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STREAMS Player · Windows 10 / 11

Radio, live video and RTSP, in one player.

Internet radio · Live video · RTSP

A focused Windows desktop app: browse a curated catalog, add your own streams, and play them — no account, no ads, nothing running in the background you did not ask for.

Windows 10 / 11 Free · MIT source No account No telemetry EN / RU interface
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#What it is & why

STREAMS Player is an independent Windows desktop app for internet radio, live video, and RTSP network cameras. It reads a curated, public stream catalog so you get a working list of channels on first run — then lets you search, sort, pin, and add your own, all stored locally on your machine.

The point is calm: a player that stays a player. The catalog refreshes only when you ask, your manually added and imported streams are never overwritten by an update, and there is no account, advertising, analytics, or author-run service. What runs on your PC is what you started.

#What it can do

Everything needed to find, keep, and play a stream — grouped by what you are actually doing.

01Find a channel

  • Curated catalog on first launch — no setup.
  • Filter by category, language, country, media type.
  • Search and sort the list.
  • Pin the channels you return to.

02Play the right way

  • Radio plays in the main window.
  • Live video & RTSP open in a focused player window.
  • ~10-second live buffer with visible buffering progress.
  • Volume and mute are remembered.

03Watch your way

  • Keep the main window or player always on top.
  • Borderless full screen with a button or F11 (Esc exits).
  • Small, Medium, or Large stream tiles.

04Visual grid

  • A grid that captures visible HTTP(S) video previews.
  • Keeps the latest 64 frames locally.
  • Automatic preview updates can be turned off.

05Make it yours

  • Add a stream by URL, no account.
  • Your added and imported streams survive catalog updates.
  • Keep local OK / fail playback marks.
  • Switch the whole interface EN ⇄ RU; the choice is restored.

06Local by design

  • Catalog state, manual entries, and pins stay on your device.
  • Stored under %LOCALAPPDATA%\StreamsPlayer.
  • Refresh the catalog only when you choose.

#How to use it

Open it and pick a channel — that is the whole flow. Until packages ship, run it from source; you can also launch a stream directly from the command line.

  1. Run it from source

    With the .NET 10 SDK installed, restore, build, and launch from the repository root.

    ./build.ps1 -Run

  2. Pick and play

    Browse the catalog, filter or search, then select a channel. Radio starts in the main window; video and RTSP open in the player window. Launching with no channel selected resumes the last one you played.

  3. Open any URL directly

    Play a stream without touching the catalog.

    StreamsPlayer.exe --url "https://example.test/live"

  4. Save a channel to a shortcut

    Select a saved channel, open Settings, and use Copy command or Create desktop shortcut. Both use the channel's stored id.

    StreamsPlayer.exe --id "channel-guid"

#Distribution

These channels are planned. None is a published download until its first approved release appears — for now, build from source.

ZIP
Portable ZIPPlanned
MS
Microsoft StorePreparing
WG
wingetPreparing