Welcome to Ace Stream’s documentation!¶

Android applications¶

Ace Stream LiveTV for Android¶

All channels and live broadcasts in one convenient TV interface

Available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.acestream.live

APK download links

Table of contents

First launch¶

After starting app you can:

sign in to your account (account will be created automatically of you don’t have one)
add some content to app (see Add content)

Add content¶

In this section you can:

add playlist or single content by entering a link or selecting local file
search network
synchronize your account

Note

To search network you need to add at least one channel source (see Search settings)

Search settings¶

In this section you can add and edit channel sources

Channel sources are external services which can exchange data with Ace Stream LiveTV app. “External” means that these services are not part of the app and they should be added by users.

Known channel sources

Note

Service providers who want to be compatible with Ace Stream LiveTV must implement Search API

Add source¶

Enter the source URL:

Press “Continue”:

When the source is successfully added you should see this:

Edit sources¶

Here you can enable, disable, rename or delete sources:

Search API¶

This API describes data exchange format between the Ace Stream LiveTV app and external services called “channel sources”, which are configured here: Search settings

Currently, to add new source user must enter its URL. It’s then used to exchange data between the Ace Stream LiveTV app and the source.

Interaction schema:

when user searches for content an HTTP request is sent to the source’s URL
the source generates response in the format described in this doc
app parses the response and shows search results to the user

Note

The default protocol for accessing source URL is http. This means that when user adds “example.com/search” it’s converted to “http://example.com/search”.

Services that implement channel sources API must always support http protocol. If the service wants to exchange data over https it must redirect from http to https URL.

Request params¶

api_version (integer, optional) - API version which should be used to generate response (default is 4)
query (string, optional) - search query
category (string, optional) - filter by category (list of categories)
page (integer, optional) - page number (starting from 0, default is 0)
page_size (integer, optional) - page size (default is 10)

Note

When query param is empty service must return all available channels (pagination still applies).

Response format¶

Response must be JSON with such fields:

Top level:

result (Root object, required) - root object

Root:

total (integer, required) - total number of found items
time (float, required) - query execution time
api_version (integer, optional) - API version used to generate output
results (array of Channel objects, required) - list of found channels

Channel:

name (string, required) - channel title
items (array of objects, required) - list of streams for this channel (there can be more than one stream for each channel)
icons (array of Icon objects, optional) - channel icons
epg (array of EPG objects, optional) - channel EPG

Stream:

url (string, optional) - stream URL (for regular streams, without P2P support)
infohash (string, optional) - infohash

Icon:

type (integer, required) - type of icon:
- 0: just logo
- 1: light logo (for dark themes)
- 2: dark logo (for light themes)
- 3: picon (220x132 image)
url (string, required) - icon URL

EPG:

start (integer, required) - program start (seconds since epoch)
stop (integer, required) - program start (seconds since epoch)
name (string, required) - program title
description (string, optional) - program description
poster_uri (string, optional) - program poster URI

API versioning¶

Current API version is 4. It’s used as default when no API version is specified in either request of response.

Examples¶

Assume that the source URL is http://example.com/search

Empty response¶

GET /search?query=test HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Accept: application/json

{
  "result": {
    "time": 0.34,
    "total": 0,
    "results": []
  }
}

Response with one channel¶

GET /search?query=brodilo HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Accept: application/json

{
  "result": {
    "time": 0.015,
    "total": 1,
    "results": [
      {
        "name": "Brodilo TV",
        "items": [
          {"url": "http:\/\/brodilo.tv\/channel.php"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Test channel source¶

You can play live with test channel source: http://acestream.org/demo/channel_source/search

Pagination¶

Pagination is controlled by page and page_size request params and total response field.

For example, if the source has 15 channels then data can be retrieved with two requests.

Get first 10 channels:

GET /search?page=0&page_size=10 HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Accept: application/json

{
  "result": {
    "time": 0.05,
    "total": 15,
    "results": [
      "// channels 1-10 here"
    ]
  }
}

Get remaining 5 channels:

GET /search?page=1&page_size=10 HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Accept: application/json

{
  "result": {
    "time": 0.05,
    "total": 15,
    "results": [
      "// channels 11-15 here"
    ]
  }
}

Known channel sources¶

Note

Known sources are added by community.
Anyone can add new source by visiting open-source web-page which is hosted here:
Add channel source

List of sources:

Name: P2P Search

Source URL: http://127.0.0.1:6878/search

Troubleshooting¶

Unsupported application¶

TBD .. You are using old unsupported application <application name>

Sending bug report¶

If you think that you have found a bug in the application please send us a bug report helping us to fix the issue.

Steps to send a report:

Reproduce the problem right before sending the report
Open application settings
Select “Report a problem” menu
Select category which describes your problem the best (select “Other” if you don’t know)
Describe your problem in the “description” field
Click “Send” button

You should see a message “Report has been sent” within a minute which means that the report was accepted by our servers. If you don’t see this message please try again later.

Note

We examine only the reports with a meaningful description.

Sometimes it’s not convenient to write the problem description from your mobile device.

In such a case, you can send a report with just your email in the “description” field and then write an email with the problem description and send it to acestream.player@gmail.com (stating that you have recently sent a bug report).

Changelog¶

3.1.61.1 (2020-07-08)¶

Fix crash when entering “Language/Country” settings

3.1.61.0 (2020-06-17)¶

Fix bug with playback in external players
Don’t reset selected category in EPG after starting channel
Fix bug with “frozen” timeline in EPG
Preserve current position when EPG is updated while the user is browsing it
Add preferred languages and countries to settings
Add ability to find additional channel sources
Show categories from playlist in EPG left menu
Allow grouping by countries/languages in channel editor

3.1.60.0 (2020-05-20)¶

Fix the order of last watched channels on the main Android TV screen
Add support for “x-tvg-url” tag (link to the EPG source in the playlist)
Fix the issue with possible disappearing of playlist after engine stopping
Fix bug with endless “Initialization…” message
Disable autoplay in channel editors (can be enabled in settings)
Speed up EPG sources processing
Changes in parental controls: * fix bug: blocked channel was visible for a few seconds while tuning * don’t show blocked channels on the main Android TV screen * entered PIN is remembered for one minute

3.1.59.4 (2020-04-30)¶

Fix running on old Android versions

3.1.59.2 (2020-04-25)¶

New feature: group channels by name
New feature: automatically search for working sources
Fix bug which could cause HLS brodcast freeze
Speed up engine start
Speed up playback start
Speed up XMLTV processing
Detect and notify missing network connection
Sync changes from channel editor

3.1.58.0 (2020-03-02)¶

Decrease playback start time for HLS broadcasts
Improve peer discovery for HLS broadcasts
Fix crashes on Android 4
Add EPG source from “url-tvg” tag when importing playlist from uploaded file
Fix processing large gzipped XMLTV files

3.1.57.1 (2020-02-19)¶

Fix bug: some channels didn’t start and app can crash when switching channels after previous app update

3.1.57.0 (2020-02-17)¶

Improve playlist import
Hide unknown bitrate from channel info instead of showing “?”
Don’t show error screen when GDPR notification failed to load
Add link to GDPR consent in “About” screen
Fixed “Edit search sources” screen (in previous versions list of sources may be empty)

3.1.56.3 (2019-12-30)¶

Use system notifications for urgent alerts on Android 10

3.1.56.2 (2019-12-24)¶

Fixed some translation issues
Fixed bug: sometimes main content sound was heard during ads playback
Fixed crash when media button was used on some devices
Fixed crash when engine was accessed without storage permission
Fixed crash on pressing RIGHT in empty channels editor
Fixed several bugs causing crashes on app startup or when app is in background

3.1.56.1 (2019-12-19)¶

Close app when “Cancel” is pressed in a notification about required remote control
Minor bugfixes

3.1.56.0 (2019-12-18)¶

Added custom EPG sources
Added translations
Fixed app crash when changing language
Notify user that remote control is required for this app
Fixed bug: on some devices main menu was not shown after pressing “OK”
Fixed bug: sign in with Ace Stream account didn’t work sometimes

3.1.55.4 (2019-12-10)¶

Fixed engine starting on ARMv8-64 devices
Battery optimization: discover devices only on user’s request (don’t do it in background)
Fixed crashes caused by using WebView in multiple processes on Android 9+
Fixed AceCast device discovery issue (device was not visible for several minutes after it restarted on another port)
Don’t stop playback on AceCast device when it’s disconnected by user

3.1.55.1 (2019-12-03)¶

Fix LibVLC options:

change “enable_time_stretching_audio” default value to “true”
set default values for “deblocking” and “resampler” in runtime based on machine specs

3.1.55.0 (2019-11-28)¶

Allow adding custom channel sources. Read more here: Search settings

3.1.54.0 (2019-11-18)¶

Fixed several minor bugs

3.1.53.0 (2019-11-14)¶

Initial release

Ace Stream Engine¶

Basic Ace Stream application for Android (provides only core functionality)

Available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.acestream.core

APK download links

Table of contents

Sending bug report¶

If you think that you have found a bug in the application please send us a bug report helping us to fix the issue.

Steps to send a report:

Reproduce the problem right before sending the report
Open application settings
Select “Report a problem” menu
Select category which describes your problem the best (select “Other” if you don’t know)
Describe your problem in the “description” field
Click “Send” button

You should see a message “Report has been sent” within a minute which means that the report was accepted by our servers. If you don’t see this message please try again later.

Note

We examine only the reports with a meaningful description.

Sometimes it’s not convenient to write the problem description from your mobile device.

In such a case, you can send a report with just your email in the “description” field and then write an email with the problem description and send it to acestream.player@gmail.com (stating that you have recently sent a bug report).

Ace Stream Engine changelog¶

3.1.61.0 (2020-06-17)¶

Fix bug with playback in external players

3.1.59.4 (2020-04-30)¶

Fix running on old Android versions

3.1.59.2 (2020-04-25)¶

Updated LibVLC
Fix bug which could cause HLS brodcast freeze
Speed up engine start
Speed up playback start
Speed up XMLTV processing

3.1.58.0 (2020-03-04)¶

Decrease playback start time for HLS broadcasts
Improve peer discovery for HLS broadcasts

3.1.57.0 (2020-02-17)¶

Fix bug: it was impossible to change selected player from settings
Don’t show error screen when GDPR notification failed to load
Add link to GDP consent in “About” screen

3.1.56.3 (2019-12-30)¶

Use system notifications for urgent alerts on Android 10

3.1.56.2 (2019-12-24)¶

Fixed bug: sometimes main content sound was heard during ads playback
Fixed crash when media button was used on some devices
Fixed crash when engine was accessed without storage permission
Fixed several bugs causing crashes on app startup or when app is in background

3.1.56.1 (2019-12-19)¶

Minor bugfixes

3.1.56.0 (2019-12-18)¶

Fixed bug: sign in with Ace Stream account didn’t work sometimes
Added translations

3.1.55.4 (2019-12-10)¶

Fixed engine starting on ARMv8-64 devices
Battery optimization: discover devices only on user’s request (don’t do it in background)
Fixed AceCast device discovery issue (device was not visible for several minutes after it restarted on another port)

3.1.55.1 (2019-12-03)¶

Fix LibVLC options:

change “enable_time_stretching_audio” default value to “true”
set default values for “deblocking” and “resampler” in runtime based on machine specs

3.1.55.0¶

Allow adding custom channel sources

3.1.54.0¶

Fixed several bugs

3.1.53.0¶

Initial release of app with TV UI

3.1.52.0¶

Use FFMPEG for HLS processing by default (can be disabled in preferences)
Fix compatibility issues for old devices with 64-bit architecture

3.1.51.5¶

Fixed bug with frozen video ads

3.1.51.4¶

Fixed bug with external player detection while playing playlist

3.1.51.3¶

Support for 64-bit architecture

3.1.51.1¶

Fix crash in login screen
Fixed several issues with playing HLS streams
Fixed multicast peer exchange

3.1.50.1¶

Fix playlist sorting issue over AceCast
Update current playlist item style

3.1.50.0¶

Fix bug in disk storage module for HLS
Fix handling multi-file torrent from third-party apps

3.1.48.0¶

Removed debug logging from engine
Fixed issues in HLS downloader module

3.1.47.3¶

A major optimization of connections handling module is done, which is aimed at improving the stability of the stream during playback
Fixed bug in engine which caused speed drop and stopping of playback after some time of watching broadcast
Fixed problem in LibVLC HLS module, which caused unexpected player closing during playback
Fixed bug: engine failed to start when main port was busy
Fixed bug (possible crash in player since 3.1.46.0)

3.1.46.0¶

Added “lock” button
“Info” button moved to bottom panel
Fixed AceCast bug (playback was stopped when remote control is reconnected while player is paused)

3.1.45.3¶

Added ability to remember player from notification
Added “info” button to player (show P2P info)

3.1.45.2¶

Use latest stable LibVLC

3.1.45.1¶

Fixed playback of HLS broadcasts in “HLS” or “Original” output format in Ace Player
Try to restore audio volume if it was reset by mistake

3.1.45.0¶

Fixed crashes of rewarded ads
Fixed integration bugs

3.1.44.1¶

Fixed several bugs leading to crashes

3.1.44.0¶

Fixed more issues with third-party app integration

3.1.43.0¶

Fixed issues with third-party app integration

3.1.42.8¶

Fix issue with subscriptions

3.1.42.7¶

Fixed crash after selecting player from the list

3.1.42.6¶

Fix crash when starting playback in Ace Player from notification

3.1.42.4¶

Optimizations in engine
Added PollFish OfferWall mode
Fix to prevent “Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground()” on some devices
Some other top crashes are fixed

3.1.41.1¶

Fix some issues with authorization
Optimizations in broadcast stability

3.1.37.9¶

Fixed screen orientation preference
Bug fixes

3.1.37.8¶

Changed app shutdown procedure: “quit” menu should now work on all devices
Fixed crashes on devices with missing WebView

3.1.37.7¶

Fixed crash caused by seekbar inflate error (on old Android devices)
Fixed crash when starting P2P content in external player (on some devices)

3.1.37.6¶

Fix crash when starting content in third-party player
Fix crash when starting content when both Ace Stream Media and Ace Stream Engine apps are installed
Fix crash during channels setup on Android TV
Fix crash when opening player settings on Android TV

3.1.37.5¶

Fixed some crashes
App now doesn’t start after reboot by default

3.1.37.4¶

Minor bug fixes

3.1.37.3¶

Fix issue with changing locale
Update translations

3.1.37.2¶

Add bonuses for rewarded video in player
Fixed some crashes
Minor bug fixes

Ace Stream Engine for Android TV¶

Basic Ace Stream application for Android TV (provides core functionality and acts as content provider for Live Channels application)

Available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.acestream.core.atv

APK download links

Table of contents

Sending bug report¶

If you think that you have found a bug in the application please send us a bug report helping us to fix the issue.

Steps to send a report:

Reproduce the problem right before sending the report
Open application settings
Select “Report a problem” menu
Select category which describes your problem the best (select “Other” if you don’t know)
Describe your problem in the “description” field
Click “Send” button

You should see a message “Report has been sent” within a minute which means that the report was accepted by our servers. If you don’t see this message please try again later.

Note

We examine only the reports with a meaningful description.

Sometimes it’s not convenient to write the problem description from your mobile device.

In such a case, you can send a report with just your email in the “description” field and then write an email with the problem description and send it to acestream.player@gmail.com (stating that you have recently sent a bug report).

Ace Stream Engine for Android TV changelog¶

3.1.61.0 (2020-06-17)¶

Fix bug with playback in external players

3.1.59.2 (2020-04-25)¶

Updated LibVLC
Fix bug which could cause HLS brodcast freeze
Speed up engine start
Speed up playback start
Speed up XMLTV processing

3.1.58.0 (2020-03-04)¶

Decrease playback start time for HLS broadcasts
Improve peer discovery for HLS broadcasts

3.1.57.0 (2020-02-17)¶

Fix bug: it was impossible to change selected player from settings
Don’t show error screen when GDPR notification failed to load
Add link to GDP consent in “About” screen

3.1.56.3 (2019-12-30)¶

Use system notifications for urgent alerts on Android 10

3.1.56.2 (2019-12-24)¶

Fixed bug: sometimes main content sound was heard during ads playback
Fixed crash when media button was used on some devices
Fixed crash after device reboot
Fixed crash when engine was accessed without storage permission
Fixed several bugs causing crashes on app startup or when app is in background

3.1.56.1 (2019-12-19)¶

Minor bugfixes

3.1.56.0 (2019-12-18)¶

Fixed bug: sign in with Ace Stream account didn’t work sometimes
Added translations

3.1.55.4 (2019-12-10)¶

Fixed engine starting on ARMv8-64 devices

3.1.55.1 (2019-12-03)¶

Fix LibVLC options:

change “enable_time_stretching_audio” default value to “true”
set default values for “deblocking” and “resampler” in runtime based on machine specs

3.1.55.0¶

Allow adding custom channel sources

3.1.54.0¶

Fixed several bugs

3.1.53.0¶

Initial release of app with TV UI

3.1.52.0¶

Use FFMPEG for HLS processing by default (can be disabled in preferences)
Fix compatibility issues for old devices with 64-bit architecture

3.1.51.5¶

Fixed bug with frozen video ads

3.1.51.4¶

Fixed bug with external player detection while playing playlist

3.1.51.3¶

Support for 64-bit architecture

3.1.51.1¶

Fix crash in login screen
Fixed several issues with playing HLS streams
Fixed multicast peer exchange

3.1.50.1¶

Fix playlist sorting issue over AceCast
Update current playlist item style

3.1.50.0¶

Fix bug in disk storage module for HLS
Fix handling multi-file torrent from third-party apps

3.1.48.0¶

Removed debug logging from engine
Fixed issues in HLS downloader module

3.1.47.3¶

A major optimization of connections handling module is done, which is aimed at improving the stability of the stream during playback
Fixed bug in engine which caused speed drop and stopping of playback after some time of watching broadcast
Fixed problem in LibVLC HLS module, which caused unexpected player closing during playback
Fixed bug: engine failed to start when main port was busy
Fixed bug (possible crash in player since 3.1.46.0)

3.1.46.0¶

Added “lock” button
“Info” button moved to bottom panel
Fixed AceCast bug (playback was stopped when remote control is reconnected while player is paused)

3.1.45.3¶

Added ability to remember player from notification
Added “info” button to player (show P2P info)

3.1.45.2¶

Use latest stable LibVLC

3.1.45.1¶

Fixed playback of HLS broadcasts in “HLS” or “Original” output format in Ace Player
Try to restore audio volume if it was reset by mistake

3.1.45.0¶

Fixed crashes of rewarded ads
Fixed integration bugs

3.1.44.1¶

Fixed several bugs leading to crashes

3.1.44.0¶

Fixed more issues with third-party app integration

3.1.43.0¶

Fixed issues with third-party app integration

3.1.42.8¶

Fix issue with subscriptions

3.1.42.7¶

Fixed crash after selecting player from the list

3.1.42.6¶

Fix crash when starting playback in Ace Player from notification

3.1.42.4¶

Optimizations in engine
Added PollFish OfferWall mode
Fix to prevent “Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground()” on some devices
Some other top crashes are fixed

3.1.41.1¶

Fix some issues with authorization
Optimizations in broadcast stability

3.1.37.9¶

Fixed screen orientation preference
Bug fixes

3.1.37.8¶

Changed app shutdown procedure: “quit” menu should now work on all devices
Fixed crashes on devices with missing WebView

3.1.37.7¶

Fixed crash caused by seekbar inflate error (on old Android devices)
Fixed crash when starting P2P content in external player (on some devices)

3.1.37.6¶

Fix crash when starting content in third-party player
Fix crash when starting content when both Ace Stream Media and Ace Stream Engine apps are installed
Fix crash during channels setup on Android TV
Fix crash when opening player settings on Android TV

3.1.37.5¶

Fixed some crashes
App now doesn’t start after reboot by default

3.1.37.4¶

Minor bug fixes

3.1.37.3¶

Fix issue with changing locale
Update translations

3.1.37.2¶

Add bonuses for rewarded video in player
Fixed some crashes
Minor bug fixes

Ace Stream Media¶

Main Ace Stream application for Android:

core functionality
media library

Available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.acestream.media

APK download links

Table of contents

Sending bug report¶

If you think that you have found a bug in the application please send us a bug report helping us to fix the issue.

Steps to send a report:

Reproduce the problem right before sending the report
Open application settings
Select “Report a problem” menu
Select category which describes your problem the best (select “Other” if you don’t know)
Describe your problem in the “description” field
Click “Send” button

You should see a message “Report has been sent” within a minute which means that the report was accepted by our servers. If you don’t see this message please try again later.

Note

We examine only the reports with a meaningful description.

Sometimes it’s not convenient to write the problem description from your mobile device.

In such a case, you can send a report with just your email in the “description” field and then write an email with the problem description and send it to acestream.player@gmail.com (stating that you have recently sent a bug report).

Ace Stream Media changelog¶

3.1.61.0 (2020-06-17)¶

Fix bug with playback in external players

3.1.59.5 (2020-05-01)¶

Fix crash in “Browsing” section

3.1.59.4 (2020-04-30)¶

Fix running on old android versions

3.1.59.3 (2020-04-30)¶

Fix crash after opening settings

3.1.59.2 (2020-04-25)¶

Fix bug which could cause HLS brodcast freeze
Speed up engine start
Speed up playback start
Speed up XMLTV processing

3.1.58.0 (2020-03-04)¶

Decrease playback start time for HLS broadcasts
Improve peer discovery for HLS broadcasts

3.1.57.0 (unreleased)¶

Don’t show error screen when GDPR notification failed to load

3.1.56.4 (unreleased)¶

Fixed crash on app start when preferences file contains unsupported values
Fixed crash in renderers dialog

3.1.56.3 (2019-12-30)¶

Use system notifications for urgent alerts on Android 10

3.1.56.2 (2019-12-24)¶

Fixed bug: sometimes main content sound was heard during ads playback
Fixed crash when media button was used on some devices
Fixed crash when engine was accessed without storage permission
Fixed several bugs causing crashes on app startup or when app is in background

3.1.56.1 (2019-12-19)¶

Minor bugfixes

3.1.56.0 (2019-12-18)¶

Fixed bug: sign in with Ace Stream account didn’t work sometimes
Added translations

3.1.55.4 (2019-12-10)¶

Fixed engine starting on ARMv8-64 devices
Battery optimization: discover devices only on user’s request (don’t do it in background)
Fixed crashes caused by using WebView in multiple processes on Android 9+
Fixed AceCast device discovery issue (device was not visible for several minutes after it restarted on another port)
Don’t stop playback on AceCast device when it’s disconnected by user

3.1.55.1 (2019-12-03)¶

Changes in TV UI:

fix translations on main screen
add button to launch or install “Ace Stream LiveTV” app

3.1.52.0¶

Use FFMPEG for HLS processing by default (can be disabled in preferences)
Fix compatibility issues for old devices with 64-bit architecture

3.1.51.5¶

Fixed bug with frozen video ads

3.1.51.4¶

Fixed bug with external player detection while playing playlist

3.1.51.3¶

Support for 64-bit architecture

3.1.51.1¶

Fix crash in login screen
Fixed several issues with playing HLS streams
Fixed multicast peer exchange

3.1.50.1¶

Fix playlist sorting issue over AceCast
Update current playlist item style

3.1.50.0¶

Fix bug in disk storage module for HLS
Fix handling multi-file torrent from third-party apps

3.1.48.0¶

Removed debug logging from engine
Fixed issues in HLS downloader module

3.1.47.3¶

A major optimization of connections handling module is done, which is aimed at improving the stability of the stream during playback
Fixed bug in engine which caused speed drop and stopping of playback after some time of watching broadcast
Fixed problem in LibVLC HLS module, which caused unexpected player closing during playback
Fixed bug: engine failed to start when main port was busy
Fixed bug (possible crash in player since 3.1.46.0)

3.1.46.0¶

Added “lock” button
“Info” button moved to bottom panel
Fixed AceCast bug (playback was stopped when remote control is reconnected while player is paused)

3.1.45.3¶

Added ability to remember player from notification
Added “info” button to player (show P2P info)

3.1.45.2¶

Use latest stable LibVLC

3.1.45.1¶

Fixed playback of HLS broadcasts in “HLS” or “Original” output format in Ace Player
Try to restore audio volume if it was reset by mistake

3.1.45.0¶

Fixed crashes of rewarded ads
Fixed integration bugs
Reduced background memory usage

3.1.44.1¶

Fixed several bugs leading to crashes

3.1.44.0¶

Fixed more issues with third-party app integration

3.1.43.0¶

Fixed issues with third-party app integration

3.1.42.8¶

Fix issue with subscriptions

3.1.42.7¶

Fixed crash after clicking “Load last playlist”
Fixed crash after selecting player from the list

3.1.42.6¶

Fix crash when starting playback in Ace Player from notification

3.1.42.4¶

Added PollFish OfferWall mode
Fix to prevent “Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground()” on some devices
Some other top crashes are fixed

3.1.42.2¶

Optimizations in engine
Bug fixes

3.1.41.1¶

Fix some issues with authorization
Fixed bug: engine session was not stopped after clicking “stop” button when casting to Chromecast
Fixed crashes on some Samsung devices
Optimizations in broadcast stability

3.1.40.0¶

Fixed one more bug in Engine API (stream was locked after STOP)

3.1.39.0¶

Fixed bug in Engine API

3.1.38.0¶

Added “Quit” button to notification (stops app)
Fixed one more issue with unexpected app start on some devices
Use latest jmDNS library (3.5.5)
Added ability to select file from multi-file torrent when starting in Ace Player
Fixed some bugs

3.1.37.10¶

Fixed issue with unexpected app start on some devices
Fixed resolver (all installed players should be available now)
Fixed some bugs

3.1.37.9¶

Fixed screen orientation preference
Bug fixes

3.1.37.8¶

Changed app shutdown procedure: “quit” menu should now work on all devices
Fixed crashes on devices with missing WebView

3.1.37.7¶

Fixed crash caused by seekbar inflate error (on old Android devices)
Fixed crash when starting P2P content in external player (on some devices)
Fixed crash when closing “Open link” dialog
Added ability to share content with Ace Stream (“Open in Ace Stream” menu item when sharing)
Fixed OutOfMemoryError when opening some big files

3.1.37.6¶

Fix crash when starting content in third-party player
Fix crash when starting content when both Ace Stream Media and Ace Stream Engine apps are installed
Fix crash during channels setup on Android TV
Fix crash when opening player settings on Android TV

3.1.37.5¶

Fixed some crashes
App now doesn’t start after reboot by default
Fixed some issues with stopping engine
Fixed “Open link” dialog on Android TV versions

3.1.37.4¶

Minor bug fixes

3.1.37.3¶

Fix issue with changing locale
Update translations

3.1.37.2¶

Fix LUA scripts (allow watching YouTube etc from “Open link” menu)
Add bonuses for rewarded video in player
Fixed some crashes
Minor bug fixes

Ace Stream Media for Android TV¶

Main Ace Stream application for Android TV:

core functionality
media library
content provider for Live Channels application

Available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.acestream.media.atv

APK download links

Table of contents

Sending bug report¶

If you think that you have found a bug in the application please send us a bug report helping us to fix the issue.

Steps to send a report:

Reproduce the problem right before sending the report
Open application settings
Select “Report a problem” menu
Select category which describes your problem the best (select “Other” if you don’t know)
Describe your problem in the “description” field
Click “Send” button

You should see a message “Report has been sent” within a minute which means that the report was accepted by our servers. If you don’t see this message please try again later.

Note

We examine only the reports with a meaningful description.

Sometimes it’s not convenient to write the problem description from your mobile device.

In such a case, you can send a report with just your email in the “description” field and then write an email with the problem description and send it to acestream.player@gmail.com (stating that you have recently sent a bug report).

Ace Stream Media for Android TV changelog¶

3.1.61.0 (2020-06-17)¶

Fix bug with playback in external players

3.1.59.5 (2020-05-01)¶

Fix crash in “Browsing” section

3.1.59.3 (2020-04-30)¶

Fix crash after opening settings

3.1.59.2 (2020-04-25)¶

Fix bug which could cause HLS brodcast freeze
Speed up engine start
Speed up playback start
Speed up XMLTV processing

3.1.58.0 (2020-03-04)¶

Decrease playback start time for HLS broadcasts
Improve peer discovery for HLS broadcasts

3.1.57.0 (unreleased)¶

Don’t show error screen when GDPR notification failed to load

3.1.56.4 (unreleased)¶

Fixed crash on app start when preferences file contains unsupported values

3.1.56.3 (2019-12-30)¶

Use system notifications for urgent alerts on Android 10

3.1.56.2 (2019-12-24)¶

Fixed bug: sometimes main content sound was heard during ads playback
Fixed crash when media button was used on some devices
Fixed crash after device reboot
Fixed crash when engine was accessed without storage permission
Fixed several bugs causing crashes on app startup or when app is in background

3.1.56.1 (2019-12-19)¶

Minor bugfixes

3.1.56.0 (2019-12-18)¶

Fixed bug: sign in with Ace Stream account didn’t work sometimes
Added translations

3.1.55.4 (2019-12-10)¶

Fixed engine starting on ARMv8-64 devices
Fixed crashes caused by using WebView in multiple processes on Android 9+

3.1.55.1 (2019-12-03)¶

Changes in TV UI:

fix translations on main screen
add button to launch or install “Ace Stream LiveTV” app

3.1.52.0¶

Use FFMPEG for HLS processing by default (can be disabled in preferences)
Fix compatibility issues for old devices with 64-bit architecture

3.1.51.5¶

Fixed bug with frozen video ads

3.1.51.4¶

Fixed bug with external player detection while playing playlist

3.1.51.3¶

Support for 64-bit architecture

3.1.51.1¶

Fix crash in login screen
Fixed several issues with playing HLS streams
Fixed multicast peer exchange

3.1.50.1¶

Fix playlist sorting issue over AceCast
Update current playlist item style

3.1.50.0¶

Fix bug in disk storage module for HLS
Fix handling multi-file torrent from third-party apps

3.1.48.0¶

Removed debug logging from engine
Fixed issues in HLS downloader module

3.1.47.3¶

A major optimization of connections handling module is done, which is aimed at improving the stability of the stream during playback
Fixed bug in engine which caused speed drop and stopping of playback after some time of watching broadcast
Fixed problem in LibVLC HLS module, which caused unexpected player closing during playback
Fixed bug: engine failed to start when main port was busy
Fixed bug (possible crash in player since 3.1.46.0)

3.1.46.0¶

Added “lock” button
“Info” button moved to bottom panel
Fixed AceCast bug (playback was stopped when remote control is reconnected while player is paused)

3.1.45.3¶

Added ability to remember player from notification
Added “info” button to player (show P2P info)

3.1.45.2¶

Use latest stable LibVLC

3.1.45.1¶

Fixed playback of HLS broadcasts in “HLS” or “Original” output format in Ace Player
Try to restore audio volume if it was reset by mistake

3.1.45.0¶

Fixed crashes of rewarded ads
Fixed integration bugs
Reduced background memory usage

3.1.44.1¶

Fixed several bugs leading to crashes

3.1.44.0¶

Fixed more issues with third-party app integration

3.1.43.0¶

Fixed issues with third-party app integration

3.1.42.8¶

Fix issue with subscriptions

3.1.42.7¶

Fixed crash after clicking “Load last playlist”
Fixed crash after selecting player from the list

3.1.42.6¶

Fix crash when starting playback in Ace Player from notification

3.1.42.4¶

Added PollFish OfferWall mode
Fix to prevent “Context.startForegroundService() did not then call Service.startForeground()” on some devices
Some other top crashes are fixed

3.1.42.2¶

Optimizations in engine
Bug fixes

3.1.41.1¶

Fix some issues with authorization
Fixed bug: engine session was not stopped after clicking “stop” button when casting to Chromecast
Fixed crashes on some Samsung devices
Optimizations in broadcast stability

3.1.40.0¶

Fixed one more bug in Engine API (stream was locked after STOP)

3.1.39.0¶

Fixed bug in Engine API

3.1.38.0¶

Added “Quit” button to notification (stops app)
Fixed one more issue with unexpected app start on some devices
Use latest jmDNS library (3.5.5)
Added ability to select file from multi-file torrent when starting in Ace Player
Fixed some bugs

3.1.37.10¶

Fixed issue with unexpected app start on some devices
Fixed resolver (all installed players should be available now)
Fixed some bugs

3.1.37.9¶

Fixed screen orientation preference
Bug fixes

3.1.37.8¶

Changed app shutdown procedure: “quit” menu should now work on all devices
Fixed crashes on devices with missing WebView

3.1.37.7¶

Fixed crash caused by seekbar inflate error (on old Android devices)
Fixed crash when starting P2P content in external player (on some devices)
Fixed crash when closing “Open link” dialog
Added ability to share content with Ace Stream (“Open in Ace Stream” menu item when sharing)
Fixed OutOfMemoryError when opening some big files

3.1.37.6¶

Fix crash when starting content in third-party player
Fix crash when starting content when both Ace Stream Media and Ace Stream Engine apps are installed
Fix crash during channels setup on Android TV
Fix crash when opening player settings on Android TV

3.1.37.5¶

Fixed some crashes
App now doesn’t start after reboot by default
Fixed some issues with stopping engine
Fixed “Open link” dialog on Android TV versions

3.1.37.4¶

Minor bug fixes

3.1.37.3¶

Fix issue with changing locale
Update translations

3.1.37.2¶

Fix LUA scripts (allow watching YouTube etc from “Open link” menu)
Add bonuses for rewarded video in player
Fixed some crashes
Minor bug fixes

Changelogs¶

Ace Stream JS API Changelog¶

1.0.1¶

Fix issues with multiple players on the same page

1.0.0¶

Initial release

Ace Script web extension changelog¶

1.1.17¶

Add buttons to notifications in Chrome
Fix .acestream.js installation from local files (file:// URI) in Firefox
Add analytics and privacy policy link

1.1.16¶

Fix build scripts for Chrome and some localized strings

1.1.15¶

Fix context menus API for Chrome

1.1.14¶

Update to lastest Violentmonkey commit (f8daba)
Build for Google Chrome (chrome build target)

Magic Player userscript changelog¶

1.1.4 (2019-12-19)¶

Fixed button on “fast-torrent”

1.1.2 (2018-11-27)¶

Fix typo in code (semicolon) which caused an error when userscript was loaded on docs.google.com

1.1.1 (2018-11-22)¶

Add support for magnet links

Magnet links can be opended in player from context menu “Watch online”
Add android support

On Android clicking “Play” button will open Ace Stream for Android app (if it’s installed)

P2P Search userscript changelog¶

0.25¶

Fix search on Yandex (markup was changed)

0.24¶

Fix search on Google (markup was changed)

0.23¶

Support Google search on mobile devices. Tested in Firefox for Android.

0.22¶

Fix Enter keypress behaviour on google

0.21¶

Fix “P2P TV” tab on google (tab disappeared because of changes in markup)

Welcome to Ace Stream’s documentation!¶

Android applications¶

Ace Stream LiveTV for Android¶

First launch¶

Add content¶

Search settings¶

Add source¶

Edit sources¶

Search API¶

Request params¶

Response format¶

API versioning¶

Categories¶

Examples¶

Empty response¶

Response with one channel¶

Test channel source¶

Pagination¶

Known channel sources¶

Troubleshooting¶

Unsupported application¶

Sending bug report¶

Changelog¶

3.1.61.1 (2020-07-08)¶

3.1.61.0 (2020-06-17)¶

3.1.60.0 (2020-05-20)¶

3.1.59.4 (2020-04-30)¶

3.1.59.2 (2020-04-25)¶

3.1.58.0 (2020-03-02)¶

3.1.57.1 (2020-02-19)¶

3.1.57.0 (2020-02-17)¶

3.1.56.3 (2019-12-30)¶

3.1.56.2 (2019-12-24)¶

3.1.56.1 (2019-12-19)¶

3.1.56.0 (2019-12-18)¶

3.1.55.4 (2019-12-10)¶

3.1.55.1 (2019-12-03)¶

3.1.55.0 (2019-11-28)¶

3.1.54.0 (2019-11-18)¶

3.1.53.0 (2019-11-14)¶

Ace Stream Engine¶

Sending bug report¶

Ace Stream Engine changelog¶

3.1.61.0 (2020-06-17)¶

3.1.59.4 (2020-04-30)¶

3.1.59.2 (2020-04-25)¶

3.1.58.0 (2020-03-04)¶

3.1.57.0 (2020-02-17)¶

3.1.56.3 (2019-12-30)¶

3.1.56.2 (2019-12-24)¶

3.1.56.1 (2019-12-19)¶

3.1.56.0 (2019-12-18)¶

3.1.55.4 (2019-12-10)¶

3.1.55.1 (2019-12-03)¶

3.1.55.0¶

3.1.54.0¶

3.1.53.0¶

3.1.52.0¶

3.1.51.5¶

3.1.51.4¶

3.1.51.3¶

3.1.51.1¶

3.1.50.1¶

3.1.50.0¶

3.1.48.0¶

3.1.47.3¶

3.1.46.0¶

3.1.45.3¶

3.1.45.2¶

3.1.45.1¶

3.1.45.0¶

3.1.44.1¶

3.1.44.0¶

3.1.43.0¶

3.1.42.8¶

3.1.42.7¶

3.1.42.6¶

3.1.42.4¶

3.1.41.1¶

3.1.37.9¶