I have a Nvidia Shield android box. I use STB emulator pro version to stream my IPTV. My internet speed is 25 megs download speed . I experience buffering especially sports like hockey games, basketball games etc but most often between 6:00 PM > 12:00 midnight. Is there a better app other than STB emulator pro version to stream my IPTV. I have a direct line into my modem. My Tv is wired directly via ethernet cable into my nvidia shield, my nvidia shield is wired directly into my D-Link Wireless WiFi Router – Smart Dual Band – (DIR-867-) and my D-Link router is wired directly into my modem. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Btw, I spoke to an IPTV provider recently and he said that my buffering is caused by my nvidia shield and said that if I had an IPTV box through which to stream IPTV, then my buffering issues would disappear. Your thoughts on his recommendation? Does the STB Emulator pro version app work best for streaming IPTV? What could cause the buffering issues? I recently had a download speed of 50 megs but my ISP told me that the load capacity on my line was over capacity and recommended that I downgrade my download speed to 25 megs and that would give me a more stable connection. I did the downgrade in speed, but that did not resolve my occasional buffering issues. Would the app Tivi mate make any difference in the quality of streaming IPTV over STB Emulator?
First off, throw the always ideal conditions and paper theory based "you should only need X amount of bandwidth to run IPTV" assumptions out the window. Running something as low as 25mbps for this stuff is basically just begging for random buffering issues. Or basically.... you end up being "that guy" popping into a customer service chat asking about buffering most others in there running at least double that end up telling you they aren't seeing :)
Beyond that it could be a variety of things. Bad routing from your provider (and where your provider themselves is getting their streams from) to you can always be a potential issue. Are you using a VPN? Their servers are subject to the same possible issues too. You also mentioned your "pay for" speed, which in a lot of cases isn't what you are actually getting, and so that is worth a check. Then you have what else might be going on in your household at that time of night, such as your family doing whatever on the internet outside what you are doing.
Lastly, your IPTV providers, or again the servers they themselves are getting their stream from, might just be having peak time load issues atm. Lot of that going around lately, and especially as providers cut costs in the backround (not that they will ever tell you they are doing that) to compensate for the lesser amount of money they are now bringing in due to sports being down.