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Instructions on how to watch TV online on your computer with VLC Media Player

To watch TV on your computer with VLC you need to do the following: - Install VLC software. - Install Octoshape support tool to select channels. - List of TV channels.

Author: Jessica Tanner3 minutes read

To watch TV on your computer with VLC you need to do the following:

- Install VLC software.

- Install Octoshape support tool to select channels.

- List of TV channels.

The installation steps are as follows:

Step 1: Visit the website: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

To download the VLC software to your computer. After downloading and installing, the VLC software interface is as shown:

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Step 2: Visit the website: http://www.octoshape.com/support/infinite-hd-octoshape-app/ to download the Octoshape plugin to support channel access, without this plugin you can not watch OK. After downloading, click Open to install the plugin:

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Step 3: Click Accept to confirm the settings:

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Step 4: Click OK to confirm the successful installation:

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Step 5: Access the link:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kqtxnb87igfzo6j/TiviOnline.zip

to download the list of TV channels to your device. After downloading, extract the file:

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Step 6: After extracting the file, open VLC -> on Media tab -> Open File:

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Step 7: Select the path to the list of recently downloaded channels -> wait a moment for the channel list to be uploaded to VLC -> select the TV channel you want to watch in the Title:

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- If the channel list is not displayed on the View tab -> Playlist:

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- After selecting the channel is finished, you zoom in to separately track that channel:

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- In case you want to change another channel, go to View -> Playlist -> select the channel as required. For example, here choose VTV1 channel :

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- If you want to add a new channel to the playlist, save that channel as a .xspf file

Above is a detailed guide on watching TV online on a computer using VLC. Good luck!

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