Format

MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3 Streaming

Summary

Name

MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3 Streaming

Identifiers

• MIME: audio/mpeg
• PUID: x-fmt/279

Format type

Text (Unstructured)

Description

A plain-text playlist of one or more media files and their location.

Format encoding

Text

Note

https://fileinfo.com/extension/m3u https://dotwhat.net/file/extension/m3u/505

File extensions

m3u, m3u8

Submitted by

Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Is subsequent version of

• MPEG Audio Stream Layer II

Changelog

• V120

  Release date

  25 February 2025

  • Updated

    MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3 Streaming: Added extension m3u8. Submitted by .

• V118

  Release date

  30 April 2024

  • Updated

    MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3 Streaming: Description created and documentation links added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2023. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

• V105

  Release date

  29 June 2022

  • Updated

    MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3 Streaming: Changed format type. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).

• V62

  Release date

  28 August 2012

  • Updated

    FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec): Description information submitted by the National Archives and Records Administration.