#EXT-X-MAP: - Specifies how to obtain Media Initialization Section.#EXT-X-KEY: - Specifies how to decrypt Media Segments.#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE: - It allows synchronization between different renditions of the same Variant Stream or different Variant Streams.#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY - Indicates discontinuity between the preceding and following media segments.#EXT-X-BYTERANGE: - Indicates that the Media Segment is a sub-range of the resource identified by its URI.#EXT-X-STREAM-INF: - It specifies a Variant Stream that is a part of the Renditions.#EXT-X-MEDIA: - It is used to relate Media Playlists that contain alternative Renditions of the same content.#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS - It indicates that all media samples are independent and can be decoded without other segments.#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE: - It indicates the Media Sequence Number.#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION: - It specifies the maximum Segment duration.#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE: - Provides the type of playlist (EVENT or VOD).#EXT-X-START: - Indicates the preferred starting point for the playlist.EXT-X-VERSION - Indicates the compatibility version of the file based on the media and its server.The tags for the HLS playlist begin with “#EXT-X-”. It was standardized as RFC 8216 in 2017 by IETF. It is based on the UTF-8 encoded extended M3U. HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) was created by Apple to stream audio and radio to iOS devices. #EXTIMG: - Logo, Cover or other images.#EXTM3A - Single file playlist for album tracks or chapters.#EXTINF: - Used for track information and other additional properties.#EXTM3U - It is the file header indicating Extended M3U and must be first line of the file.Given below is a list of directives for extended M3U. In the extended M3U, additional directives are introduced that begin with “#” and end with a colon(:) if they have parameters. Each entry in the M3U file can be one of the following: m3u8 extension if the text is UTF-8 encoded. m3u extension if the text is encoded in the local system’s default non-Unicode encoding or with the. There is no official specification for the M3U file format, it is a de-facto standard. It is also supported by various media players and software.
M3U was developed to be used with Winpla圓 software by Fraunhofer.
M3U is not an actual audio file, it just points to audio and sometimes video files.
M3U (MP3 URL) is an audio playlist file stored with the.