Files with m3u extension can be usually found as playlists, typically for a group of .mp3 files or whole folders.
Software that open m3u file
M3U file extension - MP3 songs playlist
What is m3u file? How to open m3u files?
M3U (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 Uniform Resource Locator, MP3 URL) is a computer file format that stores multimedia playlists. It was originally implemented in Winamp, although it is now supported by many applications, including VLC media player, XMMS, foobar2000, JuK, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, iTunes, QuickTime Player, Yahoo! Music Engine, JetAudio, RokuLabs SoundBridge, Spider Player, and PlayStation Portable.
The m3u file is a metafile playlist that references mp3 files and provides additional metadata for the items in the playlist. Each song and its location has its own line. The locations can be either absolute or relative local pathnames (e.g., "C:\My Music\Chanson.mp3" or "Chanson.mp3") or they can be URLs. The file can also include comments, prefaced by the "#" character. In extended M3U, "#" also introduces extended M3U directives.
One common use of the M3U file format is creating a playlist file that contains a single entry pointing to a stream on the Internet. The created file provides easy access to that stream and can be used for things like downloading from a website or for emailing, or for Internet radio listening.
The unicode version of M3U format is M3U8 format, it can include UTF-8 unicode characters.
MIME types:
audio/x-mpegurl
audio/x-scpls
uadio/scpls
Updated: November 10, 2023
The default software associated to open m3u file:
Company or developer:
Radionomy
Winamp is a legendary media player and one of the first major ones. It was first released in 1997 with latest version from late 2013. It was originally developed by Nullsoft, but now the brand is owned by Radionomy.
Company or developer:
Sprintbit Corporation
Sprintbit Playlist Manager is advanced playlist creator and manager with a lot of useful features for playlist editing management and playback
List of software applications associated to the .m3u file extension
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Software that open m3u file - MP3 songs playlist
Programs supporting the exension m3u on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open m3u file action.
Microsoft Windows:
Main software associated with m3u file by default:
Winamp
Playlist Manager
Other suggested software:
VLC media player
KMPlayer
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Apple iTunes for Windows
MediaMonkey
Helium Music Manager
Zune
