Bug#562028: fails to read playlist

[Siward de Groot]

On Monday 28 December 2009 11:55:27 you wrote:
> Le Mon 28 Dec 09 à 06:06 +0100, Siward de Groot a écrit :
> > > > A playlist that this happens with has following content :
> > > > #EXTM3U
> > > > mms://82.94.231.66/gtonline
> > > > http://82.94.231.66/gtonline
> >
> > [0x8a95590] main playlist debug: adding item `playlist.ghanatoday.xspf' (
> > file/playlist:///home/xuser/playlist.ghana
> > today.xspf )
> 
> Using a .xspf extension for a M3U playlist is asking for problem.
>  Use .m3u .

I have copied that playlist to a filename ending in .m3u instead of .xspf
and changed /home/xuser/.vlc/vlcrc to open that .m3u file.
At startup, it still tries to open the .xspf (which i don't understand)
but with the "open file" dialog, i can now open that .m3u playlist,
and then it successfully opens that stream :-)

This playlist was created by vlc,
 and it did not automatically provide correct extension,
 so perhaps i am not unique in having such a deviant extension.
In Debian stable's version, this .xspf playlist did work.

Thanks for this improvement.

Siward