The desktop app can serve a small web remote to any phone or tablet on your network: channel up and down, direct channel numbers, volume for the built-in player, and a now-playing panel with the current program. No app to install, no account.
Enable it once in the settings; the address and QR code stay there for every device you want to use.
On the desktop app
Open Settings › Remote control on the desktop app and enable the remote. The default port is 8765; change it if something else uses it.
Scan the QR code shown in the settings with your phone, or type the displayed address into its browser. Phone and computer must be on the same network.
Keep the page open. It shows what is playing and offers channel up and down, a number pad and, for the built-in player, volume.
Step through the list you are looking at: the whole playlist in the M3U player, the current category in a portal, the filtered collection in favorites and recent.
Type a number on the pad to jump to that position in the list, the way a set-top box remote does.
The remote shows the source, the channel name and number and the current program, refreshed every two seconds.
Volume up, down and mute for the built-in players in the M3U player; external MPV or VLC keep their own volume.
M3U playlists, Xtream live TV, Stalker live TV and radio, and the favorites, recent and global collections all publish their status to the remote.
The remote is a small web page served by the desktop app itself. Any phone or tablet browser works, and there is no account.
No. The remote is a web page served by the IPTVnator desktop app. Open the address or scan the QR code from the settings in any phone or tablet browser.
No. It is meant for the local network, where your phone and computer share a Wi-Fi, and it has no authentication or encryption. Do not expose the port to the internet.
The built-in web players in the M3U player. MPV, VLC and the embedded MPV engine keep their own volume, and portal views currently pass only channel commands.
The position in the list you are currently looking at, counted from one, like the numbering in the sidebar. It is not the channel number a provider may print in its guide.
No. Serving the remote page requires the desktop app, which hosts the small web server behind it.
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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.