Beta · test build · play money only — not ready for real use
GitVidPlayer Beta
A peer-to-peer video player. Videos are served by peers, and watching pays the creator and whoever served the bytes.
This is a beta — please read before you install
It works, and it is being actively tested — but it is early software, so treat it as something to try and report on rather than something to rely on.
Play money only. The wallet uses a test mint and testnet sats. Do not put real funds anywhere near it, and do not treat anything it shows as a real balance.
Unsigned. There is no Apple or Microsoft developer signature, so your OS will warn you and you will have to click past it. Only do that because you know where this came from — the checksums below let you confirm the file is the one that was published.
Expect rough edges, and expect to lose data. Settings, wallet state and downloads may not survive an update. Nothing here is backed up.
Please report anything odd, including the boring stuff. Knowing what is broken is the entire purpose of this build.
Unzip, then drag GitVidPlayer.app into /Applications.
Right-click the app and choose Open — do not double-click the first time. macOS blocks downloaded apps from unidentified developers, and right-click → Open is the sanctioned way past that prompt.
If macOS still refuses, clear the download flag: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/GitVidPlayer.app
Optional, but it is the only way to be sure the file you got is the file that was published. Download SHA256SUMS into the same folder, then:
shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS # macOS / Linux
Get-FileHash .\GitVidPlayer-1.0.0-windows-x64.zip -Algorithm SHA256 # Windows
Something broken?
Useful things to include: your OS and version, which build you downloaded, and what you expected versus what happened. If the video list is empty, mention whether this was a fresh install or an upgrade — those are two different bugs.