You would be able to load it in Emby along with the proper guides (2 right now) for nearly perfect matching. It won't have your credentials in the streams but it's all from one provider Mark turned me on to (new favorite). I could make this m3u file available to anyone running Emby that wants it. This way the master.m3u file is usable in Android Live Channels to VLC without a guide. It's nice to have a master list with everything in it that's already cleaned up. I'll keep all the channels I get via cable and OTA in the master list but will dedupe those channels when loading into Emby on my own system. I'm just about done my master list which I want to be nearly perfect but have been giving thought to doing a renumbering so locals/regions, then news, kids, premium channels, national, general sports channels followed by individuals like NFL, NBA, NHL, etc with XXX trailing up the rear. Is there any interest in this for you guys? I also remove the 'duplicate' channels where you have one station broadcast multiple way like SD, HD, FHD, etc keeping only the highest resolution stream. Then of course is chopping the info and shopping channels. I also remove USA channels that are in Spanish. I remove VOD, 24/7 and radio stations as well as all the countries I don't need. Most sports channels have a 4 to 6 month window so they don't need to be loaded during the off season. I don't need NFL channels past January for example. I will make a change to turn off certain groups at different times of the year. I modified the m3u files to use the Emby Guide Data station ID numbers so I can load up Direct TV & DISH networks for 90% coverage of the channels I use which is currently at 335. You can switch to the channel tab and then change the view to list mode to clearly read them. These are impossible to read in Emby when you have about 1' for the channel name off to the side of the grid.

Some also change the name of the channel to a descriptive name like this: Others either pass off or use NFL Sunday Ticket while others might have 10 to 15 NFL channels. Some providers setup a dedicated channel for each team but the channel is only active during the event. Sports packages tend to need the providers m3u and/or xmltv files. True for things like standard network programming.

Convert xml playlist to m3u file format