Raghav714/Cable-TV ? reverse-engineered prompt

Build me a simple Python tool that lets me watch a big list of Indian Dish TV style channels by opening the live stream in VLC.

I want it to run mainly on Linux, and it should be easy to start from the terminal. When I launch it, it should show a numbered list of the available channels and let me pick one, then it should redirect that stream into VLC and start playing it. If there’s already a playlist file with the stream links, use that instead of hardcoding everything if that makes sense.

Please include the channels listed in the project, including news, movies, music, sports, and regional channels. Keep the setup basic, just Python 3 and VLC. Also make the script clear enough that I can update channel links later if needed.

If anything about VLC launching or stream playback is outdated, look up current docs online and make it work in a clean, practical way.