Before you begin
- An iPhone or iPad on iOS 14 or later, or an Apple TV in 4K or HD
- An Apple ID
- Your 4KIPTVUS login details
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Walking through the setup
Free versus paid — settle it now
On both iOS and tvOS, IPTV Smarters Player is free and does the lot. For a couple of dollars, iPlayTV and GSE Smart IPTV lay the list out a little better. Choose one, and give TiviMato and Tivimax a miss.
Open the App Store
It is on the home screen of an Apple TV; on an iPhone or iPad it is that familiar blue icon.
Install the player
Find whichever app you settled on and add it. On an Apple TV there is even a neat trick: kick the install off from your phone and it lands on the box by itself.
Sign in via Xtream Codes
Launch the app, choose Xtream Codes, and put in your server address along with the username and password. From an iPhone you can paste every field directly out of the WhatsApp thread, which kills off typos.
Check it, and AirPlay if handy
Put a channel on and pause a second. Your iPhone can then beam it by AirPlay onto an Apple TV, or any AirPlay-ready screen in the room — handy when installing nothing on the TV suits you better.
If it misbehaves
The list loads but one channel refuses
A few channels use codecs that Apple will only play through a particular engine. Switch the player over to the VLC or FFmpeg engine in its settings and the channel comes back.
The player we would pick here
IPTV Smarters Pro
One free player spanning Android, Fire OS, Apple, Samsung, LG and PC. How to install IPTV Smarters Pro, enter your 4KIPTVUS login and clear common snags.
M3U playlist
Every 4KIPTVUS plan ships an M3U link for VLC, Kodi and Smart IPTV. When to use it over the Xtream login, and why the free online lists never last long.
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Apple TV and iPhone: common questions
Is there IPTV Smarters for Apple TV?
There is, free on the tvOS App Store, and it carries the Xtream login, the guide, catch-up and on-demand. TiviMate really has no Apple TV version, no matter what the copycat listings imply.
Can I watch on my Mac?
Three routes: IPTV Smarters Player from the Mac App Store, the M3U link in VLC or IINA, or the browser player. Each is covered in the Windows and Mac guide.