Sidstuga: IPTV Player

Sidstuga

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About this app

Stream live TV on Android TV, phone and tablet with your M3U playlist or Xtream Codes credentials. A fast, modern M3U8 player with DVR recording, EPG guide, end-to-end encrypted Cloud Sync, and full mobile↔TV parity. No ads, no account required to play.

CLOUD SYNC — END-TO-END ENCRYPTED
Sync your favourites, watch history and parental settings across every device you sign in on. Your password is the only key — derived locally with Argon2id and used to encrypt your data with AES-256-GCM before it leaves the device. The server holds opaque ciphertext we cannot read. Premium with a 3-day free trial via Google Play.

LIVE TV, DONE PROPERLY
• Plays live channels from any Xtream Codes API server, with hardware acceleration where available
• Loads M3U / M3U8 playlists from a URL or local file
• EPG grid (TV) and timeline (mobile) with now-and-next, posters, and a custom palette
• Channel groups, favourites with a dedicated top row, fast search, last-watched memory
• Catch-up TV up to 7 days back where the Xtream provider supports it
• Auto-update sources (Manual/6h/12h/24h) to pick up provider changes
• Programme reminders with exact-alarm precision

VOD WITH TMDB & OPENSUBTITLES
• Movies and series metadata, posters and trailers when available
• Multi-language subtitles via OpenSubtitles, with adjustable font size
• Continue watching and resume position across cold starts

DESIGNED FOR COUCH AND POCKET
• Five colour palettes: Premium Purple (default), Ocean Blue, Forest Green, Sunset Orange, Charcoal
• Eight languages first-class: English, Português (PT), Português (BR), Español, Français, Italiano, Deutsch, العربية
• Full mobile↔TV parity — every feature adapted to its surface, never cut
• Dark, matte UI tuned for daily living-room use

BUILT TO SURVIVE FLAKY NETWORKS
• Smart recovery ladder: URL variations, .ts ↔ .m3u8, http ↔ https
• Surface recovery loop for Realtek / TCL TV boxes that lose the decoder
• Live health indicator showing stream quality in real time
• Clear "We couldn't resume" dialog with Retry, Next channel and Report problem
• Hardware video and audio decoding on supported Android TV boxes (TCL, Realtek, Amlogic chipsets) with first-frame watchdog

POWER USER TOOLS
• Stream stats overlay: live bitrate, dropped frames, buffer health, codec info
• External player handoff (VLC, MX Player, Just Player)
• Sleep timer (15 / 30 / 60 / 120 min)
• Picture-in-Picture on mobile
• Auto-start on boot for Android TV

DVR — RECORD LIVE TV
• Schedule recordings in advance from the EPG guide or channel list
• Library of saved recordings with titles, thumbnails and duration
• Play back recordings with a full seek bar — no re-encoding
• Works on both Android TV and mobile

TV REMOTE FIRST
D-pad-first navigation across every screen, focus glow tuned for couch distance, custom on-screen keyboard for fast text input, side menu that gets out of the way.

PRIVACY
• No ads. No third-party tracking SDKs beyond opt-out Firebase Crashlytics and Analytics.
• Cloud Sync payloads are encrypted on the device before upload — we cannot read your favourites, history or settings.
• Account deletion is one tap inside the app, or via https://sidstuga.app/delete-account.html
• Privacy policy: https://sidstuga.app/privacy.html

COMPLIANCE
Sidstuga is a media player. It is NOT a content provider, host, distributor or aggregator. You bring your own credentials (Xtream Codes) or playlist (M3U / M3U8) of a service you are independently authorised to access. The app does not host, index or recommend any streams.

Support: [e-mail]
Telegram: https://t.me/sidstugaapp
Site: https://sidstuga.app

What’s new

New since 2.1.4:
• The free trial is now 7 days, not 3.
• Channel list rebuilt: more channels per screen, with the selected channel's schedule right beside it — set a reminder or record from there.
• TV guide redesigned: one more channel, over two hours at a glance, calmer colours.
• In fullscreen, one press of the down arrow opens your recent channels.
• Opens on the last channel you watched.
• Hide and reorder groups on TV.
• Many fixes.