An M3U player that turns a list into a service

What an M3U playlist is

An M3U or M3U8 playlist is a text file that lists streams: a name, a logo, a category and an address for each channel, film or episode. Providers share it as a link, sometimes as a file. Electron IPTV reads both, and provides no content itself.

What Electron reads in your list

Electron uses everything the list declares, and fills the rest from the guide.

• Categories from group-title, logos and channel identifiers
• The guide named in the header (url-tvg), every guide if it names several, and a guide source of your own for the channels left empty
• Channel numbers from tvg-chno, shown and dialled
• Catch-up declared by the list: watch again, from the beginning, and record where the channel allows it
• Films and series, with their own pages, resume and downloads
• Request headers such as a User-Agent, after the address or in #EXTVLCOPT lines

A list that changes under you

Some providers rotate their stream addresses. Electron keeps your favourites, history, guide reminders and downloads attached to the channel or title rather than to its address, so nothing is lost when the list changes. A channel that drops can switch to another copy of itself in the same list.

From a link, a file, or an Xtream link

Add a playlist by link or from a file on the device. If the link you paste is an Xtream get.php link, Electron turns it into an Xtream Codes account, which also brings the provider's guide and catch-up.

Set it up in a few minutes

1. Install Electron IPTV from Google Play.
2. Choose M3U, then paste the playlist link or pick the file on your device.
3. If your list names no guide, add an XMLTV guide link: Electron reads it alongside.
4. Your channels load, and the list refreshes in the background on the schedule you choose.

Questions