I've discovered our STB can parse and play m3u8 files. Normally I either have to cast those feeds to the TV from my phone (which ties it up for other things), connect a PC via HDMI (doable but cumbersome due to having to use a wireless keyboard with mouse) or on Roku (which doesn't play all of these feeds).
There is a list
here of free and legal IPTV channels, which are in m3u8 format.
To play these channels on your STB, right click and copy the URL from the link above. Paste the copied URL into a new tab in your browser. A small .m3u8 playlist file should download. Open this file in
PotPlayer to make sure it plays.
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Once you've tested the m3u8 link, save the file to a USB drive or EHD connected to your STB. I save my files to a folder in the root called IPTV, but you can name the folder whatever you want. Rename the m3u8 file to something other than "Master," as most m3u8 files save as "Master."
Download the Media player plugin from the Plugins menu on your STB.
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Open Media player. Navigate to your USB stick or EHD. Open the folder you saved your m3u8 files in. A list of the files should appear.
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From here, you can either play the channels directly or add them to a playlist. There is supposed to be a way to add IPTV channels to a channel bouquet so they appear alongside our satellite channels, but I haven't figured out how to do that quite yet.
Live streaming channels can also be paused, rewound, fast-forwarded etc (assuming you have an EHD connected to your STB and time-shifting is enabled).
Enjoy!
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