Database vs Configuration files

[bunjee]

Dear Qt contributors,

I'm writing a GPL "media player" application.

I'm saving and loading tracks and playlists from XML files.
I found that writing and reading XML is a little bit tedious.

I was wondering if switching to a SQL database would be a good idea.

• Is it smarter than traditional configuration files ?
• Would it hurt performance ?
• Should I run it from a thread ?

Thanks guys ♥ !

[zerbp]

i save my configuration in json files.

with qt5 this gehts even simpler with "QJsonDocument":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtcore/qjsondocument.html and co