Benso

Benso for TV providers

Apple TV, Mac, iPad, iPhone

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Xtream and M3U

Add your TV provider’s Xtream login or M3U playlist, with its XMLTV guide, over https or plain http.

A provider on plain http is used only after you agree, because others on the network could see your sign-in and what you watch.

Add Source Set Up with Your PhoneScan a code and fill in the details on your phone From Your TV Provider Xtream LoginServer address, username and password M3U PlaylistPlaylist link and optional TV guide TV Guide (XMLTV)Guide data for your existing channels Your Services PlexSign inJellyfinSign in

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Programme Guide

Move through channels and the next 24 hours, jump back to now, and open any programme for its details.

  • Apple TV
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone

Extended EPG Plus

See everything your provider lists, beyond the next 24 hours.

  • Apple TV
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone

Channel Lists

Your own lists come first: favourites, recent channels, your playlists, the categories you pin, and any XMLTV guide you add as a list of the channels it covers. Then Benso Lists, folded: lists for Sport, News, Kids and Films from your channels. Favourite, hide, rename or find any channel by its name or number. Sort any list by number, name, what you watched last or favourites first, filter it to HD, channels with a guide or favourites, and move any list into Benso Lists or out of them, by dragging it or with the remote.

  • Apple TV
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone

Catch-Up and Start Again

Start any programme from the beginning, and catch up on what you missed.

Needs a provider that offers catch-up.

  • Apple TV
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone

Pause Live TV

Pause a channel and pick it up again, as far back as the channel allows. Live Rewind can keep up to 4 GB on the device to move back through.

Live Rewind is off until you choose a size, and works in VLC for channels sent as one continuous stream.

  • Apple TV
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone

Multiview

Watch up to four live channels at once, with the sound from the one you choose.

  • Apple TV
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone

Reminders Plus

Set a reminder in the guide, and Benso asks if you’d like to watch when the programme starts. iPhone and iPad send a notification too.

  • Apple TV
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone

Set Up with Your Phone

Scan a code and type your provider’s details on your phone. They go straight to the Apple TV over your home network.

  • Apple TV

Benso is a media player. It does not provide, host, or distribute any content. Users are responsible for ensuring they have the legal right to access any content they add to Benso. Service names identify compatibility. Benso is independent of these providers.

Ready to press play?

Your favourite TV channels, movies, and series. All in one place, playing beautifully.

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