Shoutbox

A configurable now playing script it provides the following commands
/np  - winamp now playing
/inp - iTunes now playing
/wnp - WMP now playing
/jnp - jetAudio now playing*
/mnp - music monkey now playing


/play - plays current song
/pause - pauses the current song
/stop - stops the current song
/next - skips the song
/prev - goes to the previous song
/sendwinampsong /sendsong - sends current winamp song to contact
/lyrics - shows lyrics for current song

and the tags

(!WAT) - winamp one
(!IWAT) - iTunes one
(!WWAT) - wmp
(!JWAT) - jetAudio*
(!MWAT) - music monkey

*jetaudio only works on plus 4.10 and above.



known bugs
- Cannot detect when iTunes is paused , only playing and stopped.
- {volume} doesn't work

Changelog

Version 1.3.0

- Update system now uses MsgPlus::DownloadFile to download the update plsc (if MsgPlus::Version >= 4.20 otherwise it uses the old method )
- Fixed metro lyrics not showing new lines in downloaded lyrics
- Album service now uses MsgPlus::DownloadFile to download cover art (if MsgPlus::Version >= 4.20 otherwise it uses the old method )
- Album service now checks for Album/cover with the extension jpg/png/gif in the songs folder for the album cover to show
- [ext] bbcode support for file extension
- Reenabled automatic detection of Plus! language and change the current language to it.
- [if_*=paused] show this[/if_*]
where * is the tag, like artist, title, album, status
- extended tag window (for more tags)
- new site for tag information http://nowplaying.thedt.net/tags/



Version 1.2.8
- added auto language detection on install (based on plus's language)
- added dutch translation (thanks mippo )
- update class no longer checks for updates on first install
- added ExamplePlayer.base.js to /Players for those people wondering how to create a player

Version 1.2.7
- renamed Music Monkey to Media Monkey
- fixed lyrics cache not being used
- added file transfer and bitrate support for WMP

Version 1.2.5
- added new player, Music Monkey
- changed where players live, they now are stored in the subdirectory "players" within the script directory

Version 1.2.4
- fixed bugs with lyrics parsers
metrolyrics changed their artist link structure and leoslyrics parser had a typo in it


Version 1.2.2
- fixed bug with changing default cover art
- added ability to backup/restore config
- added about window
- added option to turn off autosearch in lyrics window
- added always on top in lyrics window
- added checkboxes to remote commands
- added real icons to the option window

Version 1.2.1
- fixed bug that stops save from working on first use

Version 1.2.0
- new options window
- all strings are now translatable (for those intrested go look in the /Languages folder
- automaticly update media psm (a much requested feature)
- set album art as display picture
- hotkey to send current song to any window!
- can now choose lyrics provider (only two availible at the moment, Metro lyrics and leos lyrics (lyrics lyrics seems to be currectly down) )
- new remote command, !addtoshared which will add the current song to the shared folder

Release 1.1.5 (or was it 1.1.6.....)
- fixed lyrics it now uses http://www.metrolyrics.com to get its lyrics from instead of leoslyrics (which seems to have died :/)
- added (!JWAT) for jetaudio, i somehow forgot to add it when i added jetaudio support
- lyrics window now remembers its status eg if you close messenger when its open, next time you open messenger it will open again

Release 1.1.4
- fixed updator being disabled
- added the new [if_artist] bbcode to use,
eg [if_artist]{artist} - [/if_artist] {title}
if the artist if blank then it wont show the - or artist


Release 1.1.1
- new lyrics window with support for editing lyrics
- fixed a typo

Release 1.1.0
-WMP support!
- JetAudio support (only for plus beta testers atm..)
- added new tag (!WWAT) for wmp and new command /wnp
- added new command /jnp for jetaudio

WMP can do nearly everything the other players can but i havent found a way to get the filename to share the current song.

Release 1.0.9
- fixed some radio streams crashing

Release 1.0.8
- removed crappy slow dll...
- fixed "-" in filenames by requesting the id3 data from winamp
- radio streams should now display correctly
- added add to sharing folder
- unicode support if you are using the new  Winamp 5.25 Beta or above

Release 1.0.x (forgot the version =p)
- Added iTunes send song
- Added remote send current song and remote send song file
- made winamp sending like 1000000000000000000000000000x faster than the 1.0.5 version (its only fast if you dont use {album} )

Release 1.0.5
- Fixed - in song names in winamp wouldnt work
- Fixed long names no longer get cut (well they would have to be 512 characters to be cut)
- Fixed  (!WAT) to work right
-Fixed {album} for winamp

Release 1.0.2
- added /play /pause / stop / next /prev and /lyrics commands

Release 1.0.1
- fixed bug where Song would show the next playlist item i blame louhabs for getting me to fix another bug which caused this =p



Screen Shot of configuration


new lyrics window



Download
http://www.msgpluslive.net/scripts/view/58-Music-Now-Playing/
(subversion stuff   http://version.thedt.net/scripts/plusscripts/musicNowplaying/)

how do i access configuration?

When you are talking to someone, click the Messenger Plus icon above the text entry, there will be a sub menu for the plugin and everything is in there.

Is it possible to add foobar support in future version?

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Originally posted by Jackal
Is it possible to add foobar support in future version?

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Yea I miss it too

very nice script, thanks a lot

Before I had to reformat a few weeks ago, I had it to where the "Show What's Playing" would show my Winamp song, however, now it doens't, and I don't remember the Plug-in. Is it possible to make this one do that?

try the mess patch for winamp support (i think that should solve it - just run the mess patch, if there isn't an option to add winamp support it might do it automatically)

hmm, it pauses iTunes ok, but  when i try "/play" it says that the command entered was not recognised...

That's where I got from, Thanks ^^

these scripts threads should be made Sticky