Show HN: TMPlayer, a TV player for the videos in your own Telegram chats

Category: devtools

Tags: telegram, media-player, streaming, android-tv, cross-platform, kotlin

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

TMPlayer is an open-source Telegram media player that streams videos from your own chats to Android TV, phones, and desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux), enabling playback while files are still downloading. It uses TDLib and a custom streaming DataSource, with QR-based login and support for multiple platforms.

Target audience: end users (Telegram users who watch videos on TV/desktop), Android/desktop developers interested in TDLib streaming

Repository: https://github.com/dracu-lah/TMPlayer · Kotlin · GPL-3.0 · 79 stars

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