Playlist format, iTunes 4 good news

The playlist format has been corrected since b17. If useragent is  
Windows the playlist looks like this:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:137,Blue Cafe - The Style Council (CafÈ Blue)
http://localhost/netjuke/var/music/MIX/The%20Style%20Council/ 
Cafe%20Blue/04%20Blue%20Cafe.mp3
#EXTINF:266,The Paris Match - The Style Council (CafÈ Blue)
http://localhost/netjuke/var/music/MIX/The%20Style%20Council/ 
Cafe%20Blue/05%20The%20Paris%20Match.mp3
#EXTINF:344,My Ever Changing Moods (12" version) - The Style Council  
(CafÈ Blue)
http://localhost/netjuke/var/music/MIX/The%20Style%20Council/ 
Cafe%20Blue/ 
06%20My%20Ever%20Changing%20Moods%20%2812%22%20version%29.mp3
#EXTINF:261,You're The Best Thing - The Style Council (CafÈ Blue)
http://localhost/netjuke/var/music/MIX/The%20Style%20Council/ 
Cafe%20Blue/10%20You%27re%20The%20Best%20Thing.mp3
#EXTINF:200,Headstart For Happiness - The Style Council (CafÈ Blue)
http://localhost/netjuke/var/music/MIX/The%20Style%20Council/ 
Cafe%20Blue/12%20Headstart%20For%20Happiness.mp3

I think this should be the default for all useragents since players  
seem to accept this format gracefully, playing the list even if they  
can't display the added EXTINF? Not sure if this is true on linux  
variants, but Audion, iTunes, MacAmp, WinAmp, and WMP all handle these  
playlists in this format. (Although MacAmp creates a track entry called  
"#EXTM3U" - whoops.)

Good news too: iTunes supports EXTINF now, and displays the info in the  
playlist. iTunes also no longer adds these urls to your "Library" (the  
main reason I never used itunes for "Internet Content"). Finally, when  
the track is played, iTunes is able to detect the actual id3 tags in  
the stream now. Finally!

b18 is a massive improvement over 17. I like the ability to have  
themes, although I'd like to see even more css based control over the  
elements, a la moveable type.

It wasn't clear to me that the "Browse" button was toggling a  
preference at first, as nothing appeared to happen when you click it -  
until you select a genre or something.

Not sure what the album art support is beyond what was already there -  
is it getting art from the track, or mining it from amazon, for display  
in some location I'm not aware of?

Great work, looking forward to b18 "release" (perhaps it's time to  
reconsider the numbering scheme, since these "betas" are basically  
releases.)

Chris


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