Problems with .pls file handling

[raebis]

from what i can see with xbmc and .pls files, the media player seems to be very picky about the format etc of the .pls files.

for example:
[playlist]
numberofentries=1
file1=http://listen.idealsound.ca:8036/
title1=urbandrop.ca - 128kbps
length1=-1
version=2xbmc will not even try to play the above file because of the trailing "/" after the address.

so i took that out.
[playlist]
numberofentries=1
file1=http://listen.idealsound.ca:8036
title1=urbandrop.ca - 128kbps
length1=-1
version=2now xbmc will attempt to play this file but will always come up with a "sb_error_cant_resolve_hostname" - yet i can without a problem recieve weather information from http://xoap.weather.com without a problem

so to fix the .pls for it to work, i have to resolve listen.idealsound.ca to its ip (205.188.234.65).

finally, this works:
[playlist]
numberofentries=1
file1=http://205.188.234.65:8036
title1=urbandrop.ca - 128kbps
length1=-1
version=2

to sum up, it seems to have problems with that trailing "/" and resolving host names. any input would be helpful and appreciated.

[raebis]

here is a file with about 55 reliable streams from shoutcast.com that have been converted and modified to work with the current xbmc.

http://www.pcbrokers.com/storage/xbmc.shoutcast.streams.raebis.rar
md5: f09067fbf55bdcd2b9d33bcc71eadeed