Your IPTV provider offers thousands of movies and TV series, but browsing through 50,000+ titles is overwhelming. StreamSweeper lets you filter by category, select specific titles, and create clean M3U playlists that work with your favorite media server or IPTV player.
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IPTV providers with Xtream Codes APIs offer massive VOD libraries, but the sheer volume creates real usability problems.
Providers offer tens of thousands of movies and series. Scrolling through endless lists to find something to watch defeats the purpose of on-demand content.
Want only Action movies? Horror from the last 5 years? Anime series? Most IPTV apps dump everything into one giant list with no way to filter by category.
If you have VOD content from multiple IPTV providers, you're stuck switching between apps or managing separate playlists. There's no unified view.
Loading 50,000+ titles into a media server or IPTV app kills performance. UI becomes laggy, searches take forever, and the experience suffers.
StreamSweeper connects to your Xtream Codes providers and gives you complete control over your movie and series libraries. Create focused playlists with only the content you want.
Add your Xtream Codes credentials to StreamSweeper. We'll fetch your complete movie and series catalog with all categories and metadata.
Navigate to Movies Playlists or Series Playlists and click Create. Browse your provider's full catalog organized by category.
Choose entire categories (all Action movies, all Anime series) or hand-pick individual titles. Use the search to find specific content across your library.
StreamSweeper creates an M3U playlist with only your selected content. For series, we also generate an XMLTV guide with episode information.
Copy your M3U URL and use it in any IPTV player, or integrate with your media server using one of the methods below.
StreamSweeper generates standard M3U playlists that work with multiple integration methods. Choose the approach that fits your setup.
The simplest approach—add StreamSweeper's M3U URL directly to any IPTV player:
Movies and series appear as browsable content. No additional setup required.
Add StreamSweeper's M3U to your media server's Live TV tuner:
VOD items appear as "channels" in your Live TV section. Quick to set up, but content is mixed with live channels.
For the cleanest library integration, use tools that convert M3U playlists to STRM files:
See Best Practices below for recommended tools.
For the best media server experience, many users convert StreamSweeper's M3U playlists to STRM files. STRM files are simple text files containing a stream URL—media servers treat them like regular video files, enabling proper library organization, metadata matching, and poster artwork.
A .strm file is a plain text file containing a single URL to a video stream. When you add STRM files to your media server's library folders, it treats them like regular video files—complete with metadata lookups, poster art, and proper organization.
Example: A file named The Matrix (1999).strm containing your IPTV stream URL
will appear in your Movies library with full metadata from TMDB.
Platform: Windows (GUI application)
Supports: Emby, Jellyfin
User-friendly Windows application that converts M3U playlists to organized STRM file structures for movies and TV shows.
Platform: Python (cross-platform)
Supports: Jellyfin, Plex, Kodi
Automatically organizes movies and TV shows into folders, triggers library rescans, and supports notifications via Gotify.
Platform: Python (cross-platform)
Supports: Emby, Jellyfin
Smart converter that compares against your existing library—only creates STRM files for content you don't already have locally. Auto-triggers Emby library refresh.
Platform: Emby plugin
Supports: Emby only
Native Emby plugin that provides instant library access for M3U8 VOD playlists. No external tools required—just point it at your StreamSweeper M3U URL.
Result: Your IPTV movies and series appear in your regular library with poster art, descriptions, and proper organization—not mixed in with live TV channels.
StreamSweeper provides separate playlist management for movies and TV series, each optimized for their content type.
Create separate playlists for different genres: an "Action Movies" playlist, a "Documentary" playlist, an "Anime Series" playlist. Keep your library organized by interest.
Build a kids-only playlist with just children's movies and family series. No adult content mixed in—perfect for shared family media servers.
Many providers organize VOD by language or region. Create playlists for Spanish movies, Korean dramas, Bollywood films, or French series.
Have movies from Provider A and series from Provider B? StreamSweeper lets you combine content from multiple Xtream Codes connections into unified playlists.
Instead of loading 50,000 titles into your media server, create focused playlists with the 500-1,000 movies you might actually watch. Faster browsing, better experience.
Many providers have "New Movies" or "Recently Added" categories. Create a playlist that tracks just the new content so you can see what's fresh.
Yes. Movies and Series playlists require an Xtream Codes API connection—not just an M3U file. This is because standard M3U files only contain live TV channels, while Xtream Codes APIs provide access to the full VOD catalog with categories and metadata.
Live TV playlists contain broadcast channels with scheduled programming. Movies and Series playlists contain on-demand content you can watch anytime. StreamSweeper treats these as separate playlist types with different interfaces optimized for each content type.
It depends on your integration method:
For the richest metadata experience, use an M3U-to-STRM converter.
StreamSweeper keeps these separate by design. This gives you more flexibility—you might want your Live TV in one media server app and your VOD content in another, or organized differently.
StreamSweeper syncs with your provider when you refresh your connection. Your playlists automatically include any new content that matches your selected categories. If using an M3U-to-STRM tool, set it to run on a schedule (daily or weekly) to pick up new titles.
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