Ember
A media player for phones, tablets, televisions and the Mac. You bring your own playlist from your own provider; Ember plays it, remembers where you stopped and speaks your language. Nothing else.
Where it runs
One app, the same screen everywhere. Some of it you can install right now; the rest is waiting on store review.
Every box opens its own step-by-step page. Installing an app from outside a store is normal on Android and it is how most TV boxes are set up. It is not possible on iPhone and iPad, where the App Store is the only route.
Install it today
Pick the file for your device — it is the same app everywhere. The Android one adapts itself to a phone, a tablet or a television.
Android — phone, tablet, Android TV
Free on Google Play · updates by itself
APK — Fire TV and devices without Google Play
APK · version 1.2.2 · about 101 MB
macOS — Apple silicon and Intel
Free on the Mac App Store · updates by itself
Windows 10 and 11 — beta
Installer · version 1.4.7 · 64-bit
Not signed yet: if Windows says “Windows protected your PC”, choose More info → Run anyway. Updates install by themselves.
On a phone or tablet
Open the page on the device, tap download, allow the install once. About two minutes.
Step by step →
On a TV, box or stick
Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV stick or an Android box. One short address, typed with the remote.
Step by step →
On a Mac
Install it from the Mac App Store. Updates arrive by themselves.
Mac App Store →
With a USB stick
For TVs without a browser or a store. What works depends on the brand and the year — the page sorts it out.
Step by step →
The app arrives empty and stays that way until a playlist is added. The licence is tied to your device ID: it is activated on the site or through your reseller; there is nothing to buy inside the app.
What Ember is not
The app says this on its own home screen, and it is worth saying here too: Ember is only a media player; it hosts no channels or content.
- No channels are included. The app ships empty. There is no catalogue inside it and nothing to browse until you add a playlist of your own.
- We are not a content provider. We do not sell, host, stream or resell any media, and we are not affiliated with any provider.
- No subscriptions inside the app. There are no prices, no purchase links and no QR codes anywhere in Ember.
- We do not see your content. Your playlist is fetched by your device from your provider. What plays on it is between you and them.
The first minute
Install, then load your playlist on the web page with the device ID on screen — or hand the ID to your reseller and they load it. That is the whole setup: no account to create, no code to type into the app.
First run — the device ID is on the home screen
19 languages, each written in its own script
Settings — one screen, no scrolling
Live TV, films and series are separated from your own playlist — even when the playlist carries no section information.
Your playlist, sorted — measured on a real 161,000-entry list
The device ID
- It is printed on the home screen. The user reads it out; nobody types anything into the app.
- It survives a reinstall. Deleting and installing the app again does not produce a new identity, so a trial is once per device.
- The ID is not a password. Each device also holds a secret key; the API only answers to that. A leaked ID grants nothing.
- A six-digit device PIN lets a user without a reseller manage their own playlist from the web page. If a reseller set the device up, the reseller manages it instead.
Network tips for smooth viewing
Most freezing comes not from the app or your internet speed, but from the wireless link between the device and the router. The stream flows over a single, continuous connection, so it is sensitive to short Wi-Fi dropouts that speed tests do not notice.
- Use a cable if you can. Connect the TV or TV box to the router with an Ethernet cable; it is the most stable option.
- The right band. Close to the router, 5 GHz is usually more stable; two or three walls away or further, 2.4 GHz usually is.
- 5 GHz channel. In the router settings, set the 5 GHz channel to 36, 40, 44 or 48 instead of automatic. Channels 52–144 scan for radar and can cause short dropouts.
- Channel width. Set the 5 GHz channel width to 80 MHz instead of 160 MHz; many devices are more stable with it.
- One network name. If the router broadcasts both bands under the same name, a device may join the wrong band. If needed, give 2.4 GHz a separate network name.
- A quick test. Does it only freeze at home? Connect to your phone’s personal hotspot and open the same channel. If it plays smoothly there, the problem is your home network.
- One connection. IPTV accounts usually allow only one connection; if the same account is open on another device, the stream may stop. If you want to watch on several devices, ask your provider whether your account allows multiple connections.
You can usually reach the router settings in a browser at 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1. If you are not sure, ask your internet provider for help.
The reseller panel
Ember is licensed per device, and the licence is managed by a reseller — not from inside the app. That panel is where device IDs become customers.
Devices and activation
Paste a device ID, press Activate, and one credit becomes one year on that device.
Playlists
Add an M3U link or Xtream credentials. The device picks it up on the next refresh — no app update, no store review.
Credits and dealers
Prepaid credits with volume tiers. A super dealer passes credit down to its own dealers, and every movement is an entry in a ledger that still balances a year later.
Transfers
Move a licence to a new device and the old one closes instantly. A customer can also move to another reseller with a transfer PIN, keeping the remaining licence period.
Device health
See at a glance whether each customer’s playlist downloaded and when they last played — before anyone has to call you.
Your own text
The message shown when a device has no licence or no playlist can be written per language, so your customer reads your words, not ours.
Selling Ember licences?
Devices, credits and playlists are all in the reseller panel.
Ember includes no channels and no content. Playlists are supplied by the user or their reseller from their own provider. RUSCUS does not host, stream, sell or moderate that content and is not responsible for it.