Convert PLS files online for free
The converter easily converts your PLS file to various formats - free and online. No Word or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Audio formats to PLS with high quality output.
A .pls file is most commonly an Audio Playlist format originally developed for use with Winamp and SHOUTcast servers. Unlike audio files (like MP3 or AAC), a PLS file contains no actual sound data; it acts as a structured text file (similar to the INI format) that directs media players to streaming URLs or local file paths.
The most significant downside users encounter is attempting to "convert" a 1KB PLS file into a music file, only to find the output is empty or text-based. Because the file stores metadata (track titles, lengths, and locations) rather than audio, you cannot convert it directly to audio without recording or downloading the stream it references. For playlist interoperability, users often convert .PLS to the more universally supported M3U or M3U8 formats for compatibility with modern players like VLC Media Player or iTunes.
Less frequently, a .pls file may be a plot layout file from Allplan, a channel list for Samsung TVs, or a PL/SQL procedure for Oracle databases. Identifying the source is critical before conversion.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PLS file.
Users also converted MP3, M3U, M4A, MP4, ASX, WAV, PDF, TXT, M3U8, AAC, MOV, XLSB and BAT files.
If you want to convert PLS file to M3U, MP3, M3U8, TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART or DOWNLOAD, you can use Winamp or similar software from the "Audio Stream Playlist" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to PLS, try Winamp or another comparable tool in the "Audio Stream Playlist" 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 PLS converter.