VLC is one of the most used applications for streaming IPTV channels. The VLC media player is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player and streaming media server produced by the VideoLAN project. VLC is available for desktop operating systems and mobile platforms, such as Android, iOS, Tizen, Windows 10 Mobile, and Windows Phone.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to record Live programs on VLC. and it this guide we will show you how to setup IPTV channels via VLC on your computer. How to record live programs on VLC media player?

How to add IPTV channels to VLC

Step 1: Download VLC media player from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.nl.html and follow the steps and Install VLC Media Player.

When the application is opened press on “Media“.

Step 2: Click on the “Open network stream“.

Step 3: Enter the M3U URL provided by your IPTV distributor and press “Enter“.

Step 4: Now your playlist is loaded, Press the combination between CTRL+L to bring up the playlist.

Kodi is an open-source media player which is a free application that functions as a digital media center. This application enables you to play your media, cast it between various devices, from a primary location to other devices.

How to bring IPTV channels to Kodi (Old Version)

This is the old version of Kodi and we highly recommend that you install the latest version for a better viewing experience.

Step 1: First start by enabling the “Live TV” feature by selecting “System” and then “Settings“.

Step 2: Select “Live TV” from the menu.

Step 3: Select “Enable” at the top.

Step 4: A message will be shown asking to enable a PVR addon. Click OK.

Step 5: This will take you to the add-on screen for all the PVR clients. Select the “PVR IPTV Simple Client“.

*This add-on is one of the best extension for streaming IPTV channels.

Step 6: After selecting “Enable” click on the “Configure“.

Step 7: Change general location to the “Remote path” (Internet Address) and paste the “M3U URL” provided by your IPTV distributor.

Step 8: After uploading the M3U playlist, Press OK, exit and restart KODI.

After restarting Kodi, A Live TV section will appear in the main menu. Click on it and from here you can stream IPTV channels on your device.

Conclusion

Kodi is able to play virtually every media content that you can imagine and is very customizable. Kodi allows you to change the color, skin of the user interface based on your tasteful preferences. You can also download tons of various add-ons to make your entertainment world even more remarkable.

In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to bring IPTV channels to your GSE IPTV App. Begin by downloading GSE SMART IPTV app from the apple store.

You can download this app via the link below:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gse-smart-iptv/id1028734023?mt=8

GSE app features on iOS

GSE SMART IPTV is a complete user-defined advanced IPTV solution for your iOS device. With a built-in strong player that supports most formats including M3U with options.

• Local M3U Playlists (user can upload via FTP and HTTP)
• Remote Playlists (User can add their HTTP remote playlists)
• Secure Playlist (No need to type full URL, just register HTTP URL with username, please note no need to provide user email)
• Playlist Manager (User can add their local playlists to the database, then edit, add, delete … )
• Export database playlist to M3U format (export file can be found on and download via FTP, can be used even as M3U beautifier)
• EPG in XMLTV format (XML , zip , gzip formats allowed)
• EPG XMLTV formats can be imported from local or also support remote epg source.
• Remote epg source can be updated regularly.
• The playlist can be upload via FTP or HTTP web interface
• Faster and better intelligence M3U parser

Live stream IPTV support
HTTP, HSL, M3U8, MMS, RTSP and more
RTMP support all options including secure tokens

How to add IPTV channels to GSE app on iOS

Step 1: Start by downloading the GSE IPTV App from App Store and on the top left corner click on the 3 lines to open the main menu.

Step 2: Go to the “Xtream Codes API” and select to proceed to the next section.

Step 3: Click the “+” at the top right corner of your screen.

Step 4: Now you need to fill in the entries as instructed below:

Playlist name: You can place any name.
Server name: Here you must apply the server name provided by your IPTV distributor.
Username: Enter the username provided by your IPTV distributor.
Password: Enter the password provided by your IPTV distributor.

Where to find the username, password, and the server name?

You can find all these mentioned details inside your M3U URL. What is M3U?

How to bring IPTV channels to IP Television App

Step 1: Download IP Television App from the App Store.
Click the “+” icon at the top right corner to upload your playlist.

Step 2: Select “Manual Load Channels“.

Step 3: Select “Insert the name of your playlist” and enter a name of your choice and then “Insert URL” and enter the complete address of your M3U playlist provided by your IPTV distributor and click on “Save“.

Now restart the Application and start watching Live TV…

IPTV is a service which delivers the television channels through the logical Internet protocol (IP) instead of traditional methods such satellite and cable televisions.

Please note, the application does not include any channels, you have to add your own m3u playlists.

How to add IPTV channels to SIPTV (Smart IPTV App)

Step 1: Start by downloading the Smart IPTV App from the store.
Please note: For the beginning, the App offers you a 7-day free trial. After the App expires, you can obtain it again via in-App microtransaction or visit the website and purchasing the license.

Step 2: After opening the application and you will see your TV Mac address.
Write it down to prepare for the next step.

Step 3: Open the playlist uploader web page by opening this URL http://siptv.eu/mylist/.
Place your TV Mac address and the M3U URL you received from your IPTV provider, mark “Keep Online” and press “Add Link“.

Step 4: After uploading your playlist successfully, restart the Smart IPTV application and the channels will be displayed.

Password for adult content

For unlocking adult content on your Smart TV application you can try 0000, 1234, or 1122.

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In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to bring IPTV channels to your Enigma2 device and explaining a few aspects of it. Please note, you must use a Computer for this guide.

An overview of Enigma2

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Is primarily an OS (Operating System) version which you store on the box.

• For instance Enigma 2, there would be a variety of options e.g. Open ARP.
• Every version will come with many features and equal levels of stability.

Skins

• Measures the ‘look and style’ of the lists and menus.
• It is possible to adjust this by downloading other skins.

Bouquets

• A pre-set menu of how channels are arranged and listed. For example, movie, news…

• It causes finding a channel much simpler and the list is always updated automatically.

Picons

• These are channel logos which resemble close to the channel title.
• They are automatically arranged with the Bouquets and will make finding a channel very easier.

Plugins

• These are add-ons which add extra functionality to the device.

Where do I get a Plugin?

• These are accessible freely on the internet. For example XtreamTV plugin.
• Via purchasing a box which is pre-configured with the necessary helpful plugins previously installed on it.

How to add IPTV channels to Enigma2 using XtreamTV plugin

Step 1: Start by downloading the necessary items. Download the XtreamTV Plugins and DCC_E2 (Dreambox Control Center for Enigma2), extract both of the files and open DCC_E2. After opening the DCC_E2, enter your Enigma 2 IP address and in the login section, you can use the word “Root” for both username and password. Now click on “reconnect“.

Note: You can find the IP address of your device under Menu>Information>Network.

Step 2: After connecting to your box successfully go to the “FTP” section and proceed to this path “/var/temp/”. In the right side navigate to where you have saved the XtreamTV Plugins and move it in the temp folder.

Information about which XtreamTV Plugin version you need to install in your box:

• Mips32el is applied to the most boxes. For example VU zero, Vu+ Duo, Zgemma and often above openpli 4 boxes or new images.
• Mipsel is applied to old boxes such as DM800 clones with old openpli 2.1.
• Sh4 is applied to boxes similar to spark.
• Armv7a is applied to new boxes like Vu+ 4k and gigablue sf4008.

Step 3: Now proceed to “Telnet” section and paste the following scripts and press “Enter“.

• opkg install /tmp/XtreamTV_0.0.1_armv7a.ipk
• opkg install /tmp/XtreamTV_0.0.1_mips32el.ipk
• opkg install /tmp/XtreamTV_0.0.1_mipsel.ipk
• opkg install /tmp/XtreamTV_0.0.1_sh4.ipk

Step 4: After installing the plugin as the final step, you must provide your XtreamTV Plugin ID(Mac address) to your IPTV distributor or add it yourself to your Dashboard.

Note: You can find the XtreamTV Plugin ID after you entered the plugin with your Enigma2 device under “Device Details“.

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Enigma2 is an open source software embedded on all the Linux based receivers such as VU+ or Dreambox. Enigma2 offers a lot of features including Auto-Bouquets, 7 Days EPG (Electronic Program Guide), Picons (Channel Icons).

All older Vu+ hardware set-top boxes are MIPS-powered, newer are all ARM-powered and uses Enigma2 image-based software as firmware. Its firmware is officially user-upgradable, since it is a Linux-based computer, as opposed to third-party “patching” of alternate receivers. Firmware is based on Enigma 2, which was originally designed for Dreambox by Dream Multimedia.

A summary of Enigma2 features

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Is primarily an OS (Operating System) version which you store on the box.

• For instance Enigma 2, there would be a variety of options e.g. Open ARP.
• Every version will come with many features and equal levels of stability.

Skins

• Measures the ‘look and style’ of the lists and menus.
• It is possible to adjust this by downloading other skins.

Bouquets

• A pre-set menu of how channels are arranged and listed. For example, movie, news…

• It causes finding a channel much simpler and the list is always updated automatically.

Picons

• These are channel logos which resemble close to the channel title.
• They are automatically arranged with the Bouquets and will make finding a channel very easier.

Plugins

• These are add-ons which add extra functionality to the device.

Where do I get a Plugin?

• These are accessible freely on the internet. For example XtreamTV plugin.
• Via purchasing a box which is pre-configured with the necessary helpful plugins previously installed on it.

How to add IPTV channels to Enigma2 via autoscript

Step 1: Start by downloading the necessary items. DCC_E2 (Dreambox Control Center for Enigma2). You must connect to your Enigma box using Dreambox Control Center E2 and click on “Telenet“. But first, you must find the IP address of your enigma2 box. We will discuss this further ahead in this article.

Step 2: To connect, we need to know the box IP address, username, and password (username and password usually is root/root). Now about the IP, click Menu button on the remote controller. Go to Setting then Network Settings. You should see something like the below image:

Step 3: Once connected to your box via Dreambox Control Center, it`s time to execute the Autoscript command which should be provided by your IPTV provider. These scripts can be given in two versions:

• – OE1.6 version which uses Python 2.6: It is advised to use this version on non-Dreambox receivers.
• – OE2.0 version which uses Python 2.7: It is advised to use this version on Dreambox receivers.

So for our Dreambox of this example the command line should be like this:
wget -O /etc/enigma2/iptv.sh "http://tv.yourdns.com/get.php?username=your-line-username&password=your-line-password&type=enigma216_script&output=ts" && chmod 777 /etc/enigma2/iptv.sh && /etc/enigma2/iptv.sh

Copy/paste this command line on Telnet Terminal and hit enter.

Step 4: We suggest everyone to reboot the device once you execute the Autoscript command. To reboot the device just write “reboot” on Telnet terminal.

Step 5: After the Reboot, you will see on Bouquet list a new Group called “IPTV”.

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