XML Shareable Playlist File

File Extension: .xspf Developer: Xiph.Org Foundation Views: 37007 Updated: 2011-06-03 18:08:19 Hex: N/A ASCII: N/A

Files that have the .xspf file extension are XML shareable playlists, these can be used to share playlists with others and are able to play music that is stored on the web or locally and through this is very portable.

The playlist can be used on personal computers as well as portable multimedia devices.

An example of a simple xspf playlist is the following.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/">
    <trackList>
        <track><location>file:///music/mp3s/song_1.mp3</location></track>
        <track><location>file:///music/mp3s/song_2.mp3</location></track>
        <track><location>file:///music/mp3s/song_3.mp3</location></track>
    </trackList>
</playlist>

The file extension is pronounced as spiff and is written in xml and use´s the MIME type application/xspf+xml