Nightmare TV

Live on the Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/9PLPLGHTVB5G — one-click install with auto-updates. Product ID: 9PLPLGHTVB5G.

Nightmare TV is a premium native IPTV / live-TV player for Windows 10/11, Android TV/Fire TV, and macOS, built on a libmpv 2026 playback engine. Where ExoPlayer- and VLC-based competitors stutter on 4K HEVC + DTS, Nightmare delivers studio-grade decoding plus real BT.2390 HDR tone-mapping (per-frame peak detect, gamut desaturate) across platforms. Bring-your-own-playlist: M3U / Xtream Codes / XMLTV. Player only — no content.

CURRENT VERSION: v1.9.7 (July 2026). Recent highlights since v1.7:

• Fire TV Cube support fixed: remote/D-pad navigation, live-channel hardware decode, and trial/activation state.
• 60-second guided first-run setup wizard (paste link / Xtream login / open file / try sample playlist).
• Zero-paste activation for purchases — buy in-browser, the app auto-detects the license and unlocks.
• Player state machine: clear "Connecting…", stall, and human-readable error messages instead of a silent black screen.
• Automatic failover to a backup server when a provider stream stalls.
• EPG reminders plus Windows toast / Android system notifications for reminders and recordings.
• Now/next programme info directly on the favorites row; channel-number zap.
• Regional pricing + self-serve license key recovery on the unlock screen.

CORE ENGINE & FEATURES:

• libmpv 2026 native: HEVC Main10, AV1, VP9, VC-1, DTS-HD MA, EAC3, AAC, PGS subs.
• Dolby Atmos / DTS-X / TrueHD bitstream passthrough over HDMI (WASAPI exclusive, Windows).
• Hardware-accelerated decode (D3D11VA on Windows, platform decoder on Android TV), GPU shader cache.
• Built-in XMLTV EPG with multi-day timeline, scheduled per-program recording; can record while still watching, even on single-connection accounts.
• Multi-view (4 streams), Picture-in-Picture, channel preset per-channel.
• M3U Editor (non-destructive): hide/rename/regroup channels without modifying the source playlist.
• Profiles + PIN + child mode (category lock + daily time limit).
• Cloud Sync — AES-256-GCM end-to-end encrypted favorites, continue-watching and settings across Windows / Android TV / macOS. Key derived from license; servers store only ciphertext.
• Country grouping, unified smart search across all Xtream connections, natural-language EPG search.
• TMDB integration for movie/series posters and metadata.
• M3U dedup on load (HD/FHD/4K duplicates of the same channel collapse).

Pricing: Gumroad (Merchant of Record). $79 lifetime (2 devices) or $5.99+/month subscription. 14-day full-feature trial, no card, no email. 14-day money-back guarantee. Sold on Gumroad, Microsoft Store, and (Android TV) GitHub Releases.

Privacy: no accounts; anonymous aggregate onboarding milestones only — no playlists, no viewing history. License delivered by email after purchase.