The Xtream Codes player for PC, Mac and TV: three fields and you are in

Log in with server, username and password

An Xtream Codes login is the quickest way to get a complete IPTV library into a player, on Windows, Mac, Android, Apple TV or Android TV alike. Instead of handling an M3U file, you enter three details from your provider: the server URL, your username and your password. IPTV Player One connects directly and pulls in your live TV, movies and series, sorted into groups with search and favorites on top.

The reward is a richer library. Movies and series come through in proper categories with posters, continue watching tracks your progress per title, and on Windows films and series play through the mpv engine. For the big screen you have two routes. You can cast from Windows, from the Mac app, from Android or from the iPhone and iPad app to a Chromecast, a Google TV or an Android TV with the built-in Chromecast support, and pick the subtitle and audio track right on the cast. Or you install the app on your Apple TV or on your Android TV and enter the same login there, so the television plays it by itself.

Not sure whether your service uses an M3U link or an Xtream Codes login? The guide on M3U vs Xtream Codes shows how to tell the two apart. If you only have an M3U URL, the M3U player page covers that setup, the Windows IPTV player page has the full feature rundown, and there are separate pages for the Mac and Android apps.

Get IPTV Player One for Windows, Mac, Android or your TV and try it free for 14 days: the trial starts at your first playback and needs no account. Keep in mind that IPTV Player One is a player only. It includes no channels, content or subscriptions, so you sign in with your own legal service.

One more thing worth knowing: this is not a Windows-only player. IPTV Player One runs on Windows 10 and 11, on the Mac from the Mac App Store, on Android phones and tablets, on Android TV and Google TV, on Apple TV, and on iPhone and iPad from the App Store. Fire TV, Roku, Samsung Tizen and LG webOS are not supported.

The price is $5.99 a year, wherever you get it. From us on Windows it is one payment per device. The App Store sells it as a subscription that covers your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV on the same Apple Account, and Google Play as a subscription for your Android phone, tablet and TV. Both store subscriptions renew until you cancel them. The pricing page puts the three side by side.