Checking streams

This chapter covers the checker: how M3UTool tests whether your channels, movies and episodes really play, how you start a check, what the results mean and what happens to the streams that are dead.

• How checking works: what a check tests, what it records and what runs by itself.
• Run a check: test a group, a selection or the whole playlist from the Check window.
• Quick check: test one channel right now and see the answer in seconds.
• Read the results: the status, quality, reliability and history of every stream.
• Not working channels: park dead channels, hide them from customers and bring them back.
• Automatic checks: the check that runs by itself, how often, and how to switch it off.
• FAQ: common questions about checking.