Better IPTV v2.3.0

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This version is a big one

Version 2.3.0 (December 23, 2025)

New Features

Parental Controls 🔒

• Protect your family with PIN-protected content restrictions
• Set a secure PIN (4-6 digits) to control access to restricted content
• Block specific channels - Choose exactly which channels to restrict
  • Easy-to-use channel selection with search
  • Works smoothly even with thousands of channels
• Auto-detect adult content - Automatically blocks channels with +18, XXX, or Adult in the name
  • Now actually adds channels to your blocked list when you save settings!
• Block entire categories - Block all channels in categories like "Adult" at once
• Three viewing modes:
  • Hide blocked channels completely (default)
  • Show with a lock icon - Click the lock to unlock with PIN
  • Show blurred with a lock icon - Click to unlock with PIN
• PIN required to watch blocked content - Enter your PIN before any blocked channel can play
• Secure PIN reset - Must enter current PIN before you can reset parental controls
• Temporary unlock - Enter PIN to temporarily access blocked content (locks again when you restart the app)
• All settings easily managed from the Settings menu

Perfect for families who want to ensure kids only see appropriate content!

Improvements

Smoother User Experience 🎨

• Professional modal dialogs - Replaced old-style browser popups with beautiful custom dialogs
  • All confirmation and error messages now appear in sleek, modern modals
  • Consistent design across the entire app
  • Works great in both light and dark modes
• Clearer EPG setup - EPG URL field is now empty by default with a helpful recommendation link to iptv-epg.org
  • No more confusing pre-filled URLs
  • Easy to find EPG sources if your provider doesn't include them

Parental Controls Work Better Now! 🔧

• Auto-detect actually works - When you enable auto-detect and save, the app now scans all your channels and adds adult content to the blocked list (it didn't do this before!)
• Lock and Blur modes now show channels - Previously these modes would hide channels just like "Hide" mode. Now they actually show the channels with a lock icon or blur effect, and you can click them to unlock!
• Easier to unlock channels - Just click anywhere on a locked channel card to enter your PIN and watch
• PIN modal works smoothly - Fixed a bug where the PIN entry would get stuck on "Processing..." if you unlocked multiple channels in a row

No More MPV Installation on Windows! 🎉

• Windows users no longer need to install MPV separately
• Everything you need is included in the installer
• Just download, install, and start watching - that's it!
• The app will automatically use the included video player
• If you already have MPV installed, the app will still work perfectly

Note for Mac and Linux users: You'll still install MPV the usual way (via Homebrew on Mac or your package manager on Linux). This change only affects Windows.

Fixed Linux Wayland Display Issue 🐧

• Fixed crash on startup for Linux users with Wayland display server
• The app now automatically works around a WebKit bug that caused "EGL_BAD_PARAMETER" errors
• No configuration needed - it just works!

Better Settings Organization 📑

• Settings menu now uses clean tabs instead of a long scrolling list
• Four organized tabs: General, Playback, Parental, and Profiles
• Much easier to find what you're looking for!
• Smooth navigation with keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3, Ctrl+4)

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Installation:

• Linux: Download .AppImage, make executable, and run
• Windows: Download .msi and install
• macOS: Download .dmg and drag to Applications

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This discussion was created from the release Better IPTV v2.3.0.