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Install on Windows

Section titled “winget (recommended)”
Terminal window
winget install kinostack-app.kino

Installs the binary, registers kino as a Windows Service via the Service Control Manager (SCM), and starts it. Open http://localhost:8080 and run through the setup wizard.

Service control:

Terminal window
sc query kino
sc stop kino
sc start kino

Logs:

  • Event Viewer → Windows Logs → Application (provider: kino)
  • kino’s own log SQLite table (Settings → Diagnostics in the UI)

MSI installer

Section titled “MSI installer”

Download kino-<version>-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.msi from the latest GitHub release and double-click to install. Same SCM service registration as the winget route.

Portable archive

Section titled “Portable archive”
Terminal window
# In an Admin PowerShell window
Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/kinostack-app/kino/releases/latest/download/kino-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip -OutFile kino.zip
Expand-Archive .\kino.zip
cd kino
.\kino.exe serve

Register as a service from the portable archive (requires Admin):

Terminal window
.\kino.exe install-service

You’ll see the standard Windows UAC elevation prompt. To remove:

Terminal window
.\kino.exe uninstall-service

SmartScreen

Section titled “SmartScreen”

Direct-download builds aren’t yet signed with an Authenticode certificate (paid CA — deferred to v1+). Windows SmartScreen will warn “Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting” on first run.

Workaround:

  1. Click More info
  2. Click Run anyway
  3. SmartScreen remembers — subsequent launches just work

The winget install kinostack-app.kino route avoids this; winget packages have their own reputation chain.

FFmpeg

Section titled “FFmpeg”

The MSI bundles FFmpeg. Portable / cargo install users need FFmpeg on PATH:

Terminal window
winget install ffmpeg
# or
choco install ffmpeg

Firewall

Section titled “Firewall”

kino listens on port 8080 by default. The MSI / winget install adds a Windows Defender Firewall rule automatically. Manual route:

Terminal window
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Kino" -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8080 -Action Allow

Tray + autostart

Section titled “Tray + autostart”

The MSI ships the desktop tray (system tray icon + menu) and adds a per-user autostart shortcut so the tray launches at login.

To toggle the tray autostart manually:

Terminal window
.\kino.exe install-tray     # enable
.\kino.exe uninstall-tray   # disable

Configuring the data directory

Section titled “Configuring the data directory”
ModePath
Windows Service%ProgramData%\kino\data\
User-mode%LocalAppData%\kino\data\

Override via --data-path C:\path\to\dir or KINO_DATA_PATH=C:\path\to\dir.