Hi - I've found a couple of good iTunes modules: iTunesStat-0.2 and iTunesControl-0.3 which are available at
http://www.nullified.com for free.
I'm a litestep beginner, and though I've looked through the wiki I can't seem to find the solution to my problem anywhere. I integrated the iTunes Control into the theme I'm using successfully, but I can't seem to use the iTunesStat module to display the track information i nthe same way winamp did.
I've loaded the module in theme.rc, and I have a label ready to display the text... but I don't know how to actually pull the text from iTunes. From the iTunesStat documentation:
"Overview:
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iTunesStat is a LiteStep module which will grab some simple stats from iTunes
and allow these stats to be viewable as a label.
xLabel, xLabelLight and LSLabel are supported.
This module is no where near complete. Other stats will be available in later
versions. Don't ask when later versions will be released.
Settings:
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iTunesLabelName
This is the name of the label that will display the stats.
iTunesActiveLabel
This is the text that makes up the label when iTunes is running.
Placing any of the following strings into the pattern will cause them to
substituted for their value:
%track_name - The name of the currently active track.
%album - The name of the album.
%artist - The name of the artist
%comment - A comment associated with the track.
%bitrate - Bitrate of the track in kbps.
%samplerate - Sample rate of the track in Hz
As an example:
iTunesActiveLabel "Track: %track_name (%bitratekbps || %samplerateHz)"
would produce something like:
Track: Track Name (192kbps || 44100Hz)
iTunesInactiveLabel
This is the text that will show in the label when iTunes is not running.
There are no strings that can be substituted into this label.
iTunesLabelUpdateInterval
This is the duration in milliseconds that the label will be updated.
Default is 500 milliseconds.
There are no bang commands included with this module."
From this I have no idea where I should be putting these "settings" nor how to embed the iTunesActiveLabel into the theme. Could someone please help me or refer me to a site which has a great explanation of this kind of thing? Many thanks!