsPlayed":   {raw("m1", "Dune", "Movie", "Science Fiction")},
+			"IsUnplayed": {raw("c1", "Solaris", "Movie", "Science Fiction")},
+		},
+		similar: map[string][]json.RawMessage{
+			"m1": {raw("s1", "Foundation", "Series", "Science Fiction")},
+		},
+	}
+	engine := testEngine(source)
+	engine.MinRowItems = 5
+
+	rows, err := engine.BuildRows(context.Background(), emby.Credentials{UserID: "u1"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildRows: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected short rows to be dropped, got %v", rowTitles(rows))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildRowsReturnsNothingForAUserWithNoHistory(t *testing.T) {
+	source := &fakeSource{itemsByFilter: map[string][]json.RawMessage{}}
+
+	rows, err := testEngine(source).BuildRows(context.Background(), emby.Credentials{UserID: "new"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildRows: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("a new user should get no rows, got %v", rowTitles(rows))
+	}
+	if len(source.similarSeeds) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("no seeds means no similarity lookups should be attempted")
+	}
+}
+
+// A failing similarity lookup is one dead row, not a dead home screen.
+func TestBuildRowsSurvivesASimilarLookupFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	source := &fakeSource{
+		itemsByFilter: map[string][]json.RawMessage{
+			"IsPlayed": {raw("m1", "Dune", "Movie", "Science Fiction")},
+			"IsUnplayed": {
+				raw("c1", "Solaris", "Movie", "Science Fiction"),
+				raw("c2", "Blade Runner", "Movie", "Science Fiction"),
+			},
+		},
+		similarErr: errors.New("emby is unwell"),
+	}
+
+	rows, err := testEngine(source).BuildRows(context.Background(), emby.Credentials{UserID: "u1"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildRows should not fail: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 1 || rows[0].Kind != "recommended" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the history row to survive, got %v", rowTitles(rows))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildRowsFailsWhenHistoryCannotBeRead(t *testing.T) {
+	source := &fakeSource{itemsErr: errors.New("emby down")}
+
+	if _, err := testEngine(source).BuildRows(context.Background(), emby.Credentials{UserID: "u1"}); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error when the history queries fail")
+	}
+}
+
+func rowTitles(rows []Row) []string {
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(rows))
+	for _, row := range rows {
+		out = append(out, row.Title)
+	}
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/recommend/profile.go b/server/internal/recommend/profile.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f61118d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/recommend/profile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+// Package recommend turns a user's Emby watch history into home-screen rows.
+//
+// The scoring here is deliberately simple and explainable — genre and studio affinity
+// weighted by recency, penalised for what the user has already seen. It runs against one
+// household's library, where a heavier model would have neither the data to learn from
+// nor a way to show its work when a row looks wrong.
+package recommend
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"math"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// recencyDecay is applied per position down the history list. At 0.94, the 12th item
+// carries about half the weight of the most recent one, so tastes can shift without the
+// rows lagging weeks behind.
+const recencyDecay = 0.94
+
+// favoriteWeight is what an explicit favourite contributes. Deliberately below a fresh
+// play: favouriting is a durable signal, but what someone watched last night is a better
+// predictor of what they want tonight.
+const favoriteWeight = 0.6
+
+// Item is the slice of an Emby item this package reasons about. The raw payload rides
+// along so rows can be emitted without re-fetching or re-encoding.
+type Item struct {
+	ID              string   `json:"Id"`
+	Name            string   `json:"Name"`
+	Type            string   `json:"Type"`
+	SeriesID        string   `json:"SeriesId"`
+	SeriesName      string   `json:"SeriesName"`
+	Genres          []string `json:"Genres"`
+	CommunityRating float64  `json:"CommunityRating"`
+	Studios         []struct {
+		Name string `json:"Name"`
+	} `json:"Studios"`
+	UserData struct {
+		Played                bool  `json:"Played"`
+		PlayCount             int   `json:"PlayCount"`
+		PlaybackPositionTicks int64 `json:"PlaybackPositionTicks"`
+		IsFavorite            bool  `json:"IsFavorite"`
+	} `json:"UserData"`
+
+	Raw json.RawMessage `json:"-"`
+}
+
+// Seed is a title recent enough to anchor a "Because you watched …" row.
+type Seed struct {
+	ID   string
+	Name string
+}
+
+// Profile is what the engine learned about one user.
+type Profile struct {
+	GenreWeights  map[string]float64
+	StudioWeights map[string]float64
+	// Seen holds item ids *and* series ids already watched or in progress, so a
+	// recommendation never suggests something the user is already partway through.
+	Seen  map[string]bool
+	Seeds []Seed
+}
+
+func (p Profile) IsEmpty() bool { return len(p.GenreWeights) == 0 && len(p.Seeds) == 0 }
+
+// Decode parses raw Emby items, keeping the original payload attached.
+func Decode(raws []json.RawMessage) []Item {
+	items := make([]Item, 0, len(raws))
+	for _, raw := range raws {
+		var item Item
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &item); err != nil || item.ID == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		item.Raw = raw
+		items = append(items, item)
+	}
+	return items
+}
+
+// BuildProfile weights history by recency and folds in favourites.
+//
+// history must be ordered most-recent-first; favourites are unordered and all carry the
+// same weight.
+func BuildProfile(history, favorites []Item) Profile {
+	profile := Profile{
+		GenreWeights:  map[string]float64{},
+		StudioWeights: map[string]float64{},
+		Seen:          map[string]bool{},
+	}
+
+	seedSeen := map[string]bool{}
+	for i, item := range history {
+		weight := math.Pow(recencyDecay, float64(i))
+		profile.absorb(item, weight)
+
+		// An episode seeds its series, not itself: "Because you watched Severance"
+		// reads better than "Because you watched Good News".
+		seedID, seedName := item.ID, item.Name
+		if item.SeriesID != "" {
+			seedID, seedName = item.SeriesID, item.SeriesName
+		}
+		if seedID != "" && seedName != "" && !seedSeen[seedID] {
+			seedSeen[seedID] = true
+			profile.Seeds = append(profile.Seeds, Seed{ID: seedID, Name: seedName})
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, item := range favorites {
+		profile.absorb(item, favoriteWeight)
+	}
+	return profile
+}
+
+func (p *Profile) absorb(item Item, weight float64) {
+	if item.ID != "" {
+		p.Seen[item.ID] = true
+	}
+	if item.SeriesID != "" {
+		p.Seen[item.SeriesID] = true
+	}
+	for _, genre := range item.Genres {
+		if g := strings.TrimSpace(genre); g != "" {
+			p.GenreWeights[g] += weight
+		}
+	}
+	for _, studio := range item.Studios {
+		if s := strings.TrimSpace(studio.Name); s != "" {
+			// Studio is a weaker signal than genre: people follow what a thing *is*
+			// more reliably than who made it.
+			p.StudioWeights[s] += weight * 0.4
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TopGenres returns the n heaviest genres, highest first. Ties break alphabetically so
+// the Emby query — and therefore the cached row — is stable between calls.
+func (p Profile) TopGenres(n int) []string {
+	type kv struct {
+		genre  string
+		weight float64
+	}
+	pairs := make([]kv, 0, len(p.GenreWeights))
+	for genre, weight := range p.GenreWeights {
+		pairs = append(pairs, kv{genre, weight})
+	}
+	sort.Slice(pairs, func(i, j int) bool {
+		if pairs[i].weight != pairs[j].weight {
+			return pairs[i].weight > pairs[j].weight
+		}
+		return pairs[i].genre < pairs[j].genre
+	})
+	if n > len(pairs) {
+		n = len(pairs)
+	}
+	out := make([]string, 0, n)
+	for _, pair := range pairs[:n] {
+		out = append(out, pair.genre)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// Score rates a candidate against the profile. A negative score means "exclude".
+func (p Profile) Score(candidate Item) float64 {
+	if p.Seen[candidate.ID] {
+		return -1
+	}
+	if candidate.SeriesID != "" && p.Seen[candidate.SeriesID] {
+		return -1
+	}
+	if candidate.UserData.Played || candidate.UserData.PlaybackPositionTicks > 0 {
+		return -1
+	}
+
+	var genreScore float64
+	for _, genre := range candidate.Genres {
+		genreScore += p.GenreWeights[strings.TrimSpace(genre)]
+	}
+	// Divide by sqrt(genre count) so a title tagged with eight genres cannot outrank a
+	// focused match simply by touching more of the profile.
+	if n := len(candidate.Genres); n > 1 {
+		genreScore /= math.Sqrt(float64(n))
+	}
+
+	var studioScore float64
+	for _, studio := range candidate.Studios {
+		studioScore += p.StudioWeights[strings.TrimSpace(studio.Name)]
+	}
+
+	// A mild quality nudge, capped so a beloved genre still beats a well-rated stranger.
+	ratingScore := candidate.CommunityRating / 10 * 0.5
+
+	return genreScore + studioScore + ratingScore
+}
+
+// Rank scores, filters and truncates candidates, dropping duplicates by id.
+func Rank(profile Profile, candidates []Item, limit int) []Item {
+	type scored struct {
+		item  Item
+		score float64
+	}
+
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	ranked := make([]scored, 0, len(candidates))
+	for _, candidate := range candidates {
+		if seen[candidate.ID] {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[candidate.ID] = true
+		if score := profile.Score(candidate); score > 0 {
+			ranked = append(ranked, scored{candidate, score})
+		}
+	}
+
+	sort.SliceStable(ranked, func(i, j int) bool {
+		if ranked[i].score != ranked[j].score {
+			return ranked[i].score > ranked[j].score
+		}
+		return ranked[i].item.Name < ranked[j].item.Name
+	})
+
+	if limit > 0 && len(ranked) > limit {
+		ranked = ranked[:limit]
+	}
+	out := make([]Item, 0, len(ranked))
+	for _, entry := range ranked {
+		out = append(out, entry.item)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// FilterUnseen keeps only what the user has not watched, preserving Emby's ordering.
+// Used for "Because you watched …", where Emby's own similarity ranking is better than
+// anything this package would compute.
+func FilterUnseen(profile Profile, candidates []Item, limit int) []Item {
+	out := make([]Item, 0, len(candidates))
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, candidate := range candidates {
+		if seen[candidate.ID] || profile.Score(candidate) < 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[candidate.ID] = true
+		out = append(out, candidate)
+		if limit > 0 && len(out) >= limit {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// Raws unwraps items back to the payloads the TV will receive.
+func Raws(items []Item) []json.RawMessage {
+	out := make([]json.RawMessage, 0, len(items))
+	for _, item := range items {
+		out = append(out, item.Raw)
+	}
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/recommend/profile_test.go b/server/internal/recommend/profile_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4fd2ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/recommend/profile_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+package recommend
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func item(id, name, itemType string, genres []string, rating float64) Item {
+	return Item{ID: id, Name: name, Type: itemType, Genres: genres, CommunityRating: rating}
+}
+
+func episode(id, name, seriesID, seriesName string, genres []string) Item {
+	it := item(id, name, "Episode", genres, 0)
+	it.SeriesID = seriesID
+	it.SeriesName = seriesName
+	return it
+}
+
+func TestBuildProfileWeightsRecentHistoryHigher(t *testing.T) {
+	history := []Item{
+		item("1", "Newest", "Movie", []string{"Science Fiction"}, 8),
+		item("2", "Older", "Movie", []string{"Comedy"}, 8),
+	}
+	profile := BuildProfile(history, nil)
+
+	if profile.GenreWeights["Science Fiction"] <= profile.GenreWeights["Comedy"] {
+		t.Fatalf("recent genre should outweigh older: %+v", profile.GenreWeights)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildProfileSeedsSeriesRatherThanEpisode(t *testing.T) {
+	history := []Item{
+		episode("ep1", "Good News", "sev", "Severance", []string{"Drama"}),
+	}
+	profile := BuildProfile(history, nil)
+
+	if len(profile.Seeds) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected one seed, got %+v", profile.Seeds)
+	}
+	if profile.Seeds[0].ID != "sev" || profile.Seeds[0].Name != "Severance" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the series as seed, got %+v", profile.Seeds[0])
+	}
+	// The series must count as seen, or we would recommend a show already in progress.
+	if !profile.Seen["sev"] {
+		t.Fatal("series id should be marked seen")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildProfileDeduplicatesSeeds(t *testing.T) {
+	history := []Item{
+		episode("ep2", "Half Loop", "sev", "Severance", nil),
+		episode("ep1", "Good News", "sev", "Severance", nil),
+		item("m1", "Dune", "Movie", nil, 0),
+	}
+	profile := BuildProfile(history, nil)
+
+	if len(profile.Seeds) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 distinct seeds, got %d: %+v", len(profile.Seeds), profile.Seeds)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFavoritesContributeLessThanAFreshPlay(t *testing.T) {
+	fromHistory := BuildProfile([]Item{item("1", "A", "Movie", []string{"Horror"}, 0)}, nil)
+	fromFavorite := BuildProfile(nil, []Item{item("2", "B", "Movie", []string{"Horror"}, 0)})
+
+	if fromFavorite.GenreWeights["Horror"] >= fromHistory.GenreWeights["Horror"] {
+		t.Fatal("a favourite should weigh less than the most recent play")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTopGenresIsDeterministicOnTies(t *testing.T) {
+	profile := Profile{GenreWeights: map[string]float64{"Western": 1, "Action": 1, "Drama": 2}}
+	for range 20 {
+		got := profile.TopGenres(3)
+		want := []string{"Drama", "Action", "Western"}
+		for i := range want {
+			if got[i] != want[i] {
+				t.Fatalf("unstable ordering: got %v, want %v", got, want)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScoreExcludesWhatTheUserAlreadySaw(t *testing.T) {
+	profile := BuildProfile([]Item{item("seen", "Seen", "Movie", []string{"Drama"}, 0)}, nil)
+
+	if score := profile.Score(item("seen", "Seen", "Movie", []string{"Drama"}, 8)); score >= 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("watched item should be excluded, scored %v", score)
+	}
+
+	inProgress := item("new", "New", "Movie", []string{"Drama"}, 8)
+	inProgress.UserData.PlaybackPositionTicks = 500
+	if score := profile.Score(inProgress); score >= 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("in-progress item should be excluded, scored %v", score)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScoreExcludesEpisodesOfASeriesInProgress(t *testing.T) {
+	profile := BuildProfile([]Item{episode("ep1", "Pilot", "sev", "Severance", []string{"Drama"})}, nil)
+
+	candidate := episode("ep9", "Finale", "sev", "Severance", []string{"Drama"})
+	if score := profile.Score(candidate); score >= 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("another episode of a watched series should be excluded, scored %v", score)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScoreDoesNotRewardGenreStuffing(t *testing.T) {
+	profile := Profile{
+		GenreWeights:  map[string]float64{"Drama": 1, "Action": 1, "Comedy": 1, "Horror": 1},
+		StudioWeights: map[string]float64{},
+		Seen:          map[string]bool{},
+	}
+
+	focused := item("a", "Focused", "Movie", []string{"Drama"}, 0)
+	stuffed := item("b", "Stuffed", "Movie", []string{"Drama", "Action", "Comedy", "Horror"}, 0)
+
+	// The stuffed title still scores higher — it genuinely matches more of the profile —
+	// but the sqrt penalty must keep it from scoring 4x the focused one.
+	if profile.Score(stuffed) >= 4*profile.Score(focused) {
+		t.Fatalf("genre stuffing was not penalised: focused=%v stuffed=%v",
+			profile.Score(focused), profile.Score(stuffed))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRankOrdersByAffinityAndDropsDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
+	profile := BuildProfile([]Item{item("h", "History", "Movie", []string{"Science Fiction"}, 0)}, nil)
+
+	candidates := []Item{
+		item("c1", "Comedy Pick", "Movie", []string{"Comedy"}, 9),
+		item("c2", "Sci-Fi Pick", "Movie", []string{"Science Fiction"}, 5),
+		item("c2", "Sci-Fi Pick (dupe)", "Movie", []string{"Science Fiction"}, 5),
+		item("h", "History", "Movie", []string{"Science Fiction"}, 10),
+	}
+
+	ranked := Rank(profile, candidates, 10)
+
+	if len(ranked) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 results (dupe collapsed, watched dropped), got %d: %+v", len(ranked), ranked)
+	}
+	if ranked[0].ID != "c2" {
+		t.Fatalf("genre affinity should beat a higher rating, got %q first", ranked[0].ID)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRankRespectsLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	profile := Profile{GenreWeights: map[string]float64{"Drama": 1}, Seen: map[string]bool{}}
+	candidates := make([]Item, 0, 30)
+	for i := range 30 {
+		candidates = append(candidates, item(string(rune('a'+i)), "Title", "Movie", []string{"Drama"}, 5))
+	}
+	if got := len(Rank(profile, candidates, 8)); got != 8 {
+		t.Fatalf("limit not applied: got %d", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeKeepsRawPayload(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := json.RawMessage(`{"Id":"1","Name":"Dune","Type":"Movie","Genres":["Science Fiction"],"ImageTags":{"Primary":"abc"}}`)
+	items := Decode([]json.RawMessage{raw, json.RawMessage(`{"broken":`), json.RawMessage(`{"Name":"no id"}`)})
+
+	if len(items) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected malformed and id-less items to be skipped, got %d", len(items))
+	}
+	// The raw payload must survive untouched: it carries image tags the TV needs and
+	// that this package never models.
+	if string(items[0].Raw) != string(raw) {
+		t.Fatalf("raw payload was altered: %s", items[0].Raw)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFilterUnseenPreservesEmbyOrdering(t *testing.T) {
+	profile := BuildProfile([]Item{item("seen", "Seen", "Movie", nil, 0)}, nil)
+	candidates := []Item{
+		item("seen", "Seen", "Movie", nil, 0),
+		item("b", "Second", "Movie", nil, 0),
+		item("a", "First", "Movie", nil, 0),
+	}
+
+	got := FilterUnseen(profile, candidates, 10)
+
+	if len(got) != 2 || got[0].ID != "b" || got[1].ID != "a" {
+		t.Fatalf("ordering not preserved: %+v", got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/store/analytics.go b/server/internal/store/analytics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b82400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/store/analytics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+)
+
+// RowEvent is one reported interaction with a home-screen row.
+type RowEvent struct {
+	OccurredAt time.Time
+	UserID     string
+	RowID      string
+	RowKind    string
+	Event      string
+	ItemID     string
+	DwellMs    int
+}
+
+// Event kinds. Impressions say a row was drawn; focus says the remote actually landed
+// on it and for how long; select says something was opened from it.
+const (
+	RowEventImpression = "impression"
+	RowEventFocus      = "focus"
+	RowEventSelect     = "select"
+)
+
+// RowStat is the aggregate the admin page renders.
+type RowStat struct {
+	RowID       string  `json:"rowId"`
+	RowKind     string  `json:"rowKind"`
+	Impressions int64   `json:"impressions"`
+	Focuses     int64   `json:"focuses"`
+	Selects     int64   `json:"selects"`
+	DwellMs     int64   `json:"dwellMs"`
+	Viewers     int64   `json:"viewers"`
+	SelectRate  float64 `json:"selectRate"`
+}
+
+func (s *Store) InsertRowEvents(ctx context.Context, events []RowEvent) error {
+	if len(events) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	batch := &pgx.Batch{}
+	for _, event := range events {
+		batch.Queue(`
+			INSERT INTO row_events (occurred_at, emby_user_id, row_id, row_kind, event, item_id, dwell_ms)
+			VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7)`,
+			event.OccurredAt, event.UserID, event.RowID, event.RowKind,
+			event.Event, event.ItemID, event.DwellMs)
+	}
+
+	results := s.pool.SendBatch(ctx, batch)
+	defer results.Close()
+	for range events {
+		if _, err := results.Exec(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("store: insert row events: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// RowStats aggregates engagement since a point in time, busiest row first.
+//
+// Dwell is the interesting number: impressions only say a row was on screen, whereas
+// dwell says someone actually stopped there.
+func (s *Store) RowStats(ctx context.Context, since time.Time) ([]RowStat, error) {
+	rows, err := s.pool.Query(ctx, `
+		SELECT row_id,
+		       (array_agg(row_kind ORDER BY occurred_at DESC))[1] AS row_kind,
+		       count(*) FILTER (WHERE event = 'impression') AS impressions,
+		       count(*) FILTER (WHERE event = 'focus')      AS focuses,
+		       count(*) FILTER (WHERE event = 'select')     AS selects,
+		       coalesce(sum(dwell_ms), 0)                   AS dwell_ms,
+		       count(DISTINCT emby_user_id)                 AS viewers
+		FROM row_events
+		WHERE occurred_at >= $1
+		GROUP BY row_id
+		ORDER BY dwell_ms DESC, impressions DESC`, since)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: row stats: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	stats := []RowStat{}
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var stat RowStat
+		if err := rows.Scan(&stat.RowID, &stat.RowKind, &stat.Impressions, &stat.Focuses,
+			&stat.Selects, &stat.DwellMs, &stat.Viewers); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if stat.Impressions > 0 {
+			stat.SelectRate = float64(stat.Selects) / float64(stat.Impressions)
+		}
+		stats = append(stats, stat)
+	}
+	return stats, rows.Err()
+}
+
+// PruneRowEvents drops raw events past their retention window. Aggregates are computed
+// at read time, so nothing is preserved once the events go — which is the point: this is
+// engagement telemetry for tuning rows, not a permanent record of what people watched.
+func (s *Store) PruneRowEvents(ctx context.Context, olderThan time.Duration) (int64, error) {
+	tag, err := s.pool.Exec(ctx,
+		`DELETE FROM row_events WHERE occurred_at < now() - $1::interval`,
+		fmt.Sprintf("%d seconds", int64(olderThan.Seconds())))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return tag.RowsAffected(), nil
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/store/library.go b/server/internal/store/library.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09ded94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/store/library.go
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+)
+
+// LibraryItem is one imported Emby item. Payload is Emby's JSON verbatim; the flat
+// columns exist only so Postgres can filter and rank without opening the JSON.
+type LibraryItem struct {
+	ID              string
+	Type            string
+	Name            string
+	SeriesID        string
+	SeriesName      string
+	ProductionYear  *int
+	CommunityRating *float64
+	Genres          []string
+	Studios         []string
+	DateCreated     *time.Time
+	SearchText      string
+	Payload         json.RawMessage
+}
+
+// LibraryStats is what the admin page shows about the imported library.
+type LibraryStats struct {
+	Total      int64            `json:"total"`
+	ByType     map[string]int64 `json:"byType"`
+	LastSynced *time.Time       `json:"lastSynced"`
+}
+
+// UpsertLibraryItems writes a batch, refreshing synced_at on every row it touches.
+//
+// synced_at doubles as the mark-and-sweep marker: a full import stamps everything it
+// sees, then deletes whatever kept an older stamp.
+func (s *Store) UpsertLibraryItems(ctx context.Context, items []LibraryItem, syncedAt time.Time) (int64, error) {
+	if len(items) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+
+	batch := &pgx.Batch{}
+	for _, item := range items {
+		batch.Queue(`
+			INSERT INTO library_items (
+				id, type, name, series_id, series_name, production_year, community_rating,
+				genres, studios, date_created, search_text, payload, synced_at
+			) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11,$12::jsonb,$13)
+			ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET
+				type = EXCLUDED.type,
+				name = EXCLUDED.name,
+				series_id = EXCLUDED.series_id,
+				series_name = EXCLUDED.series_name,
+				production_year = EXCLUDED.production_year,
+				community_rating = EXCLUDED.community_rating,
+				genres = EXCLUDED.genres,
+				studios = EXCLUDED.studios,
+				date_created = EXCLUDED.date_created,
+				search_text = EXCLUDED.search_text,
+				payload = EXCLUDED.payload,
+				synced_at = EXCLUDED.synced_at`,
+			item.ID, item.Type, item.Name, item.SeriesID, item.SeriesName,
+			item.ProductionYear, item.CommunityRating, item.Genres, item.Studios,
+			item.DateCreated, item.SearchText, string(item.Payload), syncedAt)
+	}
+
+	results := s.pool.SendBatch(ctx, batch)
+	defer results.Close()
+
+	var written int64
+	for range items {
+		tag, err := results.Exec()
+		if err != nil {
+			return written, fmt.Errorf("store: upsert library items: %w", err)
+		}
+		written += tag.RowsAffected()
+	}
+	return written, nil
+}
+
+// DeleteLibraryItemsBefore removes anything a full import did not touch — items deleted
+// from Emby since the last run.
+func (s *Store) DeleteLibraryItemsBefore(ctx context.Context, cutoff time.Time) (int64, error) {
+	tag, err := s.pool.Exec(ctx, `DELETE FROM library_items WHERE synced_at < $1`, cutoff)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("store: prune library: %w", err)
+	}
+	return tag.RowsAffected(), nil
+}
+
+// SearchLibrary answers from the imported library rather than Emby.
+//
+// Full-text match first, with a trailing ILIKE so partial words ("sever") still hit
+// before someone finishes typing on a remote.
+func (s *Store) SearchLibrary(ctx context.Context, term string, limit int) ([]json.RawMessage, error) {
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(term)
+	if trimmed == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	rows, err := s.pool.Query(ctx, `
+		SELECT payload
+		FROM library_items
+		WHERE search_tsv @@ plainto_tsquery('simple', $1)
+		   OR search_text ILIKE '%' || $1 || '%'
+		ORDER BY
+			ts_rank(search_tsv, plainto_tsquery('simple', $1)) DESC,
+			(lower(name) = lower($1)) DESC,
+			community_rating DESC NULLS LAST,
+			name ASC
+		LIMIT $2`, trimmed, limit)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: search library: %w", err)
+	}
+	return collectPayloads(rows)
+}
+
+// LibraryCandidates returns unwatched-agnostic candidates in the given genres, for the
+// recommendation engine. User state is applied by the caller, which is the only place
+// that knows it.
+func (s *Store) LibraryCandidates(ctx context.Context, genres []string, limit int) ([]json.RawMessage, error) {
+	if len(genres) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	rows, err := s.pool.Query(ctx, `
+		SELECT payload
+		FROM library_items
+		WHERE type IN ('Movie', 'Series')
+		  AND genres && $1
+		ORDER BY community_rating DESC NULLS LAST, date_created DESC NULLS LAST
+		LIMIT $2`, genres, limit)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: library candidates: %w", err)
+	}
+	return collectPayloads(rows)
+}
+
+func (s *Store) LibraryStats(ctx context.Context) (LibraryStats, error) {
+	stats := LibraryStats{ByType: map[string]int64{}}
+
+	rows, err := s.pool.Query(ctx, `SELECT type, count(*) FROM library_items GROUP BY type`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return stats, fmt.Errorf("store: library stats: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var itemType string
+		var count int64
+		if err := rows.Scan(&itemType, &count); err != nil {
+			return stats, err
+		}
+		stats.ByType[itemType] = count
+		stats.Total += count
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return stats, err
+	}
+
+	var lastSynced *time.Time
+	if err := s.pool.QueryRow(ctx, `SELECT max(synced_at) FROM library_items`).Scan(&lastSynced); err != nil {
+		return stats, err
+	}
+	stats.LastSynced = lastSynced
+	return stats, nil
+}
+
+func collectPayloads(rows pgx.Rows) ([]json.RawMessage, error) {
+	defer rows.Close()
+	out := []json.RawMessage{}
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var payload []byte
+		if err := rows.Scan(&payload); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		out = append(out, json.RawMessage(payload))
+	}
+	return out, rows.Err()
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/store/schema.sql b/server/internal/store/schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e314095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/store/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+-- Gateway sessions: one row per signed-in TV.
+--
+-- token_hash is SHA-256 of the bearer token handed to the device, so a database dump
+-- does not hand over working gateway tokens. emby_token IS the live upstream token and
+-- is stored as-is: treat this volume as a secret store.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sessions (
+    token_hash   BYTEA PRIMARY KEY,
+    emby_user_id TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    emby_token   TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    username     TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    server_id    TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    device_id    TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    created_at   TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+    last_seen_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS sessions_emby_user_idx ON sessions (emby_user_id);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS sessions_last_seen_idx ON sessions (last_seen_at);
+
+-- The imported library.
+--
+-- payload is Emby's item JSON verbatim, so rows served from here are byte-identical to
+-- rows served live. Deliberately holds NO per-user state: everything is imported with
+-- EnableUserData=false, because one household shares this table and watched/favourite
+-- flags are not shareable. Anything user-specific still comes from Emby live.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS library_items (
+    id               TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    type             TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    name             TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    series_id        TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    series_name      TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    production_year  INT,
+    community_rating REAL,
+    genres           TEXT[]      NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',
+    studios          TEXT[]      NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',
+    date_created     TIMESTAMPTZ,
+    search_text      TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    payload          JSONB       NOT NULL,
+    synced_at        TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+    -- 'simple' rather than 'english': film titles are proper nouns, and stemming
+    -- "Arrival" into "arriv" helps nobody.
+    search_tsv       tsvector GENERATED ALWAYS AS (to_tsvector('simple', search_text)) STORED
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS library_items_search_idx ON library_items USING GIN (search_tsv);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS library_items_genres_idx ON library_items USING GIN (genres);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS library_items_type_created_idx ON library_items (type, date_created DESC);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS library_items_synced_idx ON library_items (synced_at);
+
+-- One row per import, so the admin page can show what happened and when.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sync_runs (
+    id             BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    kind           TEXT        NOT NULL,                    -- full | incremental
+    trigger        TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT 'schedule', -- schedule | manual | startup
+    status         TEXT        NOT NULL,                    -- running | success | failed
+    started_at     TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+    finished_at    TIMESTAMPTZ,
+    items_seen     INT         NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    items_upserted INT         NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    items_removed  INT         NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    error          TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS sync_runs_started_idx ON sync_runs (started_at DESC);
+
+-- Small key/value store for operator switches (currently just maintenance mode). Kept in
+-- Postgres rather than memory so a restart cannot silently bring the app back up.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS app_settings (
+    key        TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    value      JSONB       NOT NULL,
+    updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
+);
+
+-- Row-level engagement. One row per reported event; aggregation happens at read time,
+-- which is fine at household scale and keeps the write path trivial.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS row_events (
+    id           BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    occurred_at  TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+    emby_user_id TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    row_id       TEXT        NOT NULL,
+    row_kind     TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    event        TEXT        NOT NULL,                -- impression | focus | select
+    item_id      TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+    dwell_ms     INT         NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS row_events_time_idx ON row_events (occurred_at DESC);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS row_events_row_idx ON row_events (row_id, occurred_at DESC);
diff --git a/server/internal/store/settings.go b/server/internal/store/settings.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95c41a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/store/settings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+)
+
+// MaintenanceKey is the app_settings row backing maintenance mode.
+const MaintenanceKey = "maintenance"
+
+// Maintenance is the operator switch that takes Memby down independently of Emby.
+//
+// Deliberately durable: a restart must not quietly bring the app back up while someone
+// is still working on it.
+type Maintenance struct {
+	Enabled   bool      `json:"enabled"`
+	Message   string    `json:"message"`
+	UpdatedAt time.Time `json:"updatedAt"`
+}
+
+// DefaultMaintenanceMessage is shown on the TV when the operator did not write one.
+const DefaultMaintenanceMessage = "Memby is down for maintenance. Try again shortly."
+
+func (s *Store) Maintenance(ctx context.Context) (Maintenance, error) {
+	var raw []byte
+	err := s.pool.QueryRow(ctx, `SELECT value FROM app_settings WHERE key = $1`, MaintenanceKey).Scan(&raw)
+	if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+		return Maintenance{}, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return Maintenance{}, fmt.Errorf("store: read maintenance: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var state Maintenance
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &state); err != nil {
+		return Maintenance{}, fmt.Errorf("store: decode maintenance: %w", err)
+	}
+	return state, nil
+}
+
+func (s *Store) SetMaintenance(ctx context.Context, state Maintenance) error {
+	state.UpdatedAt = time.Now().UTC()
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(state)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = s.pool.Exec(ctx, `
+		INSERT INTO app_settings (key, value, updated_at)
+		VALUES ($1, $2::jsonb, now())
+		ON CONFLICT (key) DO UPDATE SET value = EXCLUDED.value, updated_at = now()`,
+		MaintenanceKey, string(raw))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("store: write maintenance: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// NewestSession is the fallback credential for the library import: whichever TV signed
+// in most recently. It means a fresh deployment can import without configuring a
+// service account, at the cost of the import stopping if that user is ever removed.
+func (s *Store) NewestSession(ctx context.Context) (Session, error) {
+	var sess Session
+	err := s.pool.QueryRow(ctx, `
+		SELECT token_hash, emby_user_id, emby_token, username, server_id, device_id, last_seen_at
+		FROM sessions ORDER BY last_seen_at DESC LIMIT 1`).
+		Scan(&sess.TokenHash, &sess.EmbyUserID, &sess.EmbyToken, &sess.Username,
+			&sess.ServerID, &sess.DeviceID, &sess.LastSeenAt)
+	if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+		return Session{}, ErrNotFound
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return Session{}, fmt.Errorf("store: newest session: %w", err)
+	}
+	return sess, nil
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/store/store.go b/server/internal/store/store.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a29295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/store/store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+// Package store persists gateway sessions in Postgres.
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	_ "embed"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+)
+
+//go:embed schema.sql
+var schema string
+
+// ErrNotFound is returned when a token does not match a live session.
+var ErrNotFound = errors.New("store: session not found")
+
+type Session struct {
+	TokenHash  []byte
+	EmbyUserID string
+	EmbyToken  string
+	Username   string
+	ServerID   string
+	DeviceID   string
+	LastSeenAt time.Time
+}
+
+type Store struct {
+	pool *pgxpool.Pool
+}
+
+func Open(ctx context.Context, databaseURL string) (*Store, error) {
+	pool, err := pgxpool.New(ctx, databaseURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: connect: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := pool.Ping(ctx); err != nil {
+		pool.Close()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: ping: %w", err)
+	}
+	return &Store{pool: pool}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *Store) Close() { s.pool.Close() }
+
+func (s *Store) Ping(ctx context.Context) error { return s.pool.Ping(ctx) }
+
+// Migrate applies the schema. It is idempotent, so it runs on every boot.
+func (s *Store) Migrate(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if _, err := s.pool.Exec(ctx, schema); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("store: migrate: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *Store) CreateSession(ctx context.Context, sess Session) error {
+	_, err := s.pool.Exec(ctx, `
+		INSERT INTO sessions (token_hash, emby_user_id, emby_token, username, server_id, device_id)
+		VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)
+		ON CONFLICT (token_hash) DO UPDATE SET
+			emby_token   = EXCLUDED.emby_token,
+			username     = EXCLUDED.username,
+			server_id    = EXCLUDED.server_id,
+			device_id    = EXCLUDED.device_id,
+			last_seen_at = now()`,
+		sess.TokenHash, sess.EmbyUserID, sess.EmbyToken, sess.Username, sess.ServerID, sess.DeviceID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("store: create session: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *Store) SessionByTokenHash(ctx context.Context, hash []byte) (Session, error) {
+	var sess Session
+	err := s.pool.QueryRow(ctx, `
+		SELECT token_hash, emby_user_id, emby_token, username, server_id, device_id, last_seen_at
+		FROM sessions WHERE token_hash = $1`, hash).
+		Scan(&sess.TokenHash, &sess.EmbyUserID, &sess.EmbyToken, &sess.Username,
+			&sess.ServerID, &sess.DeviceID, &sess.LastSeenAt)
+	if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+		return Session{}, ErrNotFound
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return Session{}, fmt.Errorf("store: load session: %w", err)
+	}
+	return sess, nil
+}
+
+// Touch records activity. Cheap enough to call on the auth path, and it is what the
+// idle-expiry sweep reads.
+func (s *Store) Touch(ctx context.Context, hash []byte) error {
+	_, err := s.pool.Exec(ctx, `UPDATE sessions SET last_seen_at = now() WHERE token_hash = $1`, hash)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (s *Store) DeleteSession(ctx context.Context, hash []byte) error {
+	_, err := s.pool.Exec(ctx, `DELETE FROM sessions WHERE token_hash = $1`, hash)
+	return err
+}
+
+// DeleteIdleSessions retires tokens unused for longer than idle, returning how many went.
+func (s *Store) DeleteIdleSessions(ctx context.Context, idle time.Duration) (int64, error) {
+	tag, err := s.pool.Exec(ctx,
+		`DELETE FROM sessions WHERE last_seen_at < now() - $1::interval`,
+		fmt.Sprintf("%d seconds", int64(idle.Seconds())))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return tag.RowsAffected(), nil
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/store/sync.go b/server/internal/store/sync.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..722c2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/store/sync.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+)
+
+// SyncRun records one library import.
+type SyncRun struct {
+	ID            int64      `json:"id"`
+	Kind          string     `json:"kind"`
+	Trigger       string     `json:"trigger"`
+	Status        string     `json:"status"`
+	StartedAt     time.Time  `json:"startedAt"`
+	FinishedAt    *time.Time `json:"finishedAt"`
+	ItemsSeen     int        `json:"itemsSeen"`
+	ItemsUpserted int        `json:"itemsUpserted"`
+	ItemsRemoved  int        `json:"itemsRemoved"`
+	Error         string     `json:"error"`
+}
+
+const (
+	SyncStatusRunning = "running"
+	SyncStatusSuccess = "success"
+	SyncStatusFailed  = "failed"
+)
+
+func (s *Store) StartSyncRun(ctx context.Context, kind, trigger string) (int64, error) {
+	var id int64
+	err := s.pool.QueryRow(ctx,
+		`INSERT INTO sync_runs (kind, trigger, status) VALUES ($1, $2, $3) RETURNING id`,
+		kind, trigger, SyncStatusRunning).Scan(&id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("store: start sync run: %w", err)
+	}
+	return id, nil
+}
+
+func (s *Store) FinishSyncRun(ctx context.Context, id int64, run SyncRun) error {
+	_, err := s.pool.Exec(ctx, `
+		UPDATE sync_runs
+		SET status = $2, finished_at = now(), items_seen = $3,
+		    items_upserted = $4, items_removed = $5, error = $6
+		WHERE id = $1`,
+		id, run.Status, run.ItemsSeen, run.ItemsUpserted, run.ItemsRemoved, run.Error)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("store: finish sync run: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *Store) RecentSyncRuns(ctx context.Context, limit int) ([]SyncRun, error) {
+	rows, err := s.pool.Query(ctx, `
+		SELECT id, kind, trigger, status, started_at, finished_at,
+		       items_seen, items_upserted, items_removed, error
+		FROM sync_runs ORDER BY started_at DESC LIMIT $1`, limit)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: recent sync runs: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	runs := []SyncRun{}
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var run SyncRun
+		if err := rows.Scan(&run.ID, &run.Kind, &run.Trigger, &run.Status, &run.StartedAt,
+			&run.FinishedAt, &run.ItemsSeen, &run.ItemsUpserted, &run.ItemsRemoved, &run.Error); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		runs = append(runs, run)
+	}
+	return runs, rows.Err()
+}
+
+// LastSuccessfulSyncAt is the watermark an incremental import asks Emby about: "what has
+// changed since?" Nil means nothing has ever completed, so a full import is required.
+func (s *Store) LastSuccessfulSyncAt(ctx context.Context) (*time.Time, error) {
+	var at *time.Time
+	err := s.pool.QueryRow(ctx,
+		`SELECT max(started_at) FROM sync_runs WHERE status = $1`, SyncStatusSuccess).Scan(&at)
+	if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("store: last successful sync: %w", err)
+	}
+	return at, nil
+}
+
+// MarkStaleRunsFailed cleans up runs left "running" by a crash or a restart mid-import.
+func (s *Store) MarkStaleRunsFailed(ctx context.Context) error {
+	_, err := s.pool.Exec(ctx, `
+		UPDATE sync_runs
+		SET status = $1, finished_at = now(),
+		    error = 'interrupted — the gateway restarted while this import was running'
+		WHERE status = $2`, SyncStatusFailed, SyncStatusRunning)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3af586c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+pluginManagement {
+    repositories {
+        google {
+            content {
+                includeGroupByRegex("com\\.android.*")
+                includeGroupByRegex("com\\.google.*")
+                includeGroupByRegex("androidx.*")
+            }
+        }
+        mavenCentral()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+}
+plugins {
+    id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention") version "0.10.0"
+}
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+}
+
+rootProject.name = "Memby"
+include(":app")
+include(":benchmark")