To make your playlists look like a more expensive service (what I've once called a "curated" service), curate it yourself. The website I use is called iptveditor. Others use iptvboss. What many people do, is load their playlist into Tivimate or UHF and fill in the epg gaps by adding external epg sources. Not only is this cumbersome, but it makes your playlist epgs update really slowly during updates. It also doesn't fix "everything." For $15 a year you can get it much more complete with iptveditor, and your playlist will update rocket fast in Tivimate (without loading a whole bunch of added epg sources).
First, here's what the raw NHL and Movies section looks like in the app "UHF" for iphone for the service "Strong8k"
https://preview.redd.it/2znf72hwmi7e1.jpg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=396528d56e29f67d0401f215960dc8936eb697a6
https://preview.redd.it/s0flirawmi7e1.jpg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b56e0606e6bb80fb68bdfdc16927f631c809b5f
Here's what it looks like after you've touched things up in iptveditor:
https://preview.redd.it/d0a95pdzmi7e1.jpg?width=318&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82e561ec0945cee2b092000f0270ebb51fbee9e9
https://preview.redd.it/2pydcodzmi7e1.jpg?width=315&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0db62859cc9ae43644785828402d022d86a24e68
Some guys who make it their business to curate content and sell it go a few steps beyond this, but all I've done here is filled in missing epgs and move over the titles of the NHL games into the epg area to make it more acceptable. You're a hobbyist. Go get it and play with it.
Just don't ask me to teach it to you...
Comments:
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shynepapin101 Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Tue, Mar 11, 2025 7:04 PM
I've been testing Eagle since I like the sports offering but you mentioned it can be problematic with iptveditor.
I'm also just coming over from apollo and looking forward to be an hobbyist in the long run, I'm going to start looking at testing Strong 4k.
Question, I can't see you original post because of Redact. I want to ask, can I use one iptveditor to manage multiple connection since I'll be doing this for multiple connection and devices?
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mrrobvs Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Fri, Dec 20, 2024 8:56 PM
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mrrobvs Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Fri, Dec 20, 2024 8:55 PM
Yes. I’m going to edit this comment with the solution in one minute.
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alyssagiovanna Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Fri, Dec 20, 2024 7:37 PM
Anyone get errors adding a z2u playlist with iptveditor? For some reason, an eagle cdn url I have wont load (errors say go download the bypass), but works in Tivimate fine. z2u seller says VPN should be no problem. But I know I had this issue with a reseller package I had too. No issues with trex or mega.
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Tony0315h Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Fri, Dec 20, 2024 5:22 AM
To be fair, I didn’t give their app much of a chance and I’ve been using Tivimate for quite a while.. I do think their app does a nice job with VOD though..
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MiTreasureHunter1 Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Fri, Dec 20, 2024 3:22 AM
I disagree on so may levels...but you do you. It's personal preference in the end.
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Tony0315h Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Fri, Dec 20, 2024 1:03 AM
I’ve been subscribed to Apollo for a couple months now (I found them before this group..). Anyway, I still prefer Tivimate over their app.. I think it’s quite a bit better.
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Kdmvp35 Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Thu, Dec 19, 2024 4:10 AM
UHF doesn’t support multiscreen, so if you want multiscreen on iOS you have to use snappier
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theburglarofham Submissions Comments - Score: 2 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 6:02 PM
You’re doing the lords work!
My biggest issues have been with EPGs for sports, but if this is a simple way to get around that without having to overpay a reseller, then I think it’s worth the learning curve.
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Dragnskull Submissions Comments - Score: 2 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 8:44 AM
so you have a 1 device account for every person / device in the house?
there's a few workarounds i can suggest but I think the simplist to implement would be to utilize a service like m3u4u.com
they allow 3 playlists in a free account, or you can pay 5 dollars for 10 playlists for a year
you would create your primary list then create duplicates and edit the link/credentials. you're still having to mess with multiple files but it'll be easier to just change urls/logins than to fully edit each file.
from there you would set up your devices using m3u4u url's of each playlist. You can set each list up on the website to auto-update at a specific time once a day or you can manually push your changes whenever you want
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thedonB Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 8:04 AM
I’m really all a novice at this, is there any videos anywhere that can help me with a step by step guide, or even an example of a playlists before and after entering the info?
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lisser27 Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 6:42 AM
I’m in the same boat, I’ll miss the app layout but won’t miss Apollo’s constant buffering and dead channels
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sandbagger8 Submissions Comments - Score: 3 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 4:10 AM
Adding external EPG like epgshare01 dot online and bevy dot be can fill in the gaps that iptveditor has, especially when it comes to local channels.
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MiTreasureHunter1 Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 3:41 AM
Ok..I'll get that app instead. One of the providers recommended the Smarts app is the only reason I started with that one. Thanks👍
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mrrobvs Submissions Comments - Score: 3 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 3:00 AM
Tivimate. UHF.
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GoPreds11 Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:59 AM
Awesome I’m going to give that a try tonight. Thanks!
Also I screenshot this just in case lmao. GO PREDS
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MiTreasureHunter1 Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:56 AM
Thank you for this information! I've been a subscriber to Apollo for nearly 5 years and tired of the decline and price. I just started testing some new services but I'm basically new to IPTVSmarter and been spoiled with the nice app layout Apollo provided. Lots of researching to do to make whatever service I chose alot cleaner and easier.
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mrrobvs Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:52 AM
IPTV Editor has a reseller's panel that you might be able to manage that through. But I don't play with that. What I would do is set up one playlist perfectly in iptveditor and then duplicate the playlist and change the credentials of the duplicate. So you were given two sets of credentials by your provider? You're going to have two sets of credentials when you're done. One for the original curated playlist, one for its duplicate.
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mrrobvs Submissions Comments - Score: 2 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:49 AM
In epg editor, select "use channel's name as epg event," in basic editor choose "sync name" and in the auto updater choose "sync name (or something)" and set up the custom category syncs.
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mrrobvs Submissions Comments - Score: 4 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:47 AM
In the auto-update area, you need to configure things. Specifically, make sure you set up "custom category sync." So if you changed USA NEWS to "MY NEWS" you're going to need to tell the program to put all the USA NEWS channels into "MY NEWS" if new ones are added by provider. Otherwise the program will make a mess and re-add a USA NEWS category with the new channels in it. There's other settings in there you've gotta play with but that's the one you need. Every day that auto update will update. To update sports epgs that are in titles, you're going to want to make sure that you're syncing channel names in those settings too, but first in your playlist you need to indicate which channels to sync the names of. And also probably want to add dummy epgs there too to move the epg data over like I did in the pic.
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LatterSquirrel1145 Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:46 AM
I use both .. iptvEDITOR is less complicated to setup and learn .
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alyssagiovanna Submissions Comments - Score: 6 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:43 AM
I found IPTVEditor to have a steep learning curve— "Whats all these buttons and options for?" But using their EPG data and having a single URL no matter my underlying provider does make sense.
Here’s my question, though: Since these "direct" sellers only provide 1 connection / 1 username, how can I keep setups synchronized across all my TVs? Right now, I back up and restore TiviMate to all my Fire Sticks in the house. If having to manage multiple credentials, I'm not sure how to simplify this setup.
For context, the women and girls in my house are used to traditional cable boxes. I’ve been using a "default" TiviMate group for my current reseller’s playlist with a cable channel lineup. I'm wondering how to streamline when fully migrating off the reseller?
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jcumb3r Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:42 AM
Great post. I use another editor and wanted to ask if there is a way in IPTVeditor to automatically populate the right side of the EPG with the channel name? Or are you doing that manually for each channel?
I haven’t seen that option from my editor and it yours has it … it’s worth switching as that’s an awesome little feature. Thanks !
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GoPreds11 Submissions Comments - Score: 2 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:38 AM
Iptveditor has worked great for me. How do you handle content your providers update after you edit your playlist? As I understand it (and what I’m seeing when I try to use iptveditor), you’re basically saving the state of your playlist at the time you edit and don’t get any of the updates.
Really appreciate all your content, I’ve learned a ton from this subreddit.
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dfoolio Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:25 AM
Lmao 🤣 thanks mrrobvs who doesn’t touch himself
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mrrobvs Submissions Comments - Score: 12 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:24 AM
There are ways to retain the source epg and just fill in the gaps with the ones you're purchasing along with your iptveditor subscription, but honestly, sometimes it's just worth it to strip them all off and go through it all semi-manually. IPTV Editor can "auto apply" epgs to any missing ones, but if you're OCD it's worth just kinda doing this one category at a time and adjusting as you go. I use the source and the iptveditor ones and never add anything more. If I can't find a channel, I just delete the channel because it probably sucks anyway. Search for 20 minutes to find the epg for the Jehovah Witness Channel? Nah ah. Please don't ever write "have to touch yourself" to me in a sentence again.
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dfoolio Submissions Comments - Score: 1 at Wed, Dec 18, 2024 2:17 AM
Not asking for teaching, but how many did you have to touch yourself or load another EPG outside of the built in one?