Playlist format support
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).
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 |