Emporium , did you try the atvxperience on your Chinese box?
Also on these boxes which is better with stb emulator vs smarter iptv?
Last edited by minonano; 09-27-2019 at 08:46 PM.
No I haven't tried atvxperience. Since all these boxes use custom built roms, and there is no support, I don't want to mess with them too much. Tried to flash a new OS, can render the unit pretty useless if it is not supported. And with zero support from the manufacturers, it won't be easy to find the original OS again to be able to reflash if needed. But it does look interesting, that I may sacrifice an older box and check it out. But I do have 2 MiiBox 3 boxes, and they are AndroidTV, so I won't mess with those. But even with atvxperience, it is just a relatively vanilla AndroidTV (better than typical chinese hacked android versions), but still need an IPTV app for an IPTV viewing experience. And the ones built into buzz, dreambox and others, are still far better than anything out there for general android install.
I use stb emulator on my android boxes (except on my buzz of course) since I prefer using a MAC type subscription. Smarters uses M3U type.
I personally do NOT like the Smarters interface (personal taste). Especially the EPG layout, which is annoying, when it scrolls left and right as you scroll through the programs and they don't line up. I find it frustrating. The only program (other than the buzz box) that does EPG nicely (in my opinion) is Perfect Player. However unless you have a custom branded version (like the original OK2 apk) which is optimized for a specific services categories and vod, I find it takes forever to load and parse the xml files.