Hacking an M3U file so you can get its MP3 file

You’ve visited a website and clicked on an link to listen to an MP3 file. Your computer dutifully plays the audio file–so far, so good. Now, you go back to the site, hoping to download the file you just listened to. But wait–the file that downloads is an M3U file. What is this, and how can you find the MP3 file?

M3U files are playlist files that point to an MP3 file, so that the MP3 file streams, rather than downloads to your computer. The video tutorial below demonstrates how to download the MP3 file using only your browser and a text editor (like Notepad)