[Playlist] xspf and spaces in filenames

[Thomas B. Ruecker]

Gerrit schrieb:
> Hi All,
>
> I looked at examples, searched the web etc, so I think I have done 
> some research.
>
> The question I was not able to find an answer on is the following:
>
> Does xspf support spaces in <location></locatio> ?
>
> I have seen examples like
>
> <track><location>http://example.com/song_1.mp3</location></track>
>        <track><location>http://example.com/song_2.mp3</location></track>
>        <track><location>http://example.com/song_3.mp3</location></track>
>
> bu I could not find an example that is more realistic like
>
> <track><location>http://example.com/This Artist/second album/01 - a 
> very good song.mp3</location></track>
>
> Needless to say, I have not been able to create an xspf file that 
> contains locations with urls containing spaces, while I can create  
> m3u's with spaces in filenames.
>
> I have tried copying the relevant parts of the m3u in the location, 
> but no luck.
>
> I have been succesfull with xspf with only 
> 'http://example.com/averygoodsong.mp3' as the location and that does 
> work (playing in vlc and winamp)
>
> I might be missing something very obvious. I would not mind having 
> that pointed out to me.
Just guessing - How about url-encoding? IIRC a space should translate to %20

Cheers

Thomas