This tutorial will teach you how to record IPTV on any Android-powered device. This process works great on most Android TV Boxes, NVIDIA SHIELD, Mi Box, and 1st/2nd Generation Fire TV Boxes.
Replacing cable and satellite with an IPTV service is something that many people are doing, which saves lots of money. One big feature that has been missing is the ability to record IPTV on streaming devices.
Although many of us no longer require recorded television due to all of the on-demand content available, there are still times when this is needed. There are some broadcasts that are typically difficult to find through on-demand outlets such as sports, news shows, special events, and daily shows.
To follow this tutorial, you will need an Android device and IPTV subscription that allows you to use their URL for setup purposes. Some IPTV providers don’t allow this and this tutorial won’t work with those.
Your Android device must be capable of storing large video files for this solution to work well. Most streaming devices come with small internal drives but we can usually extend the storage by using USB drives or SD cards.
Unfortunately, the 2nd Generation Fire TV Stick and Fire TV 3 do not allow us to expand the storage like most other Android TV boxes do. We can only hope that the new Fire TV Cube will allow us to expand storage with external drives like the 1st Generation and 2nd Generation Fire TV Boxes did.
In the following video tutorial, I am using the Mecool M8S Pro L Android TV Box along with Area 51 and Eternal TV IPTV services. I am also expanding the storage on this device with a SanDisk Ultra CZ48 256GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive.
If you would like to watch an IPTV channel at the same time as you are recording, you must ensure that you order at least 2 connections from your IPTV provider. The reason for this is because one connection is used to record IPTV stream and the other is used to view the channel that you are watching.
How To Record IPTV
The following video will take you through the necessary steps to record IPTV on an Android device.
References Mentioned In Video
Area 51 URL for IPTV Extreme App: http://iptv-area-51.tv:2095
Eternal TV URL for IPTV Extreme App: http://live.eternaltv.net:25461
SanDisk Ultra CZ48 256GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
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New Recording Functions Through Popular Services
Many of the popular IPTV services such as Eternal TV and Area 51 now provide a recording function. See video below for instructions.
Tell us what you think of this process in the comments section below. Also, what features would you like to see added to IPTV Extreme?
Since all the trouble with iptv services, area 51 will not work through iptv extreme. All the epg loads correctly but none of the channels will run. It gives the error [http 403 forbidden]. Any info would be great.
I am experiencing the same issues with IPTV Extreme and Area51
Same here.
Hi Troy, I have a quick question for you. I have a T95Z Plus box and have a subsrciption to Sportz tv. I’m wondering if I insert a 256GB USB stick to increase the memory will I be able to record some of the streams like a DVR? I have been reading that some IPTV allow you to but can’t seem to find anything about Sportz TV. Do you know if the above mention setup would work or does Sportz Tv even allow their streams to be recorded. I would apprecaite any information that you can pass along. By the… Read more »
Sportz TV, quite emphatically, state they do not condone recording, and to seek out your research elsewhere. Soooo, that tells me you can record. Just don’t seek any info to do so from them. FYI, you still could only record what is on at that moment. In other words, no timer to set to record. Personally, I really don’t see the worth in it all that much. jus sayin…. I am by no means an expert on this subject.
How do I get past the 4Gb max file limitation with the FireTv 2nd Gen? It only supports FAT32 for USB sticks and SDXC cards, which has a 4Gb file size limit. When recording a 3.5 hr football game, the recording stops at 4Gb, which ends up being at the 90 minute mark (higher resolution feed). Anyway around this? I didn’t see a “split files” option in the app.
Hi Bob, are you sure about that? I thought that you could plug a 128GB stick in.
You can put any size USB stick / SD Card into the FireTv. The main issue is that the FireTV wants to format the stick in FAT32 file format. FAT32 is an older file format (NTFS is the newer version of that) that has a limitation to individual max file sizes. Meaning, you can’t create a single file over 4GB in size with FAT32. You can have multiple 4GB files on the USB drive, but each file cannot exceed 4GB. It’s just a limitation to the older file format. So if you try to record a show/movie that’s over 3… Read more »
Thanks for clarification, Bob. I understand now. Yeah, there is nothing you can do about that as they will only allow FAT32.
You should be able to use a computer to format into fat32 format and then plug it into the fireTv
Correct, but the issue is that FAT32 has a limitation that only allows up to 4GB for a single file. Thus, once your recording hits the 4GB file size, the recording will stop.
Hey Troy you have been awesome help, so thanks. Got a couple questions. I am currently subscribed to two IPTV services, KS solutions and Sapphire. They both look identical. (1) Why is that? Gonna get rid of KS I think. Also I now have Perfect player set up w Sapphire working fine. (2) So when launching do I launch Sapphire or P player?? (3) One last thg are there any particular things that should be changed in settings? Ex: the decoder settings.. I have no clue what some of the things mean. (4) Oh and why don’t it have a… Read more »
Do you have an M3U url for Sapphire Secure?
It should be in your welcome email.
All set, thank you!
How can i set it up on a dragon box db5
Hello, with IPTV extreme I can’t record to a usb flash drive storage? It won’t let me select it?
In IPTV smarters pro I can record to the sd card but has no timer. Is this a issue with IPTV extreme? I’m using fire tv 4 k stick.
I changed the Download Folder selection under settings to the USB Drive, and it worked.It should come up as an option when you click back to the root while choosing the directory. I do not have the Pro version, could not get that to work on the 4 K stick. /storage/MEMORYNAME/Android/data/com.pecana.iptvextreme/files
Does this work with GEARS TV?
Hi Bill,
Yes, it should.
What is the server port for gears i cant find it
Will this work with sportz tv
does anyone know if there is a way to record iptv more than two days in advance and that works
I would like to know also. Am using Sportz TV do like it but for now and can only record what is on and not anything in advance.
And that is all you will be able to do. The flash drives are just storage. They are not a DVR/VCR. Besides when you start buffering (and you will) the recording will most likely stop.