Install Nartiel8k on Apple TV 4K, iPhone and iPad

Seven moves from the home screen to the first feature

1. Choose Smarters Player Lite or iPlayTV

   Smarters Player Lite is free and, with an Xtream Codes login, lays out live channels, movies and series in separate sections, which is what a large library needs. iPlayTV costs money and exists only on Apple hardware, with a more polished interface on the television. Start with Smarters Player Lite; if you outgrow it, the same login goes straight into iPlayTV. TiviMate has no Apple version, so any listing that resembles it is a different product.

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2. Tell the Apple TV to match each film

   Before installing anything, find the Match Content section inside Video and Audio in the Apple TV’s Settings app, and switch on Match Frame Rate as well as Match Dynamic Range. With Format left at 4K SDR, which Apple suggests for most televisions, the box switches into Dolby Vision or HDR10 only when a title carries it, and into 24 frames for a film shot that way. Menus and ordinary titles stay in standard range, so their colors stay natural.

3. Download the player

   On the Apple TV, the App Store has a Search tab at the top; type the player’s name there. The iPhone and iPad version of the store works the same way. Open the listing, check the developer name, choose Get and confirm with your Apple ID. Look-alike players with similar icons are common, so the developer line on the listing is worth the extra glance.

4. Sign in with the Xtream details

   Choose the Xtream Codes option, give the profile any name, and complete the three login fields. On an iPhone, copy each value from the WhatsApp chat and paste it, which avoids typing mistakes. On the Apple TV, the Apple TV Remote in your iPhone’s Control Center brings up a phone keyboard for these fields, far quicker than picking letters on the TV screen.

5. Find tonight’s film and keep a shortlist

   Once the catalog has synced, open Movies, browse a category or use search, and add the evening’s choice to favorites. A series opens into seasons and episodes in order. Where the player keeps a resume point, it keeps it on that device only, so an episode started on the iPad begins from the top on the Apple TV unless you skip to the minute yourself.

6. Send the phone picture to the TV when it suits you

   On an iPhone or iPad, the AirPlay icon in a player’s video controls sends the film to the Apple TV, where the player supports it. Screen Mirroring in Control Center works with any app but shows the phone’s whole screen and keeps the phone busy. For a full feature, playing it in the Apple TV’s own player gives the better picture and frees your phone.

7. Verify: a 4K film and a live channel on the Apple TV

   Play two minutes of a film from a 4K category and watch the TV change mode: with Match Dynamic Range on, a Dolby Vision or HDR10 title switches the television into that mode and a standard title does not. Then play a familiar live channel and change channel twice. Both clean means the Apple TV is ready, and the iPhone setup takes another two minutes with the same details.

Apple TV and iPhone troubleshooting, symptom by symptom

The login is refused although the details look right

iOS capitalizes the first letter of a typed field and sometimes adds a space after a pasted word. Usernames and passwords are case-sensitive, so check the first character against the chat and delete any trailing space, then save again.

The screen blinks black when a film starts

That is Match Content switching the television into the right mode for the title. It takes a second or two and is a sign the setting works. Turning Match Frame Rate off removes the blink but brings back judder on films.

Every title looks too bright or too dim

Format is probably set to 4K HDR or 4K Dolby Vision, which pushes menus and standard titles into HDR. Set Format to 4K SDR with Match Dynamic Range on, and the Apple TV changes mode only for titles that carry HDR.

A channel plays on the iPhone but not on the Apple TV

If your player offers a stream format choice in its settings, switch between HLS and MPEG-TS on the Apple TV and try again. Apple devices handle HLS natively, and one format or the other usually resolves a channel that refuses on one device but not another.

There is no AirPlay icon in the player

That player does not support AirPlay for its video. Use Screen Mirroring from Control Center instead, or install the player on the Apple TV itself, which gives the better picture anyway.

The Apple TV will not show 4K

Check the model: the Apple TV HD outputs 1080p at most. On an Apple TV 4K, open Settings, Video and Audio, Format and make sure 4K is selected, and confirm the TV input it is plugged into accepts 4K HDR.

Still stuck after these? Photograph the screen and send it to support on WhatsApp; a picture of the exact message saves ten minutes of describing it.

Player guides that pair with the Apple TV and iPhone

Guide kept current by Nartiel8k Team · Revised September 5, 2026