unhappy with playlist handling

[gernoth]

I want to perform these simple tasks, but vlc is not much good support.

I have ripped an album with AudioGrabber, I store each album in its own folder.
Now I want to create a playlist with all the tracks in that folder.
For simplicity, I'd like to create an M3U playlist. I have not found out why I should use xspf, so I wont.

what I dont like about vlc:
* the dialog ALWAYS defaults to save as xspf
I'd like a property like "default playlist format" which I can set to m3u

* the files are stored with absolute file:// URLs
but I would like to be able to move the whole folder somewhere else, eg to a different computer/server.
SO I prefer relative paths
which would justify another property "playlist path: absolute/relative"

playlist manipulation is all through the main window's menu, but playlist is in a separate window. This is somewhat silly, the playlist window could have its own menu bar containing playlist-related commands

in general I am very unhappy with the playlist window - I can sort by various columns, but I have no idea in what order the files are saved when I save the playlist. In fact I sometimes edit the m3u file manually because it's easier than manipulating the unpredictable window.

otherwise, there's so many things I love about VLC, so lets see where it goes!!!!

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Fill a bug.

[gernoth]

where's a web interface to file a bug?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

trac.videolan.org/vlc

[gernoth]

I can only view tickets, not file a new one. (logged in to trac as hueller).
can you file it for me please?
TIA

[VLC_help]

Tell your trac username, and someone will upgrade your trac status.

[gernoth]

username is simple: "hueller"
TIA