diff --git a/packages/core/src/content/link-preview/content/video.ts b/packages/core/src/content/link-preview/content/video.ts
index 50c535fd..e5699ff5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/content/link-preview/content/video.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/content/link-preview/content/video.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export type DetectedVideo = {
   url: string;
 };
 
-const VIDEO_EXTENSIONS = new Set([".mp4", ".webm", ".mov", ".m4v"]);
+const VIDEO_EXTENSIONS = new Set([".mp4", ".webm", ".mov", ".m4v", ".m3u8"]);
 
 function resolveAbsoluteUrl(candidate: string, baseUrl: string): string | null {
   const trimmed = candidate.trim();
diff --git a/packages/core/src/content/url.ts b/packages/core/src/content/url.ts
index 58b23891..66b39709 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/content/url.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/content/url.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export const DIRECT_MEDIA_EXTENSIONS = [
   "opus",
   "aiff",
   "wma",
+  "m3u8",
 ] as const;
 const DIRECT_MEDIA_EXTENSION_SET = new Set<string>(DIRECT_MEDIA_EXTENSIONS);
 const DIRECT_MEDIA_URL_PATTERN = new RegExp(
diff --git a/src/media-cache.ts b/src/media-cache.ts
index 63f0cf3b..d305b809 100644
--- a/src/media-cache.ts
+++ b/src/media-cache.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ const resolveExtension = (filename: string | null, mediaType: string | null): st
   if (normalized.includes("audio/flac")) return ".flac";
   if (normalized.includes("video/mp4")) return ".mp4";
   if (normalized.includes("video/webm")) return ".webm";
+  if (normalized.includes("application/vnd.apple.mpegurl") || normalized.includes("application/x-mpegurl"))
+    return ".m3u8";
   return ".bin";
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/content.url.test.ts b/tests/content.url.test.ts
index bdbddfc3..cae3da16 100644
--- a/tests/content.url.test.ts
+++ b/tests/content.url.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ describe("content/url", () => {
     expect(isDirectMediaUrl("https://example.com/voice.opus")).toBe(true);
     expect(isDirectMediaUrl("https://example.com/clip.avi")).toBe(true);
     expect(isDirectMediaUrl("https://example.com/track.wma#t=10")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isDirectMediaUrl("https://example.com/playlist.m3u8")).toBe(true);
     expect(isDirectMediaUrl("https://example.com/article")).toBe(false);
   });