Shoutbox

I've created an uninstaller and decided that it concluded version 0.81 of my plugin. It can be found at the usual location:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=121315

The next version will probably contain some big updates, so watch this thread!

Nice, i've read the text file..
but what troubles me is that my name is to long for all the masks (no more room for paused and %3)
( Da Dude Now playing: [p]%1 - %2[/p]Stopped[c]Closed[/c] )

maybe you could make a mask like this:

Da Dude: Now [status]: %1 - %2 - %3[/status]

if winamp playing: Da Dude: Now playing: %1 - %2 - %3
if winamp pausing: Da Dude: Now paused: %1 - %2 - %3
if winamp stopped: Da Dude:  Now stopt playing: %1 - %2 - %3
if winamp closed: Da Dude: Now closed winamp

or maybe you can make your own status

also if you need a ginny pig.. just PM me

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Originally posted by Da Dude
Nice, i've read the text file..
but what troubles me is that my name is to long for all the masks (no more room for paused and %3)
( Da Dude Now playing: [p]%1 - %2[/p]Stopped[c]Closed[/c] )

maybe you could make a mask like this:

Da Dude: Now [status]: %1 - %2 - %3[/status]

if winamp playing: Da Dude: Now playing: %1 - %2 - %3
if winamp pausing: Da Dude: Now paused: %1 - %2 - %3
if winamp stopped: Da Dude:  Now stopt playing: %1 - %2 - %3
if winamp closed: Da Dude: Now closed winamp

or maybe you can make your own status

also if you need a ginny pig.. just PM me

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This sounds like a good idea! I'll add this to my plugin.

What do you guys think about replacing the %1....%9 by %a, %b etc. It think it might be a better idea, because masks could become a lot clearer as %a = artist makes a bit more sense than %1 = artist.

I was thinking about using the following tags:
%a = artist
%t = title
%l = album
%y = year
%c = comment
%n = track nr.
%g = genre
%b = bitrate
%f = filename
%s = status (will be a new tag as suggested by Da Dude)

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Originally posted by ErikSchierboom
What do you guys think about replacing the %1....%9 by %a, %b etc. It think it might be a better idea, because masks could become a lot clearer as %a = artist makes a bit more sense than %1 = artist.

I was thinking about using the following tags:
%a = artist
%t = title
%l = album
%y = year
%c = comment
%n = track nr.
%g = genre
%b = bitrate
%f = filename
%s = status (will be a new tag as suggested by Da Dude)

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sounds great...
maybe add

%at (artist + title) (with a - and a space between every part)
%atl (artist + title + album) (with a - and a space between every part)

and still keep %a, %t & %l

How's the progress going
can't wait

also, the offer still stands if you need a guinea pig (betá tester)

Another also, i found a new bug or feature that isn't supported. If i put my Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flav...CD in my cd/dvd-rom, it loads winamp, which loads CDDB, which fills in the tags. Now MPwinamp doesn't get those tags.

Maybe something for 1.0 or the upcoming version

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Originally posted by ErikSchierboom
What do you guys think about replacing the %1....%9 by %a, %b etc. It think it might be a better idea, because masks could become a lot clearer as %a = artist makes a bit more sense than %1 = artist.

I was thinking about using the following tags:
%a = artist
%t = title
%l = album
%y = year
%c = comment
%n = track nr.
%g = genre
%b = bitrate
%f = filename
%s = status (will be a new tag as suggested by Da Dude)

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good, but maybe you want to make the variablenames a bit longer then 1 character. In the futur (when you'll add more and more amybe) you will come to a point where you can't use the first letter of the word anymore. so maybe it's better to use the full words like: artist, %title, %album, etc...

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Originally posted by Da Dude
sounds great...
maybe add
%at (artist + title) (with a - and a space between every part)
%atl (artist + title + album) (with a - and a space between every part)
and still keep %a, %t & %l

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Not agreed, why adding more variables when you can make just the same with "%a - %t" for example. You don't have to do it for convenience because it's not like you're going to change the settings every hour or so (and that would be the only reason why you wanna add something like this). Once the settings are set, it should be fine for a long while. Adding more variables like this will only confuse. Furthermore, you say for example add "%at", what if people don't want a hypen between the artist and title but an asteriks? In that case it is useless (and this goes for many things and people). Also, why not %ta, %tal, %nat, etc.. etc... there are more then thousand possebilities. Should they all be added for, actualy, nothing (because you can make your own combinations anyways)? It only creates more confusion, more code, and bigger program.

I was wondering if there is a way to make it only change my name when the song changes? As I use th event log window and it constanly has me changing my name. If I increase the refresh rate then it could refresh just b4 it chnages song and then my name would not be correct. If it only changed ur name when the song changes would be good.

Otherwise great plugin, keep up the good work

Thanks

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Originally posted by taz030485
I was wondering if there is a way to make it only change my name when the song changes? As I use th event log window and it constanly has me changing my name. If I increase the refresh rate then it could refresh just b4 it chnages song and then my name would not be correct. If it only changed ur name when the song changes would be good.

Otherwise great plugin, keep up the good work

Thanks

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he's working on this now, it will change your name on the second the song in winamp changes. which will minimize this problem heaps! .

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Originally posted by ErikSchierboom

The next version will probably contain some big updates, so watch this thread!

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maybe song2avatar feature?

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Originally posted by provolino

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Originally posted by ErikSchierboom

The next version will probably contain some big updates, so watch this thread!

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maybe song2avatar feature?

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Not yet, maybe later

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Originally posted by taz030485
I was wondering if there is a way to make it only change my name when the song changes? As I use th event log window and it constanly has me changing my name.
Thanks

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I hope to have the on-song-change code ready for the next version in a short while, as for the constantly changing of the nickname, that is a known bug which I've fixed in the newer (unreleased) version. I'm having quite a lot of trouble getting the winamp playlist correctly subclassed from an external application, that's why it's taking a bit longer than expected (and add my upcoming exams to it too).

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
good, but maybe you want to make the variablenames a bit longer then 1 character. In the futur (when you'll add more and more amybe) you will come to a point where you can't use the first letter of the word anymore. so maybe it's better to use the full words like: artist, %title, %album, etc...

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I'm fine with extending the names of the tags to be more verbose, the only slight disadvantage is a slight loss of speed (although it certainly won't be noticed) and the help dialog would become a bit bigger. I do agree that the tags would be clearer.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Not agreed, why adding more variables when you can make just the same with "%a - %t" for example. You don't have to do it for convenience because it's not like you're going to change the settings every hour or so (and that would be the only reason why you wanna add something like this). Once the settings are set, it should be fine for a long while. Adding more variables like this will only confuse. Furthermore, you say for example add "%at", what if people don't want a hypen between the artist and title but an asteriks? In that case it is useless (and this goes for many things and people). Also, why not %ta, %tal, %nat, etc.. etc... there are more then thousand possebilities. Should they all be added for, actualy, nothing (because you can make your own combinations anyways)? It only creates more confusion, more code, and bigger program.

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I've also thought about it, and I came to the same conclusion.

Hi there, been using the MPWinamp 0.81 plugin for half a day. I've noticed that when songs with ID3v2 tag (but no ID3v1 tag) play, it doesnt automatically update my nick. Is this what the plugin suppose to be (which is to only able to read ID3v1 tag)? I have no problems with songs tagged with ID3v1.
If so, will much appreciate it if the plugin is able to read ID3v2 tags as majority of my songs are only tagged with ID3v2 as they have long filenames.