Why Forkplayer does not work in 2021: reasons, what to do?

Recently, many have encountered problems using this browser. Let's look at why Forkplayer doesn't work in 2021 and the main solutions. Fork player is a special browser, fully adapted for TVs with Smart TV technology. It is used to browse websites, allows you to watch any movies online, including live broadcasts, listen to music and use popular resources. These include YouTube, Filmix, HDrezka, Moonwalk, etc.

All content is downloaded directly from the Internet, processed and converted into a specific format for viewing on TV. The quality of media depends on the site where they are posted, as well as on a stable Internet connection.

Forkplayer does not play videos - what to do?

Often, users encounter a black screen when trying to play a video or movie. Usually, this happens due to non-working IPTV, which are often blocked. Before opening media content, check the status of the playlist. It is probably damaged and you need to choose another one.

Recently, most IPTVs have been blocked. Why is this happening? The Fork Player application only includes pirated content, and anyone can create a new IPTV broadcast. But, to create it, you need certain equipment, rented premises, computing power and a special license. This explains why users prefer to use illegal methods to create playlists.

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In turn, IPTV providers are actively fighting leaks and closing unknown streams. Free playlists are easy to find. After all, the more people visit them, the easier it is to detect pirated content and block it. That is, thousands of IPTVs are updated and blocked every day.

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The cause may also be an incorrectly selected video player format. No playlist starts? Go to the settings and select the player type - media or html5.

Errors when connecting ForkPlayer

Often, why all the errors occur when launching the ForkPlayer widget can be divided into two types:

1. ForkPlayer does not start despite changing the DNS;
2. The Internet disappears when connected or there is no access to the playlist.

Depending on what kind of error you encountered, the way to solve it depends.

For example, if you have problems connecting to the Internet, which comes via Wi-Fi from a router received as a promotion from your provider, then you need to solve the problem with the router. Typically, such devices are not distinguished by their special quality and firmware, but this can happen with a regular router, not a promotional one. To fix router related issues, you can try the following:

1. First, you should find out if the problem is that your provider or router is blocking your request when entering DNS. To do this, you will need to go to the Internet from your computer and enter nslookup dnsonlin.obovse.ru in the command line (cmd). 46.36.218.194. If you get Lb in response: dnsonlin.obovse.ru Address: 46.36.218.194, then this is not the problem. If in response you receive Lb: dnsonlin.obovse.ru Address: 193.109.246.8, or DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds TxЁmxЁ: UnKnown, then you need to try the options below.

2. Disable the Yandex.DNS program;
3. If you are the owner of a promotional router, then you will have to change the firmware on it. If you have a regular router, then the firmware will simply need to be updated;
4. Go to the router settings by entering its number in the address bar of the browser (this number is usually indicated at the bottom of the router and looks like ***.***.*.*). After that, go to the DHCP settings and enter the DNS address for ForkPlayer in the “Primary DNS” column. If this doesn't work, check with your ISP to see if they allow you to use their own DNS to connect to the server.

If your Smart TV is connected to the Internet directly, then if there is no connection and an error appears, you should try the following:

1. Check that the DNS address entered is correct;
2. Wait a few minutes and try to renew the connection to the DNS server;
3. Restart your TV and reconnect to the server.

These are the main problems. Most often, by following these steps, you will be able to configure the program and gain access to playlists that store a large amount of free video and audio content. In addition, having configured everything correctly, you can create and view playlists yourself by installing Remote ForkPlayer.

Forkplayer search does not work - how to fix it?

If the search stops working, what should I do? There is no way to fix this problem. Today, pirated content is actively blocked; for example, the largest resource, Moonwalk, which provided illegal media for almost all pirated movie sites, was recently closed.

Users note that the non-working search and error when opening a specific site through a fork player disappears. If you cannot use this browser today, it will probably work again tomorrow, because the content is constantly updated.

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Installation via DNS change

Setting up ForkPlayer by changing DNS is the easiest and fastest way to install this widget on your Smart TV. The only thing you need for this is connecting the TV to the Internet and a correctly entered IP address.

Samsung Smart TV 2010-2014

In order to set up this widget on your Samsung Smart TV and access your playlists, you will need:

• Go to Smart Hub;
• Log in to the system by entering your username or password, or, if you have not yet registered, by entering “develop” as your login. In this case, the password column should be left empty;
• Click on Tools and go to the development tab;
• In the list that appears, select “Setting the server IP address”;
• A window will appear in front of you in which you will need to enter the DNS server address;
• After this, you will need to click on the “Synchronize user applications” button and wait for it to finish. As a result, the ForkPlayer widget will work and you will be able to create your own playlists, view ready-made playlists and watch your favorite video on the Internet.

LG Smart TV

To set up ForkPlayer on LG Smart TV, you need to:

• In the TV settings, select “Network connection”;
• Next you will need to go to the “DNS server”;
• A window will appear in front of you in which you will need to manually enter the DNS server address;
• After this, you will need to go to the “Premium” section. Here you will need to launch the Russia TV, Radio, First Automobile, vTuner application or, if you enter new DNS, the Accu weather application. As a result, the ForkPlayer widget will start working and you will be able to watch your favorite video.

However, this option has some nuances that may arise during the installation process. If you cannot find any of the above applications, then make sure that the TV settings are set to Russia or Ukraine. If, when you launch them, ForkPlayer still does not work and there is no access to playlists, then you should figure out what the problem is and solve it in another way.

What to do if Forkplayer does not work well on LG, Samsung and Philips

If Forkplayer stopped working on LG, Samsung or Philips TVs, then try changing the DNS address. The provider has probably blocked it and now you need to update this parameter. Depending on the TV brand, the setting will be as follows:

1. For Samsung – 17.30.89, 46.36.222.114.
2. For LG – 85.17.30.89, 217.79.190.156.

Other addresses:

• 36.222.114.
• 36.218.194.
• 36.220.208.
• 101.118.43.

Select a working DNS. As we found out, the main reason explaining why the widget in question began to work poorly is the blocking of illegal content. This problem cannot be eliminated, because the content will continue to be cleaned.

Installation from a flash drive

The process of installing the ForkPlayer application from a flash drive may vary. It all depends on what brand of TV it is installed on, as well as on some other points. Let's look at the main ones.

Samsung Smart TV J series

Installing the ForkPlayer program from a flash drive and accessing playlists with your favorite videos is quite simple. For this:

1. Create a folder on the flash drive called “userwidget” and transfer the widget archive to it without unpacking it.
2. Insert the USB flash drive into the TV and wait for the application to install.
3. After it is installed, remove the drive so that the program does not install again when you turn on the Smart TV.

Samsung Smart TV J series with software 1421-1422

This option is more complex. Many people don’t even install the ForkPlayer program because they don’t want to bother downgrading the software version. Without this, it will be impossible to install the widget.

In order to roll back to an older version, you will need:

• Download the folder with the firmware to a flash drive;
• Go to the main menu of Smart TV and find the firmware update item;
• In the menu that appears, select update from USB;
• Wait until the firmware is updated. When this process ends, the TV will turn off on its own;
• After it turns on, a small sign will appear on the screen. Click OK and remove the flash drive;
• Now you can start installing ForkPlayer.

LG Smart TV

Installing the ForkPlayer widget on LG Smart TVs does not cause any particular difficulties.

• Download the archive with the installation files of the ForkPlayer widget and unpack it to the root of the flash drive;
• Go to the LG Smart TV Store by entering your username and password;
• Insert the flash drive and go to “My Applications” to find it, or click on the button with the image of a house to find it in the strip located at the bottom of the main screen;
• After installing the application, the main categories will be available to you. To add sheets for playing your favorite videos, you will need to activate the RemoteFork option on your Smart TV and run the Remote ForkPlayer program on your tablet, smartphone or computer. Also, with the help of these applications you can create and edit your own playlists.

DNS numbers for ForkPlayer

When installing ForkPlayer through a DNS change, which numbers will be used largely depends on the manufacturer of the Smart TV.

DNS addresses for Samsung Smart TV:

DNS addresses for LG Smart TV:

Outdated DNS (not recommended):

For Smart TVs from other manufacturers, the DNS will have to be selected, but most often the same addresses as for LG are suitable for this.

Setting up the ForkPlayer application.

To go to the settings, click on the three horizontal lines at the top -> and select “Application Settings”:

and here you can configure it as you please. In order not to describe it for a long time and not bother you too much, I suggest you just do everything as I did - in the screenshots below. But to make things easier for you, I’ll tell you what I changed:

• Time zone (set yours),
• Live search - turned on,
• Third party content - enabled,
• Video quality - 1080p,
• IPTV sorting - from Russian to English.
• RemoteFork - Auto - this item is responsible for the ability to watch torrent TV and movies online via torrent; read how to set it all up here.

Setting up the ForkPlayer start menu:

Now let's customize the start menu a little more - add more applications and you can enjoy watching online movies on your TV.

So, click on the icon of three horizontal lines at the top and go to “Start Menu Settings”:

and here you enable or disable those applications that you like or do not like. To begin with, you can enable them all, and then filter out and disable the unnecessary ones that are not interesting to you:

That's all the setup. And then, either select the best applications for yourself -> go to them on the start page, or use the global search (I personally do this) - look for what you need and look. It may not be familiar at first, but I’m sure you’ll quickly get the hang of it all. After all, in essence, this is the same browser as on your computer. Here you can also open several tabs (although doing this with a standard remote control is not very convenient, but, as an option, you can make your life easier using a smartphone and the LG TV Plus application, which I wrote about in this article), you can also make bookmarks in the fork player and much more...

A couple of tips on how to work with ForkPlayer, useful tricks, so to speak...

In general, fork player is a really very cool application. The developers need to be given credit and thanks for this. Everything is really very conveniently organized and most importantly, access to a huge amount of content is open. Working in this shell is quite convenient, everything works stably, in general I have only positive emotions.

Tip #1 - adding new links to the start menu:

This is what my home page looks like:

Well, I hope, as you already understand, the main page can be customized at your discretion - add or disable certain applications. You can also find new ones through the search and add them to your home screen. This is easy to do, the main thing is to know what to look for. Well, for example, put the cursor in the search bar

— the keyboard opens and type iptv_2:

entered - click “OK” and the search results will appear:

And if you like this link, you can add it to the start window -> to do this, click on the red button on the remote control:

and select “Add to start menu”:

Simply put, we added a link to favorites, to our top favorite sites on the main page of the web browser (fork player). In this way you can add links to IPTV channels, or to your favorite cinemas and other useful things.

The search for a movie also happens on its own - move the cursor to the search bar - enter the title, and you will be offered options as you enter, you can just go up and select the appropriate one to save time on entering, all by analogy with a regular browser on a PC or smartphone and Click “OK” and “OK” again:

and here is the search result:

Tip #2 - TOP search queries:

This is also a very interesting thing, if you don’t know what to look at, just click on the “TOP search queries” link under the search bar:

and you will see the results of the most popular queries, what people are looking for, what people are watching:

Chip No. 3 - TOP films:

Here you can also see the TOP by the largest portal - film search, by ratings, by box office receipts, by year, etc. Click on the “KinoPoisk” link:

and here are various ratings for you, choose what you want:

Tip #4 - TOP searches by playlists:

If you don’t have enough content, you can look for interesting playlists, see what people are looking for... To do this, in the “TOP searches by playlists:

and you will have access to a list of popular queries:

there is already a huge field for experimentation. Add as I described above, in chip No. 1. Here you can find links to new online cinemas and lists of IPTV channels, many, many things are hidden here, so take advantage.

Tip #5 - listening to online radio or music:

In ForkPlayer you can also listen to online radio or any music. To do this, go to the ZV.FM application:

and here you can choose to listen to radio or music, this window will appear:

online radio list:

Tip #6 - add bookmarks

Here, just like in your browser on your computer, you can add bookmarks, to do this you need to click on the asterisk in the top line:

Let's say you found a good movie or TV series, but want to watch it later... While on the page with the search result or by selecting one of the links, without starting to watch the movie itself, click on this very star -> select “Add to bookmarks” -> Add to movies or TV series, IPTV, etc. :