VLC setup on PC or laptop system
Log onto your code at the service website.
Delete any MAC that may be attached to your code.
Then open Playlist options and click on the 'Generic m3u with Options' version.
Copy the Playlist URL that next appears.
Then open VLC on your PC.
Press Ctrl+N and paste that Playlist URL
the VLC splash screen should appear on its own within just a few seconds.
Next is to bring up the channel list.
The top tabs on the VLC Player, look for VIEW and in the drop down menu > Playlist.
That will be a live playlist and updated thru playlist url. You can also use VLC with an m3u playlist file itself, but your VODs won't be updated that way.
To open a saved copied of a edited/modded playlist, just simply open VLC on desktop (make it a small window thou and with that playlist also on desktop (desktop is your C drive ),then simply drag and drop the playlist onto the opened VLC
Keep your Playlist as labeled from the source. Do not transfer it to a folder.
Leave as an m3u text file and on your desktop. (desktop is C drive).
Click on file and view properties to ensure it is file type m3u and a .txt file
There is no epg source addition with VLC, or at least not that I seen in my wandering
Doing all this on an android is bit different and VLC is not an optimal player for an edited or unedited m3u Playlist file (or even from the URL for that matter) on android compared to say the Perfect Player.
Perfect Player is a better Player option when using the Playlist URL and an EPG source and thru an android via thru your TV
VLC is the best option for your PC or Laptop when viewing an m3u Playlist from a server, but VLC is not so good for android devices.. mostly because the catagories layouts in VOD (there is none) and that EPG thing too
VLC is great Player to have installed on your android, because other sources can use it when they are searching for a Player... just not so good with an m3u playlist functionality thru android devives
