Smart IPTV (SIPTV) Setup Guide for Samsung and LG TVs

What you need before you start

The developer describes Smart IPTV as “just a media player” with “no channels included”, and activation adds none. You need two separate things:

1. The app and its activation, from the developer at siptv.app.
2. An IPTV subscription that gives you an M3U playlist link. On BuyIPTV.ca that link comes with your account, and you can test it first with the 24-hour free trial.

Which TVs does Smart IPTV support?

The €5.49 activation: what you pay and to whom

• Price: a one-time fee of 5.49 EUR for each TV or device. There’s no yearly charge.
• Paid to: the app’s developer, through the Activation page at siptv.app. Your IPTV provider doesn’t sell it.
• Payment methods: debit or credit card (no PayPal account needed), PayPal, or cryptocurrency (6 USDT/USDC).
• Per device: activation is tied to the TV’s MAC address or Device ID. Two TVs need two activations.
• Android 13 and later: the app has to come from Google Play, and activation is done inside the app under Settings > Device Info > Activate.

The developer’s advice is worth repeating: don’t pay to fix a problem. If your playlist won’t load or channels won’t play, activation won’t change that. Get the playlist working first.

How to set up Smart IPTV on a Samsung TV

1. Press the Home button and open Apps.
2. Search for Smart IPTV, or look in the Video category. On a 2022 or newer TV, make sure you install the current app (3.1.3).
3. Open Smart IPTV once. The app has to run at least one time before its MAC address is recognised by the upload page.
4. Write down the MAC address shown in the app, exactly, including the colons.
5. On a phone or computer, go to siptv.app/mylist (see the upload steps below).
6. Back on the TV, close Smart IPTV fully and open it again. Your channel groups should appear.

Older Samsung models (2015 to 2018 Tizen and the E, ES, F, H, J4 and J52 series) aren’t in the store. For those, siptv.app provides a widget file to copy to the root of a FAT32 USB drive. Insert it into the TV and the app appears under My Apps. On J series TVs, the developer suggests turning off Menu > Smart Hub > App Auto Update so the app isn’t removed on restart.

Useful Samsung remote keys in Smart IPTV:

• OK shows the channel list.
• CH LIST shows the guide.
• RED opens settings from the channel list, and picks the audio track during playback.
• RETURN hides the channel list and info bar.
• EXIT closes the app.

How to set up Smart IPTV on an LG TV

1. Open the LG Apps store and go to the Entertainment category.
2. Install Smart IPTV. On webOS 3.0 or later you get version 3.1.3.
3. Open the app once and note the identifier it shows.
4. Upload your playlist at siptv.app/mylist.
5. Restart the app.

On LG, version 3.0.0 and later can’t read the TV’s MAC address, so the app uses a Device ID instead. The FAQ says that if the TV was activated before, the Device ID activates automatically when the app starts, and your old MAC address can still be used to upload playlists.

On webOS TVs, if a forced audio language doesn’t work, set webOS Video Mode to NC MPEG or NC Auto in the app’s settings.

Uploading your M3U playlist on siptv.app/mylist

The upload page is where the app gets its channels. Fill it in like this:

1. MAC: type the MAC address (or ID) shown in the app.
2. Choose URL and paste your M3U link. Use a direct link, not one that redirects. The M3U vs Xtream Codes guide explains what an M3U link looks like.
3. Leave the playlist format on the default unless your provider tells you otherwise. The options are m3u8, ts and mpegts.
4. Tick Detect EPG so the page picks up the guide link inside the playlist.
5. Choose your EPG country so programme data matches your language.
6. Leave “Save online” unticked unless your TV has trouble loading the list. The developer says it’s meant only for TVs with low memory.
7. Send the form, then restart Smart IPTV on the TV.

You can add up to 10 playlists, but each one adds to upload and start-up time.

After your playlist works, use the Lock MAC (or Lock MAC/ID) button in the app’s settings. It stops anyone else from resetting or replacing your playlist through the upload page. To remove the lock later, enter the PIN 0000 when locking again.

Setting up the EPG

Smart IPTV reads the guide link embedded in your playlist when you tick Detect EPG on the upload page. Our playlists include it, so the guide fills in on its own after the restart. Press CH LIST on a Samsung remote to open it.

If programme times are an hour or more off, the cause is usually the TV’s time zone or the guide offset. The EPG guide covers the fix. If a big guide makes the app slow or the playlist fails to load, the developer suggests unticking Detect EPG and uploading again to test.

Common Smart IPTV errors and fixes

A note on the two MAC addresses: the FAQ says the second MAC is activated once you switch connection type and restart the app. If you move the TV from Wi-Fi to Ethernet, open the app again before you upload to the new MAC.

Still stuck? Message support on WhatsApp at wa.me/12513149725 (9 am to 11 pm Eastern, seven days, English or French) with your TV model and the error text.

What Smart IPTV won’t do

• It doesn’t include channels, and activation doesn’t add any.
• It doesn’t have a login screen on the TV. Channels come from the playlist you upload on siptv.app.
• It doesn’t carry over to a new TV. Each TV needs its own activation.
• It won’t play formats your TV can’t decode. A stream that fails on Smart IPTV may play on a different player.

If you’d rather log in with a username and password, the Samsung and LG IPTV apps guide compares the other players for these TVs.

Smart IPTV: frequently asked questions

Related guides: All setup guides · Samsung and LG IPTV apps · M3U vs Xtream Codes · EPG explained · IPTV not working

Disclosure: we run BuyIPTV.ca, an IPTV service for Canadian households, and we are not affiliated with Smart IPTV or its developer. App details are checked against siptv.app as of October 2026.