Topic: ANN: MSN Messenger 7.x plug-in (Read 6294 times)

Pookus · « **on:** June 07, 2005, 04:44:01 pm »

Direct link:
http://accessories.musicex.com/mediacenter/mc_data/plugins/775.mjp

What I'm Listening To
Copyright (c) 2005 by Luk Vermeulen. All rights reserved.

Sets the personal status message in MSN Messenger 7.x from JRiver Media Center 10

To install, download mc_wilt.mjp from JRiver's interface plugin page. If you prefer manual installation, run "regsvr32 mc_wilt.dll".

Make sure to check the Active box in the What I'm Listening To page in Media Center, and check the option in MSN Messenger: in the Tools menu, select Options | Personal and check "Show song information from Windows Media Player as a personal message".

This plug-in was tested with MSN Messenger 7.0.0813 and Media Center 10.0.173. It should work with Media Center 11.0 as well, which was not finalized at the time of writing.

Contact: luk.vermeulen@gmail.com

Enjoy,

-Luk-

DJ_Hazelwood · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2005, 01:13:47 am »

Just tried it with MC 11.0.279 and it works fine

Pookus · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2005, 12:55:38 pm »

Thanks for confirming that. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please let me know!

Bluesman · « **Reply #3 on:** June 18, 2005, 03:04:08 am »

Tested with MC 11.0.296 and MSNM 7.0.0813 works just fine. thanks.

MartinH · « **Reply #4 on:** June 18, 2005, 10:15:26 am »

Thanks for the plugin, Pookus.

I seem unable to delete anything in the text box? Pressing DEL after moving the cursor has no effect and Backspace just takes me to the last item I was looking at in the left hand pane (Playing Now for example). I can highlight words and type over them so can workaround it.

Is this something a bit broken in MC or something else?

Also, would you be able to implement something Hugo tried - allowing the user to filter the type of files that should be shown in MSN? As an example, if I'm browsing through photos, I don't particularly want "imageblahblah.jpg" appearing in MSN

.

Thanks for your work.

Pookus · « **Reply #5 on:** June 18, 2005, 12:01:40 pm »

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I seem unable to delete anything in the text box? [...] Is this something a bit broken in MC or something else?

I noticed that too, it's the strangest thing. My guess is that this is an oddity of MC, but I can't tell for sure (since this is my first plug-in). I'm using a standard edit box there, so I'm not sure what else I could do.

It's a similar problem for skinning. I am using standard controls, but MC is not skinning my page. I suspect both problems might have something to do with how MC handles threads.

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allowing the user to filter the type of files that should be shown in MSN?

Oh, great suggestion, let me see what I can do!

Much thanks

danrien · « **Reply #6 on:** June 20, 2005, 09:38:20 am »

hey it would also be great if you could follow hugo's lead and put the display picture as the album art. great work so far!

Pookus · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2005, 06:46:41 pm »

Thanks! :-)

As far as the display picture goes, I'm trying right now to stay away from using the Messenger type library. There are some instantiation issues to think about, so I'm keeping that for some later date. It's definitely noted, though -- thanks for the suggestion.

Pookus · « **Reply #8 on:** June 21, 2005, 06:51:45 pm »

Martin,

Quote from: MartinH on June 18, 2005, 10:15:26 am

Also, would you be able to implement something Hugo tried - allowing the user to filter the type of files that should be shown in MSN?

I uploaded this change a couple of days ago but version 1.1 is not showing up on the download page yet. As soon as JRiver post the new version, you will have separate settings available for audio vs video. I'll be travelling the coming weeks, but as soon as I see the new version online, I'll post an official announcement.

MartinH · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2005, 07:34:12 pm »

Thanks Pookus. I've been checking on it since you posted but still only 1.02 as far as I can see...

Hugo_Elbuho · « **Reply #10 on:** July 08, 2005, 04:34:21 pm »

Just wanted to say hi

. I bet you're doing great my friend. Haven't had the chance to test your plugin but i'll definitely do.

Cheers!

Hugo

MartinH · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2005, 11:04:31 am »

I see 1.1.1 is now showing. Looks ok but won't be able to use it til I get home.

Pookus · « **Reply #12 on:** July 19, 2005, 10:15:33 am »

Quote from: Hugo_Elbuho on July 08, 2005, 04:34:21 pm

Just wanted to say hi . I bet you're doing great my friend. Haven't had the chance to test your plugin but i'll definitely do.

Thanks for the kinds words, Hugo!

Pookus · « **Reply #13 on:** July 19, 2005, 10:16:08 am »

Quote from: MartinH on July 12, 2005, 11:04:31 am

I see 1.1.1 is now showing. Looks ok but won't be able to use it til I get home.

Great! Let me know if it works well for you.

JaysonG · « **Reply #14 on:** July 20, 2005, 08:41:11 pm »

Pookus what is the %% equivalent for Band or Album Artist. like %TITLE% is for Title.

Thanks.

Robert Taylor · « **Reply #15 on:** July 28, 2005, 03:53:01 am »

Would it be possible to have a list of fields that are possible to enter?

I wanted to put the year/date(year) field in but it didn't work...

Cool plugin though, keep up the fine work!

thanks

Pookus · « **Reply #16 on:** July 29, 2005, 01:21:22 pm »

Quote from: JaysonG on July 20, 2005, 08:41:11 pm

Pookus what is the %% equivalent for Band or Album Artist. like %TITLE% is for Title.

Right now I don't have any of those. I will add them in the next release, as soon as I get my development computer back (hopefully 2 weeks from now).

Thanks for the suggestion!

Pookus · « **Reply #17 on:** July 29, 2005, 01:22:34 pm »

Quote from: LunchmeatVoom on July 28, 2005, 03:53:01 am

Would it be possible to have a list of fields that are possible to enter?

I wanted to put the year/date(year) field in but it didn't work...

Cool plugin though, keep up the fine work!

Thanks for the kind words! Right now I only have the 3 visible ones. I hope to add more in a couple of weeks.

Mr ChriZ · « **Reply #18 on:** October 12, 2005, 07:27:11 am »

Great Plugin, although
sometimes it seems to get confused and say 'Watching'
when in fact I'm defintiely listening

Any chance of a Yahoo Instant Messenger Playing Now Plugin too?

Jaqqe · « **Reply #19 on:** January 22, 2006, 08:12:35 am »

This seems to work fine also with MC 11.1.03 ans MSN 7.5.

And HEY ! I noticed you can edit the Format field by selecting the text you want to delete and then right click on it and select delete ;-) Keyboard still does not work for this.

Mr ChriZ · « **Reply #20 on:** January 22, 2006, 12:47:15 pm »

Quote from: Jaqqe on January 22, 2006, 08:12:35 am

This seems to work fine also with MC 11.1.03 ans MSN 7.5.

And HEY ! I noticed you can edit the Format field by selecting the text you want to delete and then right click on it and select delete ;-) Keyboard still does not work for this.

This is MC oddity at the moment, which I've tried many ways
to get round and only ended up doing lots of swearing!
It's kinda weird cuz for some textboxes, it just works,
like MS's RichTextBox or standard Textbox in .NET.
Yet in other things like this, it just doesn't work.

see the following:->
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=31381.0

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