UTF-8 M3U playlist
File type: Settings, options, themes or skins file
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.
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
File extension m3u8 is commonly used for m3u playlists in UTF-8 (Unicode) format, which are used by various media players.
M3U (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 Uniform Resource Locator, MP3 URL) is a computer file format that stores multimedia playlists.
You can find more information about MP3 playlists in the m3u file extension entry.
MIME types:
audio/x-mpegurl
You can open the *.m3u8 files in most media players.
Generic m3u8 playlists may be converted to a media player specific format. This is done with loading the *.m3u8 file and saving it to the new format in your media player.
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
Apple iTunes for Windows (Microsoft Windows)
Winamp (Microsoft Windows)
KMPlayer (Microsoft Windows)
Apple iTunes for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
Winamp (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)
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