[vlc-devel] XSPF support in VLC

[Sebastian Pipping]

Hello VLC Developers!


I'm here to talk about XSPF support in VLC with you.
At the time VLC learned to speak XSPF there was no
XSPF library written in C/C++ around. In between that
has changed: there now is libSpiff, the official
reference implementation of the Xiph.Org Foundation.

As with any library using a library specific to a single
tasks has many benefits, among them increased interoperability.
That and the fact that the XSPF playlist files created by
VLC (version 0.8.6c) are not valid (what I noticed is that
locations are not URIs) makes me want to request libSpiff
integration into VLC. libSpiff takes reading and writing
of XSPF files off your shoulders, backed up with a testsuite
of currently about 140 testcases.

VLC seems to be C only. libSpiff (natively C++) has simple
C bindings already but they might not be powerful enough
for VLC. Therefore I would like to discuss VLC's needs for
enhanced C bindings with you. From a quick look at VLC's
XSPF demuxer code I had the impression you invented an
XSPF extension for VLC - is that right? If so it would
be cool if you could briefly document your extension on
the List of known XSPF extensions page [1] in the Xiph Wiki.

Me and the XSPF mailing list [2] people are looking forward
to working with you.

Thanks for your open ears!



Sebastian


[1] http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/List_of_known_XSPF_extensions
[2] http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/playlist


@xspf mailing list
  full discussion will probably end up here:
  http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2007-September/thread.html