31.Mar.2026
Dominik 'Zodiac' Hohaus (ANF)
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ZodiTV: IPTV for the Amiga
ZodiTV is a native AmigaOS application that brings IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) to very fast 68k Amiga computers. It provides a MUI-based graphical interface for browsing, selecting, and watching live IPTV streams. It's new approach achieves smooth 720p MPEG2 playback on a PiStorm/CM4.
The developer describes how it works as follows: The user selects an IPTV stream from a downloaded M3U playlist. ZodiTV sends a command file (via SMB) to your PC to launch FFmpeg, which fetches the stream and transcodes it to MPEG. FFmpeg writes the output file to a shared directory that both the PC and the Amiga can access (via SMB). ZodiTV launches an Amiga MPEG player, which opens the file from the SMB mount and starts playback. When the user presses "Stop", ZodiTV terminates FFmpeg on the PC (via SMB) and stops the player.
Features
- Full control of FFmpeg yet easy to use
- Both RiVA and FroggerNG MPEG players are supported with full control of player arguments
- Higher playback performance & quality than similar solutions and no Docker needed
- Add your own IPTV streamlists
- Keep your favorite TV episode after watching it
- Tune your settings until your precious Amiga turbocard is fully utilized
- Autosave settings on exit
- Checks for update on Aminet
- Native MUI workbench application
Requirements
- A very fast networking RTG Amiga, like a PiStorm, Vampire, A600GS, A1200NG, RetroPi or UAE
- AmigaOS 3.2+ or 3.9 (also tested on CaffeineOS and CoffinOS)
- Roadshow, Miami, or any AmiTCP compatible stack
- AmiSSL v5+ (needed for HTTPS downloads)
- MUI 3.8 or newer (also tested with MUI 5) with MCC_NList 0.128+
- Picasso96
- FroggerNG and/or RiVA with mpega library
- curl 8.18
- smb2fs + filesysbox
- A folder shared via SMB that both the PC (Windows/Linux) and the Amiga can read/write
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