Tools to play HLS stream URLs on TV

The problem, in plain words: “I want an app on my TV that can fetch, present, and play a list of HLS (.m3u8) stream URLs without manually pasting them via a remote.”

No tool in the catalog fully fits this yet.

You want a native TV app that can automatically fetch a hosted playlist of stream URLs, present them as a selectable list, and play chosen HLS streams without pasting URLs with the remote.

Updated July 2026.

Partly fits

Jellyfinpartial · 59

Jellyfin is a media server that streams your media to many devices and has client apps for large-screen platforms, so it can present and play streams through a TV client once content is hosted on the server.

Won’t cover: It is a general media-server intended for serving hosted libraries rather than a TV app built to auto-fetch external .m3u8 playlists from arbitrary URLs.

Duckflixpartial · 52

Duckflix is an open-source, self-hosted streaming platform for running a Netflix-style library from your server, so it can deliver hosted video streams to clients connected to a TV.

Won’t cover: Its focus is serving a personal movie/show library rather than fetching and presenting arbitrary remote HLS (.m3u8) playlists automatically to a TV app.

Navidromepartial · 41

Navidrome is a self-hosted streaming server that streams media to compatible clients, demonstrating an approach where a server provides indexed streams to clients on other devices.

Won’t cover: It is tailored for music libraries rather than video HLS playlists and so does not directly target TV HLS playlist discovery and playback.

Nothing fully fits this yet

A native big-screen app that auto-discovers and lists remote live-stream playlists for effortless selection.

Questions

Is there a tool that fully solves this?

Not fully, yet. A native big-screen app that auto-discovers and lists remote live-stream playlists for effortless selection.

What won't these tools cover?

It is a general media-server intended for serving hosted libraries rather than a TV app built to auto-fetch external .m3u8 playlists from arbitrary URLs. · Its focus is serving a personal movie/show library rather than fetching and presenting arbitrary remote HLS (.m3u8) playlists automatically to a TV app. · It is tailored for music libraries rather than video HLS playlists and so does not directly target TV HLS playlist discovery and playback.

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