Build, edit and download a working .m3u playlist right in your browser. Free, no signup, and nothing you type ever leaves your device.
Paste your channel lines, generate the file and download it. The tool also opens an existing playlist so you can edit it and save it again.
Line format: Channel name | Stream URL. To sort channels into groups use Group | Channel name | Stream URL.
Three steps, about two minutes. You only need the stream URLs you are allowed to use.
Write the channel name, then a pipe character |, then the stream URL. One channel per line. If you already have a playlist, click Import .m3u and the tool loads it into the editor so you can rename channels, delete ones you never watch, or fix broken URLs.
Press Generate M3U. The tool writes a valid #EXTM3U header, one #EXTINF line per channel, and the stream URL beneath it. It also tells you how many channels are ready and lists anything it had to skip, so a typo never silently disappears. If you added a TV guide URL in the field above, it is written into the header as url-tvg, which is what makes the EPG appear in your player.
Click Download .m3u and you get a real playlist file. Open it in any IPTV player: on Android TV and Firestick use TiviMate, on phones and Windows use IPTV Smarters Pro, and on a desktop VLC is the quickest test. If your player asks for a URL instead of a file, host the playlist somewhere you control and paste that address.
Need the player-side walkthrough? Our M3U playlist setup guide covers every device, and if the playlist loads but shows nothing, work through the M3U troubleshooting guide.
An M3U playlist is a plain text file. There is no database and no hidden structure — everything below is the whole format. Here is what the creator above produces for two channels with a TV guide attached:
#EXTM3U url-tvg="http://epg.example.com/guide.xml"
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-name="News HD" group-title="News",News HD
https://example.com/news.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-name="Sports 1" group-title="Sport",Sports 1
https://example.com/sports1.m3u8Each part has a job:
#EXTM3U — always the first line. It tells the player this is an extended playlist rather than a plain list of files.url-tvg — optional. Points at an XMLTV guide file for the EPG.#EXTINF:-1 — starts a channel entry. The -1 is the duration, which is always -1 for a live stream.tvg-name — the channel's name as the guide knows it. This is what matches a channel to its EPG data.group-title — the category the channel is filed under in your player's menu.Playlists are saved with an .m3u extension, or .m3u8 when the file is UTF-8 encoded. For IPTV they behave the same; the difference is the text encoding, which only matters for non-Latin channel names. Our M3U URL guide covers the address form and the Xtream Codes guide covers the login form that many providers use instead.
No. A downloaded .m3u file works fine in players that let you pick a file from your device — TiviMate, IPTV Smarters Pro, IBO Player and VLC all do. You only need a hosted URL if you want the same playlist to load automatically on several devices, or if your player refuses local files (common on some Smart TV apps). In that case upload the file you generated to a location you control and use its address.
Yes, completely. There is no signup, no trial and no limit, and you can generate as many playlists as you like.
No. Everything runs in your browser with JavaScript. Your channel lines and the generated file never leave your device, and the page works even after you go offline.
Yes. Click Import .m3u and pick your file. The editor reads the #EXTINF entries, fills in the channel names and groups, and you can then rename, reorder or delete them before downloading a corrected copy.
Almost nothing. M3U8 is the same format saved with UTF-8 text encoding so it can hold accented and non-English characters. Many IPTV players accept either extension, and this tool writes a standard .m3u file that works everywhere.
Usually one of three things: the stream URLs require a login that is missing, the player expects Xtream Codes rather than a file, or the URLs are dead. Check the channel count the tool reports first, then read the M3U troubleshooting guide.
Yes, but many Smart TV apps only accept a hosted URL rather than a file. Generate the playlist here, upload it, and enter that address in the app — IBO Player and SmartOne Player follow that pattern.
The tool handles that for you. You write plain lines and it produces the correctly ordered #EXTM3U and #EXTINF structure, so you never have to edit the raw format by hand.
Only add streams you have the right to use. Public test streams and your own provider's URLs are the sensible sources; a playlist built from pirated streams is both unreliable and illegal in most countries. If you are evaluating a paid service, start with a free IPTV trial and use the URLs that provider gives you.
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