Install HotPlayer · on your Windows

Follow the steps

  1. 1

    Add Hot Player from the Microsoft Store

    Open the Microsoft Store on the PC and search Hot Player, or use the button above. Choose Get and wait. A trial is included; the playlist licence is bought from HotPlayer afterwards.

    The Hot Player listing in the Microsoft Store
  2. 2

    Launch Hot Player

    Launch it from the Start menu.

  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

    The browser on the same PC is fine for this — 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.

Installing HotPlayer on Windows: what is different

  • On Windows, HotPlayer is a desktop program — install it from the Microsoft Store or run the installer from the developer's site.

  • SmartScreen may warn about an installer it has not seen before. Choose More info › Run anyway only if you downloaded HotPlayer from its official page.

  • A wired Ethernet connection is worth using on a desktop PC: Wi-Fi adapters on older machines are the usual cause of stuttering at high bitrates.

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