.M3U8 File

The m3u8 file extension is commonly used for m3u playlists in UTF-8 (Unicode) format, which are used by various media players.

M3U (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 Uniform Resource Locator, MP3 URL) is a computer file format that stores multimedia playlists.

You can find more information about MP3 playlists in the m3u file extension entry.

MIME types:
audio/x-mpegurl

Files with m3u8 file extension are playlists saved in special  M3U UTF-8 (Unicode) text playlist format. Playlists do not contain any multimedia content, just the list of songs or other multimedia files. Playable in almost every media player.

How to open:

You can open the *.m3u8 files in most media players.

How to convert:

Generic m3u8 playlists may be converted to a media player specific format. This is done with loading the *.m3u8 file and saving it to the new format in your media player.