# Export configuration for .m3u file without #EXTINF

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-configuration-for-m3u-file-without-extinf/60054
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 14, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-configuration-for-m3u-file-without-extinf/60054 "2023-02-14T05:48:46Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2023, 6:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-configuration-for-m3u-file-without-extinf/60054/2 "2023-02-14T06:31:25Z")

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Here is a thread with an export script for a playlist:

> [@M3U8 Playlist export (UTF-8 encoded playlists)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u8-playlist-export-utf-8-encoded-playlists/7867):
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> Mp3tag doesn’t (yet?) have built-in support for playlists with files that have Unicode filenames. Unfortunately, the ».m3u« playlist format was an »ad-hoc« creation by Nullsoft (the former Winamp people) a long time ago, and there are no official specs. Nevertheless, the general consensus nowadays seems to be that M3U only supports the Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) character set while the (newer) ».m3u8« format supports UTF-8 encoding. Many programs like Mp3tag will even silently try to convert UTF-enc…

As the export scripts are plain text files, you can edit the export script for your purposes, e.g. delete EXTINF

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