Convert m3u to m3u8

Conversion of m3u file format to m3u8 file format ^beta

Search for m3u to m3u8 converter or software able to handle these file types.

Convert MP3 songs playlist to UTF-8 M3U playlist.

We have found 3 software records in our database eligible for .m3u to .m3u8 file format conversion.

The easiest way how you can convert various song playlists (such as .m3u or .m3u8) would be to load them up in some media player and save them to whatever format suits you.

The free and highly popular VLC player is excellent choice for this as a lot users already used it as default media player and have it installed on their computers, so simply resave the playlists to achieve m3u to m3u8 conversion.

Updated: July 7, 2023

Microsoft Windows software - convert m3u to m3u8 on Windows

VLC media player

One of the most popular multi-platfom multimeda player

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
Convert from m3u file	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
to m3u8 file	No	Yes	Yes	m3u8 editor	Yes	No	No	No

The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned m3u to m3u8. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.

Apple macOS / Mac OS X software - convert m3u to m3u8 on OS X

VLC media player for Mac

Mac version of the popular VLC player

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
m3u	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
m3u8	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No

Linux/Unix software - convert m3u to m3u8 on Linux

VLC media player for Linux

Linux version of popular VideoLAN player

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
m3u	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
m3u8	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No

Additional links: Open m3u file, Open m3u8 file

M3U

Files with m3u extension can be usually found as playlists, typically for a group of .mp3 files or whole folders.

M3U8

Files with m3u8 extension are playlists saved in special M3U UTF-8 (Unicode) text playlist format. Playlists do not contain any multimedia content, just the list of songs or other multimedia files. Playable in almost every media player.

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Convert MP3 songs playlist to UTF-8 M3U playlist.