Bug#658628: vlc does not recognize its own playlists

[Sebastian]

Package: vlc
Version: 1.1.13-1
Severity: normal

I saved my playlist in VLC in "Media" -> "Save playlist to file..." as an XSPF
file. When trying to open the playlist in VLC it is not recognized and thus not
played at all.

The file had inadvertently been saved without file extension. After adding .xspf
to the file name the playlist began playing.

By the way, the XFCE4 file manager recognized the file correctly, so I didn't
notice the missing extension at first.

Please make either sure the files get always saved with extensions (or at least
warn) or make them playable independent of their extension.

Thank you.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  libaa1                    1.4p5-39
ii  libavcodec53              4:0.8-1
ii  libavutil51               4:0.8-1
ii  libc6                     2.13-24
ii  libfreetype6              2.4.8-1
ii  libfribidi0               0.19.2-1
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.6.2-12
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  7.11.2-1
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.7-2
ii  libqtcore4                4:4.7.4-2
ii  libqtgui4                 4:4.7.4-2
ii  libsdl-image1.2           1.2.11-2
ii  libsdl1.2debian           1.2.14-7
ii  libsm6                    2:1.2.0-2
ii  libstdc++6                4.6.2-12
ii  libtar0                   1.2.11-8
ii  libva-x11-1               1.0.14-1
ii  libva1                    1.0.14-1
ii  libvlccore4               1.1.13-1
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.4.4-4
ii  libx11-xcb1               2:1.4.4-4
ii  libxcb-keysyms1           0.3.8-1
ii  libxcb-randr0             1.7-4
ii  libxcb-shm0               1.7-4
ii  libxcb-xv0                1.7-4
ii  libxcb1                   1.7-4
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.0-3
ii  libxpm4                   1:3.5.9-4
ii  ttf-freefont              20100919-1
ii  vlc-nox                   1.1.13-1
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3

Versions of packages vlc recommends:
ii  vlc-plugin-notify  <none>
ii  vlc-plugin-pulse   <none>
ii  xdg-utils          1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-5

Versions of packages vlc suggests:
pn  mozilla-plugin-vlc  <none>
pn  videolan-doc        <none>

Versions of packages vlc-nox depends on:
ii  liba52-0.7.4           0.7.4-16
ii  libasound2             1.0.24.1-4
ii  libass4                0.10.0-2
ii  libavahi-client3       0.6.30-6
ii  libavahi-common3       0.6.30-6
ii  libavc1394-0           0.5.3-1+b2
ii  libavcodec53           4:0.8-1
ii  libavformat53          4:0.8-1
ii  libavutil51            4:0.8-1
ii  libc6                  2.13-24
ii  libcaca0               0.99.beta17-2.1
ii  libcddb2               1.3.2-3
ii  libcdio10              0.81-5
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.4.16-1
ii  libdc1394-22           2.1.3-4
ii  libdca0                0.0.5-5
ii  libdirac-decoder0      1.0.2-4
ii  libdirac-encoder0      1.0.2-4
ii  libdvbpsi7             0.2.2-1
ii  libdvdnav4             4.2.0-1
ii  libdvdread4            4.2.0-1
ii  libebml3               1.2.2-1
ii  libfaad2               2.7-7
ii  libflac8               1.2.1-6
ii  libfontconfig1         2.8.0-3.1
ii  libfreetype6           2.4.8-1
ii  libfribidi0            0.19.2-1
ii  libgcc1                1:4.6.2-12
ii  libgcrypt11            1.5.0-3
ii  libgnutls26            2.12.16-1
ii  libgpg-error0          1.10-2
ii  libiso9660-7           0.81-5
ii  libkate1               0.4.1-1
ii  liblircclient0         0.9.0~pre1-1
ii  liblua5.1-0            5.1.4-12
ii  libmad0                0.15.1b-7
ii  libmatroska5           1.3.0-1
ii  libmodplug1            1:0.8.8.4-1
ii  libmpcdec6             2:0.1~r459-1
ii  libmpeg2-4             0.4.1-3
ii  libmtp9                1.1.2-2
ii  libncursesw5           5.9-4
ii  libogg0                1.2.2~dfsg-1
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.46-4
ii  libpostproc52          4:0.8-1
ii  libproxy0              0.3.1-4+b2
ii  libraw1394-11          2.0.7-1
ii  libschroedinger-1.0-0  1.0.11-1
ii  libshout3              2.2.2-7
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ii  libspeex1              1.2~rc1-3
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ii  libusb-0.1-4           2:0.1.12-20
ii  libv4l-0               0.8.5-7
ii  libvcdinfo0            0.7.23-5
ii  libvlc5                1.1.13-1
ii  libvlccore4            1.1.13-1
ii  libvorbis0a            1.3.2-1.1
ii  libvorbisenc2          1.3.2-1.1
ii  libx264-118            2:0.118.2092+git6eac7c3-2
ii  libxml2                2.7.8.dfsg-7
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3

Versions of packages libvlc5 depends on:
ii  libc6        2.13-24
ii  libvlccore4  1.1.13-1

Versions of packages libvlccore4 depends on:
ii  libc6        2.13-24
ii  libdbus-1-3  1.4.16-1
ii  vlc-data     1.1.13-1

Versions of packages vlc is related to:
ii  libavutil50  <none>
ii  libavutil51  4:0.8-1

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