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Windows => Third Party Plug-ins, Programs, and Skins => Topic started by: KingSparta on August 31, 2003, 10:03:55 am

Title: Listening to:
Post by: KingSparta on August 31, 2003, 10:03:55 am

we talked before about modifying listening to

and i was playing with the playing now display there is 2 presets and some options to create your own.

it would be nice "JimH" & "Matt" to allow this modified display to be sent with the Listing to option

my new rule:
[Name] - [Comment] from [Album] By [Artist]

shows up as

'Ai No Corrida' - Charted At 28 In 1981 from 'The Best Of Quincy Jones' by 'Quincy Jones'

now if you can just add that to Listening to

How About This

PlayingNow = "Listening to" &  [Name] - [Comment] from [Album] By [Artist]

I will send you each a (Good) beer


'Western Union' Charted At 05 In 1967

Listening to: 'Western Union' from 'The Best Of Five Americans' by 'Five Americans' on Media Center 9.1

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: RhinoBanga on August 31, 2003, 11:33:56 am

Or just use my GetPlayingNow plugin:

http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=MediaCenter;action=display;num=1060877648;start=16#16

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on August 31, 2003, 01:02:20 pm

Rhino, you just need to get that Comments field. ;)

Cool plugin.

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: RhinoBanga on August 31, 2003, 10:46:25 pm

I didn't add the comments field as a token as I thought it would be too big to be usefull ... but it seems I am wrong.   I'll add it in today.

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: jleerigby on August 31, 2003, 11:00:34 pm

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my new rule:
[Name] - [Comment] from [Album] By [Artist]  

shows up as

'Ai No Corrida' - Charted At 28 In 1981 from 'The Best Of Quincy Jones' by 'Quincy Jones'

King - Surely you must have more tracks on your machine that didn't make the charts than did.  Won't the comments field be blank for those and therefore your display rule will look a bit odd?

Listening to 'Me & My Monkey' -  - from 'Escapology' by 'Robbie Williams'.

[edit] Guess it doesn't look all that bad actually!

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: RhinoBanga on August 31, 2003, 11:00:58 pm

All done ... added <Notes> and <Lyrics> tokens.

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: KingSparta on September 01, 2003, 02:40:40 am

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King - Surely you must have more tracks on your machine that didn't make the charts than did.  Won't the comments field be blank for those and therefore your display rule will look a bit odd?

well i have 2 lists and the one i normaly use has 24,000 of top 100 hits.

so no they are all filled in.

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 01, 2003, 07:37:04 am

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King - Surely you must have more tracks on your machine that didn't make the charts than did.  Won't the comments field be blank for those and therefore your display rule will look a bit odd?

Listening to 'Me & My Monkey' -  - from 'Escapology' by 'Robbie Williams'.

[edit] Guess it doesn't look all that bad actually!

Or make it the last field so if it doesn't appear it doesn't matter. :)

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: KingSparta on September 01, 2003, 08:08:30 am

or make it look for a Key word (user selectable) so if it is there then use it.

Like "Charted"

;D

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: jleerigby on September 01, 2003, 08:11:18 am

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Or make it the last field so if it doesn't appear it doesn't matter. :)

-=Tim=-

Yes - that's exactly what I do in my display area:

Title: [Artist] ~ [Name]
Status:[Playstate]...  [Elapsed Time] / [Total Time] - [Bitrate (labeled)]   [PN Position] of [PN Tracks]        [Comment]

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 02, 2003, 09:34:37 am

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I didn't add the comments field as a token as I thought it would be too big to be usefull ... but it seems I am wrong.   I'll add it in today.

Did you do this?  Can you tell us what the token is as <Comment> isn't listed in GetPlayingNow.ini and doesn't work for me. :)

Thanks!

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: Doof on September 02, 2003, 01:39:06 pm

Rhino's plugin doesn't seem to work at all for me. All I get when I go its tree node is a blank screen.

Am I missing something?

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 02, 2003, 03:27:20 pm

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Rhino's plugin doesn't seem to work at all for me. All I get when I go its tree node is a blank screen.

Am I missing something?

You need to go to the ini file (GetPlayingNow in C:\Windows) and edit it.  It also has instructions in it. :)

(Try Ctrl-Alt-F9 from within Media Center for starters but its result is editable in the ini file.)

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 02, 2003, 03:27:58 pm

For example:

Right now I'm groooving to Carnival from Tigerlily by Natalie Merchant

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: Doof on September 02, 2003, 07:39:02 pm

Alright, let's try this...

Listening To: Remember by Disturbed on Media Center 9.1

Hey, it worked! Cool...

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 03, 2003, 02:51:11 am

Right now I'm groooving to Tremor Christ from Vitalogy by Pearl Jam

Right now I'm getting funky with Swingle Singers playing Solfegietto from Bach, Handel, Vivaldi

Right now I'm laying back with Ruby Tuesday from Forty Licks (Disc 1 Of 2) by Rolling Stones

Right now I'm boppin' to Dark Horse from Dark Horse by George Harrison

Thanks Rhino!!  :)

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: RhinoBanga on September 03, 2003, 05:08:59 am

Tim,

Does the comments token work?

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 03, 2003, 01:01:06 pm

Rhino, it didn't the last time I checked it.  Is it <Comment> or <Comments>?  The token wasn't listed in the ini file as a valid one either (last time I checked anyhoo).  :)

(I'm at a non-MC machine right now.)

Thanks for the help!

-=Tim

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 03, 2003, 05:58:46 pm

Right now I'm groooving to The Wall Street Shuffle from The Very Best of 10cc by 10cc <Comments>

Doesn't seem to work with <Comments>

Right now I'm groooving to The Wall Street Shuffle from The Very Best of 10cc by 10cc <Comment>

or <Comment>

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: RhinoBanga on September 03, 2003, 09:55:22 pm

Heh ... just noticed my own posting:

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All done ... added <Notes> and <Lyrics> tokens.

Try <Notes>.

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 05, 2003, 11:36:34 am

Right now I'm groooving to Lady Madonna from Anthology 2 by Beatles.  Charted At 04 In 1968 On Billboard Top 100

Great, that works!  Is it doable to have it on Comments. :)

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: RhinoBanga on September 05, 2003, 11:23:54 pm

I'll add an alias today.

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 06, 2003, 03:07:24 am

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I'll add an alias today.

You're my hero! ;)

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: RhinoBanga on September 06, 2003, 07:42:58 am

I have gone one better ... I now support any MC database field.

You specify the Db field in tokenised quotes, e.g.:

My picture size is <"Width">x<"Height">



Unfortunately my website is down so you will have to pick it up from:

http://www.mrblobby.ukshells.co.uk/gpn.exe

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 06, 2003, 06:33:36 pm

Currently I'm groooving to You've Got A Friend from Live by James Taylor that I've previously listened to 3 times.  Charted At 01 In 1971 On Billboard Top 100.

Way cool! :)

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: TimB on September 09, 2003, 03:01:29 pm

As a thanks to Rhino tho' maybe not most folks taste:

Currently I'm getting down with Song For The Lonely from Living Proof by Cher that I've listened to 4 time(s) before.

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Listening to:
Post by: RhinoBanga on September 09, 2003, 11:42:45 pm

Glad to see it's working for you tim :)