Guides
Short, practical answers to the things people get stuck on — written for someone who already has a playlist or an account and wants it playing.
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How to open an M3U playlist on iPhone
Add an M3U or M3U8 playlist to your iPhone in under a minute — from a URL, a file in Files, or a link someone sent you. Step by step, with the errors that come up.
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How to log in with Xtream Codes on iPhone
Connect an Xtream Codes account on iPhone using your server URL, username and password — and what each of the common login errors actually means.
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Watching what you missed
What IPTV catch-up is, how to tell whether your subscription has it, and how to play a programme that has already aired on iPhone and Apple TV.
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When nothing loads
A playlist that loads no channels, a login that is refused, one dead channel among hundreds: how to tell a provider problem from a player problem, in that order.
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Setting up the programme guide (EPG)
Get a working TV guide in your IPTV player: where XMLTV data comes from, how channels are matched to it, and why the guide can look empty or shifted by hours.
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How to fix IPTV buffering
Stuttering, spinning, dropping out mid-programme — how to tell whether the cause is your connection, your provider or the stream format, and what to change for each.
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Subtitles and audio tracks
Why an IPTV channel plays in the wrong language, how to switch audio and subtitle tracks, and how to make the choice stick.
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Watch on the television
Send an IPTV channel from iPhone to Apple TV with AirPlay, what to do when only the sound arrives, and when to play it on the television instead.
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Hiding adult channels
Set a PIN, hide adult categories from every screen, and understand what the filter can and cannot catch.
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Your Jellyfin or Emby library
Play your own Jellyfin or Emby library on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, with posters, seasons and resume — over your own network.
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M3U vs Xtream Codes
The same channels, two ways to reach them. What each connection method actually does, where each one is better, and how to tell which one your provider gave you.
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VLC, M3U and what a player is for
VLC opens an M3U address on iPhone perfectly well. What it does not do is a programme guide, an Xtream Codes account, groups, posters or resume — and when that matters.
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An IPTV player for Apple TV
Watch your own M3U playlist or Xtream Codes account on Apple TV. Send the address from your iPhone instead of typing it on the remote.
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An IPTV player built for iPad
Watch your own IPTV playlist or Xtream account on iPad, with a layout built for the larger screen, Split View, Stage Manager and picture in picture.
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On a foldable iPhone
How an IPTV player should behave on a foldable iPhone: a tablet layout on the inner screen, a phone layout on the cover, and playback that survives the fold.