The idea of launching television over an Internet channel is no longer new, but in the past, connection speeds were such that even Youtube, which appeared in 2005, constantly freezes, downloading parts of the video at the lowest resolution. We didn't even talk about streaming playback. That all changed when internet speeds became such that mainstream streaming services began to afford 720p and then 1080p quality.
At the same time, IPTV appeared. At first, it was a technology available exclusively to owners of satellite dishes, which had a high incoming speed but very low outgoing speed. Later, with the appearance of the first programs under Windows and Linux, the phenomenon became widespread, and providers adopted a new service that can be offered to replace the old analog television. And with the development of mobile operating systems and set-top boxes on Android IPTV has become one of the most popular types of content consumption.
IPTV advantages
The advantages of IPTV are:
- Picture quality. Until T2 came along, analog TV had very low quality images. IPTV has always offered at least HD video, and today there are even 4K channels.
- Video-on-demand is a system for short-term rental of a specific video, for example a movie, to be watched like on a player, but without downloading it to a device.
- Controlling the air the way you want. Having missed a moment, the user can simply rewind the entire broadcast and continue watching from the desired place. In addition, you can pause the broadcast if needed.
- Features of the TV archive – if you need to watch a missed episode of your favorite show, you can always find it in this archive.
- Channel and Program Guide – a complete TV program in electronic form for all channels from the provider's broadcasting network.
All these features are available without interrupting Internet use – the video stream uses only a small part of the traffic, effectively compressing on the way to the user.
To watch TV in this way, two things are needed: a player for a specific OS and a list of channels, which can either be requested from the provider or found on the Internet yourself.
To watch ip-TV on our smartphone or tablet, we need an iptv player and a playlist.
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IPTV Player for Android
A simple and convenient player that allows you to quickly connect playlists through separate files or links and organize the channels received from there.
The home screen contains all the information you need to work. There is also a large 'Add playlist' button:
Pressing this button opens the selection menu. You can add a .m3u file or insert a link that leads to a site with a playlist. After opening it will appear in the list of available ones.
By tapping on it, the user is taken to the list of available channels.
Clicking on any icon starts the playback of the broadcast TV stream:
It should be noted that to play on Android – the device needs a third-party player installed in the system with normal support for all codecs. MX Player, VLC Player and similar will do. The playback control interface is pulled from a specific application.
Application settings:
As you can see, here it is possible to prohibit using a third-party video player for viewing, but the stability of the program is not guaranteed.
The premium version only disables ads, it has no additional features.
Benefits:
- Reliable work with playlists.
- The ability to organize your favorites.
- There is a choice of video player.
Disadvantages:
- There is advertising.
Download QR-Code IPTV Developer: Alexander Sofronov Price: Free back to content
Easy IPTV
An easy-to-use application created especially for those who do not want to struggle with the settings and just want to start IPTV playback as soon as possible.
The main screen contains all the most necessary buttons that the user may need /
To add a playlist, you just need to click the '+' in the upper right corner of the screen. After that, a window appears in which you can insert a link or file path.
Here you can also check the 'Auto update' option. This will keep your playlists up to date.
To start playing a stream from a channel, you need:
- Log in to the playlist manager and select one of them.
- Find the channel of interest to the user.
- Tap on its name and wait for the initialization of the external player.
The application saves several minutes of recording in memory, which means that you can not be afraid to miss something – you can always go back in timeline and watch the desired episode.
Side menu called by the button at the top left of the screen.
From there, the user gets access to the last downloaded and used playlists and program settings, which look like this:
In addition to the standard for IPTV players application parameters for playback and proxy server settings, there is a rich customization of the appearance of the program, you can choose different color themes.
Benefits:
- Easy to use.
- Lots of clear settings.
- Good playlist manager.
Disadvantages:
- No.
Download QR-Code LAZY IPTV Developer: LazyCat Software Price: Free back to content
Where can I download a free or paid playlist?
Paid playlists are usually sold by ISPs. They are inexpensive, self-renewable, and reliable to use. All channels in them are always guaranteed to be available, and the signal quality can vary depending on which stream they resell. As a rule, such providers have several tariffs, they differ in the set of channels or the resolution of the final stream. There are also options with per-minute or hourly billing, which are recognized as one of the most profitable.
In addition to the list of channels and their automatic update, the provider can also include the above archives in the tariff. The storage time for each channel differs depending on the provider and averages 3 days.
Free playlists can be found anywhere on the Internet, literally. Having entered a query in Google, the user may be discouraged by the breadth of choice and the question of trust in free vendors. Therefore, it is better to look for such playlists on specialized portals like w3bsit3-dns.com, on which there is a separate topic for discussing and uploading files and links to various playlists for IPTV.
ATTENTION! Free playlists do not last long: from a few days to a month. Therefore, if you do not want to buy, you will have to constantly monitor and download new free ip-playlists to your phone. I do this on the w3bsit3-dns.com forum.