XML Shareable Playlist Format: Difference between revisions

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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 ==

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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]]