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+"""
+Health Checker - Optional feature to check channel URL health
+"""
+
+import logging
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
+from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
+from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+from urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError
+
+class HealthChecker:
+    """Check channel URL health status."""
+    
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        self.config = config
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        self.timeout = config.settings.get('health_check_timeout', 5)
+    
+    def check_channel_health(self, url: str) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
+        """Check if a channel URL is accessible."""
+        try:
+            req = Request(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'IPTV-Checker/1.0'})
+            
+            with urlopen(req, timeout=self.timeout) as response:
+                status_code = response.getcode()
+                if status_code == 200:
+                    return True, f"OK ({status_code})"
+                else:
+                    return False, f"HTTP {status_code}"
+                    
+        except HTTPError as e:
+            return False, f"HTTP {e.code}"
+        except URLError as e:
+            return False, f"Connection error: {str(e.reason)}"
+        except Exception as e:
+            return False, f"Error: {str(e)}"
+    
+    def batch_health_check(self, channels: List[Dict]) -> Dict[str, Tuple[bool, str]]:
+        """Perform health checks on multiple channels concurrently."""
+        if not self.config.settings.get('enable_health_check', False):
+            self.logger.info("Health check disabled in settings")
+            return {}
+        
+        self.logger.info("Starting batch health check...")
+        results = {}
+        max_workers = self.config.settings.get('max_workers', 4)
+        
+        def check_single(channel):
+            url = channel.get('Stream URL', '')
+            name = channel.get('Stream name', 'Unknown')
+            is_healthy, status = self.check_channel_health(url)
+            return name, (is_healthy, status)
+        
+        # Limit to first 100 channels for performance
+        channels_to_check = channels[:100]
+        
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_workers) as executor:
+            future_to_channel = {
+                executor.submit(check_single, channel): channel 
+                for channel in channels_to_check
+            }
+            
+            completed = 0
+            for future in as_completed(future_to_channel):
+                try:
+                    name, result = future.result()
+                    results[name] = result
+                    completed += 1
+                    
+                    if completed % 10 == 0:
+                        self.logger.info(f"Health check progress: {completed}/{len(channels_to_check)}")
+                        
+                except Exception as e:
+                    self.logger.warning(f"Health check failed: {e}")
+        
+        healthy_count = sum(1 for is_healthy, _ in results.values() if is_healthy)
+        total_checked = len(results)
+        success_rate = (healthy_count / total_checked * 100) if total_checked > 0 else 0
+        
+        self.logger.info(f"Health check complete: {healthy_count}/{total_checked} channels healthy ({success_rate:.1f}%)")
+        
+        return results
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