I have been reading about IPTV players such as iMPlayer and really don’t understand what they do and why one would want to use one. I currently am using TopDog (a derivative of PlayersKlub) for $6/mo. What would iMplayer do for me? Would someone give me a “IPTV players for dummies”…tks
The stock players that come with the IPTV services I found are very bare bones and never found their TV guides worthwhile. I’ve tried a few and the best I found is Tivimate. You can customize the look and content anyway you want, such as channel and group renaming that makes sense, hiding groups and channels you don’t watch, sorting, copying or moving channels to different groups and the ability have multiple IPTV services under one player.
Troypoint recently sent an email on setting it up which was pretty good so check that out too. With Tivimate my player looks and works just like a cable or satellite service program guides. Also, it’s record function is the best I’ve seen out there and their remind feature is also very useful. You could be watching something in a different app like Netflix and if you have a reminder set it will automatically switch to the show at the correct time.
Hope this helps a little.
Tivimate is brilliant. I have it set up to record to my NAS and it’s great. There’s a learning curve since it has tons of settings but worth it in the end.
I have Eternal and Gemini running through Tivimate, but I am having some terrible buffering problems, I get about 70-75 mbs download, anyone have any advice, thanks in advance as always. Jimmy.
I have Gemini and Pelican. Gemini has been buffering a bit lately and most of their VOD stations do not work. I’ve had no problems with Pelican buffering on the same channels so I think it just may be the provider.
Suggest you check your vpn upload speed on Analiti. If under 15 Mbs try switching your vpn to another server to increase upload speed. I find there are no issues if the upload speed is 15 or higher.
thanks, I will take a look at pelican
Analiti download speed 75mbs with vpn off and 68mbs with vpn off, so it’s a bit baffling
It’s the upload speed on your vpn that can cause buffering if it is too low, even if the download speed is good, (above 50 mbs) Analiti app will measure first the download and then upload speed. I find there will be buffering problems if the upload speed falls below 10 mbs. I find the solution is to change to a different server on my vpn service to get faster uploading of around 15 or more mbs.
Don’t get me wrong, Pelican isn’t perfect(no provider
is that I found), but I find it more reliable than Gemini overall which I now use as my backup, but Gemini is more reliable than some I had I’m the past. I’ve been using Gemini for around a year now and their support has been good when I’ve encountered any problems too.
I am one of the olders, and this way of communicating on Telegram ( pm’s and dm’s) I haven’t got a clue.