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Installing Apollo Group TV on Samsung / LG Smart TV

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Samsung (Tizen) and LG (webOS) TVs only install apps from their own stores, which rules out Downloader. Two players in those stores do the job well: Smart IPTV, better known as SSIPTV, and IBO Player. With either one you never have to type a long address using the TV remote. The app shows a MAC address on screen, and you send your playlist to it from a phone or laptop. It takes about ten minutes, and you'll spend most of them on your phone rather than in front of the TV.

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01Setting up Samsung / LG Smart TV

  1. 1

    Install a player from the TV's store

    Both are free to install.

    • Samsung: press Home → Apps and search for 'Smart IPTV' or 'IBO Player'
    • LG: open the LG Content Store and search for 'SSIPTV' or 'IBO Player'
  2. 2

    Take a photo of the MAC address

    When you open the app it shows a MAC address, and IBO Player shows a device key as well. Take a picture of it with your phone. Reading it off the screen and typing it in later is where most typos creep in.

    Rather not do the upload yourself? WhatsApp us the photo and we'll send the playlist to the TV for you.

  3. 3

    Send the playlist from your phone

    Open the player's upload page in a browser on your phone or computer. For SSIPTV that's siptv.app/mylist; IBO Player prints its own address on the TV screen.

    • In the MAC field, enter the code from your photo
    • In the URL field, paste the M3U address from your activation message
    • Press Send (or Add), then close the app on the TV completely and open it again

    Your M3U address has your username and password built into it, so look after it the way you would a password. It arrives in your WhatsApp activation message. If you think someone else has got hold of it, tell us.

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Questions and answers

Common Samsung / LG Smart TV problems

SSIPTV now says the trial is over

After its trial period SSIPTV asks for a small one-off payment. That goes to the app's developer, not to us, and it's separate from your Apollo Group TV plan. IBO Player works the same way once its own trial ends.

I uploaded the playlist and the TV still shows the old list

On most TVs, pressing Home leaves the app running in the background, so it never reloads. Close it from the app switcher, or switch the TV off at the wall for a minute, then open the app again. If the list is still out of date after that, upload it once more.

Can't I just use the TV's built-in browser?

It won't work reliably. TV browsers struggle with IPTV stream formats, which is why we stick to these two players.

Channels open but the guide is empty

SSIPTV builds the guide from the playlist itself, and that takes a few minutes after the first upload. If your player lets you add a separate guide link, the M3U and EPG explainer shows how.

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