INTERACT FORUM
More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: AlexV on March 17, 2008, 07:10:29 am
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Hello,
Is it possible to set a longer time for the song preview feature ?
I'd like to use this feature so all my tracks end after 3 minutes...
Why ? Because during a party, a 6 minute-song is just too long. People get bored !
A solution ?
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Please ! JRiver... Put a 3-minute preview in your next build !
How hard can it be ?
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If you want to limit song length to 3 minutes so your ADD friends don't get bored, you can do that already. The following batch file will do it:
@echo off
:top
ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 180000 > nul
mc12.exe /command Next
goto top
Just save the above text to a batch file and run it in a command window during parties. The "ping" line is a workaround for the lack of a "wait" command in the Windows batch file language. The "180000" is the number of milliseconds that each song will play (180000 ms = 3 minutes).
There are probably lots of other ways to do this too.
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Thanks ! I will give it a try ! ;-)
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Actually, now that I think about it more, this simple script is too simple.
If all of your songs are > 3 minutes long, it works fine. But if song "n" is < 3 minutes long, song "n+1" will be cut off at 3 minutes - length of song "n" (which is at least guaranteed to be less than 3 minutes so your guests won't be bored by it going on too long ;) ). Songs after song "n+1" will still be cut off until a long song comes up, at which point the script will get back in sync with the music. This happens because the 3 minute timer doesn't get reset when the track changes in my simple script.
So to really accomplish this, you need more interactivity, so that the 3 minute timer is reset when the track changes.
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Hmmm... Ok ! So... I need another solution !
The funny thing is... I had the perfect solution with Media Center 11. I found the right plugin for me. But I cleaned up my hard drive and forgot to backup the script ! Silly me... If only I could remember what it was...
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Bump... And direct question to JRiver !
COULD YOU PLEASE ADD A 3-MINUTE PREVIEW ?
Come on, you can do it very easily !
Or even better... Let the user set the preview time.
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Wish granted in build 460 and later.
And this reminds me of the 7-minute abs discussion in Something About Mary.
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OMG ! Are you serious ? There's an option to do this already ! How did I miss it ?
You deserve a kiss ! Thanks !
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OMG ! Are you serious ? There's an option to do this already ! How did I miss it ?
You deserve a kiss ! Thanks !
You didn't miss! Build 456 is the latest public build. There is no newer build out yet. Within the next public build posted at the top of this board "your" option will be added. In the past it took the maximum of two weeks between two public builds, so you will not have to wait to long ;)
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So they actually listen to their customers ! Outstanding... I love Media Center !
Thanks again, Matt !
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Wish granted in build 460 and later.
And this reminds me of the 7-minute abs discussion in Something About Mary.
Wish I'd seen this post a couple of hours ago. :P