Pausing and resuming live TV in an IPTV player

Pausing live TV in an IPTV player usually works like a regular pause on the current stream — resuming continues from the pause point, without reloading the video.

The difference from pausing on-demand video

With on-demand content (movies/shows), pausing and later resuming at that exact point is straightforward, because the file sits in a fixed location. With live TV, you're effectively pausing the display of a continuous live stream — how long you can pause and still catch up on the missed part depends on whether your provider supports "timeshift".

No timeshift with your provider?

Without timeshift support from your playlist provider, resuming a pause on live TV simply picks up at the current live moment, not the moment you paused — that's a limitation of the stream itself, not the player.

Noticing the practical difference

Test this by pausing for a few minutes and checking whether resuming shows you the missed part, or puts you straight back "live" — that immediately tells you whether your provider offers timeshift.