[Playlist] xspf and spaces in filenames

[Lucas Gonze]

Hi Gerrit,

On the protocol level that this group addresses, a space in a URL should 
be a + or a %20.  There shouldn't ever be spaces in a URL, whether in 
M3U, HTML, or XSPF.

But I think that maybe your question is about XSPF Web Music Player, 
which is one of the many pieces of software that implement XSPF.  Yes?

-Lucas

Gerrit wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Gerrit
> 
> http://example.com
> 
> 
> 
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