How to Upload IPTV Playlists on Samsung, LG, and Other Smart TVs

By way of definition, a smart TV is a digital television that is, Internet-connected for entertainment. Today, I shall be giving you a very detailed guide on how to set up both official and 3rd-party IPTV on LG & Samsung TV with the help of some free and paid IPTV apps. For your reading pleasure, I will be presenting IPTV players that can run on smart tv

Smart TVs are available as stand-alone products but regular televisions can also be made “smart” through set-top boxes that enable advanced functions. In other words, you can connect an IPTV box to a non-smart tv to make it a pseudo-smart tv

Besides being able to receive cable and satellite or over-the-air (OTA) transmission passively, smart TVs are designed with extra hardware and connection ports, as well as a TV operating system with a GUI.

What App can you use to Watch IPTV Playlist on your Samsung or LG Smart TV Directly?

The most popular IPTV media player for Samsung smart TVs(with Tizen OS and non-Tizen OS) and LG smart TVs with WebOS  “smart IPTV player“. however, this is a paid app. Therefore, I will drop the names of a few “free IPTV players” available on various platforms including smart TVs.

About Smart IPTV Player APP

A smart IPTV player is a media/video player that is specially designed for use on specific smart TVs and Android devices. For example, the only way to load an IPTV playlist on Samsung smart tv is by installing a smart IPTV player. As for LG, the LG content stores have a couple of IPTV players but none of them can match the quality of smart IPTV.

Devices supported by Smart IPTV

Below is the list of the devices that are currently compatible with the smart IPTV player app.

• Android TV boxes
• Smart TV with Android OS
• Samsung Smart TV with Tizen or non-Tizen OS
• LG WebOS smart TV
• Amazon Fire
• Mag box

In addition, if your own TV runs an Android operating system, you are even lucky as you can install just about any iptv player to your tv including smart IPTV. Some of the top tv manufacturers that have adopted Android as their TV OS includes Vizio, Sony, Hisense, and so on.

Finally, smart IPTV is simply a bedrock for playing your IPTV streams on Android TV, Samsung smart TV, or LG.
* The application does not contain any channels, you have to add your own
*The application is free for a limited time to try its functionality.

Coming on the heels of Smart IPTV is Simple Smart IPTV. SS IPTV as its fondly referred to is SS IPTV is multi-purpose IPTV Player, which allows the playing and streaming of video from the internet or on the local net directly on your Smart TV.

It is also one of the most popular Smart TV applications in CIS, South America, and Europe. SS IPTV has become the first app of LG Smart World, which provided the opportunity for IPTV viewing for its users. Sadly, SS IPTV is not yet supported on Samsung smart tv.

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Requirements for Uploading/Installing 3rd-Party or Official IPTV Playlist On Your Smart TV

Basically, you need to meet the following requirements before you can stream an IPTV playlist on any smart tv.

1. You need a supported TV brand with a Supported OS. For example, you need either a Samsung, LG, or Sony, any smart tv with Android OS, or equivalent smart TV to run the IPTV app
2. Good, fast, and stable Internet connection: what separates traditional/non-smart TV from the smart is the presence of Internet protocols and Internet apps.
3. Availability of a good internet modem. Preferably a Wi-Fi router
4. Lastly, you must have a working IPTV playlist that you will sideload to the app. You can download a free IPTV playlist by searching for the same (use the following search tag “IPTV m3u playlist free download“) on www.google.com

List of Some Great IPTV APPs For Smart Televisions

1. The first on my list is “Hot IPTV“. This app is very light and super easy to use with a clean user interface. just like smart IPTV, you only need to upload your playlist and link it to your TV’s Mac address from this link. That is all there is. The beauty of it is that  HotIPTV supports both  3rd-party  as well as official  IPTV  playlists.HOT  IPTV  supports; LG,  Samsung, and Android.
2. secondly, You can also use IPTV smarters. IPTV smarters is an old guy in the game and it supports multi-iptv protocols. you can use the username and password directly on it, or load the playlist file. Sadly, the app is selective of some IPTV playlists on smart tv. it supports the most operating systems out of all the IPTV players out there. The list of supported OSes includes iOS, Android, Windows, MaOS, Samsung Tizen, LG WebOS, and other smart TVs. To use it, you need four login details from your IPTV provider as shown in the image below:
3. Duplecast IPTV is another free-to-use smart TV media player. it is rich in features and it supports various platforms such as Amazonfiretv, android, Tizen os, WebOS, and so on.

IPTV on LG & Samsung TV

We are now at the business end of this post. In the section below, I shall be illustrating how you can install either smart IPTV or ss IPTV app to your Samsung or LG smart tv with the aim of watching tv programs from your own playlist.

How to Install IPTV Player App on Samsung TV And Similar IPTV

By way of illustration, I will use the smart IPTV as a case study. For a reason that is not yet known, the smart IPTV app is no longer available on the app store of some Samsung smart tv. However, you can still install the app to your Samsung tv by sideloading it to it. To get started with the smart IPTV app on a Samsung TV, read the followings:

How to install Smart IPTV on Samsung TVs with Tizen OS (J/K/M/N/Q/R):

• First, Extract (unzip) the contents of the following Tizen Widget file to the root of a USB drive and insert it into your TV’s USB slot. Make sure the user widget directory is located at the root of your USB drive. The application will appear on the My Apps screen among other apps.
• On J series Tizen TVs, you can try turning off Menu -> Smart Hub -> App Auto Update to avoid losing the application on every TV restart.

How to sideload smart IPTV to non-Tizen Samsung TVs (E/ES/F/H/HU/J4/J52):

• Extract (unzip) the contents of the following Orsay Widget file to the root of USB drive and insert it to your TV’s USB slot. The SmartIPTV directory should be located at the root of your USB drive.
• The application will appear on a Samsung Apps screen among other apps.

Important! The application does NOT work on D series or older Samsung TVs.You have 7 days to try out the application. Afterward, each TV can be activated after one time payment. See below for the activation screen that will pop up on your tv once your 7 days trial elapses:

Steps To Setup and Load your IPTV Playlist/Account on Samsung TV Via Smart IPTV

• First off, connect your Samsung smart tv to either a wired or a wireless internet connection. Go do this, press Menu on your remote>> go to settings>> general>> network> open networks settings>> choose your network type and connect.
• Next, go-to the apps and search for Smart IPTV(if you can’t find it on the Samsung app store, install it manually by following my guide above). see the image below for what it looks like.
• Now, launch the app and you will see a screen that contains some information including your Mac address. Please, note down your Mac address as you will need it to activate your subscription and also to pay the one-time payment for the app after your 7 days trial.
• To upload your own external playlist, visit https://siptv.app/mylist/ and in the MAC field put the МАС address of your TV (example: a1:b2:c3:d4:e5:f6). See the example below:
• In the Filename field press the “Browse…” button and show the path to your newly created file and press “Submit/send”.3. Restart the Application on your device. and your newly add IPTV playlist would be displayed on the smart IPTV app on your TV.
• Congratulations, you have successfully added your playlist to your Samsung IPTV via smart IPTV. I f you wish to add other resources such as DVB channels, you can read the guide here.

How to Install Smart IPTV App on LG TV via SS IPTV

LG has a couple of great IPTV apps that can play IPTV channels in her store. Therefore, i won’t bore us with a smart IPTV tutorial on LG. If you would prefer siptv on LG, you can take a clue from the Samsung guide above, On the other hand, let me give you the guide on how you can upload your IPTV URL/playlist to an LG smart TV.

Steps to Uploading IPTV Playlist URL on LG Smart TV

• The first and most important step remains to connect your TV to the internet. to do this, press menu on your LG remote and navigate to settings>> Network>> choose your network type. See image below
• Once you have connected your LG Tv to the internet, open the “LG content store” and search for SS IPTV. Download and install the app. The icon of the app is exactly as shown in the picture below:
• From the SS IPTV App’s menu, go to settings>> choose your language from the right pane> tap on getting connection code button. A 7 digits unique alpha-numeric codes will be generated automatically.
• Next, visit the following site from your TV’s browser: http://ss-iptv.com. Change your language to the desired one on this site.
• Now, you will need to go to the “for users” tab and select playlist editor” then type your “connection code into the box provided for this and click on add device. see below for image
• I hope you already have your IPTV playlist URL or file handy. This is when you will need it. The next screen is where you will enter the details of your IPTV playlist/URL. See the example below
• Finally, exit your web browser and go back to the ss IPTV app on your LG TV open it and click on the refresh button. The refresh button is the first icon on your right.