Looking For plext XSPF plugin

jtbse · 2nd March 2007, 16:58

I'm seen reference on xspf.org to a Winamp plugin called plext, which allows Winamp to work with XSPF playlists.

But I can't find the actual plugin anywhere. The link on xspf.org just goes to a developer's blog. It looks like maybe there hasn't been any dev activity for awhile.

Does anybody know if plext (or something equivalent) is still available anywhere??

Thanks

CraigF · 4th March 2007, 10:20

I checked out the blog, a little bit down the page the developer links to this:

http://users.mnemonic.net/bay/plext/plextxspf.zip

jtbse · 5th March 2007, 13:05

Doh! I'm just stupid!

Thanks!

Mathias31 · 19th February 2009, 11:28

Hello out there

MMh I found that link too, and there was a 987 byte large file to download. It call a zip but it is not openable.
If I renamed it I found a html dokument what say file-not-found.

Is here someone who know a different link? I didn't found one. Would be nice if you can help me.

Greetings Mathias

DJ Egg · 19th February 2009, 13:22

Winamp 5.5x XSPF parser, by Ben Allison

Unzip and run the installer
(which places xspf.w5s in the Winamp\System folder)

Updated version for 5.57 available

ujay · 19th February 2009, 17:53

Is that official now then Egg, or should it still be regarded as beta?

UJ

DJ Egg · 19th February 2009, 18:05

Good question. I'm not sure, to be honest.

I've had it for a while, and I initially thought I got it from DrO.
But he's just told me that it was Benski who made it, not him.

ujay · 19th February 2009, 19:28

O.K. - Still very much a work in progress from what Benski's said.

There's no GUI yet so it will only read xspf, not write.

From what I remember, interpreted fields are limited to Location, Creator and Title.
There were a couple of other probs, but can't bring them to mind ATM. (no album field so no way to distinguish different versions, it's first come first served, some quirk with 'The' as well ???).

The Location field is not required if the track is already in the Media Library.

As it stands, I guess the main point behind this was to provide some sort of relocatable playlist.
Such a playlist is content based, rather than location based as with pls, m3u etc. i.e. tracks can be moved around on the disk, and as long as they are re-added to the ML, xspf will find them again, whereas pls, m3u won't.

UJ

Mathias31 · 21st February 2009, 10:18

Thank you DJ Egg. You helped me much. Now I can listen to xspf lists too. It works fine.
After unsuccessful searching the net I feared that the format have no support anymore.

Thank you
Mathias

DJ Egg · 26th December 2009, 16:30

Update: 26th Dec 2009

XSPF Loader for Winamp 5.572 and newer

Installs xspf.w5s to the Winamp\System folder.

No nscrt.dll dependency

(now uses/requires msvcr90.dll, as included with Winamp 5.57 and newer)

________________________________

ujay · 26th December 2009, 17:39

Thanks Egg.

Should be a huge speed increase in content resolution over the previous release.

UJ

2nd March 2007, 16:58	#1
jtbse Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 111	Looking For plext XSPF plugin I'm seen reference on xspf.org to a Winamp plugin called plext, which allows Winamp to work with XSPF playlists. But I can't find the actual plugin anywhere. The link on xspf.org just goes to a developer's blog. It looks like maybe there hasn't been any dev activity for awhile. Does anybody know if plext (or something equivalent) is still available anywhere?? Thanks

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DJ Egg Techorator Winamp Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,130	Good question. I'm not sure, to be honest. I've had it for a while, and I initially thought I got it from DrO. But he's just told me that it was Benski who made it, not him. Playlist -\|- Twitter

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4th March 2007, 10:20	#2
CraigF Passionately Apathetic Administrator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hell Posts: 5,437	I checked out the blog, a little bit down the page the developer links to this: http://users.mnemonic.net/bay/plext/plextxspf.zip

5th March 2007, 13:05	#3
jtbse Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 111	Doh! I'm just stupid! Thanks!

19th February 2009, 11:28	#4
Mathias31 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2	Hello out there MMh I found that link too, and there was a 987 byte large file to download. It call a zip but it is not openable. If I renamed it I found a html dokument what say file-not-found. Is here someone who know a different link? I didn't found one. Would be nice if you can help me. Greetings Mathias

19th February 2009, 17:53	#6
ujay Forum King Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: London Posts: 5,989	Is that official now then Egg, or should it still be regarded as beta? UJ

19th February 2009, 19:28	#8
ujay Forum King Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: London Posts: 5,989	O.K. - Still very much a work in progress from what Benski's said. There's no GUI yet so it will only read xspf, not write. From what I remember, interpreted fields are limited to Location, Creator and Title. There were a couple of other probs, but can't bring them to mind ATM. (no album field so no way to distinguish different versions, it's first come first served, some quirk with 'The' as well ???). The Location field is not required if the track is already in the Media Library. As it stands, I guess the main point behind this was to provide some sort of relocatable playlist. Such a playlist is content based, rather than location based as with pls, m3u etc. i.e. tracks can be moved around on the disk, and as long as they are re-added to the ML, xspf will find them again, whereas pls, m3u won't. UJ

21st February 2009, 10:18	#9
Mathias31 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2	Thank you DJ Egg. You helped me much. Now I can listen to xspf lists too. It works fine. After unsuccessful searching the net I feared that the format have no support anymore. Thank you Mathias

26th December 2009, 17:39	#11
ujay Forum King Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: London Posts: 5,989	Thanks Egg. Should be a huge speed increase in content resolution over the previous release. UJ