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Windows => Third Party Plug-ins, Programs, and Skins => Topic started by: negopus on December 11, 2004, 12:04:43 pm

Title: Title of the current playing track in the title bar of the active window
Post by: negopus on December 11, 2004, 12:04:43 pm

I often use Media Center as an audio player in background while using other Windows programs.

Wouldn't it be nice to see the title of the current playing track in the title bar of the active window? Is there any plug-in that does just that?

Title: Re: Title of the current playing track in the title bar of the active window
Post by: LonWar on December 11, 2004, 03:59:02 pm

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=15326.0

PlugIn is called Write Playing.... Done by Mattsnuts.

Also Playing Now will give you a pop up and a bunch of other cool things,
http://www.jdnet.co.uk/forum/
Done by RhinoBanga

Title: Re: Title of the current playing track in the title bar of the active window
Post by: negopus on December 11, 2004, 04:49:15 pm

I have downloaded WritePlaying, installed it, restarted Media Center, enabled "Display in Media Center's Title Bar", but nothing happens.

Media Center has no title bar, by the way, and I would like to see the current track in the other application's title bar too.

I am using Windows XP SP2.

Am I missing something?

Title: Re: Title of the current playing track in the title bar of the active window
Post by: negopus on December 12, 2004, 01:26:58 pm

Now that I restarted my PC the situation is clearer. The WritePlaying plug-in actually writes the title of the current track to a non-existing Media Center title bar. The title does not show in the Media Center title bar, of course, but appears in the Application Bar icon at the bottom of the screen.

The Applications Bar was cluttered yesterday, and I could only see the application icon, not the attached string. Winamp (natively) also scrolls the title string in the Application Bar, making it more readable. The default WritePlaying delay for refreshing the Application Bar icon is awfully slow.

What I am looking for is a plug-in like “Titlebar Info” for Winamp, that display the current playing track in the title bar of ANY active application.

Any suggestion?

Title: Re: Title of the current playing track in the title bar of the active window
Post by: LonWar on December 12, 2004, 04:32:25 pm

This isn't exactly what you are looking for, but how about TrueLaunch Bar,

www.truelaunchbar.com   Then check out the Media Plugin

  Picture      --------------->       http://www3.sympatico.ca/imjustagamer/launch.bmp

Title: Re: Title of the current playing track in the title bar of the active window
Post by: negopus on December 13, 2004, 01:06:48 pm

Seems interesting, I'll take a look at it.
Will it support Media Center?

Title: Re: Title of the current playing track in the title bar of the active window
Post by: LonWar on December 13, 2004, 02:49:08 pm

Yep, Even supports v11....