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Transferring ml.xspf file to iOS VLC?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 08:41
by frannie
Hi!

On my desktop, in VLC, in MediaI Library (file ml.xspf), I have a collection of some internet radio stations. Is there any way to transfer this whole collection to my iOS VLC, or will I have to enter every entry manually? :)

Thanks.

Re: Transferring ml.xspf file to iOS VLC?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 09:17
by unidan
Hi, xspf is just a format of playlist that any VLC can open, so you can just transfer it to iOS. I don't use VLC for iOS but you can try with the web interface, otherwise we can probably open a ticket for this.
Keep in mind that if you're transfering a playlist with links to local files they wont work

Re: Transferring ml.xspf file to iOS VLC?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 10:30
by frannie
Yeah, I tried transferring this ml.xspf file via the web interface. I also created Untitled.M3U playlist with all these stations, and uploaded it via the web interface, too.

However, on iOS VLC's side it looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/87f3tb8.png (i.e., they don't transform into actual playlists, instead, they appear just as regular files) and if opening those, they play just the first(?) entry :)

Would be grateful for some advice may be :)

And yeah, I understand, of course, about the problem with local files but as I said, I only have links to some internet radio stations there, which should play OK, something like this:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <playlist xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/" version="1"> <title>Media Library</title> <trackList> <track> <location>http://5.152.208.98:8058/</location> <title>Ancient FM</title> <extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0"> <vlc:id>0</vlc:id> </extension> </track> <track> <location>http://94.23.201.38:8000/stream</location> <title>Audiophile Baroque</title> <extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0"> <vlc:id>1</vlc:id> </extension> </track> ---rest skipped----

Re: Transferring ml.xspf file to iOS VLC?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 14:00
by unidan
However, on iOS VLC's side it looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/87f3tb8.png (i.e., they don't transform into actual playlists, instead, they appear just as regular files) and if opening those, they play just the first(?) entry :)
That would be the issue then, I'll check with iOS people.

Re: Transferring ml.xspf file to iOS VLC?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 16:31
by unidan
It seems to be this issue right ? https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-ios/issues/64
It might take some time to integrate the feature into VLCKit and then vlc-ios.

EDIT: actually, it has been written but not merged yet, so probably in the 3.2.0 window or right after

Re: Transferring ml.xspf file to iOS VLC?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 17:24
by frannie
It seems to be this issue right ? https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-ios/issues/64
It looks like this, yes. However, as I said earlier, I also wasn't able to import the usual M3U, something of such kind:

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#EXTM3U http://5.152.208.98:8058/ #EXTINF:0,stream http://94.23.201.38:8000/stream #EXTINF:0,stream http://94.23.201.38:8010/stream ---rest skipped---
I can upload them both, xspf and m3u, but then the result is also the same for both, they simply don't transform into actual playlists (I don't know, may be I should do something additionally after the upload?)

In any case, thank you for your support and interest. And for the information, of course :)

Re: Transferring ml.xspf file to iOS VLC?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 18:04
by unidan
If I understand correctly, the MR to be merged will add support for media list in VLCKit, bringing playlist demuxer altogether, be it m3u or xspf.

Re: Transferring ml.xspf file to iOS VLC?

Posted: 01 Jan 2020 17:43
by grcanepa
Any update on when this will get fixed?. I am having the exact same problem. I need to use a playlist of URL locations from IOS, but VLC only plays the 1st item.

Re: Transferring ml.xspf file to iOS VLC?

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:43
by fkuehne
We still want to do it and have a basic user interface working, but it wasn't released so far as we had to stabilize the media library first. We hope to ship this rather shortly, but I can't estimate a date.