Software » DigitalTV/DVB » IPTVnator 0.22.0 / 1.0.0 Beta 7

Release v0.22.0

v0.22 is one of the biggest IPTVnator releases so far. The embedded MPV player expands from macOS to Windows and Linux, detail pages for movies and series got a full redesign, and the app can now enrich your VOD & series content with TMDB metadata — posters, cast, trailers and more. On top of that: a built-in desktop updater, global search across all your sources, and a reworked live EPG timeline.

Highlights
Embedded MPV player now available on Windows and Linux (experimental)
TMDB metadata enrichment (opt-in): plots, cast, trailers, similar titles, actor pages
Redesigned VOD & series detail pages with a browse watch layout and season tabs
Desktop auto-updater — the app now updates itself from GitHub releases
Global search across all sources, including M3U playlists
Live EPG panel reworked into a timeline with an optional vertical list view
Catch-up/archive playback improvements for Xtream
Custom title bar with window controls on Windows and Linux
Extensive Electron security hardening
Embedded MPV Player — now on Windows & Linux (Experimental)
The embedded MPV player introduced for macOS in v0.21 is now available on all three platforms:

Windows: libmpv rendering directly inside the app window (bundled, no extra install)
Linux: playback via the system mpv player embedded into the app window (X11/XWayland; requires mpv on PATH)
Series navigation (next/previous episode) inside the embedded player
Switch to embedded MPV directly from the command palette
Stability hardening across the board: EOF detection, safer polling, better error visibility, and the display no longer goes to sleep during playback
The macOS embedded player also received a round of fixes and polish based on v0.21 feedback.

TMDB Metadata Enrichment (opt-in)
Movie and series detail pages for Xtream and Stalker portals can now be enriched with TMDB data:

Plot, genres, ratings, director and cast with photos, artwork and YouTube trailers
"Similar" rail: TMDB recommendations matched against your catalog — across all your portals
Trending on the dashboard: a TMDB-powered trending rail with enriched hero artwork
Real episode names, descriptions and stills for each season
Actor pages: click any cast member to see their bio and filmography, linked back to your catalog or portal search
Localized to your app language (falls back to the original language when a translation is missing), cached locally
Enrichment is off by default and requires a personal TMDB API key (free registration at themoviedb.org). Enter your key and enable the feature under Settings Metadata (TMDB) — titles are sent to TMDB for matching.

Redesigned Movie & Series Detail Pages
Detail pages now have two states:

Browse: hero section with poster, metadata and actions, episodes below
Watch: the hero collapses, the inline player takes the full content width, and details move below the episodes
Season tabs with smart auto-selection (jumps to the season you're watching or resuming)
Grid/list toggle for episodes, remembered across sessions
Esc or "Close player" returns to browse without losing your place
Desktop Auto-Updater
IPTVnator now checks GitHub releases and can update itself — no more manual downloads
Release notes for the current version are shown in the settings
Fixed a crash in the packaged updater (#1103)
Global Search
New workspace-wide search across all your sources — Xtream, Stalker and M3U playlists
Fixed live search (Ctrl+F) opening the wrong channel or category
EPG & Catch-up
Live EPG panel reworked into a horizontal timeline under the player
New optional vertical list view for the live EPG panel
EPG sources can now be scoped per playlist
Compressed XMLTV responses are now decoded correctly
Catch-up (Xtream): active archive playback state shown in the EPG, timeshift URL variants resolved automatically, stream output format auto-selected, active archive program highlighted
Catch-up "Watch" button now works from the unified live tab, with clear errors when a stream can't be resolved
Dashboard
Configurable dashboard rails — choose what you want to see
New "Recently added" live channels rail
New "Trending" rail powered by TMDB (when metadata enrichment is enabled)
Faster startup and rail loading
Xtream & Stalker
Sort and filter the VOD/series catalog by IMDb rating
New "all channels" grid for Live TV
Improved compatibility with more portal variants
Stalker: full playlist loading for authenticated routes
PWA: Xtream connection details are now saved properly
UI & Desktop
Custom title bar with window controls on Windows and Linux
Live channels sidebar no longer shares its width with the navigation panel
Sources page visual polish
Security
Extensive Electron hardening: stricter renderer isolation and navigation rules
Scoped trust controls for EPG sources
Blocked private-network redirects for portal probes
Under the Hood
Large test-coverage push (unit + E2E) and CI now enforces lint and file-size limits on every PR
Major internal refactorings: typed Electron bridge contract, split EPG/player services, dead code cleanup
Dependency updates: Angular 21.2.17, axios 1.16.0
Remote control: volume now applies to built-in M3U players

M3u and M3u8 playlists support
Upload playlists from a file system
Add remote playlists via URL
Playlists auto-update feature
Open playlist from the file system
Search for channels
EPG support (TV Guide) with detailed info
TV archive/catchup/timeshift
Group-based channels list
Save channels as favorites
Global favorites aggregated from all playlists
HTML video player with hls.js support or Video.js based player
Internalization, currently 7 languages are supported (en, ru, de, ko, es, zh, fr)
Set custom "User Agent" header for a playlist
Re-fetch/auto-update playlists
Light and Dark theme