#EXTVLCOPT in M3U files created by VLC, causes the playlist to fail importing

[jdackle]

I have a m3u playlist constructed and saved by vlc in my local home folder.

This playlist consists of three mms: radio streams and always worked well with both vlc and (til recently) audacious (but this one has had other "new" problems...).

The said playlist is neither automatically detected by Exaile (it's in the Library path) nor does it do anything when that file is opened from the "Open Media" dialog.

[jdackle (jdalinux)]

BTW, version info:
exaile-0.2.10+debian-1.1ubuntu2 (gutsy)
From Gutsy's oficial repos

[Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes)]

Please attach a sample playlist that Exaile cannot read.

[jdackle (jdalinux)]

Sorry, I only saw the request for an example playlist today!!! While reordering e-mails...

Attaching the concerned file now.

[Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes)]

Thanks. Assigning the bug to me for now, but if anyone wants to work on this, feel free.

[jstn (justin-pessa)]

I listen to a radio stream of the mms type but also cannot get it to play in Exaile.

Johannes, I can test/verify your fix if needed.

Best,

- j (asdf)

[Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes)]

Note to anyone who wants to work on this:

The problem is in the playlist format:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,RDP - RDP - ANTENA 3
#EXTVLCOPT:http-caching=1200
mms://rdp.oninet.pt/antena3
#EXTVLCOPT:http-caching=1200
mms://stream.radio.com.pt/ROLI-ENC-098
#EXTINF:0,R?dio Radar
mms://stream.radio.com.pt/ROLI-ENC-201

The regex in Exaile expects an #EXTINF line followed by a path/URL,
which fails here.

[jdackle (jdalinux)]

Thanks for your reply, Johannes

So, while someone does decide to work on this in the Exaile's code...
... Is it possible to manually "fix" the playlist?
If so, how?

I'm guessing it would be something like:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,RDP - RDP - ANTENA 3
#EXTVLCOPT:http-caching=1200
#EXTINF:mms://rdp.oninet.pt/antena3

Is my assumption correct?

[Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes)]

Exaile expects something like

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:...
mms://...
#EXTINF:...
mms://...

[jdackle (jdalinux)]

So, does that mean the playlist should look just like it is but withOUT the #EXTVLCOPT line?

Something like:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,RDP - RDP - ANTENA 3
mms://rdp.oninet.pt/antena3

?

[Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes)]

Yeah. The #EXTVLCOPT lines are VLC-specific, that's why we didn't anticipate it.

[Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes)]

Someone else fixed this in the 0.3 branch.