Editing PLS (file format) (section)

{{Short description|Multimedia playlist file format}}
{{Infobox file format
| name = Playlist
| extension = {{mono|.pls}}
| mime = {{mono|audio/x-scpls}}
| owner = 
| creatorcode = 
| genre = [[Playlist]]
| containerfor = 
| containedby = 
| extendedfrom = 
| extendedto = 
}}

'''PLS''' is a computer [[file format]] for a multimedia [[playlist]]. It is typically used by media players for [[streaming media]] over the Internet, but may also be used for playing local media.

For online streaming, typically the .PLS [[Computer file|file]] would be downloaded just once from the media source—such as from an online radio station—for immediate or future use.  While most computers and players automatically recognize the .PLS format, the first time a PLS file is used on a computer, the media player's settings may need to be changed to recognize ([[file association|"associated" with]]) .PLS files.

PLS was originally developed for use with the museArc<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010125041500/http://www.winamp.com/download/docs/index.jhtml;$sessionid$PF5EUWAABIEFJTN24UKBCYY?filenumber=120&language=english&layout=normal&prevlayout=normal Nullsoft Winamp Online Documentation: The Playlist and Playlist Editor]</ref> audio player software by codeArts, and was later used by [[SHOUTcast]] and [[Icecast]] for [[streaming media]] over the Internet.