Online TV channels and more.
Although these TVs are convenient and functional, they require a suitable player to work comfortably with them.
This article discusses ForkPlayer for smart TV.
Operating principle
This is a simple player designed to work with smart TV, which is necessary for more convenient use and expansion of functionality.
In fact, it adapts the site you open to your specific device (), which makes the operation more convenient.
The principle of operation is that the player receives content directly from the site, and then, in its further processing and optimization before displaying it on the screen.
Why do you need such a player at all?
- Smart TVs usually have a web browser of their own design, but its functionality is greatly reduced;
- Most often, the browser is not optimized and inconvenient to use;
- Many models are missing, which does not allow playing most of the videos from Runet (other formats are actively spreading on the international Internet, but the trend has not yet reached Russia);
- The browser is capable of experiencing "out of memory" in case of loading sites with heavy visual content.
The player can help to avoid all these problems.
However, it will not solve the problem of sound and picture quality in videos, since these parameters directly depend on the initial characteristics of the video on the site and the speed of work, the quality of the Internet channel.
It is convenient to control the player as a push-button remote control, as well as a pointing remote control or a PC mouse.
Important! Depending on which TV the software is installed on, the list of available actions and the functionality of the player can vary significantly.
Advantages and disadvantages
This one has a fairly high popularity and positive user reviews, which is explained by a large number of convenient functions and features.
- The list of supported sites and supported devices is constantly updated, new software updates are released regularly;
- The user is able to place content independently, forming playlists;
- The player is easily controlled by any type of remote control;
- Possibility of initiating a launch from a flash drive.
Most of the problems described can be fixed fairly easily, and they do not occur often.
Because the application is popular and has won many positive reviews.
Installing the player
The installation algorithm, depending on the model of the TV and the year of its release, may differ slightly.
This material considers the installation using the example of a Samsung H and J series TV in 2014, as it is the most characteristic:
- Turn on the TV;
- Go to its menu;
- Find the item Smart Hub and click on it;
- In the list that opens, find the item Samsung Account;
- Go to the section Authorization (Log in);
- Log in to your Samsung account with the develop login (this is a universal login for installing the player on any Samsung TVs), and leave the Password field blank;
- To authorize, click Sign In;
- In some cases, an error occurs accompanied by a notice Can't connect to server– in this case, roll back the smart hub to factory settings (Recovery) and try to log in again;
- Now go to the smart hub again and point the beam at any application;
- Click on it and hold the button down until the synchronization menu appears (most often this requires pressing the cross button on the remote control;
- In the synchronization menu, go to IP Setting - press Enter;
- A window for entering server data will appear- you need to enter one of the two servers - 46.36.222.114 or 85.17.30.89;
- Confirm the entry and save the entered data;
- In the manner described above, call the synchronization menu again, but now select the Start User App Sync item in it;
- Press Enter;
- The synchronization process will start- it can take up to several minutes, but as soon as it ends, the system will notify you about this with a message box;
- However, the application in the menu will not be installed immediately.- first you need to close all the menus, and then go back to it - the player application will be found either on the main Smart Hub page or on the additional one.
The process of installing the application on other TVs may have some differences, but it is approximately the same.
ForkPlayer is a player that requires a TV that supports SmartTV technology to install. With its help, online cinemas become available, which guarantees free video viewing. The functions of the application do not end there. Before us is not so much a player as a browser, and this is an easy search for media content in the form of films, series, animations and programs. For the purpose of such a search, the relevant services are connected: Zona, Moonwalk and others. At the same time, support for the IPTV function has been implemented, which extends free viewing to TV channels, an extensive database of this type of content is connected.
Attention! The disadvantage of ForkPlayer is its installation. Some installation knowledge is required to successfully complete this process.
Installation
If the TV was manufactured after 2011, belongs to the brands listed above and supports Smart TV, then you can proceed to install the browser in question. The rest of the installation process looks like this:- Download the program packaged in archive.
- Transfer files to a USB drive.
- Unpack the archive on TV.
The specific installation procedure is published on the developer's official resource, the link is available in the download menu.
Interface
Working with ForkPlayer is not difficult. The application interface is made taking into account the movement through it using the remote control. In this case, individual settings are possible:- choosing a different window background;
- change the theme;
- changing the location of applications, etc.
Output
ForkPlayer is a lot of movies, photos, music and video streaming in free mode, which correlates with the following:- impressive database of video content;
- watching TV channels thanks to the support of IPTV technology;
- clear interface that does not require mastering, which can be "customized".
Video Installing Fork Player Widget on Samsung Smart TV
Video Installing the ForkPlayer widget on Samsung TVs (J series). If installation from a flash drive is not possible
The modern multifunctional Samsung Smart TV, in terms of its capabilities, is approaching the status of a full-fledged computer. Gives him this opportunity a wide selection of available software. You can download and install a huge variety of applications and widgets on any Samsung Smart TV
The main advantage of Samsung Smart TV over conventional TVs is the ability to connect such models to wireless networks and the Internet. But, since this device is, first of all, a TV, the capabilities of a standard Internet browser do not support all the technologies used on modern web pages. In other words, many elements of sites are inaccessible to users.
The solution to this problem is to install the ForkPlayer application, which will serve as an alternative to the standard web browser, but with more features. If you have any difficulties, you can always contact a Samsung TV repair center for professional advice.
Where to download ForkPlayer Widget for Samsung Smart TV
This is a free application available for download on the developer's official page. It is also available on the Google Play Market. A search query will return the results you need.
How to Install the ForkPlayer Widget on a 2015-2016 Samsung Smart TV
Manufacturer Samsung, blocks any possibility of installing third-party applications.
If your Samsung Smart TV model was released earlier than 2015, then you can easily transfer the ForkPlayer widget archive on a USB flash drive and install it.
But if you have a newer model, you must first disable auto-update software. In the TV menu, go to support -> software update -> auto-update -> off. This is necessary so that the version of your software is not updated to the latest, then you will need to roll back.
Then go to Smart Hub and go to My Apps. Having previously installed the Divan.TV widget, loading it, you get into ForkPlayer.
How to install the ForkPlayer widget on a Samsung Smart TV before 2014
First of all, you need to go to the Smart Hub of your TV and press the "A" button. Next, in the window that opens, you need to enter in the field "account. record" the word "develop". The password will be entered automatically, after which, you need to click on the "Login" button.
After that, you need to press the "Tools" button on the remote control, and select the "service" item in the window that opens. Next, go to the “Settings” item and then to the “Development” item. Next, we agree with all the proposed actions and click the "OK" button. In the next menu that opens, enter the server IP address 193.0.61.157 or 46.36.222.114.
Next, you need to synchronize the user's applications. To do this, simply click on the appropriate button in the active menu. After the synchronization process is completed, you need to exit the Smart Hub, and then go back to it. The installed widget should now be in the menu and ready to use.
Thus, you can install an application with which, the capabilities of your Samsung Smart TV on the Internet will be significantly expanded and you will get access to sites that you could not view before.
Installation instructions and launch from a USB flash drive to new LG with webOS:
ForkPlayer archive)
2. Unpack lg_forkplayer.rar
4. Insert the USB flash drive into the TV's USB port.
5. When a message appears about connecting a new USB device, click on the House on the remote control and use the right buttons to find the widget in the Launcher list at the ninth position.
6. To enable full content, you must enable the RemoteFork option in the ForkPlayer2.5 settings and run the Remote Forkplayer program on the computer
Run from flash drive LG 2010-2013 with NetCast:
(limited content unless you run RemoteForkPlayer on your computer)
1. Download the archive with installation files (ForkPlayer Archive)
2. Unpack lg_forkplayer.rar to the root of the USB flash drive (before downloading, it is advisable to format the USB flash drive)
3. On the TV, we enter under our account in SmartTV LG.
4. Go to " My apps" in the lower right corner.
5. Next, switch the application list display mode to " My Apps on USB".
6. Launch the application ForkPlayer
7. To enable full content, you must enable the RemoteFork option in the ForkPlayer2.5 settings and run the Remote Forkplayer program on the computer
Launch via DNS change (full content, no flash drive required) on LG with NetCast and webOS:
1. Go to TV in Internet connection settings
2. We find the item " DNS server"
3. We enter one of these DNS there 46.36.222.114
, 46.36.218.194
, 46.36.220.208
4. For more comfortable use in sections requiring DNS (fs, treetv, kinoxa, etc.), you can enable the RemoteFork option in the ForkPlayer2.5 settings and run the program on the computer
For those who do not know yet, ForkPlayer is an application that can be installed on smart TVs of any brand, as well as other devices. With this program, you have the opportunity to search and watch movies online through open sources. Thanks to this, you get a huge amount of content on various topics for free, both from the Internet and from a flash drive.
To date, Fork Player for Samsung Smart TV is very popular among users. More recently, it was hard to imagine that there is any widget for Samsung Smart TV that can compete with NstreamLmod. ForkPlayer was taken seriously by few people. But over the past few years, it has been actively developed and today it can be called the most popular widget.
Where to download and how to install
To begin with, let's start with dry data regarding the demand for this application for Samsung Smart TV. If you look at the number of requests for ForkPlayer for Samsung Smart TV, you can find out that approximately two thousand people are looking for this program. But, as mentioned, the Fork Player widget for Smart TV can also be used on other devices, so if we take the general data, it turns out that almost thirty thousand users are interested in this program every month. Also, for more complete statistics, you can also view data on the number of widget launches on various devices with the Smart TV function. In this case, the number of program launches per day from various platforms will be almost 92 thousand times, which still says something.
Now let's move on to where you can download Fork Player and how to install it. Downloading this application for Samsung Smart TV is quite simple. This can be done on the official website of the application, and it can also be found in the Play Market from Google and on various Internet sites. So, by entering the appropriate query into the search, you can easily download ForkPlayer.
After you download Fork Player for Samsung Smart TV, you will need to install it. There are several ways how this can be done:
- In TVs with Smart TV from Samsung, which were released before 2014, you can use a special widget list created by the developers to install the program. To do this, you can read special instructions;
- Also, on Samsung Smart TVs of 2010-2014, to install and run the application, you can try to synchronize the device with the IP address 46.36.222.114;
- For LED TVs of the J series, which were released after 2015, you will need to install this widget from a USB flash drive. You can read additional instructions on how to do this correctly.
If your TV belongs to models from the J-series and has firmware that does not allow you to install third-party widgets, you can still install ForkPlayer. This can be done by changing the DNS addresses in the network settings of the J series TV. After you do this, you should launch Megago on TV - the official online cinema.
Features of ForkPlayer
After you manage to install the program on your Samsung Smart TV, you can launch and configure the Fork Player widget. After launching the program, you will see shortcuts with which you can configure the program or go to the site to watch programs or movies. At the same time, you will have a huge selection of resources on which this content is located.
Navigation buttons are located at the bottom of the screen. There are also external bookmarks where you can save your playlists, available for viewing on all devices that have the Fork Player program.
You can also visit the Fork Store App Market, where you can download or purchase additional applications that can be installed on the Samsung Smart TV LED TV, including J series models. In addition, with this application, you can view photos and videos from the social network VKontakte, as well as listen to audio recordings.
Without leaving the ForkPlayer application for Samsung Smart TV, you can also view files that are stored on flash drives and other removable media, as well as those stored in the internal memory of the TV.
Widget setup
This program has a lot of settings. It makes no sense to describe each item separately, since when you hover over each of them, a description of what it is and what it is for will pop up. However, you can list the most significant features: multilingualism, parental control, settings for the appearance of the Fork Player widget for Samsung Smart TV, as well as a feature called "Picture in Picture".
Watching movies through this widget is also very convenient, because before launching it, data on the quality of sound and video, as well as its description, will be displayed. If you want to watch Internet channels, then a program will be displayed to help you.
In addition, this application has a tab called Store Portal's, in which you will find both paid and free playlists. In addition, Fork Player for Samsung Smart TV is quite closely linked to the official website. You need to go through a simple registration and get a password that will come to the program itself. You can find it in "My notifications" located in the "Settings" tab.
