[Playlist] question about the XSPF specs

[Benoît Gréant]

Hi and thanks for your kind reply.

I understand why the identifier can work for a spotify track, but is it
relevant for a youtube link too ?
I mean, there might be several different Youtube videos for a same track.
Which, then, is no more an ID, is it ?

Thanks !

B

Le mar. 24 mars 2020 à 18:17, Lucas Gonze <lucas at gonze.com> a écrit :

> After reading your more detailed issue description on Stack Overflow, I
> have posted this answer there.
>
> You should use the identifier element (
> http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.2) for things
> like Spotify links.
>
> The info element can also do what you need (
> http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.6), but you can
> only have one per track, so you couldn't cover more than one streaming
> service.
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> Regarding the many years since the last update of the spec, maybe it's
> time to work on one. A blessed JSON version would be useful.
>
> It's productive to discover that the spec is not clearly communicating
> this information. In the time we wrote the spec most functioning Internet
> music was an MP3 on a web server. Now streaming services do the job. We
> could possibly fix this with an update to the documentation. For example,
> the sample playlists at http://xspf.org/quickstart/ could show how to do
> it.
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> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:05 AM Lucas Gonze <lucas at gonze.com> wrote:
>
>> Benoît, it's excellent to meet you. I am CC'ing the XSPF list at
>> playlist at xiph.org and copying this answer to the Stack Overflow thread.
>>
>> The info element is designed to do what you need:
>> http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.6
>>
>> However, there can only be one info element per track.
>>
>> Regarding the many years since the last update of the spec, maybe it's
>> time to do one. A blessed JSON version would be useful.
>>
>> -Lucas
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 1:38 AM Benoît Gréant <gordie.lachance at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys !
>>>
>>> I love your XSPF thing :)
>>> Have been playing with it since several years, using it as base for my
>>> website (&API
>>> <https://www.spiff-radio.org/wordpress-soundsystem-plugin/soundsystem-api/>,
>>> &WP plugin) spiff-radio.org.
>>>
>>> I have a small question.  I want to attach (several) links to a playlist
>>> track (eg. spotify/youtuble/apple music...); what tag should I use for this
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Well, I posted the complete question on Stackoverflow
>>> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60822682/xspf-xml-playlist-specifications-how-should-i-format-links-to-one-or-several>
>>> .
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> Benoît
>>>
>>
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