Infuse is the nicest media player on Apple hardware. Point it at your Seedr account over WebDAV or FTP and you get your whole Seedr library on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and Mac with posters, metadata, and fast scrubbing — no Plex server, no home PC.

What this gets you

  • Your Seedr folders showing up inside Infuse as a library.
  • Auto-matched posters, titles, cast, descriptions, season/episode grouping.
  • Watched-state synced across your Apple devices (via iCloud, if you enable it in Infuse).
  • Direct playback of MP4, MKV, MOV, and most codecs Infuse supports, without a transcoder.

You will not get: adding links from inside Infuse. Seedr handles fetching; Infuse is the viewer.

What you need

  • Seedr plan: Master (or higher) for WebDAV, or Pro (and above) for FTP / SFTP. WebDAV is the recommended path — more stable on long sessions and plays cleanly with Infuse's library indexer.
  • Infuse 7 or later (App Store, tvOS / iOS / iPadOS / macOS).
  • Your Seedr email and password. If you've generated a dedicated FTP/WebDAV password in Seedr settings (Account → Security), use that instead.

Setup, step by step

1. Open Infuse → Add Files

On Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, or Mac:

  1. Open Infuse.
  2. Tap / click the gear icon → Settings.
  3. Go to Add Files (labelled Shares on some Apple TV builds).
  4. Tap Add Saved Share.
  5. Scroll to the Other section and choose your protocol.

2. Fill in the connection

Pick one of the two. You do not need both.

WebDAV (Master plan)

  • Protocol: WebDAV (HTTPS)
  • Address: https://dav.seedr.cc
  • Port: 443 (usually auto)
  • Username: your Seedr email
  • Password: your Seedr password (or dedicated WebDAV password)

FTP (Pro plan and up)

  • Protocol: FTP (Implicit / FTPS)
  • Address: ftps.seedr.cc
  • Port: 21 (default)
  • Username: your Seedr email
  • Password: your Seedr password (or dedicated FTP password)

Tap Save. Infuse authenticates in a few seconds. Your Seedr mount shows up on the main screen as a connected share.

3. Add Seedr folders to your library

Browsing is fine, but to get posters and metadata you want Infuse to index your folders.

  1. Tap your Seedr share to open it.
  2. Drill down to the folder that holds your movies or TV shows (e.g. Movies/ or TV/).
  3. Select the folder, then tap the star icon (Favorite / Add to Library).

Infuse starts scanning, matches filenames, and fetches artwork. Give it a minute on first run if the folder is large.

4. Organize files for clean matches

Infuse matches by filename. Put files in this shape inside Seedr:

  • Movies/Title (Year).mkv
  • TV/Show Name/Season 01/Show Name S01E03.mkv

Rename inside Seedr's web UI first, then re-scan in Infuse (swipe down on the library, or Settings → Library → Rescan).

Troubleshooting

  • "Could not connect to server" — usually wrong protocol. Master plan accounts default to WebDAV; Pro plans use FTP. Also check the address exactly: https://dav.seedr.cc for WebDAV, ftps.seedr.cc for FTP. No trailing slash.
  • "Incorrect username or password" — if you generated a dedicated FTP/WebDAV password in Seedr, the regular account password will not work for the mount. Copy the dedicated one from Account → Security.
  • Metadata missing / wrong match — filename noise is the culprit. Strip release-group tags and stick to Title (Year) or Show S01E01. Use Edit → Match in Infuse to correct a wrong hit.
  • Playback buffers on 4K files — you're fighting upstream bandwidth. Lower Infuse playback quality in Settings → Playback, or pre-convert the file in Seedr (right-click → Convert) to a smaller variant.
  • Library stops updating after a while — WebDAV sessions can drop silently. Swipe down on the library view to force a rescan, or toggle the share off/on in Settings → Add Files.

What works well, and known limits

Works well

  • Direct play of H.264, H.265/HEVC, AAC, AC3, DTS. Infuse decodes these locally.
  • Embedded and external subtitle tracks (.srt, .ass, .vtt) next to the video file.
  • Trakt and iCloud sync, if you enable them.
  • Apple TV remote scrubbing. Fast, because Infuse asks Seedr for byte ranges, not the whole file.

Known limits

  • Concurrent streams are capped by your Seedr plan's bandwidth. Three 4K streams on a Pro plan will crawl.
  • Some obscure containers (VOB, RMVB) are hit-and-miss in Infuse regardless of source. Convert them first in Seedr.
  • WebDAV listings slow down past a few hundred files per folder. Split seasons across subfolders if scans feel sluggish.
  • Canceling your Seedr plan means Infuse loses the share immediately.

Wrap

Infuse + Seedr is the cleanest Apple-native way to watch a big cloud library without running Plex. Mount once, favorite your folders, done.

Stream your Seedr library on every Apple device

March 8, 2026