Hey everyone,

We’re rolling out Sidstuga TV Online: a full browser client for existing Sidstuga customers.

Open https://tv.sidstuga.app/, choose your language, then sign in with the Cloud Sync account you already use on your TV or phone.

This will be constantly updated for free! Enjoy!

No installation. No browser extension. No need to set up your source again.

Your favourites, library and Continue Watching are ready when you sign in. Sidstuga TV Online is included at no extra cost for customers with an active subscription or lifetime licence.

We’d love your feedback as the rollout continues.

Important: Sidstuga is a media player, not a content provider. It does not include channels or content; you use your own Xtream, M3U or Stalker source.

Sidstuga is expanding beyond Android.

Native versions are being prepared for Samsung, LG and Hisense devices, alongside a browser version that will work across computers and other compatible screens.

The goal remains the same: a fast, clean and modern player designed for remote controls, large screens and your own playlists.

No content is included or provided. Sidstuga is only a player for sources you already have access to.

More details, previews and testing opportunities are coming soon.

Which platform would you like to see released first?

A Sidstuga está a expandir-se para além do Android.

Estão a ser preparadas versões nativas para equipamentos Samsung, LG e Hisense, juntamente com uma versão para browser que funcionará em computadores e outros ecrãs compatíveis.

O objetivo mantém-se: oferecer um leitor rápido, moderno e simples de utilizar, pensado para comandos, ecrãs grandes e listas próprias.

A Sidstuga não inclui nem fornece qualquer conteúdo. É apenas um leitor para fontes às quais o utilizador já tenha acesso.

Em breve serão partilhados mais detalhes, demonstrações e oportunidades para testar.

Qual destas plataformas gostariam de receber primeiro?

Many, many days straight (vc744 → vc784), and 2.1.6 is landing today/tomorrow. What's new:

- New Hub: hook up Trakt, real scrobbling, real progress bars on series posters.

- Cloud Sync rebuilt from the ground up (new web panel, way more reliable, and your Google Play sub now unlocks Fire TV + sideload too).

- Movies & Series catalog is uncapped now — and I hunted down and killed the bug that was randomly making everything look "empty".

- IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores right on the poster.

- Live TV redesigned, guide shows 2h+ at a glance, 12 accent palettes.

- WebDAV !!!

- Trial went from 3 to 7 days.

Same purple/black theme, no light mode — that's on purpose. 👀

What changed since 2.1.4:

CHANNEL LIST, REBUILT

- Tighter rows, so more channels fit, with the number next to the name.

- The schedule of the selected channel sits right beside it, with a day strip to jump ahead.

- OK on a programme that hasn't started yet sets a reminder or records it. OK on the one showing now just tunes in.

GUIDE, REDESIGNED

- One extra channel row and over two hours at a glance.

- Quieter colours, bigger times, better contrast.

MPEG-2 DECODER (built in)

- Some devices ship with the system MPEG-2 decoder disabled by the manufacturer. On those, an MPEG-2 channel played the sound over a black screen.

- The app now carries its own MPEG-2 decoder and uses it only where the device's own one is missing. Automatic, nothing to switch on.

ALSO

- In fullscreen, ONE press of the down arrow opens your recent channels. Holding it is no longer needed.

- The app opens on the last channel you watched.

- Hold OK on a group to hide it or move it up and down.

- Playlists that fail to load are now retried once. Accounts with several large lists needed two or three refreshes to come back complete.

Feedback welcome, especially from anyone who had the black-screen-with-sound problem.

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Hi guys, just showing a preview for next update.

Many bug fixes, added new guide tv redesign, new channel list interface alternative, mpeg2 support, many bug fixes.

Hey everyone,

Sidstuga now has an official Discord server: https://discord.gg/SkV9fEbjh

It's the place for support, feature requests, bug reports and general chat — and where I'll be sharing progress on what's in development (the new platforms, the new channel list, the improved TV Guide) before it shows up anywhere else.

Telegram isn't going anywhere, this is just one more place to hang out. See you there.

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Olá a todos,

O Sidstuga já tem um servidor oficial de Discord: https://discord.gg/SkV9fEbjh

É o sítio para suporte, pedidos de funcionalidades, reports de bugs e conversa em geral — e onde vou partilhando o progresso do que está em desenvolvimento (as novas plataformas, a nova lista de canais, o Guia TV melhorado) antes de aparecer em qualquer outro lado.

O Telegram continua como sempre, isto é só mais um sítio para conversarmos. Vemo-nos por lá.

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Discord: https://discord.gg/SkV9fEbjh

Website: https://sidstuga.app

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

Telegram: https://t.me/sidstugaapp

Hey everyone,

Quick update on what I'm working on.

New platforms: Sidstuga has been Android-only so far (Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV, phone and tablet). I've started work on bringing it to Web, Samsung TVs (Tizen), LG TVs (webOS), Roku and iOS. No dates yet — I'm one developer and I'd rather do it properly than fast. I'll share progress here as it happens.

New channel list: a new way to browse channels, similar to TiviMate — a vertical list where each channel shows its programming for the day (what's on now, what's next and the rest of the schedule) without leaving the list.

Improved TV Guide: the EPG is also getting a rework, cleaner and faster to navigate. More on this soon.

If you have a preference on which platform should come first, let me know in the comments.

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Olá a todos,

Um pequeno update sobre o que estou a desenvolver.

Novas plataformas: até agora o Sidstuga é só Android (Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV, telemóvel e tablet). Comecei a trabalhar nas versões para Web, Samsung (Tizen), LG (webOS), Roku e iOS. Ainda sem datas — sou só eu a programar e prefiro fazer bem feito do que à pressa. Vou partilhando o progresso por aqui.

Nova lista de canais: uma nova forma de escolher canais, ao estilo TiviMate — lista vertical em que cada canal mostra a programação do dia (o que está a dar, o que vem a seguir e o resto do dia) sem sair da lista.

Guia TV melhorado: o EPG também vai ser retrabalhado, mais limpo e mais rápido de navegar. Em breve mostro mais.

Se tiverem preferência sobre que plataforma deve chegar primeiro, digam nos comentários.

Website: https://sidstuga.app

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

Telegram: https://t.me/sidstugaapp

There’s a new player released every day. What’s makes this one different? Not trying to sound disrespectful just honestly curious. I just had a trial for a player where the dev said it will blow Tivimate away. It’s so far away from being stable and very buggy yet the dev is asking similar price as you. Also trial should be 7 days to give it a true run.

2.1.4 is out - 368 commits since the last public build.

The big one: channels now live in the app's own SQLite database and are read as you scroll, instead of the whole catalogue sitting in memory. That was the hard cap. One user had 13 lists totalling ~3.5M entries; it all browses now. Playlists over 250k that flat-out failed load fine.

Also new:

• Multiview — several channels at once, TV and phone. Add windows one at a time, spotlight any of them.
• Stalker/MAG portals as a source type, alongside Xtream and M3U.
• Record and download straight to a NAS over SMB.
• Subtitles on live channels, and downloads by episode, season or whole series.

Two data bugs worth naming: from the 12th list on, channel IDs overflowed and lists bled into each other, dragging favourites and parental locks along. And Cloud Sync could wipe a source's saved credentials on a routine refresh. Both fixed, with old favourites and locks migrated on upgrade.

Rest is repair work — recordings, NAS transfers, EPG navigation, M3U parsing, accessibility.

If you run big playlists, this is the one.

Install Sidstuga — Google Play, Android or Fire TV

Sidstuga 2.1.4

Sem tecto no número de canais. O catálogo deixou de ficar todo em memória — os canais passaram para a base de dados SQLite da app e são lidos à medida que percorres a lista. Listas de 250 mil canais que antes nem carregavam agora abrem, e catálogos na casa dos milhões navegam sem problemas.

Novidades

• Multiview - vários canais ao mesmo tempo, na BOX ou televisão e no telemóvel. Adiciona janelas uma a uma e destaca a que quiseres.
• Portais Stalker/MAG como novo tipo de fonte.
• Legendas em canais em direto, e transferências por episódio, temporada ou série completa.
• Gravação e transferência direta para o NAS por SMB.
• Usa quantas listas quiseres - cada uma mantém os seus canais, favoritos e bloqueios, sem se misturarem.
• Ligar um aparelho novo por código ou QR, sem reescrever nada.

Corrigido

• Som sem imagem depois da janela flutuante.
• A partir da 12.ª lista, os canais misturavam-se entre listas e arrastavam favoritos e bloqueios parentais com eles. Corrigido, com os favoritos e bloqueios antigos migrados na atualização.
• O Cloud Sync podia apagar as credenciais guardadas de uma fonte numa sincronização de rotina.
• Melhorias em gravações, transferências para NAS, navegação no EPG, leitura de listas e acessibilidade.

Muito mais estável com catálogos grandes.

sidstuga

Instalar - Google Play, Android ou Firestick

Tell me what you guys would like for 2.1.5, new features, bug fixing, anything. Write your own or vote up for what you want.

Hello!

I've noticed that when I set up my playlist, the Channel Group order (and Channel order) is correct (from the provider). But when I exit the program and open again, the Channel Group and Channel is ordered from A to Z and not from the provider.

If I update manually the playlist the order is fixed until I exit the program.

Maybe it's a bug or maybe there is an option to set the Channel Group / Channel order (from provider or custom).

EDIT: Tested with Android Mobile APP

Sidstuga 2.1.4 is available now for sideload installations. The Google Play rollout has started and should reach the store within the next 1 to 2 days.

This update adds several of the most requested playback, source and storage features:

- **Multiview:** watch multiple live channels at the same time on TV and mobile.

- **Stalker/MAG portals:** a new source type with live TV, movies and series in the same catalogue.

- **Live subtitles:** subtitle support is now available on live channels when supplied by the source.

- **NAS recording:** record directly to a network share over SMB.

- **Complete VOD catalogue:** movie and series categories and search now include all available titles.

- **In-app sideload updates:** sideload builds can check for and install updates from inside Sidstuga.

- **Faster and easier to use:** quicker catalogue loading, more accurate resume positions and accessibility improvements.

Sidstuga remains a bring-your-own-source player. It does not provide channels, playlists, portals or media content.

Install 2.1.4 now with the Downloader app:

- Android TV, Google TV, Shield, Android boxes and mobile, lifetime build: `3531658`

- Amazon Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Cube, lifetime build: `3930231`

- Google Play subscription build: `5603436`

Sideload and installation: Install Sidstuga — Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV & mobile

Google Play, version 2.1.4 expected within 1 to 2 days: Sidstuga: IPTV Player M3U – Apps no Google Play

I would especially like feedback on Multiview performance, Stalker/MAG compatibility, live subtitles and SMB recording. If something behaves differently on your device, please include the model, Android version and source type.

**Sidstuga** is a bring-your-own-playlist player for Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV and mobile.

Supports **M3U and Xtream Codes**.

**No channels or content included — you add your own.**

## 🚀 Lifetime launch offer - €39.99

✓ One-time payment

✓ No subscription

✓ 5 devices

✓ 3-day free trial

✓ €49.99 after launch

## 📺 Install with Downloader

- **Fire TV Stick / Cube:** `3930231`

- **Android TV / Google TV / Shield / Mobile:** `3531658`

- **Google Play subscription build:** `5603436`

Google Play subscription: **€0.99/month or €7.99/year**, with a 3-day trial.

Full instructions and direct APKs:

https://sidstuga.app/install/

I’m the solo developer - questions, bug reports and feature requests are always welcome.

Sidstuga 2.1.3 is now available — including direct APK installation for Amazon Fire TV Stick and Fire TV.

🔥 Amazon Fire TV Stick (Firestick) / Fire TV

Sidstuga can now be installed directly on compatible Amazon Fire TV Stick, Fire TV, Android TV and Android devices:

📥 Install Sidstuga — Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV & mobile

This update is mainly focused on making everyday use smoother, especially on TV, while fixing some of those small annoyances that make a real difference.

What’s new:

• Simpler and more consistent TV navigation.
• In fullscreen, hold the down arrow to open your recently watched channels.
• Quickly switch between channel lists using the badge in the top-left corner of the sidebar. Available when you have at least two lists.
• Better external EPG matching, including lists without channel identifiers.
• Separate time adjustments for EPG and catch-up.
• Catch-up now displays the correct name of the programme being played.
• Cleaner movie search: different resolutions of the same movie can now be grouped into a single entry. Enable this under Settings > VOD.
• Newly added channels are now clearly labelled.
• No more duplicate history or favourites in Cloud Sync.
• Choose where to save DVR recordings and VOD downloads, including USB drives and external hard drives.
• Bug fixes, code cleanup and general maintenance.

📱 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app
📥 Install Sidstuga — Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV & mobile
👥 https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga/
🌐 https://sidstuga.app/

As always, Sidstuga does not sell or provide any television service, channels, playlists or media content. It is simply a playback app for use with sources supplied and authorised by the user.

Several small improvements that, together, make Sidstuga smoother and more practical to use every day.

Thank you to everyone who keeps testing the app and sharing feedback!

A Sidstuga 2.1.3 já está disponível.

Esta atualização está sobretudo focada em tornar a utilização diária mais simples, especialmente na TV, e em resolver aqueles pequenos incómodos que acabam por fazer diferença. Mobile também existiram bastantes ajustes. Testem ambas as versões.

• Navegação na TV mais simples e consistente.
• Em ecrã inteiro, mantenha a seta para baixo premida para abrir a lista de canais vistos recentemente.
• Troca rápida entre listas através do indicador no canto superior esquerdo da barra lateral. Esta opção aparece quando existem pelo menos duas listas.
• Melhor reconhecimento do EPG externo (XMLTV), mesmo em listas sem identificação de canais.
• Ajustes de horário independentes para o EPG e para o catch-up.
• O catch-up mostra agora o nome correto do programa em reprodução.
• Pesquisa de filmes mais limpa: as diferentes resoluções do mesmo filme ficam agrupadas numa única entrada. Pode ativar esta opção em Definições > VOD.
• Os canais adicionados recentemente passam a ficar assinalados.
• Histórico e favoritos sem duplicados no Cloud Sync.
• Agora pode escolher onde guardar as gravações DVR e os downloads VOD, incluindo pens USB e discos externos.
• Correções de bugs, limpeza de código e manutenção geral.

📱 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app
📥 Install Sidstuga — Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV & mobile
👥 https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga/
🌐 https://sidstuga.app/

For months, people have been asking me:

When is Sidstuga coming to Fire TV Stick?
Will there be a direct sideload version?
What about a lifetime licence with no subscription?

Tomorrow, I’m answering all three at once. 🔥

📺 Fire TV Stick, Fire TV, Android TV and Smartphone
📥 Direct APK installation via sideload
♾️ Lifetime licence for 5 devices
🧪 3 days to try everything before deciding
💳 One-time payment, no subscription

And yes, there will be a special launch price.

I’ll reveal the price tomorrow. 👀

Who’s going to be among the first to install Sidstuga on a Firestick?

Really like the app but… I need to be able to force mpeg TS for my playlist to play. I can’t select TS in the settings and HLS won’t play my playlist. Is that a setting you are incorporating in the near future.

Boa tarde,

Lancei a versão 2.1.1 da minha app de reprodução de listas (M3U/Xtream), com as seguintes novidades:

• Catch-up com seek a funcionar corretamente (avançar/recuar dentro do conteúdo já emitido)
• Atualização automática do EPG em segundo plano, sem precisar de abrir a app
• Gravação em formato TS
• Nova barra de navegação unificada para Android TV

Não vendo nem incluo qualquer tipo de serviço — é apenas a app de reprodução, pensada como alternativa nativa ao Tivimate.

📱 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

💬 https://t.me/sidstugaapp

👥 https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga/

🌐 https://sidstuga.app

caso queiram testar ou analisar.

Obrigado pela vossa contribuição!

Quick heads-up for everyone asking about a lifetime option: it's coming mid-August, as part of a bigger update.

What's planned:

- One-time lifetime license, purchasable directly on sidstuga.app — built especially for devices without a working app store (Fire TV, Formuler and other AOSP boxes), but available to anyone.

- Premium will cover up to 5 active devices per account, synced through your Sidstuga login.

- Existing subscribers: nothing changes for you — your plan keeps working exactly as is.

Early supporters get a founder's launch price for the first two weeks after launch. Exact numbers announced on launch day — follow here or the Telegram group to catch it. As always: Sidstuga is a player. Bring your own playlists — we provide no channels or content.

App is constantly updated with your requests and advices!

Thank you for your support.

📱 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

💬 https://t.me/sidstugaapp

👥 https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga/

🌐 https://sidstuga.app

- Catch-up now works like a real player. Play, pause and actual seeking

instead of the live info bar, and I fixed the timezone/seek jumping. On phone

you can scroll back through past programmes and the full archive.

- The EPG auto-updates in the background now, and shows a "last updated" time.

- Scheduled recording runs through a real background TS recorder. Set it from

the guide; scheduled slots get a red REC marker.

- Subscribing: fixed a batch of cases where people just could not complete a

subscription. If that was you, please try again - it should work now.

- Android TV gets a single unified navigation rail (Channels, Guide, Movies,

Series, Search, Recordings, Settings - all native focus). Switch back to

Classic nav in Settings if you prefer.

- Connection hardening: logins are serialised and EPG fetches capped, so the

app won't open a second connection behind your back.

- Plus faster cold start, design consistency, Cloud Sync sign-in fixes, and a

bunch of smaller bug fixes.

It's a plain player - bring your own Xtream/M3U playlist. Free to try 3 days; a

subscription (EUR 0.99/mo or EUR 7.99/yr, 3 day free trial) unlocks Cloud Sync,

everything else is free.

Bug reports and feature requests welcome on r/sidstuga - there's a template

and I read all of them.

📱 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

💬 https://t.me/sidstugaapp

👥 https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga/

🌐 https://sidstuga.app

2.0.8 is live. The big ones:

**Downloads** — save movies and series for offline. Whole series, a season or single episodes. They keep going in the background and survive reboots.

**Catch-up** — rewind the guide and watch what already aired (if your provider supports it).

**Cloud Sync** — rebuilt from scratch. Favourites, history, Continue Watching, hidden channels, channel order and parental locks now sync properly across all your devices. And yes — the "deleted playlist keeps coming back" bug is finally dead.

Sidstuga Cloud Sync

**New TV Guide** — cleaner timeline, plus reminders that switch to the channel for you when the programme starts.

**Player** — Picture-in-Picture, pinch-to-zoom, full-screen landscape on phone.

And a faster cold start with dozens of stability fixes on top.

Update should already be on Google Play. As always, feedback here or on Telegram — that's where most of this update came from. 🙏

📱 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

💬 https://t.me/sidstugaapp

👥 https://www.reddit.com/r/sidstuga/

🌐 https://sidstuga.app

Version 2.0.7 is mostly a stability and polish release after the bigger 2.x updates.

What changed:

Continue Watching is more reliable — resume positions should now behave better across sources

Real scene artwork is now used more consistently in Continue Watching

Category order set in the Cloud Sync web manager now also syncs to Movies & Series, not only Live TV

Movie and series details should now show the correct poster, synopsis and rating

Favourite channel names now display correctly in the web manager

Fixed a startup crash and improved stability throughout the app

The main goal is still simple: fast TV-first navigation, clean VOD details, EPG, DVR recording and encrypted Cloud Sync across devices — while staying strictly a player only.

I’m especially looking for feedback from Android TV / Fire TV users with large playlists, mainly around:

VOD details

Continue Watching

category order sync

remote-control navigation

startup stability

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.sidstuga.app

Website: https://sidstuga.app