alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .M3U8

File description

M3U8 files are plain-text files. M3U8 files are Unicode versions of the .m3u file format. M3U8 uses UTF-8 Unicode characters. M3U is a Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 Uniform Resource Locator. This is the group that also specifies the MPEG standards for audio and video file storage.

M3U8 files store multimedia playlists. These playlists are usually MP3 lists, which is an audio compression standard. Because the standard is for music, many music-playing applications and online radio stations use the M3U8 format to specify playlists. Playlists contain song names and play order.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .M3U8 file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .M3U8 extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .M3U8 file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .M3U8 file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Other possible reasons why your .M3U8 file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .M3U8 file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .M3U8 file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .M3U8 file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .M3U8 file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .M3U8 file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.