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'''XML Shareable Playlist Format''' ('''XSPF'''), pronounced ''spiff'',<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://xspf.org/quickstart|title=XSPF: XML Shareable Playlist Format: Quick Start|access-date=2009-04-23}}</ref> is an [[XML]]-based [[playlist]] format for [[digital media]], sponsored by the [[Xiph.Org Foundation]].

XSPF is a file format for sharing the kind of [[playlist]] that can be played on a personal computer or portable device. In the same way that any user on any computer can open any Web page, XSPF is intended to provide portability for playlists.

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Traditionally playlists have been composed of file paths that pointed to individual titles. This allowed a playlist to be played locally on one machine or shared if the listed file paths were URLs accessible to more than one machine (e.g., on the Web). XSPF's meta-data rich open format has permitted a new kind of playlist sharing called ''content resolution''.

A simple form of content resolution is the localisation of a playlist based on [[metadata]]. An XSPF-compliant content resolver will open XSPF playlists and search a catalog for every title with <ttcode>&lt;creator&gt;</ttcode>, <ttcode>&lt;album&gt;</ttcode> and <ttcode>&lt;title&gt;</ttcode> tags, then localise the playlist to reference the available matching tracks. A catalog may reference a collection of media files on a local disk, a music subscription service like Yahoo! Music Unlimited, or some other searchable archive. The end result is shareable playlists that are not tied to a specific collection or service.

== Example of an XSPF 1.0 playlist ==

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">

<?xml version="1.01" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/">

<trackList>

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== Features ==

* A playlist format like [[M3U]] or [[Advanced Stream Redirector|ASX]]

* [[MIME]] content-type of <ttcode>application/xspf+xml</ttcode>

* Patent-free (no patents by the primary authors)

* Specification under the [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 license]]

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{{category see also|Media players|Tag editors}}

* [[Amarok (software)|Amarok]]

* [[Foobar2000]] (with appropriate plugin)

*[[Foobar2000]] (with [https://github.com/regorxxx/Playlist-Manager-SMP Playlist-Manager-SMP])Unable to open item for playback (Unsupported file format):

playlist01.xspf"

* [[Audacious (software)|Audacious]]

* [[Banshee (media player)|Banshee]]

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* [[Tomahawk (software)|Tomahawk]]

* [[VLC media player]] (stand-alone player, available on every major platform)

* [[XMMS2]] (has a plugin to parse XSPF)

* [[Last.fm]] (export of playlists and personal tag radios in XSPF)

* [[Soundiiz]] (playlist converter for several streaming sites)

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{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

; Other playlist file formats

* [[Advanced Stream Redirector|ASX]] - Windows media

* [[M3U]] - The most common playlist format

* [[PLS (file format)|PLS]] - SHOUTcast

* [[Windows Media Player Playlist|WPL]] - Windows Media Player

==References==