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ThatAdamGuy

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Enhance taskbar listing, please
« on: December 15, 2003, 01:13:10 am »

Hi there,

I'm liking beta10, and I'd like it even more if you'd show the current song playing on the Media Center task bar item... plus a more detailed listing (either of the current song/title/artist, or of the current playlist) with mouseover.

Thanks for considering this :)
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Re:Enhance taskbar listing, please
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2003, 01:25:05 am »

Have you tried RhinoBanga's "Playing Now" plug-in?

It's free, and available here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=5;action=display;threadid=16598

It pops-up the song info every time the song changes and you can adjust the duration of the pop-up to your liking. It also shows the previous and next track.

There are also very nice skins for it available in the plug-ins forum.
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Re:Enhance taskbar listing, please
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2003, 01:30:48 am »

Hey, that's a neat plugin!  But for my interests, I'd like a less interruptive option, which is why I'm partial to MusicMatch's current implementation; users can simply scan their eyes over the taskbar entry when they like and see the scrolling song title.

Thanks for the heads-up on that plugin, though :)
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Re:Enhance taskbar listing, please
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2003, 04:14:31 am »

If you have MC minimized to system tray and hover your mouse over the icon, the name of the song and the artist appear as a tooltip. Don't know whether this is enough for you though.

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