Installing and configuring OttPlayer to watch IPTV on SmartTV, PC and Smartphone.

Description and features

Before moving directly to the instructions for installing and using the program, let's look at what features it can please us with:

• Support on any device.
• We can work with several playlists at once, and after they are created, editing is also supported.
• Support for playlists in m3u8 format.

We won’t dwell long on the review of the program and will get straight to the point.

Application overview

All the functions you could wish for for comfortable viewing of online television are included in the tool discussed in this review. Let's name the main features of the software:

• Saving personal data when logging into the application.
• Saving playlists and importing them from other similar services.
• Adding channels to your favorites list.
• Convenient distribution of channels into sections.
• Play video in high quality.
• If desired, the user can record a movie or clip to watch later.
• Flexible settings for player parameters and configuration of notifications at your discretion.

The application has a support service. If any questions regarding the software arise, the user can contact the company’s experts.

How to use

So, in the form of detailed step-by-step instructions, let's look at how to download the latest Russian version of OttPlayer for free, how to install the program, and also how to start working with it.

Download and Install

The first thing the user needs to do is go below, find the download button there, and then click on it to download the archive with the program. Then we do it as follows:

1. After unpacking the archive, run the executable file.

1. If necessary, change the installation path. Proceed to the next step by clicking on the marked button.

1. Now we wait until the program is installed automatically.

1. We close our installer by clicking on the button labeled “Finish”.

Now we can move on to using the program.

By the way, in order to start working with OttPlayer, you will initially need to create an account on the official website of the application.

Operating instructions

You can register an account in this player not only on its official website, but also directly through the form that appears when you start working with the program. Select a country, enter a phone number, enter a name, and then a password. Using the icon located in the upper right corner, confirm the entry and wait until registration is completed.

If the stream does not play, try restarting the program.

As a result, the program will notify the user that registration was successful and can now proceed to work with the application.

Operating instructions

Having understood a little about the main functions of the utility, we will find out how to quickly download and install the software in question on a computer or laptop.

Download the program

There should not be any difficulties in the process of downloading and installing the player. Everything here is extremely simple and follows the standard scheme. All user actions boil down to the following:

1. Download the archive with the program's executable file at the bottom of the page. Unpack this archive and run the installation file by double left clicking the mouse.

1. If desired, change the path where the utility files will be unpacked. After that, click on the button indicated in the screenshot below in red.

1. You just have to wait a little while for the installation process to complete. This will not take much time and will largely depend on the performance of the computer or laptop.

The video player settings use special files. This is a channel playlist in M3U8 format. You can also get a list of channels from your TV provider.

How to use

Watching video content using the player is very easy. To do this, the user needs to perform a number of actions:

1. When you first start the program, we go through registration. Everything here is simple and follows a standard scenario.

1. We indicate your phone number, name and come up with a password.

1. A password will be sent to the number you specified, which you enter to complete the registration process.

All that remains is to download the channels and enjoy high-quality online television. The content is reproduced in high quality, which will make using the utility as pleasant as possible.

Download

Proceed to download the program and install it according to the instructions given above.

Advantages and disadvantages

Still can't decide whether to download and install the reviewed player on your PC? Perhaps an analysis of the pros and cons of the application will help you make your choice.

Advantages:

• Fast installation and free registration.
• Russian interface.
• Ability to watch free and paid channels.
• You can download a version of the player for your phone or TV.
• Lots of useful settings.
• Ability to add playlists from other devices.

Flaws:

• Sometimes a situation arises when the program crashes or there is no image.

Questions and answers

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According to the schedule, there should be an action movie on, but I see an advertisement and it goes on for almost half an hour, what’s the matter?

Free viewing of interactive TV is unauthorized and providers do their best to counteract this. Among such solutions is not turning off the IP address, but running advertising. But the real broadcast comes from a different source.

OTT player does not work with IPTV files in M3U8 format?

This is true, there is only support for the M3U extension. The solution is to create a new text document in Notepad, save it in M3U format and select windows-1251 encoding. Then copy all the contents from the code of the unrecognized file and paste it into the newly created one, then save it and add it to the player. Important! Simply changing the extension from M3U8 to M3U will not lead to anything, this method does not work.

There is Internet, YouTube flies, but IPTV does not show. There is endless loading and that's it, why?

Option 1 – the channel is encrypted and needs to be deleted. Option 2 (on PC) – the firewall is blocking traffic and needs to be disabled.

My program schedule is not showing, how can I turn it on?

This is a problem on the channel side, and we can only wait for it to appear. Some regional TV channels may not maintain a schedule for their programs at all.

Additional features

The OTTPlayer player allows the user to watch any interactive TV channels with maximum comfort.

But it also has some useful features, namely:

1. View via WEB browser. An excellent solution for devices with limited RAM, for which OTTPlayer works with “braking”. You can open the extension, then use the Internet and watch interactive TV at the same time. This requires less hardware resources. The extension is available here for Google Chrome, Safari, Opera and FireFox.
2. One playlist for all devices. If you add a playlist to Smart TV and then log in with your username on your smartphone or computer, it will become available. In fact, this will be a link and not a physical file, but it’s still a big plus - you don’t need to copy the IPTV playlist to other devices.

OTT Player interface on a smartphone
Attention ! If you log in from another device, you will also need to add it. And then, when viewing through OTTPlayer is again from SmartTV, you need to select the “Device List” item and mark the previously added TV.

It is important to know

IPTV is the reception of broadcasting Internet channels with the ability to control the broadcast. This is very convenient, because you can pause the program and then watch it without skipping. Another advantage is downloading a live broadcast onto a physical medium.

Watching interactive TV is based on the type of playing media files:

1. each Internet channel is represented by a track;
2. the entire list of TV shows is collected in an IPTV playlist, which is analogous to media files.
3. The playback interface is the same as that of a regular player.

It is the latter that is needed to play IPTV playlists.

About the player

OTTPlayer is a fairly new player, and was first released for smartphones running Android OS.
Due to its ease of setup and management, it quickly gained popularity and was optimized for many platforms (Windows, iOS), incl. and Smart TV. The following advantages can be highlighted for this player:

Ease of use. (Control of the broadcast is as comfortable as possible, even from a regular push-button remote control.)

Low system requirements. (It can be installed even on the most budget TVs, and even smartphones with the old version of Android 4.3.)

Multiversion. (You can install it on your TV, phone, tablet, computer and watch IPTV from any device. It’s nice when the same recognizable interface is everywhere, and you don’t have to suddenly switch from one to another.)

Program Guide. (Informs about the current show, and also displays the broadcast schedule for the next 24 hours.)

The OTTPlayer player has only one drawback - it does not recognize and play regular media files, which is not typical for modern players.

This is interesting! Most programs for watching interactive TV are well-known players (VLC, KMP, etc.). During development, they were improved and updated to a version with support for IPTV playlists. And OTTPlayer was originally released as an IPTV player. For this reason, it does not support files from media.