The irritation
I wanted an IPTV player that treated a large provider library like television: quick to tune, easy to read from a couch, and organized around a real guide instead of a database table.
ProductReleasedCurrent
JBigs.tv
A Windows IPTV player that turns a user's own Xtream or M3U subscription into a fast, television-friendly guide and player.
- Current state
- Released — Current
- Jack’s role
- Product design, Desktop engineering, Media systems, Release operations
- Find it in the workshop
- Broadcast & Products · Broadcast wall
Built because…
The real build story.
What I built
I built a signed Electron application for Windows with Xtream and M3U provider setup, live television, guide data, HLS and MPEG-TS playback, updates, and optional Pro features for movies, series, multiview, timeshift, and continue-watching.
The hard part
IPTV playback spans inconsistent provider data, codecs, HLS and MPEG-TS streams, FFmpeg process boundaries, remote-friendly input, packaging, and recovery when a stream fails.
Under the casing
Proof, not decoration.
Build evidence03 items
- Xtream and M3U playback for a user's existing television provider
- HLS and MPEG-TS paths backed by FFmpeg tooling
- A signed Windows installer, in-app updates, guide, and remote-friendly browsing
- Electron
- React
- TypeScript
- HLS
- MPEG-TS
- FFmpeg
- Cloudflare D1
- Cloudflare R2
Scope of work
What I owned.
- Product design
- Desktop engineering
- Media systems
- Release operations
No victory-lap math
Outcome and lesson.
Where it landed
JBigs.tv is a released Windows 10/11 application with a signed installer and direct update path. It is a media player for a user's own legal provider; JBigs.tv does not sell subscriptions or supply channels.
What stayed
A television interface has to stay calm when the data and streams behind it are not. Clear provider boundaries and useful failure states matter as much as fast playback.
This project has a physical address.
In the playable workshop, JBigs.tv lives in the Broadcast & Products as a broadcast wall. You can inspect it without unlocking anything.