MY STREAMS PLAYER – Full App Manual

1. Install and update the app

Vega OS Fire TV devices use a different application platform and are not covered by the standard Android APK instructions.

2. First launch, trial and licence

The direct website APK uses the MY STREAMS PLAYER device-licence system. Eligible new devices can use the trial before purchasing a one-time lifetime licence for that device.

1. Open MY STREAMS PLAYER.
2. Open MY PROVIDERS & MSP LICENCE or SETTINGS & CUSTOMISATION to view licence/trial status.
3. On TV devices, the app can present a secure payment QR/code flow. On Android mobile, payment can open on the device.
4. After payment, use REFRESH LICENCE if activation does not appear immediately.

Google Play installations use the purchase flow offered inside the Google Play version of the app.

3. Add and manage providers or playlists

MY STREAMS PLAYER supports compatible Xtream Codes provider details and compatible M3U playlists. It does not create or supply these services.

Xtream Codes provider

1. Open MY PROVIDERS & MSP LICENCE.
2. Select the Xtream Codes provider option.
3. Enter a friendly provider name, portal/base URL, username and password exactly as supplied.
4. Select LOGIN / LOAD ALL PLAYLISTS.
5. Wait for Live TV, Movies and Series catalogue data to finish loading.

M3U playlist

1. Choose M3U PLAYLIST when adding a provider/playlist.
2. Enter the compatible M3U information requested by the app.
3. Select LOAD M3U PLAYLIST.

Multiple providers

You can keep multiple compatible providers/playlists in the app. Provider-specific categories, customisation and saved playlist backups remain associated with the relevant provider where supported.

4. Main Menu

5. TV Guide / EPG

• Browse channels and programme listings using the category bar and guide rows.
• Use SEARCH GUIDE to find supported programme listings.
• Select a channel/programme row to preview or play Live TV.
• Use the guide Favourites control to work with favourite channels.
• FIRST CHANNEL returns the guide to the beginning of the current list.
• The selected category remains highlighted while you browse.

Programme data depends entirely on the EPG information supplied by your provider.

6. TV Channels

TV Channels gives a channel-first view of Live TV. Choose a category, move through the channel grid/list and select a channel to play it. Channel logos are used where available; the app can fall back to its own branding when artwork is missing.

During full-screen Live TV on supported TV remotes, Up/Down can change channel. Press the centre/select control to show the player overlay.

7. Catch Up

Catch Up is available only when your provider marks channels/programmes as replay-capable and supplies the required playback information.

• Choose a Catch Up category/channel.
• Browse available programmes.
• Use Catch Up search where available.
• Select an item to start playback.

8. Movies and Series

The app is designed to handle large provider catalogues using cached/paged loading. Category loading speed still depends on the size and quality of provider data.

9. Favourites and Viewing History

Favourites provides quick access to saved Live TV channels, Movies and Series. Viewing History lists recently watched items so you can return to them without searching the full catalogue again.

Favourites/history are app-side organisation features; removing app data or uninstalling can remove local information unless it has been preserved through the available backup tools.

10. Full-screen playback controls

Common controls

• Press centre/select or tap the screen to show the player overlay.
• Use ASPECT RATIO to choose the available screen-fit mode.
• Use subtitle controls where the stream/video supplies subtitle tracks.

Movies & Series

• AUDIO opens the VOD audio-language selector when selectable LibVLC audio tracks are available.
• SUBTITLES lets you choose/off supported subtitle tracks.
• AUDIO SYNC adjusts VOD audio timing if speech is ahead of or behind the picture.
• TV remote Play/Pause, Fast Forward and Rewind controls are supported where applicable.

Live TV

Live TV uses a simpler overlay suited to channel playback. On supported TV remotes, Up/Down changes channel.

11. Playlist Editor – show, hide and reorder content

Open SETTINGS & CUSTOMISATION → CUSTOMISE MY PLAYLIST → PLAYLIST EDITOR.

1. Select TV, MOVIES or SERIES.
2. The heading identifies the provider currently being edited.
3. Use SHOWN / HIDDEN to control whether a provider category appears in normal browsing.
4. Select MOVE to reorder a category.
5. While moving, the selected row stays inline. Use MOVE TO TOP, MOVE UP or MOVE DOWN, then SAVE. Choose CANCEL to restore the original order for that move.
6. Select/open a category to edit individual channels, Movies or Series inside it.
7. For an individual item, use SHOWN / HIDDEN and MOVE in the same way.

Restore Current Playlist

RESTORE CURRENT PLAYLIST removes current Playlist Editor customisation for the selected provider/group and returns the provider organisation to its original state. Use it carefully.

12. Custom Categories

Custom Categories let you build your own organisation without changing the source provider.

1. Open the Playlist Editor and choose TV, Movies or Series.
2. Select CREATE CUSTOM CATEGORY.
3. Enter a unique category name.
4. Open provider categories and use the CUSTOM control on compatible items to add/remove them from your custom category.
5. Custom categories can be renamed or deleted from the Playlist Editor.

Custom category membership and order are included in the app’s playlist customisation/backup system.

13. Backup & Restore

Open SETTINGS & CUSTOMISATION → BACKUP & RESTORE MY CUSTOM PLAYLISTS → BACKUP & RESTORE.

• Create a verified .mspbackup backup file of supported MY STREAMS PLAYER settings and playlist organisation.
• Restore a compatible saved backup after the app validates its structure/integrity.
• Provider-specific backup cards let you work with backups for the current provider.
• Saved playlist backups can be renamed or deleted.
• Backups preserve supported items such as favourites, hidden categories/items, category/item order, custom categories/memberships and supported player preferences.

On modern Android versions the app saves backups under the MY STREAMS PLAYER backup area in Downloads. Keep additional copies somewhere safe if the configuration is important to you.

14. Settings & Customisation

15. Adult PIN protection

Adult-labelled content can be protected by a PIN. The default PIN on a new configuration is 0000; change it in Settings & Customisation → Adult PIN.

• Use SET / CHANGE ADULT PIN to choose a new PIN.
• The app can remember a permitted bypass on the device when the available “don’t ask again” option is used.
• Keep the PIN somewhere safe. MY STREAMS PLAYER cannot know a PIN that exists only in local app data.

16. TV remote and Android touch controls

17. Troubleshooting

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