Re: [Bino-list] Playlist support

[Martin Lambers]

Hi Henrik!

On 18/09/11 19:38, Henrik Reinstädtler wrote:
> I started developing playlist support.... Here is my first draft of the
> Header File. I would developed with sqlite database, or an xml File.

There are several existing playlist file formats, most notably m3u/m3u8,
pls, xspf, and asx. See
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_player_software#Playlist_format_ability>.
We should not invent our own file format; nobody would ever use it.

It seems that m3u/m3u8 is the most widespread format (together with the
MS-centric asx) and is relatively simple, so it may be a good starting
point.

VLC implements most playlist file formats, see for example
modules/demux/playlist/m3u.c and modules/misc/playlist/m3u.c.

Best regards.
Martin