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Playlist: Cannot save file:///home/xxxxxx/Music/Playlists/name: unsupported file extension.

Added by Ed Harris over 10 years ago

I am running Linux Mint 17. When I attempt to save a playlist I always get the following error message:

Cannot save file:///home/xxxxxx/Music/Playlists/name:

But I have not changed any settings. I am only trying to save and the software is no doubt using whatever default file extension it is programmed to use. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.


Replies (3)

RE: Playlist: Cannot save file:///home/xxxxxx/Music/Playlists/name: unsupported file extension. - Added by John Lindgren over 10 years ago

There's no default, you have to give one. ".m3u", ".xspf", or ".pls" should work.

RE: Playlist: Cannot save file:///home/xxxxxx/Music/Playlists/name: unsupported file extension. - Added by Bengt Hammarlin almost 10 years ago

This is a legacy from Micro$haft where you can alter the systems perception of what a file is determined by the filename rather than actual content...
I ran in to this too...
Thanx for the suggestion

RE: Playlist: Cannot save file:///home/xxxxxx/Music/Playlists/name: unsupported file extension. - Added by Michael Schwendt almost 10 years ago

the systems perception of what a file is determined by the filename rather than actual content...

You've got that backwards.

In this case it's creating a file and asking you to tell which format to choose for the file contents. If it accepted any filename, it would first have to show you a dialog where to choose the file format (and possibly a default).

Upon loading a playlist file, that's what you mean. If an application relies on the filename extension to decide which contents to expect. Instead of analyzing the file contents to determine the format.

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