I am working with Android OS to try to stream from an M3U. I

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I am working with Android OS to try to stream from an M3U. I

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I am working with Android OS to try to stream from an M3U. I don’t see why this is a big deal on Android, but for some reason it is. The M3U structure is simple, it’s essentially a list of URLs to external MP3 files. However, when you click the M3U in the browser, it tries to launch and then tells me that it’s an unsupported file type.

MP3 is documented as being a supported streaming protocol:
http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html

This works flawlessly on the iPhone. I’d really like to believe that “Droid does” (as they advertise) and I don’t want to hate on it too hard, but why isn’t a simple M3U even supported?

Is there an external app that supports these that has to be installed first?

Thanks to anyone who can shed a little light on this subject. All I have to test with is the emulators currently, but my friends with devices can confirm that this is not working.