Shoutbox

My media is set, but it doesn't show in my contact list (2). Two other people's media doesn't show either (1 & 3). Person 5 can see my media correctly, I didn't check with 1, 3, or 4.



1
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (5.1.2600)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5.1018
Messenger Plus! Live 4.70.0.334
Skin: Ev0 3.1.8 Custom

2 - ME!!!
Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 (6.0.6001)
Windows Live Messenger 14.0.1202
Messenger Plus! Live 4.79.0.353
Music Now Playing 1.3.4

3
Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Service Pack 2, v.113 (6.0.6002)
Windows Live Messenger 14.0.1202
Messenger Plus! Live 4.79.0.354
Skin: 2008 Status Icons 0.1.0
Music Now Playing 1.3.4

4
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (5.1.2600)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5.1018
Messenger Plus! Live 4.70.0.334

5
MSN Messenger 8.1.0178.00
Plus! Not installed

What music players is everyone using?

Also, I don't think that the 'Music Now Playing' script works properly on WLM14, which could explain the problem for two of you

if you type (!SVER), certainly there will be Music Now playing...
It really doesn't show up correctly in WLM14, but people see it right if they're using 8.5 or in a conversation with you.

so this is a problem with Music Now Playing and WLM14?

BTW, I'm the only person with that skin listed in 1, and yes i can see your music.

The actual reason for this bug is due to the custom formatting used by Music Now Playing for the raw PSM value
A normal PSM value sent by WMP looks something like this:

code:

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WMP\0Music\01\0{0} - {1}\0T.N.T.\0AC\0Bacobens Rock Top 500\0\0

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Where "\0" represents a NUL character.
Splitting these values into an array with their meanings results in something like this:

code:

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[0]Player
[1]Media type [Music|Games|Office]
[2]Enable bit (Show what I'm listening to is checked)
[3]PSM string formatting
[4]song name {0}
[5]Artist {1}
[6]Album {2}
[7]some ID string {3}

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WLM 8.5 and lower will use the value of [3] to determine how the PSM is shown inside the client. In WLM 14, this was changed so now only the default format of "{0} - {1}" Is used, and ignores the formatting string altogether.

Now here's where dt's Music now Playing comes in. MNP because it can show more than song artist and album, can't use these 3 fields alone. Instead, the whole thing is written as the format instead.
Here's an example:

code:

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\0Music\01\0AC/DC - T.N.T. (03:34)\0\0\0\0\0

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So in fact WLM 14 is showing the "What I'm Listening to" properly, its showing"<song> - <artist>" which if you're using MNP results in " - "