iSTB

Nihal Ahmed

Version: 1.28.9

Last updated: 06/06/2025

iSTB allows you to watch IPTV from MAC address based providers which use Stalker Middleware, providers using the Xtream Codes API and M3U playlists.

**Please use the iSTB Lite app to check if your provider is supported**

**Some providers are not supported**

Features:

– Add/remove unlimited portals

– Connect to multiple portals at once with profile groups

– Search genres by name

– Search channels by name

– Add channels to a favorites list

– Full electronic programming guide or EPG (dependent on your provider)

– View VOD content (dependent on your provider)

– Catch up on past programs (dependent on your provider)

– Watch VOD with subtitles from OpenSubtitles

– Resuming of VOD and catch up content

– Watch multiple streams at once with Multi View (dependent on your provider)

– Dark theme

– And more!

Please note:

– This app works with MAC address & Xtream Codes based IPTV providers and M3U playlists only. Download the iSTB Lite app on iOS to check if your provider is supported.

– You will need a valid subscription with an IPTV provider to watch content. This app does not offer any video or audio content itself.

– All content is provided by your IPTV provider. If you have any questions or problems regarding the content or your subscription, please contact your IPTV provider directly.

– You will need an active internet connection to watch content. Data charges may apply. Please check with your internet provider directly.

1.28.9
– Added ability to view more items in some profile home sections
– Added ability to view all Live TV & VOD search results when searching profile content
– Added ability to remove all recently viewed items – long press an item to remove all items
– Updated recently viewed items to sort by time instead of item type
– Updated channel parsing to skip invalid entries for Stalker & Xtream Codes portals
– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements

1.28.6
– Added ability to restart VOD by long pressing play/pause button
– Updated player 3 library
– Improved EPG loading performance
– Fixed an issue with catch up from EPG not showing in list for Xtream Codes portals
– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements

1.28.0
– Fixed an issue with HDR content color when hardware decoding is enabled on player 2
– Fixed an issue with incorrect progress being saved after watching VOD content completely on player 2
– Fixed an issue with the player opening the next episode if opening an episode that was watched completely
– Fixed an issue with VOD not playing for some Stalker portals
– Fixed a crash when changing from player 2 to 3 from player controls

1.27.7
– Added ability to record Live TV using player 2 – access from player controls
– Added recently added category in VOD
– Added ability to decrease playback speed back down to 1x – long press jump backward button in player controls
– Updated syncing to use less space on device
– Fixed an issue with radio favorites showing all channels
– Fixed an issue with connecting to some Stalker portals
– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements

1.27.4
– Added ability to disable auto playing of next content – access from player preferences
– Updated profile groups to support up to 6 profiles
– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements

1.27.0
– Added Who That? to identify celebrities on screen – access from player controls

– Added ability to download catch up programs

– Added ability to cancel downloads

– Added ability to hide player controls – access from player preferences

– Added more buffer and refresh intervals in player preferences

– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements

1.26.7
– Added ability to reorder multiple multiple profiles/favorites at once

– Added ability to download some VOD content – access from VOD details

– Added more VOD details for Stalker & Xtream Codes

– Added ability to choose a separate zone for syncing data to allow for different setups across devices – access from app preferences

– Added ability to disable automatic syncing of data

– Fixed an issue with loading VOD series episodes for Stalker portals

– Fixed an issue with loading VOD entries with incomplete data for Xtream Codes

– Fixed an issue with sorting VOD favorites by added date – remove and re-add existing favorites

– Fixed an issue with last viewed content not opening for some profile groups

– Fixed an issue with parsing some remote M3U playlists

1.26.2
– Added ability to refresh Live TV content on opening profile – access from profile preferences

– Added ability to search for channels when adding them to own genre

– Added long press to remove multi view screen

– Added a new player user agent option – access from profile preferences

– Added support for user agent and referrer tags in remote M3U playlists

– Added removing of temporary files on app startup

– Improved EPG loading times for Xtream Codes & remote M3U playlists

– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements

– Removed #EXTM3U requirement for remote M3U playlists

1.26.0
– Added displaying of profile type – access from miscellaneous preferences

– Added ability to dynamically load channels in a genre if some channels are missing – access from genre settings

– Added ability to view breakdown of storage usage – access from app preferences

– Updated catch up to display entries while EPG is loading for remote M3U playlists

– Updated player libraries

– Fixed an issue with some VOD content not playing for Stalker portals

– Fixed an issue with the volume resetting when changing channels on player 3

– Fixed an issue with the keyboard up/down arrow not changing channels

– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements

1.25.2
– Added ability to set an offset for catch up videos – access from profile preferences (dependent on provider)

– Added more player aspect ratios

– Added player buffer duration of 0 seconds

– Fixed an issue with volume control not working

– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements

1.25.1
– Added ability to create your own genres – access from genre settings or by long pressing a channel

– Improved memory usage of large EPGs for Xtream Codes & remote M3U playlists

– Fixed an issue with catch up & EPG time zone offset for Xtream Codes

– Fixed an issue with catch up not working for some Xtream Codes portals

– Fixed an issue with VLC not opening as an external player

– Fixed an issue with some 4K videos playing slowly in player 3

– Fixed an issue with some videos starting after a delay in player 3

– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements

1.25.0
– Added displaying of number of items in a VOD category

– Added ability to enter a custom value for STB Type for Stalker portals

– Added MAG424 STB model type

– Added ability to set player buffer duration – access from player preferences

– Updated player libraries

– Fixed an issue with EPG time zone offset for Xtream Codes

– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements

1.24.11
– Added persisting of VOD sort order

– Added ability to catch up from EPG for Xtream Codes & remote M3U playlists (dependent on provider)

– Improved EPG loading times for Xtream Codes & remote M3U playlists

– Fixed an issue with incorrect EPG time zone offset for Xtream Codes & remote M3U playlists – may require resetting any manually set EPG offset in profile preferences

– Fixed an issue with forced landscape not working on iOS 16

– Fixed some UI issues and made some UI improvements