diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/network/DohProviders.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/network/DohProviders.kt
index 4127799e8f4..00e91380c06 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/network/DohProviders.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/network/DohProviders.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ fun OkHttpClient.Builder.addGenericDns(url: String, ips: List<String>) = dns(
         .bootstrapDnsHosts(
             ips.map { InetAddress.getByName(it) }
         )
+        // Android TV often has a broken IPv6 stack — connections time out
+        // silently, causing ExoPlayer errors 2004/2001 on TV while the same
+        // stream works fine on mobile (same Wi-Fi). Force IPv4-only so OkHttp
+        // never attempts the broken IPv6 path.
+        .includeIPv6(false)
         .build()
 )
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/network/RequestsHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/network/RequestsHelper.kt
index 6234297d080..3641af10185 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/network/RequestsHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/network/RequestsHelper.kt
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ fun buildDefaultClient(context: Context, ignoreSSL: Boolean = false): OkHttpClie
     val baseClient = OkHttpClient.Builder()
         .followRedirects(true)
         .followSslRedirects(true)
+        // Explicit timeouts — OkHttp defaults (10 s) are too short for TV
+        // network stacks which can be slower than phones on the same Wi-Fi.
+        .connectTimeout(30, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .readTimeout(30, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .writeTimeout(30, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS)
         .apply {
             if (ignoreSSL) {
                 ignoreAllSSLErrors()
@@ -89,4 +94,4 @@ fun getHeaders(
             }) else mapOf()
     val tempHeaders = (DEFAULT_HEADERS + headers + cookieMap)
     return tempHeaders.toHeaders()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
index d7e10c81441..9d69ac62310 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt
@@ -658,7 +658,9 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
     }
 
     companion object {
-        private const val CRONET_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000
+        // 30 s instead of 15 s: TV network stacks are slower than phones
+        // and were timing out before the stream could start (error 2004/2001).
+        private const val CRONET_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000
 
         /**
          * Single shared engine, to minimize the overhead of maintaining many as: