Recommended BBC iPlayer app on mi box

by dude_mc_dude_dude

As there is no official BBC iPlayer app for "generic" android tv, I will have to use a workaround for both live streaming, and catchup.

I have tried:

  • the nvidia apk: Just displays the web page, with no ability to navigate
  • plex and the iplayer channel - plays high quality on my pc via the plex web interface, but low quality on the mibox. No EPG
  • kodi/sbmc and iplayer www addon - Mostly plays well. No EPG. Sometimes buffers.
  • mediahhh. Didn't work for me (geo blocked)
  • zattoo app: I get no video
  • kodi/sbmc + zattoo addon: Plays well for live tv. No EPG

Does anyone have recommendations for an iplayer solution which includes EPG and HD streaming?

arrowrand

Doesn't the BBC requirement for a login and password make most of this discussion moot?

I have a BBC account for iPlayer and they've signed me out of it until I enter my address and post code, which I don't have. Ahead of that, I got a VPN warning about 2 weeks before.

I'm not sure that using iPlayer is going to be as easy as it once was come January.

Panther90

Puppetmaster.tv is the answer.

sosasami7s

Did you find SPMC/iplayer www addon to run smoothly? I think this is the best option now, but videos run choppy unless I disable all hardware acceleration in Kodi.