Adding your playlist
Resist the urge to build channel groups and favourites before you have confirmed playback. Reorganising a list you then have to reload is wasted effort.
- Install TiviMate on an Android TV box or Fire TV device.
- On first launch choose "Add playlist" and select either Xtream Codes or M3U playlist to match your details.
- Enter the server address, username and password, or the full playlist URL.
- Wait for the channel list to download completely — on a large catalogue this genuinely takes a while.
- Open the channel list and confirm your regular channels are present before customising anything.
Guide data and timezone
- If your account provides guide data through an Xtream Codes login, TiviMate usually picks it up automatically.
- For a separate guide source, add it under Settings → EPG and allow the first download to finish.
- A guide that is offset by whole hours is a timezone problem. Check the device timezone first, then TiviMate’s own EPG time-shift setting.
- A guide that is missing on some channels and present on others is coverage, not configuration.
Common TiviMate problems
| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Channel list empty after adding playlist | Download interrupted, or wrong login type selected. | Remove the playlist, re-add, and let it complete. |
| Guide shows wrong times | Device timezone or EPG time-shift. | Set the device timezone first; adjust the shift only if it is still wrong. |
| Buffering on one channel only | A single feed, not the app. | Report that channel name and the time. |
| App asks to buy premium for a second playlist | Expected behaviour on the free tier. | Use one playlist, or buy premium from the developer. |
Questions people ask
Does TiviMate work on iPhone or Samsung TVs?
No. TiviMate is an Android TV and Fire TV application. There is no iOS, tvOS, Tizen or webOS version, and any site offering one is not distributing the real app.
Is TiviMate premium required?
Not for basic viewing with one playlist. Multiple playlists, recording and multi-view are premium features purchased from the developer, separately from your subscription.
Why is my TiviMate guide two hours out?
A whole-hour offset is a timezone issue. Set the device timezone correctly first, then use TiviMate’s EPG time-shift only if a mismatch remains.