Players & programme guides
A live channel and an on-demand item use different metadata
Recognize the difference between a scheduled live channel and an individually selected on-demand programme.
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Players & programme guides
An M3U channel list and an HLS manifest do different jobs
Understand why a channel catalogue and the manifest inside one HLS stream can both look like M3U text but require different troubleshooting.
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Players & programme guides
Why an M3U8 file is text, not a player app
Understand why a playlist cannot install a player and how to choose between opening a file and importing its address.
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A password and an installer lookup code do different jobs
Keep software lookup codes separate from account credentials and refuse to treat either as proof of the other.
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Foreground and background refresh can behave differently
Separate an enabled refresh option from evidence that a task completed while the app was not in active use.
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What to record before a player update
Record the working state and recovery dependencies before a player release changes the local setup.
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