XML Shareable Playlist Format

<h2 id="content-resolution">Content resolution</h2>
<p>Traditionally playlists have been composed of file paths that pointed to individual titles. This allowed a playlist to be played locally on one machine or shared if the listed file paths were URLs accessible to more than one machine (e.g., on the Web). XSPF's meta-data rich open format has permitted a new kind of playlist sharing called <i>content resolution</i>.
</p><p>A simple form of content resolution is the localisation of a playlist based on <a href="/facts/Metadata/qt35z79C">metadata</a>. An XSPF-compliant content resolver will open XSPF playlists and search a catalog for every title with <creator>, <album> and <title> tags, then localise the playlist to reference the available matching tracks. A catalog may reference a collection of media files on a local disk, a music subscription service like Yahoo! Music Unlimited, or some other searchable archive. The end result is shareable playlists that are not tied to a specific collection or service.
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<h2 id="example-of-an-xspf-10-playlist">Example of an XSPF 1.0 playlist</h2>
<?xml version="1.1" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/">
  <trackList>
    <track>
      <title>Windows Path</title>
      <location>file://C:\music\foo.mp3</location>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>Linux Path</title>
      <location>file:///media/music/foo.mp3</location>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>Relative Path</title>
      <location>music/foo.mp3</location>
    </track>
    <track>
      <title>External Example</title>
      <location>http://www.example.com/music/bar.ogg</location>
    </track>
  </trackList>
</playlist>

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>XSPF was created by an <i>ad hoc</i> working group that commenced activities in February 2004, achieved rough consensus on version 0 in April 2004, worked on implementations and fine tuning throughout summer and fall 2004, and declared the tuned version to be version 1 in January 2005.
</p><p>XSPF is not a recommendation of any standards body besides the Xiph.Org Foundation.
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<h2 id="features">Features</h2>
<ul><li>A playlist format like <a href="/facts/M3U/lnR08JM6">M3U</a> or ASX</li>
<li><a href="/facts/MIME/P8PDYuts">MIME</a> content-type of application/xspf+xml</li>
<li>Patent-free (no patents by the primary authors)</li>
<li>Specification under the <a href="/facts/Creative_Commons_license/6AV3V7UJ">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 license</a></li>
<li>XML, like <a href="/facts/Atom_(standard)/69syB8dH">Atom</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Unicode</a> support</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Cross-platform/16zqdvNR">Cross-platform</a> support</li></ul>
<h2 id="software-and-web-playlist-converters">Software and web playlist converters</h2>
<p class="note">See also the categories Media players and Tag editors</p>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Amarok_(software)/yWua2HV8">Amarok</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Foobar2000/Pby5dtdw">Foobar2000</a> (with appropriate plugin)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Audacious_(software)/rnIzch1z">Audacious</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Banshee_(media_player)/5UUUYmRv">Banshee</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Clementine_(software)/nAvp1PIV">Clementine</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tomahawk_(software)/5hd41kaI">Tomahawk</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/VLC_media_player/aNurLBXb">VLC media player</a> (stand-alone player, available on every major platform)</li>
<li>XMMS2 (has a plugin to parse XSPF)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Last.fm/WbMTeDb4">Last.fm</a> (export of playlists and personal tag radios in XSPF)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Soundiiz/QGk6STbt">Soundiiz</a> (playlist converter for several streaming sites)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Youtube-dl/PfoN59SM">youtube-dl</a> (downloader)</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul>
Other playlist file formats
<ul><li><a href="/facts/M3U/lnR08JM6">M3U</a> - The most common playlist format</li>
<li><a href="/facts/PLS_(file_format)/k0r9T4TD">PLS</a> - SHOUTcast</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://xspf.org/">Official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://validator.xspf.org/">Online XSPF Validator</a></li>
<li><a href="https://xspf.org/spec">XSPF Version 1 specification</a>.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1"><p>"XSPF: XML Shareable Playlist Format: Quick Start". Retrieved 2009-04-23. <a href="https://xspf.org/quickstart" target="_blank">https://xspf.org/quickstart</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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