M3U playlist
An M3U playlist is a text-based list of media locations, optionally accompanied by item information.
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Playlists streaming reference
Definitions, mechanisms, examples and practical guidance for playlists concepts used in streaming and player setup.
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Playlists concepts.
M3U8 encoding
M3U8 conventionally identifies an M3U-style playlist encoded as UTF-8.
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A playlist URL is the network address a player uses to retrieve a media list.
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A playlist refresh retrieves the current version of a media list from its source and updates the player’s imported entries according to its own merge rules.
Explore →Playlist group
A playlist group is an organisational label that collects related media entries for browsing.
Explore →Xtream-style login
Xtream-style login is the name many IPTV players use for an input containing a server address, username and password.
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A server URL tells a player which network endpoint to contact.
Explore →URL encoding
URL encoding represents bytes using a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits when their literal form would be unsuitable in a URL component.
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