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Use a 100% verified VPN (like Proton or Windscribe) before you even open the M3U file in your player. This hides the traffic from your ISP. Do not use free VPNs with megabyte-sized M3U files. 10000 m3u playlist better
Instead of one massive list, split your content into categories like Live TV, VOD, and Series. This makes navigation faster and prevents "never-ending" group lists. Group by Country/Interest 000 to 7
Use a hash of (channel_name_normalized + stream_url) to remove duplicates. Tools like m3u-dedupe or custom Python scripts can reduce 10,000 to 7,000 unique channels. 000 unique channels.