Convert M3U to TEXT

What is m3u file, and why export it as text?

M3U file format is a standard for multimedia playlists and contains a list of songs that can be played in a certain order, along with their relative paths in the folder for the media player to read them properly.

Although it is in plain text format and you can read it using any text editor, it has a specific structure and can be actually extensive when all possible functions are added. You can read more about M3U on Wikipedia.

It does not make much sense to convert m3u to text in the file conversion sense because they are already text files. You can open, edit, or re-save them using any text editor; no converter is required.

What most users are actually after is the export of a list of songs to a text that can be directly uploaded to social media, for example. Sometimes, users struggle with the export of playlists between desktop and mobile platforms and want to copy the contents manually, which rarely works for specially structured formats. Instead of looking for text conversion, it's better to resave or export playlists using a media player or playlist manager. Playlist handling is one of the core functions of every such tool, for example, VLC player.