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M3U Group Splitter

A single playlist often mixes sports, movies, news and more into one endless list. Paste it below and the splitter sorts it by its group-title into a clean, separate playlist for each group — so you can keep only the parts you want.

Step 1

Everything happens on our server in one pass. Your playlist is never saved and never shared.

How the splitter works

Each channel in an M3U can carry a group-title — a label like Sports, Movies or News. The splitter reads that label on every channel and sorts the list into one clean sub-playlist per group, keeping each channel together with its name and stream.

1

Paste the playlist

Drop in the whole M3U text, headers and all.

2

We sort by group

Channels are grouped by their group-title; anything without one goes to "Ungrouped".

3

Copy what you want

Open any group and copy its own ready-to-use playlist.

What a group is in an M3U

A group is just a category tag written into each channel line, like group-title="Sports". Players use it to build the folders you scroll through. When a playlist has no groups, or messy ones, every channel lands in a single long list — which is exactly what the splitter untangles.

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Splitting never changes a channel — it only sorts the same entries into separate lists you can use one at a time.

When to split a playlist

  • You only watch a few categories. Keep Sports and Movies, drop the rest.
  • Your list is huge. Smaller per-group lists load faster and are easier to browse.
  • You want separate profiles. Give the kids a playlist with only their groups.
  • You are tidying before import. Split, keep what you need, then load it.

What to do with each group

  1. Open the group you want and press copy this group.
  2. Paste it into a plain text file and save it with a .m3u ending.
  3. Load that file in your player as its own playlist.

Is this safe to use?

Yes. Splitting is pure text handling and happens entirely on our own server:

Nothing is storedNothing is sharedNo connection to your providerNo account needed

Your playlist is read once to sort it, the groups are shown back to you, and then it is gone. We never contact your provider and we never log what you paste.

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Questions people ask

What does the splitter use to group channels?

The group-title tag on each channel line. Channels with the same group-title end up in the same sub-playlist.

What happens to channels with no group?

They are collected together under "Ungrouped" so nothing is lost.

Does splitting change my channels?

No. It only sorts the same entries into separate lists. Names, logos and streams are untouched.

Can I recombine groups later?

Yes — just paste the groups you want one after another into one file, keeping a single #EXTM3U header at the top.

Do you keep the playlist I paste?

No. It is read once to sort it, shown back to you, and never saved or logged.