PLS.. and M3U?

magicrichard · 23rd May 2002, 19:49

Ok. well i trawled through the search results for this. and found some pretty technical stuff on it. But it didnt really answer my question.

Which is better? If one is better, why?

Thanx for any help on this one guys.

Rich

c2R · 23rd May 2002, 19:57

I prefer M3U playlists, as they're very simple. To see the difference create the same playlist and save as a m3u and pls. Then open them both in Notepad.

magicrichard · 23rd May 2002, 21:58

OKk, that helps a lot.. Does this mean that M3U are faster to use/load? cos i cant notice ne difference in loading speeds, even with lists of over 1000 songs long.

Rich

dylman · 23rd May 2002, 23:42

Use whatever you're happiest with. Or just toss a coin. It's all good...

Embercide · 24th May 2002, 04:53

so why the two of them ?

24th May 2002, 05:15

PLS originated from Sonique and M3U came from Winamp (I think). Difrrent people developing diffrent stndards at the same time.

DJ Egg · 24th May 2002, 12:20

No, I don't think M3U came from Winamp.
M3U was supported by Win Media Player in the first release of Win95, long before Winamp existed.
If anything, PLS came from Winamp, seeing the MIME Type is audio/scpls which I assume stands for ShoutCast PLayliSt.

M3U is more widely supported by virtually all software players.
A simple M3U playlist can just contain the path to each song on a separate line, eg.
c:\music\mp3\song1.mp3
c:\music\mp3\song2.mp3
c:\music\mp3\song3.mp3
etc

The extra fields (#EXTINF) are created when you save the playlist in Winamp (List button -> save) and all they do is help to make the titles & track times display a bit more quickly when you reload the saved M3U playlist. However, this info will still load even if you just use a simple m3u as in my example above.

PLS playlists are required for use with Shoutcast radio stations, because that's just the way that it is.

Further info:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=64965

23rd May 2002, 19:49	#1
magicrichard Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 7	PLS.. and M3U? Ok. well i trawled through the search results for this. and found some pretty technical stuff on it. But it didnt really answer my question. Which is better? If one is better, why? Thanx for any help on this one guys. Rich

23rd May 2002, 19:57	#2
c2R Stereotype? (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Ware, England Posts: 3,511	I prefer M3U playlists, as they're very simple. To see the difference create the same playlist and save as a m3u and pls. Then open them both in Notepad. lights out for darker skies # forums.winamp.com boinc team # tms

23rd May 2002, 21:58	#3
magicrichard Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 7	ahhh, it all becomes clearer..but.. OKk, that helps a lot.. Does this mean that M3U are faster to use/load? cos i cant notice ne difference in loading speeds, even with lists of over 1000 songs long. Rich

23rd May 2002, 23:42	#4
dylman Forum King Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Hawarden Posts: 2,115	Use whatever you're happiest with. Or just toss a coin. It's all good... There's no need to tell me when I'm right; I operate on that principle exclusively and with absolute certainty

24th May 2002, 12:20	#7
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 36,136	No, I don't think M3U came from Winamp. M3U was supported by Win Media Player in the first release of Win95, long before Winamp existed. If anything, PLS came from Winamp, seeing the MIME Type is audio/scpls which I assume stands for ShoutCast PLayliSt. M3U is more widely supported by virtually all software players. A simple M3U playlist can just contain the path to each song on a separate line, eg. c:\music\mp3\song1.mp3 c:\music\mp3\song2.mp3 c:\music\mp3\song3.mp3 etc The extra fields (#EXTINF) are created when you save the playlist in Winamp (List button -> save) and all they do is help to make the titles & track times display a bit more quickly when you reload the saved M3U playlist. However, this info will still load even if you just use a simple m3u as in my example above. PLS playlists are required for use with Shoutcast radio stations, because that's just the way that it is. Further info: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=64965 Playlist \| Twitter \| Albums

24th May 2002, 04:53	#5
Embercide Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4	so why the two of them ?

24th May 2002, 05:15	#6
Sawg Guest Posts: n/a	PLS originated from Sonique and M3U came from Winamp (I think). Difrrent people developing diffrent stndards at the same time.

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