We present to your attention a review of IPTV Player - the best program for playing any television channels on a computer.

IPTV is a technology for playing interactive television via the Internet protocol. With its help, the user gets the opportunity to watch using the Internet.

All this is completely free and without any viewing restrictions.

You can watch channels both on your computer and on TVs that support .

TV channels are downloaded in playlist format and then played using a special player. Also, there are programs with a built-in basic set of TV stations.

The most popular program for working with Internet television is IPTV Player. Next, we will consider its features, installation process, and settings, as well as similar applications for playing TV channels on a computer.

Advantages of IPTV

IPTV will be useful to everyone who wants to watch any channel in the world without using paid packages from the provider.

Also, the technology for working with interactive TV is convenient to connect to the network.

This way, you don’t have to search for the live broadcast of each TV channel on the Internet yourself.

More benefits of IPTV:

• Unlimited number of channels;

In any country, television networks provide only a limited number of channels that can be broadcast on TV.

There are different data packages from the provider, but none of them will give you full access to every channel in the world.

If you have a fast WiFi connection, you can watch any program without any problems, and you can download the channel list to any folder on your memory card.

• Free distribution.

There are many sources on the Internet where you can download lists with thousands of channels completely free of charge.

Also, in IPTV playback applications, you can specify your country and gain access to the most popular stations.

Despite the many advantages, IPTV also has significant disadvantages. Among which is problematic work in conditions. Since broadcasting of channels is possible only through the global network, mobile Internet or poor coverage will not be enough to load the channel normally and the program itself will most likely freeze.

About IPTV Player

The IPTV Player application is a convenient player whose main function is to play live broadcasts of channels using the Internet.

Also, the program can play regular videos that are stored on your PC.

IPTV Player is one of the most powerful players for PC and has a built-in codec package. This allows it to support all kinds of encryption formats and algorithms.

More features:

• Mode for viewing unencrypted protocols. Among them are UDP, HLS HTTP. When receiving video from such servers, the program will continue to work and will not show an error message, as happens with similar players;
• Reading damaged objects. The program easily restores damaged components and allows you to view their contents;
• Listening to lossless audio formats;
• Creation of a server for broadcasting and retransmission of television broadcasts.

Where can I download the player?

Note that user reviews about the player are positive.

Many note the simple interface, the presence of the Russian language and the display of television broadcast plans for each channel.

The application size is minimal - only 5.8 MB . At the same time, you will not have to download any additional elements other than a list of custom channels.

Downloaded playlists of TV channels are stored in one file and take up no more than a few megabytes of disk space.

Latest version and innovations

IPTV Player version 49.1 is the newest build of the program to date.

Unlike previous versions of the application, it now has even more functions that make it easier for the user to work with TV channels:

• Simple basic setup;
• Possibility of rapid deployment within any type of home network;
• The ability to configure each TV channel or set general playback parameters for all broadcast stations;
• Record a video stream to a file on your computer without stopping playback;
• Scheduler option. You can create your own lists with queues for watching TV channels, record reminders about your favorite shows or series, and customize their display in the program.

One of the most interesting innovations in build 49.5 was the use of a smartphone as a remote control for broadcasting.

If your phone supports the function of working as a television remote control, you can easily apply this option to the IPTV player. This will allow you to turn your computer into a full-fledged TV or switch it if you have created a home network with.

Installation

To begin installation, download the EXE file from the developer’s website, the link to which is provided above. After this, you can begin installation.

Follow the instructions:

• Run the downloaded file as administrator. To do this, right-click on it and select the appropriate menu item;

• Next, the Installation Wizard will open., in the window of which you must specify the root folder for storing application files, the version of the modules (we recommend installing version 1.111). Also, decide whether you need a desktop shortcut, proxy support, and general settings. Click "Install";

Note! If you are not sure about the correct settings, set all parameters as shown in the figure below. This combination is standard and will allow you to install the program without any bugs.

• Next, automatic unpacking and installation of all player components will begin. It will take no more than a minute. Click on "Done" to close the window and start working with IPTV Player.

Playing channels

After installation is complete, a shortcut to the IPTV Player program will appear on your desktop. Click on it to launch the application.

• With the help of your provider.
• From a pre-downloaded list of channels.

First, let's look at the first option for using the program. The process of searching and downloading individual playlists is described in the next section.

IPTV Player works with an already built-in list, which includes most Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian channels. There are a total of 104 variations of different sheets. The user just needs to click on the list to expand it. Then scroll through the list and choose the most suitable provider.

For easy navigation, first indicate the city or region and only then the name of the provider.

This will help you find local channels faster, no matter where you are.

Since IPTV playlists are dynamic, they need to be updated constantly. Providers may block access to channels or change the addresses of direct playback sources. However, when you select a provider, the application will automatically detect any changes and begin downloading updates for your broadcast stream.

The update process will take a few seconds, and the file itself with the update for a specific region will occupy 1-2 MB. After this, you can start watching TV channels.

On the right side of the window you will see a list of all available stations that the selected provider provides today.

Each TV channel will have its own name and icon.

To start broadcasting, just click on the desired element and the TV show will start showing on the left side of the window.

You can add a channel to your favorites list so you can quickly find and turn it on in the future. To do this, click on the heart icon next to the channel name.

In the player you can view the name of the TV show that is currently being shown. To do this, just click once on the playback area. To switch to full-screen mode, double-click on the channel name or on the built-in player window.

One of the popular ways to watch IPTV Internet television on Windows devices is to use the free IP-TV Player. IP-TV Player is a shell of the famous VideoLAN VLC media player, adapted specifically for watching IPTV.

In this article we will talk in detail about its configuration and capabilities.

1. Download

Some providers - IPTV suppliers - can post modified assemblies of IP-TV Player with an integrated playlist of TV channels on their websites in order to simplify the process of setting up the player as much as possible, thereby pleasing their customers. Why not use such a service provider? On the latter’s website, instead of a playlist, you can download an installer for a modified player and use the preset settings during the installation process.

If the provider has not shown concern for its customers in this way, the original assembly of IP-TV Player can be downloaded from the player’s official website borpas.info/iptvplayer.

2. Setting up playlists

The original build of IP-TV Player comes with the ability to select built-in playlists. At the final stage of installing the player, in the “Select provider” column, you can leave the preset “Internet, Russian TV and Radio” item without changing anything. This is a playlist for a wide audience of users (regardless of their provider) with a selection of federal channels and radio stations. The contents of this playlist will be fully available only to residents of Russia; users of other countries will not have access to all TV channels on the list. This option can be used if the provider does not provide the IPTV service or, for example, does it for an additional fee. If the provider is an IPTV provider, you can search for it in the drop-down list in the “Select provider” column. The creators of IP-TV Player offer a selection of playlists from the largest providers in Russia and Ukraine.

If the required provider is not in the drop-down list, you must select the second settings option and enter either the web address of the provider’s playlist, or use the browse button at the end of the line to specify the path to the “.m3u” file. The web address or “.m3u” file of the playlist must first be obtained from the provider’s website. We use the same option for any IPTV playlists downloaded on the Internet.

After setting up the playlist, IP-TV Player will launch. To select a particular TV channel to watch, you must first display a list of channels in the player window. This is done either by quickly pressing the Enter key twice, or by pressing the L key once, or by pressing the button on the player toolbar. The channel list is removed using the last two methods.

How can I change the configured playlist in the future? Click the settings button on the IP-TV Player toolbar (or hotkeys Ctrl+P) and in the window that appears, check the box to display all settings.

The player will restart with an expanded list of settings. Work with playlists is carried out in the “General” tab. Here you can select the item “Load preset from the list of providers” and go to the setup stage with a drop-down list of providers, as when completing the player installation. Or you can enter the web address of another playlist in the empty field or use the browse button to indicate the path to it if it is stored on your computer in a “.m3u” file. After this, you need to click the “Update” button.

Another setting for playlists is “Switching between channel lists”, it allows you to use the “Add” button, respectively, to add different playlists to the queue so that you can conveniently switch between them if necessary.

3. List of favorite channels

IPTV playlists can contain more than 100 TV channels, so the creators of IP-TV Player have provided the ability to create custom lists of favorite channels. When you select a TV channel, it will display an empty heart. Clicking on the heart will fill it, and the TV channel will appear in the list of favorite channels. Access to this list is available at the top of the list of all channels, in a small menu.

4. Channel surfing

The channel surfing function is designed to automate the search for interesting TV content. To launch it, you need to call up the context menu inside the player (on the video image) and select the appropriate option. A grid of TV channels will appear in the IP-TV Player window, and each of them will turn on in turn for a couple of seconds. As soon as interesting TV content is identified, you can uncheck the “Channel Surfing” option in the context menu.

5. TV program

To watch a TV program on the selected TV channel for the coming days, you need to press the clock-shaped button on the player toolbar or the G hotkey.

6. Aspect Ratio

If the TV channel image is marred by black mourning stripes around the edges, you can experiment with changing the aspect ratio. When you press F6, the displayed image will alternate between different aspect ratios.

And with the F7 key, the image is adjusted in width to the size of the player window or to full-screen mode.

7. TV channel settings

You can experiment with the aspect ratio and other parameters of each individual channel in the player settings. Turn on the desired TV channel, click the settings button on the toolbar (or hot keys Ctrl+P), switch to the “Channel” tab. Here you can adjust contrast, brightness, saturation, image shades, deinterlacing, audio track (for TV content that supports multi-channel audio tracks) and other parameters.

The choice of audio track language is configured in the “General” settings tab.

8. Taking screenshots

The image played in the IP-TV Player window can be captured by creating a screenshot using the corresponding button on the player toolbar or by pressing the F4 hotkey. To create screenshots immediately with the required dimensions, the creators of the player have provided the “Video window size” option. This option offers a choice of several screen resolution options, which will be automatically set for the picture played by the IP-TV Player.

If you need to take a lot of screenshots, in the player settings, in the “General” tab, you can specify a specific path for saving them. The same path will be used to save video recordings of television broadcasts. Below this setting there is another one - “Container format”, in which you can select from the drop-down list the format of the media container into which video recordings of television broadcasts will be recorded.

9. Video recording of television broadcasts

In most cases, for video recording of television broadcasts, it is worth leaving the preset PS media container format. In this case, the output videos will be saved in the universal MPEG video format.

For video recording of TV broadcasts, there is a red button on the player toolbar that starts recording a TV show on the current TV channel and stops it. But the creators of IP-TV Player went beyond this function and provided the ability to video record several television broadcasts in the background. If there is an overlap and your favorite TV shows on different TV channels are broadcast at the same time, one of them can be watched online, and the other (and even several TV shows) can be recorded in the background of the IP-TV Player. To do this, on the TV channel being recorded (in the channel list on the right), you need to call up the context menu, select “Record in background” and set the recording time - a specific period or until the user stops manually. And you can switch to another TV channel or close the player altogether. If there are active processes for recording television broadcasts, when closed, IP-TV Player will minimize to the system tray, where it will carry out its work in the background without showing any signs. You can stop recording a TV broadcast (or several TV broadcasts) by calling up the scheduler window. The latter appears when you press the “R” recording icon on the TV channel you are recording. The scheduler can also be called up using the context menu in the player window.

10. Increasing cache size

If you experience stuttering while broadcasting IPTV, you can try to solve the problem by increasing the IP-TV Player cache size. In the “General” tab of the settings, in the last column “Cache (milliseconds)” from the drop-down list you need to select a value greater than the preset one - starting from 1000.

IPTV Player is a popular program for Windows designed for watching television channels in the IPTV standard. Thanks to this program, you can watch your favorite channels from more than a hundred different providers using only the Internet. It works on the same principle as cable television, with the only difference being that video data is transmitted not over a coaxial cable, but through a global network. The program is easy to use and does not require any specific settings, so we recommend downloading IPTV Player for free on this page. Just add a playlist of channels that are distributed on the Internet and enjoy watching.

Program features:

• Possibility to choose from more than a hundred providers.
• Displays a list of channels and TV programs in the application window, indicating the start time of each program.
• Quickly switch between channels.
• Recording a video stream, including in the background, with saving to a file on your local computer.
• Creating screenshots of individual frames.
• Scheduled broadcast recording function.
• Customization.
• Support for television programs in JTV format.
• Adjusting the parameters of brightness, contrast, saturation and color gamma of the video image.
• Partial support for TV tuners via WDM driver.
• Control the application from the keyboard.

Setting up IPTV Player

Setting up the program is quite simple. First of all, install it. Create an empty text file on your computer and set it to m3u playlist format. Find a free active iptv list on the Internet. Copy its contents and paste it into your file. In the program settings, specify its location in the "channel list address" field. After this, hundreds of TV channels will appear on your computer.

In addition to watching streaming video, IPTV Player supports playing local video files in popular formats. Playback control tools are standard: pause, scroll, volume control. Additional features include autoloading and application of color profiles to the toolbar. The program does not work with encrypted channels; there is no access to Russian channels from abroad. You can download IPTV Player for free in Russian from us. During installation, it may offer the installation of Yandex elements and other third-party applications, which you can refuse.

Report a bug

IPTV Player is an application designed for watching IP television on your computer. The program supports all popular protocols and technologies. It should be noted that each TV channel can have its own settings. The vlc player became the prototype for IPTV.

Most often, the TV player is used by clients of Internet providers. IPTV service is offered by such popular providers as:

• Rostelecom;
• Yarnet;
• Infolada IPTV;
• Other regional companies.

The settings directly depend on which provider provides the service. It does not matter if the program is downloaded for Windows XP or a later version of the system.

Application features

• Connection to IP television from Rostelecom, Yarnet and other providers;
• Setting up a separate channel;
• Switching between channel lists;
• Recording a stream to a file;
• Connecting a TV program from a text file;
• Broadcast recording scheduler;
• Hotkey and mouse management;
• Using a smartphone as a remote control;
• Program update.

Advantages

IPTV player is an excellent program that allows you to watch cable TV on your computer. However, the application has several advantages. The video player has an intuitive interface. To watch IPTV you just need to select the desired channel. Even a beginner can handle the controls.

A program for watching TV can be downloaded to the player from the Internet. Thanks to this, users will know the schedule of their favorite movies or TV shows. It should be noted that you can connect the program yourself by loading it from a text file.

Watching IPTV channels on your computer is not the only feature of the player. Users can listen to the radio and also record the broadcast. This is very convenient, especially if there is no way to watch a match or movie at the time of broadcast. It is enough to indicate the time for recording in the scheduler.

There are no restrictions for IPTV. The player is suitable for both Windows 7 and later versions of the operating system. In this case, setting up the application is the same. It is important to note that the program does not take up much space and consumes virtually no PC resources.

Users can take advantage of a feature such as an IPTV scanner. Thanks to this feature, you can find available channels on the Internet.

Flaws

Many, even the best programs that allow you to watch IPTV for free have minor drawbacks. The same applies to the IPTV player program. It was tested not only by beginners, but also by professionals. As a result, they identified several shortcomings.

One of the disadvantages is that the application is used exclusively by the provider’s clients. Since organizations specifically launch IPTV channels for them. It is impossible for outside users to connect to a provider such as Rostelecom or Yarnet.

How to download

Users are often interested in how to watch IPTV on a computer for free. It’s simple, to do this you need to download the appropriate program for free. To download the program, it is recommended to go to “http://borpas.info/”. After opening the page, you just need to click on the program icon.

Download the application from the page that opens. To do this, just click on the “Download” link.

To start watching television from Rostelecom, Yarnet or another provider, you need to install the application.

Installation and configuration

First, the user needs to run the “IpTvPlayer-setup.exe” file. After starting the distribution, the installation wizard will appear. In this window, you can select a folder for installation, and then click on the “Next” button.

The next window allows you to select the installation type. If you do not want unnecessary components to be installed, it is recommended to disable the checkboxes. After this, you can continue with the installation.

Now a window will open in which you will be prompted to install the Yandex browser. To refuse, remove the corresponding checkboxes.

When the installation is completed, the user should configure the channels. After launching the application, a list of providers will appear, such as:

• Rostelecom;
• Stork;
• Yarnet;
• A lot others.

103 providers have been added to the list of providers. It should be noted that channels can be added through the IPTV m3u file, which is located on the provider’s official website.

Conclusion

Users who want to watch cable TV on their computer for free can use an IPTV player. The only thing worth remembering is that you need to choose only your provider. Of course, there are also companies that allow all users to watch channels, but then you need to download the playlist from their website.

Users who install the application will be satisfied, since in addition to television they will be able to listen to radio. If you wish, you can record the broadcast so you can watch it again later. If the program does not work correctly, you can always uninstall it.

Video review of IPTV Player

1.Before downloading the IPTV player from the link below, you must remove the already installed IPTV player from your computer (if you have one).

2. Download IPTV player from the following link.

3. Install an IPTV player.

4. Launch the IPTV player. When you launch the program for the first time, the following window will appear in front of you:

In the drop-down menu, select: multicast

5. Also, you can select a preset as follows: you need to go to the IPTV player settings, as shown in the screenshot below.

If for some reason your IPTV does not show, call technical support.

Instructions for installing the "IPTV Format" plugin on smart TV

Instructions for installing the application on Samsung TVs

Installation for 2012 E Series
1. Log in Smart Hub, press the red button A on the remote control. In the Samsung Account field, enter your login: develop. The password will be entered automatically (or - 123456). Click the "login" button. A portrait of a man with the inscription will appear in the lower left corner develop.

4. Next, go to Synchronization of user applications - Enter- The synchronization process is in progress with indication on the corresponding scale - after completion: exit Smart Hub- go again - installed applications will appear at the end of the list.

Installation for 2013 F Series
1. Log in TV menu, select the item Smart functions, Further - Uch. zap. Samsung - Login. Enter in El.p. login: develop, in the Password window - sso1029dev!(if the window is inactive, just press Enter and go to step 2) - Login.

4. Next, go to the menu item Start App Sync-Input- The synchronization process is in progress with indication on the corresponding scale - after completion:
we leave from Smart Hub- go again - installed applications will appear on the main page of the Hub or on the Additional applications tab.

Installation for 2014 H Series
1. Open TV menu: Select an item Smart Hub- Further: Samsung Account- Enter. In the menu that appears, select Log in- Enter. Enter your login in the window that opens develop, password - no need - check the box below and click Sign ln.

(If you have problems creating an account, you can download the Skype widget and create an account when logging in)

3. Next, a window will appear for entering numbers IP addresses. Enter all four groups of numbers, confirming each by pressing the central cross button of the remote control IP: 10.8.8.9. Next: holding down the same button again, call again Synchronization menu and select the item Start User App Sync- Enter. After the synchronization process is completed, the corresponding message will appear and they will be installed: either on the main page of the Hub or on the Additional page.

For TVs based on Tizen OS (newer models), the application will soon be available through the Samsung app store.