Movena

A private, cross-platform IPTV and VOD desktop player for Xtream Codes and M3U/M3U8 playlists, with XMLTV EPG and native libmpv playback.

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1. Download the latest Movena release for your desktop platform.
2. Connect an authorized Xtream Codes account or add a local or remote M3U/M3U8 playlist.
3. Browse Live TV, movies, series, and available programme guide data.

Movena keeps sources separate at the credential boundary while presenting their enabled channels, catalogues, categories, and guides in one workspace.

Sources and playlists

• Connect multiple Xtream Codes and M3U/M3U8 sources at the same time.
• Load playlists from local files or remote URLs, with scheduled background refresh.
• Fold duplicate quality tiers (4K, FHD, HD, RAW, HEVC) of the same live channel into a single entry with automatic stream failover.
• Detect playlist XMLTV metadata or configure a per-source XMLTV override.
• Set source-specific user-agent and referrer headers when required.

Live TV and programme guide

• Browse provider or XMLTV guide data with now/next information and a timeline grid.
• Search channels, organize categories, and move between channels without leaving playback.
• Correct distorted 16:9 and 4:3 broadcast logos with smart aspect-ratio detection.
• Play supported provider and M3U catch-up/archive programmes.
• Use a dedicated audio-only interface for playlist entries marked as radio.

Movies, series, and discovery

• Browse VOD catalogues, seasons, episodes, recently added media, and upcoming releases.
• Search across Live TV, movies, and series, then filter and sort large catalogues.
• Enable optional TMDB enrichment for localized posters, backdrops, and descriptions.
• Track upcoming movie premieres and TV broadcasts with a monthly release calendar and live second-by-second countdowns backed by TMDB and TVmaze.

Native playback

• Play video in-window through native libmpv rather than browser video decoding.
• Configure GPU hardware decoding, demuxer buffer sizes (50–500 MiB), and automatic playback recovery.
• Apply HDR-to-SDR tone-mapping algorithms (BT.2446a, Filmic, Reinhard, Mobius), real-time color controls, custom aspect ratios, and Side-by-Side 3D-to-2D conversion.
• Customize subtitle styling (font size, color, background, outline, screen offset) and adjust audio/subtitle synchronization delays.
• Skip chapter-marked or IntroDB-detected intros and recaps with on-screen prompts or hands-free auto-skip.
• Auto-play next episodes with an interactive countdown and navigate seasons through the in-player drawer.

Library and offline use

• Save favorites, custom collections, watch history, and Continue Watching progress locally.
• Download movies and episodes with multi-threaded background transfers (1–8 parallel queues), pause, resume, retry, and file reveal.
• Record live TV streams directly to the system Downloads folder with sandboxed path validation.

M3U workspace

• Edit playlists through structured channel tables or the raw syntax-highlighted document.
• Batch-clean titles, find and replace values, renumber entries, and manage categories.
• Validate playlist syntax and probe stream health in the background without exposing connection secrets.
• Undo and redo edits, recover local drafts, review changes, export copies, and restore saved versions.

Privacy and personalization

• Keep passwords and connection secrets in the operating-system credential vault.
• Use Movena without a project-operated account, advertising, analytics, or telemetry.
• Choose English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, or Brazilian Portuguese.
• Customize accent, catalogue layout, motion, playback, subtitle, picture, and notification settings.
• Export portable preferences without credentials, playlist URLs, history, favorites, or cached media.
• Check for and install signed Movena updater packages from GitHub Releases.

These are browser captures of Movena's production React pages, shared components, CSS modules, and application shell at 1440×900—not recreated mockups. The movie and series surfaces use real titles, factual TMDB metadata, and TMDB poster/backdrop artwork. Live TV uses real channel identities and official channel marks; programme times remain deterministic example XMLTV data. Provider accounts, stream URLs, downloads, and playback state use reserved .test fixture data. No commercial video is included.

Live TV catalogue	Timeline programme guide
Movie details and playback actions	Seasons and episode browser
Upcoming release calendar	Light appearance
VOD player controls	Series playback & episode navigation
M3U visual channel workspace	M3U raw syntax editor
Download queue	Source management
Global library search	Playback configuration

Download the current packages from the latest release. Release assets also include a SHA-256 checksum file, an SPDX SBOM, GitHub build-provenance attestations, and updater signatures where applicable. Platform trust status remains explicitly disclosed below.

If installation or playback fails, search the existing issues before opening a new report. Never include credentials, playlist URLs, provider responses, or real viewing data in an issue.

React owns presentation and client state; Rust owns native playback, credential storage, filesystem access, downloads, and native cache/network operations. See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md for the full boundary and repository map.

You will need Node.js 20.19+, npm, Rust, the Tauri 2 prerequisites, and libmpv development/runtime files.

git clone https://github.com/movena-app/movena.git
cd movena
npm install

On macOS:

xcode-select --install
brew install mpv

On Windows, install Visual Studio C++ Build Tools and the Windows SDK, then provision the pinned development copy of mpv:

npm run setup:mpv

On Linux, install the Tauri prerequisites and your distribution's libmpv development package. Then start Movena:

npm run dev

Contributions are welcome. Before submitting a change:

npm run check
npm run check:licenses

Every commit needs a DCO sign-off created with git commit -s. Please read Contributing guide, docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, and docs/DESIGN_SYSTEM.md before substantial changes. Project direction is documented in the roadmap.

Movena keeps app data local and operates no media proxy or project account. Read the privacy documentation and security policy for data handling and private vulnerability reporting.

Movena is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later. Packaging and distribution requirements are documented in docs/RELEASING.md. See CHANGELOG.md for unreleased and tagged product changes. Third-party notices and asset provenance are in docs/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md, THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt, and docs/ASSETS.md. See the Code of Conduct and trademark guidance for community and branding terms.