Load an M3U or M3U8 playlist from a link, a file or pasted text and get a desktop TV app: grouped channels, favorites, instant search, a program guide with catch-up, and playback engines that handle what browsers cannot.
Provider playlists are long. The list, the groups and the search are designed around that.
The channel list is virtualized, so a playlist with tens of thousands of entries scrolls and searches without lag. Search filters as you type.
Every group-title becomes an expandable section. Hide the groups you never watch; the hidden set survives refreshes.
Star channels into a favorites list you can reorder by drag and drop, and jump back to what you watched last from Recent.
Re-download a playlist on request, or let the desktop app refresh it on every start. Favorites, hidden groups and settings are kept.
Paste a link, pick a file, drop it onto the window, open it from the file manager, pass it on the command line, or paste the raw text.
With several playlists, the dashboard combines favorites, recent items and search across all of them.
IPTVnator reads the extended M3U attributes providers use, so logos, guide ids, catch-up windows and radio flags all mean something.
Most streams play in the built-in players. The rest go to MPV or VLC without leaving the app.
HTML5 with hls.js, Video.js and ArtPlayer cover HLS, MPEG-TS and DASH streams with one shared set of controls, subtitles, quality selection and picture-in-picture.
Streams the browser engines cannot decode go to MPV or VLC on your machine while IPTVnator keeps the list, the guide and the remote control.
An experimental engine renders mpv inside the app window on Windows, macOS and Linux, including live-TV recording where supported.
Providers that only answer known player signatures get the User-Agent you set in the playlist details, for both playlist download and playback.
Yes. Both extensions are the same text format; M3U8 only marks the file as UTF-8. Playlists can come from a link, a local file or pasted text, and the same attributes are read from all of them.
The list is built for very large playlists and stays responsive with tens of thousands of channels. Groups, favorites and search all work on the full list, not on a page of it.
Refresh it on request from the playlist details, or enable Auto-update to re-download it every time the desktop app starts. Your favorites, hidden groups and settings are kept across refreshes.
Yes, on the desktop app. Add an XMLTV source in Settings › EPG, or let the playlist declare it through url-tvg in its header. Channels are matched by tvg-id, and you can map the rest by hand.
Open it in MPV or VLC via Settings › Playback, or enable the experimental embedded MPV engine. Providers that require a specific User-Agent get it from the playlist details.
No. IPTVnator is a player. You bring the playlist you already have from your provider, and nothing in it is sent anywhere except to the stream hosts it points at.
Import an M3U or M3U8 playlist into IPTVnator from a URL, a file or pasted text, keep it updated, and attach an XMLTV program guide. Covers channel groups, catch-up attributes, EPG matching by tvg-id, and the usual reasons a playlist or guide does not load.
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Learn how IPTVnator uses XMLTV data to display current and upcoming programs alongside your live TV channels.
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Why some IPTV streams do not play in IPTVnator's built-in browser players, and when MPV, VLC, or IINA is the right workaround.
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IPTVnator is a player, not a TV service. It is distributed exclusively through GitHub releases and the package managers listed on this page. Websites that sell "IPTVnator subscriptions", channel packages or "activated" copies are not affiliated with the project. How to recognize unofficial sites.