1166 Illegal #EXTINFUTF token in Send to... .m3u... [6907]

chrisjj · Post by **chrisjj** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:26 am

...playlist

Send to... .m3u playlist can insert the illegal (i.e. non-compliant with original or extended m3u specification) #EXTIFUTF8 token e.g.

#EXTINFUTF8:149,Juan D'Arienzo canta Alberto EchagÃ¼e - Indiferencia

This is undesirable because it can cause failure of interoperation with other programs. If anyone knows of another publically-released program that is compatible with this token, please do say.

EDIT(TC): Tracked at http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=6907

Post by **jiri** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:31 am

You can disable this in Options\Playlists\Use Unicode (UTF-8 encoding) for M3U playlists.

Jiri

Steegy · Post by **Steegy** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:15 am

This is undesirable because it can cause failure of interoperation with other programs. If anyone knows of another publically-released program that is compatible with this token, please do say.

Winamp, I think.

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:32 pm

jiri wrote:You can disable this in Options\Playlists\Use Unicode (UTF-8 encoding) for M3U playlists.

The option does work when the playlist save is requested by a plug-in and the Winamp-API. You still get #UTF8 entries after disabling this option. Please check. Thanks.

chrisjj · Post by **chrisjj** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:50 pm

jiri wrote:You can disable this in Options\Playlists\Use Unicode (UTF-8 encoding) for M3U playlists.

Thanks, but that has the unwanted side effect of disabling UTF-8 encoding! ;)

Post by **jiri** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:58 am

The option does work when the playlist save is requested by a plug-in and the Winamp-API. You still get #UTF8 entries after disabling this option. Please check. Thanks.

That's right, it will be fixed. I.e. from now on the only exception will be MediaMonkey.m3u in {AppData} folder, which _has_ to contain UTF-8 encoded paths in order to properly re-load Now Playing after restart.

Thanks, but that has the unwanted side effect of disabling UTF-8 encoding!

No, this option exactly means to do or don't include these extended lines (containing UTF-8 encoded info). The rest of M3Us is always plain 8-bit ASCII (according to the current codepage) due to compatibility.

Jiri

Jiri

chrisjj · Post by **chrisjj** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:24 am

jiri wrote:
Thanks, but that has the unwanted side effect of disabling UTF-8 encoding! ;)
No, this option exactly means to do or don't include these extended lines (containing UTF-8 encoded info).

Actually not, according to Options:

[ ] Use Unicode (UTF-8 encoding) for M3U playlists

I'd really like it to do only what it says, since the problem I'm reporting is the non-standard token not the UTF-8. However I take it you've decided to disallow standard m3u format in UTF-8, so I'll work-around. Thanks.

Suggestion to coders: fix this checkbox label to accord with behaviour.
Suggestion to Help author: document this non-standard m3u format.

Post by **jiri** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:04 am

Well, there isn't anything like a 'standard m3u format in UTF-8'. M3Us are always in plain ASCII and that extension we added was an attempt to add Unicode support in as backward compatible way as possible. That said, for 3.1 we'll possibly add support for M3U8, which is a simple M3U, but in UTF-8. It's currently supported at least by WinAmp, but probably not by many other apps.

Jiri

chrisjj · Post by **chrisjj** » Thu May 08, 2008 10:51 am

jiri wrote:Well, there isn't anything like a 'standard m3u format in UTF-8'. M3Us are always in plain ASCII

I beg to differ. The M3U spec doesn't prescribe the text file encoding and there's nothing wrong with ANSI (which MM and WinAmp do support) nor Unicode except apps haven't yet been coded for that.

for 3.1 we'll possibly add support for M3U8, which is a simple M3U, but in UTF-8. It's currently supported at least by WinAmp

Shame that Winamp has made a new extension rather than just used BOMmed UTF-8 like the rest of the Windows world! ;)

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:14 pm

jiri wrote:
The option does work when the playlist save is requested by a plug-in and the Winamp-API. You still get #UTF8 entries after disabling this option. Please check. Thanks.
That's right, it will be fixed.

Thank you!

Post by **jiri** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:30 pm

I beg to differ. The M3U spec doesn't prescribe the text file encoding and there's nothing wrong with ANSI (which MM and WinAmp do support) nor Unicode except apps haven't yet been coded for that.

You certainly can store Unicode text directly to M3U, but you must start it with BOM, no matter which encoding is used (UTF-8, UTF-16 or whatever). This can certainly be easily done and is in some sense better that WinAmp's M3U8. However, compatibility issues make this solution a little problematic.

Jiri

chrisjj · Post by **chrisjj** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:40 pm

jiri wrote:This can certainly be easily done and is in some sense better that WinAmp's M3U8.

Well, I'd say if it works, it is miles better, because AFAICT Winamp cannot play its own .M3U8's! :)