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M3u Video Playlist Creator

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M3U
Filename extensions
Internet media typevarious; see § Internet media types
Initial releasec. 1996
Type of formatPlaylist
Extended toHTTP Live Streaming playlist

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M3U (MP3 URL[1][2] or Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3Uniform Resource Locator[3] in full) is a computer file format for a multimedia playlist. One common use of the M3U file format is creating a single-entry playlist file pointing to a stream on the Internet. The created file provides easy access to that stream and is often used in downloads from a website, for emailing, and for listening to Internet radio.

M3u Video Playlist Creator Free

Although originally designed for audio files, such as MP3, it is commonly used to point media players to audio and video sources, including online sources. M3U was originally developed by Fraunhofer for use with their Winplay3 software,[4] but numerous media players and software applications now support the format.

M3u

Careless handling of M3U playlists has been the cause of vulnerabilities in many music players such as VLC media player,[5]iTunes,[6]Winamp,[7] and many others.[8]

File format[edit]

M3u

Create M3u Playlist Mac

There is no formal specification for the M3U format; it is a de facto standard.

An M3U file is a plain text file that specifies the locations of one or more media files. The file is saved with the 'm3u' filename extension if the text is encoded in the local system's default non-Unicode encoding (e.g., a Windows codepage), or with the 'm3u8' extension if the text is UTF-8 encoded.[9]

Each entry carries one specification. The specification can be any one of the following:

  • an absolute local pathname; e.g., C:My MusicHeavysets.mp3
  • a local pathname relative to the M3U file location; e.g. Heavysets.mp3
  • a URL

Extended M3U[edit]

The M3U file can also include comments, prefaced by the '#' character. In extended M3U, '#' also introduces extended M3U directives which are terminated by a colon ':' if they support parameters.

M3U extensions
DirectiveDescriptionExampleRequiredStandard
#EXTM3Ufile header, must be the first line of the file#EXTM3UYes
#EXTINF:track information: runtime in seconds and display title of the following resource#EXTINF:123,Artist Name – Track Title␤
artist - title.mp3
NoYes
additional properties as key-value pairs#EXTINF:123 logo='cover.jpg',Track TitleNoIPTV
#PLAYLIST:playlist display title#PLAYLIST:Music TVIPTV
#EXTGRP:begin named grouping#EXTGRP:Foreign ChannelsNoIPTV
#EXTALB:album information, title in particular#EXTALB:Album Title (2009)AL,[10] M3A[11]
#EXTART:album artist#EXTART:VariousAL,[10] M3A[11]
#EXTGENRE:album genre#EXTGENRE:Jazz FusionAL[10]
#EXTM3Aplaylist for tracks or chapters of an album in a single file#EXTM3AM3A[11]
#EXTBYT:file size in bytes#EXTBYT:34124NoM3A[11]
#EXTBIN:binary data follows, usually concatenated MP3s#EXTBIN:NoM3A[11]
#EXTENC:text encoding, must be the second line of the file#EXTENC: UTF-8No
#EXTIMG:cover, logo or other image#EXTIMG: front cover␤
cover.jpg
NoNo

Apple used the extended M3U format as a base for their HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)[12] which was standardized in 2017 by the IETF as RFC 8216.[13] Therein, a master playlist references segment playlists which usually contain URLs for short parts of the media stream. Some tags only apply to the former type and some only to the latter type of playlist, but they all begin with #EXT-X-.

HLS M3U extensions
DirectiveExampleDescription
#EXT-X-START:TIME-OFFSET=0
#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTStoggle without parameters
#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD or EVENT
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:10in seconds
#EXT-X-VERSION:4
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTStoggle without parameters
#EXT-X-MEDIA:NAME='English', TYPE=AUDIO, GROUP-ID='audio-stereo-64', LANGUAGE='en', DEFAULT=YES, AUTOSELECT=YES, URI='english.m3u8'
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1123000, CODECS='avc1.64001f,mp4a.40.2parameters have either one combined value or one per stream, separated by commas
#EXT-X-BYTERANGE:1024@256000
#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITYtoggle without parameters
#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE:2
#EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=NONE
#EXT-X-MAP:URI=MediaInitializationSection
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2010-02-19T14:54:23.031+08:00ISO 8601 format
#EXT-X-DATERANGE:ID=foo
#EXT-X-I-FRAMES-ONLYi-frame toggle without parameters
#EXT-X-SESSION-DATA:DATA-ID=com.example.movie.title
#EXT-X-SESSION-KEY:
#EXT-X-ENDLISTend-of-list signal without parameters

M3U8[edit]

The Unicode version of M3U is M3U8, which uses UTF-8-encoded characters. M3U8 files are the basis for the HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) format originally developed by Apple to stream video and radio to iOS devices, and which is now a popular format for adaptive streaming in general.

The 2015 proposal for the HLS playlist format uses UTF-8 exclusively and does not distinguish between the 'm3u' and 'm3u8' file name extensions.[14]

Internet media types[edit]

The only Internet media type registered for M3U and M3U8 is application/vnd.apple.mpegurl, registered in 2009 and only referring to the playlist format as used in HLS applications.[15][16]

The current proposal for the HLS playlist format acknowledges two media types which it treats as equivalent: application/vnd.apple.mpegurl and audio/mpegurl.[14] Likewise, these are the two types recommended for HLS use by Microsoft.[17]

For non-HLS applications, no media types were standardized or registered with the IANA, but a number of media types are nonetheless associated with the historical and ongoing use of the M3U and M3U8 formats for general playlists:

  • application/mpegurl
  • application/x-mpegurl
  • audio/mpegurl
  • audio/x-mpegurl[1][2]

These types, plus application/vnd.apple.mpegurl and application/vnd.apple.mpegurl.audio, are supported for HLS applications by (for example) Microsoft's Windows 10[17] and Internet Explorer 9,[18] and LG's WebOS.[19]

Examples[edit]

M3u Video Playlist Creator Software

Example 1

This is an example of an extended M3U file on the Windows platform. Sample.mp3 and Example.ogg are the media files. 123 and 321 are the lengths in seconds.[20] A length of -1 or 0 may be used when the media file is a streaming file, as there is no actual, predefined length value. The value after the length is the title to be shown, which is generally the same as the location of the file which is on the second line. On the Mac OS X and Linux platforms, Unix paths are used.

Example 2

This example shows how to create an m3u file linking to a specified directory (for example, a flash drive, or CD-ROM). The m3u file should contain only one string: the path to the directory. After starting, the media player will play all contents of the directory:

M3u Playlist Generator

Example 3

Here is another example, using relative format. The M3U file is placed in the same directory as the music, and directories must be preserved when moving the playlist to another device if subdirectories are used. This method is more flexible, as it does not rely on the file path staying the same.

This is the same file as above, saved as sample.m3u in C:Documents and SettingsUserMy Music

This format in an M3U allows copying to another device for playback. All files and directories referred to must also be copied.

Example 4

Here is a mixed example:

Notes:

  • Alternative and Classical are sub-directories of the directory that this playlist is stored in.
  • 'Song' and 'New Song' are in sub-directories of the directory that this playlist is stored in.
  • 'Stuff' is in the same directory that the playlist is stored in.
  • 'Foo' is in the specified (Windows) volume and directory, which may or may not be the same directory the playlist is in.
  • 'Bar' is in a different directory at the same level as the playlist directory. The double-dots reference the parent directory of the playlist directory, then into the sub-directory 'Other Music' to reach 'Bar'.
  • 'Listen' is a Shoutcast stream.
  • 'Mine' is an MP3 stored on a web server.
Example 5

References to other M3U playlists, for example, are generally not well-supported.

Example 6

The following is an example of a M3U playlist file for 'Jar of Flies' album by 'Alice in Chains' that was created by Mp3tag with the following custom option settings:[21][22][23]

  • playlist extended info format = '%artist% - %title%'
  • playlist filename format = '%artist%_%album%_00_Playlist.m3u'
  • tag to filename conversion format = '%artist%_%album%_$num(%track%,2)_%title%'

Software[edit]

Tag editors[edit]

The following tag editor software allows users to edit the ID3 tags in MP3 files, and has support for creating M3U files.

Linux
  • EasyTAG, puddletag.
Windows
  • Mp3tag, puddletag.

Media players[edit]

Multi-platform
ProgramPlatforms
WindowsMacLinuxOther
AmarokYesNoYesNo
AudaciousYesNoYesNo
BansheeYesYesYesYes
ClementineYesYesYesYes
GNOME VideosNoNoYesNo
KodiYesYesYesYes
MPlayerYesYesYesYes
mpvYesYesYesYes
VLC media playerYesYesYesYes
iTunesYesYesNoNo
Android
  • Astro Player,[24][25][26]Kodi, N7Player,[27][28] Musicolet[29]
Mac
Nintendo
  • New Nintendo 3DS (including XL and 2DS XL variants) with Internet Browser app
  • Nintendo Switch with the YouTube (site-specific) app
  • Wii U with the Internet Browser or YouTube app
Windows
  • foobar2000, JRiver Media Center, JuK, MediaMonkey, PotPlayer, Winamp, Windows Media Player, XMPlay[30]

See also[edit]

Other playlist file formats
  • ASX - Windows media
  • PLS - SHOUTcast
  • XSPF - Xiph.Org Foundation
  • WPL - Windows Media Player
M3u

References[edit]

  1. ^ abFraunhofer Gesellschaft, Fraunhofer Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen-A (1996-10-30). 'WinPlay3 - Windows real-time ISO/MPEG Audio Layer 3 Player'. Archived from the original on 1997-06-06. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  2. ^ abGruett, Matt. 'M3U FILES AND STREAMING'. LockerGnome. Archived from the original on 2001-04-26.
  3. ^Nero. 'Nero MediaHome 4 - Manual'(PDF). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2015-09-05.
  4. ^'WINAMP.COM | Winamp Documentation'. June 6, 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-06-06.
  5. ^'VideoLAN-SA-0804 (CVE-2007-6683)'. 2008. Arbitrary file overwrite and other abuses through M3U parser and browsers plugins.
  6. ^'CVE-2012-0677: Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands'. cve.circl.lu.
  7. ^'CVE-2000-0624: Buffer overflow in Winamp 2.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long #EXTINF: ext'. www.cvedetails.com.
  8. ^'247 search results'. Packet Storm. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  9. ^'Nero 2015 Platinum - System Requirements'. MP3 URL + UTF-8 (M3U8)
  10. ^ abc'Album List for Winamp'. albumlist.sourceforge.net.
  11. ^ abcde'Data'. birdcagesoft. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  12. ^'About the Common Media Application Format with HTTP Live Streaming | Apple Developer Documentation'. developer.apple.com.
  13. ^R. Pantos; W. May (August 2007). '4.3 Playlist Tags'. RFC 8216: HTTP Live Streaming. Ietf Request for Comments (RFC) Pages - Test. IETF. ISSN2070-1721.
  14. ^ abPantos, Roger; May, William. 'HTTP Live Streaming'. tools.ietf.org.
  15. ^'Media Types'. www.iana.org.
  16. ^'Data'. iana. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  17. ^ ab'Simplified Adaptive Video Streaming: Announcing support for HLS and DASH in Windows 10 – IEBlog'. blogs.msdn.microsoft.com.
  18. ^'HTMLVideoElement'. MDN Web Docs.
  19. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^'DigiLinX Application Note - Creating Playlists to Work with the Streaming Music Manager'(PDF). 2007-10-05.
  21. ^'Mp3tag Help - Configuration > Export'. help.mp3tag.de.
  22. ^'Mp3tag Help - Configuration > Playlist'. help.mp3tag.de.
  23. ^'Mp3tag Help - Scripting functions'. help.mp3tag.de.
  24. ^'Loading..'astroplayer.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2009.
  25. ^'Astro Player (old) - Sidenis LLC'. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  26. ^'Astro Player - Sidenis LLC'. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  27. ^'n7player Music Player - Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com.
  28. ^'n7player 1.0 - Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com.
  29. ^'Musicolet Music Player [No ads] - Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  30. ^Hindley, Nathan. 'XMPlay 3.8.2'. XMPlay. Un4seen Developments. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

External links[edit]

  • 'Unofficial M3U and PLS file specification'. Forum. Tech Support Greatest Hits. WinAmp. 2008 [2001].
  • Gonze, Lucas (2003). 'Survey of playlist formats'. Draft.
  • May, W. (2017). Pantos, R. (ed.). 'HTTP Live Streaming specification'. Draft. IETF. Includes M3U and M3U8
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M3U&oldid=998473942'

How to edit an existing M3U or create an IPTV M3U playlist file free

In this tutorial, we will go through editing an existing M3U playlist, scanning for dead links and how to create your own IPTV M3U file from scratch

Before you proceed, just a legal disclaimer, the information you are about to read and or view is for educational purposes only anything you do with this knowledge is at your discression

Playlist

Careless handling of M3U playlists has been the cause of vulnerabilities in many music players such as VLC media player,[5]iTunes,[6]Winamp,[7] and many others.[8]

File format[edit]

Create M3u Playlist Mac

There is no formal specification for the M3U format; it is a de facto standard.

An M3U file is a plain text file that specifies the locations of one or more media files. The file is saved with the 'm3u' filename extension if the text is encoded in the local system's default non-Unicode encoding (e.g., a Windows codepage), or with the 'm3u8' extension if the text is UTF-8 encoded.[9]

Each entry carries one specification. The specification can be any one of the following:

  • an absolute local pathname; e.g., C:My MusicHeavysets.mp3
  • a local pathname relative to the M3U file location; e.g. Heavysets.mp3
  • a URL

Extended M3U[edit]

The M3U file can also include comments, prefaced by the '#' character. In extended M3U, '#' also introduces extended M3U directives which are terminated by a colon ':' if they support parameters.

M3U extensions
DirectiveDescriptionExampleRequiredStandard
#EXTM3Ufile header, must be the first line of the file#EXTM3UYes
#EXTINF:track information: runtime in seconds and display title of the following resource#EXTINF:123,Artist Name – Track Title␤
artist - title.mp3
NoYes
additional properties as key-value pairs#EXTINF:123 logo='cover.jpg',Track TitleNoIPTV
#PLAYLIST:playlist display title#PLAYLIST:Music TVIPTV
#EXTGRP:begin named grouping#EXTGRP:Foreign ChannelsNoIPTV
#EXTALB:album information, title in particular#EXTALB:Album Title (2009)AL,[10] M3A[11]
#EXTART:album artist#EXTART:VariousAL,[10] M3A[11]
#EXTGENRE:album genre#EXTGENRE:Jazz FusionAL[10]
#EXTM3Aplaylist for tracks or chapters of an album in a single file#EXTM3AM3A[11]
#EXTBYT:file size in bytes#EXTBYT:34124NoM3A[11]
#EXTBIN:binary data follows, usually concatenated MP3s#EXTBIN:NoM3A[11]
#EXTENC:text encoding, must be the second line of the file#EXTENC: UTF-8No
#EXTIMG:cover, logo or other image#EXTIMG: front cover␤
cover.jpg
NoNo

Apple used the extended M3U format as a base for their HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)[12] which was standardized in 2017 by the IETF as RFC 8216.[13] Therein, a master playlist references segment playlists which usually contain URLs for short parts of the media stream. Some tags only apply to the former type and some only to the latter type of playlist, but they all begin with #EXT-X-.

HLS M3U extensions
DirectiveExampleDescription
#EXT-X-START:TIME-OFFSET=0
#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTStoggle without parameters
#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD or EVENT
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:10in seconds
#EXT-X-VERSION:4
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTStoggle without parameters
#EXT-X-MEDIA:NAME='English', TYPE=AUDIO, GROUP-ID='audio-stereo-64', LANGUAGE='en', DEFAULT=YES, AUTOSELECT=YES, URI='english.m3u8'
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1123000, CODECS='avc1.64001f,mp4a.40.2parameters have either one combined value or one per stream, separated by commas
#EXT-X-BYTERANGE:1024@256000
#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITYtoggle without parameters
#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE:2
#EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=NONE
#EXT-X-MAP:URI=MediaInitializationSection
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2010-02-19T14:54:23.031+08:00ISO 8601 format
#EXT-X-DATERANGE:ID=foo
#EXT-X-I-FRAMES-ONLYi-frame toggle without parameters
#EXT-X-SESSION-DATA:DATA-ID=com.example.movie.title
#EXT-X-SESSION-KEY:
#EXT-X-ENDLISTend-of-list signal without parameters

M3U8[edit]

The Unicode version of M3U is M3U8, which uses UTF-8-encoded characters. M3U8 files are the basis for the HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) format originally developed by Apple to stream video and radio to iOS devices, and which is now a popular format for adaptive streaming in general.

The 2015 proposal for the HLS playlist format uses UTF-8 exclusively and does not distinguish between the 'm3u' and 'm3u8' file name extensions.[14]

Internet media types[edit]

The only Internet media type registered for M3U and M3U8 is application/vnd.apple.mpegurl, registered in 2009 and only referring to the playlist format as used in HLS applications.[15][16]

The current proposal for the HLS playlist format acknowledges two media types which it treats as equivalent: application/vnd.apple.mpegurl and audio/mpegurl.[14] Likewise, these are the two types recommended for HLS use by Microsoft.[17]

For non-HLS applications, no media types were standardized or registered with the IANA, but a number of media types are nonetheless associated with the historical and ongoing use of the M3U and M3U8 formats for general playlists:

  • application/mpegurl
  • application/x-mpegurl
  • audio/mpegurl
  • audio/x-mpegurl[1][2]

These types, plus application/vnd.apple.mpegurl and application/vnd.apple.mpegurl.audio, are supported for HLS applications by (for example) Microsoft's Windows 10[17] and Internet Explorer 9,[18] and LG's WebOS.[19]

Examples[edit]

M3u Video Playlist Creator Software

Example 1

This is an example of an extended M3U file on the Windows platform. Sample.mp3 and Example.ogg are the media files. 123 and 321 are the lengths in seconds.[20] A length of -1 or 0 may be used when the media file is a streaming file, as there is no actual, predefined length value. The value after the length is the title to be shown, which is generally the same as the location of the file which is on the second line. On the Mac OS X and Linux platforms, Unix paths are used.

Example 2

This example shows how to create an m3u file linking to a specified directory (for example, a flash drive, or CD-ROM). The m3u file should contain only one string: the path to the directory. After starting, the media player will play all contents of the directory:

M3u Playlist Generator

Example 3

Here is another example, using relative format. The M3U file is placed in the same directory as the music, and directories must be preserved when moving the playlist to another device if subdirectories are used. This method is more flexible, as it does not rely on the file path staying the same.

This is the same file as above, saved as sample.m3u in C:Documents and SettingsUserMy Music

This format in an M3U allows copying to another device for playback. All files and directories referred to must also be copied.

Example 4

Here is a mixed example:

Notes:

  • Alternative and Classical are sub-directories of the directory that this playlist is stored in.
  • 'Song' and 'New Song' are in sub-directories of the directory that this playlist is stored in.
  • 'Stuff' is in the same directory that the playlist is stored in.
  • 'Foo' is in the specified (Windows) volume and directory, which may or may not be the same directory the playlist is in.
  • 'Bar' is in a different directory at the same level as the playlist directory. The double-dots reference the parent directory of the playlist directory, then into the sub-directory 'Other Music' to reach 'Bar'.
  • 'Listen' is a Shoutcast stream.
  • 'Mine' is an MP3 stored on a web server.
Example 5

References to other M3U playlists, for example, are generally not well-supported.

Example 6

The following is an example of a M3U playlist file for 'Jar of Flies' album by 'Alice in Chains' that was created by Mp3tag with the following custom option settings:[21][22][23]

  • playlist extended info format = '%artist% - %title%'
  • playlist filename format = '%artist%_%album%_00_Playlist.m3u'
  • tag to filename conversion format = '%artist%_%album%_$num(%track%,2)_%title%'

Software[edit]

Tag editors[edit]

The following tag editor software allows users to edit the ID3 tags in MP3 files, and has support for creating M3U files.

Linux
  • EasyTAG, puddletag.
Windows
  • Mp3tag, puddletag.

Media players[edit]

Multi-platform
ProgramPlatforms
WindowsMacLinuxOther
AmarokYesNoYesNo
AudaciousYesNoYesNo
BansheeYesYesYesYes
ClementineYesYesYesYes
GNOME VideosNoNoYesNo
KodiYesYesYesYes
MPlayerYesYesYesYes
mpvYesYesYesYes
VLC media playerYesYesYesYes
iTunesYesYesNoNo
Android
  • Astro Player,[24][25][26]Kodi, N7Player,[27][28] Musicolet[29]
Mac
Nintendo
  • New Nintendo 3DS (including XL and 2DS XL variants) with Internet Browser app
  • Nintendo Switch with the YouTube (site-specific) app
  • Wii U with the Internet Browser or YouTube app
Windows
  • foobar2000, JRiver Media Center, JuK, MediaMonkey, PotPlayer, Winamp, Windows Media Player, XMPlay[30]

See also[edit]

Other playlist file formats
  • ASX - Windows media
  • PLS - SHOUTcast
  • XSPF - Xiph.Org Foundation
  • WPL - Windows Media Player

References[edit]

  1. ^ abFraunhofer Gesellschaft, Fraunhofer Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen-A (1996-10-30). 'WinPlay3 - Windows real-time ISO/MPEG Audio Layer 3 Player'. Archived from the original on 1997-06-06. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  2. ^ abGruett, Matt. 'M3U FILES AND STREAMING'. LockerGnome. Archived from the original on 2001-04-26.
  3. ^Nero. 'Nero MediaHome 4 - Manual'(PDF). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2015-09-05.
  4. ^'WINAMP.COM | Winamp Documentation'. June 6, 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-06-06.
  5. ^'VideoLAN-SA-0804 (CVE-2007-6683)'. 2008. Arbitrary file overwrite and other abuses through M3U parser and browsers plugins.
  6. ^'CVE-2012-0677: Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands'. cve.circl.lu.
  7. ^'CVE-2000-0624: Buffer overflow in Winamp 2.64 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long #EXTINF: ext'. www.cvedetails.com.
  8. ^'247 search results'. Packet Storm. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  9. ^'Nero 2015 Platinum - System Requirements'. MP3 URL + UTF-8 (M3U8)
  10. ^ abc'Album List for Winamp'. albumlist.sourceforge.net.
  11. ^ abcde'Data'. birdcagesoft. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  12. ^'About the Common Media Application Format with HTTP Live Streaming | Apple Developer Documentation'. developer.apple.com.
  13. ^R. Pantos; W. May (August 2007). '4.3 Playlist Tags'. RFC 8216: HTTP Live Streaming. Ietf Request for Comments (RFC) Pages - Test. IETF. ISSN2070-1721.
  14. ^ abPantos, Roger; May, William. 'HTTP Live Streaming'. tools.ietf.org.
  15. ^'Media Types'. www.iana.org.
  16. ^'Data'. iana. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  17. ^ ab'Simplified Adaptive Video Streaming: Announcing support for HLS and DASH in Windows 10 – IEBlog'. blogs.msdn.microsoft.com.
  18. ^'HTMLVideoElement'. MDN Web Docs.
  19. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^'DigiLinX Application Note - Creating Playlists to Work with the Streaming Music Manager'(PDF). 2007-10-05.
  21. ^'Mp3tag Help - Configuration > Export'. help.mp3tag.de.
  22. ^'Mp3tag Help - Configuration > Playlist'. help.mp3tag.de.
  23. ^'Mp3tag Help - Scripting functions'. help.mp3tag.de.
  24. ^'Loading..'astroplayer.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2009.
  25. ^'Astro Player (old) - Sidenis LLC'. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  26. ^'Astro Player - Sidenis LLC'. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  27. ^'n7player Music Player - Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com.
  28. ^'n7player 1.0 - Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com.
  29. ^'Musicolet Music Player [No ads] - Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  30. ^Hindley, Nathan. 'XMPlay 3.8.2'. XMPlay. Un4seen Developments. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

External links[edit]

  • 'Unofficial M3U and PLS file specification'. Forum. Tech Support Greatest Hits. WinAmp. 2008 [2001].
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How to edit an existing M3U or create an IPTV M3U playlist file free

In this tutorial, we will go through editing an existing M3U playlist, scanning for dead links and how to create your own IPTV M3U file from scratch

Before you proceed, just a legal disclaimer, the information you are about to read and or view is for educational purposes only anything you do with this knowledge is at your discression

Pre-requisites

What is an IPTV M3U playlist?

Edit an existing M3u playlist file

Create your own M3U playlist file from scratch

Test the IPTV M3U playlist created

Tools and Resources

Pre-requisites

A browser, either Google Chrome (I am using) or Firefox

Video Download Helper for Chrome or Firefox

Tantrum IPTV Editor to edit or create our M3U

VLC Player to test HLS streams

Open Drive Account

What is an IPTV M3U playlist?

M3U actually stands for 'MP3 URL' and has been around since 1996 back in the day when MP3 libraries were the thing and everyone had thousands of songs, in order to create your own playlists you would use an MP3 player like Winamp or iTunes when you created a playlist you had the option to export an M3U playlist

M3U was created by Fraunhofer to use with the Winplay3 software, it then was used for internet radio as the technology grew in popularity it was later adapted to work with IPTV servers.

IPTV M3U playlists are basically just a list of information in a text format and uses M3U extensions if you would like to read more about M3U playlists check out the M3U wiki as we will not dive into any of that here

Edit an existing M3u playlist file

Because I currently do not have an IPTV service at the moment what I did was simple, I just Googled 'free IPTV m3u' and I came across a site called dailym3uiptv what I like about this site is it gives you 2 options to load your M3U list

  1. You can copy the URL and use it as a remote M3U, meaning you don't need to download the M3U file
  2. You can open the URL in a new tab, this will force the M3U file to download

Unfortunately, I was unable to get the remote URL to work on Tantrum IPTV Editor so we will have to download it first

  • Highlight the URL, right-click it and click go to…
  • You should see the M3U download into your browsers default download folder
  • Open Tantrum IPTV Editor, click open file and open the M3U just downloaded
  • Once the list is populated, click the verify links button

Tantrum IPTV editor will go through the list and tell us if any links are bad or dead, now depending on the size of the list or number of channels this will affect the time it will take to perform this scan as it goes one by one and tests connectivity

You may then click the 'remove dead links' button to remove all bad or dead links, this way you know all links should be operational

Once the dead links are removed you may save the M3U playlist by clicking the save button

If the results of removing dead links from your IPTV playlist are not at your liking there are bonus tools and resources at your disposal below, keep in mind Tentrum IPTV editor in terms of features and price point is the best one.

Once we remove all dead links if you would like, using the options on the right panel you can change the channel name, add a channel number, add channel groups update the stream URL, insert a channel logo and add a TV EPG ID, more on this within the next section

Create your own M3U playlist file from scratch

At this time I assume you have installed Video Download Helper and VLC as they are required for this portion of the tutorial.

Head over to squidtv.net and pick a channel or stream you would like to add to your IPTV M3U playlist, one thing to keep in mind, some channels have regional restrictions meaning only if you live in the country where the channel is broadcast can you view the broadcast, however you can get around this with a VPN that simulates the change of your geolocation, check out my top 3 free VPN services here

In my case, I selected USA, then Sports and CBS Sports HQ, once you are at the site hit Play click the little Video Download Helper icon top right corner of your browser and highlight HLS streaming move your cursor to the right and click the three dots followed by what looks like a play icon and click Copy URL.

Make sure you perform this quickly as more streams are added to Video Download Helper, if you notice the URL's are not populating, close the tab on your browser and start again

Now you can stop the player and open VLC player, click Media, Open Network Stream, past the HLS URL in the box and click Play

The stream should start, this is just so we can test the streams before we add them to our list

Now let's head over to Tantrum IPTV Editor, if you still have your previous list loaded close this and create a new one as we will be going through the steps of creating an entirely new list, you can click the paper sheet first icon on the left, or click File and new list

Using the right panel let's populate the required fields, Name, Channel Number(not required), Group, Stream URL, Logo, TV EPG ID is only for certain IPTV players like Smart IPTV or SS IPTV

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Groups will create a channel grouping, think of it like categories eg: Movies, Sports, News, Music

To get logos in this case I used Lyngsat-logo.com click on North America under the TV section and select the country, in this case, United States, find the channel right click it and select copy image address

Paste this URL under the Logo option in Tantrum IPTV editor and click the + icon to add another channel

Let me show you another resource we can use to collect HLS streams, head over to hlscat.com and in this example let's just say I want FOX Sports, so I simply search for 'Fox Sports' go down the list until I find the desired channel making sure it's green

I found Fox Sports Racing under a Canadian channel stream, simply click copy and past it into the Open Network Stream option in VLC just like we did in the previous step in order to test the stream

I recommend removing ?checkedby:hlscat.com from the links, as it may interfeer with your IPTV player

Once you have tested the stream and confirm it is working, add all the required information into Tantrum IPTV editor, I created a list of 10 channels for the purpose of this tutorial, once you are done creating your list, click File and Save As and save your M3U

Now let's place the M3U playlist we created up on the cloud so we can retrieve it from any IPTV player, if the player you will use resides on the computer you are using now you might not need to perform this step.

We will create a remote URL to access our M3U IPTV playlist file, so log in to Open Drive, if you haven't created an account already you may do so now, it is free and there is a premium version if you would like, I'm not going to go over what you can or cannot do with Open Drive as the point of this tutorial is to create an M3U IPTV playlist and add this to an IPTV player.

Once logged in to the Open Drive create a New Folder, call it IPTV

Navigate inside the IPTV folder and simply drag and drop your M3U file inside, Open Drive will scan the file, once this is complete right-click it and select Links, from here copy the Direct Link Download URL

Head over to Bitly so we can shorten the URL, paste the URL, click Shorten and copy the new short URL or note it down

Test the IPTV M3U playlist created

I decided to use Perfect Player running on my Firestick 4K if you would like to follow along and download the Perfect Player ADK click here to download the ADK

At the FireTV we load Perfect Player, press the Menu key

Select Main Menu, click the Gear icon all the way on the right, click General, select Playlist 1 and insert our short URL

Once you hit OK, you will go back and Perfect Player should Update the Playlist Fl studio 20 dark skin reddit.

At this point, the list is loaded and if all went right all channels should work, you can use the left and right directional buttons to navigate your Groups

Tools and Resources

In my research for the creation of this article, I came across a tone of resources that you may use to watch free TV or IPTV

Free IPTV Lists
https://iptv.live/
https://piccolo-tv.com
https://github.com/Free-IPTV/Countries
https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv
https://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/index.m3u
https://fluxustv.blogspot.com/p/m3u-list.html?m=1
http://iptvhit.com/
https://iptvlinksm3u.us/
https://dailym3uiptv.com/
https://www.alliptvlinks.com/

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https://www.gratisiptv.com/free-playlists/
https://freem3ulist.com/
https://iptv-black.com/
https://www.dailyiptvlist.com/

Channel Logos
https://www.tv-logo.com/
https://www.pngegg.com/
https://lyngsat-logo.com/

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https://www.filmon.com/
https://www.primewire.li/
https://www.stream2watch.io/

Home page


http://visearch.net/iptv/web/?
https://iptvcat.com/
https://hlscat.com/

USTVGO channels list


https://russiancave.com

EPG-IPTV Editor
https://epg.best/available-channels
https://iptv-tools.com/app/start/home

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