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.JSON files

JSON is a data representation format derived from Javascript (the browser embedded programming language for websites). It's commonly used because it provides a -nice balance between terse and exact data represantion, while still being +nice balance between terse and exact data representation, while still being readable.

Streamtuner2 uses it to store all of its configuration and radio station data files. The MIME type of these files is application/json and they often look like:

[
   {
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.XSPF files

The Xiph foundation manages the Ogg streaming format, Vorbis and other -codecs, and introduced XML shareable playlist format "XSPF". They're - hard to look at and not very widespread. On the upside they +codecs, and introduced the "XML shareable playlist format" or "XSPF" for short. +They're hard to look at and not very widespread. On the upside they contain more meta information than any other playlist store.

As MIME type application/xspf+xml and they often look like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/">
   <trackList>
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Various other file formats are in existence, but not widely used:

  • SMIL

    -

    Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language is a HTML-style +

    Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language is an HTML-style audio/video/stream-link format.

  • ASX

    Is a Windows-only format, a variation of SMIL. There's an abhorrent @@ -111,11 +111,11 @@

  • .url

    *.url (Internet Shortcut) files also are single-link containers.

-

For a comparison of what various audio player support, see also +

For a comparison of what various audio players support, see also Playlist format support in the ST2 fossil wiki.