The head of a playlist file is a comment. This is not an essential part on input.
# # Playlist created with PM123 1.40 alpha 3 # Do not modify! # Lines starting with '>' are used by Playlist Manager. #
Human readable comment with size, duration and an info string
# 22385 kB, 21:18, 143.4kbs, 44.1kHz, Stereo
Alias name for display, e.g. in the bookmark list. optional
#ALIAS Recording from Mar. 03th, 2006
Information on start and stop position. optional
The unit is seconds (with fractionals). A Stop position of -1 means till the end of the source.
#SLICE 3.921,-1.000
Filename or URL
SL060319_2204.ogg
On output PM123 writes Filenames with relative or absolute paths, and URLs. On input file:/// URLs are accepted too. In fact any URL which is accepted by the Load URL dialog is accepted. This may depend on the loaded plug-ins.
Technical information about the above entry
>143,44100,0,22923026,1278.7
This is the bitrate [kbps] or -1 if ubknown,
the samplig rate [Hz],
the number of channels as mode (0=stereo, 3=mono),
the file size [bytes] or -1 if unknown and
the songlength [s] or -1 if unknown.
Alias name for display, e.g. in the bookmark list.
#ALIAS Chillout-1
Human readable comment with file size, total duration and an info string
# 1kiB, 1:15:18,
Filename or URL
Taucher - Adult Music\Chill.lst
On output PM123 writes Filenames with relative or absolute paths, and URLs. On input file:/// URLs are accepted too. Folder entries must end with a trailing /.
Technical information about the last entry
>136,-1,-1,896,1278.7,145,19775.4,15,0
This is the average bitrate [kbps] or -1 if unknown,
two constants (-1,-1) indicating unknown samplingrate and channels,
the file size [bytes] or -1 if unknown,
the total length [s] or -1 if unknown,
the number of song items (including subitems) in the referenced playlist,
the total file size of all song items (including subitems),
the number of items in the referenced playlist and
a flag whether the content is known to contain itself recursively is added.
# End of playlistThe footer is optional on input.