Setup Instructions For VLC Player On Desktops & Laptops

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Overview

VLC is one of the most used applications for streaming IPTV channels. The VLC media player is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player and streaming media server produced by the VideoLAN project.

VLC is available for desktop operating systems and mobile platforms, such as Android, iOS, Tizen, Windows 10 Mobile, and Windows Phone.

Note: VLC for iOS, Android can not play M3U list with more than 10 items, but many IPTV players support VLC as an external player.

Download VLC

Download any version for any platform from official VLC website : https://www.videolan.org/

Add IPTV channels to VLC player.

ADD IPTV CHANNELS TO VLC PLAYER.

1. Enter M3U link

After installation go to File - Open network and enter or paste the M3U link in URL or press CTRL+N (Command + N in MAC OS X) and enter M3U link in URL section.

2. Open Channel list

Then select Open and press the 3 lines icon to bring up channels list (CTRL + L )

Record an IPTV channel via VLC (MAC )

Step 1:

Activatestream output after enter M3U Link in Network and click on Settings

Step 2:

Set location where records will be saved in File section and press OK

Step 3:

Select Open to load M3U link channel.

When you want record a TV channel, Navigate to Playback-Record in Menu and select stop to finish  recording.

Note: In order to record, you MUST have 2 connections.

Note: VLC will crash with very large playlists. To prevent this from happening, you will have to reduce the list by removing categories/channels that you will don't want. SofaSpud can add or remove them for you but you will have to make the request.