# Native IPTV (.m3u) support

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/native-iptv-m3u-support/654379>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** livetv-dvr, other-third-party, livetv-streaming\
**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/native-iptv-m3u-support/654379 "2020-11-16T23:09:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GoogleIT2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/googleit2/32/197138_2.png) [@GoogleIT2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/GoogleIT2)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/native-iptv-m3u-support/654379/1 "2020-11-16T23:09:07Z")

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I think adding support for IPTV (.m3u) is a necessary addition to the Plex suite. More and more TV providers are moving towards providing TV over the internet as it provides benefits that over-the-air does not. Our national television in NZ (known as Freeview) broadcasts over IPTV or using a special statelite. I would really like to be able to connect my Plex Server to Freeview via IPTV so that I can record shows that I like. I know that I can do it using third party software such as TellyTV, but I still think that native support is necessary.

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**Author:** ![jwrober](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jwrober/32/147040_2.png) [@jwrober](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jwrober)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/native-iptv-m3u-support/654379/2 "2020-11-18T20:45:16Z")

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Use TVHeadend and integrate Plex to it via tvhProxy. That’s what I do to combine OTA with IPTV into one channel lineup inside Plex.

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**Author:** ![GoogleIT2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/googleit2/32/197138_2.png) [@GoogleIT2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/GoogleIT2)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/native-iptv-m3u-support/654379/3 "2020-12-19T01:03:22Z")

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I run my Plex server on a QNAP NAS and managed to get TellyTV working in a container so I’ve been using that for the past month and a bit. It works quite well.

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**Author:** ![PMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@PMad](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PMad)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/native-iptv-m3u-support/654379/4 "2021-01-30T10:22:11Z")

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Are there any good tutorials for these things? Im quite tech savvy and had a terrible time trying to get these things going that you guys mentioned. I currently use Tivimate, but would prefer to integrate everything into Plex. It makes sense for Plex to have IPTV integrated in it, its weird that its not there… Its quite a beast to tackle though, so i cant really blame them…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/native-iptv-m3u-support/654379/5 "2021-04-30T10:22:44Z")

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