m3u files

[greg1111]

I use VLC for everything from watching films to listening to CD's and MP3's, and even online radio. It is a great program!

I noticed that as of version 1.05, it refuses to play m3u files. I went back to v1.03 on the same machine and it plays them fine.

I did a search on the forum but couldn't find a solution. Could anyone shed any light please?

[VLC_help]

it refuses to play m3u files

Open Tools -> Messages... (set Verbosity to 2) before opening a m3u file and tell us what it reports.

[greg1111]

Thanks for the reply.

It says (sorry the list was very long):


main debug: adding item `listen.m3u' ( C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\listen.m3u )
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\listen.m3u
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item listen.m3u node null skip 0
main debug: resyncing on listen.m3u
main debug: listen.m3u is at 0
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'listen.m3u'
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:230)
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\listen.m3u' gives access `' demux `' path `C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\listen.m3u'
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\listen.m3u'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 3 candidates
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 5.000 ms - Total 5.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 5.000 ms)
main debug: creating access '' path='C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\listen.m3u'
main debug: looking for access module: 5 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\listen.cue
vcd debug: could not find .cue file
access_file debug: opening file `C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\listen.m3u'
main debug: using access module "access_file"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 5.000 ms - Total 5.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 5.000 ms)
main debug: Using AStream*Stream
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 343 bytes in 0s - 334960 kbytes/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 2 candidates
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate
main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\listen.m3u'
main debug: looking for demux module: 50 candidates
playlist debug: found valid M3U playlist
main debug: using demux module "playlist"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\
main debug: `C:\Users\Greg\Desktop\listen.m3u' successfully opened
main debug: deleting item `listen.m3u'
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: removing module "playlist"
main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: removing module "access_file"
main debug: thread ended
main debug: no fetch required for 128kbps, relay4 (Currently 70 listeners) [shoutcast] (art currently (null))
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
main debug: dead input
main debug: thread times: real 0m0.010000s, kernel 0m0.015600s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 3 items, index -1
main debug: using item 0
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for '128kbps, relay4 (Currently 70 listeners) [shoutcast]'
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: no fetch required for 128kbps, relay1 (Currently 73 listeners) [shoutcast] (art currently (null))
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:230)
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `http://relay4.slayradio.org:8000/' gives access `http' demux `' path `relay4.slayradio.org:8000/'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='relay4.slayradio.org:8000/'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matched "http"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: creating access 'http' path='relay4.slayradio.org:8000/'
main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'listen.m3u' : 20.000 ms - Total 20.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 20.000 ms)
main debug: no fetch required for 128kbps, relay3 (Currently 86 listeners) [icecast] (art currently (null))
access_http debug: http: server='relay4.slayradio.org' port=8000 file='/
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry

[VLC_help]

Could you share us one .m3u file that doesn't work?

[greg1111]

Well, I can't get any pls or m3u files to work.

For example, any of the ones on:

http://www.themusiklounge.com/jazz/

and the one in my example:

http://www.slayradio.org/home.php
(click on 'broadband' on the top left)


They all work in v1.03 however.

[DGMurdockIII]

TRY the nightly verson it shold work http://nightlies.videolan.org/ i just tryed it and it worked try it and let us now if it works for you

[greg1111]

Thank you for the suggestion. I'm afraid that the 1.06 nightly build didn't work for me either. Maybe it would help if I provided some basic computer info.

Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel Core 2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz 1.87GHz
4GB RAM (although Vista only sees 3)
AVG Free Anti Virus
Commodo free Firewall

Thank you all for the help so far.

[VLC_help]

Thanks. Confirmed. Ticket opened
trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/3303

[greg1111]

Dear people,

I have found the solution to the problem. The problem lay both with the Comodo firewall and VLC player - as I stated, there was no problem with VLC v1.03 and Comodo together, but there was a problem with Comodo combined with v1.05.

As a last resort I uninstalled Comodo and installed (the also free) Zonealarm firewall, and VLC v1.05 now happily plays all m3u and pls files.

Many thanks for all the help. I hope this also goes some way to helping others with the same or similar issues.

[greg1111]

Update - I had to uninstall Zonealarm beacuase it kept causing the computer to freeze if left on for more than a couple of hours. Apon reinstalling Comodo Firewall and VLC v1.05, everything now works great. I do not understand what could have gone wrong, but everything really is now fine.

Thanks again.

[VLC_help]

The bug is real. But it should be fixed in 1.1.0