Support for other players (musikCube)?

[wosv]

Hi, i stumbled upon your program that looks so appealing that i absolutely WANT it ;)
Only "problem" here is, that use none of the supported players - but maybe there is a simple solution? I am no programmer, and i dont have a clue about interfaces/plugins etc....
Musikcube (http://www.musikcube.com), however, supports to give different song information to last.fm, to yahoo and msn messenger or write it into a textfile (and some more i guess). Would it be possible to find a solution / workaround based on this?
Any help & hints would be very much appreciated :)

Ah, and there has been some development of a "Toaster" plugin here (http://www.musikcube.com/~obsidianx/) so for me at least it looks like "something" could be done...

[Carlos]

I'll take a look at Musikcube after CAD 1.0 final (which is almost ready).

Does Musikcube writes the current song information to a text file as a default action?

[wosv]

I'll take a look at Musikcube after CAD 1.0 final (which is almost ready).
Great!! :)
Does Musikcube writes the current song information to a text file as a default action?
It has a built-in "Tunage" function with three options
- post url (which creates a "now-playing" picture to include into your signatures etc. )
- write to file (where you define the format through variables like $ARTIST)
- run program (with command line options)

Now, one of the variables can be $FILENAME, so maybe it is also possible to get the folder.jpg from there.

The other functions i mentioned (msn, yahoo, last.fm/audioscrobbler) are plugins, but i think the source code is available.

If you have any further questions, i try to assist as far as i can - but i am not a programmer :(

tia & Greetings

Edit: There is also the sourcecode of musikcube available on sourceforge (http://musik.cvs.sourceforge.net/musik/musikCube/), if that helps?

[Carlos]

The easiest way (without taking a look at the SDK) is to get the information from the file.

Just one more question: this text has a fixed name or it's up to the user?

When I have time I'll install Musikcube.

[wosv]

Just one more question: this text has a fixed name or it's up to the user?

Yes, the user can chose any filename & folder. If you install musikcube, it is right in Preferences - Misc - Tunage.

Greetings

[Carlos]

In order to make CAD work:

1) Go to MC "Preferences>Misc>Tunage" then enable the feature and write:

Filename: song.txt
Line to write: $FILENAME | $ARTIST | $TITLE | $ALBUM | $GENRE | $TRACKNUM | $RATING

2) still in MC check "Enable Global Hotkeys"

3) start CAD now

See topic below.

[Carlos]

Good news!

Everything (*) should work fine now. Please test it (**):

http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cadrc5b139.zip

(*) Will NOT work due the lack of interface: progress bar, year tag, current track time and set rating. Mouse wheel volume will work too but you have to enable Global Hotkeys (see post above).

(**) You should install CAD RC5 first! Once installed just replace the main executable.

Make sure that CAD has found the musikCube full path (go to "Control Panel>Player Selector).

What should work too (highlights):

- Multimedia keyboard support (if enable - "Control Panel>Player Selector")
- WLM interaction (if set - "Control Panel>WLM")
- Cover download
- Lyrics download/upload
- invisible playback buttons (see Help file)

[wosv]

Good news!

Everything (*) should work fine now.

Wow, this is awesome, thanks a lot for that fast implementation!! :D 8)
When originally just looking for a way to have the album art displayed, just now i started to realize the possibilities of your neat little program, so i did some testing (WinXPHome SP2)...

Make sure that CAD has found the musikCube full path (go to "Control Panel>Player Selector).
It does, there is a small error message just when you have configured Tunage to write the text-file... but havent played a new song yet (so the file doesnt exist). After that, no problems with that

- Multimedia keyboard support (if enable - "Control Panel>Player Selector")
Cant test it due to.. well, lack of a multimedia keyboard :wink:
[/quote]- WLM interaction (if set - "Control Panel>WLM")[/quote]
This seems to not work perfectly. When i chose to show the song information, it changes the state for a short moment, then switching back to "-". When i enable the changing of the picture (or "both"), there is no effect at all. WLM Version is 8 (Build 8.0.0812.00) + Messenger Plus! Version 4.01.0.240

- Cover download
Works, really nice - and fast! Is it also possible to save the pics into the folder of the file (preferably) / the file itself?

- Lyrics download/upload
Very nice feature, seems to work (technically).
Maybe in the future it would be nice to chose between lyrdb.com and lyricwiki.org.

- invisible playback buttons (see Help file)
Also works (with Global Hotkeys enabled, of course).

Again, great and fast work. Thanks a lot and let me know if you need something tested.

Greetings and have a nice weekend

[Carlos]

...there is a small error message just when you have configured Tunage to write the text-file...

It was just a test I forgot to remove. Fixed! :)

(WML) ...This seems to not work perfectly...

Fixed. Just remember that in order to change the DP the old Windows Messenger (the one that comes with XP) is required.

Maybe in the future it would be nice to chose between lyrdb.com and lyricwiki.org

LYRDB.com made a class for VB6 so CAD can easily use it. I'm not sure there's something like that for other lyrics databases.

Thank you for your feedback and here's the newer build:

http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cadrc5b147.zip

Have fun! :)

[wosv]

LYRDB.com made a class for VB6 so CAD can easily use it. I'm not sure there's something like that for other lyrics databases.

Not sure if i understand you completely, but on the lyricwiki, the format should be tagged with <lyric></lyric>, which is not completely done yet. I guess they will create a bot to fix it soon. The program i normally use, XML Lyric (http://fireblast.free.fr/en/xmlyrics.php) manages somehow to extract only the lyrics from there. But well, as long as it works, it rocks :D

[Carlos]

Well, so I think the musikCube can be included in RC6 now!

Thank you for your feedback!

[wosv]

Ok, so far everything works fine - until i now added cover art to the mp3-tag of single files (= not in specific folders with folder.jpg's). But - it doesnt work in musikcube. I thought, ok, maybe it's just not possible, but when i tried it with WMP, it also doesnt work.
I switched to Version 11, have the .dll registered, use the latest build and have tried different combinations of id3v2's (2.2, 2.3, 2.4). The covers are added with mp3tag, changes in the encodings have been performed with mp3infp 2.53e.

The funny thing is - WMP shows the covers in it's own view without problems...

Any ideas?

[Carlos]

I think it's fixed. Please test build 163:

http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cadrc5b163.zip

[wosv]

Great, it works now :D :D :D
Thanks man!

[Carlos]

Great! :)