If you like to use the IPTV service to watch channel videos, but don’t know what IPTV player to use.
Please be patient with this tutorial guide to learn about the VLC media player, it will teach you how to install and use the VLC media player on your device.
What is VLC?
VLC Media Player is a free and open-source cross-platform multimedia player that can play most multimedia files, as well as DVD, audio CD, VCD, and various streaming media protocols. This is the port of the VLC media player to the Android™ platform. VLC for Android can play any video and audio files, as well as network streams, network shares and drives, and DVD ISO, just like the desktop version of VLC.
Main features of VLC:
- Simple, fast, and powerful
- Can play anything – files, DISCS, cameras, devices, and streaming media
- Can play most formats, no need to install codec package – MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3…
- Runs on all platforms – Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, iOS, Android…
- Completely free – no spyware, no ads, no tracking of user behavior
How to install VLC on Android devices?
Step 1: On your home screen, find the “Google Play Store” and click it with the remote control
Step 2: Search for VLC in the Google Play store and click it
Step 3: Find the appropriate application and click Install
Step 4: After the application is installed, you can open it. It is also accessible from all application parts.
How to configure VLC on smart TVs?
For some Android smart TVs, you can’t download the VLC player right now. For now, I don’t know why, but here’s a solution. First, make sure your smart TV is Android-based, and then install the Downloader in the Google App Store to install VLC.
Step 1: Before downloading and installing, turn on allow unknown sources in Settings
Step 2: Go back to the big screen and find the Google Store
Step 3: Enter “Downloader” in the search bar
Step 4: Then click Install
Step 5: Click the “Allow” downloader to access media images and files on your device
Note: this is very important, if you refuse, you must allow this operation, then you will have to remove the downloader and reinstall it, so make sure the highlight allows.
Step 6: Then enter the URL of the download and click Install
Step 7: Open the downloader and enter the download link of VLC
Step 8: Select the appropriate VLC version and click Install
Step 9: Open VLC, enter M3U link, add IPTV playlist
How to Add IPTV playlists on VLC?
Step 1: Open the VLC media player
Step 2: Click on “Media” in the top left corner and select Open “Location from ClipBoard“
Step 3: Open URL Enter the M3U playlist to Play, then click “Play” to start playing
Step 4: After the URL of the M3U IPTV playlist, VLC will automatically play the first IPTV channel in the list. If you want to switch to another channel, you can click “View” on the top bar and then click “Playlist”. You can see the IPTV channel list on the interface, and double-click to play.
Note: You can enter the M3U IPTV link representing a single channel to “Open from clipboard location” for streaming. Alternatively, you can click on the top and select “Open Network Flow” to enter the IPTV playlist URL.
Conclusion
This article has taught you a tutorial to configure VLC on Smart TVs and Android devices.
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