How to add direct stream links in Media Player?

[Leinad]

As the topic title says, what should I do in order to add direct stream links in Media Player? I've created a file in which I've inserted a direct stream link but with no success. If the same file is accessed by MX Player the stream is working. Any hints would be appreciated. Thanks!

[ghisler(Author)]

Total Commander MediaPlayer supports 2 types of playlists: .pls and .m3u/.m3u8. The m3u format is the simpler one: Just one line comment (optional) and one line URL, e.g.

#EXTINF:-1,#Stream name
http://server_url:portnr

The only difference between m3u and m3u8 is that the latter uses UTF-8 for comments. Some Android versions delete m3u files when they contain urls instead of local file names, so use m3u8 instead. Name the file e.g. playlist.m3u8

[Leinad]

Thanks for your reply, that was helpful!