You bring your own source

A source is the thing that actually holds the content: a playlist file, a playlist URL, or a portal you sign in to. You supply it. The app renders what it returns.

What the app does with it

When you add a source, the app reads the list it publishes and builds your channel, film and series lists from it. It reads the program guide the same way, if the source publishes one.

From then on the app is a renderer. It asks the source for a stream, plays what arrives, and shows you what the source said it had. It does not modify the list, add to it, or hold a copy of anything the source did not give it.

What the app cannot do with it

It cannot make a source work. If the source refuses a connection, has reached its limit of simultaneous streams, has dropped a channel, or has ended your subscription with them, the app can report that clearly but cannot change it.

It cannot evaluate a source either. We do not know which are reliable, which are legitimate, or which suit you, and we will not guess. See what we can help with.

Why the app asks your source for so little

When you add a portal, the app checks two things: that the portal answers with account details, and that the guide address you gave it exists. It does not download your catalog to our servers and it never asks our servers to fetch a stream on your behalf. Streams are fetched by your device, directly from your source, and nowhere else.

That keeps the relationship simple. Your device talks to your source. We are not in the middle of it, which is also why we cannot inspect it for you.

When a source stops working

The app tells you which side the problem is on rather than showing one generic failure. If you see a code such as MTP-1200, the page for that code says plainly whether it is something you can fix, something the source must fix, or a fault in the app.