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Media playlist
File type: Settings, options, themes or skins file
Files with pls file extension can be typically found as audio playlists for media players that contain either list of songs or radio stations.
Found 7 different file type records with the same pls filename suffix.
What is pls file?
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
The pls file extension is commonly used for various playlists, used either to story list of songs or radio stations.
It is somewhat of a universal format that is supported in most media players nowadays, but most prominently was used in WinAmp. Also the now defunct audio service Napster, used pls playlists.
How to open pls file?
You can open *.pls playlist in most media players and listen to the songs (provided you have them) or radio stations that are listed in them.
How to convert pls file?
Can be converted to other playlist formats, for example .m3u, .wpl and more.
Suggested software to open pls file:
Associated software actions with the pls file
Software applications that can open pls files:
Playlist Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Helium Music Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit pls files:
Playlist Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving pls files:
Playlist Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Apps designed for playing pls files:
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
Apple iTunes for Windows (Microsoft Windows)
MediaMonkey (Microsoft Windows)
KMPlayer (Microsoft Windows)
VUPlayer (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows Media Player (Microsoft Windows)
ALSong (Microsoft Windows)
Winamp (Microsoft Windows)
Helium Music Manager (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apple iTunes for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Windows Media Player for Mac OS X (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)
VLC Media Player for iOS (Apple iOS)
VLC media player for Android (Google Android)
Software apps that create pls files:
Playlist Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that import pls files:
Helium Music Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that export pls files:
Helium Music Manager (Microsoft Windows)
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Helium Music Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that manage settings for pls files:
Napster (Microsoft Windows)
DisorderTracker2 sample
File type category:
Audio and sound file
Date updated: November 10, 2024
The pls file extension is associated with the DisorderTracker2, an audio composing tool called tracker.
The pls file is 8 or 16-bits, mono sound format that Contains loops, names, collections.
How to open pls file?
Use Awave Studio to playback *.pls files.
How to convert pls file?
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Suggested software to open pls file:
Associated software actions with the pls file
Apps designed for playing pls files:
Awave Studio (Microsoft Windows)
MYOB data
File type category:
Accounting, financial and tax file
Date updated: April 2, 2019
The pls file extension is also related associate with MYOB, an accounting software for Australian small businesses available for various operating systems and platforms.
The pls file stores some kind of data used by MYOB.
How to open pls file?
It appears only MYOB software can access or open this type of *.pls files.
How to convert pls file?
We do not know about any possible conversion for this file type at this time.
Suggested software to open pls file:
Associated software actions with the pls file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pls files:
MyOB (Microsoft Windows)
PerlScript data
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: December 31, 2024
The pls file extension is related to the PerlScript and used for its source code files.
Windows Script Host (WSH) is a scripting host for ActiveX Scripting Engines such as PerlScript. As a host, WSH enables you to use the scripting language from the command-line and from within the Windows desktop with the WSH features.
PerlScript was initially solely an ActiveX Scripting Engine produced by the company ActiveState for use with Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) that allows for programmers to use Perl-based code in addition to, or in place of, VBScript or JScript in the context of web servers running the ASP protocol. Subsequently Apache::ASP was created for the Apache web server, which allows for coding with only Perl, but neither VBScript nor JScript. PerlScript can also be used to write Windows Script Host-based programs, similar to VBScript.
How to open pls file?
Use any text editor to view content of the *.pls files.
How to convert pls file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open pls file:
Associated software actions with the pls file
Software applications that can open pls files:
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software applications that can edit pls files:
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software capable of saving pls files:
NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pls files:
Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Windows)
PicoLog settings
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: July 23, 2019
The pls file extension is associated with the PicoLog, a data acquisition software for Microsoft Windows operating system that allows users to analyze and display data.
The pls file contains settings of the PicoLog.
How to open pls file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert pls file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open pls file:
Associated software actions with the pls file
Software apps that manage settings for pls files:
PicoLog (Microsoft Windows)
Pro/ENGINEER temporary data
File type category:
Temporary file
Date updated: October 11, 2018
The pls file extension was also used for one of the temporary files in Pro/Engineer program.
Temporary files may be created by computer programs for a variety of purposes; principally when a program cannot allocate enough memory for its tasks, when the program is working on data bigger than architecture's address space, or as a primitive form of inter-process communication.
How to open pls file?
In vast majority of cases, users cannot access temporary saved data.
How to convert pls file?
Temporary files are usually not meant to be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open pls file:
Associated software actions with the pls file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pls files:
Pro/Engineer (Creo Elements/Pro) (Microsoft Windows)
WinPAS Plus32 name and address data
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: October 12, 2018
The pls file extension is associated with the WinPAS Plus32 (Public Address System For Windows), a free address book organizing software for Microsoft Windows.
The pls file contains name or address data.
How to open pls file?
Use WinPAS to open *.pls files.
How to convert pls file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open pls file:
Associated software actions with the pls file
Software applications that can open pls files:
WinPAS Plus32 (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit pls files:
WinPAS Plus32 (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving pls files:
WinPAS Plus32 (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create pls files:
WinPAS Plus32 (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pls files:
WinPAS Plus32 (Microsoft Windows)