IPTV glossary
What Is M3U Playlist?
M3U Playlist means: A text-based playlist format containing media locations and optional channel metadata.
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What Is M3U8 Playlist?
M3U8 Playlist means: An M3U playlist encoded in UTF-8 and commonly used as part of HTTP Live Streaming.
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What Is MAC Address?
MAC Address means: A hardware-style network identifier; some portal systems use a registered virtual or device MAC for access.
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What Is MPEG Transport Stream?
MPEG Transport Stream means: A resilient container designed to carry synchronized audio, video and metadata.
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What Is MPEG-DASH?
MPEG-DASH means: An adaptive streaming standard that describes segmented media through a manifest file.
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What Is Multicast?
Multicast means: A network method that sends one stream to multiple authorized receivers on a managed network.
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What Is Multiroom?
Multiroom means: The use of a television service across more than one room, subject to device and connection limits.
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What Is Network Jitter?
Network Jitter means: Variation in packet arrival timing that can disturb real-time playback even when average speed looks adequate.
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What Is Over-the-Top Streaming?
Over-the-Top Streaming means: Media delivered over a general internet connection rather than a dedicated managed television network.
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What Is Packet Loss?
Packet Loss means: Network data that never reaches its destination, often producing freezes, artifacts or retries.
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What Is Parental Control?
Parental Control means: A PIN, profile or rule used to restrict access to selected content or categories.
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What Is Playback Buffer?
Playback Buffer means: A short reserve of downloaded media that helps a player continue through brief network variation.
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What Is Playlist?
Playlist means: An ordered collection of channels or media references used by a compatible player.
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What Is PlayReady?
PlayReady means: Microsoft's DRM platform used by compatible media services and devices.
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What Is Portal URL?
Portal URL means: The address of a middleware portal used by compatible set-top-box-style clients.
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What Is Progressive Scan?
Progressive Scan means: A display method that draws every line of a frame in sequence, indicated by the letter p in 1080p.
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What Is Quality of Service?
Quality of Service means: Router rules that prioritize or manage traffic when a connection is congested.
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What Is Real-Time Messaging Protocol?
Real-Time Messaging Protocol means: A protocol historically used for ingesting and distributing live media.
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What Is Real-Time Streaming Protocol?
Real-Time Streaming Protocol means: A protocol used to control certain live or on-demand media sessions.
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What Is Server URL?
Server URL means: The base web address a compatible player uses to reach account and media services.
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What Is Sideloading?
Sideloading means: Installing an application package from outside a device's standard app store.
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What Is Smart DNS?
Smart DNS means: A DNS-based routing service that changes how selected requests are resolved without encrypting all traffic.
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What Is Stalker Portal?
Stalker Portal means: A middleware style used by some set-top boxes and emulation applications with portal and MAC details.
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What Is Stream Key?
Stream Key means: A secret token used to authorize a publishing or playback workflow; it should be protected like a password.
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What Is Subtitle?
Subtitle means: On-screen text representing dialogue or translations, either embedded in a stream or loaded separately.
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What Is Timeshift?
Timeshift means: A local or server feature that temporarily buffers live television so it can be paused or resumed.
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What Is Timezone?
Timezone means: A regional time standard that affects EPG schedules, recordings and displayed program times.
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What Is Transcoding?
Transcoding means: Converting media from one codec, bitrate or resolution into another.
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What Is TV Everywhere?
TV Everywhere means: Access to network apps or websites using credentials from a participating television provider.
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What Is Unicast?
Unicast means: A one-to-one network delivery method in which each viewer receives a separate stream.