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a computer file format that stores multimedia playlists

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" or "m3u" filename extension.

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

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

The M3U 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 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 .

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Constant string in dynamic batch script

I have a batch script (-> windows batch .bat automatic .m3u playlist creation / update ) to automatically generate playlists. These playlists are saved in a subfolder of the rootdir (see code). So the problem is, that the subfolder is not taken into…
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Playing M3U livestream

First of all, this question was marked as duplicate, but since the answer of the other one didn't help me, i decided to create a new one. I just want to know whats wrong with my code, or a different way to do it. In the other one they say to use…
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Iphone sdk support for playing mp3 files over the network

I am writing an application to contact a webserver running on a desktop to access and play mp3 files. Here is what I tried so far: I have used MPMusicPlayerController (and tried UIWebview) to handle the audio file and it automatically plays…
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How iTunes parses m3u files

I have a m3u file here. When I downloaded the file and opened it in iTunes the program successfully started playing the stream audio and showed me the artist name and the song title. Moreover iTunes sends notification that track is changed and shows…
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Streaming audio from website to app

I'm in the process of building a prototype for a project. I want to be able to stream music from my website to the app. Here is what I have so far. Trying it with an m3u because I honestly have no idea what else to use for this. Button…
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Next track or shuffle in M3U playlist?

I have an M3U play-list that has URLs for some MP3s from around the web. It's on a server so I can open it on other computers and my iPhone. Unfortunately, all the players I've tried don't let me hit the "next" button to go to the next song in the…
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How to retrieve variable="value" pairs from m3u string

I have m3u file that contain lines like example: #EXTINF:0 $ExtFilter="Viva" group-title="Variedades" tvg-logo="logo/Viva.png" tvg-name="Viva" I run this in PHP with no…
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HTML5 stream m3u radio player

I have a problem with building HTML5 audio player using m3u format. I have tried do it like this:
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auto m3u creation

I am looking for a solution to automatically create .m3u playlists for each music folder in my sdcard so that the music player can play music by folders. I had written a simple VB.Net app in the past that does exactly the above but apparently, it…
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Create a "Recently Added Albums" m3u playlist

I am trying to create a playlist that is the same idea as a "Recently Added Albums" playlist that you usually see in iTunes but using a $NUM_OF_DAYS_BEFORE parameter. I've used most ideas from this post: How to recursively find and list the latest…
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iOS background Audio Stream (m3u) doesn't work on device (but does in simulator)

I have a UIWebView that loads a m3u from a url: NSString *url = @"http://141.217.20.38:8000/live.m3u"; [self.webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:self.url]]]; followed by: [[UIApplication sharedApplication]…
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Media elementd and HLS m3u

I got a question. Currently I am trying to develop media player for windows 8 metro app. In my project I am using media element which can play mp4 and supported format just fine. But I really need to use HLS m3u aswell for streaming and I cant even…
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m3u8-segmenter not compiling

root@ip-**-**-**-**:/home/jeff/m3u8-segmenter# ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk...…
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Opening a website as an iPad/iPhone in xcode

I'm trying to parse streaming video websites in order to play them in an iPad/iPhone app. For example, in www.veetle.com, opening a channel with an iPad or iPhone you can see the video, because the code for this finds a .m3u (or .m3u8) file which…
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M3U playlists...why redundant files?

I'm taking a look at some random Icecast playlists (available here: http://dir.xiph.org/index.php) and I'm wondering why many seem to contain a list of the same mp3 file. e.g.: GET…
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