Overview

Implement support for import and export of playlists stored in database from and to the XSPF file format.

XSPF ("spiff") is the XML format for sharing playlists.

About XSPF

XSPF is the XML format for sharing playlists.

• It is free and open -- No proprietary lock-in.
• It is portable -- You should be able to send a playlist to your friend and have it work.
• It is well-engineered -- Most playlist formats get the easy things wrong.

Unlike M3U

• XSPF is XML.

Unlike SMIL

• XSPF is simple.

Unlike ASX

• XSPF is open.

Implementation

Usage in MediaPortal 2

XSPF should be available for importing and exporting playlists within Utilities.

Library

Since there seems no C# / .NET library available, yet for handling XSPF-files it would be great to make it available as a separated repository / binary or reuse libxspf.

Other Resources

Official Website

Existing implementations / libraries

• C / C++ libxspf