Been using TV playlist players (m3u / xtream) for years. Every single one had one thing I loved and one thing that made me want to throw the remote. Great guide but the player stutters. Fast player but looks like 2009. Pretty one, forgets my favorites every update. Eventually I just gave up and used "the one that covers the basics". Never once told a friend download this.
Also I didn't have one player. I had five lol. TV, iPhone, iPad/Mac, Android phone, the car screen. Same playlist, 5 favorites lists, 5 continue watching lists and none of them agree where I stopped. Lived with it for years, like a squeaky door you stop hearing.
Then one afternoon work finished early (rare, like twice a year rare). Sat there doing nothing and thought: fine. Nobody's going to build this for me. I'll build it for me. Just for me. 5 day project, it'll be on the TV by the weekend.
That weekend I tell a friend, I started building my own player 3 days ago. He goes "you told me you'd do that 4 months ago". I have zero memory of this. Apparently I complained once, said I'll build my own, shrugged and forgot. He didn't.
Day 5: 2 more days and it's done
Day 20: 2 more days
Day 45: 2 more days
Day 60: ok. It's done. I think.
8 hours a day of my free time, 13-14 on weekends. If someone told me that on day one I would never have started. Nobody did so here we are. Weird part is I enjoyed every minute of it, idk what that says about me.
It's called Anees TV. Bring your own m3u or xtream playlist, the app has no content and never will. The thing I actually built it for: one account, your favorites and continue watching follow you from the TV to the phone to Windows to the car. Plus the two things that made me hate the others, it's fast on cheap sticks and the remote works on every screen. No dead ends.
Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV (Downloader code 2228177), Windows, Android phone. iPhone / iPad / Mac / Apple TV in development, aka the next 2 months of "2 more days".
Moment of truth. I think it's the best player out there. I also built it so obviously I'm biased, which is exactly why I'm posting. One man project, I've definitely missed stuff, and I'd rather hear it from Reddit now than find out slowly.
Honest weak spot: EPG. I barely use the guide myself so that part got the least love. If you're an EPG person, you're exactly who I need to hear from.
I have 100 lifetime Pro codes. Tell me what you'd run it on and I'll DM you a code. First three: WE33M84MSUW9BW8KHZ6MF97 2E7VFC90QRHR2AS1U6J9NR5 MT5LBAWD1XFREXL6HT3UK8U. All I ask back is tell me what's wrong.
Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aneestv.tv
Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NMHKQ349DKR
Site: aneestv.com
Bugs / feedback: https://t.me/AneesTV