# Playlists

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlists/1887
**Category:** Off-Topic
**Created:** [April 17, 2005, 8:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlists/1887 "2005-04-17T08:10:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/milka/32/55_2.png) [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2005, 8:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlists/1887/1 "2005-04-17T08:10:02Z")

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What is the difference between **m3u** and **pls** files, and which is beter for use.

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2005, 8:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlists/1887/2 "2005-04-17T08:56:09Z")

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The difference is in the structure of the entries for a referenced file. I'd use m3u, because it's more widely used and supported.

For further information you can have a look at this [document](http://gonze.com/playlists/playlist-format-survey.html), which describes all the different playlist formats.

Best regards,  
~ Florian