Since you have Nord. If you have USTVGO, or USTV 247 could you test out how Nord interacts with one of those apps. The dev are saying you have to Nord to be able to watch channels. I think they’re full of BS, but who knows. A lot of people are saying they can’t get any channels to load. I used the freebie Proton an d I did get all channels to load, but the ones that required a vpn did load for me but buffered a whole bunch. My speed is around 940 Mbps without a vpn. When I activate Proton I drop all the way down to about 35Mbps.
Anyway, if you have the USTVGO app I’d appreciate it if you would check it out.
I think expressvpn is secretly blocking my iptv service. I use tivimate with my iptv service along with Pluto.My iptv service will throttle are not load channels except from the Pluto playlist. When I turn off the vpn, my iptv service will come in. I can’t/won’t use my iptv service without a vpn. Of course Expressvpn denies this.
I have ran into this issue. Usually, it only happens when im streaming from another app (cinema) than return to tivimate. At this point tivimate will not connect. I either have to restart vpn or switch server. Dont know why this happens.
Should have done the free one week trial with Tivimate, and waited until your stick arrived. So that you could test everything at the same time for no cost.
Personally, I do not experience the issues you seem to be experiencing using Tivimate. I too, have several paid and free iptv services installed on my Tivimate and 90% of them work fine.
I just now tested out about a dozen or so channels all from the free iptv urls and 8 out of the 9 worked just fine. The nice thing about free is you lose nothing. If they start to fail, I just delete them and try another, and that is what I am about to do with #9! lol I may waste time trying to cajole a paid service, but a freebie gets the boot without much hesitation. lol
Well I have done a thorough test on Tivimate my friend and for me it’s absolute garbage. This morning I tested two more IPTV apps and loaded U.S. Canada and Pluto onto the app of my choice and every single channel plays without buffering. The app I settled on is “Live Channels” and it’s companion app “TVirl”. TVirl is where you add your m3u playlists and “Live Channels” is the agregator that auto scans your device for live channels and provides you the option to add them to the app. techdoctoruk.com>hamburger>tutorials>scroll down until you find the live channels link and click on it then watch the video. Worked first time for me. Even provides PIP. Now to find all the settings. Waaaay better imho.
I have had the Live Channels installed for many years. It’s a good app, but so far the only channels it will scrape from are Pluto and Xumo. I have never found any other app that is compatible for Live TV to scrape from.
TVirl:::install it, add your m3u playlist and they get added onto the playlist in Live Channels. I used the pluto url you provided works perfect for me and it plays all the channels Tivimate won’t, or that buffer like mad. I can’t address the apps not scraping for you as I don’t have any installed other than Ola and it didn’t find any of those channels or it would have probably taken hours lol.
that’s the only issue I have with Live Channel. It seems to only scrape from 2 apps that I already have. As far as I am concerned, if that is all Live Channel can do. I can just as easily click on my Pluto or Xumo app to view the exact same thing.
Don’t need to add any playlist to Live Channel as long as I have Tivimate. Besides, why would I want to? Either Live Channel scrapes my 24 apps, or why use it. In fact, I have had that app for years and rarely ever use it.
I mentioned above that it doesn’t find the Ola channels. It would be a nightmare if ut did with so many duplicates.Well I just found Live Channels and used it and TVirl together and now using the free m3u playlists I can actually see what it’s like to watch a live stream without buffering. Loaded the pluto Url in TVirl, with that I get a fully operable epg and that’s cool. Tivimate was a nightmare with constant buffering. Now IPTV is actually enjoyable and thus rivals the quality of Ola. Missing a few things like “search”. But now I have the usual 100+ stations I watch loaded and can actually watch them. As I mentioned in another post, what works for one may be an epic fail for another. It’s the nature of the beast and what keeps us all testing this stuff.
Different countries, different isp providers, different devices and equipment, different connections, and different strength in wifi…
I run on average about 940 Mbps . Even when I rarely activate a VPN. I still run in the neighborhood of 600-700 Mbps.
Therefore, when someone someone pists issues concerning their iptv, appos, etc buffering, or other issues. I am somewhat reluctant to offer any advice, because if they are running 30-50 Mbps without a VPN. Then their experience and issues will be nothing like mine.
So when I have an issue. I know it has nothing to do with download speed, devices, or equipment. Even if Concrap throttles me all the way down to 440 Mbps is waaaay more than I need!
i jus smh when all these IPTV services tell you to clear cache, force close, and reboot everything; including you grandmother! lol When i read a person’s post about an issue and they state they have 35 Mbps down. I quit reading. That low of a speed can be affected by a flock snowbirds flying over your house!
Most of these iptv services that give up that lame advice are only trying to placate the sub’s simplistic understanding.
My advice; buy speed, buy quality, and buy into RESEARCH!
Concrap GiG speed
Nvidia Pro with over 500Mb storage
Ethernet net connection
Netgear modem and router
Clear cache on start up
Restart device daily
Reboot all device weekly
A job is always easier when you have the right tools!
Same with me. I have absolutely no issues with my speed. With a properly configured VPN my download speeds are around 105 Mbs. So when it comes to buffering I often have no idea what others are experienceling when it comes to stream issues. I’ve spent countless hours finding the Sweet Spot. So when I get an app that does not work as advertised and boasted up by others, I am shocked. With Tivimate I simply wasted my money and will move on.
i seriously doubt that your negative experiences have anything to do with Tivimate. I use Tivimate daily and experience absolutely no issues when using the player.
if I have a buffering issue then after I have done the rudimentary checks. My suspicion is then directed at the source of the the streaming site.
This is why I tell people to check a quality app’s stream such as Pluto, peacock, Prime, etc… if these apps are not buffering. Then most likely it has nothing to do with your setup, and everything to do with you iptv service.
A lot of these iptv services get too greedy and bite off more than they can chew by overloading their servers with a lot of subs. This is EXACTLY what just happened with an iptv service that was anxiously taking on abandoned JC Media/ Sprtz/ Secret Service clients!
Thank you for confirming precisely what I’m saying. Identical channels in identical towns, on exactly the same device buffer like mad in Tivimate and don’t in two other apps. So with my setup and work and of course limited knowledge or experience my conclusion is, and won’t change is thatTivimate does not work for me and with 3 days of testing around 26 hrs total I don’t come to that conclusion lightly. Congrats you like and enjoy the app, and it works for you. But you won’t ever change my opinion that it’s an app that does not work for me while others do. So why would I stick with an app that gives me constant buffering when I gave ones that don’t? I’m moving on.
I know it is. As I said earlier, what works flawlessly for one person is crap to another. That’s the case here. Shame Tivimate is such a waste of money.
I’m running Tivimate with IPVanish on a connection that is typically about 80Mbps. I’ve used both OpenVPN and Wireguard. Currently all of my channels are flawless with no buffering. It used to be that way with Sapphire Secure. Then they temporarily shut down. When they came back I had all sorts of buffering issues. I guess everyone’s experience is different. The internet is a complex thing. Your data can be routed in many different ways, with or without a VPN. Just because your IPTV provider doesn’t have any issues with their servers doesn’t mean that you won’t have an issue somewhere along the way it’s routed to you.
I don’t know much about networking, but if absolutely NOTHING worked in Tivimate when IPVanish was on… That tells me that the two applications are probably trying to use the same port. Idk how that works when you install an app and your device figures that out. I’m not going to scroll back up and read through all the whining, but I wonder if uninstalling the app and then re-installing would solve the issue. It doesn’t make sense if other people can use the same two apps with no problem. It’s clearly a device/user specific issue.
Changing IPV ports did nothing for me. Such conflicting experiences. I tried 3 different vpns. All the same. I switched protocols, dns servers, and everything I can think of. The only thing I didn’t try was having no active vpn when using Tivimate. I’ll give it a go and report back. Tomorrow.
