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Tivo8k – One Subscription for Smarters Pro and TiViMate

TiViMate Setup: Playlist, Programme Guide and Premium

TiViMate is what people move to once they have lived with a basic player for a few weeks. The reason is the guide: a proper grid laid out by channel and time, browsable while something keeps playing, which is the difference between flicking through a cable box and scrolling a list of thumbnails. The catch is that it is Android-only, and always has been.

What you need

  • Android hardware only: Android TV, Google TV, Firestick or a box
  • Your Xtream server address, username and password
  • Optional: Premium, if recording and multi-view matter to you

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Step-by-step setup

  1. Install TiViMate

    Android TV and Google TV have it in the Play Store. On a Firestick it has to be sideloaded with Downloader. There is no build for Apple, Samsung or LG, and anything in those stores with a similar name is a different app entirely, so use IPTV Smarters on that hardware.

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  2. Add a playlist

    Open it, choose Add playlist, then Xtream Codes login. Enter the server address, username and password from your Tivo8k message and press Next. It will not ask for an M3U link and does not need one.

  3. Name the playlist and load

    Give it a name you will recognise if you ever add a second, then let the channels and guide download. It asks which categories to bring in; whatever you pick here can be changed later, so do not deliberate over it.

  4. Set up the guide

    Under Settings, TV guide, set the refresh to every 12 hours. The guide source travels with the Xtream login, so unlike some players there is no separate EPG URL to paste in anywhere.

  5. Optional: activate Premium

    Premium is bought through the separate TiViMate Companion app on a phone, not inside TiViMate itself, which trips up nearly everybody. It runs about $9.99 a year or a one-off lifetime licence in the mid-thirties, with a seven-day trial, and unlocks recording, multi-view and multiple playlists.

Common errors and fixes

TiViMate says "playlist could not be loaded"

Check the server address carries its port, and that the plan is still active. Then retype the password by hand rather than pasting, because copied text from a chat frequently drags an invisible space along with it.

Guide shows "no information"

Force a refresh from Settings, TV guide, Update now, then restart the app. A first load on a large channel list can also simply need more time than people give it.

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TiViMate IPTV FAQ

How much does TiViMate Premium cost?

Roughly $9.99 a year, or a one-off lifetime licence somewhere between $34 and $38 depending on region. It is purchased in the TiViMate Companion app on a phone rather than on the television, and there is a seven-day trial so you can see whether recording and multi-view matter to you.

Does Tivo8k work with TiViMate?

Yes, natively. Accounts are issued as standard Xtream Codes logins, which is exactly what TiViMate expects, so the guide, catch-up and on-demand sections all populate without extra configuration. Add it under Add playlist, then Xtream Codes login.