Simple M3U Parser

Overview

This is a simple JavaScript library for parsing M3U playlist files. It includes two classes: MediaPlaylist for parsing entire M3U files and MediaPlaylistItem for parsing individual items within the playlist.

Installation

npm install simple-m3u-parser

Usage

Parsing M3U Playlist

import { MediaPlaylist } from "simple-m3u-parser";
import fs from "fs";

// Example: Read M3U file as Uint8Array
const fileData = fs.readFileSync("example.m3u");
const playlist = new MediaPlaylist(fileData);

// Access playlist items
console.log(playlist.playlist_items);

Parsing Individual Playlist Item

import { MediaPlaylistItem } from "simple-m3u-parser";

// Example: Create a MediaPlaylistItem
const itemInfo = "#EXTINF:180,Song 1\nhttp://example.com/song1.mp3";
const playlistItem = new MediaPlaylistItem(itemInfo);

// Access properties of the playlist item
console.log(playlistItem.name);
console.log(playlistItem.duration);
console.log(playlistItem.uri);
console.log(playlistItem.attributes);

Classes

MediaPlaylistItem

• name: Name of the media item.
• duration: Duration of the media item in seconds.
• uri: Location of the media file.
• attributes: Additional attributes defined in the #EXTINF tag.

MediaPlaylist

• playlist_items: An array of MediaPlaylistItem objects representing the items in the playlist.

License

This project is licensed under the ISC License - see the LICENSE file for details.