Problem with smplayer

[jd1008]

On 09/17/2014 04:48 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-09-16 at 21:49 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
>> it is horribly verbose. To wit:
>> #EXTM3U
>> # Playlist created by SMPlayer 14.3.0
>> #EXTINF:414.56,03_Nechein Man.webm
>> 03_Nechein Man.webm
>> #EXTINF:200.04,07. Faun - Wenn wir uns wiedersehen-NPaDt85Sf_0.mp4
>> 07. Faun - Wenn wir uns wiedersehen-NPaDt85Sf_0.mp4
>> #EXTINF:300.05,10. Faun - Andro II-nrTt0daF1Ak.mp4
>> 10. Faun - Andro II-nrTt0daF1Ak.mp4
>>   
>> I find it ridiculous that smplayer should refuse to play playlists
>> that mplayer has no problems playing.
> Different parsers being used, so that the playlist is handled
> externally, before mplayer gets it, itself?
>
> You can simplify the playlist, quite a bit.  You don't need the info,
> just the file lists.
>
> m3u files can simply be "file:///" prefixed filepaths, such as:
>
>    file:///home/tim/music/one.ogg
>    file:///home/tim/music/two.ogg
>
> And pls files can be simplified to:
>
>    [playlist]
>    NumberOfEntries=99
>    File41=/home/tim/music/one.ogg
>    File42=/home/tim/music/two.ogg
>
> And, it doesn't seem to care that the number of entries is wrong, and
> the file numbers didn't start with "File01=".
>
> I dare say that if you use the playlist editor, it might insert the
> details that you add into the metadata in the playlist.
>
I tried the url style of file:/<FPN>
in the .m3u file; of course FPN starts with /.
It did not work  for smplayer, works for mplayer.
Pls. Let me know if it works for you.