Advice on IPTV and recording

by Haak333

I was hoping to get some advice on what the best set up would be for my usage needs. I’m going to be getting an Nvidia Shield TV soon (online sale), and I’d like to use it for IPTV if I can.

I'm from the UK and mainly just watched Comedy Central UK on SkyTV (as well as Sky Movies and Sky Sports but those aren’t that important to me) and often record programs so I’m wondering what the best method of emulating that would be on an Nvidia Shield. Some methods I’ve been looking into:

  1. VOD/Catch Up – Is it easy to get Video On Demand for Comedy Central programs like The Daily Show and Impractical Jokers? Those are the two main ones for me. Sports and Films would be a bonus but aren’t a necessity.

  2. Recording utilities on IPTV apps – Do IPTV clients (e.g Tivimate) have scheduled recording functions? If so which ones and how powerful/intuitive are they? Would I be able to, for example, record something whilst watching another program? Would I be able to set something to record whilst my Nvidia Shield is in sleep mode or would my Nvidia Shield have to be constantly on for me to schedule record stuff?

  3. Recording utilities on Nvidia Shield – I’ve heard the Shield itself has recording functions but how well does this work? Can it schedule record?

Sorry if these are dumb questions and feel free to point out any misconceptions.

indianacpl

The shield is a great iptv player, use both of mine daily for it. A lot of providers are stepping away from VOD due to the increased risk of legal action. You are better of using something like TiviMate or other app for streaming you iptv services. Then install a couple 3rd party apps like Cyberflix or Titanium TV for your VOD viewing.

As for recording, unless your recording live sporting events there really is no need to record because you can get most everything with the 3rd party apps which 9 times out of 10 have the commercials already removed or catchup feature if your provider has catchup. This is just my opinion so take it for what it’s worth.

pioniere

These are great questions, I’m starting to look at this myself so hopefully we’ll get some good answers.

allanfarrell

Catch-up depend on provider. Not all channels have it.

The best/easiest option for scheduled recording at the moment is implayer. It's the same as mol2 more or less but works on all android boxes.

Tivimate is excellent but doesn't have recording but as another poster mentioned you can just use catch-up instead for most programmes you. would watch, but are stuck to 7 days.