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A valid entry must have all 3 attributes (
File/Title/Length
) as specified in the PLS standard
(
Wikipedia PLS format description
A valid entry may have the attribute
PlayMaxVol
to determine if the track should be played at
maximum or default volume (see Volume levels)
Playlists can be created manually or by means of some software package/tool. During testing the
Streamit Card and Scheduler Toolkit
is recommended, this ensures that the playlist is compatible with
the Lisa devices.
In addition to the three required attributes for a valid entry, the following attributes are supported:
Example of a playlist
[playlist]
PlsName=Oldies
File1=Dream a little dream (Rough mix).mp3
Title1=LivingRoom - Dream a little dream of me
Length1=19
File2=Fleetwood Mac - Say you love me.mp3
Title2=Fleetwood Mac - Say you love me
Length2=250
File3=Am3.mp3
Title3=Am3
Length3=182
PlayMaxVol3=1
NumberOfEntries=3
Version=2
Playlists from webservers
Playlists from online resources like webservers should comply to the following in order for the Lisa to be
able to handle them:
The size of the playlist file must be smaller then 16000 bytes
All URL’s contained must be absolute, relative paths e.g. “../../myaudioFile1.mp3” are not allowed
The maximum URL length 1024 characters
All 7-bit ASCII characters are supported, except the escaped characters ‘\n’, ‘\r’, ‘\0’, ‘\t’
The file format of the playlist can be one of PLS, M3U, or ASX
Reference in the playlist to an other playlist (nesting) is not supported
The simplest playlist file (e.g: myPlaylist.m3u) it looks something like the following:
http://myServer/audio/myAudioFile3.mp3