W3U

w3u is a new playlist format that aims to provide more features and be simpler than m3u. It is based on the JSON format, which makes things easier to edit with a cleaner structure.

These are the fields that we currently support for w3u playlists:

Root fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
contact	String	No	The author's email address
epg	String	No	The EPG URL to load and use for this playlist
groups	Array	No	The list of groups (categories)
image	String	No	The image URL of the playlist
name	String	Yes	The name of the playlist
stations	Array	No	The list of media links
telegram	String	No	The Telegram contact username, without @
url	String	No	The URL of this playlist. This option allows the app to update the list

Group fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
groups	Array	No	The list of groups (categories)
image	String	No	The image URL of the group
imageScale	String	No	Determines how the image will be displayed. Possible values are: fitCenter, fitEnd, fitStart, fitXY, center, centerCrop
info	String	No	The information to show to the user inside this group
name	String	Yes	The name of the group
stations	Array	No	The list of video links
url	String	No	The URL of a remote playlist that will be loaded when opening this group

Station fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
audio	Boolean	No	Determines if the station is an audio stream. When no value is specified, the app tries to auto-detect the stream type
desktop	Boolean	No	Determines if the app should emulate a desktop web client when loading the URL
embed	Boolean	No	Determines if the URL should be opened in an embedded web browser instead of the video player
epgId	String	No	The EPG ID of this station
headers	Map	No	The headers to be sent in HTTP requests. This only affects to requests related with the media playback
host	Boolean	No	Determines if the URL is not a video but a website that contains a video that needs to be fetched. When no value is specified, the app tries to auto-detect this
hostParser	String	No	Determines the host parser to use. When no value is specified, all available parsers are used. Possible values are: web
image	String	No	The image URL of the station
imageScale	String	No	Determines how the image will be displayed. Possible values are: fitCenter, fitEnd, fitStart, fitXY, center, centerCrop
isHost	Boolean	No	Alias for host
name	String	Yes	The name of the station
referer	String	No	Determines the referrer to send in HTTP requests. This value affects both the media playback and the host parsing
url	String	Yes	The URL to be loaded
userAgent	String	No	The user agent to use when loading HTTP URLs