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Getting started
Connect your first source. Start with the kind of access you already have.
How to Load an M3U Playlist and Add an EPG in IPTVnator
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.
How to Add an Xtream Codes Account to IPTVnator
Connect an Xtream Codes API provider to IPTVnator step by step. What the server URL, username and password are, how to test the login, how to paste the message from your provider, and what to do when the portal refuses to connect.
How to Connect a Stalker or Ministra Portal to IPTVnator
Add a Stalker portal to IPTVnator step by step. Which URL shapes work, how the MAC address is normalized, what device IDs and serial numbers are for, how IPTVnator detects the portal type, and what the usual refusals mean.
Live TV & EPG
Find what is on, get the schedule right, and change channels from the sofa.
Browse the TV Guide Without Leaving Your Channel
Keep watching while you compare channel schedules in IPTVnator's M3U programme guide. Open the grid, filter by group or favorites, and switch channels without closing it.
Understanding the Electronic Program Guide
Learn how IPTVnator uses XMLTV data to display current and upcoming programs alongside your live TV channels.
EPG Shows the Wrong Program or Nothing? Fix Channel Mapping and Time Offset in IPTVnator
When the program guide is empty for a channel, shows another channel's schedule, or is off by a few hours, the fix is one of three things. How IPTVnator matches guide data to channels, how to map a channel by hand, and how to correct the time offset without touching the guide.
How to Control IPTVnator from Your Phone
Turn the desktop app into a TV you can zap from the couch. Enable the remote in the settings, scan the QR code with any phone on the same Wi-Fi, and switch channels, jump to a number and see what is playing, without installing anything.
Player & playback
Make the player work for you, from subtitles to a stream that will not start.
Switch Channels and Episodes Without Leaving Fullscreen
Open IPTVnator's fullscreen side panel with C or the left edge of the video. Search live channels, choose a season, and switch episodes while keeping the player fullscreen.
What Stream Info Can Tell You About Playback Problems
Read resolution, frame rate, bitrate, buffer and dropped frames in IPTVnator's Stream info panel, then collect a useful playback report without guessing from a single number.
Why some streams need an external player
Why some IPTV streams do not play in IPTVnator's built-in browser players, and when MPV, VLC, or IINA is the right workaround.
Your library
Organize your sources, keep your place, and take your library with you.
How to Download Movies and Episodes for Offline Viewing in IPTVnator
Save a movie or a whole season from your own Xtream Codes or Stalker source to disk with the desktop app, follow the queue, resume interrupted transfers, and watch from the offline library without a connection.
Alternative Sources in IPTVnator - The Same Movie from Another Playlist
When a film exists in more than one of your Xtream Codes playlists, IPTVnator shows a Sources chip. How to compare the copies, switch mid-film without losing your place, pin a preferred playlist, and let the app switch on its own when a stream dies.
Posters, Cast and Trailers for Your IPTV Library - The TMDB Option in IPTVnator
IPTVnator can fill in plots, cast, artwork and trailers for the movies and series in your own playlists using The Movie Database. What it sends, what stays on your device, how to switch it on, and how to use your own API key.
Updates
Choose an update channel and catch up on what changed in the latest release.