Transferring ml.xspf file to iOS VLC?

[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.

[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

[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----

[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.

[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

[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

[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.

[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.

[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.