Opening m3u files should not read songs file data
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#925 Opening m3u files should not read songs file data
When opening a m3u file inside Winamp, it just reads the information inside the playlist file, so the loading process is basically instantaneous. However, Qmmp reads some additional information from each song file when loading m3u playlist, so depending on the playlist size, this process can be very slow.
I don't know what kind of thing Qmmp is reading from each file since from the user perspective what's relevant is just artist - songName - length. But if reading each song file information is really needed, maybe it can be read on the demand (i.e. when actually playing the song).
Is there any feedback regarding this issue? Thanks!
Unfortunately, now project is in the feature freeze stage. But, as you see, playlist parsers now are able to read metadata. So, first steps to implement this feature are done.