Convert PLAYLIST files online for free
The converter easily converts your PLAYLIST file to various formats - free and online. No Media Player or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Audio formats to PLAYLIST with high quality output.
The .playlist extension is a generic label applied to various proprietary list formats, creating significant compatibility headaches. While it universally serves as a container for ordering media or data, the internal structure varies wildly depending on the software that created it. Most commonly, you will encounter this file as a Beat Saber custom song list (JSON-formatted), a Visual Studio test configuration (XML-formatted), or a proprietary compressed archive from mobile music apps like YouTube Music.
The main limitation for users is the realization that a .playlist file never contains the actual audio or video data; it is merely a map of file paths or hashes. Opening this file in a standard player like VLC media player often fails because the internal syntax is application-specific rather than a universal standard like M3U or PLS. Furthermore, if the referenced source files are moved, the playlist breaks immediately due to hard-coded file paths.
For media management, the best workflow is converting the playlist to M3U8 (UTF-8 encoded) for broad compatibility with desktop players and streaming servers. For Beat Saber modding, editing the raw JSON or converting to .BPLIST is necessary for sharing custom levels. Developers handling Visual Studio files should treat them as XML for version control or manual editing.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PLAYLIST file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted PLA, M3U, MPLT, WPL, MPCPL, M3U8, CSV, TXT, MP3, HMT, XSPF, PDF and MP4 files.
If you want to convert PLAYLIST file to TEXT, CLEAN, FILE, MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF or OPUS, you can use Visual Studio or similar software from the "Ordered Media or Data List" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to PLAYLIST, try Visual Studio or another comparable tool in the "Ordered Media or Data List" category.
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 PLAYLIST converter.