---
title: "Automatic Synchronization"
description: "Keep your playlists"
url: https://m3utify.com/en/services/sync-manager
language: en
last_modified: 2026-10-20
---

# Automatic Synchronization

Keep your playlists always up to date automatically with our intelligent synchronization system that preserves all your customizations.

[Configure auto-sync](https://m3utify.com/en/sync)[View all services](https://m3utify.com/en/services)

## Synchronization Features

### Automatic synchronization

Your playlists update automatically based on your settings

### Intelligent Smart Merge

Preserves your customizations (names, logos, custom groups)

### Flexible scheduling

Configure the frequency: hourly, daily, weekly

### Webhook notifications

Receive alerts on sync success or failure

## How does it work?

1

### Configure synchronization

Choose your source playlist and set the frequency

2

### The system syncs

Automatic retrieval and intelligent merging of changes

3

### Enjoy the update

Your channels are always up to date without manual intervention

## Smart Merge: your customizations preserved

Our intelligent algorithm merges changes while preserving your customizations

### ✅ Automatically preserved

-   • Custom channel names
-   • Custom logos
-   • Custom groups/categories
-   • Custom tvg-ids
-   • Order and organization

### 🔄 Automatically updated

-   • Streaming URLs
-   • New channels added
-   • Obsolete channels (optional)
-   • Provider metadata
-   • EPG information

## Auto-sync Benefits

No more manually re-importing your playlists

New channels automatically added

Obsolete channels automatically removed (optional)

Your personal modifications always preserved

Complete history of all synchronizations

Real-time notifications via webhooks

## Common use cases

### Dynamic IPTV

Your IPTV provider regularly changes their playlist

Sync every 6 hours

### Public playlists

You use frequently updated public M3U playlists

Daily sync

### Backup and redundancy

Keep multiple sources synchronized automatically

Weekly sync

## Configuration options

### Sync frequency

-   • Every hour
-   • Every 6 hours
-   • Daily (at a fixed time)
-   • Weekly
-   • Custom cron expression

### Advanced settings

-   • Preserve custom names
-   • Preserve custom logos
-   • Remove obsolete channels
-   • Group for new channels
-   • Custom webhook URL

## Ready to automate your updates?

Set up automatic synchronization in a few clicks and never worry about manually updating your playlists again.

[Start auto-sync for free](https://m3utify.com/en/sync)