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Enhance MPV player IPC handler to accept and forward extra parameters (url, path, title, userAgent, referer, origin). Attempt to reuse an existing MPV instance when reuse is enabled and an IPC socket is available; if reuse fails, fall back to spawning a new process. When creating a new MPV process, generate a unique platform-aware IPC socket path, build arguments conditionally from provided metadata (user-agent, referrer, origin via http-header-fields, force-media-title) and append the URL last. Improve logging for debugging and handle process spawn errors by clearing stale process/socket references. These changes enable smoother playback handoff, preserve headers and title for remote resources, and make MPV invocations more robust.
IPTVnator - IPTV Player Application
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IPTVnator is a video player application that provides support for IPTV playlist playback (m3u, m3u8). The application allows users to import playlists using remote URLs or by uploading files from the local file system. Additionally, it supports EPG information in XMLTV format which can be provided via URL.
The application is a cross-platform, open-source project built with Electron and Angular.
⚠️ Note: IPTVnator does not provide any playlists or other digital content. The channels and pictures in the screenshots are for demonstration purposes only.
Features
- M3u and M3u8 playlist support 📺
- Xtream Code (XC) and Stalker portal (STB) support
- External player support - MPV, VLC
- Add playlists from the file system or remote URLs 📂
- Automatic playlist updates on application startup
- Channel search functionality 🔍
- EPG support (TV Guide) with detailed information
- TV archive/catchup/timeshift functionality
- Group-based channel list
- Favorite channels management
- Global favorites aggregated from all playlists
- HTML video player with HLS.js support or Video.js-based player
- Internationalization with support for 16 languages:
- Arabic
- Moroccan arabic
- English
- Russian
- German
- Korean
- Spanish
- Chinese
- Traditional chinese
- French
- Italian
- Turkish
- Japanese
- Dutch
- Belarusian
- Polish
- Custom "User Agent" header configuration for playlists
- Light and Dark themes
- Docker version available for self-hosting
Screenshots:
| Welcome screen: Playlists overview | Main player interface with channels sidebar and video player |
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| Welcome screen: Add playlist via file upload | Welcome screen: Add playlist via URL |
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| EPG Sidebar: TV guide on the right side | General application settings |
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Note: First version of the application which was developed as a PWA is available in an extra git branch.
Download
Download the latest version of the application for macOS, Windows, and Linux from the release page.
Alternatively, you can install the application using one of the following package managers:
Homebrew
$ brew install iptvnator
Snap
$ sudo snap install iptvnator
Arch
Also available as an Arch PKG, iptvnator-bin, in the AUR (using your favourite AUR-helper, .e.g. yay)
$ yay -S iptvnator-bin
Gentoo
You can install IPTVnator from the gentoo-zh overlay
sudo eselect repository enable gentoo-zh
sudo emerge --sync gentoo-zh
sudo emerge iptvnator-bin
How to Build and Develop
Requirements:
- Node.js with npm
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Clone this repository and install project dependencies:
$ npm install -
Start the application:
$ npm run serve:backend
This will open the Electron app in a separate window, while the Angular dev server will run at http://localhost:4200.
To run only the Angular app without Electron, use:
$ npm run serve:frontend
Disclaimer
IPTVnator doesn't provide any playlists or other digital content.
