Install HotPlayer · on your MacBook / iMac

Follow the steps

  1. 1

    Locate Hot Player in the Mac App Store

    Open the App Store on the Mac, search Hot Player and open its entry. The download costs nothing and includes a trial; the playlist licence is bought in-app and covers your iPhone, iPad and Apple TV as well.

    The Hot Player App Store entry listing iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV support
  2. 2

    Install, then open Hot Player

    Choose Get, wait for it to complete, then launch the app from Launchpad or Applications.

  3. 3

    HotPlayer requests a playlist

    On first launch HotPlayer reports no playlist and displays a device ID alongside hotplayer.app/upload. Leave the screen where it is.

    HotPlayer reporting that no playlist is registered, with the hotplayer.app upload address
  4. 4

    Register the playlist at hotplayer.app/upload

    From a browser, open hotplayer.app/upload. Set the source to Xtream Codes, supply the server URL, username and password from your activation email, and save.

    The hotplayer.app upload form, source set to Xtream Codes, with server, username and password fields

    Safari on the same Mac handles this fine — the upload page is a website, not part of the app.

  5. 5

    Return to the app and select Refresh

    Back in Hot Player, choose Refresh. The saved playlist is picked up straight away.

    The HotPlayer screen with its Refresh control
  6. 6

    Playback time

    The channel list, films and series load in. Select a channel to begin playback.

Your login details (username, password & server URL, M3U link or MAG portal URL) are in the activation email we send right after checkout. Lost it? Contact support and we'll resend it.

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