[pope3909]

Does anyone have experience using m3u4u.com with IPTV Simple Client? I am setting up an EPG for the first time and the link does not seem to work for the addon. I checked the file that the link provides​ and it looks ok so what am I doing wrong? The m3u link does not work with the addon either. This leads me to believe that the format of the link may be a possible issue (ie http://m3u4u.com/epg/xxxxxxxxxxxx) because it does not include a file extension.

I checked the setup guide on GitHub but there wasn't anything there that helped. I'm hoping that someone may have also used this website to host EPG and m3u and that they can tell me what the likely cause is.

[phunkyfish]

Does the link work in a browser?

What error you do you get in your kodi.log?

[pope3909]

Here is a partial log showing a 403 error. Does this mean that m3u4u.com is refusing the connection? The link to the m3u works perfectly in the browser and also when used in VLC network stream.

[phunkyfish]

You should try setting the user-agent to vlc and see if that works. I think there is an option in the addon setting to do that.

[pope3909]

I found out that the site does not allow Kodi (or similar app) access and blocks it due to ToS.