# M3u IPTV url-lists or data **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** livetv-dvr\ **Created:** [March 3, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/m3u-iptv-url-lists-or-data/833143 "2023-03-03T09:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MasterSt0ffel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MasterSt0ffel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MasterSt0ffel)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/m3u-iptv-url-lists-or-data/833143/1 "2023-03-03T09:50:57Z")
a support of m3u IPTV url-lists or data. I actively pay a subscription to legal offers and have to integrate them with Xteve or something similar. In Germany, a free state live TV is provided for a fee (ARD ZDF) this provides m3u data for German citizens and unfortunately this cannot be integrated either. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/m3u-iptv-url-lists-or-data/833143/2 "2023-03-03T11:26:04Z")
What are you requesting? xteve already exists and it can handle m3u files of streaming channels. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/m3u-iptv-url-lists-or-data/833143/3 "2023-03-03T11:39:26Z")
Beyond the clarification Otto is asking for… there’s an existing suggestion discussing an option to directly integrate such m3u files as live tv streaming channels. If that’s what you’re looking for I suggest you comment/vote in that thread in order to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes (and closing this thread as a duplicate) > [@Support for M3U playlistss in Live TV](https://forums.plex.tv/t/support-for-m3u-playlistss-in-live-tv/232215): > > Many IP TV providers provide a channel list with TS streams defined in an M3U playlist, often with HLS seperation of streams to support multiple bit rates. They also use a groupid tag to place channels into a sutiable categorisation for use in the EPG TV guides. Please consider adding support for M3U as a tuner type in DVR/Live TV. I have just tried out Emby’s version of this, and it kills Plex dead in my house for live tv. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/m3u-iptv-url-lists-or-data/833143/4 "2023-03-03T12:21:22Z")