Playlist settings
Your active playlist and how often it refreshes
Advanced settings depend on valid trial/Premium access and the installed build. Some controls appear only when their parent feature is enabled. Why an option may be missing.
34 controls and nested options · Read the Add and manage playlists tutorial →
Playlist Info
Name, type, server, content counts and expiry.
Focus this action and press OK. Review the opened panel or confirmation before proceeding; BACK closes the current dialog.
My Playlists
Currently using . Select to see them all and switch.
Open the list, review the saved sources and choose the main playlist. Check enabled sources separately; main does not mean only.
Add Playlist
Sign in with another Xtream, M3U or Stalker playlist.
Focus this action and press OK. Review the opened panel or confirmation before proceeding; BACK closes the current dialog.
Manage channels from phone / PC
Organise custom groups, favourites and provider groups over your home network.
Focus this action and press OK. Review the opened panel or confirmation before proceeding; BACK closes the current dialog.
Refresh playlist & guide
Re-download provider channels, movies, series and the selected guides. Background guide reading is paused while the playlist refresh takes priority.
Select once, follow the named playlist status, then check Live TV and Guide after completion. Do not keep restarting an active import.
TV Guide
Open per-playlist guide sources, loading mode, refresh interval, days and logo actions.
Choose the playlist at the top before changing any source or logo setting.
Retry guide download
Retry the active playlists and selected guide sources without clearing existing listings or user data.
Focus this action and press OK. Review the opened panel or confirmation before proceeding; BACK closes the current dialog.
Auto-Refresh
How often to re-download the playlist automatically on launch. Select to change (Weekly → Daily → Never).
Focus this action and press OK. Review the opened panel or confirmation before proceeding; BACK closes the current dialog.
Refresh while the app is not in use
Uses unmetered Wi-Fi or Ethernet and waits while watching or recording. Playlist refresh follows the interval above. Cached playlists open without routine startup refresh; missing data and stale guides can still load at startup.
Focus this row and press OK to switch it on or off. Check the displayed state before leaving.
Preferred local time
Default: 03:00. Android may delay or interrupt background work. Runs only within three hours of this time; a powered-off or force-stopped device cannot refresh.
Focus this row and press OK to select or cycle its displayed value. Keep the value you want, then return to the relevant screen to check it.
Sign Out
Remove this playlist from the app and return to the sign-in screen.
Focus this action and press OK. Review the opened panel or confirmation before proceeding; BACK closes the current dialog.
Removes this playlist and returns to sign-in. It is not merely logging out of your email account.
Release receiver tuner before playback
Optional: put the receiver into normal standby before streaming. Its local picture stops; recordings are not cancelled. HDMI-CEC settings may affect its connected TV. The receiver stays in standby until you wake it yourself.
Focus this row and press OK to switch it on or off. Check the displayed state before leaving.
Edit playlist
Correct the selected playlist’s address and login credentials without creating a duplicate.
Focus this action and press OK. Review the opened panel or confirmation before proceeding; BACK closes the current dialog.
Multi-host
Other addresses this playlist answers on, one per line.
Focus this action and press OK. Review the opened panel or confirmation before proceeding; BACK closes the current dialog.
Delete playlist / Press again to delete
Removes it and everything downloaded from it. Your other playlists are untouched.
Focus this action and press OK. Review the opened panel or confirmation before proceeding; BACK closes the current dialog.
Removes this playlist and its imported data. Save its source details privately before confirming.
+ Add a guide link
Add an external guide link to the playlist currently selected.
Enter the complete compatible XMLTV link, Save, enable its source row and restart the selected guide. Do not share token-bearing links publicly.
Loading mode: Smart / Full
Smart prioritises three hours of near-term programmes before the remaining selected days. Full imports the full selected day window.
Choose the intended playlist, press the mode button, then restart that playlist’s guide. The mode is not a global main-playlist-only choice.
Refresh interval
Choose When it runs low, or every 1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 hours.
Press the interval button until the intended value appears. Automatic avoids downloading still-usable coverage unnecessarily.
Days to download
Keep 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 or 14 days ahead, subject to what the source actually publishes.
Select the playlist, cycle to the required days, and restart its guide to apply the import window. One or two days is lighter on a small box.
Guide logo source: All sources
Use available guide artwork across the selected playlist’s enabled feeds rather than selecting one feed.
Open Use guide logos everywhere, then choose All sources or a single feed from the picker.
Restart this playlist’s guide
Restart the guide work for the playlist currently selected at the top of the dialog.
Confirm the playlist name, select Restart this playlist’s guide once, and follow that playlist’s status.
Use guide logos everywhere
Apply guide channel artwork to the selected playlist, not to unrelated playlists or movie/series posters.
Select the owning playlist, choose this action, then choose All sources or its intended individual feed.
Back to provider logos
Restore the selected playlist’s original provider channel artwork.
Choose the correct playlist first, select this action, and check its channel list afterwards.
Cancel guide-link edit
Discard the draft in the guide-link editor.
Choose Cancel instead of Save if you do not want to apply this edit.
Edit guide link
Correct an existing external feed URL without adding a duplicate.
Select Edit beside the intended feed, replace the URL and Save. Restart the selected playlist’s guide afterwards.
Save guide link
Commit the entered guide link to the selected playlist.
Check the full link and owning playlist, select Save, then enable the feed and restart its guide if necessary.
Sync with cloud
Get saved playlist edits from the website and upload changes made here. This does not force a provider playlist or EPG refresh.
Save the edit on the website, select this action, wait for completion, then inspect the correct entry in My Playlists.
Choose playlist
Select the guide owner in the top dropdown. Guide sources, Smart/Full mode, days and logo changes apply to this playlist.
Open TV Guide, choose the intended playlist, then review its settings before changing anything.
Enable a guide source
Each source row has an enabled state. Disabled sources are not the chosen feed for new guide work.
Choose the playlist, toggle the intended source, and restart its guide to apply the change.
Remove external guide link
Remove a manually added external guide link, not the entire playlist.
Choose the correct playlist and feed, then its remove button. Check the remaining enabled sources before restarting.
Choose an individual logo feed
Limit guide logos to one feed belonging to the selected playlist.
Choose Use guide logos everywhere, then that feed rather than All sources.
Activate playlist
Choose whether this source’s content appears in lists and search. Several playlists can be activated.
Open My Playlists and change the Activate switch in the intended row. This does not choose a different Main playlist.
Main playlist
Exactly one playlist is main. Main is a selection between sources rather than an off switch leaving none.
Open My Playlists and turn Main on for the intended source. The previous main is replaced. Review Activate independently.
Playlist action menu (…)
Open editing, alternate hosts, receiver options when supported, and deletion for eligible sources.
Open My Playlists, move to the three-dot button on the intended source, and choose the action. Read deletion confirmations carefully.
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