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Request: Music Program Detection
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O.P. Request: Music Program Detection
I keep on wondering to myself "How am I supposed to know if they use Windows Media Player or iTunes? They both use a similar song structure!" So I was wondering if you could make a plug-in on detecting the contact's music program when they play their songs. Thanks in advance if you can help.

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01-04-2006 02:33 PM
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RE: Request: Music Program Detection
In what ways would this really help you? Because without being rude I do not really see the point in this plug-in.
01-04-2006 02:49 PM
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O.P. RE: Request: Music Program Detection
Well, Windows Media Player and iTunes use the same song structure Messenger-wise, it would save me having to ask the contact what music program they use.

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01-04-2006 02:53 PM
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RE: Request: Music Program Detection
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Well, Windows Media Player and iTunes use the same song structure Messenger-wise, it would save me having to ask the contact what music program they use.

--Danny aka DanZie Boy
Honestly tho why does it matter which one they use? It is just another plugin taking up resources and in my eyes is quite usless actually.
01-04-2006 03:09 PM
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O.P. RE: Request: Music Program Detection
Why would it be useless? It'd stop others from asking them to prove it.

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01-04-2006 03:10 PM
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RE: Request: Music Program Detection
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Why would it be useless? It'd stop others from asking them to prove it.

--Danny aka DanZie Boy
I don't understand why they would need to prove what program they are using... that doesn't make sense to me.
01-04-2006 03:17 PM
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RE: Request: Music Program Detection
Well.. I agree with Matty...
But nevertheless, this guy asked if it was possible to make such a plugin?... And if someone wanted to do it...
Well.. I'm not an expert here, but from what I could read from the source code of Music Logger, and the UBX packets, it is possible from your locale side to distinguish between WMP and iTunes.. Correct me if I'm wrong?...
But, you might be out of luck if no one wants to make this...
I don't know if it has much use, and I wouldn't use this plugin much.. But would be fun using a day or week to get to know which of your contacts use what player.. Especially if it supported telling apart many other players, like Winamp, Real, and all the other players.. It could be interesting to know which of your buddys supports what players...
Myself is still a huge fan of Winamp! :)

Edit:
Just checked the music logger thread again...
Yes, that code already does distinguish WMP users from iTunes users...
Though I was wondering, what about Winamp users, using the winamp plugins... What does the UBX packets from them look like?.. Do they contain some information telling it's winamp? Or do they use the same UBX packets as WMP?... I guess the latter is the correct answer :(?
If this is correct,  Winamp users (and for that matter, other players, if plugins are avaible for that) will probably be distinguished as WMP users... We would then only be able to distinguish iTunes users from the rest...

This post was edited on 01-04-2006 at 03:34 PM by (CyBeRDuDe).
01-04-2006 03:27 PM
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