In this video, I will show you how to configure IPTV or UDP Multicast with OpenWRT. To make this beginner friendly, I will configured most of things with LuCI.
The video will walk you through the basic concept of IPTV, IGMP, IGMP Snooping, how to setup the IPTV bridge and interfaces on OpenWRT and how to convert multicast to unicast to stream the video via HTTP with udpxy.

Video timeframe:

00:00 – Introduction
00:13 – IPTV Network Overview
02:46 – What is IGMPProxy?
03:56 – What is IGMP Snooping?
05:10 – Devices Connection / Setup
05:56 – Begin the Configuration on OpenWRT
06:32 – Configure PPPoE with VLAN on OpenWRT 21.02
08:27 – Install IGMPProxy Package with LuCI
09:17 – Setup Network Bridge & Interface for IPTV
12:41 – Verify if the Multicast Stream is received with LuCI & bmon
14:00 – Configure IGMPProxy at /etc/config/igmpproxy
16:03 – First Attempt to Play IPTV (failed)
16:48 – 10 Minutes of Troubleshooting (all you need to do is to reboot the router)
17:04 – Second Attempt to play IPTV (working after rebooting the router)
17:54 – Enable igmp_snooping for LAN (br-lan)
19:40 – Stream IPTV/UDP Multicast via HTTP over WiFi/Internet with udpxy
24:34 – Configure Firewall Rules for udpxy
26:55 – Convert UDP Multicast playlist (RTP) to Unicast Playlist (HTTP)
28:31 – What if your ISP run Internet & IPTV service in 1 VLAN

Resources:
OpenWRT IPTV / UDP multicast –
What is IPTV –
What is IGMP –
What is IGMP Snooping –
My OpenWRT Example Configuration – Updating

Thanks for watching and see you in the next video!

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