Formats 6 min read
What is an M3U playlist?
A line-by-line tour of the M3U format: #EXTM3U, #EXTINF, tvg tags and group titles — and how IPTV apps turn it into a channel list.
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Plain-English articles about playlist formats and browser streaming — how M3U and M3U8 files are structured, how HLS adapts quality, and how to fix links that refuse to play. Decodr is a player, not a provider: we host, index and store nothing.
Streaming 9 min read
HLS player online
HTTP Live Streaming explained end to end: segments, manifests, latency, buffering, browser support and the CORS rules that block some links.
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M3U8 player
An .m3u8 link is usually an HLS manifest. Here is what that file contains, how adaptive quality works, and how to play one online.
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Online M3U player
How to open an M3U playlist link or local file in a browser-based player, what happens during parsing, and why nothing ever leaves your device.
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