My Music

[reven]

ive uploaded a new version to the wiki, it fixes a lot of bugs if you arent using mp3s.  it now allows you to add a directory of nonmp3 files to a playlist (oops on my part here, it will test each file in the directory to see if it matches the extensions given in the config app).  also if you arent using mp3s it will now show the filename when playing a music file instead of nothing.

build #1.0.1823.5980

found in same place.  i made another thread since the ALPHA ALPHA and big arse warning might have scared a few people off.

TODO:
- the ability to burn a playlist to Audio CD (hopefully not to far away, just have to hear back from someone).
- Get tag information for .wma/.ape files (just have to find some free dlls).
- loop a playlist (waiting on sub, i think i have a way to do this without sub, but it would be messy, well require more ram, not the ideal solution).
- add a menu bar so touchscreen users/mouse can click a play/next/previous/mute/stop/addtoplaylist button, also have to wait for sub on this (missing a few methods in gbpvr dlls ).

everything else is pretty much the same, this release should be stable and meet most peoples needs.  if you wish to see a feature, or have any problems just say so.

enjoy.

if you find a bug, tell me (also try looking up the gbpvr.exe.log for the bug information, so i know what to fix. simply saying "it crashes" doesnt help a lot ).

[reven]

ok ive been searching and searching for a dll to get tag information from wma and ape files. i have had no luck. so im asking if anyone knows where i could find one, or if some people just join in the search. i just need a free dll be it activex,com, .net, whatever as long as it works with .net i can then get that information from those files and display them. also if anyone can find one for ogg files (never used this format myself, and dont know alot about it) ill add that aswell.

i want to add burning ability to my music, but at the moment i can only guarantee comptability with mp3 files, as i can determine how long they are and if they will fit on a cd etc.

i really want to add wma as it is proven and good alternative to mp3 (i myself have a number of these files, better compression).

in the next release there will be an onscreen keyboard to rename playlists. ill release the source to the keyboard aswell, im thinking of making it an independent dll so can be access by every plugin easily. also maybe a different dll for different languages, or just shove everything in the skin file so it is autonomous.

[Guest]

This might be useful (but might not). Worth checking out though........

http://mac.sourceforge.net/atl/

[reven]

close but no ciggar, thanks for the effort thou. they werent dlls, so i dont think i could use them in a vs.net program. had every file format under the sun thou, bugger.

[Guest]

It might be possible to convert the appropriate bits of code to C#. I assume you just need to read the header of each file type to determine things like Artist, Genre, Trach number etc.

[bluesxman]

I came across this, nBass which is a .Net wrapper for the BASS library. It seems more geared up for playing music but does seem to have functions to retrieve the tags. Maybe some use?? Doesn't mention support for ape, but does the others.

[reven]

it looks promising, it says most methods are static, which is a good thing, so i dont need to load the rest of the stuff into memory just to get the tags.

ill look at it in more detail after i finish the annoying onscreen keyboard.
thanks bluesxman

[bluesxman]

Glad one suggestion could be useful

So, can I make a feature request now???

[reven]

you always could, i just might not listen

[bluesxman]

Quote[/b] (reven @ Dec. 29 2004,14:23)]you always could, i just might not listen

lol, that's the response I figured I'd get

Anyhow, my wish is to have the plugin parse the XML file created by iTunes to extract playlists. I use iTunes to manage my MP3 collection and play music on my PC. GB-PVR runs on my MVP in the living room, so it'd be really smart to be able to share the same set of playlists.

I *could* extract them and convert them to the currently recognised formats, but an automated process would be much nicer!