This is supposed to become an overview of support playlist formats in different players / music collection managers.

• i = import / play
• o = export
• x = plugin exists
• F = feature request

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↓ App → Format	native	M3U	PLS	XSPF	JSPF	SMIL	CUE	ASX	RAM	WPL
Streamtuner2	json	i/o	i/o	i/o	i/o	i/o	-	i/o	i	-
Audacious	?	i	i	i	-	-	-	i	-	-
Rhythmbox	xml	-	-	i	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clementine	?	i/o	i/o	i/o	-	-	i/o	i/o	-	-
Exaile	shelve	i/o	i/o	i/o	-	-	-	i/o	-	-
Banshee	sqlite	i	i	i	-	-		i	-	-
Songbird	sqlite	i	i	-	-	-		i	-	-
Amarok	xspf	i/o	i/o	i/o	?	-	i/o	?	-	-
Quod Libet	?	i/o	i/o	F	-	-	part	-	-	-
TunaPie2	ini	-	i	-	-	-		-	-	-
XMMS2	m3u	i/o	i	i	-	-	i	i	-	i
VLC	pls	i	i/o	i/o	-	-	-	i	i	i

References:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_player_software#Playlist_format_ability
• https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/tree/master/src/playlistparsers
• https://developer.gnome.org/rhythmbox/unstable/RBPlaylistManager.html#rb-playlist-manager-export-playlist
• http://exaile.readthedocs.org/en/latest/xl/playlist.html#playlist-converters
• "#xspf xml isn't escaped. # who developed that format? xiph you say? errr...."
• vlc.git/modules/demux/playlist/*.c: dvb, rss, b4s, qtl, sgimb, itml, gvp
• https://xmms2.org/wiki/Main_Page
• ASX is also stored as WSX sometimes. And sometimes even serialized like WPL, which is basically SMIL in various variations (no shortage of weird NIH formats in Windows land).

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UTF-8 and file:/// URL support

One thing that came up with developing the file browser plugin is the varied support for file:/// URLs and platform-dependent UTF-8 encoding. This likely goes for direct-file invocation as well as playlist-contained references. Here grouped by samples:

App	version	platform	file:///	UTF-8
VLC	2.2.4	Windows 7	yes	syscp
Wmplayer	*	Windows 7	no	syscp
AIMP	*	Windows 7	no	syscp
MPC	*	Windows 7	no	syscp
*	*	Windows	partly	quoted
-	-	Linux	-	-
VLC	2.0.8	Ubuntu 12.04	yes	quoted
VLC	2.2.0	Ubuntu 16.04	yes	literal
Audacious	3.4.3	Ubuntu 12.04	yes	literal
Parole	0.8.1	Ubuntu 16.04	yes	literal
Clementine	1.2.3	Ubuntu 16.04	yes	literal