Add a user

Adding a user gives a person their own login to your playlist. You name them, choose what they watch and enter the provider login behind them. Follow these steps to add a user.

Steps

1. Open Users: Open the playlist and click Users in the bar on the left of the editor.
2. Click Add: Click Add at the top of the user list. A short form with three steps opens on the right.

3. Name the user: On Their name, type a User name. Only you see it, so pick something you recognise, for example "Anna Novak" or "Grandma's TV".
4. Check the login: Login username and Login password are already filled in with random values. Keep them or type your own. The round arrow inside each field makes a new random value.
5. Go on: Click Next.

6. Choose what they watch: On What they watch, click Choose groups and tick the groups this user may see. Leave everything ticked to give them the whole playlist. More in Group access.
7. Go on: Click Next.
8. Enter your source login: On Your source login, type the Provider username and Provider password you bought from your provider for this user. M3UTool tests the login as soon as both fields are filled in.
9. Check the end date: A working login fills in Expires on with the end date your provider has for it. Change it if you sell a different period, or clear it for no end date.
10. Set the devices: Set Max devices to the number of M3UTool apps that may watch at the same time.
11. Create: Click Create user. A window opens with everything the user needs to sign in. More in Give a user their links.

The options

• User name: A label for you. The user sees it at the top of their own page.
• Login username and Login password: What the user types into their player. If the username is already taken, M3UTool offers a free one.
• Include offline streams: When this is on, streams that failed their last check stay in this user's list. When it is off, they are left out until they work again.
• Provider username and Provider password: Your provider's login for this user. M3UTool puts it into the stream addresses so the video plays from your provider. The user never sees it.
• Test connection: Tests the provider login again. It shows Login OK with the provider's end date, or a message that says what went wrong.
• Expires on: The last day this user can watch. Leave it empty and the user never expires.
• Max devices: How many M3UTool apps can watch at the same time. Example: 2 lets a user watch on the TV and the phone at once. Other player apps, like Smarters, never count.

Good to know

• Note: The Add button is greyed out when you have as many users as your plan allows. The number under Users shows where you stand, for example "12 of 250".
• If your playlist uses more than one provider, the form asks for one login. It is used for every provider until you enter a login per provider. More in Provider logins.
• Tip: Give each user their own provider login. Your provider counts connections per login, so users who share one get in each other's way.