Solin FAQ

Solin downloads media directly from the official sources in JW's distribution network. It does not use a third-party mirror, modified catalog, or unofficial media source.

Yes. The site makes an explicit exception for free, non-commercial applications designed to download electronic files from public areas of the site.

Create for distribution purposes, any software applications, tools, or techniques that are specifically made to collect, copy, download, extract, harvest, or scrape data, HTML, images, or text from this site. (This does not prohibit the distribution of free, non-commercial applications designed to download electronic files such as EPUB, PDF, MP3, and MP4 files from public areas of this site.)

That allowed case describes what Solin does: it is a free, non-commercial app that downloads public electronic media files for local meeting use.

No. Solin does not perform web scraping. It does not harvest pages, extract site text, copy HTML, or scrape images from web pages. It downloads media files directly from official public distribution sources.

No. Solin does not collect usage reports, telemetry, crash reports, personal data, congregation data, or local media information.

Solin was built with privacy in mind: activity stays within the local setup being used, and there is no background reporting to Solin.

Yes! For media such as songs, videos, and images, Solin works with every language available on jw.org.

The Solin interface is currently translated into 18 languages.

In Settings, the Camera option shows a camera button in Solin's tools toolbar. When enabled, you can choose an available camera and project it from Solin, just like you would project any other media.

On Windows, this can happen because Solin looks for cameras through Windows Media Foundation, the modern camera and video API used by Windows. OBS Virtual Camera is exposed through DirectShow, an older camera system.

That means OBS Virtual Camera can work in some apps and still not appear in Solin's camera list. Nothing is necessarily broken; the two apps are simply using different Windows camera paths.

If you want to bring the OBS output into Solin, use the OBS Program Stream with NDI instead. It sends the OBS program output through NDI, and Solin can find it on the local network.