Hey all. I’m currently trialling out IPTV providers, and one of the things that’s putting me off entirely is the lack of decent Mac apps, specifically ones that allow for Xtream logins and not only m3u.

The provider I’m testing out suggested Smarters Lite from the iPad store – it runs fine, but it fullscreens with black borders down the sides.

Aside from that, I’ve tried IPTVnator (FOSS, so that’s great) but doesn’t actually display the content.

The only thing that works great for individual channel viewing is using Stremio with an add-on, but there’s no EPG interface there, so no channel hopping and other features.

Any suggestions?

ETA: compatibility with Apple Silicon (M1/M2) chips would be vital too.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
    319·
    11 months ago

    Why are you using MaCOS as a pirate? That just seems like trying to make more trouble for yourself.

    Edit: removed rude comment

    • eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.netEnglish
      16·
      11 months ago

      Why are you gatekeeping pirating based on the platform a person chooses to use or has access to? If they want to use that, let them use that and be happy.

      • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
        39·
        11 months ago

        I’m not gatekeeping, they can use it if they want. I’m just acknowledging that it makes pirating harder.

    • janguv@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      71·
      11 months ago

      My life goal isn’t to make pirating as easy as possible for myself. There are plenty of reasons to use MacOS over Windows (bracketing Linux distros for the moment), chiefly that it’s not a broken and endlessly frustrating experience on a daily basis for everyday tasks.

      I don’t game on PC, which is the only reason I’d have a machine running Windows in my household.

      I use Android and MacOS as my operating systems of choice, and that is more than suitable for piracy setups for most media. E.g. music (soulseek), films and series (real debrid + stremio), adblocking (Adguard, root mode). I don’t have a particular need to pirate software or games.

      • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
        26·
        11 months ago

        Do whatever you want. I don’t care what operating system you use. Obviously you do and prefer MaCOS over Linux för your own reasons. Carry on trying to pirate on it, it’s great when people do what they can for FOSS.

    • BrooklynMan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      As somebody who’s been using macOS as a platform for piracy for over 20 years, I assure you it does not make it more difficult in anyway whatsoever. I’m sorry you’re having troubles, but they’re not related to the platform.

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      Not op, but macOS is the only desktop OS I have, and it is easy as fuck to pirate, or at least that has been my case since many years ago.

      Check out FMHY