diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index cf597dd056..933ff4a6bf 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -175,8 +175,17 @@ If changing channelID to almost any value within a range of hundreds or thousand - If it doesn't launch, open your browser and press F12, go to the Network tab, and filter requests for m3u or mpd. image - Switch to Headers tab and scroll down to copy the user-agent and the referer if needed (see the [Stream Description Scheme](#stream-description-scheme)). - image + Switch to "Headers" tab, scroll down and copy the "User-Agent" and the "Referer". + image + + Next, open any text editor of your choice and paste the link with the parameters you found into it, like this: + + ```txt +#EXTM3U +#EXTINF:-1,Example TV +#EXTVLCOPT:http-referrer=https://example.com +#EXTVLCOPT:http-user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) +https://example.com/playlist.m3u8 - Watch the broadcast for at least a few minutes. Make sure playback is stable and does not stop abruptly at some point. - Try restarting the stream. Make sure it's not looping on a repeating segment and is still available.