A free IPTV player for Samsung TVs
opencream TV plays your IPTV service on the TV itself, with the TV's own hardware player. Log in with your Xtream Codes details and you get live TV with a guide, plus films and series. The app also gives you a calm home screen for your other apps.
It's free and open source. You install it once, and there's no activation fee per TV.
opencream TV includes no channels. You need a subscription with an IPTV service that is legal where you live.
Live TV
- Fast channel start. The app uses the TV's built-in video player. On our 2023 QN90C a channel starts in about a second.
- Guide over the picture. See what's on now and next without leaving the channel.
- CH up and CH down. Zap through your list with the remote's channel buttons.
- Favorites. Hold OK on a channel to add it.
- Backup server. Enter more than one server address, separated by commas. If one drops, playback moves to the next by itself.
- Your countries. Pick which countries and languages appear. Everything else stays out of the lists and out of search.
- Adult groups behind a PIN.
Films and series
- Resume where you stopped.
- Pick the audio track and subtitles during playback.
- Find the same title in other languages or in 4K, when your service offers them, in the same menu.
- Seasons and episodes in one list.
One search for everything
Type a word and see matching channels, films and series, plus what's on in the program guide. On our QN90C it searches about 31,000 guide entries in 0.2 seconds.
Xtream Codes on a Samsung TV
Most IPTV services give you an Xtream Codes login: a server address, a username and a password. That's all opencream TV needs. You type it into the installer's form, or on the TV the first time the app opens.
M3U playlist links are planned for a later version. If your service only gives you an M3U link, opencream TV can't play it yet.
Your login is stored on the TV, and we never see it.
A home screen comes with it
opencream TV is also the screen you start from. Your YouTube, Netflix and other installed apps sit on the same row as Live TV, Movies and Series, along with tiles for your consoles.
What you need
- A Samsung TV from 2019 or newer, Tizen 5.0+ (check yours)
- An IPTV subscription with an Xtream Codes login
- A computer on the same network for the one-time install, about 20 minutes (install guide)
Questions
Is this IPTV player really free?
Yes. opencream TV is free and open source (GPL-3.0). You don't pay per TV, now or later. You can support it with a coffee if you want to.
Does it come with channels?
No. It plays the service you already subscribe to. We don't sell, recommend or link to any IPTV provider.
Is it in Samsung's app store?
No. You install it once from a computer with the TV in Developer Mode, using Apps2Samsung or a coding agent. Because it isn't installed from the store, store changes don't remove it.
Which Samsung TVs does it run on?
Models from 2019 onward (Tizen 5.0+). We test on a 2023 QN90C. Other models are listed on the compatibility page.
How does it compare with other IPTV players on Samsung?
See our comparisons with IPTV Smarters and Smart IPTV.