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  • Format of M3U files

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 19 20:13:09 2023
    What fields are mandatory?

    Are there any online programs to prettify and minimise such files?

    Please, esp explain htat comma befoe the name of the station.

    I don't care about logo or browser info

    And it all become harder to find errors in

    #EXTM3U

    #EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="AlphaTV.gr" tvg-logo="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/eb/Alpha_TV_logo.svg/512px-Alpha_TV_logo.svg.png" group-title="Undefined",Alpha TV
    http://alphatvlive.siliconweb.com/1/Y2Rsd1lUcUVoajcv/UVdCN25h/hls/live/playlist.m3u8

    #EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="BBCNews.uk" tvg-logo="https://i.imgur.com/rPzH88J.png" group-title="News",BBC News HD (720p) [Geo-blocked]
    https://cdnuk001.broadcastcdn.net/KUK-BBCNEWSHD/index.m3u8

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Jan 20 10:04:59 2023
    Are these not playlist files as used by Winamp and others?
    Brian

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    What fields are mandatory?

    Are there any online programs to prettify and minimise such files?

    Please, esp explain htat comma befoe the name of the station.

    I don't care about logo or browser info

    And it all become harder to find errors in

    #EXTM3U

    #EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="AlphaTV.gr" tvg-logo="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/eb/Alpha_TV_logo.svg/512px-Alpha_TV_logo.svg.png"
    group-title="Undefined",Alpha TV http://alphatvlive.siliconweb.com/1/Y2Rsd1lUcUVoajcv/UVdCN25h/hls/live/playlist.m3u8

    #EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="BBCNews.uk" tvg-logo="https://i.imgur.com/rPzH88J.png" group-title="News",BBC News HD (720p) [Geo-blocked] https://cdnuk001.broadcastcdn.net/KUK-BBCNEWSHD/index.m3u8

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  • From Woody@21:1/5 to Brian Gaff on Fri Jan 20 10:14:47 2023
    On Fri 20/01/2023 10:04, Brian Gaff wrote:
    Are these not playlist files as used by Winamp and others?
    Brian


    IME the best software to use is VLC - it reads and plays (literally)
    anything.

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