Watching IPTV with VLC

[balanga]

I've never managed to watch any IPTV channels using VLC and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. It is supposed to be very straightforward but I always get errors.

Your input can't be opened:

VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://abcxyz.......:8080/......'. Check the log for details.

Not sure where to check log...

 

[Phishfry]

It is because 95% of the content is bootleg and they want to charge you money.
Name me one legit free IPTV system and I will show you how to view it.

That said I use rtsp with my IP Cams on VLC and I stream podcasts in the m3u format to VLC.
It all works fine for me.

 

[Phishfry]

Content providers want to control where the streams go. Even NASA-TV ditched thier IPTV stream for Official YouTube channel.
WebRTC is here to stay along with DRM.