Installing and setting up Kodi is quick and straightforward. Simply download the app, run the installer, and follow the setup wizard. Once installed, you can enhance your experience by adding a variety of community-developed add-ons — including IPTV functionality.
Below is a step-by-step guide to set up IPTV on Kodi.
🧰 Step 1: Download Kodi
Visit the official Kodi download page:
👉 https://kodi.tv/downloadChoose your operating system.
In this example, we’ll select Windows.
⚠️ While this guide focuses on Windows, the IPTV setup process is nearly identical across all supported platforms.
Step 2: Select 64 Bit or 32 Bit based on your operating system.
Step 3: After install and open it, click on “Add-ons“.
Step 4: Now click on “Download” then select “PVR clients“.
Note: We are going to download and install the PVR add-on here, after installing no need to go to the “Download“.
You can find the installed add-ons “My add-ons“
Step 5: Select “PVR IPTV Simple Client“.
Step 6: Now click on “Install“.
Step 7: After installing “PVR IPTV Simple Client” head back to “My add-ons” then “PVR Clients” and run the add-on.
Now click on “Configure“
Step 8: Now select “M3U Play List URL”.
Step 9: Enter the M3U URL provided by your IPTV distributor and click “OK“.
Note: The progressive IPTV providers give you a dashboard which you can generate your M3U url in dashboard.
How to add EPG
Step 10: Now go to “EPG Settings” and click on “XMLTV URL” for EPG.
Step 11: Now paste your EPG URL and click “OK“.
You can get EPG url from your IPTV provider.
Step 12: Click on “Enable“.
Note: After you enable the add-on you will see “Disable”, this means the add-on enabled so do NOT to click on “Disable” again.
Step 13: Head back to “TV” and click on “Channels“.
Step 14: Wait until you see the notification about updating channels and the installation process is over.
Well done, you have IPTV channels now.
Conclusion
Kodi is able to play virtually every media content that you can imagine and is very customizable. Kodi allows you to change the color, skin of the user interface based on your tasteful preferences. You can also download tons of various add-ons to make your entertainment world even more remarkable.