Multimedia streaming and network apparatus and operation method of the same

A multimedia streaming and network apparatus operation method used in a multimedia streaming and network apparatus that comprises a router module, a storage module configured to store an application program and a processing module electrically coupled to the router module and the storage module and configured to perform network communication through the router module and to retrieve and execute the application program to perform the multimedia streaming and network apparatus operation method, wherein the multimedia streaming and network apparatus operation method comprises:

• receiving a first stream request packet corresponding to an external physical STB through a LAN port;
• activating a multicast and hardware offload function of the router module corresponding to the LAN port;
• operating a STB virtual machine to perform a STB function;
• receiving a second stream request packet corresponding to the STB virtual machine;
• activating the multicast and hardware offload function of the router module corresponding to a processing module port;
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• transmitting at least a video stream from a remote server by the router module through the LAN port and the processing module port respectively to the physical STB and the STB virtual machine to be processed and playback.