Series from an Xtream Codes account on Android TV, by category

What an Xtream Codes account is

Most IPTV providers deliver their service through the Xtream Codes API: a server address, a username and a password. From those three details a player reads the live channels, the programme guide, the films, the series and the replays your provider offers. Electron IPTV is a player for that account; it provides no channels itself.

What Electron reads from it

Everything the account exposes is organised into screens you can browse, even close to 100,000 items, and kept in sync in the background.

  • Live channels in your provider's categories, with the programme guide
  • Watch again, start from the beginning and record, on channels with catch-up
  • Films and series with posters, synopses, seasons and episodes
  • The account's expiry date and how many connections it allows
  • Several accounts, switched from the home screen

Setting it up without typing errors

Paste the message your provider sent, on a phone or tablet: Electron finds the server, username and password in it, in seven languages and whatever the layout. A get.php link pasted as an M3U playlist becomes an Xtream account, which brings the guide and catch-up as well. On a TV, set it up from your phone instead of typing with the remote.

An account that is looked after

Electron tells you before your provider account expires, on the home screen and by notification. Multiview reads how many connections your account allows and never opens more. A channel that will not start in one format is reopened once in the other, TS or HLS, and the one that works is remembered. And when the server refuses your details, the error says so and opens the playlist to correct them.

Set it up in a few minutes

  1. Install Electron IPTV from Google Play.
  2. Choose Xtream Codes, then paste your provider's message or enter the server address, username and password.
  3. Channels, guide, films and series load in the background: you can start watching before it finishes.
  4. Electron then keeps watch: you are told before the account expires.

Questions

Where do I find my Xtream Codes details?

In the message your IPTV provider sent when you subscribed: a server address, often with a port such as :8080, a username and a password. Electron IPTV does not sell subscriptions and cannot give you these details.

Does Electron IPTV support MAC portal or Stalker accounts?

No. Electron IPTV reads Xtream Codes and M3U details. If your provider gave you a MAC portal, ask them for Xtream Codes or M3U details for the same subscription.

Why does my account allow only one connection?

That is the number of streams your provider lets you play at once. Electron shows it in the account details, and an account shown as unlimited has no fixed limit. Multiview stays within it, and on a one-connection account downloads pause while you watch.

Can I add several Xtream Codes accounts?

Yes, up to ten, switched from the home screen. If your provider gives you a new link for the same service, Electron offers to carry over your favourites, history and reminders.