Laptop will play one .xspf file but not the other

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Laptop will play one .xspf file but not the other

Postby ixodid » 15 Dec 2010 22:47

I have two .xspf files on my desktop PC that both play fine. If I try to play one.xspf on the laptop by accessing the desktop machine wirelessly, it plays fine. When I try to play two.xspf on the laptop by accessing the desktop machine wirelessly, I get an error window - "File reading failed;" and "Your input can't be opened:" for each of the eight tracks.

If I copy one.xspf to the laptop, it plays fine. If I copy two.xspf to the laptop I get the errors.

I tried creating and saving a new .xspf file and I tried rebooting the laptop and I still cannot play two.xspf.

Any clues why?

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Re: Laptop will play one .xspf file but not the other

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 16 Dec 2010 00:24

Can you paste here the one that does not work?
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Re: Laptop will play one .xspf file but not the other

Postby ixodid » 16 Dec 2010 01:03

Do you mean for me to add the file as an atttachment to a post?

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Re: Laptop will play one .xspf file but not the other

Postby Lotesdelere » 16 Dec 2010 01:07

Open the XSPF file that doesn't work with a text editor and then copy and paste the whole content here.

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Re: Laptop will play one .xspf file but not the other

Postby ixodid » 16 Dec 2010 02:42

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/">
<title>Playlist</title>
<trackList>
<track>
<location>file:///C:/Users/Jay/Desktop/headtrip_two/Track%2001.wav</location>
<duration>253306</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>0</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///C:/Users/Jay/Desktop/headtrip_two/Track%2002.wav</location>
<duration>217666</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>1</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///C:/Users/Jay/Desktop/headtrip_two/Track%2003.wav</location>
<duration>563480</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>2</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///C:/Users/Jay/Desktop/headtrip_two/Track%2004.wav</location>
<duration>1023986</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>3</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///C:/Users/Jay/Desktop/headtrip_two/Track%2005.wav</location>
<duration>726493</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>4</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///C:/Users/Jay/Desktop/headtrip_two/Track%2006.wav</location>
<duration>691986</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>5</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///C:/Users/Jay/Desktop/headtrip_two/Track%2007.wav</location>
<duration>805480</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>6</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///C:/Users/Jay/Desktop/headtrip_two/Track%2008.wav</location>
<duration>97493</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>7</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
</trackList>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:node title="C:\Users\Jay\Desktop\headtrip_two">
<vlc:item tid="0" />
<vlc:item tid="1" />
<vlc:item tid="2" />
<vlc:item tid="3" />
<vlc:item tid="4" />
<vlc:item tid="5" />
<vlc:item tid="6" />
<vlc:item tid="7" />
</vlc:node>
</extension>
</playlist>

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Re: Laptop will play one .xspf file but not the other

Postby ixodid » 04 Feb 2011 03:18

Sometime shortly after my last post I figured out how to make it work and I don't remember what I did to resolve the issue.

Recently I added two more .xspf files to my desktop PC and played them successfully a couple of days ago. Today when I go to play the new files, I get the same or similar error messages as in my original post. So I tried to play the files I created previously and now all of them get the errors (shown below).

File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "C:\Users\Jay\Desktop\Track01.wav".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///C:/Users/Jay/Desktop/Track01.wav'. Check the log for details.
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "C:\Users\Jay\Desktop\Track02.wav".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///C:/Users/Jay/Desktop/Track02.wav'. Check the log for details.

So what happened that files I once could play now get errors?


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