Too many channels causes buffering

by throwawayIPTV

I have a sub to Helix, they are ok, but do buffer during football matches usually, my sub is coming to an end so I thought I'd try a different provider. The provider I chose seems worse, channels looping, getting kicked out of channels, buffering, just terrible. One thing they mentioned was too many channels consuming device resources. I have an Nvidia Shield which is probably one of the most advanced performance android boxes out there, how much truth is there to this? surely perfect player loads one stream in at a time its not streaming 100s of channels at once, sounded like some made up crap to me.

fcisco13

Channel quantity doesn't make a difference, you can get a sub with 10 channels and they can all buffer, it's either your Internet or the provider.

no_signoflife

I had the same problem with Helix and finally fixed it. You need to append “&output=ts” (without quotes) to the end of your streaming URLs in you m3u playlist.

For some reason, Helix provides the streams as HLS by default and recommends changing the output to TS for better results.

Lberkowitz

Excalibur Tv is great... Hardly any buffering. Try them you won’t be sorry👍

panicky11

Just changed back to Helix and the buffering is terrible. Previously I was using root hosting and it was perfect but they stopped accepting Bitcoin.

[deleted]

it makes no difference how many channels you have. if it buffers then the problem is your internet or then your provider has bad sources... it also depends where your provider has his servers and where you're located...

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if the signal has to go through the half world you'll never get the buffer out.. or nearly never *g*

Midranger4

There are any number of factors that can/may cause buffering.

Many make the mistaken presumption that the target (in your case specific IPTV provider) is the cause of the buffering issue. While this is most certainly possible thorough and complete troubleshooting proves otherwise in a large percentage of these cases.

Buffering can be caused by the streaming device, your local network, your ISP, or the IPTV provider. To effectively address the problem one should perform detailed tests so to either eliminate or identify one of the above named factors as a root cause(s).

It should also be mentioned that basic speed tests will not readily expose some ISP related factors that could be contributing to your problem. Speed is a major element but latency between you and your target service is equally if not more important.

Tools like Analiti (available in the google play store) provide ability to run detailed tests which produce not only download/upload speeds but DNS and HTTP latency data that could identify a bottleneck on your local network or a bottleneck caused by your ISP.

Before jumping from IPTV provider to IPTV provider seeking Nirvana I would suggest taking the time to eliminate your local network setup/load or your ISP as contributing factors to your woes.

One of the more common scenarios I see are customers that are experiencing ISP performance issues that occur only during peak usage times (evenings, especially Friday/Saturday evenings) where the load on the ISP provided circuit is stressed due to high usage by customers. Analiti or similar tools if run during these problem times will expose an issue of this nature.

I do not make the claim that issue may not be the IPTV provider because it very well could be the case. I simply want to point out it is best to look at the overall picture so that you can clearly identify the source of the problem and take appropriate actions to correct it.

If you run Analiti be sure to run the detailed test and glance over all reports. Speed, DNS/HTTP latency LAN/WAN sides. If something major is amiss it should jump out at you.

Good luck!

bigbellyheman

i get these problems from time to time one simple fix i found sometimes works is to switch of your router for a few minutes then switch back on maybe worth a try