IPTV on Enigma2 box with client boxes connected
Hi all,
TLDR: Is it possible to get a subscription that allows 2 or 3 simultaneous connections via a single Xtream API login username and password combination?
Long version: I have a satellite and terrestrial TV setup where I receive free-to-air channels via an Enigma 2 'server' box, with other Enigma2 boxes in 'client mode' connected to the server box over ethernet. This works well. The server box has many tuners and so different satellite and terrestrial channels can be viewed in different rooms at the same time.
I want to add IPTV channels to the system using the BouquetMakerXtream plugin. This works but there's a problem with multi-room viewing. The way the setup works is that the plugin takes an Xtream API login and generates 'bouquets', lists of channels are are pushed out to all the client TV boxes. When a person selects an IPTV channel on a client box it initiates a connection to the IPTV provider using the login credentials that are provided in the bouquet. The problem arises when someone in another room tries to view a different IPTV channel. This disconnects the previous connection, and so only 1 IPTV channel can be viewed in the house at any one time.
I signed up to an IPTV provider and requested 2 connections, but was provided with 2 separate username and password combinations, one for each connection. This isn't suitable for my setup as it would mean creating two different IPTV channel bouquets. Each set of IPTV channels would appear twice on each client box, which would be messy, and the people in the house would have to coordinate their viewing so that they're using different 'feeds', different IPTV connections at any one time. Not ideal. I realize I could use Firesticks to solve the problem but that means teaching elderly relatives how to change the HDMI source on the TV to switch between satellite and IPTV channels, and how to navigate a new IPTV app. The Enigma 2 setup is better for my purposes.
Do any IPTV providers offer multiple connections via a single Xtream API username and password combination? I.e. my server and client boxes watching different IPTV channels at the same time via the same username and password?
If there is any such provider out there feel free to DM me. I'm interested in US/CA channels specifically - I don't need tens of thousands of channels I just want to access North American content reliably, as these channels are not available in Europe.
Thanks for reading.