Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your HLS file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert HLS to another file type
The converter easily converts your HLS streaming files to various formats - free and online. No VLC Media Player or or other Video software needed.
HLS to MP4
HLS to MP3
HLS to WAV
HLS to FLAC
HLS to AVI
HLS to MOV
HLS to WMV
HLS to FLV
HLS to WEBM
HLS to 3GP
HLS to ROQ
HLS to 3G2
Convert a file to HLS
To convert other file formats to the "Streaming Media Playlist" file type, you need software like VLC Media Player or a similar tool.
About HLS files
An .HLS file typically functions as a downloaded streaming media container or playlist utilizing Apple's HTTP Live Streaming protocol. In a completely different context, it is also used by musicians as a Setlist file for Line 6 Helix guitar processors. For video streams, VLC Media Player and FFmpeg are the standard tools to read the format. For guitar setups, users rely on the official HX Edit application. Users constantly struggle with .HLS files because browser download extensions often save them as fragmented wrappers instead of standard videos. The major disadvantage is that an .HLS video is not a single file - it is usually a text manifest (similar to an M3U8) pointing to dozens of tiny TS video segments. It often requires a live internet connection to fetch data, and it is frequently DRM-encrypted by streaming platforms. This makes it impossible to play on native OS players or share easily. The best solution is to repackage the stream into an MP4 or MKV file. This merges the fragmented chunks into a single, universally supported video file without losing quality, provided the source is not encrypted. For Helix users, converting the setlist into readable JSON or individual HLX presets allows for manual text editing. Standard online converters completely fail to process .HLS files because they expect a unified, closed file, not a network-dependent playlist. Just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. We can inspect the file, extract the raw text or underlying JSON content, and show you its exact structure. If our analysis detects an unsupported DRM stream or missing media chunks, you will instantly know why traditional conversion fails.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your HLS file.
If you want to convert HLS file to DASH, ALAC or M4A, you can use VLC Media Player or similar software from the "Streaming Playlist / Guitar Setlist" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to HLS, try VLC Media Player or another comparable tool in the "Streaming Playlist / Guitar Setlist" category.
The HLS Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our HLS converter.