GiVo Stream is a modern media player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Bring your own playlists and get a gorgeous guide, pause & rewind on live streams, and a DVR that records right to your own Mac or PC.
iPhone · iPad · Apple TV · DVR on macOS & Windows
Real screens from GiVo Stream on Apple TV and iPhone.
No gimmicks — just the features you actually use, engineered to stay fast with thousands of streams.
Every stream gets a timeshift buffer the moment you tune in. Pause for the doorbell, scrub back for the replay, snap back to the live edge — with frame-accurate seeking, not guesswork.
The GiVo Server app turns your Mac or Windows PC into your personal DVR. One-tap record, scheduled recordings with pre/post padding, and limits you control — recordings that are yours to keep.
Pair your iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV with the same server. Set a recording from the couch, watch it on the train. Recording badges and schedules stay in sync everywhere.
Your GiVo Server finds the ad breaks in every finished recording automatically. They appear as orange segments on the timeline — jump past a break with one tap, or turn on auto-skip and never see it at all.
A beautiful program grid that scrolls smoothly through thousands of streams, with search, favorites, and up to 7 days of guide data — you choose how much.
Browse your provider's full on-demand catalog — posters, plots, cast, and trailers. Resume where you left off, keep a watchlist, and save any title to your DVR server. Add a TMDB key for even richer artwork and details.
Put up to four live channels on screen together in grid or spotlight layouts. Tap any tile to change its channel, switch the audio, go fullscreen, or rearrange — made for game day. On Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad.
Providers' catchup archives play with instant, frame-accurate scrubbing — GiVo Stream buffers the program in the background while you watch, so skipping around feels effortless. Save any replay to your DVR to keep it permanently.
Standard M3U playlists and Xtream Codes logins, with XMLTV guide data, per-playlist auto-refresh, and instant switching between sources.
Send what you're watching to any big screen. Lock-screen and Control Center controls work exactly like you'd expect.
No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your playlists and credentials stay on your devices, and GiVo Server keeps your recordings on your own Mac or PC. Read the privacy policy.
Streams open in a couple of seconds. Recordings survive provider hiccups with automatic reconnect and repair. When something's wrong, the app tells you what — no silent spinners.
The details that make it feel like home.
Playlists, favorites, and settings follow you across iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV — synced privately through your own iCloud.
One tap in the guide and you'll get a notification right before a show starts — never miss the opening scene.
Lock categories behind a PIN or hide channels entirely — the lineup stays family-friendly on shared devices.
Picture in Picture on iPhone and iPad, audio that keeps playing while you multitask, and full Lock Screen controls.
Find any program or stream across every playlist and the entire guide — from one search box.
Pick your skip intervals (10–60 s), default audio language, subtitle preferences, and whether launch lands on the guide or your last stream.
Reorder and rename groups, pin favorites, and keep recents a click away — per playlist.
Playlists and guide data update themselves on your schedule — hourly to daily, on launch, or only when you say so.
Most media players stop at playback. GiVo Stream is built around what happens next.
| Typical player | GiVo Stream | |
|---|---|---|
| Pause & rewind live streams | Sometimes, short buffer | Every stream, scrub-anywhere |
| Catch up on earlier programs | Rarely | Per-channel catch-up, right from the guide |
| DVR recordings | Limited or unavailable | Built-in DVR you run yourself |
| Scheduled & recurring recordings | Basic timers, if any | Set it once, records every week |
| Skip commercials | No | Automatic detection & one-tap skip |
| Recordings follow your devices | — | iPhone, iPad & Apple TV share one DVR |
| Watch several at once | One stream | Multiview mosaic — up to 4 at once |
| Program guide | Basic or none | Full guide, up to 7 days |
| Movies & series | Separate app, if any | Built-in library with resume & watchlist |
| Captions & subtitles | Hit or miss | Live, DVR & VOD — even auto-generated |
| Watch away from home | Home network only | Reach your own DVR from anywhere |
| Who keeps your recordings | Varies by service | You, on hardware you own |
The DVR companion. Install it on a computer that stays home, pair once, and every device gets recording, scheduling, and catchup.
macOS 13 Ventura or later · Universal (Apple silicon & Intel)
Download for MacVersion 1.0 (build 34)
Notarized by Apple. Open the DMG and drag GiVo Server to Applications — it lives in your menu bar.
Windows 10 / 11 · 64-bit
Download for WindowsVersion 1.0 (build 34)
Installer sets up the firewall and Start menu for you. If SmartScreen warns, choose “More info” → “Run anyway” (unsigned during pre-release).
No. GiVo Stream and GiVo Server are media player applications — they don't provide, include, or sell any channels, streams, or other content. You add your own playlist sources, and you're responsible for having the right to access and record what you watch.
GiVo Server for macOS and Windows stores recordings on the computer it runs on, and every paired device streams them from there.
No — playback, the guide, and pause/rewind work on their own. The server adds recording, scheduling, and watching your recordings from every paired device.
Any Mac on macOS 13 Ventura or later (Apple silicon or Intel), or a 64-bit Windows 10/11 PC, on the same network as your devices. It's a lightweight menu-bar/tray app — fine to run on the computer you already use.
GiVo Stream is in the final stretch of App Store review prep. The App Store links here will go live the moment it's approved.
More questions? Visit Support or email support@givostreamapp.com.