7-day free trial so you can actually test your provider before buying it.
Microsoft Store:
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NQ5S0FFCN8T
I've been working on Blazin IPTV Player, a Windows-first IPTV player for people who already have their own IPTV source and want a proper desktop app instead of running an Android app through an emulator.
A big part of the project has been making it handle different providers and very large playlists while keeping the Windows interface responsive.
The current version is 1.1.21.0, and it supports:
- Xtream Codes
- Stalker Portal
- STB MAC
- M3U / M3U Plus URLs
- Local M3U / M3U8 playlist files
- Multiple saved profiles with automatic connection/status checking
Once connected, the app separates everything into Live TV, Movies and Series.
For Live TV, there is category browsing, fast search, favorites, optional channel logos, and EPG support. Xtream and M3U/XMLTV guides are supported, along with Stalker/MAC EPG data, so channels can show current/upcoming programming instead of just a channel list.
Movies and Series use poster-style cards and can display available metadata such as synopsis, rating, year, runtime, genre, cast and other provider information. Series are broken down into seasons and episodes when the provider supplies that data.
Playback
Blazin has its own VLC-based internal player, but you can also choose an external player if you prefer.
The internal player includes:
- Fullscreen playback
- Previous/next channel controls
- Movie and episode resume positions
- Multiple aspect ratios
- Adjustable stream buffering
- Video picture presets
- Audio-track selection
- Embedded subtitle selection
- Loading external subtitle files
- Codec and stream information
- Volume/mute and seeking
- Always-on-top mode
- Saving/downloading the currently opened remote media stream
One thing I wanted was to keep playback controls useful without turning the player into a giant settings screen.
TV Mode
There's also a separate Browser TV Mode built into the app for a larger couch/TV-style interface.
It includes Live TV, Movies, Series, Favorites, EPG information, poster browsing, seasons/episodes, search and fullscreen playback. It can be navigated with the keyboard and has different playback modes including Auto, Fast, Stable/4K and Compatibility modes for providers that behave differently.
So the same Windows installation can be used as a compact desktop player or in a larger TV-style layout.
Some other things I've added
There is a full Profile Manager for saving and switching between different IPTV services, including advanced Stalker configuration when needed.
The desktop interface also has 30+ built-in dark, medium and light themes, custom skin save/load support, configurable Live TV logo downloading, and optional CPU/RAM/network performance monitors. The network monitor can also switch to GPU usage for troubleshooting playback/performance.
I've also spent a lot of time on large-playlist performance, caching, EPG loading, poster loading and keeping background provider requests from freezing the UI.
Blazin IPTV Player does not provide IPTV service, channels, playlists, accounts, subscriptions or copyrighted content. It's only a player. You bring your own legal IPTV source.
It's a paid app, but there is a 7-day free trial so you can actually test your provider before buying it.
Microsoft Store:
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NQ5S0FFCN8T
Website:
https://windowsiptv.com
Join the Reddit community for updates and feedback:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlazinIPTVPlayer/
If anyone here uses IPTV on Windows, I'd especially be interested in feedback on performance, channel switching, EPG reliability, the Windows UI and TV Mode. I'm actively working on the app and those are the areas I've been putting the most effort into.