Hi How to convert m3u into either mp3 or wave ...

m3u is NOT a music type file, it is merely an index file.

its a playlist, holding referals to the actual mp3's.

you need the mp3 files.

those (mp3) are typically 1MB per MINUTE of music.

see here - link for details on m3u files

As the previous poster already said, you could not directly convert a text file into a music file. Basically because text is not music ;-)

 But you can use the .m3u file to find the actual music files. 

 Simply open it with a text editor and you will see for each title in the m3u playlist, where the actual sound file is located. 

 e. g. c:\my files\music\example.mp3

 Then you can go there and do whatever you want with the mp3-files.

 Please note: a .m3u file can not only be a playlist of mp3 files, but of course can contain other soundfile-types as well (wav, ogg, wma, etc.) If you can convert these into mp3s is another question.

For example: A copyright protected .wma file will not allow to be converted into an copyright free mp3 file (e. g. wma files you download from Napster).

So if you can convert the actual sound files into another sound format, depends on the type of files you find indexed in the m3u file. 

M3U is a playlist format. But, you can convert an m3u to wav using discwriter or

thanks alot, u r the best

no need to convert, instead go to "my music", right click on an m3u file you wish to convert & in the drop down window click "open with" then "choose program", then click "notepad".

a window will open where you will see something like this;

C:\Documents and Settings\tin\Shared\Hellogoodbye - All of Your Love.mp3

ok, now I know where my mp3's are, so I go to start menu / my computer/ c: drive /documents and setting/ tin /shared 

now from the folder marked "shared" I can copy all the mp3 files to the "my music" folder and from there I can transfer to my iPod or whatever.

simple as 1,2,3 

hope this helps!