Topic: What Is The Most Usefull Plug-In For Media Center 11? (Read 5425 times)

KingSparta · « **on:** February 11, 2005, 10:55:20 am »

I Was (Sort Of) Talking To Bob Today

Was Wondering What Users Think Is The Most Useful Plug-In That JRiver Has Made, Others Or SpartaSoft (AKA: KingSparta=Me).

benrad · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2005, 11:19:25 am »

PlayingNow. I use it every day.

tlongacre · « **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2005, 11:58:46 am »

for me, it's a toss-up between Playing Now and AudioScrobbler. Both are used every day.

LonWar · « **Reply #3 on:** February 11, 2005, 12:21:46 pm »

It has to be Playing Now....

lpr · « **Reply #4 on:** February 11, 2005, 01:38:56 pm »

Audioscrobbler - It's always on!
Music Lobby - My PPC is happy.

Later.

Wile E. One · « **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2005, 09:01:33 pm »

It's a toss up for me really, because I agree that Playing Now is very useful on an ongoing, daily basis. However, I also found Lyrics Finder, Cover Art Finder, and a few other of KS's plugins to be very very useful. The difference is that I used each only once or twice.

To me, it's sort of like comparing a snowshovel with toothpaste.

KingSparta · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2005, 05:44:41 am »

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snowshovel with toothpaste

What!

hit_ny · « **Reply #7 on:** February 12, 2005, 08:25:37 am »

i tried Playing now at first and loved it. Its very useful if you are working on the same machine as MC. I moved MC to a media only PC, so playing now was less useful as i have MC maximised and remote desktop share it.

The other plugin i used was King's dupe finder, this helped with fixing some tags. I hope to use it more when they allow Virtual albums via APL files.

schnidrig · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2005, 10:31:50 am »

I'd say the Flac plugin. Without it I would have stopped using MC by now.

Christian

lpr · « **Reply #9 on:** February 12, 2005, 10:55:16 am »

Quote from: schnidrig on February 12, 2005, 10:31:50 am

I'd say the Flac plugin. Without it I would have stopped using MC by now.

I was waiting for someone to mention this... I would have to agree, it's an *essential* plugin.

GHammer · « **Reply #10 on:** February 12, 2005, 03:25:25 pm »

The DirectX plugin is used always.

As for other plugins, I have never been able to connect to King's site, so have never been able to use the one I want.

Not his site, it's the way it is here in beautiful Anhui Province.

Wile E. One · « **Reply #11 on:** February 12, 2005, 11:13:23 pm »

Quote from: KingSparta on February 12, 2005, 05:44:41 am

What!

Hehe... toothpaste is useful on a daily basis, but a snowshovel is invaluable on those occasions when you need it... just like Playing Now and Lyrics/Cover Art Finder.

iCamp · « **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2005, 12:30:17 am »

Lyrics Finder...but if aTagger was still working that would win by a wide margin, IMO.

mrsnarky · « **Reply #13 on:** February 14, 2005, 04:08:11 pm »

For me, it's the DirectX plugin. RGC Audio's High Frequency Stimulator does wonders for MP3s.

GRAYDOG · « **Reply #14 on:** February 14, 2005, 07:03:49 pm »

Quote from: Wile E. One on February 12, 2005, 11:13:23 pm

Hehe... toothpaste is useful on a daily basis, but a snowshovel is invaluable on those occasions when you need it... just like Playing Now and Lyrics/Cover Art Finder.

I guess that's why you are "The Wile E. One" Great saying

unrealreality · « **Reply #15 on:** February 15, 2005, 12:02:24 am »

my favorite would have to be "tempo and pitch" heh heh...i used to use pacemaker with winamp, but that was sooo long ago. Sometimes it's cool to listen to old songs at a faster speed. It definitely makes slow songs have a beat. Sure it's a novelty, but a fun one...well...if that sort of thing floats your boat.

Eric

MGD_King · « **Reply #16 on:** February 15, 2005, 03:45:50 pm »

Playing Now. It's the only Plugin I have installed.

AndromAK · « **Reply #17 on:** February 17, 2005, 07:21:32 am »

- Audioscroller
(very cool to discover other music)

- Playing Now
(it should be integrated to MC, I think)

They are the most usefull for me...

I am waiting for a pluggin for stats... that miss!!

GHammer · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2005, 08:20:13 am »

Quote from: AndromAK on February 17, 2005, 07:21:32 am

I am waiting for a pluggin for stats... that miss!!

Now a stats plugin would be cool.
I'd use that pretty often.

I'm a bad person to ask about plugins that change data.

I have been bitten once too often and have become gunshy about allowing MC to write to my files. Might have been me, might have been MC, might have been the phase of the moon.

Regardless, I love the library, love smartlists, love the DirectX capability, love the fact that any format I want can be played.

Plugins that do something with existing data would be welcome. Like a stats plugin.

Also, I'd like to see something like this:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Winamp_Cover_Notifier_/1108096770/1

GHammer · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2005, 02:24:32 pm »

Quote from: marko on February 17, 2005, 01:25:26 pm

Rhino's PlayingNow can do that, and more if you wanted it to. If you want it to do just that, like the screenie, I don't mind sorting out the popup for you. All you need to then is install the plugin and tell it to use that "skin"...

Thanks!

I have downloaded the plugin and a couple of your skins. I will try it out for awhile to see if I actually like things 'popping up'.

GHammer · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2005, 02:46:03 pm »

Quote from: marko on February 17, 2005, 02:34:45 pm

you're welcome.

bit of a rush job, but I just knocked up this to mimic the cover notifier...

Cool! That was fast!!!
Just looking at your ini for this to get the cover art to be its original size. It seems to be stretched to about double.

I kinda like the trans-opus skin too except I get a warning that there is no 'bios' field.

risingdamp · « **Reply #21 on:** February 18, 2005, 05:35:46 pm »

Personally I can't get by without Lyrics Finder. I used to use Playing Now until I discoved NetRemote. When you discover NetRemote you don't need another app to show you what's playing graphiically and in a custom format, though I have to say that Playing Now is awesome.... just not quite as awesome as NetRemote.

Lyrics finder is great except for new stuff when you really have to go get the lyrics manually and submitt them to king's server. It would be good if it could do a search of a couple of popular sites for new stuff.

KingSparta · « **Reply #22 on:** February 24, 2005, 05:37:52 am »

Any More?

Myron · « **Reply #23 on:** February 24, 2005, 08:01:49 am »

Without a doubt,

the UPnP Server!!!

gpvillamil · « **Reply #24 on:** February 24, 2005, 09:58:55 am »

Quote from: mrsnarky on February 14, 2005, 04:08:11 pm

For me, it's the DirectX plugin. RGC Audio's High Frequency Stimulator does wonders for MP3s.

yep, me too.

Deivit · « **Reply #25 on:** February 24, 2005, 01:25:17 pm »

Quote from: mrsnarky on February 14, 2005, 04:08:11 pm

For me, it's the DirectX plugin. RGC Audio's High Frequency Stimulator does wonders for MP3s.

Quote from: gpvillamil on February 24, 2005, 09:58:55 am

yep, me too.

I must admit that never heard of that plug-in... is that, in your opinion, any better than DFX? I'm currently a happy user of DFX but always ready to try new things if they are worthy.

Thank you

GHammer · « **Reply #26 on:** February 24, 2005, 02:31:00 pm »

Quote from: Deivit on February 24, 2005, 01:25:17 pm

I must admit that never heard of that plug-in... is that, in your opinion, any better than DFX? I'm currently a happy user of DFX but always ready to try new things if they are worthy.

Thank you

Way better than DFX, and free to boot!

Deivit · « **Reply #27 on:** February 24, 2005, 02:51:03 pm »

Quote from: GHammer on February 24, 2005, 02:31:00 pm

Way better than DFX, and free to boot!

Great! Do you know where can I find it? I just installed JRiver DirectX Host Plug-in and I assume I have to install also RGC Audio's High Frequency Stimulator. I tried their website but could not find the plug-in.

Thanks ind advance, GHammer

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Listening to: 'Esta Noche' from 'Gente' by 'Presuntos Implicados' on Media Center 11

GHammer · « **Reply #28 on:** February 24, 2005, 02:56:56 pm »

Quote from: Deivit on February 24, 2005, 02:51:03 pm

Great! Do you know where can I find it? I just installed JRiver DirectX Host Plug-in and I assume I have to install also RGC Audio's High Frequency Stimulator. I tried their website but could not find the plug-in.

Thanks ind advance, GHammer

Go here. There are many including that one.

http://www.directxfiles.com/plugins.htm

Deivit · « **Reply #29 on:** February 24, 2005, 03:14:00 pm »

Quote from: GHammer on February 24, 2005, 02:56:56 pm

Go here. There are many including that one.

http://www.directxfiles.com/plugins.htm

Thank you!

Noman · « **Reply #30 on:** February 24, 2005, 04:18:56 pm »

Flac Plugin, Have all my music in flac format

RobOK · « **Reply #31 on:** March 09, 2005, 11:18:30 am »

Quote from: GHammer on February 24, 2005, 02:56:56 pm

Go here. There are many including that one.

http://www.directxfiles.com/plugins.htm

Please tell me more....

In what cases do you use this, for all types of music? For only damaged rips you are trying to fix?

In other words, if you have high quality rips (using EAC, LAME, APS), what will this and other DX plugins do?

Thanks!!

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