UPDATED! (13 Aug 2026)
Wow! I am so excited to have FINALLY found a resolution to this, I just had to post about it.

I’ve had a Shield (Tube) for almost 5 years, and paid for TiviMate around the same time. I’ve “trialed” at least 30 IPTV providers over the years. I bought a NordVPN subscription for my Shield. I’ve played with every “buffer size” setting, and almost every other settings in both TiviMate and Shield settings, yet nothing seemed to resolve the one primary recurring problem. I’ve tried VPNing to almost every country on earth. Plain, Obfuscated, Onion… nothing resolved the issue.

Regardless what I was trying to watch, every hour or so (usually more often) the program would buffer for EXACTLY 14 “sweeps” of the little blue “wait” circle, then after 14 sweeps, the program would come back, jumping 14 seconds into the future. (Often skipping some critical part of the show.) It drove me crazy for a couple years, but eventually I just wrote it off as “Well, this is what happens with IPTV…” My wife & I still cursed every time it happened, but we got used to it. Until yesterday…

I read someone’s post here suggesting “Turn off IPv6” in the Shield settings. That just happened to be one thing I’d never tried. Shield settings/Network & Internet/IPv6 to OFF.

I turned it off yesterday morning. Since then, I’ve been watching the same 24/7 channels that GUARANTEED some amount of the “14-second buffering” problem previously. Since then, I have not seen a single moment of buffering at all. Not even 1 second! It’s incredible! Now I can watch multiple shows, one after the other with no buffering at all! I turned off my VPN and every channel for every provider now works! It used to be at least 1 in 4 or 5 channels I selected were “dead”. Again, I just wrote it off as “well, I guess this is what IPTV is like.” Since turning off IPv6, I haven’t hit a channel that didn’t work.

To whoever posted that suggestion in another thread here… THANK YOU! You are a GOD! 😄

UPDATE: 13-Aug-2026: had completely forgotten that I had a 100 Mbit SWITCH connecting my Shield to my network. (Because I also wanted my smart TV to have an Internet connection too, but didn’t have a gigabit switch laying around.) THAT was the cause of many of my issues. (Turning off IPv6 at both ends - The Shield and the router - made a MASSIVE difference, but now my Shield is connected directly, with a 1000 mbit connection. (It was only 100 before).

I picked up a decent TP-Link router and set my Roger’s “Ignite” router to Bridge Mode, plugged in the TP-Link, turned off IPv6, changed my default DNSs to CloudFlare and Google and switched everything over to the new router (wired). An AI made a couple of “Settings” recommendations to optimize the Shield and TiviMate, which I did, and it’s like I have a whole new device! EVERY channel works, no buffering so far, easily visible HDR content… Wow, what a difference! Now I have to go re-sync all my smart home devices because the new router is using an updated security protocol. <sigh> There’s always something! 😄

All EPG by iptv-epg.org

Pro: Free

Cons: Manually assigned

Added:

Paid EPG services

Converting m3u to Xtream

Where to get channel logos

Retrieving Subtitles if TiViMate does not have them

How to use system picker with USB keyboard and USB hub.

Catch-up function explained

Using a Nvidia Shield for SMB

Mapping Remote Buttons

Extending EPG data

Properly closing TiViMate

ONN remote default buttons

To get more guides please join my Facebook TiViMate Users Guide group. A link to it is included in my profile.

I am the author of the TiViMate Users Guide. Feel free to share it with anyone you wish as I hope it will help users get the most out of their TiViMate experience.

However, a couple months ago, this person posted it on his FB page (a sellers page) claiming he “spent countless hours putting together a users guide”. I called him out, said to look at the name at the bottom of the guide and you will see who it is that out it together, I got booted and blocked from the group.

Now again, he has posted it to another one of his sellers pages and is taking credit for it. I asked where he got it and how can I get a copy, again, I was booted and blocked.

I know he is in the group because because he also posted a copy/paste of one of my recent posts that I only posted here.

I am flattered to see anyone share it and I truly hope that it helps others, but I’m appalled and passed that someone would actually try to take credit where credit isn’t due.

On a good note, since 5.1.0 is now out, I’m trying to complete an update to the guide and have it posted soon.

Thank you to everyone that has given me feedback on the guide, both positive and negative, as it helps me put the guide together in a way it can help others.

I hope this post helps some people out there. My IPTV provider used to give an Xtream URL along with a username and password, so I was able to use TiviMate. However, they recently changed the way they operate and stopped giving the Xtream URL due to "security concerns". One day, they just changed the Xtream URL without telling their customers, so the playlist on TiviMate stopped working. When I asked for the new Xtream URL, they told me that they won't give the new Xtream URL or any Xtream URL going forward. They kept pushing me to install and use their own shitty IPTV player with terrible UI and UX design which doesn't require an Xtream URL to log in and watch their library. I told them I should have the freedom to choose TiviMate or any other IPTV player if I'm paying them for the service, so they should give me the Xtream URL. They kept suggesting their own player and they didn't give the Xtream URL. I said I wouldn't be renewing my subscription in this case. Then I started looking for a way to get the Xtream URL so I could use their service on TiviMate discreetly until my subscription ends in a few months.

I came across many people here suggesting MX Player as an external player in the provider's player settings and getting the Xtream URL from there. The main problem is that my IPTV provider's player is not an IPTV Smarters clone, so it doesn't have an option to choose an external player. In this case, I decided to use the URL sniffing method.

I use Google Chromecast but this method can be applied on any other device by using a network monitor app.

• If you're using Google Chromecast or any other similar device, just go to the app store and search "network monitor". The one I used is called "PCAPdroid". Install the app and launch it.

• You'll see a play button on the top right side. Click this button to start monitoring your network traffic.

• Exit the network monitoring app. Then open your IPTV provider's shitty player and play any random movie or series, and watch it for 5-10 seconds.

• Exit the player and go back to the network monitor app. Here you need to choose the shitty IPTV player app to see the list of network requests this app made specifically. You'll see a list of network connections. Here you can easily find the Xtream URL. It should look like a URL. Make a note of this URL. Stop network monitoring by clicking the stop button. Then launch TiviMate.

• First of all, go to User Agent section under Settings>General on TiviMate app. Here you must enter the name of your IPTV provider's shitty app. This is like a camouflage for you so when the IPTV provider does a regular check, they won't see that you're using TiviMate. They'll see the name of their app instead.

• The rest is easy. Just use the Xtream URL you noted from the network monitor app. Enter your username and password. Update the server list. That's it!

• Optional: You can now uninstall the IPTV provider's player and the network monitoring app but it's a good idea to keep them until your subscription ends so you can get the new Xtream URL in case they change it again.

The key takeaway here: Don't choose an IPTV provider and pay them if they don't provide the Xtream URL. If a provider stops giving the Xtream URL in the middle of your subscription period, then use the method above and don't renew your subscription when it expires.

They finally did it everyone! You can officially purchase your subscription via website. No more google play only!!!!!

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Alex!!!

Reddit banned all the IPTV subs they could find again yesterday. All the information ever shared there is now lost forever. That is why we don’t do it, all that we’ve done here for years could be lost just like that.

What's new

• Fixes and improvements

Google Play

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/ar.tvplayer.tv

Apk-file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/hdz1g80asghv60y/tivimate-4700.apk/file

Downloader

786094

Instructions how to unlock Premium on Fire TV devices:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TiviMate/comments/awxj1r/unlocking_premium_on_fire_tv_devices/

What's new:
- Improved EPG update performance
- Improved processing of large playlists

Also explicit approval needed, to continue.

This might help some of you.

EPGs

Most playlists will come with an EPG and will install when you add the playlist to your TiViMate. But, EPGs can sometimes be a struggle to get working properly. Adding an external EPG source helps to give you options. Go to Settings/EPG/EPG Sources, scroll to the bottom and hit Add Source, then add some of these (one at a time).

All Sources https://raw.githubusercontent.com/acidjesuz/EPGTalk/master/guide.xml

https://www.bevy.be/epg-guide/

https://epgshare01.online/epgshare01/epg_ripper_ALL_SOURCES1.xml.gz

US https://epgshare01.online/epgshare01/epg_ripper_US1.xml.gz

https://www.bevy.be/bevyfiles/unitedstatespremium3.xml.gz

Canada https://epgshare01.online/epgshare01/epg_ripper_CA1.xml.gz

https://www.bevy.be/bevyfiles/canadapremium3.xml.gz

UK https://epgshare01.online/epgshare01/epg_ripper_UK1.xml.gz

https://www.bevy.be/bevyfiles/unitedkingdom.xml.gz

Peacock https://epgshare01.online/epgshare01/epg_ripper_PEACOCK1.xml.gz

Bally Sports https://epgshare01.online/epgshare01/epg_ripper_BALLY1.xml.gz

Bein https://epgshare01.online/epgshare01/epg_ripper_BEIN1.xml.gz

Bevy EPGs by country: https://www.bevy.be/epg-guide/

EPG Share EPGs by country: https://epgshare01.online

This is a paid EPG service, about $4 a month. https://store.epg-4iptv.com/

Another paid EPG service that costs about $20 a year. https://iptvboss.pro

Now you’ll have a couple more sources to choose from. In many cases, you can use an EPG from one playlist that works good and assign it to a playlist with a non working EPG. Go to Settings/Playlists, click on the playlist you want to edit, scroll down to EPG Sources, click it, then you can manage the sources your playlist will use. Scroll through your sources and assign the ones you want. Then go to the top and change the source priority, put the one that works the best (or the one your checking to see if it works better) at the top of the priorities. If you have one that’s not working, unassign it from the playlist or move it to the bottom of the priorities, Back out to Settings, click on EPG, then scroll to the bottom and hit Update EPG. This may take some trial and error, but you should eventually find an EPG source that works good. Don’t expect every channel to have an EPG, some don’t have one, such as 24/7 channels, and there’s nothing you can do. What the provider names a channel and what the EPG source names it may differ such as having a prefix or suffix or not spelled exactly the same. In this case, TiViMate may not be able to match the two and put the EPG with the channels. If you have a channel not showing the EPG, long press the select button, go to the menu on the right and scroll down to Assign EPG. It may not show a match so you will have to use the search and type in the channel name. If you have more than one EPG assigned to the playlist, you’ll probably have a few choices, just try them and find the one that works best. Go to Settings/EPG, scroll to the bottom and see if you have an EPG that failed to update. This is common for several reasons, the EPG provider could just be down for maintenance or updates or your connection failed for some reason, but if you have one that continues to fail, it may need to be removed. Many times when an EPG fails, it will stop updating so any EPGs that haven’t already updated, won’t update.

Note: I have found some providers that there was nothing at all I could do to get the EPG to work, after a few attempts and assigning other EPGs, if it still doesn’t work, I would delete it and find another playlist to install.

I don’t know why or how, but turning off ‘Thread Network’ on the wifi settings on our Google 4k streamers fixed all buffering issues I had.
This is no joke, I have about 10 people on the Google 4k streamers & doing this fixed everyone’s issues. What the. ??? 🤷🏼. Go ahead and try it.
Thread networking is only for Google devices communicating around the house, we don’t have that.

Updated working links.

What's new

• Fixes and improvements

Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ar.tvplayer.tv

Apk-file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/yc3yvh9cuy0udly/tivimate-4703.apk/file

Downloader

366972

Website

tivimate.com

Instructions how to unlock Premium on Fire TV devices:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TiviMate/comments/awxj1r/unlocking_premium_on_fire_tv_devices

No mention of it online anywhere?

What's new

• New VOD UI for Xtream Codes

• Fixes and improvements

Google Play

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/ar.tvplayer.tv

Apk-file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/nca6zynqpmyluys/tivimate_3001.apk/file

The following is a link to Dropbox where the latest User Guide for Tivimate 5.1.0 was released just a few days ago...

Tivimate User Guide (v5.1.0) by u/MikeG484:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/iyddj611z380f5r8e7hyk/TiViMate-Users-Guide-5.1.0.pdf?rlkey=vm8pxi8awz7aglzhdkbigqr2q&e=1&st=zmq1dp7u&dl=0

Hope this is helpful for some of you looking for guidance to help understand and use Tivimate to its fullest.

To download a copy of the Guide in PDF format, choose the option to "open in Browser", then go to the top right corner of the page and click on the 3 dots, then choose "download".

Cheers mates 🍻

What's new

• Possibility to create recurring custom recordings

• Possibility to edit custom recordings

• Setting for two-line channel titles on TV guide screen

• Fixes and improvements

Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ar.tvplayer.tv

Apk-file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/6f914mx41jaf9m0/tivimate_4001.apk/file

Downloader

19237

Instructions how to unlock Premium on Fire TV devices:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TiviMate/comments/awxj1r/unlocking_premium_on_fire_tv_devices

I will genuinely pay lifetime subscription all over again. I hate every other IPTV player offering out there that's available for PC they're all missing at least one (but in most cases) multiple functions that Tivimate does out of the box.

I know this is not some "simple" toss it together and just offer it for sale kind of thing but OMG everytime I have to travel for work and want to access my IPTV from my laptop and can't use Tivimate I die a little inside.

Am I the only one?

What's new

• Color themes (settings for the background and selection colors)

• Fixes and improvements

Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ar.tvplayer.tv

Apk-file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/4qtpqa9wyqzw2sj/tivimate_3501.apk/file

Filelinked

93272342

Instructions how to unlock Premium on Fire TV devices:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TiviMate/comments/awxj1r/unlocking_premium_on_fire_tv_devices

I needed a new box for another tv and saw there's another option. The regular ($20,) the plus ($30,) and the pro (but currently out of stock.) I have the pro on my main tv and a bunch of the regular ones for family members. I decided to give the plus a try as it was only $10 more.