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Anyway, just posting an update on the IPTV on PC subject.

When I first noticed that VLAN 500 (internet) had a PPPoE layer but VLAN 600 (IPTV) did not, I assumed the IPTV streams were open for browsing without authentication. I got to work and managed to get it running on my PC.

However, it seems that less than 24 hours after I posted the screenshot of me running Luxe HD on my laptop's Windows Media Center along with some configuration info, TM either by random luck or by monitoring this forum thread decided to scramble the Luxe HD stream. I really don't see the point in this except to force us to use their lame set top box. Other ISPs which provide IPTV also provide their users an m3u playlist with the channel names and UDP multicast addresses so that they may connect to their IPTV service via their PCs. Furthermore, if people wanted to 'pirate' the content they would just use a HDMI capture card if the streams were scrambled.

I'd go into descrambling the streams (basically what the STB does) but it's illegal and would be like trying to tap into paid satellite broadcasts using software emulation. Except in this case it's a fiber optic cable pulled directly into your home so I doubt anyone is going to tap the line in the first place.

Right now, the only streams which are not scrambled are the PIP (picture in picture) streams which use the h264 codec @ 320x240(?) res which is basically like watching a Youtube video in standard def. There's really no point in me posting the media center configuration guide but if you guys are still interested in light channel surfing via your wireless router, the PIP streams are pretty okay to watch and only require VLC player and a single m3u playlist file.

I'm going to attach the playlist file I made which contains all the channel -> multicast address information. All you need to do to use it is to have your laptop network card in DHCP mode (no static IP set, obtain automatically) and plug it into the *red* IPTV port on the back of your TM DIR-615 router. When it gets an IP in the 10.x.x.x range, open up the playlist file in VLC and select the channel you want to watch.

I still think their STB is shit (lack of recording feature, laggy, etc) and by forcing us to use it, it makes their IPTV service shit too. For those of you who have complained about the IPTV picture's poor quality and 'flickering'/'shaking'.. its not due to their stream but rather because of the crap STB itself. I had excellent IPTV image quality when using my PC as a media center (not to mention the ability record and rewind streams). So petition to TM to unencrypt the streams and maybe we can have some better quality IPTV here.



IPTV Playlist : http://www.athena.my/imagehost/hypp_tv.m3u

man the lame attempt at censorship on the iptv is bloody annoying.
the other day they simply freeze the channel (the Mok show), today I see a new one - a beige box on a cleavage. It was a bloody long shot btw. And the show is Extreme Makeover:Home Edition on BBC lifestyle.

they might as well remove the Fashion TV channel since there are many tits in there.

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