Difference between revisions of "Playlist"

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Playlists are files that contain information on which files to play. Usually they are plain text files with paths to the files to play. Example:
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Playlists are files that contain information on which files to play. Usually they are plain text files with paths to the files to play. Here an example in the [[M3U]] format:
  
 
  rock.mp3
 
  rock.mp3
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  OTHER\new.mp3
 
  OTHER\new.mp3
 
  \\COMPUTERNAME\Music\Band\title.mp3
 
  \\COMPUTERNAME\Music\Band\title.mp3
http:// webaddress. com/.../title 2.mp3
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  <nowiki>http://www.webaddress. com/.../title 2.mp3</nowiki>
http:// 111.22.333.44:8024
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  <nowiki>http://111.22.333.44:8024</nowiki>
  
 
This file would instruct the player to first play the file rock.mp3, then classical.mp3 and lastly the file new.mp3 which is in the directory OTHER.
 
This file would instruct the player to first play the file rock.mp3, then classical.mp3 and lastly the file new.mp3 which is in the directory OTHER.

Revision as of 02:59, 29 October 2009

Playlists are files that contain information on which files to play. Usually they are plain text files with paths to the files to play. Here an example in the M3U format:

rock.mp3
classical.mp3
OTHER\new.mp3
\\COMPUTERNAME\Music\Band\title.mp3
 http://www.webaddress. com/.../title 2.mp3
 http://111.22.333.44:8024

This file would instruct the player to first play the file rock.mp3, then classical.mp3 and lastly the file new.mp3 which is in the directory OTHER.

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